Grand Canyon Bison Management Act

Bill: 115-hr-3005
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Gosar, Paul A. [R-AZ-4]
Introduced: 2017-06-22
Policy area: Animals
Subjects: Arizona

Environmental assessment, monitoring, research

Hunting and fishing

Land use and conservation

Mammals

Parks, recreation areas, trails
Latest action: action_date: 2017-07-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-06-22
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Grand Canyon Bison Management Act</b></p> <p>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. </p> <p> The bill permits the removal by such a volunteer of a full bison harvested from the Park. </p> <p> Interior shall coordinate with and obtain written approval from the Arizona Game and Fish Commission regarding the development and finalization of the management plan. </p> <p> Interior, in developing such plan, must comply with all applicable federal environmental laws, including the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA).</p>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3005 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 A BILL To direct the Secretary of the Interior to establish a bison management plan for Grand Canyon National Park, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Grand Canyon Bison Management Act . 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. 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.