• Reid/Porter Bill (S. 1273/H.R. 2993)

 

109TH CONGRESS

S. 1273

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,


SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ``Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Sale and Adoption Act of 2005''.

SEC. 2. SALE AND ADOPTION OF WILD FREE-ROAMING HORSES AND BURROS.

Section 3 of Public Law 92-195 (16 U.S.C. 1333) is amended--

(1) in subsection (b)(2)--

(A) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``: Provided'' and all that follows through ``adopting party''; and

(B) by striking subparagraph (C) and inserting the following:

``(C) Additional excess wild free-roaming horses and burros for which an adoption demand by qualified individuals does not exist shall be sold under subsection (e).'';

(2) in subsection (c), by striking ``not more than four animals'' and inserting ``excess animals transferred '';

(3) in subsection (e)--

(A) in paragraph (1), by striking subparagraph (A) and inserting the following:

``(A) the Secretary determines that there is no adoption demand from qualified individuals for the excess animal;'';

(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ``without limitation''; and

(C) by striking paragraph (4) and inserting the following:

``(4) EFFECT OF SALE.--At the end of the 1-year period following the sale of any excess animal under this subsection--

``(A) the Secretary shall grant to the transferee title to the excess animal; and

``(B) the excess animal transferred shall no longer be considered to be a wild free-roaming horse or burro for purposes of this Act.''; and

(4) by adding at the end the following:

``(f) Minimum Fees and Bids.--The minimum adoption fee required for the adoption of an excess animal under this section shall be $25.''.

 

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