,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #hahj  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,september #d1 #bjbj 
,mr4 ,tiffany 7for himself and ,mr4     
,stauber7 introduced the following bill2
 which was referred to the ,committee on
 ,natural ,resources  ,a ,,bill  ,to    
amend the ,endangered ,species ,act of  
#aigc to exclude the gray wolf from the 
authority of such ,act1 to remove the   
gray wolf from the lists of threatened  
species and endangered species published
 pursuant to such ,act1 and for other   
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,managing ,predators
 ,act4  #b4 ,gray wolf excluded ,section
 #d7;a7 of the ,endangered ,species ,act
 of #aigc 7#af ,u4,s4,c4 #aecc7;a77 is  
amended--  7#a7 in paragraph 7#a71 by   
striking ,the ,secretary shall by       
regulation and inserting ,except as     
provided in paragraph 7#d71 the         
,secretary shall by regulation2 and     
7#b7 by adding at the end the following3
  7#d7 ,applicability to the gray wolf  

7,a7 ,in general ,notwithstanding any   
other provision of law1 this ,act does  
not apply to the gray wolf 7,canis      
lupus7 in ,wisconsin1 ,michigan1        
,minnesota1 and ,wyoming4  7,b7         
,delisting ,notwithstanding any other   
provision of law1 the gray wolf 7,canis 
lupus7 in ,wisconsin1 ,michigan1        
,minnesota1 and ,wyoming is removed from
 the lists of threatened species and    
endangered species that are published   
pursuant to this ,act4  7,c7 ,authority 
in other ,states ,notwithstanding any   
other provision of law1 with respect to 
a ,state other than ,wisconsin1         
,michigan1 ,minnesota1 or ,wyoming1 if  
the population of the gray wolf 7,canis 
lupus7 in such ,state1 as estimated by  
the agency of such ,state that has      
primary authority over wildlife         
management and conservation1 is at or   
above a population goal established by  
such agency1 the ,secretary may not make
 a determination under paragraph 7#a7   
that the gray wolf 7,canis lupus7 in    

such ,state is an endangered species or 
threatened species4  4  #c4 ,delisting  
of gray wolf in certain ,states         
,notwithstanding any other provision of 
law1 the gray wolf 7,canis lupus7 in    
,wisconsin1 ,michigan1 ,minnesota1 and  
,wyoming is removed from the lists of   
threatened species and endangered       
species that are published pursuant to  
the ,endangered ,species ,act of #aigc  
7#af ,u4,s4,c4 #aeca et seq474