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S. 1377119th CongressPublic Lands and Natural Resources
Theodore Roosevelt National Park Wild Horses Protection Act
Sponsored by Sen. John Hoeven (R-ND) · 1 active : 1 Democrat
Latest action: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Where it standsPassed Senate, now in the House46 representatives score as swing votes
Passed Senate
- Senate: passedJun 11, 2026
- House: next
- President: not yet
Summary
, via Congress.govTheodore Roosevelt National Park Wild Horses Protection Act
This bill directs the Department of the Interior to maintain a genetically diverse herd of horses, with a population of no fewer than 150 horses, in the South Unit of Theodore Roosevelt National Park in North Dakota. Interior must develop a management plan to protect the horses while ensuring that the natural resources within the park are not adversely impacted.
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The bill also prohibits Interior from removing horses from the park unless the removal is (1) to maintain a genetically diverse herd of horses, (2) in the case of an emergency, or (3) to protect public health and safety.
Interior must annually monitor, assess, and publish findings regarding the population, structure, and health of the horses in the park.
How the projections held up
Each member’s recorded vote compared with their swing projection from before the vote. A member by voting against most of their own party.
Senate
Passed by voice vote or unanimous consent: no individual votes recorded.
Committees and subjects
Committees
- Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources · SenateDischarged from · Markup by · Referred to
- National Parks · SenateHearings by (subcommittee)
- House Committee on Natural Resources · HouseReferred to
- Federal Lands · HouseReferred to
Subjects
- Animal protection and human-animal relationships
- Government information and archives
- Mammals
- North Dakota
- Parks, recreation areas, trails
How the Senate breaks down
- 9Swing 70–100
- 60Middle 30–70
- 31Entrenched 0–30
Members fall into . All 100 senators have enough data to score. The bill is not before the Senate right now; these scores show where members would stand.
Key players in the Senate
Ranked by swing score, 0–100 · swing-v2, directional: only movement toward the other party counts, so members who sit further from the center than their party no longer score as swing votes.
Bars show each input from 0 to 100: ideology gap, scorecard gap, . is the seat’s partisan lean, and shows how much of the input data a score has.
Similar past votes, Senate
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Cosponsors
1 activeShow all 1 cosponsors
- Tim Kaine (D-VA)
How the swing score works
Ideology gapHow far a member’s DW-NOMINATE voting score sits from their party’s median in the same chamber.
Scorecard gapHow far their Heritage Action and LCV ratings stray from their party’s average, using the groups’ votes on similar bills where available.
Cross-pressureHow strongly their district or state leans toward the other party, from our own computed partisan lean.
Similar votesHow often they voted against their own party on earlier roll calls about this bill or similar ones.
Committee bonusMembers of the committees handling the bill decide whether it moves, so they get a boost.
Cosponsor checkThe sponsor and active cosponsors have already committed, so they drop toward entrenched.
