To require the Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service and the Assistant Administrator for Fisheries of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to withdraw proposed rules relating to the Endangered Species Act of 1973, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5504.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. NEWHOUSE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 149, September 14, 2023, Page H4348):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 17 of the United States Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: Repealing regulations related to the Endangered Species Act of 1973
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 14, 2023 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  176 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5504, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5504

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

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  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  e94befe9a6aeae59f4b0dbd05e8bf7437b7361c173ecead1e0926860fbe4a526

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

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