HJRES 78
Passed a chamber
Overturns the Fish and Wildlife Service rule that listed the San Francisco Bay-Delta population of longfin smelt as endangered, so the rule has no force or effect.
Official title: Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service relating to "Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Endangered Species Status for the San Francisco Bay-Delta Distinct Population Segment of the Longfin Smelt".
Timeline each lane is a chamber; dates pull from congress.gov actions
House
Introduced
21-MAR-2025
Referred
21-MAR-2025
On the calendar
28-APR-2025
Passed
01-MAY-2025
Senate
Received
05-MAY-2025
- Disapproves the Fish and Wildlife Service rule published in the Federal Register on July 30, 2024 (89 Fed. Reg. 61029), which listed the San Francisco Bay-Delta distinct population segment of longfin smelt as endangered.
- Declares that the rule shall have no force or effect.
- Consists of a single operative section, with no other provisions.
Covers an older version. The newest CRS summary describes the bill as of "Introduced in House" (21-MAR-2025); the text has changed since (Engrossed in House, 01-MAY-2025).
CRS is the Library of Congress's nonpartisan research office. Read it on congress.gov- Natural Resources Committee (House)
Animals
■ 7 R■ 1 I
7 Republicans
1 Independent