[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 684 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 684

To clarify the authority of the Secretary of the Interior with respect 
    to the management of the elk population located in the Theodore 
                        Roosevelt National Park.


_______________________________________________________________________


                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           February 26, 2007

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

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL


 
To clarify the authority of the Secretary of the Interior with respect 
    to the management of the elk population located in the Theodore 
                        Roosevelt National Park.

    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 ``Elk Population Management Act of 
2007''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Authorized individual.--The term ``authorized 
        individual'' means an individual, as a volunteer or under 
        contract with the Secretary, who possesses--
                    (A) a valid resident big-game hunting license 
                issued by the appropriate agency of the State; and
                    (B) any other qualification that the Secretary, in 
                consultation with the appropriate agency of the State, 
                may require.
            (2) Elk management plan.--The term ``elk management plan'' 
        means the elk management plan for the Theodore Roosevelt 
        National Park that is--
                    (A) described in a final notice of intent published 
                by the Director of the National Park Service (69 Fed. 
                Reg. 53087) (August 31, 2004); and
                    (B) to be included in an environmental impact 
                statement required under the National Environmental 
                Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.).
            (3) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of the Interior.
            (4) State.--The term ``State'' means the State of North 
        Dakota.

SEC. 3. MANAGEMENT OF ELK POPULATION.

    (a) In General.--Nothing in section 4 of the Act of March 2, 1929 
(16 U.S.C. 198c), or any other provision of law, prohibits the 
Secretary from permitting an authorized individual to use lethal means 
to reduce the population of elk located within the Theodore Roosevelt 
National Park, in accordance with the elk management plan.
    (b) Consultation.--The Secretary shall consult with the appropriate 
agency of the State to determine the level of participation of the 
appropriate agency in carrying out this Act.
    (c) Limitation of Authority.--The Secretary shall not permit an 
individual to take any elk located within the Theodore Roosevelt 
National Park for any purpose other than to carry out the elk 
management plan.
                                 <all>