3.0.0 1095 2023-01-11T13:36:28Z 2023-01-11T13:36:28Z Senate S 2017-05-11 115 ssev00 Environment and Public Works Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2017-05-11T17:05:08Z 2017-05-11 ssev00 Environment and Public Works Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. IntroReferral 2017-05-11 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B001135 Sen. Burr, Richard [R-NC] Richard Burr R NC Mauze N T000476 Sen. Tillis, Thomas [R-NC] Thomas Tillis R NC Roland 2017-05-11 True B000575 Sen. Blunt, Roy [R-MO] Roy Blunt R MO 2018-06-18 False Public Lands and Natural Resources Animal protection and human-animal relationships Endangered and threatened species Mammals North Carolina Seashores and lakeshores Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats Wildlife conservation and habitat protection Public Lands and Natural Resources 00 2017-05-11 Introduced in Senate 2017-11-30T15:14:21Z This bill instructs the Department of the Interior to allow for the introduction of a small number of free-roaming wild horses from the Cape Lookout National Seashore in North Carolina as necessary to ensure the genetic diversity of the wild horse population in and around Currituck National Wildlife Refuge, consistent with the laws applicable to the refuge and seashore and the December 2014 Wild Horse Management Agreement.

Interior may enter into an agreement with the Corolla Wild Horse Fund to provide for the cost-effective management of the horses in and around the refuge while ensuring that its natural resources are not adversely impacted. Such agreement shall require the fund to pay the costs associated with:

  • conducting a periodic census, and inspecting the health, of the horses;
  • maintaining records of the horses living in the wild and in confinement;
  • conducting the removal and placement of horses and monitoring horses removed from the Currituck County Outer Banks; and
  • administering a viable population control plan for the horses.
]]> A bill to ensure that the Secretary of the Interior collaborates fully with State and local authorities and certain nonprofit entities in managing the Corolla Wild Horse population on Federal land. Display Title A bill to ensure that the Secretary of the Interior collaborates fully with State and local authorities and certain nonprofit entities in managing the Corolla Wild Horse population on Federal land. Official Title as Introduced A bill to ensure that the Secretary of the Interior collaborates fully with State and local authorities and certain nonprofit entities in managing the Corolla Wild Horse population on Federal land. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2017-05-11T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s1095is/xml/BILLS-115s1095is.xml 2017-05-11 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. 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.