The record

LegislationLegislation· Sep 2023

Sponsored by Markwayne Mullin (R)

A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service relating to "Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Endangered Species Status for Northern Long-Eared Bat".

Would have blocked a federal rule that moved the northern long-eared bat from threatened to endangered.

Tradeoff

Would have overturned a 2022 rule listing the northern long-eared bat as endangered under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). The bill was vetoed, so the rule stays in effect.

What's in it

See official bill text

The Senate passed the resolution 51-49 on May 11, 2023. The House passed it 220-209 on July 27, 2023. On September 28, 2023, the Senate voted 47-45 on overriding the President's veto, and the override failed.

  1. Senate

    Introduced

    (Mar 30, 2023)

  2. Senate

    Committee on Environment and Public Works(Mar 30, 2023)

  3. Senate

    Taken away from the Committee on Environment and Public Works

    Discharged by petition(May 10, 2023)

    A petition forced the committee to release the bill without acting on it.

  4. Senate

    On the Joint Resolution

    Joint Resolution Passed(Roll #123 · May 11, 2023)

    51 yeanay 49
  5. House

    Received from the Senate

    Received(May 15, 2023)

  6. House

    Passage of the bill

    Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service relating to “Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Endangered Species Status for Northern Long-Eared Bat”.

    Passed(Roll #382 · Jul 27, 2023)

    220 yeanay 209
  7. House

    Sent to the President

    (Sep 14, 2023)

  8. Senate

    On Overriding the Veto

    Shall the Joint Resolution S.J.Res.24 Pass, the Objections of the President of the United States to the Contrary Notwithstanding

    Veto Sustained(Roll #243 · Sep 28, 2023)

    47 yeanay 45
  9. White House

    Vetoed(Sep 28, 2023)

    Joe Biden (D)

Final passage· 118th Congress · 2023–2025