,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #eeai  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,september #bd1
 #bjbf,ms4 ,baldwin 7for herself and    
,ms4 ,klobuchar7 introduced the         
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on          
,environment and ,public ,works  ,a     
,,bill  ,to require the ,director of the
 ,united ,states ,fish and ,wildlife    
,service to update the ,post-delisting  
,monitoring ,plan for the ,western      
,great ,lakes ,distinct ,population     
,segment of the ,gray ,wolf1 and for    
other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this 
,act may be cited as the ,northern      
,great ,lakes ,wolf ,recovery ,act4  #b4
 ,definitions  ,in this ,act3 7#a7 #aigh
 ,rule ,the term #aigh ,rule means the  
final rule of the ,united ,states ,fish 
and ,wildlife ,service relating to      
,reclassification of the ,gray ,wolf in 
the ,united ,states and ,mexico1 with   
,determination of ,critical ,habitat in 
,michigan and ,minnesota 7#dc ,fed4     

,reg4 #ifjg 7,march #i1 #aigh774  7#b7  
,advisory committee ,the term advisory  
committee means the ,northern ,great    
,lakes ,region ,gray ,wolf ,advisory    
,committee established under section    
#d7;a74  7#c7 ,director ,the term       
,director means the ,director of the    
,united ,states ,fish and ,wildlife     
,service4  7#d7 ,monitoring ,plan ,the  
term ,monitoring ,plan means the        
document of the ,united ,states ,fish   
and ,wildlife ,service entitled         
,post-delisting ,monitoring ,plan for   
the ,western ,great ,lakes ,distinct    
,population ,segment of the ,gray ,wolf 
and dated ,february #bjjh 7as described 
in the notice of document availability  
of the ,united ,states ,fish and        
,wildlife ,service entitled             
,post-,delisting ,monitoring ,plan for  
the ,western ,great ,lakes ,distinct    
,population ,segment of the ,gray ,wolf 
7,canis lupus7 7#gc ,fed4 ,reg4 #aiebe  
7,april #aj1 #bjjh7774  7#e7 ,northern  
,great ,lakes ,region ,the term         

,northern ,great ,lakes ,region means-- 
7,a7 the ,state of ,minnesota2  7,b7 the
 ,state of ,wisconsin2 and  7,c7 the    
,upper ,peninsula of the ,state of      
,michigan4  7#f7 ,secretary ,the term   
,secretary means the ,secretary of the  
,interior4  #c4 ,update to the          
,post-delisting ,monitoring ,plan for   
the ,western ,great ,lakes ,distinct    
,population ,segment of the ,gray ,wolf2
 delisting rule  7a7 ,in general ,not   
later than #a year after the date of    
enactment of this ,act1 the ,director1  
in consultation with the advisory       
committee1 shall update the ,monitoring 
,plan with respect to the populations of
 ,gray ,wolf 7,canis lupus7 in the      
,northern ,great ,lakes ,region4  7b7   
,expanded gray wolf population in #aigh 
rule ,for purposes of the #aigh ,rule   
and the rule required under subsection  
7c71 the population of ,gray ,wolf      
7,canis lupus7 described in the #aigh   
,rule as the ,minnesota population shall
 include the population of ,gray ,wolf  

7,canis lupus7 in the ,northern ,great  
,lakes ,region4  7c7 ,rule required ,on 
updating the ,monitoring ,plan in       
accordance with subsection 7a71 the     
,secretary1 in consultation with the    
advisory committee1 shall issue a rule  
delisting the population of ,gray ,wolf 
7,canis lupus7 within the ,northern     
,great ,lakes ,region under the         
,endangered ,species ,act of #aigc 7#af 
,u4,s4,c4 #aeca et seq474  7d7 ,savings 
provision ,nothing in this section      
alters or modifies any other population 
of ,gray ,wolf 7,canis lupus7 described 
in1 or any other portion of1 the #aigh  
,rule other than the population of ,gray
 ,wolf 7,canis lupus7 located in the    
,northern ,great ,lakes ,region4  #d4   
,advisory committee  7a7 ,establishment 
,not later than #cj days after the date 
of enactment of this ,act1 the ,director
 shall establish an advisory committee1 
to be known as the ,northern ,great     
,lakes ,region ,gray ,wolf ,advisory    
,committee1 in accordance with this     

section4  7b7 ,membership ,the advisory 
committee shall be composed of-- 7#a7   
the ,assistant ,secretary for ,indian   
,affairs2  7#b7 the ,secretary of       
,agriculture2  7#c7 the ,administrator  
of the ,animal and ,plant ,health       
,inspection ,service2  7#d7 the ,chief  
of the ,forest ,service2  7#e7          
representatives of federally recognized 
,indian ,tribes and ,tribal             
organizations2  7#f7 the heads of       
applicable ,state agencies in the       
,northern ,great ,lakes ,region1 to be  
nominated by the governors of the       
applicable ,states in the ,northern     
,great ,lakes ,region and appointed by  
the ,director2 and  7#g7 other          
appropriate individuals with expertise  
on wolf biology1 wolf management1 and   
wolf predation1 as determined by the    
,director4  7c7 ,duties ,the advisory   
committee shall consult with-- 7#a7 the 
,director with respect to the updating  
of the ,monitoring ,plan under section  
#c7;a72 and  7#b7 the ,secretary-- 7,a7 

with respect to the issuing of the      
delisting rule under section #c7;c72 and
  7,b7 during the #e-year post-delisting
 monitoring period following the        
issuance of that rule4