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HR 4255 Cleared committee

Removes the Mexican wolf from the federal lists of threatened and endangered species and cancels two Fish and Wildlife Service rules that had protected it.

Official title: Enhancing Safety for Animals Act of 2025

Next stop House floor: awaiting a vote
Timeline each lane is a chamber; dates pull from congress.gov actions
House
Introduced 30-JUN-2025
Referred 30-JUN-2025
Approved by committee 22-JAN-2026
Key points
  • Removes the Mexican wolf from the threatened and endangered species lists under the Endangered Species Act of 1973.
  • Declares two Fish and Wildlife Service rules on the Mexican wolf, from 2015 and 2022, to have no force or effect.
  • Bars the Interior Department from considering the wolf's status in Mexico when writing recovery plans or deciding whether to relist the wolf after enactment.
  • Includes congressional findings that Mexican wolves kill livestock and that the agency's evidence standard for confirming livestock kills is too strict.
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Committee referrals (2) Policy area

Animals

Sponsor Paul A. Gosar (R-AZ) Cosponsors · 12
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