113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 126 

AN ACT 

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, 
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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

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

3 Protection Act’’. 

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

5 NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE. 

6 (a) AGREEMENT REQUIRED.— 

7 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Inte8 rior shall enter into an agreement with the Corolla 

9 Wild Horse Fund (a nonprofit corporation estab10 lished under the laws of the State of North Caro11 lina), the County of Currituck, North Carolina, and 

12 the State of North Carolina within 180 days after 

13 the date of enactment of this Act to provide for 

14 management of free-roaming wild horses in and 

15 around the Currituck National Wildlife Refuge. 

16 (2) TERMS.—The agreement shall— 

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

18 not more than 130 free-roaming wild horses in 

19 and around such refuge, with a target popu20 lation of between 120 and 130 free-roaming 

21 wild horses; 

22 (B) provide for cost-effective management 

23 of the horses while ensuring that natural re24 sources within the refuge are not adversely im25 pacted; 
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1 (C) provide for introduction of a small 

2 number of free-roaming wild horses from the 

3 herd at Cape Lookout National Seashore as is 

4 necessary to maintain the genetic viability of 

5 the herd in and around the Currituck National 

6 Wildlife Refuge; and 

7 (D) specify that the Corolla Wild Horse 

8 Fund shall pay the costs associated with— 

9 (i) coordinating a periodic census and 

10 inspecting the health of the horses; 

11 (ii) maintaining records of the horses 

12 living in the wild and in confinement; 

13 (iii) coordinating the removal and 

14 placement of horses and monitoring of any 

15 horses removed from the Currituck County 

16 Outer Banks; and 

17 (iv) administering a viable population 

18 control plan for the horses including auc19 tions, adoptions, contraceptive fertility 

20 methods, and other viable options. 

21 (b) REQUIREMENTS FOR INTRODUCTION OF HORSES

22 FROM CAPE LOOKOUT NATIONAL SEASHORE.—During 

23 the effective period of the memorandum of understanding 

24 between the National Park Service and the Foundation 

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

2 of North Carolina) signed in 2007, no horse may be re3 moved from Cape Lookout National Seashore for intro4 duction at Currituck National Wildlife Refuge except— 

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

6 (2) consistent with the terms of such memo7 randum (or any successor agreement) and the Man8 agement Plan for the Shackleford Banks Horse 

9 Herd signed in January 2006 (or any successor 

10 management plan). 

11 (c) NO LIABILITY CREATED.—Nothing in this sec12 tion shall be construed as creating liability for the United 

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

14 horses to any person or property located inside or outside 

15 the boundaries of the refuge. 

Passed the House of Representatives June 3, 2013. 

Attest: 

Clerk. 

113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 126 

AN ACT 

To direct the Secretary of the Interior to enter into 

Currituck National Wildlife Refuge. free-roaming wild horses in and around the an agreement to provide for management of the