3.0.0 3005 2023-01-11T13:37:47Z 2023-01-11T13:37:47Z House HR 2017-06-22 115 [Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 107 (Thursday, June 22, 2017)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. GOSAR:H.R. 3005.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2 (The Property Clause). TheProperty Clause states that Congress has the power to makeall needful rules and regulations respecting the territory orother property belonging to the United States. The SupremeCourt in Fort Leavenworth Railroad v. Lowe (1885), reasonedthat the authority of the federal government over federallands is ``necessarily paramount.'' The Court opinion went onto further reason that state governments also have rightsthough with regards to certain activities that take place onfederal lands within state borders. The Act providesguidelines for controlling populations of bison in GrandCanyon National Park and requires the Secretary to coordinatewith the appropriate State Wildlife Management Agency, thusmaking it constitutionally permissible.[Page H5110]]]> hsii00 Natural Resources Committee House Standing hsii10 Federal Lands Subcommittee Referred to 2017-07-05T13:43:58Z Referred to 2017-06-22T14:03:20Z SHARE Act 115 3668 HR 2017-09-18 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 224. Related bill CRS 2017-07-05 hsii10 Federal Lands Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands. Committee 2017-06-22 Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsii00 Natural Resources Committee 2017-06-22 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2017-06-22 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress G000565 Rep. Gosar, Paul A. [R-AZ-4] Paul Gosar R AZ A. 4 N F000448 Rep. Franks, Trent [R-AZ-8] Trent Franks R AZ 8 2017-06-22 True S001183 Rep. Schweikert, David [R-AZ-6] David Schweikert R AZ 6 2017-06-22 True O000171 Rep. O'Halleran, Tom [D-AZ-1] Tom O'Halleran D AZ 1 2017-06-22 True 2017-09-26 Animals Arizona Environmental assessment, monitoring, research Hunting and fishing Land use and conservation Mammals Parks, recreation areas, trails Animals 00 2017-06-22 Introduced in House 2017-07-05T19:42:01Z Grand Canyon Bison Management Act

This bill 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.

The bill permits the removal by such a volunteer of a full bison harvested from the Park.

Interior shall coordinate with and obtain written approval from the Arizona Game and Fish Commission regarding the development and finalization of the management plan.

Interior, in developing such plan, must 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, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Grand Canyon Bison Management Act Introduced in House 2017-06-22T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115hr3005ih/xml/BILLS-115hr3005ih.xml 2017-07-05 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.