A bill to direct the Secretary of the Interior to reissue final rules relating to listing the gray wolf in the Western Great Lakes and Wyoming under the Endangered Species Act of 1973.

II 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION S. 831 To direct the Secretary of the Interior to reissue final rules relating to listing the gray wolf in the Western Great Lakes and Wyoming under the Endangered Species Act of 1973. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES MARCH 14, 2019 Mr. JOHNSON (for himself, Ms. BALDWIN, Mr. BARRASSO, and Mr. ENZI) in- troduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Com- mittee on Environment and Public Works A BILL To direct the Secretary of the Interior to reissue final rules relating to listing the gray wolf in the Western Great Lakes and Wyoming under the Endangered Species Act of 1973. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. REISSUANCE OF FINAL RULE REGARDING 3 GRAY WOLVES IN WESTERN GREAT LAKES. 4 Before the end of the 60-day period beginning on the 5 date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior 6 shall reissue the final rule published on December 28, 7 2011 (76 Fed. Reg. 81666), without regard to any other 8 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:59 Mar 28, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S831.IS S831 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 2 •S 831 IS provision of statute or regulation that applies to issuance 1 of such rule. Such reissuance shall not be subject to judi- 2 cial review. 3 SEC. 2. REISSUANCE OF FINAL RULE REGARDING GRAY 4 WOLVES IN WYOMING. 5 The final rule published on September 10, 2012 (77 6 Fed. Reg. 55530), that was reinstated on March 3, 2017, 7 by the decision of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Dis- 8 trict of Columbia (No. 14–5300) and further republished 9 on May 1, 2017 (82 Fed. Reg. 20284–85), that reinstates 10 the removal of Federal protections for the gray wolf in 11 Wyoming under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as 12 amended, shall not be subject to judicial review. 13 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:59 Mar 28, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\S831.IS S831 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS