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111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4867 
To direct the Secretary of the Interior to enter into an agreement to provide 
for management of the free-roaming wild horses in and around the 
Currituck National Wildlife Refuge. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 17, 2010 
Mr. JONES (for himself, Mr. WHITFIELD, and Mr. CONNOLLY of Virginia) in-
troduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Nat-
ural Resources 
A BILL 
To direct the Secretary of the Interior to enter into an 
agreement to provide for management of the free-roam-
ing wild horses in and around the Currituck National 
Wildlife Refuge. 
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 ‘‘Corolla Wild Horse 
Protection Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. WILD HORSES IN AND AROUND THE CURRITUCK 
NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE. 
(a) AGREEMENT REQUIRED.—The Secretary of the 
Interior shall enter into an agreement with the Corolla 
Wild Horse Fund (a nonprofit corporation established 
under the laws of the State of North Carolina), the County 
of Currituck, North Carolina, and the State of North 
Carolina within 180 days after the date of enactment of 
this Act to provide for management of free-roaming wild 
horses in and around the Currituck National Wildlife Ref-
uge. The agreement shall allow a herd of not less than 
100 free-roaming wild horses in and around such refuge. 
The agreement shall provide for cost-effective manage-
ment of the horses while ensuring that natural resources 
within the refuge are not adversely impacted. 
(b) CONDITIONS
FOR EXCLUDING WILD HORSES 
FROM REFUGE.—The Secretary shall not exclude free- 
roaming wild horses from any portion of the Currituck 
National Wildlife Refuge unless— 
(1) the Secretary finds that the presence of 
free-roaming wild horses on a portion of the Refuge 
threatens the survival of an endangered species for 
which such land is designated as critical habitat 
under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 
U.S.C. 1531 et seq.); 
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(2) such finding is based on a credible peer-re-
viewed scientific assessment; and 
(3) the Secretary provides a period of public no-
tice and comment on that finding. 
(c) HORSE REPLACEMENT.—Nothing in this section 
shall be construed to require the Secretary to replace free- 
roaming wild horses or otherwise increase the number of 
such horses in a case in which the herd numbers fall below 
100 as a result of natural causes, including disease or nat-
ural disasters. 
(d) NO LIABILITY CREATED.—Nothing in this sec-
tion shall be construed as creating liability for the United 
States for any damages caused by the free-roaming wild 
horses to any person or property located inside or outside 
the boundaries of the refuge. 
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