EMPOWERS Act
Summary
Ensuring Meaningful Petition Outreach While Enhancing Rights of States Act or the EMPOWERS Act 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.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jul 2021
Committee Review
Floor Vote
President
Introduced Jul 22, 2021
Last action Aug 9, 2021
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Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
3
Key actions
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Committee
2
Aug 9, 2021
Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
lower
Jul 22, 2021
Committee
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
lower
Jul 22, 2021
Introduced
Introduced in House
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Jason Smith
RRepublican
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