,i  #aadth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #aihe  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,april #bc1 #bjae    
,mr4 ,newhouse 7for himself1 ,mr4       
,walden1 and ,mr4 ,stewart7 introduced  
the following bill2 which was referred  
to the ,committee on ,natural ,resources
  ,a ,,bill  ,to prohibit treatment of  
gray wolves in ,washington1 ,oregon1 and
 ,utah as endangered species1 and for   
other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this 
,act may be cited as the ,pacific       
,northwest ,gray ,wolf ,management ,act 
of #bjae4  #b4 ,prohibition on treatment
 of wolves in ,washington1 ,oregon1 and 
,utah under the ,endangered ,species    
,act of #aigc  7a7 ,in general ,any wolf
 in a covered ,state shall not be       
treated under any status of the         
,endangered ,species ,act of #aigc 7#af 
,u4,s4,c4 #aeca et seq471 including as  
an endangered species1 a threatened     
species1 an essential experimental      
population1 or a nonessential           
experimental population4  7b7 ,exclusive

 covered ,state management authority    
7#a7 ,exclusive ,state management       
authority ,except as provided in        
paragraph 7#b71 each covered ,state     
shall have exclusive authority to manage
 wolves within the borders of that      
covered ,state4  7#b7 ,protection by    
covered ,states ,a covered ,state may   
not provide protections to wolves that  
is greater than the protections that    
would be provided under the ,endangered 
,species ,act of #aigc 7#af ,u4,s4,c4   
#aeca et seq47 if subsection 7a7 and    
paragraph 7#a7 of this subsection did   
not apply4  7#c7 ,reimbursement by      
covered ,states ,nothing in this ,act   
precludes any ,state from reimbursing   
the owner of livestock for any loss of  
livestock that results from depredation 
by wolves1 or that derives from wolves1 
that were introduced into the wild4  7c7
 ,definitions ,in this section3 7#a7    
,state ,the term covered ,state means   
each of the ,states of ,washington1     
,oregon1 and ,utah4  7#b7 ,wolf ,the    

term wolf means any species1 subspecies1
 or population segment of ,canis lupus4