Corolla Wild Horses Protection Act

Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 62.

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Corolla Wild Horses Protection Act

Directs the Department of the Interior to enter into an agreement with the Corolla Wild Horse Fund, Currituck County, North Carolina, and the state of North Carolina to provide for the management of free-roaming wild horses in and around the Currituck National Wildlife Refuge.

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Requires that such agreement: (1) allow a herd of between 110 and 130 free-roaming wild horses in and around the Refuge; (2) provide for cost-effective management of such horses while ensuring that natural resources within the Refuge are not adversely impacted; (3) provide for the introduction of a small number of free-roaming wild horses from the herd at Cape Lookout National Seashore as is necessary to maintain the genetic viability of the herd in and around the Refuge; and (4) require such Fund to pay the costs of inspecting the health of the horses, maintaining records, coordinating the removal and placement of such horses, and administering a viable population control plan for the horses.

Prohibits the removal of any horse from the Seashore for introduction at the Refuge except with the approval of the Foundation for Shackleford Horses Inc. and consistent with the memorandum of understanding between the National Park Service and the Foundation and the management plan for the Shackleford Banks Horse Herd.

Declares that nothing in this Act shall be construed as creating liability of the United States for any damages caused by the free-roaming wild horses to any person or property located inside or outside the boundaries of the Refuge.

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Who introduced it

Rep. Jones, Walter B., Jr. [R-NC-3] · R–NC

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Natural Resources Committee

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Apr 20, 2015
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 62.
Apr 20, 2015
Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 114-84.
Apr 20, 2015
Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 114-84.
Mar 25, 2015
Subcommittee on Federal Lands Discharged.
Mar 25, 2015
Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
Mar 25, 2015
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Mar 24, 2015
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Mar 2, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
Jan 6, 2015
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Jan 6, 2015
Introduced in House
Jan 6, 2015
Introduced in House

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