S. 171 · Where this bill is now
In committee
Introduced in the Senate, Jan 21, 2025
What this bill does
In plain words · AI-written from the official summaryRemoves prairie-chicken from endangered species protections
This bill takes the lesser prairie-chicken off the federal list of threatened and endangered species. It also prevents the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service from ever adding it back to that list or protecting it under the Endangered Species Act.
How it affects you
If you live in areas where lesser prairie-chickens live, this means the federal protections that currently protect their habitat would no longer apply. Landowners and businesses in prairie regions could face fewer restrictions on how they use their land, while conservation efforts for this species would no longer be federally mandated.
Read the official summary (Introduced in Senate, Jan 21, 2025)
This bill removes the lesser prairie-chicken ( Tympanuchus pallidicinctus ), including each of its distinct population segments, from the threatened and endangered species lists that are published under the Endangered Species Act of 1973. Further, the bill prohibits the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service from designating such species as threatened or endangered, and thus, protecting such species under such act.
Written by AI (Claude) using only the official summary by the Congressional Research Service, the Library of Congress’s nonpartisan research staff. It can miss nuance, so check the official summary and the bill text for details.
1st SessionS. 171
A BILL
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 1973, to amend that Act to exclude the lesser prairie-chicken from the authority of that Act, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen. Roger Marshall (R-KS) · Introduced Jan 21, 2025 · Animals · 1 version of the text
Sources: Congress.gov actions and votes · bill text from GovInfo · latest official action Jan 21, 2025: “Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.”