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substantiveMay 1, 2025 · House roll call · passage · Result: Passed

On Passage — H J RES 78 — Congressional disapproval, of the rule submitted by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service relating to “Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Endangered Species Status for the San Francisco Bay-Delta Distinct Population Segment of the Longfin Smelt”

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 the San Francisco Bay-Delta Distinct Population Segment of the Longfin Smelt".

In plain language

  • House joint resolution in the 119th Congress.
  • Nullifies the rule issued by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service titled Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants.
  • House passed it on May 1, 2025 (substantive).
Official summary (Congressional Research Service)

This joint resolution nullifies the rule issued by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service titled Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Endangered Species Status for the San Francisco Bay-Delta Distinct Population Segment of the Longfin Smelt and published on July 30, 2024. The rule lists the San Francisco Bay-Delta distinct population segment of longfin smelt, a fish species of the Pacific Coast, as an endangered species. Thus, the joint resolution removes protection for the species under the Endangered Species Act of 1973.

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Roll-call breakdown

Yea216

Democrat: 3 · Independent: 1 · Republican: 212

Nay195

Democrat: 194 · Republican: 1

Present0

Not Voting22

Democrat: 16 · Republican: 6

How each member voted (433)

Yea (216)

Nay (195)

Not Voting (22)

Party labels reflect each member’s most recent affiliation on record.