Endangered Species Act Legislation in the United States Congress Last year, Representative Richard Pombo (R-CA), Congress’s most bilious opponent of the Endangered Species Act, introduced HR 3824, a bill that would gut the Endangered Species Act. The Pombo bill would remove all habitat protections, eliminate federal oversight of government projects that would harm endangered species, and bankrupt the entire endangered species program to give handouts to developers. As chair of the House Committee on Resources, Pombo was able to ram HR 3824 through the committee to pass the full House in just ten days. Now any endangered species bill that passes the Senate this year will be sent to a conference committee controlled by Senator Inhofe and Representative Pombo, where any Senate bill would inevitably be subverted to include the worst provisions of the Pombo bill. The most likely Senate bill is Crapo's awful S. 2110, a poorly written and confused attack ont he Endangered Species Act. Crapo's bill was referred to the Senate Finance Committee, where it has languished, but may still be revived this year. The Center for Biological Diversity has been working in Washington, DC, to educate key Senators about the importance of the Endangered Species Act and the threat of conference with the Pombo bill. We have been working with our members, the public, and the media to alert them to the threats to endangered species. We will continue to work to stop any bills that would dismantle protections for America's endangered plants and animals..

Endangered Species Act Legislation in the United States Congress Last year, Representative Richard Pombo (R-CA), Congress’s most bilious opponent of the Endangered Species Act, introduced HR 3824, a bill that would gut the Endangered Species Act. The Pombo bill would remove all habitat protections, eliminate federal oversight of government projects that would harm endangered species, and bankrupt the entire endangered species program to give handouts to developers. As chair of the House Committee on Resources, Pombo was able to ram HR 3824 through the committee to pass the full House in just ten days. Now any endangered species bill that passes the Senate this year will be sent to a conference committee controlled by Senator Inhofe and Representative Pombo, where any Senate bill would inevitably be subverted to include the worst provisions of the Pombo bill. The most likely Senate bill is Crapo's awful S. 2110, a poorly written and confused attack ont he Endangered Species Act. Crapo's bill was referred to the Senate Finance Committee, where it has languished, but may still be revived this year. The Center for Biological Diversity has been working in Washington, DC, to educate key Senators about the importance of the Endangered Species Act and the threat of conference with the Pombo bill. We have been working with our members, the public, and the media to alert them to the threats to endangered species. We will continue to work to stop any bills that would dismantle protections for America's endangered plants and animals..