[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
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[S. 1273 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1273

To provide for the sale and adoption of excess wild free-roaming horses 
                              and burros.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 20, 2005

   Mr. Reid introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
       referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
To provide for the sale and adoption of excess wild free-roaming horses 
                              and burros.

    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 Free-Roaming Horses and Burros 
Sale and Adoption Act of 2005''.

SEC. 2. SALE AND ADOPTION OF WILD FREE-ROAMING HORSES AND BURROS.

    Section 3 of Public Law 92-195 (16 U.S.C. 1333) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (b)(2)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``: Provided'' 
                and all that follows through ``adopting party''; and
                    (B) by striking subparagraph (C) and inserting the 
                following:
                    ``(C) Additional excess wild free-roaming horses 
                and burros for which an adoption demand by qualified 
                individuals does not exist shall be sold under 
                subsection (e).'';
            (2) in subsection (c), by striking ``not more than four 
        animals'' and inserting ``excess animals transferred'';
            (3) in subsection (e)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1), by striking subparagraph (A) 
                and inserting the following:
                    ``(A) the Secretary determines that there is no 
                adoption demand from qualified individuals for the 
                excess animal;'';
                    (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ``without 
                limitation''; and
                    (C) by striking paragraph (4) and inserting the 
                following:
            ``(4) Effect of sale.--At the end of the 1-year period 
        following the sale of any excess animal under this subsection--
                    ``(A) the Secretary shall grant to the transferee 
                title to the excess animal; and
                    ``(B) the excess animal transferred shall no longer 
                be considered to be a wild free-roaming horse or burro 
                for purposes of this Act.''; and
            (4) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(f) Minimum Fees and Bids.--The minimum adoption fee required for 
the adoption of an excess animal under this section shall be $25.''.
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