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Calendar No. 84 

113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 126 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JUNE 4, 2013 

Received 

JUNE 7, 2013 

Read the first time 

JUNE 10, 2013 

Read the second time and placed on the calendar 

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, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

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

5 Protection Act’’. 


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

2 NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE. 

3 (a) AGREEMENT REQUIRED.— 

4 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Inte5 rior shall enter into an agreement with the Corolla 

6 Wild Horse Fund (a nonprofit corporation estab7 lished under the laws of the State of North Caro8 lina), the County of Currituck, North Carolina, and 

9 the State of North Carolina within 180 days after 

10 the date of enactment of this Act to provide for 

11 management of free-roaming wild horses in and 

12 around the Currituck National Wildlife Refuge. 

13 (2) TERMS.—The agreement shall— 

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

15 not more than 130 free-roaming wild horses in 

16 and around such refuge, with a target popu17 lation of between 120 and 130 free-roaming 

18 wild horses; 

19 (B) provide for cost-effective management 

20 of the horses while ensuring that natural re21 sources within the refuge are not adversely im22 pacted; 

23 (C) provide for introduction of a small 

24 number of free-roaming wild horses from the 

25 herd at Cape Lookout National Seashore as is 

26 necessary to maintain the genetic viability of 


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1 the herd in and around the Currituck National 

2 Wildlife Refuge; and 

3 (D) specify that the Corolla Wild Horse 

4 Fund shall pay the costs associated with— 

5 (i) coordinating a periodic census and 

6 inspecting the health of the horses; 

7 (ii) maintaining records of the horses 

8 living in the wild and in confinement; 

9 (iii) coordinating the removal and 

10 placement of horses and monitoring of any 

11 horses removed from the Currituck County 

12 Outer Banks; and 

13 (iv) administering a viable population 

14 control plan for the horses including auc15 tions, adoptions, contraceptive fertility 

16 methods, and other viable options. 

17 (b) REQUIREMENTS FOR INTRODUCTION OF HORSES

18 FROM CAPE LOOKOUT NATIONAL SEASHORE.—During 

19 the effective period of the memorandum of understanding 

20 between the National Park Service and the Foundation 

21 for Shackleford Horses, Inc. (a non-profit corporation or22 ganized under the laws of and doing business in the State 

23 of North Carolina) signed in 2007, no horse may be re24 moved from Cape Lookout National Seashore for intro25 duction at Currituck National Wildlife Refuge except— 


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

2 (2) consistent with the terms of such memo3 randum (or any successor agreement) and the Man4 agement Plan for the Shackleford Banks Horse 

5 Herd signed in January 2006 (or any successor 

6 management plan). 

7 (c) NO LIABILITY CREATED.—Nothing in this sec8 tion shall be construed as creating liability for the United 

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

10 horses to any person or property located inside or outside 

11 the boundaries of the refuge. 

Passed the House of Representatives June 3, 2013. 

Attest: KAREN L. HAAS, 

Clerk. 


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Calendar No. 84 

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 

JUNE 10, 2013 

Read the second time and placed on the calendar 


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