A bill to require the Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service to update the Post-delisting Monitoring Plan for the Western Great Lakes Distinct Population Segment of the Gray Wolf, and for other purposes.

II 118TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION S. 1788 To require the Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service to update the Post-delisting Monitoring Plan for the Western Great Lakes Distinct Population Segment of the Gray Wolf, and for other purposes. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES JUNE 1, 2023 Ms. BALDWIN (for herself and Ms. KLOBUCHAR) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works A BILL To require the Director of the United States Fish and Wild- life Service to update the Post-delisting Monitoring Plan for the Western Great Lakes Distinct Population Seg- ment of the Gray Wolf, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS. 3 In this Act: 4 (1) 1978 RULE.—The term ‘‘1978 Rule’’ means 5 the final rule of the United States Fish and Wildlife 6 Service relating to ‘‘Reclassification of the Gray 7 VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:58 Jun 17, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S1788.IS S1788 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 2 •S 1788 IS Wolf in the United States and Mexico, with Deter- 1 mination of Critical Habitat in Michigan and Min- 2 nesota’’ (43 Fed. Reg. 9607 (March 9, 1978)). 3 (2) ADVISORY COMMITTEE.—The term ‘‘advi- 4 sory committee’’ means the Northern Great Lakes 5 Region Gray Wolf Advisory Committee established 6 under section 3(a). 7 (3) DIRECTOR.—The term ‘‘Director’’ means 8 the Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife 9 Service. 10 (4) MONITORING PLAN.—The term ‘‘Monitoring 11 Plan’’ means the document of the United States 12 Fish and Wildlife Service entitled ‘‘Post-delisting 13 Monitoring Plan for the Western Great Lakes Dis- 14 tinct Population Segment of the Gray Wolf’’ and 15 dated February 2008 (as described in the notice of 16 document availability of the United States Fish and 17 Wildlife Service entitled ‘‘Post-Delisting Monitoring 18 Plan for the Western Great Lakes Distinct Popu- 19 lation Segment of the Gray Wolf (Canis lupus)’’ (73 20 Fed. Reg. 19525 (April 10, 2008))). 21 (5) NORTHERN GREAT LAKES REGION.—The 22 term ‘‘Northern Great Lakes Region’’ means— 23 (A) the State of Minnesota; 24 (B) the State of Wisconsin; and 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:58 Jun 17, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S1788.IS S1788 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 3 •S 1788 IS (C) the Upper Peninsula of the State of 1 Michigan. 2 (6) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 3 the Secretary of the Interior. 4 SEC. 2. UPDATE TO THE POST-DELISTING MONITORING 5 PLAN FOR THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES DIS- 6 TINCT POPULATION SEGMENT OF THE GRAY 7 WOLF; DELISTING RULE. 8 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after the 9 date of enactment of this Act, the Director, in consultation 10 with the advisory committee, shall update the Monitoring 11 Plan with respect to the populations of Gray Wolf (Canis 12 lupus) in the Northern Great Lakes Region. 13 (b) EXPANDED GRAY WOLF POPULATION IN 1978 14 RULE.—For purposes of the 1978 Rule and the rule re- 15 quired under subsection (c), the population of Gray Wolf 16 (Canis lupus) described in the 1978 Rule as the Minnesota 17 population shall include the population of Gray Wolf 18 (Canis lupus) in the Northern Great Lakes Region. 19 (c) RULE REQUIRED.—On updating the Monitoring 20 Plan in accordance with subsection (a), the Secretary, in 21 consultation with the advisory committee, shall issue a 22 rule delisting the population of Gray Wolf (Canis lupus) 23 within the Northern Great Lakes Region under the En- 24 dangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.). 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:58 Jun 17, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S1788.IS S1788 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 4 •S 1788 IS (d) SAVINGS PROVISION.—Nothing in this section al- 1 ters or modifies any other population of Gray Wolf (Canis 2 lupus) described in, or any other portion of, the 1978 Rule 3 other than the population of Gray Wolf (Canis lupus) lo- 4 cated in the Northern Great Lakes Region. 5 SEC. 3. ADVISORY COMMITTEE. 6 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 30 days after 7 the date of enactment of this Act, the Director shall estab- 8 lish an advisory committee, to be known as the ‘‘Northern 9 Great Lakes Region Gray Wolf Advisory Committee’’, in 10 accordance with this section. 11 (b) MEMBERSHIP.—The advisory committee shall be 12 composed of— 13 (1) the Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs; 14 (2) the Secretary of Agriculture; 15 (3) the Administrator of the Animal and Plant 16 Health Inspection Service; 17 (4) the Chief of the Forest Service; 18 (5) representatives of federally recognized In- 19 dian Tribes and Tribal organizations; 20 (6) the heads of applicable State agencies in the 21 Northern Great Lakes Region, to be nominated by 22 the governors of the applicable States in the North- 23 ern Great Lakes Region and appointed by the Direc- 24 tor; and 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:58 Jun 17, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S1788.IS S1788 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 5 •S 1788 IS (7) other appropriate individuals with expertise 1 on wolf biology, wolf management, and wolf preda- 2 tion, as determined by the Director. 3 (c) DUTIES.—The advisory committee shall consult 4 with— 5 (1) the Director with respect to the updating of 6 the Monitoring Plan under section 2(a); and 7 (2) the Secretary— 8 (A) with respect to the issuing of the 9 delisting rule under section 2(c); and 10 (B) during the 5-year post-delisting moni- 11 toring period following the issuance of that rule. 12 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:58 Jun 17, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\S1788.IS S1788 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS