(1) HAZING.—The term ‘‘hazing’’ means any 
individual effort to drive away, obstruct, chase, 
scare, or deter natural movements of wildlife, includ-
ing efforts carried out on foot or horseback or ef-
forts aided by machinery, aircraft, or any type of 
noise making device. 
(2) AGENT.—The term ‘‘agent’’ means any per-
son acting on behalf of a State or Federal Govern-
ment. 
(3) PARK.—The term ‘‘Park’’ means Yellow-
stone National Park. 
(4) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of the Interior. 
(5) YELLOWSTONE BUFFALO HERD.—The term 
‘‘Yellowstone buffalo herd’’ means the wild, unfenced 
buffalo living primarily within Yellowstone National 
Park. 
(6) FEDERAL LAND.—The term ‘‘Federal land’’ 
refers to those lands within the Park and Federal 
lands adjacent to it on the north and west bound-
aries within zones 2 and 3 of the Modified Preferred 
Alternative Map on page 181 of the 2000 Bison 
Management Plan for the State of Montana and 
Yellowstone National Park Final Environmental Im-
pact Statement.
(e) PROHIBITED ACTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—No agent may kill, haze, or 
capture any buffalo on Federal land or land held 
under Federal conservation easements or use any 
form of bait to lure buffalo from any Federal land 
onto private land until the duties under subsection 
(g) are carried out. This prohibition does not apply 
to legally-authorized, State-managed buffalo hunts. 
(2) EXCEPTIONS.— 
(A) This prohibition shall not apply to an 
agent or any private party that is found to have 
been hazing a buffalo if a person is physically 
endangered or private property was damaged by 
a buffalo. Neither does this prohibition apply to 
National Park Service employees who, in the 
line of duty, need to move buffalo to address 
immediate physical public safety threats or to 
end the suffering of an injured buffalo. 
(B) This prohibition shall not apply to 
non-lethal Federal research on the prevention, 
transmission, or elimination of brucellosis in 
buffalo, as long as the research does not result 
in the removal of individual buffalo from the 
Park, diminish the wild, free-roaming status of 
the buffalo, or identify individual buffalo with
techniques such as ear tagging, back tagging, 
or other methods that detract or diminish the 
quality of the visitor’s experience within Yellow-
stone National Park. 
(f) PENALTIES.— 
(1) INITIAL VIOLATION.—Any individual found 
to be in violation of subsection (e) for the first time 
shall be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned 
not more than 1 year, or both. 
(2) SUBSEQUENT VIOLATIONS.—Any individual 
found to be in violation of subsection (e) after the 
first such finding shall be fined not more than 
$10,000 or imprisoned not more than 2 years, or 
both. 
(3) REWARD.—One half of any fine collected 
under this subsection or $2,500, whichever is less, 
shall be paid to any person or persons giving infor-
mation which leads to conviction of a violation of 
this subsection. 
(4) EXCEPTION.—This subsection shall not 
apply to a person that is found to have been hazing 
a buffalo if the person is physically endangered or 
private property was damaged by a buffalo. 
(g) DUTIES.—The Secretary and other appropriate 
Federal agencies shall ensure that the following duties are
accomplished not later than 3 years after the date of the 
enactment of this Act: 
(1) The Yellowstone buffalo herd is allowed to 
occupy and use Federal Land without being hazed 
or confined. These lands shall be made available 
preferentially for buffalo and wildlife use. 
(2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
management authority of the Yellowstone buffalo 
herd within the Park is under the sole jurisdiction 
of the National Park Service. The Gallatin National 
Forest shall provide National Forest Service habitat 
and consider buffalo as a native resident wildlife 
species. 
(3) The Secretary shall not renew or extend any 
existing grazing permits or leases for grazing allot-
ments in zone 3 during the winter or spring. 
(4) The Secretary shall not issue grazing per-
mits or leases for grazing allotments in zone 3 for 
which no valid permit or lease exists as of the date 
of the enactment of this Act, and shall permanently 
retire the allotments from domestic livestock grazing 
use notwithstanding any other provision of law. 
(5) The Secretary has negotiated in good-faith 
to the extent possible with the private land owner in 
zone 2 in order to make all lands available as bison
habitat in the winter and spring seasons as de-
scribed in section 1(b)(9). 
(6) The Secretary has submitted the study re-
quired under subsection (h). 
(7) The National Park Service has disassembled 
the Stephens Creek Buffalo Capture Facility, and 
has not constructed a similar facility. 
(8) The National Park Service has prepared a 
comprehensive feasibility study assessing the benefits 
and obstacles of using Yellowstone buffalo to rees-
tablish or augment buffalo herds, or both, on public 
and tribal lands. The study shall provide an objec-
tive evaluation of the laws, science, logistics, humane 
standards, and cost-benefit analysis relevant to such 
a relocation program. 
(9) The Secretary has made every effort prac-
ticable to allow the Yellowstone buffalo herd to free-
ly roam Federal land through incentives and cooper-
ative efforts with adjacent private landowners, in-
cluding through land and easement acquisition, cat-
tle vaccination, fencing, and landowner agreements 
pertaining to temporal and spatial separation of live-
stock from the Yellowstone buffalo herd. 
(h) STUDY.—Not later than 1 year after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, the United States Forest Serv-
ice shall report to the Energy and Natural Resources 
Committee of the Senate and the Resources Committee 
of the House of Representatives regarding— 
(1) the success or failure of negotiations under 
subsection (g)(5); and 
(2) whether the Congress should provide the 
United States Forest Service or the National Park 
Service with additional authority to insure that all 
bison winter habitat is made available in zone 2. 
(i) PREFERENCE FOR BUFFALO AND OTHER NATIVE 
WILDLIFE.—The preferential use of Federal land shall be 
for buffalo and other native wildlife. 
(j) AUTHORIZATION
OF
RESEARCH
FUNDING.— 
There is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary 
such sums as may be necessary for States, federally recog-
nized Indian tribes, and Federal agencies to more fully 
understand the epidemiology of brucellosis and to develop 
improved vaccines and treatments to reduce the prevalence 
of brucellosis in wildlife and livestock. 
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