,,ii  #aaeth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #bbgg  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,january #d1   
#bjah,mr4 ,flake introduced the         
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on          
,environment and ,public ,works  ,a     
,,bill  ,to require the delisting of    
,mexican gray wolves under the          
,endangered ,species ,act of #aigc on a 
determination that the subspecies has   
been sufficiently recovered in the      
,united ,states4  #a4 ,delisting of     
,mexican gray wolves  7a7 ,definitions  
,in this section3 7#a7 ,director ,the   
term ,director means the ,director of   
the ,united ,states ,fish and ,wildlife 
,service4  7#b7 ,mexican gray wolf  7,a7
 ,in general ,the term ,mexican gray    
wolf means the subspecies ,mexican gray 
wolf 7,canis lupus baileyi7 of the      
species gray wolf 7,canis lupus74  7,b7 
,inclusion ,the term ,mexican gray wolf 
includes any subspecies1 distinct       
population segment1 or experimental     

population of the species gray wolf     
7,canis lupus7 that the ,director       
determines after the date of enactment  
of this ,act will take the place of1 or 
correspond with1 the subspecies         
designated as ,mexican gray wolf 7,canis
 lupus baileyi7 on that date of         
enactment4  7b7 ,requirement            
,notwithstanding any other provision of 
law 7including regulations71 effective  
beginning on the date on which the      
,director makes a positive determination
 under subsection 7c7--  7#a7 the       
,mexican gray wolf shall no longer be   
included on any list of endangered      
species1 threatened species1 or         
experimental populations under the      
,endangered ,species ,act of #aigc 7#af 
,u4,s4,c4 #aeca et seq472 and  7#b7     
management of the ,mexican gray wolf    
shall be assumed by each ,state in which
 the ,mexican gray wolf is present1     
effective beginning on the date of the  
determination4  7c7 ,determination by   
,director  7#a7 ,in general ,not later  

than #ij days after the date of         
enactment of this ,act1 the ,director   
shall determine whether a population of 
not fewer than #ajj ,mexican gray wolves
 in a #e1jjj-square-mile area within the
 historic range of the ,mexican gray    
wolf has been established1 as described 
in the ,mexican ,wolf ,recovery ,plan of
 #aihb prepared by the ,mexican ,wolf   
,recovery ,team 7,u4,s4 ,fish and       
,wildlife ,service4 #aihb4 ,mexican     
,wolf ,recovery ,plan4 ,u4,s4 ,fish and 
,wildlife ,service1 ,albuquerque1 ,new  
,mexico4 #ajc pp474  7#b7 ,standards and
 procedures ,a determination under      
paragraph 7#a7 shall be made in         
accordance with applicable standards and
 procedures used by the ,director in    
determining the status of a species     
under the ,endangered ,species ,act of  
#aigc 7#af ,u4,s4,c4 #aeca et seq474