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This bill eases regulatory and administrative burdens for users and traders of seven species but does so by removing or precluding ESA protections, trading short-term regulatory relief for increased conservation risks and potential reputational or supply‑chain costs.
People and businesses that use, breed, trade, or import the seven listed species face fewer regulatory restrictions and permitting requirements, reducing compliance costs and simplifying activities involving those species.
Federal wildlife management agencies and employees will spend less time processing, defending, or implementing ESA listings for these species, lowering administrative workload.
Conservation organizations, global biodiversity, and Americans who value wildlife may face weaker protections and slower recovery for these species because removing ESA safeguards reduces legal backing and U.S. leadership in species conservation.
The Bukharan markhor will be categorically ineligible for U.S. Endangered Species Act listing, preventing the Secretary of the Interior from using ESA tools to protect or recover that species.
U.S. consumers, importers, and businesses could incur reputational harm and supply‑chain risks if trade in these species or related products increases without conservation safeguards, potentially affecting market access and consumer trust.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Removes seven named non‑U.S. species from ESA lists and bars the Bukharan markhor from being listed as threatened or endangered.
Official title: To remove certain species from the lists of threatened species and endangered species published pursuant to the Endangered Species Act of 1973.
Introduced April 2, 2025 by Charles Roy · Last progress April 2, 2025
Removes seven non‑U.S. mammal species from the lists of threatened and endangered species under the Endangered Species Act and creates a categorical bar preventing the Secretary from listing the Bukharan markhor as threatened or endangered. The bill narrows the Secretary’s authority under the ESA by delisting specific named species and by forbidding future listing determinations for a named subspecies.