To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to require consideration of economic impact in making a listing decision with respect to the list of threatened and endangered species, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1142.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. PFLUGER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 34, February 21, 2023, Page H868):
  Article 1, Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to require consideration of economic impact in making a listing decision with respect to the list of threatened and endangered species, and for other purposes.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 21, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  267 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1142, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/1142

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 24, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  e94aa3786392f9da26950dc41f5d7519349a9a2bd92afcf0892eb3a9b4751648

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of July 24, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1142, last updated July 24, 2024. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.