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HR 306 112th Congress House Public Lands and Natural Resources Administrative remedies Animal protection and human-animal relationships Department of the Interior Endangered and threatened species Mammals North Carolina Seashores and lakeshores Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Corolla Wild Horses Protection Act

Introduced: January 18, 2011 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 18 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 21, 2012
Referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Mar 21, 2012
Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources discharged by Unanimous Consent.
Feb 7, 2012
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Feb 6, 2012
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Feb 6, 2012
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H480)
Feb 6, 2012
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H480)
Feb 6, 2012
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 306.
Feb 6, 2012
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H480-481)
Feb 6, 2012
Mr. Hastings (WA) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Dec 1, 2011
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 210.
Dec 1, 2011
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 112-310.
Oct 5, 2011
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Oct 5, 2011
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Oct 5, 2011
Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs Discharged.
Apr 7, 2011
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Jan 26, 2011
Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs.
Jan 18, 2011
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Jan 18, 2011
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Corolla Wild Horses Protection Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to enter into an agreement with the Corolla Wild Horse Fund, Currituck County, and the state of North Carolina to provide for the management of free-roaming wild horses in and around the Currituck National Wildlife Refuge.

Requires that such agreement: (1) allow a herd of no more than 130 free-roaming wild horses in and around the Refuge; (2) provide for cost-effective management of such horses; and (3) provide for the introduction of a small number of free-roaming wild horses from the herd at Cape Lookout National Seashore as is necessary to maintain the genetic viability of the herd in and around the Refuge; and (4) specify that the Corolla Wild Horse Fund shall pay certain costs associated with the health, maintenance, removal, and placement of such horses.

Bars the Secretary from excluding free-roaming wild horses from any part of the Currituck National Wildlife Refuge unless: (1) it is found that the presence of such horses on a part of the Refuge threatens the survival of an endangered species for which such land is designated as critical habitat, (2) such finding is based on a peer-reviewed scientific assessment, and (3) a period of public notice and comment is provided on such finding.

Prohibits the removal of any horse from the Seashore for introduction at the Refuge, except with the approval of the Foundation for Shackleford Horses Inc. and consistent with the memorandum of understanding between the National Park Service (NPS) and the Foundation and the management plan for the Shackleford Banks Horse Herd.

Prohibits anything in this Act from being construed as creating liability of the United States for any damages caused by the free-roaming wild horses to any person or property located inside or outside the boundaries of the Refuge.

What's happening now March 21, 2012

Referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Democratic 1