S.J.Res. 24 explained · 118th Congress · Not enacted (118th Congress ended)
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".
Cosponsors: 14 (1 D, 13 R) · per Congress.gov, 2026-10-11
Introduced: 2023-03-30
Latest action (2023-09-28): Failed of passage in Senate over veto by Yea-Nay Vote. 47 - 45. Record Vote Number: 243.
What S.J.Res. 24 does, in plain terms
This joint resolution nullifies the final rule issued by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service titled Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Endangered Species Status for Northern Long-Eared Bat and published on November 30, 2022. This rule reclassifies the northern long-eared bat (Myotis septentrionalis) from a threatened species to an endangered species under the Endangered Species Act. The rule also removes the northern long-eared bat's species-specific rule, which applied only when the bat was listed as a threatened species.
Official summary by the Congressional Research Service, via Congress.gov.
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