S.Amdt. 2725

SA 2725. Mr. LEE (for himself, Mr. Risch, Mr. Crapo, and Mr. Heller)
submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R.
5515, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2019 for military
activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and
for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe
military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other
purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place, add the following:

SEC. 3__. STATE MANAGEMENT AND CONSERVATION OF SPECIES.

(a) Sage-grouse and Prairie-chicken.--
(1) In general.--During the 10-year period beginning on the
date of the enactment of this Act, the conservation status of
each of the Greater Sage grouse (Centrocerus urophasianus)
and the Lesser Prairie-Chicken (Tympanuchus pallidicinctus)
under section 4 of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16
U.S.C. 1533) shall be not-warranted for listing.
(2) Subsequent determinations.--In determining conservation
efficacy for purposes of making any determination of such
status after such 10-year period, the Secretary of the
Interior shall fully consider all conservation actions of
States, Federal agencies, and military installations.
(b) American Burying Beetle.--Notwithstanding the final
rule of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service entitled
``Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants;
Determination of Endangered Status for the American Burying
Beetle'' (54 Fed. Reg. 29652 (July 13, 1989)), the American
burying beetle (Nicrophorus americanus) may not be listed as
a threatened species or endangered species under the
Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.).
(c) Judicial Review.--Notwithstanding any other provision
of statute or regulation, this section shall not be subject
to judicial review.
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