HR 180introduced119th Congress

Endangered Species Transparency and Reasonableness Act of 2025

Introduced Jan 3, 2025House billPolicy area: Environmental ProtectionLast action Jul 22, 2025Sponsor: Tom McClintock(R-CA)

environmentEnvironmental Protection

Water, Wildlife and Fisheries SubcommitteeNatural Resources Committee

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Official summaryUpdated Jul 22, 2025

What the bill does

Endangered Species Transparency and Reasonableness Act of 2025 This bill modifies requirements concerning determinations on whether a species is a threatened or endangered species under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA), caps attorney's fees to prevailing parties in ESA citizen suits, and makes related requirements. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) and the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) must publish online, subject to privacy or administrative limitations, the best scientific and commercial data available that are the basis for each determination. The bill states that the term best scientific and commercial data available includes all data submitted by a state, tribal, or county government. Thus, such data is automatically deemed to be the best scientific and commercial data available. Before making a determination on whether a species is an endangered or threatened species, the FWS and NMFS must provide affected states with all of the data that is the basis of the determination. The Department of the Interior must also publish and maintain an online searchable database that discloses federal expenditures related to litigation under the ESA.

Latest official action

Subcommittee Hearings Held

Lobbying Filings

$25.0M

Total Lobbying Spend

Suspicious Trades

Members Involved

Timeline

Jan 3, 2025bill

Bill introduced

Apr 1, 2025lobbying

Lobbying filed by PET INDUSTRY JOINT ADVISORY COUNCIL

Apr 17, 2025lobbying

Lobbying filed by DEFENDERS OF WILDLIFE

Jul 1, 2025lobbying

Lobbying filed by PET INDUSTRY JOINT ADVISORY COUNCIL

Jul 17, 2025lobbying

Lobbying filed by DEFENDERS OF WILDLIFE

Jul 18, 2025lobbying

Official Congressional Actions

Jul 22, 2025Committee

Subcommittee Hearings Held

Water, Wildlife and Fisheries Subcommittee

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Jul 16, 2025Committee

Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife and Fisheries.

Water, Wildlife and Fisheries Subcommittee

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Jan 3, 2025IntroReferral

Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

Natural Resources Committee

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Jan 3, 2025IntroReferral

Lobbying Activity

Registrant	Client	Amount	Filed	Period	Issues
DEFENDERS OF WILDLIFE	DEFENDERS OF WILDLIFE	$11.0M	Jul 17, 2025	2025Q2	NATBUDDEF
DEFENDERS OF WILDLIFE	DEFENDERS OF WILDLIFE	$8.0M	Apr 17, 2025	2025Q1	NATBUDANI
WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY

Suspicious Trading Activity

Congress members who traded stocks in companies connected to lobbying on this bill, within 90 days of its introduction date.

No suspicious trade-lobbying connections found for this bill.

Methodology: Bill-Lobbying-Trade Connection

CapitolExposed identifies the "bill-lobbying-trade pipeline" by: (1) finding lobbying filings (LD-2) that specifically mention this bill, (2) matching lobbying clients to publicly traded companies, and (3) finding stock trades by members of Congress in those companies within 90 days of the bill's introduction date. Trades made before the bill was introduced are highlighted in red, as they may indicate advance knowledge. This analysis surfaces correlations worthy of scrutiny; it does not prove wrongdoing.