To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to enable Federal agencies responsible for the preservation of threatened species and endangered species to rescue and relocate members of any of those species that would be taken in the course of certain reconstruction, maintenance, or repair of Federal or non-Federal manmade flood control levees.
Species Rescue Act - Amends the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to provide for expedited consultation and conferencing (within 60 days of the date on which initiated) with respect to impacts on endangered or threatened species of Federal agency flood control actions.
Directs the Secretary of the Interior or Commerce, as appropriate, acting through the Fish and Wildlife Service, any other Federal land management agency, the National Marine Fisheries Service, or a State conservation agency, to relocate from the flood control levee any threatened or endangered species of plant or animal that would be taken in the course of the agency action. Bars the Secretary from requiring a non-Federal person to carry out any measures to minimize or mitigate impacts of agency flood control actions, except as provided above.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
Executive Comment Requested from Interior.
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