This bill provides statutory authority for the rule published on December 16, 2020, by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Marine Fisheries Service entitled Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Regulations for Listing Endangered and Threatened Species and Designating Critical Habitat. The rule defined habitat under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 and it responded to Supreme Court case law regarding the designation of critical habitat under the act.
To codify certain regulations relating to the Endangered Species Act of 
                                 1973.

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

SECTION 1. CODIFICATION OF FINAL RULE.

    The revisions to the Code of Federal Regulations made pursuant to 
the final rule of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service of the 
Department of the Interior and the National Marine Fisheries Service of 
the Department of Commerce entitled ``Endangered and Threatened 
Wildlife and Plants; Regulations for Listing Endangered and Threatened 
Species and Designating Critical Habitat'' published in the Federal 
Register on December 16, 2020 (85 Fed. Reg. 81411) shall have the force 
and effect of law.
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To codify certain regulations relating to the Endangered Species Act of 1973.
To codify certain regulations relating to the Endangered Species Act of 1973.
Official Titles - House of Representatives
Official Title as Introduced
To codify certain regulations relating to the Endangered Species Act of 1973.
Rep. Bentz, Cliff