(g) By inserting after section 3(f) (as so redesignated) 
the following: 
‘‘(g) Not later than one year after the date of enact-
ment of this subsection, for the purposes of carrying out 
a successful wild free-roaming horse and burro adoption 
program the Secretary shall— 
‘‘(1) implement creative and more aggressive 
marketing strategies for the adoption program, in-
cluding the use of the internet or other media to show-
case horses and the adoption program; 
‘‘(2) explore public outreach opportunities, in-
cluding agreements with local and State organiza-
tions that are using horses for rehabilitation, therapy, 
or prisoner programs; 
‘‘(3) provide resources to properly screen and 
train potential adopters; 
‘‘(4) conduct tours of Bureau of Land Manage-
ment facilities for interested parties; 
‘‘(5) develop volunteer mentor and compliance 
check programs for assisting the agency in facilitating 
successful adoptions; 
‘‘(6) develop a program through which potential 
adopters may be offered an economic incentive for 
successful completion of the adoption process; and 
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‘‘(7) take any and all other actions that the Sec-
retary determines to be necessary and useful towards 
expanding the wild horse and burro adoption pro-
gram. 
‘‘(h) The Secretary may not destroy or authorize the 
destruction of wild free-roaming horses or burros unless the 
Secretary— 
‘‘(1) determines that the wild free-roaming horse 
or burro is terminally ill or fatally injured; and 
‘‘(2) ensures that the terminally ill or fatally in-
jured wild free-roaming horse or burro will be de-
stroyed in the most humane manner. 
‘‘(i) If the immediate health or safety of wild free- 
roaming horses or burros is threatened, such as in severe 
drought conditions, the Secretary may temporarily remove 
animals from the range. 
‘‘(j) The Secretary may remove from the range wild 
free-roaming horses and burros determined to be a threat 
to the health and well being of native plant or wildlife spe-
cies. 
‘‘(k) Except in cases of removal under subsection (d), 
(i), or (j), if the Secretary removes wild free-roaming horses 
or burros from an area, the Secretary shall provide a public 
notice on the Website of the Bureau of Land Management 
30 days prior to the planned removal. 
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‘‘(l) The Secretary shall— 
‘‘(1) track the number of wild free-roaming 
horses and burros injured or killed during gathering 
or holding in a centralized database system; 
‘‘(2) determine what information on the treat-
ment of gathered wild free-roaming horses and burros 
in holding and adopted wild free-roaming horses and 
burros could be provided to the public to help inform 
the public about the treatment of wild free-roaming 
horses and burros; and 
‘‘(3) ensure that such information is easily acces-
sible on the Website of the Bureau of Land Manage-
ment.’’. 
(h) By striking subsection (e) (relating to sale of excess 
animals). 
SEC. 6. PRIVATE MAINTENANCE. 
Section 4 (16 U.S.C. 1334) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘animals removed’’ and inserting 
‘‘animals returned to public land’’; and 
(2) by inserting ‘‘pursuant to section 3(h)’’ after 
‘‘agents of the Secretary’’. 
SEC. 7. COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS. 
Section 6 (16 U.S.C. 1336) is amended by inserting 
‘‘and other private entities’’ after ‘‘landowners’’. 
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SEC. 8. JOINT ADVISORY BOARD. 
Section 7 (16 U.S.C. 1337) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘nine’’ and inserting ‘‘12’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘Governments’’ and all that fol-
lows ‘‘management.’’ and inserting ‘‘Governments and 
shall include at a minimum three representatives of 
the livestock industry; three representatives of the en-
vironmental community; three representatives of the 
animal protection community; and three scientists 
with expertise in wildlife management, animal hus-
bandry, or natural resource management.’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new sen-
tence: ‘‘Nomination of members of the board shall be 
conducted by public notice and comment in accord-
ance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 
U.S.C. Appendix) and shall be for a term of four 
years. No individual shall serve more then two con-
secutive terms.’’. 
SEC. 9. CRIMINAL PROVISIONS. 
Section 8 (16 U.S.C. 1338) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘Any person who’’ and inserting 
‘‘(a) Any person who’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (4) of subsection (a) (as so des-
ignated)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘except as provided in sec-
tion 3(e),’’; 
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(B) by inserting ‘‘, transports for proc-
essing,’’ after ‘‘processes’’; 
(C) by striking ‘‘the remains of a’’ and in-
serting ‘‘a live or deceased’’; and 
(D) by inserting ‘‘for consideration’’ after 
‘‘burro’’. 
SEC. 10. LIMITATION OF AUTHORITY. 
Strike section 10 (16 U.S.C. 1339) and redesignate sec-
tion 11 as section 10. 
SEC. 11. REPORTS. 
Section 10 (as so redesignated by section 10 of this 
Act) is amended as follows: 
(1) By striking ‘‘After the expiration’’ and all 
that follows through ‘‘thereafter’’ and inserting 
‘‘(a)(1) Not later than one year after the date of en-
actment of this subsection and annually thereafter’’. 
(2) By striking ‘‘will submit to Congress a joint 
report’’ and inserting ‘‘shall submit to the Committee 
on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives 
and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources 
of the Senate a joint report’’. 
(3) By striking ‘‘he’’ and inserting ‘‘the Secre-
taries’’. 
(4) By inserting after subsection (a)(1) (as so 
designated) the following: 
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‘‘(2) The report shall also contain the following— 
‘‘(A) the number of acres managed by the Bu-
reau of Land Management and the USDA Forest 
Service for wild free-roaming horses and burros; 
‘‘(B) the appropriate management levels on pub-
lic rangelands; 
‘‘(C) a description of the methods used to deter-
mine the appropriate management levels and whether 
it was applied consistently across the agency; 
‘‘(D) the number of wild free-roaming horses and 
burros on public lands; 
‘‘(E) a description of the methods used to deter-
mine the wild free-roaming horse and burro popu-
lation; 
‘‘(F) any land acquisitions, exchanges, conserva-
tion easements, and voluntary grazing buyouts that 
the Secretary has acquired or pursued for wild free- 
roaming horses and burros; 
‘‘(G) any sanctuaries or exclusive use areas es-
tablished for wild free-roaming horses and burros; 
‘‘(H) 
programs 
established 
for 
immunocontraception research, development, and 
management level implementation; 
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‘‘(I) the extent to which fertility control is being 
used by the Secretary to control the population of 
wild free-roaming horses and burros; 
‘‘(J) the percentage of the Bureau of Land Man-
agement budget devoted to contraception annually; 
‘‘(K) the ratio of animals the agency has 
contracepted and put back on the range; and 
‘‘(L) which herds have been administered contra-
ception and with what results. 
‘‘(3) Each report submitted under paragraph (2) shall 
be made available to the public on the Website of the Bureau 
of Land Management.’’. 
(5) By inserting ‘‘(b)’’ before ‘‘The Secretary of 
the Interior’’. 
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Union Calendar No. 94 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 1018 
[Report No. 111–177] 
A BILL 
To amend the Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Bur-
ros Act to improve the management and long- 
term health of wild free-roaming horses and bur-
ros, and for other purposes. 
JUNE 23, 2009 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed 
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