Current status is 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.

119th CONGRESS

1st Session

H. R. 3003

1. Short title
2. Rescission of MOU
3. Rescission of prohibition

1. Short title

This Act may be cited as the "Restore M–44 Act".

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.

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.

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