MONITORING OF RECOVERED SPECIES.

SEC. 1004. MONITORING OF RECOVERED SPECIES.Section 4 of the Endangered Species Act (16 U.S.C. 1533) is amended by redesignating subsections (g) and (h) as subsections (h) and (i) and by inserting the following new subsection: “(g) Monitoring.— (1) The Secretary shall implement a system in cooperation with the States to monitor effectively for not less than five years the status of all species which have recovered to the point at which the measures provided pursuant to this Act are no longer necessary and which, in accordance with the provisions of this section, nave been removed from either of the lists published under subsection (c). “(2) The Secretary shall make prompt use of the authority under paragraph 7 of subsection (b) of this section to prevent a significant risk to the well being of any such recovered species.”.