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ID HJM013
JM
Status
2/17/2016
Primary Sponsor
Resources and Conservation Committee
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AI Summary
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Congress should prohibit federal funding to implement land use plan amendments inconsistent with Idaho's sage-grouse conservation plan for 10 years through fiscal year 2026
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Congress should block the Secretary of the Interior from considering, preparing, or issuing petitions or proposed regulations for greater sage-grouse protection under the Endangered Species Act for 10 years through fiscal year 2026
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Idaho requests a litigation safe-harbor protecting state sage-grouse management plans from private lawsuits and shielding the species' "not-warranted" status from judicial review during the 10-year period
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Congress should establish a mechanism allowing Idaho's Governor to ensure state sage-grouse plans are implemented on Bureau of Land Management and U.S. Forest Service lands, with inconsistencies resolved by the Governor
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Idaho commits to implementing its state sage-grouse conservation plan during the 10-year period while protecting state economic interests, educational funding, and private property rights
Legislative Description
Stating findings of the Legislature and resolving that Congress should, by legislative enactment, provide protections for adoption and implementation of state sage-grouse conservation plans by, among other things, making no funds available for use by either the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of Agriculture to implement recent federal land use plan amendments if they are inconsistent with the state's sage-grouse conservation plan for a period of 10 years through and including fiscal year 2026.
SAGE-GROUSE
Last Action
Delivered to Secretary of State at 10:26 a.m. on March 18, 2016
3/21/2016