Endangered Species Litigation Reasonableness Act
USA115th CongressHR-3131| House
| Updated: 2/15/2018
Bill Huizenga
Republican Representative
Michigan
Cosponsors (10)
Judiciary Committee, Natural Resources Committee
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor
- Passed Chamber
- Enacted
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.) Endangered Species Litigation Reasonableness Act (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to replace the current standard for awarding court costs, including attorney fees, in citizen suits with the federal judicial code standard for awarding costs to a prevailing party.
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Introduced in House
Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Committee Hearings Held.
Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 22 - 16.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 424.
Committee on the Judiciary discharged.
Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 115-563, Part I.
Environmental Protection
Civil actions and liabilityEndangered and threatened speciesLegal fees and court costsWildlife conservation and habitat protection
Endangered Species Litigation Reasonableness Act
USA115th CongressHR-3131| House
| Updated: 2/15/2018
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.) Endangered Species Litigation Reasonableness Act (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to replace the current standard for awarding court costs, including attorney fees, in citizen suits with the federal judicial code standard for awarding costs to a prevailing party.
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Timeline
Introduced in House
Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Committee Hearings Held.
Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 22 - 16.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 424.
Committee on the Judiciary discharged.
Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 115-563, Part I.
Bill Huizenga
Republican Representative
Michigan
Cosponsors (10)
Judiciary Committee, Natural Resources Committee
Environmental Protection
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor
- Passed Chamber
- Enacted
Civil actions and liabilityEndangered and threatened speciesLegal fees and court costsWildlife conservation and habitat protection