,,ii  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #bdia  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,september #ag1
 #bjai ,mr4 ,udall 7for himself1 ,mr4   
,blumenthal1 ,mr4 ,booker1 ,mrs4        
,feinstein1 ,ms4 ,cantwell1 ,mr4        
,merkley1 ,ms4 ,hirono1 ,ms4 ,harris1   
,mr4 ,sanders1 ,mr4 ,menendez1 and ,ms4 
,warren7 introduced the following bill2 
which was read twice and referred to the
 ,committee on ,environment and ,public 
,works  ,a ,,bill  ,to terminate certain
 rules issued by the ,secretary of the  
,interior and the ,secretary of         
,commerce relating to endangered and    
threatened species1 and for other       
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,protect ,america's 
,wildlife and ,fish in ,need of         
,conservation ,act of #bjai4  #b4       
,findings ,congress finds that--  7#a7  
global wildlife populations have fallen 
by #fj percent over #d decades due to   
habitat loss1 pollution1 deforestation1 
climate change1 and other anthropogenic 

factors2  7#b7 current rates of species 
extinction are up to #a1jjj times       
greater than the natural rate of        
extinction2 and  7#c7 the ,endangered   
,species ,act of #aigc 7#af ,u4,s4,c4   
#aeca et seq47 is one of the most       
popular and successful environmental    
laws of the ,united ,states4  #c4       
,termination of regulations relating to 
endangered and threatened species and   
restoration of prior regulations  7a7   
,in general ,the amendments to parts    
#ag1 #djb1 and #dbd of title #ej1 ,code 
of ,federal ,regulations1 made by the   
following final rules are void3  7#a7   
,the final rule promulgated by the      
,secretary of the ,interior entitled    
,endangered and ,threatened ,wildlife   
and ,plants2 ,regulations for           
,prohibitions to ,threatened ,wildlife  
and ,plants 7#hd ,fed4 ,reg4 #ddgec     
7,august #bg1 #bjai774  7#b7 ,the final 
rule promulgated by the ,secretary of   
the ,interior and the ,secretary of     
,commerce entitled ,endangered and      

,threatened ,wildlife and ,plants2      
,regulations for ,interagency           
,cooperation 7#hd ,fed4 ,reg4 #ddigf    
7,august #bg1 #bjai774  7#c7 ,the final 
rule promulgated by the ,secretary of   
the ,interior and the ,secretary of     
,commerce entitled ,endangered and      
,threatened ,wildlife and ,plants2      
,regulations for ,listing ,species and  
,designating ,critical ,habitat 7#hd    
,fed4 ,reg4 #dejbj 7,august #bg1        
#bjai774  7b7 ,effectiveness ,parts #ag1
 #djb1 and #dbd of title #ej1 ,code of  
,federal ,regulations1 shall be in      
effect as if the amendments voided under
 subsection 7a7 had not been made4  7c7 
,promulgation of new rules ,any rule    
proposed by the ,secretary of the       
,interior or the ,secretary of ,commerce
 after the date of enactment of this    
,act to amend part #ag1 #djb1 or #dbd of
 title #ej1 ,code of ,federal           
,regulations 7other than any rule that  
is necessary to carry out subsections   
7a7 and 7b77--  7#a7 shall analyze and  

incorporate the impacts of climate      
change1 including long-term impacts1    
on-- 7,a7 species listed as threatened  
species or endangered species under the 
,endangered ,species ,act of #aigc 7#af 
,u4,s4,c4 #aeca et seq47 and species    
that are candidates to be so listed2 and
  7,b7 the habitats of species described
 in subparagraph 7,a72  7#b7 may analyze
 and incorporate alternatives for       
providing automatic protections under   
section #i7;a7 of the ,endangered       
,species ,act of #aigc 7#af ,u4,s4,c4   
#aech7;a77 in the case of species listed
 as threatened species under that ,act  
7#af ,u4,s4,c4 #aeca et seq472 and  7#c7
 may not-- 7,a7 analyze or incorporate  
any positive or negative economic       
impacts associated with the decision of 
whether to list a species as a          
threatened species or an endangered     
species under the ,endangered ,species  
,act of #aigc 7#af ,u4,s4,c4 #aeca et   
seq472  7,b7 limit the authority of the 
,secretary of the ,interior or the      

,secretary of ,commerce to consider the 
impacts of climate change1 including the
 long-term impacts2 or  7,c7 interfere  
in any manner with the best available   
science4  #d4 ,sense of ,congress ,it is
 the sense of ,congress that--  7#a7    
,congress recognizes the potential      
benefit of clarifying inconsistencies   
in-- 7,a7 the past practices of the     
,united ,states ,fish and ,wildlife     
,service and the ,national ,marine      
,fisheries ,service under the           
,endangered ,species ,act of #aigc 7#af 
,u4,s4,c4 #aeca et seq472 and  7,b7     
interpretations by those agencies of    
regulations under that ,act1 especially 
under section #g of that ,act 7#af      
,u4,s4,c4 #aecf72 and  7#b7 ,congress   
acknowledges the importance of providing
 incentives for landowners to conserve  
species1 especially by rewarding the    
landowners for--  7,a7 helping to       
prevent the need to add species to the  
list of threatened species or endangered
 species under that ,act 7#af ,u4,s4,c4 

#aeca et seq472 and  7,b7 successfully  
conserving species listed as endangered 
species under that ,act to the point    
that the species can be downlisted to   
the list of threatened species under    
that ,act4