,,ii  #aadth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #ghb  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the
 ,,united ,,states  ,march #ah1 #bjae   
,mr4 ,mc,cain 7for himself and ,mr4     
,flake7 introduced the following bill2  
which was read twice and referred to the
 ,committee on ,environment and ,public 
,works  ,a ,,bill  ,to direct the       
,secretary of the ,interior to establish
 a bison management plan for ,grand     
,canyon ,national ,park4  #a4 ,short    
title  ,this ,act may be cited as the   
,grand ,canyon ,bison ,management ,act4 
#b4 ,definitions ,in this ,act3 7#a7    
,management plan ,the term management   
plan means the management plan published
 under section #c7;a74  7#b7 ,park ,the 
term ,park means the ,grand ,canyon     
,national ,park4  7#c7 ,secretary ,the  
term ,secretary means the ,secretary of 
the ,interior4  7#d7 ,skilled public    
volunteer ,the term skilled public      
volunteer means an individual who       
possesses-- 7,a7 a valid hunting license
 issued by the ,state of ,arizona2 and  

7,b7 such other qualifications as the   
,secretary may require1 after           
consultation with the ,arizona ,game and
 ,fish ,commission4  #c4 ,bison         
management plan for ,grand ,canyon      
,national ,park  7a7 ,publication of    
plan ,not later than #ahj days after the
 date of enactment of this ,act1 the    
,secretary shall publish a management   
plan to reduce1 through humane lethal   
culling by skilled public volunteers and
 by other nonlethal means1 the          
population of bison in the ,park that   
the ,secretary determines are           
detrimental to the use of the ,park4    
7b7 ,removal of ,animal ,notwithstanding
 section #d of the ,act of ,march #b1   
#aibi 7#af ,u4,s4,c4 #aih;c71 or any    
other provision of law1 a skilled public
 volunteer may remove a full bison      
harvested from the ,park4  7c7          
,coordination ,the ,secretary shall     
coordinate with the ,arizona ,game and  
,fish ,commission regarding the         
development and implementation of the   

management plan4  7d7 ,,nepa ,compliance
 ,in developing the management plan1 the
 ,secretary shall comply with all       
applicable ,federal environmental laws  
7including regulations71 including the  
,national ,environmental ,policy ,act of
 #aifi 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #dcba et seq474   
7e7 ,limitation ,nothing in this ,act   
applies to the taking of wildlife in the
 ,park for any purpose other than the   
implementation of the management plan4