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112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1819 
To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to provide for State manage-
ment of population segments of gray wolves in the United States, and 
for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 10, 2011 
Mrs. MILLER of Michigan (for herself, Mr. FLAKE, Mr. MATHESON, Mrs. 
LUMMIS, Mr. BISHOP of Utah, Mr. CHAFFETZ, Mr. KLINE, and Mr. 
BENISHEK) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to provide 
for State management of population segments of gray 
wolves in the United States, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘State Wildlife Manage-
ment Act of 2011’’. 
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SEC. 2. STATUS OF POPULATION SEGMENTS OF GRAY 
WOLVES. 
(a) Section 4 of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 
(16 U.S.C. 1533) is amended by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(j) STATUS OF GRAY WOLVES.— 
‘‘(1) STATUS OF NORTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAIN 
DISTINCT POPULATION SEGMENT.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any 
other provision of law (including regulations), 
any gray wolf that is located in any State that 
is within the range of the Northern Rocky 
Mountain distinct population segment or any-
where in the State of Nevada or Colorado shall 
not be treated as an endangered species or 
threatened species and shall not be subject to 
this Act, except as provided in subparagraph 
(B). 
‘‘(B) STATE MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY.— 
‘‘(i) Each of the States that is within 
the range of the Northern Rocky Mountain 
distinct population segment, and each of 
Nevada and Colorado, may manage all 
gray wolves within its boundaries for so 
long as there are at least 450 gray wolves 
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in the Northern Rocky Mountain distinct 
population segment. 
‘‘(ii) If the number of gray wolves in 
such segment is less than 450 gray wolves, 
as demonstrated by the Secretary of the 
Interior, gray wolf populations within the 
Northern Rocky Mountain distinct popu-
lation segment shall be temporarily treated 
as an endangered species or threatened 
species, as determined by the Secretary, 
and clause (i) shall not apply, until the 
Secretary determines that the number of 
gray wolves in such segment is equal to at 
least 450 during 2 consecutive years. 
‘‘(2) STATUS OF WESTERN GREAT LAKES DIS-
TINCT POPULATION SEGMENT.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any 
other provision of the law (including regula-
tions), any gray wolf that is located in any 
State that is within the range of the Western 
Great Lakes distinct population segment shall 
not be treated as an endangered species or 
threatened species and shall not be subject to 
this Act, except as provided in subparagraph 
(B). 
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‘‘(B) STATE MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY.— 
‘‘(i) Each of the States that is within 
the range of the Western Great Lakes dis-
tinct population segment may manage all 
gray wolves within its boundaries for so 
long as the number of gray wolves within 
its boundaries is— 
‘‘(I) for Minnesota, at least 
1,200; 
‘‘(II) for Michigan, at least 150; 
and 
‘‘(III) for Wisconsin, at least 
150. 
‘‘(ii) If the number of gray wolves in 
such a State is less than the number speci-
fied for the State in clause (i), as dem-
onstrated by the Secretary of the Interior, 
gray wolf populations in that State that 
are part of the Western Great Lakes dis-
tinct population segment shall be tempo-
rarily treated as an endangered species or 
threatened species, as determined by the 
Secretary, and clause (i) shall not apply 
with respect to that State, until the Sec-
retary determines that the number of gray 
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wolves in such State is equal to at least 
that number during 2 consecutive years. 
‘‘(3) STATUS OF ARIZONA AND NEW MEXICO 
GRAY WOLF.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any 
other provision of the law (including regula-
tions) any gray wolf that is located in Arizona 
or New Mexico shall not be treated as an en-
dangered species or threatened species and shall 
not be subject to this Act, except as provided in 
subparagraph (B). 
‘‘(B) STATE MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY.— 
‘‘(i) Each of the States of Arizona 
and New Mexico may manage all gray 
wolves within its boundaries for so long as 
the combined total number of gray wolves 
in those States is at least 100 gray wolves. 
‘‘(ii) If the combined total number of 
gray wolves in those States is less than the 
number specified in clause (i), as dem-
onstrated by the Secretary of the Interior, 
gray wolf populations in those States shall 
be temporarily treated as an endangered 
species or threatened species, as deter-
mined by the Secretary, and clause (i) 
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shall not apply with respect to those 
States, until the Secretary determines that 
the combined total number of gray wolves 
in those States is equal to at least that 
number during 2 consecutive years. 
‘‘(4) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 
‘‘(A) GRAY WOLF.—The term ‘gray wolf’ 
means any taxonomic group traditionally associ-
ated with the gray wolf, including Canus lupus, 
Canus lupus lycaon, and Canus lupus baileyi, 
regardless of specific taxonomy of any par-
ticular gray wolf variety as a species, sub-
species, or other designation. 
‘‘(B) NORTHERN
ROCKY
MOUNTAIN
DIS-
TINCT
POPULATION
SEGMENT.—The 
term 
‘Northern Rocky Mountain distinct population 
segment’ means the distinct population segment 
of gray wolf described by the United States 
Fish and Wildlife Service in the final rule enti-
tled ‘Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and 
Plants; Final Rule Designating the Northern 
Rocky Mountain Population Segment of Gray 
Wolf as a Distinct Population Segment and Re-
moving the Distinct Population Segment From 
the Federal List of Endangered and Threat-
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ened Wildlife’ (73 Fed. Reg. 10514 (February 
27, 2008)). 
‘‘(C) WESTERN
GREAT
LAKES
DISTINCT 
POPULATION
SEGMENT.—The term ‘Western 
Great Lakes distinct population segment’ 
means the distinct population segment of gray 
wolf described by the United States Fish and 
Wildlife Service in the Final Rule to Delist 
Gray Wolf Western Great Lakes Distinct Popu-
lation Segment, as published February 8, 2007 
(72 Fed. Reg. 6052).’’. 
Æ 
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