EMPOWERS Act of 2020

United States116th CongressHR-5594House of Representatives
Updated: Jan 17, 2020

Summary

Ensuring Meaningful Petition Outreach While Enhancing Rights of States Act of 2020 or the EMPOWERS Act of 2020 This bill revises the petition process for listing, delisting, or reclassifying an endangered or threatened species, including by requiring petitioners to notify each county and state in which the species is located of the intent to submit a petition.

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Timeline

Latest companion bill action

S-2416: EMPOWERS Act of 2019

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

  1. Introduced in House

  2. Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

    House of Representatives

  3. Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.

    House of Representatives

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