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To direct the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to rescind a memorandum of understanding related to wildlife damage management, and for other purposes.
Summary
This bill directs the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to rescind a November 2023 Memorandum of Understanding related to wildlife damage management. The bill also removes a restriction in the fiscal year 2024 appropriations law that prohibited the use and training of M-44 sodium cyanide ejector devices and related compounds by the Department of Agriculture. Following rescission of these restrictions, the Agriculture Secretary would be permitted to purchase, deploy, and provide third-party training on M-44 devices and would not be required to report to Congress on the use of these devices.
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- Apr 24, 2025 Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. · house
- Apr 24, 2025 Introduced in House
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
April 24, 2025
Mr. Tony Gonzales of Texas introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
A BILL
To direct the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to rescind a memorandum of understanding related to wildlife damage management, and for other purposes.
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 “Restore M-44 Act”.
SEC. 2. RESCISSION OF MOU.
The Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture shall jointly rescind the Master Memorandum of Understanding numbered BLM-MOU-HQ230-2023-05 (signed on behalf of the Department of the Interior on November 15, 2023; relating to wildlife damage management), and such memorandum of understanding shall have no force or effect.
SEC. 3. RESCISSION OF PROHIBITION.
Notwithstanding the explanatory statement relating to the account titled “Animal and Plant Health Inspection Services, Salaries and Expenses (including transfers of funds)” for the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024 (Public Law 118-42), the Secretary of Agriculture—
(1) may purchase, deploy, and train third parties on the use of M-44 sodium cyanide ejector devices, including components and parts thereof and sodium fluroacetate (commonly known as “compound 1080”); and
(2) is not required to provide to any congressional committees, including the Committees on Appropriations for the House of Representative and the Senate, updates on the implementation of the directive prohibiting the purchase, deployment, or training of third parties on the use of M-44 devices under such explanatory statement. <all>
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