{"bill":{"id":"119-hr-180","congress":119,"type":"HR","number":180,"title":"Endangered Species Transparency and Reasonableness Act of 2025","originChamber":"House","introducedDate":"2025-01-03","sponsors":[{"bioguideId":"M001177","fullName":"Rep. McClintock, Tom [R-CA-5]","party":"R","state":"CA","district":5}],"cosponsorsCount":0,"latestAction":{"actionDate":"2025-07-22","text":"Subcommittee Hearings Held"},"policyArea":"Environmental Protection","subjects":["Administrative law and regulatory procedures","Civil actions and liability","Congressional oversight","Department of the Interior","Endangered and threatened species","Environmental assessment, monitoring, research","Government ethics and transparency, public corruption","Government information and archives","Judicial review and appeals","Public participation and lobbying","Public-private cooperation","State and local government operations","Wildlife conservation and habitat protection"],"actions":[{"date":"2025-07-22","text":"Subcommittee Hearings Held","type":"Committee","chamber":"House committee actions","hasVote":false},{"date":"2025-07-16","text":"Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife and Fisheries.","type":"Committee","chamber":"House committee actions","hasVote":false},{"date":"2025-01-03","text":"Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.","type":"IntroReferral","chamber":"House floor actions","hasVote":false},{"date":"2025-01-03","text":"Introduced in House","type":"IntroReferral","chamber":"Library of Congress","hasVote":false},{"date":"2025-01-03","text":"Introduced in House","type":"IntroReferral","chamber":"Library of Congress","hasVote":false}],"summary":"<p><strong>Endangered Species Transparency and Reasonableness Act of 2025</strong></p><p>This bill modifies requirements concerning determinations on whether a species is a threatened or endangered species under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA),&nbsp;caps attorney's fees to prevailing parties in ESA citizen suits, and makes related requirements.</p><p>The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) and the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) must publish online, subject to privacy or administrative limitations, the best scientific and commercial data available that are the basis for each determination.&nbsp;The bill states that the term <em>best scientific and commercial data available</em> includes all data submitted by a state, tribal, or county government. Thus,  such data is automatically deemed to be the best scientific and commercial data available.&nbsp;Before making a determination on whether a species is an endangered or threatened species, the FWS and NMFS must provide affected states with all of the data that is the basis of the determination.</p><p>The Department of the Interior must also publish and maintain an online searchable database that discloses federal expenditures related to litigation under the ESA.</p>","updateDate":"2025-07-28T19:56:03Z"},"markets":[],"stateBills":[],"meta":{"sources":["congress.gov"],"latencyMs":335,"ts":"2026-04-17T07:59:03.963Z"},"nextActions":{"inspect":[],"related":[{"description":"Search related legislation","method":"GET","url":"/api/public/query-gov?q=Endangered%20Species%20Transparency%20and%20Reasonableness%20Act%20of%2020"}]}}