[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 18 (Monday, February 1, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Page S435]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 3164. Mr. FLAKE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 2012, to provide for the modernization of the energy 
policy of the United States, and for other purposes; which was ordered 
to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. ___. DELISTING OF MEXICAN GRAY WOLVES.

       (a) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Director.--The term ``Director'' means the Director of 
     the United States Fish and Wildlife Service.
       (2) Mexican gray wolf.--
       (A) In general.--The term ``Mexican gray wolf'' means the 
     subspecies Mexican gray wolf (Canis lupus baileyi) of the 
     species gray wolf (Canis lupus).
       (B) Inclusion.--The term ``Mexican gray wolf'' includes any 
     subspecies, distinct population segment, or experimental 
     population of the species gray wolf (Canis lupus) that the 
     Director determines after the date of enactment of this Act 
     will take the place of, or correspond with, the subspecies 
     designated as Mexican gray wolf (Canis lupus baileyi) on that 
     date of enactment.
       (b) Requirement.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
     law (including regulations), effective beginning on the date 
     on which the Director makes a positive determination under 
     subsection (c)--
       (1) the Mexican gray wolf shall no longer be included on 
     any list of endangered species, threatened species, or 
     experimental populations under the Endangered Species Act of 
     1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.); and
       (2) management of the Mexican gray wolf shall be assumed by 
     each State in which the Mexican gray wolf is present, 
     effective beginning on the date of the determination.
       (c) Determination by Director.--
       (1) In general.--Not later than 90 days after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, the Director shall determine whether a 
     population of not fewer than 100 Mexican gray wolves in a 
     5,000-square-mile area within the historic range of the 
     Mexican gray wolf has been established, as described in the 
     Mexican Wolf Recovery Plan of 1982 prepared by the Mexican 
     Wolf Recovery Team (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 1982. 
     Mexican Wolf Recovery Plan. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 
     Albuquerque, New Mexico. 103 pp.)
       (2) Standards and procedures.--A determination under 
     paragraph (1) shall be made in accordance with applicable 
     standards and procedures used by the Director in determining 
     the status of a species under the Endangered Species Act of 
     1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.).
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