Local Data for Better Conservation Act

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] [Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. 4146 Introduced in Senate (IS)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 4146 To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 with respect to the listing of threatened and endangered species, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES March 19, 2026 Ms. Lummis (for herself, Mr. Barrasso, Mr. Sheehy, Mr. Ricketts, and Mr. Daines) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 with respect to the listing of threatened and endangered species, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Local Data for Better Conservation Act''. SEC. 2. LISTING DETERMINATIONS. Section 4 of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1533) is amended by adding at the end the following: ``(j) State Data.--…