United StatesPet and Livestock Protection Act
What it does
This bill directs the Department of the Interior to remove protections for the gray wolf under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA). Specifically, the bill requires Interior to reissue the final rule titled Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Removing the Gray Wolf (Canis lupus) From the List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and published on November 3, 2020.
More detail
The rule removed the gray wolf in the lower 48 United States, except for the Mexican wolf (C. l. baileyi) subspecies, from the endangered and threatened species list. However, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California vacated the rule on February 10, 2022. As a result, the gray wolf reattained the protection status it had prior to the rule's promulgation.
The bill also prohibits the reissuance of the rule from being subject to judicial review.
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- Introduced
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To President
- Became Law
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History
- 2025
- Dec 18Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 951. (consideration: CR H6049-6056)Latest
- Vote recorded On Passage. Result: Passed.House
- Vote recorded On Motion to Recommit. Result: Failed.House
- Dec 18Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 4776, H.R. 1366, H.R. 845, H.R. 3616, H.R. 3632 and H.R. 4371. The resolution provides for consideration of H.R. 4776, under a structured rule and H.R. 1366, H.R. 845, H.R. 3616, H.R. 3632, and H.R. 4371 under a closed rule. The resolution provides one motion to recommit on each bill.
- Dec 18DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on H.R. 845.
- Dec 18The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule.
- Dec 18Mr. Huffman moved to recommit to the Committee on Natural Resources. (text: CR H6056)
- Dec 18The previous question on the motion to recommit was ordered pursuant to clause 2(b) of rule XIX.
- Dec 18POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on H.R. 845, the Chair put the question on motion to recommit and by voice vote announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Huffman demanded the yeas and nays and the Chair postponed further proceedings until a time to be announced.
- Dec 18Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H6070-6072)
- Dec 18On motion to recommit Failed by the Yeas and Nays: 204 - 213 (Roll no. 359).
- Dec 18Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 211 - 204 (Roll no. 360).Passed House
- Dec 18On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 211 - 204 (Roll no. 360). (text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR H6050)
- Dec 18Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Dec 18Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
- Dec 16Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 951 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 4776, H.R. 1366, H.R. 845, H.R. 3616, H.R. 3632 and H.R. 4371. The resolution provides for consideration of H.R. 4776, under a structured rule and H.R. 1366, H.R. 845, H.R. 3616, H.R. 3632, and H.R. 4371 under a closed rule. The resolution provides one motion to recommit on each bill.
- Oct 3Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-332.
- Oct 3Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 285.
- Apr 9Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife and Fisheries Discharged
- Apr 9Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- Apr 9Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by the Yeas and Nays: 24 - 17.
- Mar 25Subcommittee Hearings Held
- Mar 18Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife and Fisheries.
- Jan 31Introduced in House
- Jan 31Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.Introduced
- Dec 18Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 951. (consideration: CR H6049-6056)Latest