[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6486 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6486

 To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to provide that inclusion 
 of the gray wolf, or any distinct population segment of gray wolf, in 
   the State of Utah on any list of endangered species or threatened 
                 species shall have no force or effect.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            December 2, 2010

   Mr. Bishop of Utah (for himself and Mr. Chaffetz) introduced the 
    following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural 
                               Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to provide that inclusion 
 of the gray wolf, or any distinct population segment of gray wolf, in 
   the State of Utah on any list of endangered species or threatened 
                 species shall have no force or effect.

    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 ``State of Utah Wildlife Management 
Sovereignty Act''.

SEC. 2. STATUS OF GRAY WOLF IN UTAH AS ENDANGERED SPECIES OR THREATENED 
              SPECIES.

    Section 4 of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1533) is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(j) Status of Gray Wolf in Utah.--The inclusion of the gray wolf, 
or any distinct population segment of gray wolf, in the State of Utah 
on any list of endangered species or threatened species under 
subsection (c) shall have no force or effect.''.
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