1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the “State, Tribal, and Local Species Transparency and Recovery Act”.
State, Tribal, and Local Species Transparency and Recovery Act
A BILL
To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to require disclosure to States of the basis of determinations under such Act, to ensure use of information provided by State, tribal, and county governments in decisionmaking under such Act, and for other purposes.
2. Requiring decisional transparency with affected States
Section 6(a) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1535(a)) is amended—
by inserting “(1)” before the first sentence; and
by striking “Such cooperation shall include” and inserting the following:
“(2) Such cooperation shall include—
“(A) before making a determination under section 4(a), providing to States affected by such determination all data that is the basis of the determination; and
“(B)”
3. Ensuring use of State, tribal, and local information
by redesignating paragraphs (2) through (21) as paragraphs (3) through (22), respectively; and
by inserting after paragraph (1) the following:
“(2) The term “best scientific and commercial data available” includes all such data submitted by a State, tribal, or county government.”
Conforming amendment— Section 7(n) of such Act (16 U.S.C. 1536(n)) is amended by striking “section 3(13)” and inserting “section 3(14)”.