About the bill
The Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA; 16 U.S.C. § 1531 et seq.) is one of the few dozens of US environmental laws passed in the 1970s, and serves as the enacting legislation to carry out the provisions outlined in The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES). Designed to protect critically imperiled species from extinction as a "consequence of economic growth and development untempered by adequate concern and conservation", the ESA was signed into law by President Richard Nixon on December 28, 1973. The U.S. Supreme Court found that "the plain intent of Congress in enacting" the ESA "was to halt and reverse the trend toward species extinction, whatever the cost." The Act is administered by two federal agencies, the United States Fish …
Sponsor and status
93rd Congress (1973–1974)
Enacted — Signed by the President on Dec 28, 1973
This bill was enacted after being signed by the President on December 28, 1973.
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Last Updated: Dec 28, 1973
8 Cosponsors (5 Democrats, 3 Republicans)
History
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Jun 12, 1973
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Introduced
Bills and resolutions are referred to committees which debate the bill before possibly sending it on to the whole chamber.
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Jul 1, 1973
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Ordered Reported
A committee has voted to issue a report to the full chamber recommending that the bill be considered further. Only about 1 in 4 bills are reported out of committee.
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Jul 24, 1973
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Passed Senate (House next)
The bill was passed in a vote in the Senate. It goes to the House next.
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Sep 18, 1973
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Passed House with Changes (back to Senate)
The House passed the bill with changes not in the Senate version and sent it back to the Senate to approve the changes.
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Dec 28, 1973
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Enacted — Signed by the President
The President signed the bill and it became law.
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Dec 28, 1973
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Text Published
Updated bill text was published as of Passed Congress. |
S. 1983 (93rd) was a bill in the United States Congress.
A bill must be passed by both the House and Senate in identical form and then be signed by the President to become law.
Bills numbers restart every two years. That means there are other bills with the number S. 1983. This is the one from the 93rd Congress.
This bill was introduced in the 93rd Congress, which met from Jan 3, 1973 to Dec 20, 1974. Legislation not passed by the end of a Congress is cleared from the books.
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