Improving Species Recovery Act

This bill changes the Endangered Species Act. Before deciding whether to list a species, the Secretary would set standards for how much threats must be reduced for the species not to need listing, and each listing rule would describe the species' starting condition. Within 3 years, the Secretary would issue rules on how voluntary conservation actions count when deciding whether to remove a species from the list. Recovery plans would include conservation milestones, and the Secretary would report to Congress at least every 3 years on each listed species, with the information posted online. The bill also expands an online tool used for agency consultations and requires a study of which reviews could be sped up using digital technology or artificial intelligence.

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Sponsors

• Adam B. Schiff Democrat sponsor
• 1 cosponsors