H.J.Res. 78Providing 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".

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Sponsor: Doug LaMalfa [R-CA-01]
Cosponsors: 8 · 8 Republicans
Policy area: Animals
Committee: Natural Resources Committee
Latest action: May 5, 2025 · Received in the Senate.

IntroducedMar 21, 2025
Passed the HouseMay 1, 2025
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What the measure doesCRS summary

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.

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service, describing H.J.Res. 78 as introduced in House on Mar 21, 2025. It is not the text of the measure; a later amendment may have changed what it does.

How every member votedHouse roll call 113

House May 1, 2025

On Passage

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”

Passed

216 Yea 195 Nay 22 not voting

Party-line vote 4 of 411 voting members broke with their own party: 3 Democrats, 1 Republican.

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All members433 members

Democratic213 members

Independent1 member

Republican219 members

marks half of the votes cast. A party’s majority is the side most of its voting members took.

Cosponsors8 · 8 Republicans

Signing on is not a vote: a member can cosponsor H.J.Res. 78 and vote against it. 6 signed when it was filed.

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How every member votedHouse roll call 113

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How the chamber split

Cosponsors8 · 8 Republicans

What the measure doesCRS summary

How every member votedHouse roll call 113

On Passage

How the chamber split

Cosponsors8 · 8 Republicans

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Who lobbied on H.J.Res. 784 organizations