H.R. 4494: Gray Wolf State Management Act of 2019

116th Congress · introduced 2019-09-25 · Environmental Protection · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.

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Where it came from: introduced 2019-09-25 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Peterson, Collin C. [D-MN-7] · what a sponsor is
What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

Gray Wolf State Management Act of 2019

Plain summary

Gray Wolf State Management Act of 2019 This bill requires the Department of the Interior to reissue a rule that removed protections under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 for the gray wolf populations located in the western Great Lakes (all of Wisconsin, Michigan, and Minnesota, as well as portions of North Dakota, South Dakota, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio). The bill expresses the sense of Congress that Native American tribes in Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Michigan are sovereign governments and retain certain rights to regulate natural resources used by their members on tribal lands and public lands on reservations. In addition, the bill urges Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Michigan to consult early and fully with each affected tribal government when drafting state wolf management plans.

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Official text

Gray Wolf State Management Act of 2019

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Peterson, Collin C. [D-MN-7] · 9 cosponsors

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Pete Stauber (R-MN), John R. Moolenaar (R-MI), Bill Huizenga (R-MI), Tom Emmer (R-MN), Glenn Grothman (R-WI), Bryan Steil (R-WI)

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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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Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-116hr4494.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/116/hr>

Record fed-us-cong116-hr4494 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong116 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong116