,i  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ehg  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,january #ba1        
#bjbe,mr4 ,mann 7for himself1 ,mrs4     
,bice1 ,mr4 ,estes1 ,mr4 ,arrington1    
,mr4 ,newhouse1 ,mr4 ,lucas1 ,mr4       
,schmidt1 ,mr4 ,brecheen1 ,mr4 ,bacon1  
,mr4 ,palmer1 ,mr4 ,perry1 ,mr4 ,hunt1  
,mr4 ,mc,clintock1 ,mr4 ,babin1 ,mr4    
,self1 and ,mr4 ,baird7 introduced the  
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,natural ,resources   
,a ,,bill  ,to remove the lesser        
prairie-chicken from the lists of       
threatened species and endangered       
species published pursuant to the       
,endangered ,species ,act of #aigc and  
to amend that ,act to exclude the lesser
 prairie-chicken from the authority of  
that ,act4  #a4 ,delisting of lesser    
prairie-chicken  7a7 ,in general        
,notwithstanding any other provision of 
law1 the lesser prairie-chicken         
7,tympanuchus pallidicinctus71 including
 each distinct population segment of the

 lesser prairie-chicken1 is removed from
 the lists of threatened species and    
endangered species that are published   
pursuant to the ,endangered ,species    
,act of #aigc 7#af ,u4,s4,c4 #aeca et   
seq474  7b7 ,exclusion of lesser        
prairie-,chicken from listing ,section  
#d7;a7 of the ,endangered ,species ,act 
of #aigc 7#af ,u4,s4,c4 #aecc7;a77 is   
amended-- 7#a7 in paragraph 7#a71 by    
striking ,the ,secretary shall by       
regulation and inserting ,except as     
provided in paragraph 7#d71 the         
,secretary shall by regulation2 and     
7#b7 by adding at the end the following3
  7#d7 ,applicability to lesser         
prairie-chicken ,the ,secretary may not 
make a determination under this         
subsection that the lesser              
prairie-chicken 7,tympanuchus           
pallidicinctus7 is threatened or        
endangered4  4