# 115-hr-3608: Endangered Species Transparency and Reasonableness Act

115-hr-3608, Endangered Species Transparency and Reasonableness Act, is a 115th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. McClintock, Tom [R-CA-5] (R-CA); status Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 815. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 115-hr-3608
- Congress: 115
- Title: Endangered Species Transparency and Reasonableness Act
- Status: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 815.
- Introduced: 2017-07-28
- Sponsor: Rep. McClintock, Tom [R-CA-5] (R-CA)
- Cosponsors: 22
- Policy area: Environmental Protection
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Endangered Species Transparency and Reasonableness Act This bill amends the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA) to require the Department of the Interior or the Department of Commerce, as appropriate, to make publicly available on the Internet, subject to privacy or administrative limitations, the best scientific and commercial data available that are the bases for the determination of whether a species is an endangered species or a threatened species, including each proposed regulation for the listing of a species.

## Cosponsors (22)

- Rep. Huizenga, Bill [R-MI-4] (R-MI), 2017-07-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. LaMalfa, Doug [R-CA-1] (R-CA), 2017-07-28T00:00:00.000Z
- WALTER JONES (R-NC), 2017-07-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Gianforte, Greg [R-MT-At Large] (R-MT), 2017-07-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Tipton, Scott R. [R-CO-3] (R-CO), 2017-07-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Banks, Jim [R-IN] (R-IN), 2018-07-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Gohmert, Louie [R-TX-1] (R-TX), 2018-07-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Estes, Ron [R-KS-4] (R-KS), 2018-07-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Luetkemeyer, Blaine [R-MO-3] (R-MO), 2018-07-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Marshall, Roger [R-KS] (R-KS), 2018-07-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Mullin, Markwayne [R-OK-2] (R-OK), 2018-07-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Pearce, Stevan [R-NM-2] (R-NM), 2018-07-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Stewart, Chris [R-UT-2] (R-UT), 2018-07-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Norman, Ralph [R-SC-5] (R-SC), 2018-07-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Jenkins, Lynn [R-KS-2] (R-KS), 2018-07-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Biggs, Andy [R-AZ-5] (R-AZ), 2018-07-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Perry, Scott [R-PA-10] (R-PA), 2018-07-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Rokita, Todd [R-IN-4] (R-IN), 2018-07-19T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Mooney, Alexander X. [R-WV-2] (R-WV), 2018-07-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Thompson, Glenn [R-PA-15] (R-PA), 2018-07-26T00:00:00.000Z
- Resident Commissioner González-Colón, Jenniffer [R-PR-At Large] (R-PR), 2018-07-26T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Hunter, Duncan D. [R-CA-50] (R-CA), 2018-07-27T00:00:00.000Z

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## Sources
- [115-hr-3608 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/3608)

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