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115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1095 

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. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MAY 11, 2017 

Mr. BURR (for himself and Mr. TILLIS) introduced the following bill; which 

was read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public 

Works 

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. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. WILD HORSES IN AND AROUND THE CURRI4 TUCK NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE. 

5 (a) GENETIC DIVERSITY.—The Secretary of the Inte6 rior (referred to in this section as the ‘‘Secretary’’), in con7 sultation with the North Carolina Department of Environ8 ment and Natural Resources, Currituck County, North 


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1 Carolina, and the Corolla Wild Horse Fund, shall allow 

2 for the introduction of a small number of free-roaming 

3 wild horses from the Cape Lookout National Seashore as 

4 necessary to ensure the genetic diversity of the wild horse 

5 population in and around the Currituck National Wildlife 

6 Refuge, consistent with— 

7 (1) the laws (including regulations) applicable 

8 to the Currituck National Wildlife Refuge and the 

9 Cape Lookout National Seashore; and 

10 (2) the December 2014 Wild Horse Manage11 ment Agreement approved by the United States Fish 

12 and Wildlife Service, the North Carolina Depart13 ment of Environment and Natural Resources, 

14 Currituck County, North Carolina, and the Corolla 

15 Wild Horse Fund. 

16 (b) AGREEMENT.— 

17 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may enter 

18 into an agreement with the Corolla Wild Horse 

19 Fund to provide for the cost-effective management 

20 of the horses in and around the Currituck National 

21 Wildlife Refuge while ensuring that natural re22 sources within the Currituck National Wildlife Ref23 uge are not adversely impacted. 

24 (2) REQUIREMENTS.—The agreement entered 

25 into under paragraph (1) shall specify that the CoVerDate Sep 11 2014 02:25 May 13, 2017 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S1095.IS S1095

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1 rolla Wild Horse Fund shall pay the costs associated 

2 with, with respect to the horses in and around the 

3 Currituck National Wildlife Refuge— 

4 (A) coordinating and conducting a periodic 

5 census, and inspecting the health, of the horses; 

6 (B) maintaining records of the horses liv7 ing in the wild and in confinement; 

8 (C) coordinating and conducting the re9 moval and placement of horses and monitoring 

10 of any horses removed from the Currituck 

11 County Outer Banks; and 

12 (D) administering a viable population con13 trol plan for the horses, including auctions, 

14 adoptions, contraceptive fertility methods, and 

15 other viable options. 

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