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House hearing spotlights ESA transparency bill; sponsor and agency discuss public access to data
Summary
Representative McClintock and the Fish and Wildlife Service discussed H.R. 180, which would require agencies to publish the data used in Endangered Species Act decisions and to change how litigation fees are handled; the agency said it supports transparency goals but raised implementation and legal-cost concerns.
Representative McClintock introduced H.R. 180, the Endangered Species Transparency and Reasonableness Act, during the subcommittee's legislative hearing and said the bill responds to long-standing complaints by state and local officials that scientific and commercial data used in ESA listings is often unavailable to the public. "There should be nothing secret about science," McClintock said, adding that public access to underlying data would allow broader scientific review.
Jay Shirley, principal deputy director and acting director of the U.S. Fish…
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