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This bill would require the Secretary of the Interior to bring back a 2020 federal rule that removed the gray wolf from the endangered and threatened species list. In simple terms, it would force the government to stop treating gray wolves as protected under that law, and it would do so quickly after the bill becomes law.
- The Secretary of the Interior would have to reissue the 2020 rule within 60 days after the law takes effect.
- That rule specifically removed the gray wolf from the list of wildlife protected by the Endangered Species Act.
- The bill says this action could not be challenged in court.
Official Summaries
Trust the Science Act
This bill directs the Department of the Interior to remove protections for the gray wolf under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA). Specifically, the bill requires Interior to reissue the final rule titled Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Removing the Gray Wolf (Canis lupus) From the List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and published on November 3, 2020.
The rule removed the gray wolf in the lower 48 United States, except for the Mexican wolf (C. l. baileyi) subspecies, from the endangered and threatened species list. However, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California vacated the rule on February 10, 2022. As a result, the gray wolf reattained the protection status it had prior to the rule's promulgation.
The bill also prohibits the reissuance of the rule from being subject to judicial review.
Current Full Text
[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 130 Introduced in House (IH)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 130
To require the Secretary of the Interior to reissue regulations
removing the gray wolf from the list of endangered and threatened
wildlife under the Endangered Species Act of 1973.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
January 3, 2025
Ms. Boebert introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Natural Resources
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A BILL
To require the Secretary of the Interior to reissue regulations
removing the gray wolf from the list of endangered and threatened
wildlife under the Endangered Species Act of 1973.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Trust the Science Act''.
SEC. 2. REMOVING THE GRAY WOLF FROM THE LIST OF ENDANGERED AND
THREATENED WILDLIFE.
Not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this section,
the Secretary of the Interior shall reissue the final rule entitled
``Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Removing the Gray Wolf
(Canis lupus) From the List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife'' and
published on November 3, 2020 (85 Fed. Reg. 69778).
SEC. 3. NO JUDICIAL REVIEW.
Reissuance of the final rule under section 2 shall not be subject
to judicial review.
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