,i  #aacth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #dbef  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,march #ad1 #bjad    
,mr4 ,stewart 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,bishop
 of ,utah1 and ,mr4 ,chaffetz7          
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on ,natural 
,resources  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend the    
,endangered ,species ,act of #aigc to   
require1 in counting the number of a    
species in a ,state for purposes of     
determining whether the species is an   
endangered or threatened species1       
inclusion of the number of the species  
on ,state and private lands as          
determined by the ,state1 and for other 
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,endangered ,species
 ,improvement ,act of #bjad4  #b4       
,inclusion of number of a species on    
,state and private lands in             
determinations under ,endangered        
,species ,act of #aigc  7a7 ,requirement
 ,section #d7;b77#a7 of the ,endangered 
,species ,act of #aigc 7#af ,u4,s4,c4   

#acec7;b77#a77 is amended by adding at  
the end the following3  7,c7 ,in        
counting the number of a species in a   
,state for purposes of determining under
 this section whether the species is an 
endangered species or threatened        
species1 the ,secretary shall count all 
of the species without regard to whether
 it is found on ,state1 private1 or     
tribal lands as determined by the ,state
 for purposes of recovery of the species
 and determination of listing status on 
the basis of the best scientific and    
commercial data available4  4  7b7      
,application ,the amendment made by     
subsection 7a7 shall apply beginning on 
the first day of the year of the        
enactment of this ,act4