To provide that the final rule of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service titled "Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Endangered Species Status With Critical Habitat for Guadalupe Fatmucket, Texas Fatmucket, Guadalupe Orb, Texas Pimpleback, Balcones Spike, and False Spike, and Threatened Species Status With Section 4(d) Rule and Critical Habitat for Texas Fawnsfoot" shall have no force or effect.

This bill would nullify a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) rule finalized in June 2024 that listed six freshwater mussel species in Texas as endangered (with critical habitat) and Texas Fawnsfoot as a threatened species (with a tailored Section 4(d) rule and critical habitat). In other words, if enacted, the final rule would have no legal effect, removing the federal Endangered Species Act protections that the rule imposed, including protections tied to habitat designation and the 4(d) rule for the Texas Fawnsfoot. The bill does not propose new protections or alternative listings; it simply reverses the specific 2024 listing rule. The bill is a straightforward federal statutory override of an agency rule, introduced in the House and referred to the Committee on Natural Resources. As of the Introduced status, it has not yet advanced into law.