S. 1204: Corolla Wild Horses Protection Act

114th Congress · introduced 2015-05-06 · Public Lands and Natural Resources · Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

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Where it came from: introduced 2015-05-06 · official record
Who proposed it: Sen. Burr, Richard [R-NC] · what a sponsor is
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Official title

Corolla Wild Horses Protection Act

Plain summary

Corolla Wild Horses Protection Act Directs the Department of the Interior to enter into an agreement with the Corolla Wild Horse Fund, Currituck County, and the state of North Carolina to provide for the management of free-roaming wild horses in and around the Currituck National Wildlife Refuge. Requires that such agreement: allow a herd of no more than 130 free-roaming wild horses in and around the Refuge; provide for cost-effective management of such horses; 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 specify that the Corolla Wild Horse Fund shall pay certain costs associated with the health, maintenance, removal, and placement of such horses. Bars Interior from excluding free-roaming wild horses from any part of the Currituck National Wildlife Refuge unless: (1) it is found that the presence of such horses on a part of the Refuge threatens the survival of an endangered species for which such land is designated as critical habitat, (2) such finding is based on a peer-reviewed scientific assessment, and (3) a period of public notice and comment is provided on such finding. 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 (NPS) and the Foundation and the management plan for the Shackleford Banks Horse Herd.

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Corolla Wild Horses Protection Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)

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Sponsor: Sen. Burr, Richard [R-NC] · 1 cosponsors

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Thom Tillis (R-NC)

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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-114s1204.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/114/s>

Record fed-us-cong114-s1204 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong114 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong114