[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2874 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2874

  To amend the Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act to provide for 
delegation to States of the powers and duties under that Act regarding 
   management of wild free-roaming horses and burros, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 15, 1999

Mr. Gibbons (for himself and Mr. Hansen) introduced the following bill; 
            which was referred to the Committee on Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act to provide for 
delegation to States of the powers and duties under that Act regarding 
   management of wild free-roaming horses and burros, and for other 
                               purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Wild Horse and Burro Preservation 
and Management Act of 1999''.

SEC. 2. DELEGATION OF POWERS AND DUTIES TO STATES REGARDING WILD FREE-
              ROAMING HORSES AND BURROS.

    Section 3 of the Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act (16 U.S.C. 
1333) is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(e) Delegation of Powers and Duties to States.--Upon request of 
the Governor of a State, the Secretary shall delegate to the State the 
powers and duties of the Secretary under this Act with respect to wild 
free-roaming horses and burros in the State.''.

SEC. 3. ALLOCATION OF FUNDS AMONG STATES.

    The Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act (16 U.S.C. 1331 et 
seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:

``SEC. 12. ALLOCATION OF FUNDS AMONG STATES.

    ``(a) In General.--Subject to section 13(b)(2), from the total sums 
available to carry out this Act each fiscal year that are not needed to 
administer adoptions of wild horses and burros under this Act, the 
Secretary shall allocate to each State an amount that bears the same 
ratio to those sums as the population of wild free-roaming horses and 
burros in the State bears to the total population of wild free-roaming 
horses and burros in all States.
    ``(b) Use of Allocated Amounts.--Amounts allocated to a State under 
subsection (a) for a fiscal year shall be used only for activities 
under this Act in that State.
    ``(c) Transfer of Allocated Amounts to State Having Delegated 
Powers and Duties.--If the Secretary has delegated powers and duties to 
a State under section 3(e)--
            ``(1) the Secretary shall transfer to the State the amounts 
        allocated to the State under this section; and
            ``(2) the amounts transferred may be used by the State only 
        to carry out those powers and duties.''.

SEC. 4. NATIONAL MEDIA CAMPAIGN REGARDING ADOPTION PROGRAM.

    The Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act (16 U.S.C. 1331 et 
seq.) is further amended by adding at the end the following:

``SEC. 13. NATIONAL MEDIA CAMPAIGN.

    ``(a) In General.--The Secretary of the Interior, acting through 
the Bureau of Land Management, shall conduct a national media campaign 
to increase public awareness of the wild free-roaming horses and burros 
adoption program under this Act.
    ``(b) Authorization of Appropriations.--
            ``(1) In general.--There are authorized to be appropriated 
        to the Secretary to carry out this section--
                    ``(A) $2,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2000 and 
                2001; and
                    ``(B) $1,000,000 for fiscal year 2002.
            ``(2) Not subject to allocation.--Section 12 shall not 
        apply to amounts appropriated under this section.''.
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