# Plain Language Summary: Congressional Disapproval of Fish and Wildlife Service Rule

Congress is voting to reject a new rule created by the Fish and Wildlife Service about how different government agencies should work together to protect endangered and threatened animals and plants. Think of it like this: the Fish and Wildlife Service wrote new instructions for how federal agencies should cooperate when dealing with endangered species, and Congress is saying "we don't want this rule to exist."

This is a special type of vote called a "disapproval resolution." Congress has a specific legal power to reject certain rules that government agencies create, and this is one of those situations. If Congress votes to disapprove, the new cooperation rule would be cancelled and wouldn't go into effect. The agencies would have to keep following the old rules instead.

The practical impact depends on what the new rule actually required. Generally speaking, if the rule made it easier or faster for agencies to work together on protecting endangered species, rejecting it could slow things down. If the rule made it harder for development projects to move forward because of stricter coordination requirements, rejecting it could speed up those projects. Without seeing the specific details of what the rule says, it's hard to know exactly who benefits and who loses, but the main effect would be that federal agencies would have less guidance about how to coordinate their efforts when endangered animals or plants are involved.

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; Regulations for Interagency Cooperation".