Title: Gray Wolf State Management Act of 2019
Policy area: Environmental Protection

Summary:
Gray Wolf State Management Act of 2019
This bill requires the Department of the Interior to reissue a rule that removed protections under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 for the gray wolf populations located in the western Great Lakes (all of Wisconsin, Michigan, and Minnesota, as well as portions of North Dakota, South Dakota, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio).
The bill expresses the sense of Congress that Native American tribes in Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Michigan are sovereign governments and retain certain rights to regulate natural resources used by their members on tribal lands and public lands on reservations. In addition, the bill urges Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Michigan to consult early and fully with each affected tribal government when drafting state wolf management plans.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4494 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4494

    To direct the Secretary of the Interior to reissue a final rule 
 relating to listing of the gray wolf in the Western Great Lakes under 
      the Endangered Species Act of 1973, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 25, 2019

    Mr. Peterson (for himself, Mr. Stauber, Mr. Sensenbrenner, Mr. 
 Gallagher, Mr. Kind, Mr. Moolenaar, and Mr. Huizenga) 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 reissue a final rule 
 relating to listing of the gray wolf in the Western Great Lakes under 
      the Endangered Species Act of 1973, 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 ``Gray Wolf State Management Act of 
2019''.

SEC. 2. REISSUANCE OF FINAL RULE REGARDING GRAY WOLVES IN THE WESTERN 
              GREAT LAKES.

    Before the end of the 60-day period beginning on the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior shall reissue the 
final rule published on December 28, 2011 (76 Fed. Reg. 81666), without 
regard to any other provision of statute or regulation that applies to 
issuance of such rule.

SEC. 3. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING STATE CONSULTATION WITH TRIBAL 
              GOVERNMENTS.

    It is the sense of Congress that--
            (1) Indian Tribes in Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Michigan are 
        sovereign governments and retain certain rights to regulate 
        natural resources used by their members on Tribal lands and 
        public lands on reservations; and
            (2) when drafting any State wolf management plan, each of 
        the States of Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Michigan should consult 
        early and fully with each affected Tribal government.
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