,i  #aad? ,,congress  #a/ ,session  ,h4 
,r4 #aihe  ,,9 ,,! ,,h\se ,,(           
,,repres5tatives  ,april #bc1 #bjae ,mr4
 ,ne:\se 7= himself1 ,mr4 ,wald51 & ,mr4
 ,/ew>t7 introduc$ ! foll[+ bill2 :i* 0 
ref]r$ to ! ,committee on ,natural      
,res\rces  ,a ,,bill  ,to prohibit      
treatm5t ( gray wolves 9 ,wa%+ton1      
,oregon1 & ,utah z endang]$ species1 & =
 o!r purposes4  #a4 ,%ort title ,?is    
,act may be cit$ z ! ,pacific ,nor?we/  
,gray ,wolf ,managem5t ,act ( #bjae4    
#b4 ,prohibition on treatm5t ( wolves 9 
,wa%+ton1 ,oregon1 & ,utah "u !         
,endang]$ ,species ,act ( #aigc  7a7 ,9 
g5]al ,any wolf 9 a cov]$ ,/ate %all n  
be treat$ "u any /atus ( ! ,endang]$    
,species ,act ( #aigc 7#af ,u4,s4,c4    
#aeca et seq471 includ+ z an endang]$   
species1 a ?reat5$ species1 an ess5tial 
exp]im5tal population1 or a noness5tial 
exp]im5tal population4  7b7 ,exclusive  
cov]$ ,/ate managem5t au?ority  7#a7    
,exclusive ,/ate managem5t au?ority     
,except z provid$ 9 p>agraph 7#b71 ea*  

cov]$ ,/ate %all h exclusive au?ority to
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,/ate4  7#b7 ,protection by cov]$ ,/ates
 ,a cov]$ ,/ate may n provide           
protections to wolves t is great] ?an ! 
protections t w\ld be provid$ "u !      
,endang]$ ,species ,act ( #aigc 7#af    
,u4,s4,c4 #aeca et seq47 if subsection  
7a7 & p>agraph 7#a7 ( ?is subsection did
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,/ates ,no?+ 9 ?is ,act precludes any   
,/ate f reimburs+ ! own] ( live/ock =   
any loss ( live/ock t results f         
depr$ation by wolves1 or t d]ives f     
wolves1 t 7 introduc$ into ! wild4  7c7 
,def9itions ,9 ?is section3 7#a7 ,/ate  
,! t]m cov]$ ,/ate means ea* ( ! ,/ates 
( ,wa%+ton1 ,oregon1 & ,utah4  7#b7     
,wolf ,! t]m wolf means any species1    
subspecies1 or population segm5t (      
,canis lupus4