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S 248 116th Congress Senate Public Lands and Natural Resources Animal protection and human-animal relationships Endangered and threatened species Mammals North Carolina Seashores and lakeshores Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

A bill to ensure that the Secretary of the Interior collaborates fully with State and local authorities and certain nonprofit entities in managing the Corolla Wild Horse population on Federal land.

Introduced: January 28, 2019 Introduced by: Tillis, Thomas Republican · North Carolina See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Jan 28, 2019
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

This bill instructs the Department of the Interior to allow for the introduction of a small number of free-roaming wild horses from the Cape Lookout National Seashore in North Carolina as necessary to ensure the genetic diversity of the wild horse population in and around Currituck National Wildlife Refuge, consistent with the December 2014 Wild Horse Management Agreement.

Interior 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 refuge while ensuring that its natural resources are not adversely impacted. Such agreement shall require the fund to pay the costs associated with:

  • conducting a periodic census of, and inspecting the health of, the horses;
  • maintaining records of the horses living in the wild and those living in confinement;
  • conducting the removal and placement of horses and monitoring horses removed from the Currituck County Outer Banks; and
  • administering a viable population-control plan for the horses.
What's happening now January 28, 2019

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

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