Endangered Species Litigation Reasonableness Act

Summary

Endangered Species Litigation Reasonableness Act This bill amends the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to replace the current standard for awarding court costs, including attorney fees, in citizen suits with the federal judicial code standard for awarding costs to a prevailing party.

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Timeline

1. 29 April 2015

   Introduced

   Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 29 April 2015

   Introduced

   Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 29 April 2015

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

4. 29 April 2015

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

5. 1 June 2015

   Referred

   Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.

   Source: Committee

Votes

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Versions

• Introduced in House · 29 April 2015 · Official file

Documents

3 official files

• Introduced in House (text)

  Introduced in House · EN · 29 April 2015

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• Introduced in House (PDF)

  Introduced in House · EN · 29 April 2015

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 29 April 2015

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Sponsors

• Bill Huizenga · R · Sponsor
• Cynthia Lummis · R · Sponsor
• Rep. Neugebauer, Randy [R-TX-19] · R · Sponsor
• Doug Collins · R · Sponsor
• Rep. Hardy, Cresent [R-NV-4] · R · Sponsor
• Rep. Amodei, Mark E. [R-NV-2] · R · Cosponsor
• Blaine Luetkemeyer · R · Cosponsor
• Glenn Thompson · R · Cosponsor
• David Valadao · R · Cosponsor
• WALTER JONES · R · Cosponsor
• Stevan Pearce · R · Cosponsor
• Mike Pompeo · R · Cosponsor
• Paul Gosar · R · Cosponsor
• Rep. Huelskamp, Tim [R-KS-1] · R · Cosponsor
• Rep. Benishek, Dan [R-MI-1] · R · Cosponsor
• Scott Tipton · R · Cosponsor
• Doug LaMalfa · R · Cosponsor
• Tom Cole · R · Cosponsor
• Kevin Cramer · R · Cosponsor
• · hsju00 · Standing
• · hsii00 · Standing

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