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[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 238 Reported in House (RH)]

                                                 Union Calendar No. 153
104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 238

                          [Report No. 104-296]

To provide for the protection of wild horses within the Ozark National 
       Scenic Riverways and prohibit the removal of such horses.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 4, 1995

Mr. Emerson (for himself, Mr. Skelton, and Mr. Hancock) introduced the 
    following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Resources

                            October 30, 1995

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]

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                                 A BILL

 
To provide for the protection of wild horses within the Ozark National 
       Scenic Riverways and prohibit the removal of such horses.

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

<DELETED>SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    This Act may be cited as the ``Ozark Wild Horses 
Protection Act''.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 2. PROTECTION OF FREE-ROAMING HORSES.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    The first section of the Act entitled ``An Act to provide 
for the establishment of the Ozark National Scenic Riverways in the 
State of Missouri, and for other purposes'', approved August 27, 1964 
(78 Stat. 608; 16 U.S.C. 460m), is amended in the first sentence by 
inserting ``protection and preservation of free-roaming horses,'' after 
``wildlife,''.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 3. PROHIBITION OF REMOVAL OF HORSES.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    Section 5 of the Act entitled ``An Act to provide for the 
establishment of the Ozark National Scenic Riverways in the State of 
Missouri, and for other purposes'', approved August 27, 1964 (78 Stat. 
609; 16 U.S.C. 460m-4), is amended by adding the following new 
subsection at the end:</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(c) The Secretary may not remove, or allow or assist in 
the removal of, any free-roaming horse from Federal lands within the 
boundaries of the Ozark National Scenic Riverways, except in the case 
of medical emergency or natural disaster.''.</DELETED>

SECTION 1. FREE-ROAMING HORSES.

    Section 7 of the Act entitled ``An Act to provide for the 
establishment of the Ozark National Scenic Riverways in the State of 
Missouri, and for other purposes'', approved August 27, 1964 (16 U.S.C. 
460m-6), is amended to read as follows:
    ``Sec. 7. (a) The Secretary, in accordance with this section, shall 
allow free-roaming horses in the Ozark National Scenic Riverways. 
Within 180 days after enactment of this section, the Secretary shall 
enter into an agreement with the Missouri Wild Horse League or another 
qualified nonprofit entity to provide for management of free-roaming 
horses. The agreement shall provide for cost-effective management of 
the horses and limit Federal expenditures to the costs of monitoring 
the agreement. The Secretary shall issue permits for adequate pastures 
to accommodate the historic population level of the free-roaming horse 
herd, which shall be not less than the number of horses in existence on 
the date of the enactment of this section nor more than 50.
    ``(b) The Secretary may not remove, or assist in or permit the 
removal of, any free-roaming horses from Federal lands within the 
boundary of the Ozark National Scenic Riverways unless the entity with 
whom the Secretary entered into the agreement under subsection (a), 
following notice and a 180-day response period, substantially fails to 
meet the terms and conditions of the agreement or in the case of an 
emergency as defined in the agreement.
    ``(c) Nothing in this section shall be construed as creating 
additional liability for the United States for any damages caused by 
the free-roaming horses to property located inside or outside the 
boundaries of the Ozark National Scenic Riverways.''.
                                     

                                                 Union Calendar No. 153

104th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                               H. R. 238

                          [Report No. 104-296]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

To provide for the protection of wild horses within the Ozark National 
       Scenic Riverways and prohibit the removal of such horses.

_______________________________________________________________________

                            October 30, 1995

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
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