Congress orders wolf delisting, bars courts from reviewing it
H.R. 845 — Pet and Livestock Protection Act · Filed by Lauren Boebert (R-CO) · 37 cosponsors · Introduced Jan 31, 2025 · Passed chamber
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What it does
This bill orders the Interior Secretary to reinstate a 2020 rule removing gray wolves from federal endangered-species protection within 60 days, and bars courts from reviewing that decision. The bill benefits livestock producers and hunters who want fewer legal protections for wolves; it removes federal safeguards that had been restored to wolves after the 2020 rule was challenged.
Why we flagged it
The bill's core mechanism is delisting a protected species and stripping judicial review—a deregulatory move that eliminates both environmental protection and democratic accountability. The 'Pet and Livestock Protection' title frames the bill around ranching interests, not public wildlife management.
What the text implies
- Bars all judicial review of the delisting, preventing citizens, conservation groups, or states from challenging the rule in court—a significant departure from normal ESA procedure and democratic accountability.
- The bill reissues a specific 2020 rule rather than directing a new rulemaking, which may insulate the decision from current scientific data on wolf recovery and ecosystem effects.
- Delisting removes ESA protections across all 50 states, even in regions where wolf populations remain fragile or where state law may not provide equivalent protection.
- The 60-day deadline is extremely tight for a major ecological policy reversal, limiting opportunity for public comment or scientific review.
Section numbers refer to the bill text the analysis read — linked under Primary records below.
Who it affects
Ordinary citizens lose a federal wildlife protection that had been restored through litigation; the bill strips judicial review, preventing citizens from challenging the delisting in court. Ranchers and hunters gain economic benefit (reduced predation liability, hunting access), but the general public loses both the ecological benefit of wolf recovery and the democratic right to challenge the decision through courts.
Who stands to gain
- livestock producers and ranching operations
- hunting and outfitting industries
- agricultural commodity producers in wolf-range states
Named in the bill
Secretary of the Interior, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Endangered Species Act of 1973, gray wolf (Canis lupus), Federal Register (85 Fed. Reg. 69778), House Committee on Natural Resources
Where it stands
37 cosponsors: 37 Republicans.
- Jan 31, 2025 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
- Jan 31, 2025 — Referred to House Committee on Natural Resources and Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works · Congress.gov: “Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources”
- Mar 25, 2025 — Hearing held · Congress.gov: “Subcommittee Hearings Held”
- Apr 9, 2025 — Markup held in committee · Congress.gov: “Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held”
- Apr 9, 2025 — Reported out of committee · Congress.gov: “Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by the Yeas and Nays: 24 - 17”
- Dec 18, 2025 — Passed the House · Congress.gov: “On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 211 - 204 (Roll no. 360).”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Money around this bill
10 lobbying clients named this bill on 17 disclosure filings across 3 quarters, Dec 2025 to Jun 2026. Those filings disclosed $7,454,839 in lobbying spend. A filing names 23 bills on average, so that figure is what each filing reported, not a share belonging to this bill.
More lobbying clients named this bill than 91% of bills with at least one filing.
Lauren Boebert, the sponsor, reported $136,610 in PAC receipts in the 2026 cycle.
- National Shooting Sports Foundation — $5,830,000 on 3 filings
- American Farm Bureau Fed — $720,409 on 3 filings
- Americans for Prosperity — $390,000 on 1 filing
- Sierra Club — $180,000 on 2 filings
- National Parks Conservation Association — $139,430 on 1 filing
Lobbying Disclosure Act filings through Jul 17, 2026. A filing shows who paid to lobby on a bill it names, not what changed.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (670 characters) on Jun 3, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 16,222 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
Money — Senate Lobbying Disclosure Act filings whose specific-issue field names this bill for quarters ending Dec 2025 to Jun 2026. A filing's amount is reported whole beside the median number of bills a filing names; it is never divided across them. PAC receipts are FEC-reported contributions to the sponsor's candidate committee in the 2026 cycle.
As of — lobbying records through Jul 17, 2026 · page rendered 2026-10-20.
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