Remove the lesser prairie-chicken from the lists of threatened species and endangered species published pursuant to the Endangered Species Act of 1973, to amend that Act to exclude the lesser prairie-chicken from the authority of that Act, and for other purposes.

This bill removes the lesser prairie-chicken from the federal endangered and threatened species lists. It also blocks the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service from listing the bird as threatened or endangered in the future, including any separate populations of the species. This means the bird would no longer receive protections under the Endangered Species Act once the bill becomes law .

In everyday terms, federal rules that limit activities to protect this bird would end. Any future federal protection for the lesser prairie-chicken would be barred by law, rather than decided by agency review .

• Who is affected: People and businesses whose work overlaps the bird’s habitat (such as landowners, farmers, and developers), and wildlife agencies that manage species protections .
• What changes: The bird is taken off the endangered/threatened lists, and it cannot be listed again under the Endangered Species Act .
• When: These changes take effect when the bill is enacted into law .