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J.R. 19
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2002 JOINT RESOLUTIONS
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WHEREAS, The Maryland General Assembly passed House Bill 728 during the
2001 Legislative Session, requiring the Department of Natural Resources to establish
a program to control the State's mute swan population; and
WHEREAS, The urgent need to plan and implement mute swan population
control measures and to mitigate mute swan impacts increases exponentially each
year; now; therefore, be it
RESOLVED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, That the U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service is urged to act with expedience to craft and conduct
appropriate regulatory processes which will allow Maryland to establish a method of
controlling the mute swan population and to mitigate the mute swan population's
impact permanently and statewide; and be it further
RESOLVED, That the United States Department of the Interior is urged to
appeal the holding of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia that
declared the mute swan to be a migratory bird protected under international treaties;
and be it further
RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be forwarded by the Department of
Legislative Services to the Honorable Parris N. Glendening, Governor of Maryland;
the Honorable Thomas V. Mike Miller, Jr., President of the Senate of Maryland; the
Honorable Casper R. Taylor, Jr., Speaker of the House of Delegates; the Honorable
Barbara A. Mikulski, U.S. Senate, 709 Hart Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C.
20510; the Honorable Paul S. Sarbanes, U.S. Senate, 309 Hart Senate Office
Building, Washington, D.C. 20510; the Honorable Wayne T. Gilchrest, U.S. Congress,
2245 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, D.C. 20515; the Honorable Robert
L. Ehrlich, Jr., U.S. Congress, 1632 Longworth House Office Building, Washington,
D.C. 20515; the Honorable Benjamin L. Cardin, U.S. Congress, 2267 Rayburn House
Office Building, Washington, D.C. 20515; the Honorable Albert R. Wynn, U.S.
Congress, 434 Cannon Office Building, Washington, D.C. 20515; the Honorable Steny
H. Hoyer, U.S. Congress, 1705 Longworth House Office Building, Washington, D.C.
20515; the Honorable Roscoe G. Bartlett, U.S. Congress, 2412 Rayburn House Office
Building, Washington, D.C. 20515; the Honorable Elijah E. Cummings, U.S.
Congress, 1632 Longworth House Office Building, Washington, D.C. 20515; the
Honorable Constance A. Morella, U.S. Congress, 2228 Rayburn House Office
Building, Washington, D.C. 20515; the Honorable Gale A. Norton, Secretary of the
Interior, U.S. Department of the Interior, 1849 C Street NW, Washington, D.C. 20240;
and be it further Mr. Marshall Jones, Director (Acting), U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service, 1849 C Street NW, Washington, D.C. 20240; and Mr. Jon Andrew, Chief, U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service, Division of Migratory Bird Management, 4401 N. Fairfax
Drive, Arlington, VA 22203.
Signed May 16, 2002.
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