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S. 2876: Mexican Gray Wolf Recovery Plan Act of 2016

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S. 2876: Mexican Gray Wolf Recovery Plan Act of 2016

114th Congress · introduced 2016-04-28 · Animals · Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2016-04-28 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Sen. Flake, Jeff [R-AZ] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

Mexican Gray Wolf Recovery Plan Act of 2016

Plain summary

Mexican Gray Wolf Recovery Plan Act of 2016 This bill: requires the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) to publish a revised recovery plan for the Mexican gray wolf populations in Arizona and New Mexico; outlines what must be contained in the plan, including input from states and individuals, a maximum population of the wolf, and a specified range for the wolf; establishes a process for the state wildlife authority of Arizona or New Mexico to assume or supplant the USFWS' authority to manage such wolf in the relevant states if certain conditions are met; requires USFWS to reduce the population of such wolf within the specified range when the wolf's population exceeds the maximum population; and sets forth requirements for removing such wolf from the list of endangered species, threatened species, or experimental populations under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 if the population recovery goal outlined in the plan is met.

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Official text

Mexican Gray Wolf Recovery Plan Act of 2016

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)

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Sponsor: Sen. Flake, Jeff [R-AZ] · 1 cosponsors

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Record fed-us-cong114-s2876 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong114 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong114