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. Sec. 5. Renaming of Endangered Species Act of 1973 to Endangered Species Recovery Act. 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. Conservation Benefit Agreements. 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. Designation of critical habitat. Sec. 305. Treatment of State, Tribal, and local government data.
Sec. 306. Clarifying significant portion of range of species. Sec. 307. Delisting criteria. Title IV—Creating greater transparency and accountability in recovering listed species Sec. 401. Requirement to publish basis for listings and critical habitat designations online. 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. Sec. 406. Notification of Congress of certain critical habitat designations. Sec. 407. Notification of Congress of certain releases of experimental populations. Sec. 408. Annual cost analysis by the Fish and Wildlife Service. Title V—Streamlining permitting process Sec. 501. Limitation on reasonable and prudent measures. Sec. 502. Successive consultations. Sec. 503. Clarifying jeopardy.
Sec. 504. Clarifying action area. Sec. 505. Judicial review. Sec. 506. Expansion of exemption process and eligibility under section 7 of Endangered Species Act of 1973. 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.