Assembly Amendment to Assembly Joint Resolution No. 2 (BDR R-1018)
Proposed by: Committee on Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Mining
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Amends: Summary: Title: Preamble: Joint Sponsorship:
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Amend the resolution, page 2, by deleting lines 33 through 36 and inserting:
"Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to establish the necessary regulations and procedures whereby horses and burros in excess of the appropriate management levels are gathered in a timely fashion, and unadoptable horses and burros are made available for sale at open market; and be it further
Resolved, That the Nevada Legislature urges Congress to include provisions in the Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act directing that the proceeds of sales of unadoptable horses and burros be granted to the state director of the federal land management agency responsible for the horses and burros which were gathered off public lands, prior to sale, and that these proceeds be used to augment wild horse and burro management programs in the state; and be it further
Resolved, That the establishment of the appropriate management levels should be based on sound scientific and locally-collected resource information that incorporates and fully acknowledges other existing multiple uses of the land, such as the needs of other wildlife and livestock living on the land; and be it further
Resolved, That the establishment of the appropriate management levels should be concluded by the end of the federal fiscal year 2002, and maintained thereafter, irrespective of the outlet capacity of the federal horse adoption programs; and be it further".
Amend the preamble of the resolution, page 2, line 23, by deleting "for grazing".
Amend the preamble of the resolution, page 2, lines 28 and 29 by deleting:
"and starvation during the winter;" and inserting:
", starvation and drought;"