GATOR Act of 2026

This bill would require the Comptroller General (head of the Government Accountability Office) to study how listing the American alligator, common caiman, and brown caiman as threatened species under the Endangered Species Act, because they look similar to listed species, has affected their populations. The study would be done in consultation with the Secretary of the Interior, through the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and with state wildlife agencies. It would examine whether this treatment has affected state management programs and whether the American alligator has recovered. It would also examine whether caimans have become invasive in Florida and whether it has become harder to remove nuisance alligators or invasive caimans from waterways near homes and businesses.

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Sponsors

• W. Gregory Steube Republican sponsor
• 0 cosponsors