[Congressional Bills 113th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. 2084 Introduced in Senate (IS)] 113th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 2084 To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to require the Secretary of the Interior to publish and make available for public comment a draft economic analysis at the time a proposed rule to designate critical habitat is published. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES March 5, 2014 Mr. Pryor (for himself and Ms. Landrieu) 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 to require the Secretary of the Interior to publish and make available for public comment a draft economic analysis at the time a proposed rule to designate critical habitat is published. 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 ``Community Protection Act of 2014''. SEC. 2. DRAFT ECONOMIC ANALYSIS FOR CRITICAL HABITAT DESIGNATION. Section 4(b)(2) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1533(b)(2)) is amended-- (1) in the first sentence, by striking ``(2) The Secretary shall'' and inserting the following: ``(2) Critical habitat designation.-- ``(A) In general.--The Secretary shall''; (2) in the second sentence, by striking ``The Secretary may'' and inserting the following: ``(B) Exclusions.--The Secretary shall''; and (3) by adding at the end the following: ``(C) Draft economic analysis.--At the time a proposed rule to designate critical habitat is published, the Secretary shall publish and make available for public comment a draft analysis that-- ``(i) examines the public and private economic effects of the proposed designation, including any effects on-- ``(I) possible uses of land and property values; ``(II) employment; and ``(III) revenues available for State and local governments; and ``(ii) is quantitative.''. <all>