,i  #aahth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #dici  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,july #bf1 #bjbc,mr4 
,pfluger 7for himself and ,mr4 ,cuellar7
 introduced the following bill2 which   
was referred to the ,committee on       
,natural ,resources  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
authorize livestock producers and their 
employees to take crested caracaras in  
order to prevent the death of or injury 
or destruction to livestock1 and for    
other purposes4  #a4 ,authorization for 
livestock producers and their employees 
to take certain crested caracaras  7a7  
,in general ,notwithstanding any        
provision of the ,migratory ,bird       
,treaty ,act 7#af ,u4,s4,c4 #gjc et     
seq471 a covered person may-- 7#a7 take 
or attempt to take a crested caracara   
that is causing1 or that the covered    
person has a reasonable belief will     
cause1 the death of or injury or        
destruction to livestock2 or  7#b7 in   
the course of taking or attempting to   
take a crested caracara described in    

paragraph 7#a71 cause injury to such    
crested caracara4  7b7 ,reporting       
requirements ,not later than ,january   
#ca of each year1 a covered person that 
takes a crested caracara pursuant to    
subsection 7a7 in the preceding         
#ab-month period shall complete and     
submit to the appropriate ,united       
,states ,fish and ,wildlife ,service    
,regional ,office 7as determined by the 
geographic jurisdictions described in   
section #b4b of title #ej1 ,code of     
,federal ,regulations1 or any successor 
regulation7 an annual report using the  
form developed under subsection 7c74    
7c7 ,issuance of form ,not later than   
#ahj days after the date of the         
enactment of this section1 the ,director
 of the ,united ,states ,fish and       
,wildlife ,service shall make available 
on the website of the ,united ,states   
,fish and ,wildlife ,service such       
reporting form as the ,director         
determines appropriate for the purposes 
of taking reports under subsection 7b74 

,such form may not be more onerous to   
complete than similar forms for         
permitted take under the ,migratory     
,bird ,treaty ,act 7#af ,u4,s4,c4 #gjc  
et seq47 required as of the date of the 
enactment of this section4  7d7         
,definitions ,in this section3  7#a7    
,crested caracara ,the term crested     
caracara means a bird of the species    
,caracara cheriway4  7#b7 ,covered      
person ,the term covered person means-- 
7,a7 a livestock producer2 or  7,b7 an  
employee of a livestock producer when   
such employee is actively engaged in    
livestock production4  7#c7 ,livestock  
,the term livestock has the meaning     
given such term in section #fjb of the  
,emergency ,livestock ,feed ,assistance 
,act of #aihh 7#g ,u4,s4,c4 #adga74     
7#d7 ,livestock producer ,the term      
livestock producer has the meaning given
 such term in section #fjb of the       
,emergency ,livestock ,feed ,assistance 
,act of #aihh 7#g ,u4,s4,c4 #adga74     
7#e7 ,take ,the term take means to      

capture1 kill1 disperse1 or transport4