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Bills/119th Congress · House

H.R. 5171

Introduced

Pacific Northwest Gray Wolves Relief Act of 2025

Sponsor
RCliff Bentz· Oregon
Introduced
September 8, 2025
Policy area
Animals
Latest action
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.September 8, 2025
[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5171 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 5171

To require the Secretary of the Interior to reissue a final rule 
relating to gray wolves.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

September 8, 2025

Mr. Bentz (for himself and Mr. Newhouse) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources

_______________________________________________________________________

A BILL

To require the Secretary of the Interior to reissue a final rule 
relating to gray wolves.

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 ``Pacific Northwest Gray Wolves Relief 
Act of 2025''.

SEC. 2. REISSUANCE OF FINAL RULE RELATING TO GRAY WOLVES.

(a) In General.--Not later than 60 days after the date of the 
enactment of this section, the Secretary of the Interior shall reissue 
the final rule titled ``Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; 
Removing the Gray Wolf (Canis lupus) From the List of Endangered and 
Threatened Wildlife'' (85 Fed. Reg. 69778; November 3, 2020).
(b) Application.--The final rule reissued under subsection (a) 
shall apply only with respect to gray wolf populations in the States of 
Oregon and Washington.
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