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HJM020.....................................................by STATE AFFAIRS
WOLVES - Stating findings of the Legislature and affirming the sovereignty
of the state of Idaho to remove the Canadian gray wolf or solely determine
the method of management, such method to be funded by the United States
Fish and Wildlife Service.
02/25 House intro - 1st rdg - to printing
02/26 Rpt prt - to Res/Con
03/06 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
Rls susp - PASSED - 56-7-7
AYES -- Aikele, Barraclough, Barrett, Bedke, Bell, Black, Block,
Bolz, Bradford, Bruneel, Callister, Campbell, Collins, Cuddy, Deal,
Denney, Ellis, Ellsworth, Eskridge, Field(13), Field(20), Gagner,
Gould, Hadley, Hammond, Harwood, Hornbeck, Jones, Kellogg(Duncan),
Kendell, Kunz, Lake, Langford, Loertscher, Mader, McKague, Meyer,
Mortensen, Moyle, Pearce, Pomeroy, Raybould, Ridinger, Roberts, Sali,
Schaefer, Shepherd, Smith(23), Stevenson, Stone, Tilman, Trail,
Wheeler, Wood, Young, Mr. Speaker
NAYS -- Bieter, Boe, Henbest, Jaquet, Martinez, Robison, Smith(33)
Absent and excused -- Clark, Crow, Higgins, Montgomery, Pischner,
Sellman, Smylie
Floor Sponsors - Langford & Bruneel
Title apvd - to Senate
03/07 Senate intro - 1st rdg - to Res/Env
|||| LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO ||||
Fifty-sixth Legislature Second Regular Session - 2002
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
HOUSE JOINT MEMORIAL NO. 20
BY STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
1 A JOINT MEMORIAL
2 TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, TO THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR, TO
3 THE SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE UNITED STATES IN CONGRESS
4 ASSEMBLED, TO THE CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION REPRESENTING THE STATE OF IDAHO
5 IN THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES, TO THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF
6 IDAHO AND THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE STATE OF IDAHO.
7 We, your Memorialists, the House of Representatives and the Senate of the
8 State of Idaho assembled in the Second Regular Session of the Fifty-sixth
9 Idaho Legislature, do hereby respectfully represent that:
10 WHEREAS, the Tenth Amendment of the United States Constitution states,
11 "The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor pro-
12 hibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states respectively, or to
13 the people"; and
14 WHEREAS, the United States federal government should acknowledge the
15 intent of the Tenth Amendment of the United States Constitution by respecting
16 the sovereignty of the states; and
17 WHEREAS, we believe that the provisions of the Tenth Amendment of the Con-
18 stitution of the United States give states the right to protect the safety,
19 property and economic well-being of their citizens; and
20 WHEREAS, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, without the consent
21 of the constitutional officers and the Legislature of the State of Idaho,
22 introduced Canadian gray wolves into the state of Idaho; and
23 WHEREAS, large wolf populations in Canada and Alaska indicate that wolves
24 are not endangered and therefore do not qualify for protection under the
25 Endangered Species Act; and
26 WHEREAS, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service's wolf recovery pro-
27 gram violates states rights, and must be dealt with accordingly; and
28 WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 67-6302, Idaho Code, we believe that no
29 agency of the United States has the constitutional right to introduce any spe-
30 cies into any state without first obtaining the consent of the duly elected
31 state legislature; and
32 WHEREAS, House Joint Memorial No. 5, adopted overwhelmingly by the First
33 Regular Session of the Fifty-sixth Idaho Legislature, called for immediate
34 delisting and removal of the Canadian gray wolf by whatever means necessary
35 with monetary compensation for loss of Idaho's wildlife resources; and
36 WHEREAS, the wolf population in Idaho is out of control, unmanageable, and
37 a serious threat to wild game herds and domestic livestock; and
38 WHEREAS, agri-business, livestock production and hunting of game are
39 mainstays of the Idaho economy; and
40 WHEREAS, Section 67-6301, Idaho Code, created and funds a Constitutional
41 Defense Council whose purpose is to restore, maintain and advance the sover-
42 eignty and authority over issues that affect this state and the well-being of
43 its citizens.
44 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the members of the Second Regular Ses-
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1 sion of the Fifty-sixth Idaho Legislature, the House of Representatives and
2 the Senate concurring therein, that we affirm our sovereign right to remove
3 the Canadian gray wolf, or solely determine the method of management, such
4 method to be funded by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service since it is
5 the agency that introduced wolves into Idaho.
6 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Chief Clerk of the House of Representa-
7 tives be, and she is hereby authorized and directed to forward a copy of this
8 Memorial to the President of the United States, George W. Bush, the Secretary
9 of the Interior, Gale A. Norton, the President of the Senate and the Speaker
10 of the House of Representatives of Congress, the congressional delegation rep-
11 resenting the State of Idaho in the Congress of the United States, the Gover-
12 nor of the State of Idaho, Dirk Kempthorne, and the Attorney General of the
13 State of Idaho, Alan G. Lance.
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
RS 11883C2
The purpose of this memorial is to reaffirm that the United State
Constitution is the supreme law of our land and supercedes an Act
of Congress.
FISCAL IMPACT
No impact to the general fund.
Contact
Name: Rep. Eulalie Langford
Rep. Frank Bruneel
Rep. Mike Moyle
Rep. Rep. Lenore Barrett
Rep. Jack Barraclough
Rep. JoAn Wood
Rep. Shirley McKague
Phone: 208 332-1000
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE HJM 20