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113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 126 

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. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 3, 2013 

Mr. JONES introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 

on Natural Resources 

A BILL 

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. 

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

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Corolla Wild Horses 

5 Protection Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. WILD HORSES IN AND AROUND THE CURRITUCK 

7 NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE. 

8 (a) AGREEMENT REQUIRED.— 


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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Inte2 rior shall enter into an agreement with the Corolla 

3 Wild Horse Fund (a nonprofit corporation estab4 lished under the laws of the State of North Caro5 lina), the County of Currituck, North Carolina, and 

6 the State of North Carolina within 180 days after 

7 the date of enactment of this Act to provide for 

8 management of free-roaming wild horses in and 

9 around the Currituck National Wildlife Refuge. 

10 (2) TERMS.—The agreement shall— 

11 (A) allow a herd of not less than 110 and 

12 not more than 130 free-roaming wild horses in 

13 and around such refuge, with a target popu14 lation of between 120 and 130 free-roaming 

15 wild horses; 

16 (B) provide for cost-effective management 

17 of the horses while ensuring that natural re18 sources within the refuge are not adversely im19 pacted; 

20 (C) provide for introduction of a small 

21 number of free-roaming wild horses from the 

22 herd at Cape Lookout National Seashore as is 

23 necessary to maintain the genetic viability of 

24 the herd in and around the Currituck National 

25 Wildlife Refuge; and 


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1 (D) specify that the Corolla Wild Horse 

2 Fund shall pay the costs associated with— 

3 (i) coordinating a periodic census and 

4 inspecting the health of the horses; 

5 (ii) maintaining records of the horses 

6 living in the wild and in confinement; 

7 (iii) coordinating the removal and 

8 placement of horses and monitoring of any 

9 horses removed from the Currituck County 

10 Outer Banks; and 

11 (iv) administering a viable population 

12 control plan for the horses including auc13 tions, adoptions, contraceptive fertility 

14 methods, and other viable options. 

15 (b) REQUIREMENTS FOR INTRODUCTION OF HORSES

16 FROM CAPE LOOKOUT NATIONAL SEASHORE.—During 

17 the effective period of the memorandum of understanding 

18 between the National Park Service and the Foundation 

19 for Shackleford Horses, Inc. (a non-profit corporation or20 ganized under the laws of and doing business in the State 

21 of North Carolina) signed in 2007, no horse may be re22 moved from Cape Lookout National Seashore for intro23 duction at Currituck National Wildlife Refuge except— 

24 (1) with the approval of the Foundation; and 


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1 (2) consistent with the terms of such memo2 randum (or any successor agreement) and the Man3 agement Plan for the Shackleford Banks Horse 

4 Herd signed in January 2006 (or any successor 

5 management plan). 

6 (c) NO LIABILITY CREATED.—Nothing in this sec7 tion shall be construed as creating liability for the United 

8 States for any damages caused by the free-roaming wild 

9 horses to any person or property located inside or outside 

10 the boundaries of the refuge. 

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