This bill authorizes protective regulations for conserving species that are listed as endangered.
To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to provide for protective 
     regulations when a species is listed as an endangered species.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. PROTECTIVE REGULATIONS FOR ENDANGERED SPECIES.

    (a) Protective Regulations.--Section 4(d) of the Endangered Species 
Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1533(d)) is amended to read as follows:
    ``(d) Protective Regulations.--
            ``(1) Threatened species.--Whenever any species is listed 
        as a threatened species pursuant to subsection (c), the 
        Secretary shall issue such regulations as the Secretary deems 
        necessary and advisable to provide for the conservation of such 
        species.
            ``(2) Endangered species.--Whenever any species is listed 
        as an endangered species pursuant to subsection (c), the 
        Secretary may issue such regulations as the Secretary deems 
        necessary and advisable to provide for the conservation of such 
        species.
            ``(3) Prohibition on certain activities.--Except as 
        provided in paragraph (4), the Secretary may, by regulation 
        issued under this subsection, prohibit with respect to any 
        threatened or endangered species any act prohibited under 
        section 9(a)(1), in the case of fish or wildlife, or section 
        9(a)(2) in the case of plants.
            ``(4) Exception.--Regulations described by paragraph (3) 
        shall apply in any State which has entered into a cooperative 
        agreement pursuant to section 6(c) only to the extent that such 
        regulations have also been adopted by such State.''.
    (b) Exception to Prohibited Acts.--Paragraphs (1) and (2) of 
section 9(a) of such Act (15 U.S.C. 1538(a)(1) and (2)) are each 
amended by inserting ``by regulations issued under section 4(d) or'' 
after ``as provided''.
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To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to provide for protective regulations when a species is listed as an endangered species.
To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to provide for protective regulations when a species is listed as an endangered species.
Official Titles - House of Representatives
Official Title as Introduced
To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to provide for protective regulations when a species is listed as an endangered species.
Rep. Stauber, Pete