H.R.306 - Corolla Wild Horses Protection Act

To direct the Secretary of the Interior to enter into an agreement to provide for management of the free-roaming wild horses in and around the Currituck National Wildlife Refuge. view all titles (4)

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  • Official: To direct the Secretary of the Interior to enter into an agreement to provide for management of the free-roaming wild horses in and around the Currituck National Wildlife Refuge. as introduced.
  • Short: Corolla Wild Horses Protection Act as introduced.
  • Short: Corolla Wild Horses Protection Act as reported to house.
  • Short: Corolla Wild Horses Protection Act as passed house.

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Walter Jones

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2/6/2012--Passed House amended. (This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the House on December 1, 2011. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Corolla Wild Horses Protection Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to enter into an agreement with the Corolla W
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2/6/2012--Passed House amended. (This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the House on December 1, 2011. The summary of that version is repeated here.) 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.

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