119-s1377

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1377 Introduced in Senate

    (IS) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 S. 1377

 To ensure the maintenance of a herd of horses in Theodore Roosevelt 
 National Park, and for other purposes.

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 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

 April 9, 2025

 Mr. Hoeven (for himself and Mr. Kaine) introduced the following bill; 
 which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and 
 Natural Resources

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 A BILL

 To ensure the maintenance of a herd of horses in Theodore Roosevelt 
 National Park, and for other purposes.

 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

 This Act may be cited as the ``Theodore Roosevelt National Park 
Wild Horses Protection Act''.

SEC. 2. MAINTENANCE OF HORSES IN THEODORE ROOSEVELT NATIONAL PARK.

 

Section 5 of the Act of April 25, 1947 (61 Stat. 54, chapter 41; 16 
U.S.C. 245), is amended--

    (1) by striking the section designation and all that 
 follows through ``The Administration'' and inserting the 
 following:

``

SEC. 5. ADMINISTRATION, PROTECTION, AND DEVELOPMENT.

 ``

    (a) In General.--The administration''; and

    (2) by adding at the end the following:
 ``

    (b) Maintenance of Horses.--
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    (1) In general.--The Secretary of the Interior (referred 
 to in this subsection as the `Secretary') shall maintain a 
 genetically diverse herd of horses in the South Unit of 
 Theodore Roosevelt National Park (referred to in this 
 subsection as the `Park'), with a population of not fewer than 
 150 horses.
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    (2) Management plan.--
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        (A) In general.--Not later than 120 days after 
 the date of enactment of this subsection, the Secretary 
 shall develop a plan to provide for the management of 
 horses in the Park.
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        (B) Requirements.--The plan developed under 
 subparagraph
        (A) shall provide for the cost-effective 
 management of the horses in the Park while ensuring 
 that natural resources within the Park are not 
 adversely impacted.
 ``

    (3) Removal.--The Secretary shall not remove, or assist 
 in or permit the removal of, any horses from Federal land 
 within the boundaries of the Park--
 ``
        (A) unless the removal is carried out as part of 
 a plan to maintain a genetically diverse herd of 
 horses; or
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        (B) except--
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            (i) in the case of emergency; or
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            (ii) to protect public health and safety.
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    (4) Monitoring and assessment.-- The Secretary shall 
 annually monitor, assess, and make available to the public 
 findings regarding the population, structure, and health of the 
 horses in the Park.''.
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