3.0.0 1443 2023-01-11T13:28:07Z 2023-01-11T13:28:07Z House HR 2015-03-18 114 [Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 46 (Wednesday, March 18, 2015)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. GOSAR:H.R. 1443.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2 (The Property Clause)The Property Clause states that Congress has the power tomake all needful rules and regulations respecting theterritory or other property belonging to the United States.The Supreme Court in Fort Leavenworth Railroad v. Lowe(1885), reasoned that the authority of the federal governmentover federal lands is ``necassarily paramount.'' The Courtopinion went on to further reason that state governments alsohave rights though with regards to certain activites thattake place on federal lands within state borders. The Actprovides guidelines for controlling populations of bison inGrand Canyon National Park and requires the Secretary tocorrdinate with the appropriate State Wildlife ManagementAgency, thus making it constitutionally permissible.[Page H1770]]]> hsii00 Natural Resources Committee House Standing hsii10 Federal Lands Subcommittee Referred to 2015-04-07T21:03:27Z Referred to 2015-03-18T14:05:45Z Grand Canyon Bison Management Act 114 782 S 2015-12-16 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 329. Identical bill CRS 2015-04-07 hsii10 Federal Lands Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands. Committee 2015-03-18 Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsii00 Natural Resources Committee 2015-03-18 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2015-03-18 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress G000565 Rep. Gosar, Paul A. [R-AZ-4] Paul Gosar R AZ A. 4 N K000368 Rep. Kirkpatrick, Ann [D-AZ-1] Ann Kirkpatrick D AZ 1 2015-03-18 True S000018 Rep. Salmon, Matt [R-AZ-5] MATT SALMON R AZ 5 2015-03-18 True S001183 Rep. Schweikert, David [R-AZ-6] David Schweikert R AZ 6 2015-03-18 True F000448 Rep. Franks, Trent [R-AZ-8] Trent Franks R AZ 8 2015-03-18 True L000571 Rep. Lummis, Cynthia M. [R-WY-At Large] Cynthia Lummis R WY M. 0 2015-03-18 True Z000018 Rep. Zinke, Ryan K. [R-MT-At Large] Ryan Zinke R MT K. 0 2015-03-18 True S001191 Rep. Sinema, Kyrsten [D-AZ-9] Kyrsten Sinema D AZ 9 2015-03-18 True M001177 Rep. McClintock, Tom [R-CA-4] Tom McClintock R CA 4 2015-04-22 False Animals Arizona Environmental assessment, monitoring, research Hunting and fishing Land use and conservation Mammals Parks, recreation areas, trails Animals 00 2015-03-18 Introduced in House 2015-04-02T18:39:49Z Grand Canyon Bison Management Act

Directs the Department of the Interior to publish a management plan to reduce, through humane lethal culling by skilled public volunteers and other nonlethal means, the population of bison in the Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona that Interior determines are detrimental to the uses of the Park.

Permits the removal by such a volunteer of a full bison harvested from the Park.

Instructs Interior to coordinate with the Arizona Game and Fish Commission regarding the development and implementation of the management plan.

Requires Interior, in developing such plan, to comply with all applicable federal environmental laws, including the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA).

]]> Grand Canyon Bison Management Act Display Title Grand Canyon Bison Management Act Official Title as Introduced To direct the Secretary of the Interior to establish a bison management plan for Grand Canyon National Park. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Grand Canyon Bison Management Act Introduced in House 2015-03-18T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114hr1443ih/xml/BILLS-114hr1443ih.xml 2015-04-07 Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands. 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. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.