To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to prohibit treatment of certain non-native, non-indigenous hoofstock born within the borders of the United States as an endangered species, a threatened species, an essential experimental population, or a nonessential experimental population.

I 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 4208 To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to prohibit treatment of certain non-native, non-indigenous hoofstock born within the borders of the United States as an endangered species, a threatened species, an essential experimental population, or a nonessential experimental pop- ulation. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AUGUST 23, 2019 Mr. YOHO introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources A BILL To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to prohibit treatment of certain non-native, non-indigenous hoofstock born within the borders of the United States as an endangered species, a threatened species, an essential experimental population, or a nonessential experimental population. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:54 Aug 23, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4208.IH H4208 jbell on DSK3GLQ082PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 4208 IH SECTION 1. PROHIBITION OF TREATMENT OF CERTAIN 1 HOOFSTOCK AS ENDANGERED SPECIES, 2 THREATENED SPECIES, ESSENTIAL EXPERI- 3 MENTAL POPULATION, OR NONESSENTIAL 4 EXPERIMENTAL POPULATION. 5 Section 3 of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 6 U.S.C. 1532) is amended— 7 (1) by inserting before the first sentence the 8 following: 9 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—’’; and 10 (2) by adding at the end the following: 11 ‘‘(b) LIMITATION.— 12 ‘‘(1) A covered hoofstock born within the bor- 13 ders of the United States shall not be treated as an 14 endangered species, a threatened species, an essen- 15 tial experimental population, or a nonessential exper- 16 imental population under this Act. 17 ‘‘(2) In this subsection the term ‘covered 18 hoofstock’ means any barasingha, red lechwe, Ara- 19 bian oryx, Eld’s deer, Grevy’s zebra, gaur, or 20 banteng.’’. 21 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:54 Aug 23, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H4208.IH H4208 jbell on DSK3GLQ082PROD with BILLS