[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 23 (Wednesday, February 6, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Page S1011]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 129. Mr. BURR (for himself and Mr. Tillis) submitted an amendment 
intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 47, to provide for the 
management of the natural resources of the United States, and for other 
purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of title VII, add the following:

     SEC. 70__. WILD HORSES IN AND AROUND THE CURRITUCK NATIONAL 
                   WILDLIFE REFUGE.

       (a) Genetic Diversity.--The Secretary, in consultation with 
     the North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural 
     Resources, Currituck County, North Carolina, and the Corolla 
     Wild Horse Fund, shall allow for the introduction of a small 
     number of free-roaming wild horses from the Cape Lookout 
     National Seashore as necessary to ensure the genetic 
     diversity of the wild horse population in and around the 
     Currituck National Wildlife Refuge, consistent with--
       (1) the laws (including regulations) applicable to the 
     Currituck National Wildlife Refuge and the Cape Lookout 
     National Seashore; and
       (2) the December 2014 Wild Horse Management Agreement 
     approved by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, the 
     North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural 
     Resources, Currituck County, North Carolina, and the Corolla 
     Wild Horse Fund.
       (b) Agreement.--
       (1) In general.--The Secretary may enter into an agreement 
     with the Corolla Wild Horse Fund to provide for the cost-
     effective management of the horses in and around the 
     Currituck National Wildlife Refuge while ensuring that 
     natural resources within the Currituck National Wildlife 
     Refuge are not adversely impacted.
       (2) Requirements.--The agreement entered into under 
     paragraph (1) shall specify that the Corolla Wild Horse Fund 
     shall pay the costs associated with, with respect to the 
     horses in and around the Currituck National Wildlife Refuge--
       (A) coordinating and conducting a periodic census, and 
     inspecting the health, of the horses;
       (B) maintaining records of the horses living in the wild 
     and in confinement;
       (C) coordinating and conducting the removal and placement 
     of horses and monitoring of any horses removed from the 
     Currituck County Outer Banks; and
       (D) administering a viable population control plan for the 
     horses, including auctions, adoptions, contraceptive 
     fertility methods, and other viable options.
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