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114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2910 
To ensure the United States Fish and Wildlife Service’s Mexican wolf non-
essential experimental population 10(j) rule has no force or effect, and 
for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 25, 2015 
Mr. GOSAR (for himself, Mr. AMODEI, Mr. FRANKS of Arizona, Ms. MCSALLY, 
Mr. PEARCE, Mr. PETERSON, Mr. SALMON, Mr. SCHWEIKERT, Mr. 
ZINKE, and Mr. GROTHMAN) introduced the following bill; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To ensure the United States Fish and Wildlife Service’s 
Mexican wolf nonessential experimental population 10(j) 
rule has no force or effect, 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 ‘‘Mexican Wolf Trans-
parency and Accountability Act’’. 
SEC. 2. NO FORCE OR EFFECT. 
(a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds the following: 
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(1) The Mexican wolf population has increased 
by 10 percent in recent years, including increases in 
population in each of the last 5 years. 
(2) At the end of 2014, the United States Fish 
and Wildlife Service documented a presence of a 
minimum of 109 Mexican wolves on the landscape. 
The Service further stated on a conference call on 
January 17, 2015 that there are an additional 250 
Mexican wolves in captivity. 
(3) The Mexican wolf population not in cap-
tivity increased 31 percent in 2014. 
(4) Nearly 90 percent of the Mexican wolf’s 
original habitat was within the borders of Mexico. 
(5) The United States Fish and Wildlife Serv-
ice, under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 
U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), has been using the same recov-
ery plan for the Mexican wolf since the early 1980s. 
(6) That plan is not based on the best available 
science and is significantly out of date. 
(7) Officials have been calling for years for an 
updated recovery plan that includes metrics that, if 
met, will allow for delisting of the Mexican wolf. 
(8) The United States Fish and Wildlife Service 
has failed to issue and comply with an updated re-
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covery plan despite acknowledging that the current 
plan is not in compliance with that Act. 
(9) New rules issued for the Mexican wolf dra-
matically expand to parts of New Mexico and Ari-
zona, the border of Mexico, and the border of Texas 
the area for an experimental program. 
(10) The 10(j) nonessential experimental popu-
lation program for the Mexican wolf failed to secure 
funding before being implemented. 
(11) Any future recovery plan for the Mexican 
wolf must incorporate the recovery work underway 
in Mexico. 
(b) NO FORCE OR EFFECT.—The determination by 
the United States Fish and Wildlife Service of the endan-
gered status for the Mexican wolf (Canis lupus baileyi) 
under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 
1531 et seq.), published January 16, 2015 (80 Fed. Reg. 
2488), and the listing of such species as an endangered 
species under that Act pursuant to such determination, 
shall have no force or effect. 
(c) TERMINATION OF RULE.—The final rule entitled 
‘‘Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Revi-
sion to the Regulations for the Nonessential Experimental 
Population of the Mexican Wolf’’, published January 16, 
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2015 (80 Fed. Reg. 2512) shall also have no force or ef-
fect. 
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