Public Law 93-205

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Public Law 93-205 is the landmark 1973 United States federal statute commonly known as the Endangered Species Act, which provides for the conservation of threatened and endangered plants and animals and their habitats.

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instanceOf United States federal statute
conservation law
environmental law
administeredBy National Marine Fisheries Service
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
amendedBy U.S. Endangered Species Act
surface form: Endangered Species Act Amendments of 1978

U.S. Endangered Species Act
surface form: Endangered Species Act Amendments of 1982

U.S. Endangered Species Act
surface form: Endangered Species Act Amendments of 1988
authorizes citizen suits to enforce the Act
cooperative agreements with states for conservation of listed species
land acquisition for conservation of listed species
country United States of America
surface form: United States
definesTerm critical habitat
endangered species
threatened species
enactedBy 93rd United States Congress
enactmentDate 1973-12-28
establishes critical habitat designation process
federal agency consultation requirements
federal legal protections for endangered species
federal legal protections for threatened species
process for listing species as endangered or threatened
prohibition on take of listed animal species
jurisdiction United States government
surface form: federal government of the United States
officialName U.S. Endangered Species Act
surface form: Endangered Species Act of 1973
policyStatement to achieve the purposes of treaties and conventions for the protection of endangered species
to conserve the ecosystems upon which endangered and threatened species depend
to provide a program for the conservation of such endangered and threatened species
primaryPurpose conservation of ecosystems upon which endangered and threatened species depend
conservation of endangered species
conservation of threatened species
prohibits export of endangered species contrary to the Act
import of endangered species contrary to the Act
interstate and foreign commerce in listed species in violation of the Act
take of endangered animal species within the United States and its territorial seas
publicLawNumber Public Law 93-205 self-linksurface differs
surface form: Pub.L. 93-205
relatedTo Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora
requires development and implementation of recovery plans for listed species
use of best scientific and commercial data available in listing decisions
section Section 10
Section 4
Section 7
Section 9
shortName U.S. Endangered Species Act
surface form: Endangered Species Act
signedBy Richard Nixon
signingDate 1973-12-28
statutesAtLargeCitation 87 Stat. 884
subjectArea biodiversity conservation
habitat conservation
wildlife protection
titleInU.S.Code 16 U.S.C. §1531 et seq.

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