H.R. 587 — To remove the lesser prairie-chicken from the lists of threatened species and endangered species published pursuant to the Endangered Species Act of 1973 and to amend that Act to exclude the lesser prairie-chicken from the authority of that Act.

This section removes the lesser prairie-chicken (*Tympanuchus pallidicinctus*), including each distinct population segment, from any list of endangered or threatened species published under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA). It further amends ESA Section 4(a)(1) (16 U.S.C. 1533(a)(1)) to condition the Secretary's general authority to list species on a new paragraph (4), which prohibits any future determination that the lesser prairie-chicken is endangered or threatened. (Thus, all ESA protections for the species—such as prohibitions on "take," recovery planning, and critical habitat designation—immediately cease and cannot be reinstated.)