Providing ESA Timing Improvements That Increase Opportunities for Nonlisting Act of 2018 or the PETITION Act of 2018
This bill amends the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to revise the process by which the Department of the Interior or the Department of Commerce, as appropriate, reviews petitions to list a species on the endangered or threatened species list. Specifically, the bill establishes a process for the appropriate department to declare a petition backlog and discharge the petitions when there is a backlog.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Committee Hearings Held.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 19 - 14.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 115-1105.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 115-1105.
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 855.
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