Sec. 4. Enhancing the transparency of the listing process
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In accordance with subchapter II of chapter 5, and chapter 7, of title 5, United States Code (commonly known as the Administrative Procedure Act ), each Species Status Assessment shall be subject to notice and comment. Each Species Status Assessment shall include— the names of all peer reviewers; a biography of each peer reviewer; the selection process for the members of the peer review team; a detailed description of all previous Species Status Assessments that the peer review team has reviewed and the role of each member of the peer review team in those reviews; a list of published papers the peer reviewers have produced, including the subject of the Species Status Assessment and methodologies and expertise related to information included the Species Status Assessment; an annotated bibliography of all reports, academic papers, and related material considered but excluded from the final Species Status Assessment and an explanation of why that information was excluded; an annotated bibliography of all reports, academic papers, and related material considered and included in the final Species Status Assessment and an explanation of why that information was included; and an explanation of how the Service interpreted the genetic data and information in the Species Status Assessment and, to the extent the peer review team use data sets, the given assumptions in the interpretation of those data sets.