Title: Grand Canyon Bison Management Act
Policy area: Animals

Summary:
Grand Canyon Bison Management Act
This bill directs the Department of the Interior to publish a management plan to reduce, through humane lethal culling by skilled public volunteers and other nonlethal means, the population of bison in the Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona that Interior determines are detrimental to the uses of the Park.
The bill permits the removal by such a volunteer of a full bison harvested from the Park.
Interior shall coordinate with and obtain written approval from the Arizona Game and Fish Commission regarding the development and finalization of the management plan.
Interior, in developing such plan, must comply with all applicable federal environmental laws, including the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA).

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3005 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3005

To direct the Secretary of the Interior to establish a bison management 
      plan for Grand Canyon National Park, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 22, 2017

Mr. Gosar (for himself, Mr. Franks of Arizona, Mr. Schweikert, and Mr. 
 O'Halleran) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                     Committee on Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
To direct the Secretary of the Interior to establish a bison management 
      plan for Grand Canyon National Park, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Grand Canyon Bison Management Act''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Full bison.--The term ``full bison'' mean all of the 
        remains of a bison after field dressing.
            (2) Management plan.--The term ``management plan'' means 
        the management plan published under section 3(a).
            (3) Park.--The term ``Park'' means the Grand Canyon 
        National Park.
            (4) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of the Interior.
            (5) Skilled public volunteer.--The term ``skilled public 
        volunteer'' means an individual who possesses--
                    (A) a valid hunting license issued by the State of 
                Arizona; and
                    (B) such other qualifications as the Secretary may 
                require, after consultation with the Arizona Game and 
                Fish Commission.

SEC. 3. BISON MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK.

    (a) Publication of Plan.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall publish a management plan to 
reduce, through humane lethal culling by skilled public volunteers and 
by other nonlethal means, the population of bison in the Park that the 
Secretary determines are detrimental to the use of the Park.
    (b) Removal of Animal.--Notwithstanding section 4 of the Act of 
March 2, 1929 (16 U.S.C. 198c), or any other provision of law, a 
skilled public volunteer may remove a full bison harvested from the 
Park.
    (c) Coordination.--The Secretary shall coordinate with and obtain 
written approval from the Arizona Game and Fish Commission regarding 
the development and finalization of the management plan and any 
amendments to the management plan.
    (d) NEPA Compliance.--In developing the management plan, the 
Secretary shall comply with all applicable Federal environmental laws 
(including regulations), including the National Environmental Policy 
Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.).
    (e) Limitation.--Nothing in this Act applies to the taking of 
wildlife in the Park for any purpose other than the implementation of 
the management plan.
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