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S. 4146

Introduced

Local Data for Better Conservation Act

Sponsor
RCynthia M. Lummis· Wyoming
Introduced
March 19, 2026
Policy area
Environmental Protection
Latest action
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.March 19, 2026
[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 4146 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 4146

To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 with respect to the listing 
of threatened and endangered species, and for other purposes.

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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

March 19, 2026

Ms. Lummis (for herself, Mr. Barrasso, Mr. Sheehy, Mr. Ricketts, and 
Mr. Daines) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works

_______________________________________________________________________

A BILL

To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 with respect to the listing 
of threatened and endangered species, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ``Local Data for Better Conservation 
Act''.

SEC. 2. LISTING DETERMINATIONS.

Section 4 of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1533) is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
``(j) State Data.--In making a determination to list, or delist, a 
species as a threatened species or an endangered species under this 
section, the Secretary shall accept and integrate State-collected 
data.''.
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