Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the text of the bill be printed in the Record. There being no objection, the text of the bill was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: S. 2635 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``21st Century Endangered Species Transparency Act''. SEC. 2. REQUIREMENT TO PUBLISH ON INTERNET BASIS FOR LISTINGS. Section 4(b) of the Endangered Species Act (16 U.S.C. 1533(b)) is amended by adding at the end the following: ``(9) Publication on internet of basis for listings.--The Secretary shall make publicly available on the Internet the best scientific and commercial data available that are the basis for each regulation, including each proposed regulation, promulgated under subsection (a)(1), except that, at the request of a Governor or legislature of a State, the Secretary shall not make available under this paragraph information regarding which the State has determined public disclosure is prohibited by a law of that State relating to the protection of personal information.''. ______
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