,,ii  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #bdh  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the
 ,,united ,,states  ,january #bh1       
#bjai,mr4 ,tillis introduced the        
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on          
,environment and ,public ,works  ,a     
,,bill  ,to ensure that the ,secretary  
of the ,interior collaborates fully with
 ,state and local authorities and       
certain nonprofit entities in managing  
the ,corolla ,wild ,horse population on 
,federal land4  #a4 ,wild horses in and 
around the ,currituck ,national         
,wildlife ,refuge  7a7 ,genetic         
diversity ,the ,secretary of the        
,interior 7referred to in this section  
as the ,secretary71 in consultation with
 the ,north ,carolina ,department of    
,environment and ,natural ,resources1   
,currituck ,county1 ,north ,carolina1   
and the ,corolla ,wild ,horse ,fund1    
shall allow for the introduction of a   
small number of free-roaming wild horses
 from the ,cape ,lookout ,national      

,seashore as necessary to ensure the    
genetic diversity of the wild horse     
population in and around the ,currituck 
,national ,wildlife ,refuge1 consistent 
with--  7#a7 the laws 7including        
regulations7 applicable to the          
,currituck ,national ,wildlife ,refuge  
and the ,cape ,lookout ,national        
,seashore2 and  7#b7 the ,december #bjad
 ,wild ,horse ,management ,agreement    
approved by the ,united ,states ,fish   
and ,wildlife ,service1 the ,north      
,carolina ,department of ,environment   
and ,natural ,resources1 ,currituck     
,county1 ,north ,carolina1 and the      
,corolla ,wild ,horse ,fund4  7b7       
,agreement  7#a7 ,in general ,the       
,secretary may enter into an agreement  
with the ,corolla ,wild ,horse ,fund to 
provide for the cost-effective          
management of the horses in and around  
the ,currituck ,national ,wildlife      
,refuge while ensuring that natural     
resources within the ,currituck         
,national ,wildlife ,refuge are not     

adversely impacted4  7#b7 ,requirements 
,the agreement entered into under       
paragraph 7#a7 shall specify that the   
,corolla ,wild ,horse ,fund shall pay   
the costs associated with1 with respect 
to the horses in and around the         
,currituck ,national ,wildlife ,refuge--
  7,a7 coordinating and conducting a    
periodic census1 and inspecting the     
health1 of the horses2  7,b7 maintaining
 records of the horses living in the    
wild and in confinement2  7,c7          
coordinating and conducting the removal 
and placement of horses and monitoring  
of any horses removed from the          
,currituck ,county ,outer ,banks2 and   
7,d7 administering a viable population  
control plan for the horses1 including  
auctions1 adoptions1 contraceptive      
fertility methods1 and other viable     
options4