Requires reissuing the 2020 rule that removed gray wolves from the endangered species list

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This bill would require the Interior Department, within 60 days, to reissue a November 2020 rule that removed the gray wolf from the federal list of endangered and threatened species, which would end its protections under the Endangered Species Act.^2,3,4 That rule covered gray wolves in the lower 48 states, except the Mexican wolf subspecies, but a federal district court in California vacated it in February 2022, restoring the wolf's earlier protected status.^2,3 The bill would bar courts from reviewing the reissued rule.^2,3,4

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