[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2377 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

112th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2377

    To provide to the Administrator of the Animal and Plant Health 
Inspection Service of the Department of Agriculture expedited authority 
                to remove geese that threaten aircraft.


_______________________________________________________________________


                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 26, 2012

Mrs. Gillibrand introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
   referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL


 
    To provide to the Administrator of the Animal and Plant Health 
Inspection Service of the Department of Agriculture expedited authority 
                to remove geese that threaten aircraft.

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

SECTION 1. CANADA GEESE REMOVAL.

    (a) In General.--On a determination by the Federal Aviation 
Administration that the population of Canada geese residing on land 
under the jurisdiction of the National Park Service that is located 
within 5 miles of any commercial airport poses a risk to flight safety, 
the Secretary of Agriculture shall direct the Administrator of the 
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, in consultation with the 
Secretary of the Interior and the Administrator of the Federal Aviation 
Administration--
            (1) not later than 90 days after the date of the 
        determination, to publish a management plan that provides for 
        the removal, by not later than the first subsequent molting 
        period for Canada geese that occurs after the date of 
        publication, of all Canada geese residing on the applicable 
        land; and
            (2) as soon as practicable after the date of publication of 
        the management plan under paragraph (1), to commence removal of 
        Canada geese from the applicable land.
    (b) JFK International Airport.--Not later than June 1, 2012, the 
Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Administrator of the 
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, shall--
            (1) issue a record of decision for the document entitled 
        ``Supplement to the Environmental Impact Statement Bird Hazard 
        Reduction Program: John F. Kennedy International Airport''; and
            (2) commence consultation with the Secretary of the 
        Interior to complete the collection and removal of Canada geese 
        from the applicable National Park Service land to ensure that 
        the removal is completed by not later than August 1, 2012.
                                 <all>