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106TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2874 
To amend the Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act to provide for 
delegation to States of the powers and duties under that Act regarding 
management of wild free-roaming horses and burros, and for other pur-
poses. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 15, 1999 
Mr. GIBBONS (for himself and Mr. HANSEN) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Resources 
A BILL 
To amend the Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act 
to provide for delegation to States of the powers and 
duties under that Act regarding management of wild 
free-roaming horses and burros, 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 ‘‘Wild Horse and Burro 
Preservation and Management Act of 1999’’. 
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SEC. 2. DELEGATION OF POWERS AND DUTIES TO STATES 
REGARDING WILD FREE-ROAMING HORSES 
AND BURROS. 
Section 3 of the Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Bur-
ros Act (16 U.S.C. 1333) is amended by adding at the 
end the following: 
‘‘(e) DELEGATION
OF POWERS
AND DUTIES
TO 
STATES.—Upon request of the Governor of a State, the 
Secretary shall delegate to the State the powers and duties 
of the Secretary under this Act with respect to wild free- 
roaming horses and burros in the State.’’. 
SEC. 3. ALLOCATION OF FUNDS AMONG STATES. 
The Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act (16 
U.S.C. 1331 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘SEC. 12. ALLOCATION OF FUNDS AMONG STATES. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to section 13(b)(2), from 
the total sums available to carry out this Act each fiscal 
year that are not needed to administer adoptions of wild 
horses and burros under this Act, the Secretary shall allo-
cate to each State an amount that bears the same ratio 
to those sums as the population of wild free-roaming 
horses and burros in the State bears to the total popu-
lation of wild free-roaming horses and burros in all States. 
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‘‘(b) USE OF ALLOCATED AMOUNTS.—Amounts allo-
cated to a State under subsection (a) for a fiscal year shall 
be used only for activities under this Act in that State. 
‘‘(c) TRANSFER OF ALLOCATED AMOUNTS TO STATE 
HAVING DELEGATED POWERS AND DUTIES.—If the Sec-
retary has delegated powers and duties to a State under 
section 3(e)— 
‘‘(1) the Secretary shall transfer to the State 
the amounts allocated to the State under this sec-
tion; and 
‘‘(2) the amounts transferred may be used by 
the State only to carry out those powers and du-
ties.’’. 
SEC. 4. NATIONAL MEDIA CAMPAIGN REGARDING ADOP-
TION PROGRAM. 
The Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act (16 
U.S.C. 1331 et seq.) is further amended by adding at the 
end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 13. NATIONAL MEDIA CAMPAIGN. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Interior, 
acting through the Bureau of Land Management, shall 
conduct a national media campaign to increase public 
awareness of the wild free-roaming horses and burros 
adoption program under this Act. 
‘‘(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 
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‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be 
appropriated to the Secretary to carry out this sec-
tion— 
‘‘(A) $2,000,000 for each of fiscal years 
2000 and 2001; and 
‘‘(B) $1,000,000 for fiscal year 2002. 
‘‘(2) NOT SUBJECT TO ALLOCATION.—Section 
12 shall not apply to amounts appropriated under 
this section.’’. 
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