,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #aga  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the
 ,,united ,,states  ,january #ba1       
#bjbe,mr4 ,marshall 7for himself1 ,mr4  
,lankford1 ,mr4 ,mullin1 and ,mr4       
,moran7 introduced the following bill2  
which was read twice and referred to the
 ,committee on ,environment and ,public 
,works  ,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 #aigc1 to  
amend that ,act to exclude the lesser   
prairie-chicken from the authority of   
that ,act1 and for other purposes4  #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-chicken 7,tympanuchus           
pallidicinctus71 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 in the
 matter preceding subparagraph 7,a71 by 
striking ,the ,secretary shall and      
inserting ,except as provided in        
paragraph 7#d71 the ,secretary shall2   
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 an endangered species
 or a threatened species4  4