To remove the lesser prairie-chicken from the lists of threatened species and endangered species published pursuant to the Endangered Species Act of 1973 and to amend that Act to exclude the lesser prairie-chicken from the authority of that Act.

This bill would take the lesser prairie-chicken off the federal threatened and endangered species lists. It would also block the government from listing this bird as threatened or endangered in the future, so Endangered Species Act protections would no longer apply to it .

Key points:

• Who is affected: The lesser prairie-chicken (Tympanuchus pallidicinctus).
• What changes: Removed from the Endangered Species Act lists and barred from being listed again by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service .
• When: These changes would take effect if the bill becomes law.