,,ii  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #ejb  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the
 ,,united ,,states  ,february #ad1      
#bjai,mr4 ,enzi 7for himself1 ,mr4      
,roberts1 and ,mr4 ,risch7 introduced   
the following bill2 which was read twice
 and referred to the ,committee on      
,environment and ,public ,works  ,a     
,,bill  ,to amend the ,endangered       
,species ,act of #aigc to require       
disclosure to ,states of the basis of   
determinations under such ,act1 to      
ensure use of information provided by   
,state1 ,tribal1 and county governments 
in decision-making under such ,act1 and 
for other purposes4  #a4 ,short title   
,this ,act may be cited as the ,state1  
,tribal1 and ,local ,species            
,transparency and ,recovery ,act4  #b4  
,requiring decisional transparency with 
affected ,states ,section #f7;a7 of the 
,endangered ,species ,act of #aigc 7#af 
,u4,s4,c4 #aece7;a77 is amended--  7#a7 
by inserting 7#a7 before the first      
sentence2 and  7#b7 by striking ,such   

cooperation shall include and inserting 
the following3  7#b7 ,such cooperation  
shall include-- 7,a7 before making a    
determination under section #d7;a71     
providing to ,states affected by such   
determination all data that is the basis
 of the determination2 and  7,b7  4  #c4
 ,ensuring use of ,state1 ,tribal1 and  
local information  7a7 ,in general      
,section #c of the ,endangered ,species 
,act of #aigc 7#af ,u4,s4,c4 #aecb7 is  
amended-- 7#a7 by redesignating         
paragraphs 7#b7 through 7#ba7 as        
paragraphs 7#c7 through 7#bb71          
respectively2 and  7#b7 by inserting    
after paragraph 7#a7 the following3     
7#b7 ,the term best scientific and      
commercial data available includes all  
such data submitted by a ,state1        
,tribal1 or county government4  4  7b7  
,conforming amendment ,section #g7n7 of 
such ,act 7#af ,u4,s4,c4 #aecf7n77 is   
amended by striking section #c7ac7 and  
inserting section #c7ad74