,i  #aacth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ecbi  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,july #ca1 #bjad ,mr4
 ,conaway 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,lucas1    
,mr4 ,ribble1 ,mr4 ,neugebauer1 ,mr4    
,thompson of ,pennsylvania1 ,mr4        
,thornberry1 ,mr4 ,pearce1 and ,mr4     
,crawford7 introduced the following     
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,natural ,resources  ,a   
,,bill  ,to amend the ,endangered       
,species ,act of #aigc to require       
establishment of objective numerical    
recovery goals for removal of species   
from lists of endangered species and    
threatened species under that ,act1 and 
for other purposes4  #a4 ,short title   
,this ,act may be cited as the          
,accountable ,recovery ,act4  #b4       
,objective numerical goals for removal  
of species from lists of endangered     
species and threatened species ,section 
#d7;f7 of the ,endangered ,species ,act 
of #aigc 7#af ,u4,s4,c4 #aecc7;f77 is   
amended--  7#a7 in paragraph 7#a7--     

7,a7 in the matter preceding            
subparagraph 7,a71 by striking develop  
and and inserting 1 at the time of a    
determination in accordance with        
subsection 7a71 develop1 make publicly  
available1 and propose to2 and  7,b7 in 
subparagraph 7,b77ii71 by inserting 1   
including objective numerical recovery  
goals1 after criteria2 and  7#b7 by     
adding at the end the following3  7#e7  
7,a7 ,before the end of the #cj-;day    
period beginning on the date the        
,secretary receives a petition from a   
,state in which is located a species    
included in a list under subsection 7c71
 or from any other interested ,state or 
other person1 that objective numerical  
recovery goals required for the species 
under subsection 7f77#a77;,b77ii7 have  
been achieved1 the ,secretary may       
determine that the petition does not    
present such substantial information1 or
 that such goals have not been achieved1
 and publish the reasons for such       
determination4  7,b7 ,a species that is 

the subject of a petition referred to in
 subparagraph 7,a7 is deemed to have    
been removed from the lists published   
under subsection 7c7 upon the end of    
such #cj-;day period if the ,secretary  
has not issued a determination under    
subparagraph 7,a74  4