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116TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
S. 248
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.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
JANUARY 28, 2019
Mr. TILLIS introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred
to the Committee on Environment and Public Works
A BILL
To ensure that the Secretary of the Interior collaborates
fully with State and local authorities and certain non-
profit entities in managing the Corolla Wild Horse popu-
lation on Federal land.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
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tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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SECTION 1. WILD HORSES IN AND AROUND THE CURRI-
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TUCK NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE.
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(a) GENETIC DIVERSITY.—The Secretary of the Inte-
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rior (referred to in this section as the ‘‘Secretary’’), in con-
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sultation with the North Carolina Department of Environ-
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ment and Natural Resources, Currituck County, North
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Carolina, and the Corolla Wild Horse Fund, shall allow
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for the introduction of a small number of free-roaming
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wild horses from the Cape Lookout National Seashore as
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necessary to ensure the genetic diversity of the wild horse
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population in and around the Currituck National Wildlife
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Refuge, consistent with—
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(1) the laws (including regulations) applicable
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to the Currituck National Wildlife Refuge and the
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Cape Lookout National Seashore; and
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(2) the December 2014 Wild Horse Manage-
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ment Agreement approved by the United States Fish
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and Wildlife Service, the North Carolina Depart-
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ment of Environment and Natural Resources,
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Currituck County, North Carolina, and the Corolla
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Wild Horse Fund.
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(b) AGREEMENT.—
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(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary may enter
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into an agreement with the Corolla Wild Horse
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Fund to provide for the cost-effective management
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of the horses in and around the Currituck National
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Wildlife Refuge while ensuring that natural re-
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sources within the Currituck National Wildlife Ref-
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uge are not adversely impacted.
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(2) REQUIREMENTS.—The agreement entered
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into under paragraph (1) shall specify that the Co-
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rolla Wild Horse Fund shall pay the costs associated
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with, with respect to the horses in and around the
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Currituck National Wildlife Refuge—
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(A) coordinating and conducting a periodic
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census, and inspecting the health, of the horses;
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(B) maintaining records of the horses liv-
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ing in the wild and in confinement;
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(C) coordinating and conducting the re-
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moval and placement of horses and monitoring
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of any horses removed from the Currituck
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County Outer Banks; and
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(D) administering a viable population con-
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trol plan for the horses, including auctions,
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adoptions, contraceptive fertility methods, and
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other viable options.
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