{"format":1,"id":"119-hjres-78","congress":119,"number":"H.J.Res. 78","kind":"joint_resolution","group":"bills","title":"Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service relating to \"Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Endangered Species Status for the San Francisco Bay-Delta Distinct Population Segment of the Longfin Smelt\".","title_source":"Display Title","official_title":"Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service relating to \"Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Endangered Species Status for the San Francisco Bay-Delta Distinct Population Segment of the Longfin Smelt\".","titles":[{"type":"Official Title as Introduced","title":"Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service relating to \"Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Endangered Species Status for the San Francisco Bay-Delta Distinct Population Segment of the Longfin Smelt\"."},{"type":"Display Title","title":"Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service relating to \"Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Endangered Species Status for the San Francisco Bay-Delta Distinct Population Segment of the Longfin Smelt\"."},{"type":"Official Title from EH (Engrossed in House) bill text","title":"Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service relating to \"Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Endangered Species Status for the San Francisco Bay-Delta Distinct Population Segment of the Longfin Smelt\"."}],"outcome":"passed_house","law_number":null,"introduced":"2025-03-21","chambers":{"house":{"status":"roll_call","date":"2025-05-01","vote":{"id":"119-2025-h113","question":"On Passage","title":"Congressional disapproval, of the rule submitted by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service relating to “Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Endangered Species Status for the San Francisco Bay-Delta Distinct Population Segment of the Longfin Smelt”","result":"Passed","yea":216,"nay":195,"present":0,"not_voting":22,"source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2025/roll113.xml"}},"senate":{"status":"pending","date":null,"vote":null}},"president":{"status":"not_yet","date":null},"vice_president_tie_breaker":null,"latest_action":{"text":"Received in the Senate.","date":"2025-05-05"},"nominees":null,"amendments":[],"other_votes":[],"crs_summary":{"date":"2025-03-21","stage":"Introduced in House","blocks":[{"k":"p","t":"This joint resolution nullifies the rule issued by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service titled Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Endangered Species Status for the San Francisco Bay-Delta Distinct Population Segment of the Longfin Smelt and published on July 30, 2024. The rule lists the San Francisco Bay-Delta distinct population segment of longfin smelt, a fish species of the Pacific Coast, as an endangered species. Thus, the joint resolution removes protection for the species under the Endangered Species Act of 1973."}],"words":82},"summary":{"main_subject":{"text":"Disapproves, under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service rule on endangered species status for the San Francisco Bay-Delta Distinct Population Segment of the Longfin Smelt, and provides that the rule has no force or effect.","cites":[{"label":"Text","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-joint-resolution/78/text/eh#H18CBB60BC04D4268B824D1E4E81C5392"}]},"core_areas":["Congressional disapproval of the Fish and Wildlife Service rule on Endangered Species status for the San Francisco Bay-Delta Distinct Population Segment of the Longfin Smelt"],"what_it_does":[{"text":"States that Congress disapproves the rule submitted by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service titled \"Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Endangered Species Status for the San Francisco Bay-Delta Distinct Population Segment of the Longfin Smelt.\"","cite":{"label":"Text","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-joint-resolution/78/text/eh#H18CBB60BC04D4268B824D1E4E81C5392"}},{"text":"Identifies the rule as published at 89 Fed. Reg. 61029 on July 30, 2024.","cite":{"label":"Text","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-joint-resolution/78/text/eh#H18CBB60BC04D4268B824D1E4E81C5392"}},{"text":"Provides that the disapproved rule shall have no force or effect.","cite":{"label":"Text","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-joint-resolution/78/text/eh#H18CBB60BC04D4268B824D1E4E81C5392"}}],"unexpected":[],"version":{"type":"Engrossed in House","date":"2025-05-01","rule":"passed","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-joint-resolution/78/text/eh"},"current":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","approved":"2026-09-29","approved_by":"checks"},"sources":{"congress_gov":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-joint-resolution/78","text":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-joint-resolution/78/text"},"card":{"image":"card/item/119-hjres-78.png","v":"c05060b1db55","alt":"Votes on Record. H.J.Res. 78, 119th Congress: Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service relating to \"Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Endangered Species Status for the San Francisco Bay-Delta Distinct Population Segment of the Longfin Smelt\". House: 216 Yea, 195 Nay. Senate: not yet considered. Outcome: Agreed to in House, 1 May 2025."}}