Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Promoting Local Management of the Lesser Prairie Chicken Act”.
Promoting Local Management of the Lesser Prairie Chicken Act
A BILL
To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to exclude certain populations of the lesser prairie chicken from the authority of such Act, and for other purposes.
Sec. 2 Exclusion of certain populations of lesser prairie chicken under Endangered Species Act of 1973
Exclusion of certain populations of lesser prairie chicken— Section 4(a) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1533(a)) is amended—
in paragraph (1), by striking “The Secretary shall by regulation” and inserting “Except as provided in paragraph (4), the Secretary shall by regulation”; and
by adding at the end the following:
“(4) Applicability to lesser prairie chicken—The Secretary may not make a determination under this subsection that any population of the lesser prairie chicken (Tympanuchus pallidicinctus) in Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, Colorado, or New Mexico is threatened or endangered.”
Delisting of certain populations of lesser prairie chicken— Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this section, the Secretary of the Interior shall remove each population of the lesser prairie chicken (Tympanuchus pallidicinctus) in Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, Colorado, and New Mexico from the lists of threatened species and endangered species that are published pursuant to the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.).