Mexican Gray Wolf Recovery Plan Act of 2016

H.R. 843 Western Great Lakes Wolf Management Act of 2015 H.R. 884 To direct the Secretary of the Interior to reissue final rules relating to listing of the gray wolf in the Western Great Lakes and Wyoming under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, and for other purposes. H.R. 897 Reducing Regulatory Burdens Act of 2015 H.R. 1471 -- FEMA Disaster Assistance Reform Act of 2015 section 311 H.R. 1668 - Save Our Water Act H.R. 1985 - Pacific Northwest Gray Wolf Management Act of 2015 H.R.2109 - Endangered Species Litigation Reasonableness Act H.R. 2406 -- Sportsmens Heritage and Recreational Enhancement Act of 2015 and amendments (#2, #5, #9, #11, #13, #17, #24, #26, #32, #43, #44, #45, #47) H.R. 2898 - Western Water and American Food Security Act of 2015 H.R. 2910 - Mexican Wolf Transparency and Accountability Act H.R. 2983 - Drought Recovery and Resilience Act of 2015 H.R. 3162 - Endangered Species Recovery Transparency Act HR 4909 -- National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 HR 5247 - California Long-Term Provisions for Water Supply and Short-Term Provisions for Emergency Drought Relief Act H.R. 5055 - Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations bill, FY17 H.R. 5393 - Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations bill, FY 17 H.R. 5538 - Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017 & amendments H.R. 5584 Shark Fin Trade Elimination Act of 2016 Conference report accompanying H.R. 2577 (Zika/MilCon-VA appropriations) House-passed energy package (House amendment to S. 2012); S. 1 Keystone XL Pipeline Approval Act amendments 33, 34, 73 S. 112 - Common Sense in Species Protection Act of 2015 S. 292 - 21st Century Endangered Species Transparency Act S. 293 - To amend the ESA to establish a procedure for approval of certain settlements S. 468 - Sage-Grouse and Mule Deer Habitat Conservation and Restoration Act of 2015 S. 655 - a bill to prohibit the use of funds by the Secretary of the Interior to make a final determination on the listing of the northern long-eared bat under the ESA S. 659 -- Bipartisan Sportsmen's Act of 2016 and amendments (Barrasso, Crapo-Carper-Fischer, and Sullivan amendments) S. 736 - State, Tribal, and Local Species Transparency Act S. 855 - Endangered Species Management Self-Determination Act S. 1036 - Sage-Grouse Protection and Conservation Act S. 1500 -- Sensible Environmental Protection Act of 2015 S 1645 - Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016 S. 1894 - California Emergency Drought Relief Act of 2015 S. 2281 -- A bill to direct the Secretary of the Interior to reissue final rules relating to listing of the gray wolf in the Western Great Lakes and Wyoming under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, and for other purposes. S. 2533 -- California Long-Term Provisions for Water Supply and Short-Term Provisions for Emergency Drought Relief Act S.2240 - FEDERAL LAND INVASIVE SPECIES CONTROL, PREVENTION, AND MANAGEMENT ACT S.2848 - Water Resources Development Act of 2016 S. 2876 - Mexican Gray Wolf Recovery Plan Act of 2016. S. 3095 - Shark Fin Trade Elimination Act of 2016 Rulemakings: DOC, NOAA, Proposed Rule; Magnuson-Stevens Act Provisions; National Standard Guidelines; 80FR 2786 (Jan. 20, 2015) Department of the Interior; U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Removing the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem Population of Grizzly Bears From the Federal List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife; Proposed Rule; 81 FR 61658 (September 7, 2016).

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H.R. 167; Wildfire Disaster Funding Act - Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to require specified adjustments to discretionary spending limits in FY2015-FY2022 to accommodate appropriations for wildfire suppression operations in the Wildland Fire Management accounts at the Department of Agriculture (USDA) or the Department of the Interior. H.R. 327; Polar Bear Conservation and Fairness Act of 2015 - To amend the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 to allow importation of polar bear trophies taken in sport hunts in Canada before the date the polar bear was determined to be a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act of 1973. H.R. 461; Wild Game Donation Act of 2015 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) increase the tax deduction for charitable contributions of qualified wild game meat by the processing fees paid with respect to such contributions, and (2) exclude from the gross income of meat processors processing fees paid by a charitable organization for the processing of donated wild game meat. H.R. 528; Recreational Fishing and Hunting Heritage and Opportunities Act - To direct Federal public land management officials to exercise their authority under existing law to facilitate use of and access to Federal public lands for fishing, sport hunting, and recreational shooting, and for other purposes. H.R. 697 & S. 1769; African Elephant Conservation and Legal Ivory Possession Act of 2015 - To amend the African Elephant Conservation Act of 1988 to conserve elephants while appropriately regulating ivory in the United States. H.R. 1735; National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 - To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2016 for military activities of the Department of Defense and for military construction, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes. H.R. 2028; Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016 - Making appropriations for energy and water development and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, and for other purposes. H.R. 2399; Wildlife and Hunting Heritage Conservation Council Advistory Committee Act - To establish the Wildlife and Hunting Heritage Conservation Council Advisory Committee to advise the Secretaries of the Interior and Agriculture on wildlife and habitat conservation, hunting, recreational shooting, and for other purposes. H.R. 3173; Sportsmen's Conservation and Outdoor Recreation Enhancement Act - To promote conservation for the purpose of enhancing hunting, fishing and other outdoor recreational opportunities. H.R. 3526; CECIL Act - To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to extend the import-and-export- related provision of that Act to species proposed for listing as threatened or endangered under that Act. H.R. 5650; Recovering America's Wildlife Act of 2016, This bill amends the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act to direct the Department of the Treasury to transfer, beginning in FY2016, revenues from energy and mineral development on federal lands totaling $1.3 billion to the Wildlife Conservation and Restoration Subaccount of the Federal Aid to Wildlife Restoration Fund, to be available without further appropriation. The purpose of the subaccount is to fund state wildlife conservation and restoration programs for managing fish and wildlife species of the greatest conservation need as determined by a state fish and wildlife agency. H.Amdt.584; At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following: LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS WITH RESPECT TO IVORY SEC. _ . None of the funds made available by this Act may be used to implement or enforce section 120 of this Act. H.Amdt.948 to H.R. 2406 - Amendment sought to strike Title III, the exemption to import polar bear trophies taken in sport. H.Amdt.954 to 2406 - amendment to prohibit USDA and NFS from issuing restrictions and regulation on hunting and recreational fishing in the Mark Twain National Forest. H.Amdt.956 to H.R. 2406 - Amendment to require the Forest Administrator to amend the travel plan for the Kisatchie National in Louisiana to allow Utility Terrain Vehicle (UTV) access on roads nominated by the Secretary of Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries, except when such designation would pose an unacceptable safety risk. If a road is denied, the amendment would require the Forest Administrator to publish a notice in the Federal Register with a justification for the closure. H.Amdt.958 to H.R. 2406 - Amendment to add the text of H.R. 373, the Good Samaritan Search and Recovery Act, to the end of the bill. Adding such text would expedite access to federal lands for volunteer search and rescue groups to assist in recovering the remains of a deceased individual believed to be located on federal lands. H.Amdt.959 to H.R. 2406 - Amendment to provide for reissuing the 2011 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service decision to delist the gray wolf in the Western Great Lakes and Wyoming from the Endangered Species Act. H.Amdt.960 to H.R. 2406 - Amendment to prohibit the Fish and Wildlife Service from issuing a final rule that preempts state management authority which is protected by law in Alaska and withdrawals a final rule issued by the National Park Service of the same issue. H.Amdt.1338 to H.R. 5538; At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following: SEC.____. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used by the Secretary of the Interior to treat any gray wolf in any of the 48 contiguous States or the District of Columbia as an endangered species or threatened species under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) after June 13, 2017. H.Amdt.1344 to H.R. 5538; At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following: SEC.____. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used to treat the Mexican wolf (Canis lupus baileyi) as an endangered species or threatened species under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) or to implement a recovery plan for such species that applies in any area outside the historic range of such species. H.Res.619; Providing for consideration of the Bill (H.R. 2406) to protect and enhance opportunities for recreational hunting, fishing and shooting, and for other purposes. S. 225; Hunting, Fishing and Recreational Shooting Protection Act - Exempts components of firearms and ammunition and sport fishing equipment and its components (such as lead sinkers) from regulations on chemical substances under the Toxic Substances Control Act. S. 405, S.556, & S.659; Bipartisan Sportsmen's Act of 2015 - To protect and enhance opportunities for recreational hunting, fishing, and shooting, and for other purposes. S. 721 & S. 992; Target Practice and Marksmanship Training Support Act - To amend the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act to facilitate the establishment of additional or expanded public target ranges in certain States. S. 2876; Mexican Gray Wolf Recovery Plan Act of 2016 - To require the Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service to issue a scientifically valid and State-supported recovery plan for the Mexican gray wolf.

H.R. 843 Western Great Lakes Wolf Management Act of 2015 H.R. 884 To direct the Secretary of the Interior to reissue final rules relating to listing of the gray wolf in the Western Great Lakes and Wyoming under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, and for other purposes. H.R. 897 Reducing Regulatory Burdens Act of 2015 H.R. 1471 -- FEMA Disaster Assistance Reform Act of 2015 section 311 H.R. 1668 - Save Our Water Act H.R. 1985 - Pacific Northwest Gray Wolf Management Act of 2015 H.R.2109 - Endangered Species Litigation Reasonableness Act H.R. 2406 -- Sportsmens Heritage and Recreational Enhancement Act of 2015 and amendments (#2, #5, #9, #11, #13, #17, #24, #26, #32, #43, #44, #45, #47) H.R. 2898 - Western Water and American Food Security Act of 2015 H.R. 2910 - Mexican Wolf Transparency and Accountability Act H.R. 2983 - Drought Recovery and Resilience Act of 2015 H.R. 3162 - Endangered Species Recovery Transparency Act HR 4909 -- National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 HR 5247 - California Long-Term Provisions for Water Supply and Short-Term Provisions for Emergency Drought Relief Act H.R. 5055 - Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations bill, FY17 H.R. 5538 - Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017 & amendments S. 1 Keystone XL Pipeline Approval Act amendments 33, 34, 73 S. 112 - Common Sense in Species Protection Act of 2015 S. 292 - 21st Century Endangered Species Transparency Act S. 293 - To amend the ESA to establish a procedure for approval of certain settlements S. 468 - Sage-Grouse and Mule Deer Habitat Conservation and Restoration Act of 2015 S. 655 - a bill to prohibit the use of funds by the Secretary of the Interior to make a final determination on the listing of the northern long-eared bat under the ESA S. 659 -- Bipartisan Sportsmen's Act of 2016 and amendments (Barrasso, Crapo-Carper-Fischer, and Sullivan amendments) S. 736 - State, Tribal, and Local Species Transparency Act S. 855 - Endangered Species Management Self-Determination Act S. 1036 - Sage-Grouse Protection and Conservation Act S. 1500 -- Sensible Environmental Protection Act of 2015 S 1645 - Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016 S. 1894 - California Emergency Drought Relief Act of 2015 S. 2281 -- A bill to direct the Secretary of the Interior to reissue final rules relating to listing of the gray wolf in the Western Great Lakes and Wyoming under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, and for other purposes. S. 2533 -- California Long-Term Provisions for Water Supply and Short-Term Provisions for Emergency Drought Relief Act S.2240 - Federal Land Invasive Species Control, Prevention, and Management Act S. 2876 - Mexican Gray Wolf Recovery Plan Act of 2016. S. 3068 - Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017

Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act Arctic National Wildlife Refuge Comprehensive Conservation Plan Desert National Wildlife Refuge Emergency Wildfire and Forest Management Act of 2016 Endangered Species Act legislation Fish and Wildlife Service Proposed Rule on Management of Non-federal Oil and Gas Rights Fish and Wildlife Service Proposed Rule on Non-Subsistence Take of Wildlife on National Wildlife Refuges in Alaska Fish and Wildlife Service Revision of the ESA Section 4(d) for the African Elephant Havasu National Wildlife Refuge Izembek National Wildlife Refuge National Marine Fisheries Service Biological Opinion- FEMA/National Flood Insurance Program Tongass National Forest Wildfire Budgeting Response and Forest Management Act discussion draft H.R. 8 - North American Energy Security and Infrastructure Act of 2016 H.R. 152 - Corolla Wild Horse Protection Act H.R. 239 - Udall-Eisenhower Arctic Wilderness Act H.R. 2406 - Sportsmens Heritage and Recreational Enhancement (SHARE) Act and amendments H.R. 2898 - Western Water and American Food Security Act of 2015 H.R. 4558 - United States Fish and Wildlife Service Resource Protection Act H.R. 4739 - Greater Sage Grouse Protection & Recovery Act of 2016 H.R. 4900 - Puerto Rico Oversight, Management and Economic Stability Act (PROMESA) H.R. 5247 - California Long-Term Provisions for Water Supply and Short-Term Provisions for Emergency Drought Relief Act S. 405 - Bipartisan Sportsmens Act of 2015 S. 556 - Bipartisan Sportsmens Act of 2015 S. 659 - Bipartisan Sportsmens Act of 2016 S. 1204 - Corolla Wild Horse Protection Act S. 1894 - California Emergency Drought Relief Act of 2015 S. 2012 - Energy Policy Modernization Act of 2015, including S. Amdt 3286 S. 2341 - A bill to designate a portion of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge as Wilderness S. 2533 - California Long-Term Provisions for Water Supply and Short-Term Provisions for Emergency Drought Relief Act S. 2848 - Water Resources Development Act of 2016 S. 2876 - Mexican Gray Wolf Recovery Plan Act of 2016 S. 2902 - Western Water Supply and Planning Enhancement Act of 2016 S. 3004 - Alaska Native Claims Settlement Improvement Act

H.R. 167; Wildfire Disaster Funding Act - Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to require specified adjustments to discretionary spending limits in FY2015-FY2022 to accommodate appropriations for wildfire suppression operations in the Wildland Fire Management accounts at the Department of Agriculture (USDA) or the Department of the Interior. H.R. 327; Polar Bear Conservation and Fairness Act of 2015 - To amend the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 to allow importation of polar bear trophies taken in sport hunts in Canada before the date the polar bear was determined to be a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act of 1973. H.R. 461; Wild Game Donation Act of 2015 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) increase the tax deduction for charitable contributions of qualified wild game meat by the processing fees paid with respect to such contributions, and (2) exclude from the gross income of meat processors processing fees paid by a charitable organization for the processing of donated wild game meat. H.R. 528; Recreational Fishing and Hunting Heritage and Opportunities Act - To direct Federal public land management officials to exercise their authority under existing law to facilitate use of and access to Federal public lands for fishing, sport hunting, and recreational shooting, and for other purposes. H.R. 697 & S. 1769; African Elephant Conservation and Legal Ivory Possession Act of 2015 - To amend the African Elephant Conservation Act of 1988 to conserve elephants while appropriately regulating ivory in the United States. H.R. 1735; National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 - To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2016 for military activities of the Department of Defense and for military construction, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes. H.R. 2028; Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016 - Making appropriations for energy and water development and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, and for other purposes. H.R. 2399; Wildlife and Hunting Heritage Conservation Council Advistory Committee Act - To establish the Wildlife and Hunting Heritage Conservation Council Advisory Committee to advise the Secretaries of the Interior and Agriculture on wildlife and habitat conservation, hunting, recreational shooting, and for other purposes. H.R. 3173; Sportsmen's Conservation and Outdoor Recreation Enhancement Act - To promote conservation for the purpose of enhancing hunting, fishing and other outdoor recreational opportunities. H.R. 3526; CECIL Act - To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to extend the import-and-export- related provision of that Act to species proposed for listing as threatened or endangered under that Act. H.Amdt.584; At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following: LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS WITH RESPECT TO IVORY SEC. _ . None of the funds made available by this Act may be used to implement or enforce section 120 of this Act. H.Amdt.948 to H.R. 2406 - Amendment sought to strike Title III, the exemption to import polar bear trophies taken in sport. H.Amdt.954 to 2406 - amendment to prohibit USDA and NFS from issuing restrictions and regulation on hunting and recreational fishing in the Mark Twain National Forest. H.Amdt.956 to H.R. 2406 - Amendment to require the Forest Administrator to amend the travel plan for the Kisatchie National in Louisiana to allow Utility Terrain Vehicle (UTV) access on roads nominated by the Secretary of Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries, except when such designation would pose an unacceptable safety risk. If a road is denied, the amendment would require the Forest Administrator to publish a notice in the Federal Register with a justification for the closure. H.Amdt.958 to H.R. 2406 - Amendment to add the text of H.R. 373, the Good Samaritan Search and Recovery Act, to the end of the bill. Adding such text would expedite access to federal lands for volunteer search and rescue groups to assist in recovering the remains of a deceased individual believed to be located on federal lands. H.Amdt.959 to H.R. 2406 - Amendment to provide for reissuing the 2011 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service decision to delist the gray wolf in the Western Great Lakes and Wyoming from the Endangered Species Act. H.Amdt.960 to H.R. 2406 - Amendment to prohibit the Fish and Wildlife Service from issuing a final rule that preempts state management authority which is protected by law in Alaska and withdrawals a final rule issued by the National Park Service of the same issue. H.Res.619; Providing for consideration of the Bill (H.R. 2406) to protect and enhance opportunities for recreational hunting, fishing and shooting, and for other purposes. S. 225; Hunting, Fishing and Recreational Shooting Protection Act - Exempts components of firearms and ammunition and sport fishing equipment and its components (such as lead sinkers) from regulations on chemical substances under the Toxic Substances Control Act. S. 405, S.556, & S.659; Bipartisan Sportsmen's Act of 2015 - To protect and enhance opportunities for recreational hunting, fishing, and shooting, and for other purposes. S. 721 & S. 992; Target Practice and Marksmanship Training Support Act - To amend the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act to facilitate the establishment of additional or expanded public target ranges in certain States. S. 2876; Mexican Gray Wolf Recovery Plan Act of 2016 - To require the Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service to issue a scientifically valid and State-supported recovery plan for the Mexican gray wolf.