LIST Act of 2025
1/31/2025, 11:08 AMSummary of Bill HR 106
Bill 119 HR 106 aims to make changes to the Endangered Species Act of 1973 in order to improve the accuracy and efficiency of listing, delisting, and downlisting endangered species and potentially endangered species. The bill seeks to provide more precise criteria for determining the status of these species, ensuring that only those truly in need of protection are listed as endangered. This would help to prevent unnecessary restrictions on land use and development while still protecting species that are truly at risk. The bill also aims to streamline the process for delisting or downlisting species that have recovered or no longer meet the criteria for protection under the Act. Overall, the goal of the bill is to strike a balance between conservation efforts and economic development, ensuring that the Endangered Species Act is effectively protecting species while also allowing for responsible land use and development.Congressional Summary of HR 106
Less Imprecision in Species Treatment Act of 2025 or the LIST Act of 2025
This bill modifies the process for removing a species from the endangered or threatened species lists and makes related requirements.
A species must be removed from the endangered or threatened species lists if the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Marine Fisheries Service produces or receives substantial scientific or commercial information demonstrating that the species is recovered or that recovery goals set for the species have been met.
The publication and notice of a proposed regulation to remove a species from the lists must consist solely of a notice of the removal.
The bill establishes a process for removing species from the lists if they were erroneously or wrongfully listed. The bill prohibits a person from submitting a petition to list a species as a threatened or endangered species for 10 years if the person knowingly submitted a petition with information that was inaccurate beyond scientifically reasonable margins of error, fraudulent, or misrepresentative.
