[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4429 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4429

 To direct the Secretary of the Interior to reissue a rule relating to 
    extension of the expiration dates for double-crested cormorant 
              depredation orders, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 16, 2017

 Mr. Bergman (for himself, Mr. Moolenaar, Mr. Walberg, Mr. Westerman, 
 Mr. Peterson, and Mr. Upton) introduced the following bill; which was 
             referred to the Committee on Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
 To direct the Secretary of the Interior to reissue a rule relating to 
    extension of the expiration dates for double-crested cormorant 
              depredation orders, 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 ``Cormorant Control Act''.

SEC. 2. REISSUANCE OF RULE REGARDING EXTENSION OF EXPIRATION DATES FOR 
              DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT DEPREDATION ORDERS.

    Before the end of the 60-day period beginning on the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior shall reissue the 
final rule published on May 28, 2014, relating to extension of the 
expiration dates for double-crested cormorant depredation orders (79 
Federal Register 30483), without regard to any other provision of 
statute or regulation that applies to issuance of such rule. Such 
reissuance (including this section) shall not be subject to judicial 
review and shall not abrogate or otherwise have any effect on the order 
and judgment issued by the United States District Court of the District 
of Columbia in Case Number 14-CV-01807-JDB on May 25, 2016.
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