Local Data for Better Conservation Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 4146 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 4146

To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 with respect to the listing
     of threatened and endangered species, and for other purposes.

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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 19, 2026

 Ms. Lummis (for herself, Mr. Barrasso, Mr. Sheehy, Mr. Ricketts, and
  Mr. Daines) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and
       referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works

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                                 A BILL

To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 with respect to the listing
     of threatened and endangered species, and for other purposes.

    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 ``Local Data for Better Conservation
Act''.

SEC. 2. LISTING DETERMINATIONS.

    Section 4 of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1533) is
amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(j) State Data.--In making a determination to list, or delist, a
species as a threatened species or an endangered species under this
section, the Secretary shall accept and integrate State-collected
data.''.
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