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16 U.S.C. § 1332

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As used in this chapter—(a) “Secretary” means the Secretary of the Interior when used in connection with public lands administered by him through the Bureau of Land Management and the Secretary of Agriculture in connection with public lands administered by him through the Forest Service;(b) “wild free-roaming horses and burros” means all unbranded and unclaimed horses and burros on public lands of the United States;(c) “range” means the amount of land necessary to sustain an existing herd or herds of wild free-roaming horses and burros, which does not exceed their known territorial limits, and which is devoted principally but not necessarily exclusively to their welfare in keeping with the multiple-use management concept for the public lands;(d) “herd” means one or more stallions and his mares; and 11 So in original. The word “and” probably should not appear.(e) “public lands” means any lands administered by the Secretary of the Interior through the Bureau of Land Management or by the Secretary of Agriculture through the Forest Service.22 So in original. The period probably should be “; and”.(f) “excess animals” means wild free-roaming horses or burros (1) which have been removed from an area by the Secretary pursuant to applicable law or, (2) which must be removed from an area in order to preserve and maintain a thriving natural ecological balance and multiple-use relationship in that area.(Pub. L. 92–195, § 2, Dec. 15, 1971, 85 Stat. 649; Pub. L. 95–514, § 14(b), Oct. 25, 1978, 92 Stat. 1810.)Editorial NotesAmendments

1978—Subsec. (f). Pub. L. 95–514 added subsec. (f).

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 29 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1975–2024 · leading case: In Def. of Animals v. U.S. Dep't of the Interior, 751 F.3d 1054 (9th Cir. 2014).
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In Def. of Animals v. U.S. Dep't of the Interior, 751 F.3d 1054 (9th Cir. 2014). · cites it 4× “Plaintiffs cite 16 U.S.C. § 1332 (f)(2), which defines “excess animals” as those animals which “must be removed from an area in order to preserve and maintain a thriving natural ecological balance .”
Fund for Animals, Inc. v. U.S. Bureau of Land Mgmt., 460 F.3d 13 (D.C. Cir. 2006). “The Bureau (as the Secretary’s delegate) carries out this function in localized “herd management- areas” (“HMAs”), 16 U.S.C. § 1332 (c); 43 C.F.R. § 4710.3-1 , established in accordance with broader land use plans.”
Kleppe v. New Mexico, 426 U.S. 529 (1976). “IV), was enacted in 1971 to protect “all unbranded and unclaimed horses and burros on public lands of the United States,” § 2 (b) of the Act, 16 U. S. C. § 1332 (b) (1970 ed., Supp. IV), from “capture, branding, harassment, or death.”
W. Rangeland Conservation Ass'n v. Zinke, 265 F. Supp. 3d 1267 (D. Utah 2017). · cites it 2× “” The term is not defined in the Act, see 16 U.S.C. § 1332 , so the court turns to the plain, ordinary meaning of the word to guide interpretation, see Schindler Elevator Corp.”
Colorado Wild Horse & Burro Coalition, Inc. v. Salazar, 639 F. Supp. 2d 87 (D.D.C. 2009). · cites it 2× “” 16 U.S.C. § 1332 (a). In this case the public lands are administered by the Secretary of the Interior through BLM.”
Habitat for Horses v. Salazar, 745 F. Supp. 2d 438 (S.D.N.Y. 2010). · cites it 3× “” 16 U.S.C. § 1332 . Rather, the herd management area is an “amount of land” within those “territorial limits” that is “necessary to sustain an existing herd or herds of wild free-roaming horses.”
United States v. Donald Wayne Hughes, 626 F.2d 619 (9th Cir. 1980). · cites it 3× “He also argues that the Act’s definition of wild horses, which includes “all unbranded and unclaimed horses” on the nation’s public lands, 16 U.S.C. § 1332 (b) (emphasis added), precludes a finding that the government has “claimed” the wild horses as its own.”
Colorado Wild Horse v. Jewell, 130 F. Supp. 3d 205 (D.D.C. 2015). · cites it 2× “” 16 U.S.C. § 1332 (f). On'the one hand, BLM must manage each component resource (including wild horses) “at the minimal feasible level.”
In Def. of Animals v. United States Dep't of the Interior, 909 F. Supp. 2d 1178 (E.D. Cal. 2012). · cites it 2× “1982) (citing 16 U.S.C. § 1332 (f)); see also Blake v. Babbitt, 837 F.”
Am. Horse Prot. Ass'n v. United States Dep't of Interior, 551 F.2d 432 (D.C. Cir. 1977). · cites it 3× “Act, § 2(b), 16 U.S.C. § 1332 (b) (Supp. V 1975). . Act, § 1, 16 U.”
Am. Horse Prot. Ass'n, Inc. v. James G. Watt, Sec'y, United States Dep't of the Interior, 694 F.2d 1310 (D.C. Cir. 1982). “§ 1333 (a), and included one reference to “multiple-use management” in the definition of a “range,” 16 U.S.C. § 1332 (c); the 1978 amendments invoke the “multiple use” goal directly in the definition of “excess” horses.”
Mountain States Legal Found. v. Hodel, 799 F.2d 1423 (10th Cir. 1986). · cites it 4× “” 16 U.S.C. § 1332 (b) (1982) (emphasis added).”
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— 16 U.S.C. § 1332(b) — 1 case
Am. Horse Prot. Ass'n, Inc. v. Frizzell, 403 F. Supp. 1206 (D. Nev. 1975).
— 16 U.S.C. § 1332(c) — 1 case
Colorado Wild Horse & Burro Coalition, Inc. v. Salazar, 639 F. Supp. 2d 87 (D.D.C. 2009). “” 16 U.S.C. § 1332 (a). In this case the public lands are administered by the Secretary of the Interior through BLM.”
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