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H. Rept. 114-84 1 (2015-04-20)

handle is hein.congrecreports/crptxrya0001 and id is 1 raw text is: AUT-ENTICATED US. GOVERNMENT INFORMATION GP 114TH CONGRESS REPORT 1st Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 114-84 COROLLA WILD HORSES PROTECTION ACT APRIL 20, 2015.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed Mr. BISHOP of Utah, from the Committee on Natural Resources, submitted the following REPORT together with ADDITIONAL VIEWS [To accompany H.R. 152] [Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office] The Committee on Natural Resources, to whom was referred the bill (H.R. 152) to direct the Secretary of the Interior to enter into an agreement to provide for management of the free-roaming wild horses in and around the Currituck National Wildlife Refuge, hav- ing considered the same, report favorably thereon without amend- ment and recommend that the bill do pass. PURPOSE OF THE BILL The purpose of H.R. 152 is to direct the Secretary of the Interior to enter into an agreement to provide for management of the free- roaming wild horses in and around the Currituck National Wildlife Refuge. BACKGROUND AND NEED FOR LEGISLATION There is evidence that Corolla horses were introduced to the Currituck Outer Banks by Spanish explorers 500 years ago. In 2007, the National Horse of the Americas Registry recognized and registered these horses as Colonial Spanish Mustangs. The Corolla horses are a key part of North Carolina's heritage and are recog- nized as the state horse. Today, the herd is comprised of about 83 animals that live on approximately 7,544 acres of public and pri- vate lands. Of the total acreage, 4,671 acres are privately owned; 2,495 acres are part of the Currituck National Wildlife Refuge (NWR); 326 acres are found in the North Carolina National Estua- 049-006

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