113 HR 126 PCS: Corolla Wild Horses Protection Act
U.S. House of Representatives
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1.This Act may be cited as the
Corolla Wild Horses Protection
Act
.
2.Wild horses in and
around the Currituck National Wildlife Refuge
(a)
(1)The Secretary of the Interior shall enter into an
agreement with the Corolla Wild Horse Fund (a nonprofit corporation established
under the laws of the State of North Carolina), the County of Currituck, North
Carolina, and the State of North Carolina within 180 days after the date of
enactment of this Act to provide for management of free-roaming wild horses in
and around the Currituck National Wildlife Refuge.
(2)The
agreement shall—
(A)allow a herd of
not less than 110 and not more than 130 free-roaming wild horses in and around
such refuge, with a target population of between 120 and 130 free-roaming wild
horses;
(B)provide for
cost-effective management of the horses while ensuring that natural resources
within the refuge are not adversely impacted;
(C)provide for 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
Currituck National Wildlife Refuge; and
(D)specify that the Corolla Wild Horse Fund
shall pay the costs associated with—
(i)coordinating a
periodic census and inspecting the health of the horses;
(ii)maintaining
records of the horses living in the wild and in confinement;
(iii)coordinating the
removal and placement of horses and monitoring of any horses removed from the
Currituck County Outer Banks; and
(iv)administering a
viable population control plan for the horses including auctions, adoptions,
contraceptive fertility methods, and other viable options.
(b)Requirements for
introduction of horses from Cape Lookout National SeashoreDuring the effective period of the
memorandum of understanding between the National Park Service and the
Foundation for Shackleford Horses, Inc. (a non-profit corporation organized
under the laws of and doing business in the State of North Carolina) signed in
2007, no horse may be removed from Cape Lookout National Seashore for
introduction at Currituck National Wildlife Refuge except—
(1)with the approval of the Foundation;
and
(2)consistent with the terms of such
memorandum (or any successor agreement) and the Management Plan for the
Shackleford Banks Horse Herd signed in January 2006 (or any successor
management plan).
(c)Nothing in this
section shall be construed as creating liability for 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.
Passed the House of
Representatives June 3, 2013.
Karen L. Haas,
Clerk
June 10, 2013
Read the second time and placed on the
calendar