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Committee advances Endangered Species Act overhaul after heated debate and multiple amendments
Summary
The House Natural Resources Committee reported HR 1897, the Endangered Species Act Amendments Act of 2025, after extended debate and votes on numerous amendments including changes to titles, tribal consultation language, and transparency requirements; the committee reported the bill 25-16.
The House Committee on Natural Resources spent significant time debating HR 1897, the Endangered Species Act Amendments Act of 2025, a wide-ranging proposal to change how the ESA operates. Committee Republicans framed the measure as an effort to restore "recovery" to the statute and curb what they described as regulatory overreach; Democrats warned the bill would weaken science-based protections, narrow habitat definitions, and raise extinction risk for vulnerable species.
Ranking Member Huffman summarized Democratic objections: "This bill is deeply harmful to wildlife . . . it will ensure species are listed in a way that's too late and protections will be…
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