{"format":1,"id":"118-hr-764","congress":118,"number":"H.R. 764","kind":"bill","group":"bills","title":"Trust the Science Act","title_source":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","official_title":"To require the Secretary of the Interior to reissue regulations removing the gray wolf from the list of endangered and threatened wildlife under the Endangered Species Act of 1973.","titles":[{"type":"Official Title as Introduced","title":"To require the Secretary of the Interior to reissue regulations removing the gray wolf from the list of endangered and threatened wildlife under the Endangered Species Act of 1973."},{"type":"Display Title","title":"Trust the Science Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Introduced","title":"Trust the Science Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Reported to House","title":"Trust the Science Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","title":"Trust the Science Act"}],"outcome":"passed_house","law_number":null,"introduced":"2023-02-02","chambers":{"house":{"status":"roll_call","date":"2024-04-30","vote":{"id":"118-2024-h169","question":"On Passage","title":"Trust the Science Act","result":"Passed","yea":209,"nay":205,"present":0,"not_voting":15,"source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2024/roll169.xml"}},"senate":{"status":"na","date":null,"vote":null}},"president":{"status":"na","date":null},"vice_president_tie_breaker":null,"latest_action":{"text":"Received in the Senate.","date":"2024-05-01"},"nominees":null,"amendments":[],"other_votes":[{"chamber":"house","date":"2024-04-30","question":"On Motion to Recommit","title":"Trust the Science Act","result":"Failed","yea":205,"nay":210,"present":0,"not_voting":14,"kind":"procedural","source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2024/roll168.xml"}],"crs_summary":{"date":"2024-04-30","stage":"Passed House","blocks":[{"k":"h","t":"Trust the Science Act"},{"k":"p","t":"This bill directs the Department of the Interior to remove protections for the gray wolf under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA). Specifically, the bill requires Interior to reissue the final rule titled Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Removing the Gray Wolf (Canis lupus) From the List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and published on November 3, 2020."},{"k":"p","t":"The rule removed the gray wolf in the lower 48 United States, except for the Mexican wolf (C. l. baileyi) subspecies, from the endangered and threatened species list. However, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California vacated the rule on February 10, 2022. As a result, the gray wolf reattained the protection status it had prior to the rule's promulgation."},{"k":"p","t":"The bill also prohibits the reissuance of the rule from being subject to judicial review."}],"words":142},"summary":{"main_subject":{"text":"Requires the Secretary of the Interior to reissue the November 3, 2020 final rule that removes the gray wolf (Canis lupus) from the list of endangered and threatened wildlife, and bars judicial review of that reissuance.","cites":[{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/764/text/eh#H9A9154B0D92249BFBCC1FDFB05D8F7EC"},{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/764/text/eh#HA2809F4DAD014FB7ACF2C3C384717C2B"}]},"core_areas":["Gray wolf listing under the Endangered Species Act of 1973","Judicial review of the reissued gray wolf rule"],"what_it_does":[{"text":"Requires the Secretary of the Interior, not later than 60 days after the date of enactment, to reissue the final rule titled \"Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Removing the Gray Wolf (Canis lupus) From the List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife,\" published on November 3, 2020 (85 Fed. Reg. 69778).","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/764/text/eh#H9A9154B0D92249BFBCC1FDFB05D8F7EC"}},{"text":"Provides that reissuance of the final rule under section 2 is not subject to judicial review.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/764/text/eh#HA2809F4DAD014FB7ACF2C3C384717C2B"}},{"text":"Gives the Act the short title \"Trust the Science Act\".","cite":{"label":"Sec. 1","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/764/text/eh#H42C36056108647158FC38E784D5C1396"}}],"unexpected":[],"version":{"type":"Engrossed in House","date":"2024-04-30","rule":"passed","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/764/text/eh"},"current":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","approved":"2026-10-01","approved_by":"checks"},"sources":{"congress_gov":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/764","text":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/764/text"},"card":{"image":"card/item/118-hr-764.png","v":"f52f052c8126","alt":"Votes on Record. H.R. 764, 118th Congress: Trust the Science Act. House: 209 Yea, 205 Nay. Outcome: Passed House, 30 Apr 2024."}}