A bill to require the Secretary of the Interior, in cooperation with the Secretary of Agriculture, to implement certain requirements relating to animal damage control, and for other purposes.
Animal Damage Control Amendments of 1980 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior, in cooperation with the Secretary of Agriculture, to carry out a program for controlling the damage caused by predators of livestock. Requires the Secretary, in conducting such program: (1) to use and permit the use of lethal and nonlethal animal control devices, methods, and chemical toxicants; (2) to undertake research activities concerning chemical toxicants and other nonlethal control techniques; (3) to use preventive control techniques to manage predator populations; and (4) to establish an ad hoc committee to review biennially the Secretary's animal damage control activities.
Directs the Secretaries to submit annually a joint report on the development and implementation of such program to Congress.
Referred to Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.
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