Senate Bill 1095
115th Congress(2017-2018)
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
Introduced in Senate on May 11, 2017
Origin Chamber
Senate
Type
Bill
Bill
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Bill Number
1095
Congress
115
Policy Area
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Primary focus of measure is natural areas (including wilderness); lands under government jurisdiction; land use practices and policies; parks, monuments, and historic sites; fisheries and marine resources; mining and minerals. Measures concerning energy supplies and production may fall under Energy policy area.
No Senate votes have been held for this bill.
Summary
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 laws applicable to the refuge and seashore and 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, and inspecting the health, of the horses;
- maintaining records of the horses living in the wild and 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.
May 11, 2017
05/11/2017
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
05/11/2017
Introduced in Senate
Public Record
Record Updated
Jan 11, 2023 1:36:28 PM