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Union Calendar No. 153
104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 238
[Report No. 104–296]
To provide for the protection of wild horses within the Ozark National
Scenic Riverways and prohibit the removal of such horses.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 4, 1995
Mr. EMERSON (for himself, Mr. SKELTON, and Mr. HANCOCK) introduced the
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Resources
OCTOBER 30, 1995
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic]
A BILL
To provide for the protection of wild horses within the Ozark
National Scenic Riverways and prohibit the removal of
such horses.
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 ‘‘Ozark Wild Horses
Protection Act’’.
SEC. 2. PROTECTION OF FREE-ROAMING HORSES.
The first section of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to pro-
vide for the establishment of the Ozark National Scenic
Riverways in the State of Missouri, and for other pur-
poses’’, approved August 27, 1964 (78 Stat. 608; 16
U.S.C. 460m), is amended in the first sentence by insert-
ing ‘‘protection and preservation of free-roaming horses,’’
after ‘‘wildlife,’’.
SEC. 3. PROHIBITION OF REMOVAL OF HORSES.
Section 5 of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to provide for
the establishment of the Ozark National Scenic Riverways
in the State of Missouri, and for other purposes’’, ap-
proved August 27, 1964 (78 Stat. 609; 16 U.S.C. 460m–
4), is amended by adding the following new subsection at
the end:
‘‘(c) The Secretary may not remove, or allow or assist
in the removal of, any free-roaming horse from Federal
lands within the boundaries of the Ozark National Scenic
Riverways, except in the case of medical emergency or nat-
ural disaster.’’.
SECTION 1. FREE-ROAMING HORSES.
Section 7 of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to provide for
the establishment of the Ozark National Scenic Riverways
in the State of Missouri, and for other purposes’’, approved
August 27, 1964 (16 U.S.C. 460m–6), is amended to read
as follows:
‘‘SEC. 7. (a) The Secretary, in accordance with this
section, shall allow free-roaming horses in the Ozark Na-
tional Scenic Riverways. Within 180 days after enactment
of this section, the Secretary shall enter into an agreement
with the Missouri Wild Horse League or another qualified
nonprofit entity to provide for management of free-roaming
horses. The agreement shall provide for cost-effective man-
agement of the horses and limit Federal expenditures to the
costs of monitoring the agreement. The Secretary shall issue
permits for adequate pastures to accommodate the historic
population level of the free-roaming horse herd, which shall
be not less than the number of horses in existence on the
date of the enactment of this section nor more than 50.
‘‘(b) The Secretary may not remove, or assist in or
permit the removal of, any free-roaming horses from Fed-
eral lands within the boundary of the Ozark National Sce-
nic Riverways unless the entity with whom the Secretary
entered into the agreement under subsection (a), following
notice and a 180-day response period, substantially fails
to meet the terms and conditions of the agreement or in
the case of an emergency as defined in the agreement.
‘‘(c) Nothing in this section shall be construed as creat-
ing additional liability for the United States for any dam-
ages caused by the free-roaming horses to property located
inside or outside the boundaries of the Ozark National Sce-
nic Riverways.’’.
Union Calendar No. 153
104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 238
[Report No. 104–296]
A BILL
To provide for the protection of wild horses within
the Ozark National Scenic Riverways and pro-
hibit the removal of such horses.
OCTOBER 30, 1995
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Commit-
tee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and
ordered to be printed