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114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5751 
To provide that any State whose wildlife agency has determined that a 
portion of the State is within the current range of the Shiras Moose 
may take management actions on certain Federal lands within that 
State to stem decline of that species’ population in that State, and 
for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 13, 2016 
Mr. CHAFFETZ (for himself, Mr. STEWART, Mrs. LOVE, Mr. TIPTON, Mr. 
ZINKE, and Mrs. LUMMIS) introduced the following bill; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To provide that any State whose wildlife agency has deter-
mined that a portion of the State is within the current 
range of the Shiras Moose may take management actions 
on certain Federal lands within that State to stem de-
cline of that species’ population in that State, 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 ‘‘Shiras Moose Protec-
tion and Recovery Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. STATE MANAGEMENT ACTIONS ON FEDERAL LANDS 
TO STEM DECLINE OF SHIRAS MOOSE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Any State whose wildlife agency 
has determined that a portion of the State is within the 
current range of the Shiras Moose (Alces alces) may take 
management actions on covered Federal lands within that 
State to stem decline of that species’ population in that 
State. 
(b) MONITORING.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Any State taking manage-
ment actions on covered Federal lands with respect 
to Shiras Moose shall monitor that species’ popu-
lation within that State for a period of not less than 
ll years following the enactment of this Act. 
(2) FUNDING.— 
(A) AUTHORIZATION.—There is authorized 
to be appropriated $llll for costs of State 
monitoring under this section. 
(B) ALLOCATION.—Amounts appropriated 
under this paragraph shall be allocated and dis-
tributed among States based on— 
(i) the estimated number of acres of 
covered Federal land in each State that is 
Shiras Moose habitat, divided by 
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(ii) the number of acres of current 
covered Federal land in States that is 
Shiras Moose habitat. 
(C) CALCULATION.—For purposes of sub-
paragraph (B), the number of acres of Shiras 
Moose habitat in a State shall be calculated by 
the head of the State agency with authority 
over wildlife management. 
(c) RECOVERY PLANS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Where monitoring, combined 
with existing State science on the Shiras Moose pop-
ulation trends, shows an unacceptable decline in the 
populations of such species as determined by a State 
wildlife agency, the State may formulate a recovery 
plan to mitigate the population decline. 
(2) FUNDING.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Director of the 
United States Fish and Wildlife Service shall 
provide to any State that formulates a recovery 
plan, upon request of the State, funding for im-
plementation of the plan from funds appro-
priated to the United States Fish and Wildlife 
Service to implement its Northern Rocky Moun-
tain Gray Wolf Recovery Plan and any of its 
other gray wolf recovery or monitoring plans. 
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(B) ALLOCATION.—If State requests for 
such funds exceed the funds so appropriated to 
the United States Fish and Wildlife Service for 
any fiscal year, the Director shall distribute 
such funds to such States on the same basis 
that funds are distributed under subsection 
(b)(2)(B). 
(d) UTAH AND COLORADO.—Each of the States of 
Utah and Colorado— 
(1) may manage Shiras Moose and their preda-
tors on Federal, State, and private lands to prevent 
declines in moose populations within that State; and 
(2) shall collect, analyze, and disseminate data 
on the results of such management. 
(e) ISSUANCE OF FINAL RULE.—Before the end of 
the 60-day period beginning on the date of the enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior shall issue as 
a final rule the draft rule entitled ‘‘Removing the Gray 
Wolf (Canis lupus) From the List of Endangered and 
Threatened Wildlife and Maintaining Protections for the 
Mexican Wolf (Canis lupus baileyi) by Listing It as En-
dangered’’ as published on June 13, 2013 (78 Fed. Reg. 
35664), without regard to any other provision of statute 
that applies to issuance of such rule. 
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(f) EXEMPTION OF JUDICIAL REVIEW.—The require-
ments and implementation of this Act are not subject to 
judicial review. 
(g) RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER LAW.—This section 
shall apply notwithstanding any other provision of statute 
or regulation. 
(h) COVERED FEDERAL LAND DEFINED.—For pur-
poses of this section the term ‘‘Federal land’’ means— 
(1) public lands, as that term is defined in sec-
tion 103(e) of the Federal Land Policy and Manage-
ment Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1702(e)); 
(2) lands in the National Forest System, as 
such System is declared and defined in section 11(a) 
of the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources 
Planning Act of 1974 (16 U.S.C. 1609(a)); and 
(3) any area of the National Park System, as 
that term is defined in section 1.4 of title 36, Code 
of Federal Regulations (as in effect on the date of 
the enactment of this Act). 
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