State Management of Recovered Wolves Act

State Management of Recovered Wolves Act - Amends the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to require the Secretary of the Interior to permit any state in which wolves are listed as an endangered or threatened species to conduct lethal and non-lethal control of wolves to protect from wolf depredations if the population of wolves in such state exceeds the goal established by a species recovery plan.

[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3453 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3453

 To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to authorize permits for 
takings of wolves to protect from wolf depredation in States where wolf 
  populations exceed the recovery goals in a recovery plan under that 
                                  Act.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 17, 2011

 Mr. Benishek (for himself, Mr. Ribble, and Mr. Huizenga of Michigan) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                           Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to authorize permits for 
takings of wolves to protect from wolf depredation in States where wolf 
  populations exceed the recovery goals in a recovery plan under that 
                                  Act.

    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 ``State Management of Recovered Wolves 
Act''.

SEC. 2. PERMITS FOR TAKINGS OF WOLVES TO PROTECT FROM WOLF DEPREDATION.

    Section 10(a) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 
1539(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(3) The Secretary shall permit, under such terms and conditions 
as the Secretary may prescribe, any State in which wolves are listed 
under section 4(c) to conduct lethal and non-lethal control of wolves 
in such State to protect from wolf depredations, if the number of 
wolves in the population of wolves in such State exceeds the goal for 
such population established by a recovery plan in effect under section 
4(f).''.
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