3.0.0 1018 2023-01-11T13:18:32Z 2023-01-11T13:18:32Z House H HR 2009-02-12 111 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2009-07-20T18:40:47Z hsii00 Natural Resources Committee House Standing hsii10 Federal Lands Subcommittee Discharged from 2009-04-29T20:06:04Z Hearings by 2009-03-03T17:52:10Z Referred to 2009-02-17T22:19:53Z Reported by 2009-06-23T23:11:56Z Markup by 2009-04-29T20:06:45Z Referred to 2009-02-12T15:04:46Z H. Rept. 111-177 Restore Our American Mustangs Act 111 1579 S 2009-08-05 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Related bill CRS Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1018) to amend the Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act to improve the management and long-term health of wild free-roaming horses and burros, and for other purposes. 111 653 HRES 2009-07-17 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. 11:00:45 Procedurally-related House 2009-07-20 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. IntroReferral 2009-07-17 13:15:50 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. Floor H38310 2 House floor actions 2009-07-17 13:15:49 On passage Passed by recorded vote: 239 - 185 (Roll no. 577). Floor H37100 2 House floor actions 577 https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2009/roll577.xml House 111 2009-07-17T17:15:49Z 1 2009-07-17 13:15:49 Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by recorded vote: 239 - 185 (Roll no. 577). Floor 8000 9 Library of Congress 577 https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2009/roll577.xml House 111 2009-07-17T17:15:49Z 1 2009-07-17 12:55:04 The House adopted the amendment in the nature of a substitute as agreed to by the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. (text: CR H8317-8318) Floor H34400 2 House floor actions 2009-07-17 12:01:23 DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions in H.Res. 653, the House proceeded with 30 minutes of debate on the Hastings (WA) amendment. Floor H8D000 2 House floor actions 2009-07-17 11:56:39 DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions in H.Res. 653, the House proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Rahall amendment. Floor H8D000 2 House floor actions 2009-07-17 11:03:50 DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on H.R. 1018. Floor H8D000 2 House floor actions 2009-07-17 11:01:19 Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 1018 with 1 hour of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit with or without instructions. Measure will be considered read. Specified amendments are in order. The resolution waives all points of order against consideration of the bill except for clauses 9 and 10 of rule XXI. The amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on Natural Resources shall be considered as adopted. The resolution waives all points of order against provisions of the bill, as amended. This waiver does not affect the point of order available under clause 9 of rule XXI. Floor H8D000 2 House floor actions 2009-07-17 11:01:18 Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 653. (consideration: CR H8316-8328) Floor H30000 2 House floor actions 2009-07-17 11:00:44 Rule H. Res. 653 passed House. Floor H1L220 2 House floor actions 2009-07-16 19:30:51 Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 653 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 1018 with 1 hour of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit with or without instructions. Measure will be considered read. Specified amendments are in order. The resolution waives all points of order against consideration of the bill except for clauses 9 and 10 of rule XXI. The amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on Natural Resources shall be considered as adopted. The resolution waives all points of order against provisions of the bill, as amended. This waiver does not affect the point of order available under clause 9 of rule XXI. Floor H1L210 2 House floor actions 2009-06-23 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 94. Calendars H12410 2 House floor actions U00094 2009-06-23 Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 111-177. Committee H12200 2 House floor actions hsii00 Natural Resources Committee 2009-06-23 Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 111-177. Committee 5000 9 Library of Congress hsii00 Natural Resources Committee 2009-04-29 hsii00 Natural Resources Committee 1 House committee actions Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 21 - 14. Committee 2009-04-29 hsii00 Natural Resources Committee 1 House committee actions Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held. Committee 2009-04-29 hsii00 Natural Resources Committee 1 House committee actions Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands Discharged. Committee 2009-03-03 hsii10 Federal Lands Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Subcommittee Hearings Held. Committee 2009-02-17 hsii10 Federal Lands Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands. Committee 2009-02-12 Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsii00 Natural Resources Committee 2009-02-12 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E256) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2009-02-12 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2009-02-12 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress R000011 Rep. Rahall, Nick J., II [D-WV-3] NICK RAHALL D WV J. 3 N G000551 Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7] Raúl Grijalva D AZ M. 7 2009-02-12 True B001245 Del. Bordallo, Madeleine Z. [D-GU-At Large] Madeleine Bordallo D GU Z. 0 2009-03-17 False M000087 Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-14] CAROLYN MALONEY D NY B. 14 2009-03-17 False W000215 Rep. Waxman, Henry A. [D-CA-30] HENRY WAXMAN D CA A. 30 2009-03-24 False F000030 Rep. Farr, Sam [D-CA-17] SAM FARR D CA 17 2009-04-28 False K000336 Rep. Kucinich, Dennis J. [D-OH-10] DENNIS KUCINICH D OH J. 10 2009-05-06 False M000725 Rep. Miller, George [D-CA-7] GEORGE MILLER D CA 7 2009-06-11 False 2009-06-10T04:00:00Z H.R. 1018, Restore Our American Mustangs Act http://www.cbo.gov/publication/20779 <p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Nataural Resources on April 29, 2009</p> 2009-06-10T04:00:00Z H.R. 1018, Restore Our American Mustangs Act https://www.cbo.gov/publication/20779 Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Nataural Resources on April 29, 2009 Animals Advisory bodies Animal protection and human-animal relationships Aviation and airports Crimes against animals and natural resources Ecology Endangered and threatened species Government information and archives Mammals Veterinary medicine and animal diseases Wildlife conservation and habitat protection Animals 00 2009-02-12 Introduced in House 2009-02-25T21:59:41Z Amends the Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act to revise provisions concerning the management of such animals.

Requires the Secretary of the Interior (for Bureau of Land Management- [BLM] administered lands) or the Secretary of Agriculture (for Forest Service-administered lands) to: (1) update the inventory of such animals annually and make it publicly available on the BLM website; (2) take specified actions to estimate populations of, and establish management levels for, such animals; (3) identify new rangelands, arrange for supervised protection on private lands, and establish sanctuaries or exclusive use areas for such animals; (4) implement enhanced surgical or immunocontraception sterilization or other safe methods of fertility control; (5) exhaust all practicable options of maintaining horse and burro populations in the range before providing for the capture and removal of excess animals for private maintenance; (6) take specified actions to promote the adoption program; (7) temporarily remove horses or burros from the range if their immediate health or safety is threatened; and (8) provide specified public information on animal removals, range changes, and treatment.

Requires adopters of horses and burros to affirm that adopted animals will not be slaughtered for human consumption. Prohibits: (1) the use of helicopters or other airborne devices to remove such animals; (2) containing such animals in holding facilities for more than six months while awaiting disposition; or (3) the destruction of such an animal unless the Secretary determines it is terminally ill.

Expands the membership of the advisory board on the management and protection of such animals.

Applies criminal penalties to any person who transports a live or deceased horse or burro for processing into commercial products.

Sets forth new reporting requirements on the management of such animals.

]]> 17 2009-06-23 Reported to House with amendment(s) 2009-07-13T20:20:52Z Restore Our American Mustangs Act - Amends the Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act to revise provisions concerning the management of such animals.

(Sec. 5) Requires the Secretary of the Interior (for Bureau of Land Management [BLM] administered lands) or the Secretary of Agriculture (for Forest Service administered lands) to: (1) ensure that acreage available for wild and free-roaming horses and burros is at least equal to the acreage where they were found in 1971; (2) update the inventory of such horses and burros annually and make it publicly available on the BLM website every two years; (3) take specified actions to manage such horses and burros and to achieve and maintain a thriving natural ecological balance on lands where such horses and burros are found; (4) identify new rangelands, arrange for supervised protection on private lands, and establish sanctuaries or exclusive use areas for such horses and burros; (5) report to the House Committee on Natural Resources and the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on the effects of new ranges, sanctuaries, and exclusive use areas on rangeland health, riparian zones, water quality, soil compaction, seed bed disturbance, native wildlife, and endangered or threatened species; (6) research, develop, and implement enhanced surgical or immunocontraception sterilization or other safe methods of fertility control; (7) exhaust all practicable options of maintaining a thriving natural ecological balance on the range before removing horses and burros; (8) take specified actions to promote the adoption program; (9) temporarily remove horses or burros from the range if their immediate health or safety is threatened; and (10) remove horses and burros determined to be a threat to the health and well-being of native plant or wildlife species.

Revokes provisions that allow the Secretaries to destroy: (1) old, sick, or lame animals; (2) excess horses and burros for which an adoption demand does not exist.

Requires adopters of such horses and burros to affirm that adopted animals and their remains will not be used for commercial purposes. Prohibits containing such horses and burros in corrals or short-term holding facilities for more than six months while awaiting disposition. Prohibits the destruction of such horses or burros unless the Secretaries: (1) determine that the horses or burros are terminally ill or fatally injured; and (2) ensure that the terminally ill or fatally injured horse or burro will be destroyed in the most humane manner.

Removes the limitation on the number of titles to horse and burros that may be transferred to qualified individuals.

Requires the Secretaries to: (1) provide a public notice 30 days prior to the planned removal of such horses and burros in specified circumstances; (2) track in a centralized database system the number of horses and burros injured or killed during a gathering or holding; (3) determine what information on such horses and burros could be provided to the public; and (4) ensure that such information is easily accessible on BLM's website.

(Sec. 6) Requires owners of private land to return such horses or burros that have wandered onto their land to public lands.

(Sec. 7) Authorizes the Secretaries to enter into cooperative agreements with private entities for the management of such horses and burros.

(Sec. 8) Expands the membership of the advisory board on the management and protection of such horses and burros.

(Sec. 9) Applies criminal penalties to any person who transports a live or deceased horse or burro for processing into commercial products.

(Sec. 10) Lifts a restriction on the authority of the Secretary to relocate such horses and burros to public lands where they did not exist at the passage of such Act.

(Sec. 11) Sets forth new reporting requirements on the management of such horses and burros.

]]> 36 2009-07-17 Passed House amended 2009-08-10T14:30:39Z Restore Our American Mustangs Act - Amends the Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act to revise provisions concerning the management of such animals.

(Sec. 5) Requires the Secretary of the Interior (for Bureau of Land Management [BLM] administered lands) or the Secretary of Agriculture (for Forest Service administered lands) to: (1) ensure that, to the extent practicable, acreage available for wild and free-roaming horses and burros is at least equal to the acreage where they were found in 1971; (2) update the inventory of such horses and burros annually and make it publicly available on the BLM website every two years; (3) take specified actions to manage such horses and burros and to achieve and maintain a thriving natural ecological balance on lands where such horses and burros are found; (4) identify new rangelands, arrange for supervised protection on private lands, and establish sanctuaries or exclusive use areas for such horses and burros; (5) report to the House Committee on Natural Resources and the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on the effects of new ranges, sanctuaries, and exclusive use areas on rangeland health, riparian zones, water quality, soil compaction, seed bed disturbance, native wildlife, and endangered or threatened species; (6) research, develop, and implement enhanced fertility control for mares, stallions, or both, such as surgical or immunocontraception sterilization or other safe, humane, and effective methods of fertility control; (7) exhaust all practicable options of maintaining a thriving natural ecological balance on the range before removing horses and burros; (8) take specified actions to promote the adoption program; (9) temporarily remove horses or burros from the range if their immediate health or safety is threatened; and (10) remove horses and burros determined to be a threat to the health and well-being of native plant or wildlife species.

Revokes provisions that allow the Secretaries to destroy: (1) old, sick, or lame animals; (2) excess horses and burros for which an adoption demand does not exist.

Requires adopters of such horses and burros to affirm that adopted animals and their remains will not be sold or transferred for consideration for processing into commercial products. Prohibits containing such horses and burros in corrals or short-term holding facilities for more than six months while awaiting disposition. Prohibits the destruction of such horses or burros unless the Secretaries: (1) determine that the horses or burros are terminally ill or fatally injured; and (2) ensure that the terminally ill or fatally injured horse or burro will be destroyed in the most humane manner.

Removes the limitation on the number of titles to horse and burros that may be transferred to qualified individuals.

Requires the Secretaries to: (1) provide a public notice 30 days prior to the planned removal of such horses and burros in specified circumstances; (2) track in a centralized database system the number of horses and burros injured or killed during a gathering or holding; (3) determine what information on such horses and burros could be provided to the public; and (4) ensure that such information is easily accessible on BLM's website.

(Sec. 6) Requires owners of private land to return such horses or burros that have wandered onto their land to public lands.

(Sec. 7) Authorizes the Secretaries to enter into cooperative agreements with private entities for the management of such horses and burros.

(Sec. 8) Expands the membership of the advisory board on the management and protection of such horses and burros.

(Sec. 9) Applies criminal penalties to any person who transports a live or deceased horse or burro for processing into commercial products.

(Sec. 10) Lifts a restriction on the authority of the Secretary to relocate such horses and burros to public lands where they did not exist at the passage of such Act.

(Sec. 11) Sets forth new reporting requirements on the management of such horses and burros.

]]> Restore Our American Mustangs Act Display Title Restore Our American Mustangs Act Short Titles as Reported to House Restore Our American Mustangs Act H House Short Titles as Passed House Restore Our American Mustangs Act H House Official Title as Introduced To amend the Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act to improve the management and long-term health of wild free-roaming horses and burros, and for other purposes. 359 111 HAMDT Amendment in the nature of a substitute sought to insert a complete new text banning the commercial slaughter of horses and burros at a CBO cost estimate of under $500,000 a year to implement. An amendment in the nature of a substitute printed in Part B of House Report 111-212 is identical to the text of the wild horses and burros bill as passed by the House in the 110th Congress. It prohibits the commercial slaughter of horses and estimated by CBO to cost less than $500,000 a year to implement. 2022-02-03T06:08:45Z 2009-07-17 On agreeing to the Hastings (WA) amendment (A002) Failed by the Yeas and Nays: 74 - 348 (Roll no. 576). 12:54:55 Roll no. 576 https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2009/roll576.xml H000329 Rep. Hastings, Doc [R-WA-4] DOC HASTINGS R WA 4 2009-07-17T04:00:00Z House of Representatives 111 HR House H 1018 Restore Our American Mustangs Act 2023-01-11T13:18:32Z House Report 111-212 https://www.congress.gov/congressional-report/111th-congress/house-report/212 8 2009-07-17 12:54:55 On agreeing to the Hastings (WA) amendment (A002) Failed by the Yeas and Nays: 74 - 348 (Roll no. 576). Floor H34111 2 House floor actions 576 House 111 2009-07-17T16:54:55Z 1 https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2009/roll576.xml 2009-07-17 12:00:03 Amendment (A002) in the nature of a substitute offered by Mr. Hastings (WA). (consideration: CR H8324-8327; text: CR H8324-8325) Floor H3A100 2 House floor actions 2009-07-17 12:54:55 Amendment failed by House: On agreeing to the Hastings (WA) amendment (A002) Failed by the Yeas and Nays: 74 - 348 (Roll no. 576). NotUsed 80000 9 Library of Congress 576 House 111 2009-07-17T16:54:55Z 1 https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2009/roll576.xml 2009-07-17 12:54:55 House amendment not agreed to: On agreeing to the Hastings (WA) amendment (A002) Failed by the Yeas and Nays: 74 - 348 (Roll no. 576). Floor 73000 9 Library of Congress 576 House 111 2009-07-17T16:54:55Z 1 https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2009/roll576.xml 2009-07-17 12:54:55 Roll call votes on amendments in House Floor 75000 9 Library of Congress 576 House 111 2009-07-17T16:54:55Z 1 https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2009/roll576.xml 2009-07-17 12:00:03 House amendment offered/reported by : Amendment (A002) in the nature of a substitute offered by Mr. Hastings (WA).(consideration: CR H8324-8327; text: CR H8324-8325) NotUsed 71500 9 Library of Congress 2009-07-17 House amendment offered Floor 71000 9 Library of Congress 358 111 HAMDT Amendment broadens the types of fertility controls that would be available to the BLM for purposes of managing wild horse and burro populations; narrows the definition of "commercial uses" under the bill for purposes of clarifying prohibitions on the sale of horses and burros for slaughter but allowing uses of horses and burros on farms; makes a technical change to clarify the membership requirements for the Wild Horse and Burro Advisory Council; and relaxes the requirement that the BLM return wild horses and burros to the acres of public land from which they have been removed since 1971. An amendment printed in Part A of House Report 111-212 to broaden the types of fertility controls authorized under the bill, narrows the definition of prohibited `commercial' uses for wild horses and burros and clarifies the membership of the Wild Horse and Burro Advisory Council; relaxes the requirement that the acreage available to wild horses and burros never be less than when the original Act passed in 1971; and the amendment makes restoration of the acreage a goal, rather than a requirement. 2022-02-03T06:08:45Z 2009-07-17 On agreeing to the Rahall amendment (A001) Agreed to by voice vote. 11:59:48 R000011 Rep. Rahall, Nick J., II [D-WV-3] NICK RAHALL D WV J. 3 2009-07-17T04:00:00Z House of Representatives 111 HR House H 1018 Restore Our American Mustangs Act 2023-01-11T13:18:32Z House Report 111-212 https://www.congress.gov/congressional-report/111th-congress/house-report/212 7 2009-07-17 11:59:48 On agreeing to the Rahall amendment (A001) Agreed to by voice vote. Floor H34111 2 House floor actions 2009-07-17 11:55:55 Amendment (A001) offered by Mr. Rahall. (consideration: CR H8324; text: CR H8324) Floor H3A100 2 House floor actions 2009-07-17 11:55:55 House amendment offered/reported by : Amendment (A001) offered by Mr. Rahall.(consideration: CR H8324; text: CR H8324) NotUsed 71500 9 Library of Congress 2009-07-17 11:59:48 Amendment agreed to by House: On agreeing to the Rahall amendment (A001) Agreed to by voice vote. NotUsed 79000 9 Library of Congress 2009-07-17 11:59:48 House amendment agreed to: On agreeing to the Rahall amendment (A001) Agreed to by voice vote. Floor 72000 9 Library of Congress 2009-07-17 House amendment offered Floor 71000 9 Library of Congress Referred in Senate 2009-07-20T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111hr1018rfs/xml/BILLS-111hr1018rfs.xml Engrossed in House 2009-07-17T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111hr1018eh/xml/BILLS-111hr1018eh.xml Reported in House 2009-06-23T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111hr1018rh/xml/BILLS-111hr1018rh.xml Introduced in House 2009-02-12T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111hr1018ih/xml/BILLS-111hr1018ih.xml 2009-07-20 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. 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