Wild Horse Oversight Act

Bill: 114-s-1845
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT]
Introduced: 2015-07-23
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Federal-Indian relations

Indian lands and resources rights

Intergovernmental relations

Mammals

State and local government operations

Wildlife conservation and habitat protection
Latest action: action_date: 2015-07-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-07-23
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>Wild Horse Oversight Act</b></p> <p> Amends the Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act to direct the Department of the Interior and the Department of Agriculture, upon request, to allow a state or an Indian tribe to assume all management and protection functions under the Act with regard to wild free-roaming horses and burros on land within the boundaries of the state or the tribe.</p>

tv_txt: II 114th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1845 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES July 23, 2015 Mr. Hatch introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources A BILL To amend the Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act to provide for State and tribal management and protection of wild free-roaming horses and burros, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Wild Horse Oversight Act . 2. State and tribal management and protection of wild free-roaming horses and burros Public Law 92–195 (commonly known as the Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act ) is amended by adding at the end the following: 12. State and tribal management and protection (a) In general Except as provided by subsection (b), at the request of the legislature or Governor of a State or the governing body of a federally recognized Indian tribe, the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture shall allow the State or federally recognized Indian tribe to assume all management and protection functions under this Act regarding wild free-roaming horses and burros on land within the boundaries of the State or federally recognized Indian tribe. After a State or federally recognized Indian tribe assumes such functions, wild free-roaming horses and burros shall be managed by the State or federally recognized Indian tribe in accordance with this Act and in the same manner as any other non-federally regulated species regarding functions not specified in this Act. (b) Inventory The Secretary concerned shall continue to maintain the inventory required by section 3(b)(1). .