Theodore Roosevelt National Park Wild Horses Protection Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1377 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1377

  To ensure the maintenance of a herd of horses in Theodore Roosevelt 
                 National Park, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 9, 2025

 Mr. Hoeven (for himself and Mr. Kaine) introduced the following bill; 
   which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and 
                           Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
  To ensure the maintenance of a herd of horses in Theodore Roosevelt 
                 National Park, and for other purposes.

    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 ``Theodore Roosevelt National Park 
Wild Horses Protection Act''.

SEC. 2. MAINTENANCE OF HORSES IN THEODORE ROOSEVELT NATIONAL PARK.

    Section 5 of the Act of April 25, 1947 (61 Stat. 54, chapter 41; 16 
U.S.C. 245), is amended--
            (1) by striking the section designation and all that 
        follows through ``The Administration'' and inserting the 
        following:

``SEC. 5. ADMINISTRATION, PROTECTION, AND DEVELOPMENT.

    ``(a) In General.--The administration''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(b) Maintenance of Horses.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Secretary of the Interior (referred 
        to in this subsection as the `Secretary') shall maintain a 
        genetically diverse herd of horses in the South Unit of 
        Theodore Roosevelt National Park (referred to in this 
        subsection as the `Park'), with a population of not fewer than 
        150 horses.
            ``(2) Management plan.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Not later than 120 days after 
                the date of enactment of this subsection, the Secretary 
                shall develop a plan to provide for the management of 
                horses in the Park.
                    ``(B) Requirements.--The plan developed under 
                subparagraph (A) shall provide for the cost-effective 
                management of the horses in the Park while ensuring 
                that natural resources within the Park are not 
                adversely impacted.
            ``(3) Removal.--The Secretary shall not remove, or assist 
        in or permit the removal of, any horses from Federal land 
        within the boundaries of the Park--
                    ``(A) unless the removal is carried out as part of 
                a plan to maintain a genetically diverse herd of 
                horses; or
                    ``(B) except--
                            ``(i) in the case of emergency; or
                            ``(ii) to protect public health and safety.
            ``(4) Monitoring and assessment.-- The Secretary shall 
        annually monitor, assess, and make available to the public 
        findings regarding the population, structure, and health of the 
        horses in the Park.''.
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