Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents
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This Act may be cited as the . ESA Amendments Act of 2025 The table of contents for this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. Sec. 2. Endangered Species Act of 1973 definitions. Sec. 3. Authorization of appropriations. Sec. 4. Rule of construction. Title I—Optimizing conservation through resource prioritization Sec. 101. Prioritization of listing petitions, reviews, and determinations. Title II—Incentivizing wildlife conservation on private lands Sec. 201.
Candidate conservation agreements with assurances. Sec. 202. Conservation plans. Sec. 203. NEPA exemption for incidental take permits. Title III—Providing for greater incentives to recover listed species Sec. 301. Protective regulations under Endangered Species Act of 1973. Sec. 302. 5-year review determinations. Sec. 303. Judicial review during monitoring period. Sec. 304. Codification of regulation. Sec. 305. Designation of critical habitat. Title IV—Creating greater transparency and accountability in recovering listed species Sec. 401.
Requirement to publish basis for listings and critical habitat designations on Internet. Sec. 402. Decisional transparency and use of State, Tribal, and local information. Sec. 403. Disclosure of expenditures under Endangered Species Act of 1973. Sec. 404. Award of litigation costs to prevailing parties in accordance with existing law. Sec. 405. Analysis of impacts and benefits of determination of endangered or threatened status. Title V—Streamlining permitting process Sec. 501.
Limitation on reasonable and prudent measures. Sec. 502. Successive consultations. Sec. 503. Requirement to consider reasonably certain effects. Sec. 504. Clarifying jeopardy. Title VI — Eliminating barriers to conservation Sec. 601. Permits for CITES-listed species. Sec. 602. Utilize Convention standard for permits applicable to non-native species. Title VII—Restoring congressional intent Sec. 701. Limiting agency regulations.