92 STAT. 1810
PUBLIC LAW 95-514—OCT. 25, 1978
Stibmittal to Congress,
National Academy of Sciences. Such study shall be completed and submitted by the Secretary to the Senate and House of Representatives on or before January 1, 1983. Title, ^ "(c) Where excess animals have been transferred to a qualified application. individual for adoption and private maintenance pursuant to this Act and the Secretary determines that such individual has provided humane conditions, treatment and care for such animal or animals for a period of one year, the Secretary is authorized upon application by the transferee to grant title to not more than four animals to the transi ' ^ > ' feree at the end of the one-year period. "(d) Wild free-roaming horses and burros or their remains shall lose their status as wild free-roaming horses or burros and shall no
- longer be considered as falling within the purview of this Act—
"(1) upon passage of title pursuant to subsection (c) except for the limitation of subsection (c)(1) of this section; or "(2) if they have been transferred for private maintenance or adoption pursuant to this Act and die of natural causes before passage of title; or " (3) upon destruction by the Secretary or his designee pursuant to subsection (b) of this section; or " (4) if they die of natural causes on the public lands or on private lands where maintained thereon pursuant to section 4 and disposal is authorized by the Secretary' or his designee; or "(5) upon destruction or death for purposes of or incident to the program authorized in section 3 of this Act; Provided, That no wild free-roaming horse or burro or its remains may be sold or transferred for consideration for processing into commercial products.". "fexcess (b) A new subsection (f) is added to section 2 of the Act of DecemanimaU." ber 15, 1971, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1332) to read as follows: "(f) 'excess animals' means wild free-roaming horses or burros (1) which have been removed from an area by the Secretary pursuant to applicable law or, (2) which must be removed from an area in order to preserve and maintain a thriving natural ecological balance and multiple-use relationship in that area." Approved October 25, 1978.
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: HOUSE REPORTS: No. 95-1122 (Comm. on Interior and Insular Affairs) and No. 95-1737 (Comm. of Conference). SENATE REPORT No. 95-1237 (Comm. on Energy and Natural Resources). CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 124 (1978): June 29, considered and passed House. Sept. 30, considered and passed Senate, amended. Oct. 10, House agreed to conference report. Oct. 11, Senate agreed to conference report. WEEKLY COMPILATION OF PRESIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS, VoL 14, No. 43: Oct. 27, Presidential statement.
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