Requires the Interior Department to create regional plans for when and how double-crested cormorants, a fish-eating bird, may be killed or controlled, with states, tribes, and licensed hunters and pond or lake managers allowed to take part.

• Requires the Secretary of the Interior, working with each Regional Flyway Council, to develop regional management frameworks within 180 days of enactment
• Requires each framework to keep the breeding population at a sustainable level under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act and to list allowed methods and time periods of take
• Allows state and tribal agencies, plus licensed hunters, lake managers, and pond managers, to take cormorants under the frameworks
• Requires population surveys and framework updates every 5 years, and directs the Secretary to account for effects on fisheries, vegetation, other birds, human health, water quality, and threatened or endangered species

• Natural Resources Committee (House)
• Water, Wildlife and Fisheries Subcommittee

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