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H.R. 424: Gray Wolf State Management Act of 2017

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H.R. 424: Gray Wolf State Management Act of 2017

115th Congress · introduced 2017-01-10 · Animals · Latest: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 361.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2017-01-10 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Peterson, Collin C. [D-MN-7] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 361. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

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Official title

Gray Wolf State Management Act of 2017

Plain summary

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.) Gray Wolf State Management Act of 2017 (Sec. 2) This bill requires the Department of the Interior to reissue two rules that removed protections under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 for the gray wolf populations located in Wyoming and the western Great Lakes (all of Wisconsin, Michigan, and Minnesota, as well as portions of North Dakota, South Dakota, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio). In addition, this bill prohibits judicial review of the reissued rules.

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Official text

Gray Wolf State Management Act of 2017

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Reported to House without amendment)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Peterson, Collin C. [D-MN-7] · 17 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 424, Gray Wolf State Management Act of 2017 (2017-11-09)

Cosponsors on this site

Tom Emmer (R-MN), Michael K. Simpson (R-ID), Bill Huizenga (R-MI), John R. Moolenaar (R-MI), Tim Walberg (R-MI), Glenn Grothman (R-WI), Jack Bergman (R-MI), Paul A. Gosar (R-AZ), Pete Sessions (R-TX)

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Words on this page, explained (2)
Bill
A proposed law. It becomes law only if it passes the legislature and is signed by the president or governor (or a veto is overridden).
Rulemaking
The process agencies use to write regulations that carry out laws passed by Congress or a legislature. Usually an agency publishes a proposed rule, takes public comments, then publishes a final rule.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong115-hr424 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong115 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong115