- Stage
- In committee
- Started in
- House
- Sponsors
- 2
- Latest action
- Apr 1, 2025
What it does
The LIZARD Act of 2025 would remove the dunes sagebrush lizard from the federal lists of threatened and endangered species under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 and permanently prohibit the Secretary of the Interior from listing the species as threatened or endangered in the future. The bill affects the dunes sagebrush lizard (Sceloporus arenicolus), a species native to parts of Texas and New Mexico, by eliminating its federal protections and excluding it from the authority of the Endangered Species Act. This change would allow for fewer regulatory restrictions on activities such as oil and gas drilling in the lizard’s habitat. The bill was introduced in the House and referred to the…
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