In the Senate of the United States,

June 27, 1996.

Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representatives (H.R. 2679) entitled ‘‘An Act to revise the boundary of

the North Platte National Wildlife Refuge.’’, do pass with the

following

AMENDMENTS:

Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert:

1 TITLE I—NORTH PLATTE

2 NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE

3 SEC. 101. REVISION OF BOUNDARY OF NORTH PLATTE NA4 TIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE.

5 (a) TERMINATION OF JURISDICTION.—The secondary

6 jurisdiction of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service

7 over approximately 2,470 acres of land at the North Platte

8 National Wildlife Refuge in the State of Nebraska, as de9 picted on a map entitled ‘‘Relinquishment of North Platte

10 National Wildlife Refuge Secondary Jurisdiction’’, dated

11 August 1995, and available for inspection at appropriate
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1 offices of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, is

2 terminated.

3 (b) REVOCATION OF EXECUTIVE ORDER.—Executive

4 Order Number 2446, dated August 21, 1916, is revoked with

5 respect to the land described in subsection (a).

6 TITLE II—PETTAQUAMSCUTT

7 COVE NATIONAL WILDLIFE

8 REFUGE

9 SEC. 201. EXPANSION OF PETTAQUAMSCUTT COVE NA10 TIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE.

11 Section 204 of Public Law 100–610 (16 U.S.C. 668dd

12 note) is amended by adding at the end the following:

13 ‘‘(e) EXPANSION OF REFUGE.—

14 ‘‘(1) ACQUISITION.—The Secretary may acquire

15 for addition to the refuge the area in Rhode Island

16 known as ‘Foddering Farm Acres’, consisting of ap17 proximately 100 acres, adjacent to Long Cove and

18 bordering on Foddering Farm Road to the south and

19 Point Judith Road to the east, as depicted on a map

20 entitled ‘Pettaquamscutt Cove NWR Expansion Area’,

21 dated May 13, 1996, and available for inspection in

22 appropriate offices of the United States Fish and

23 Wildlife Service.
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1 ‘‘(2) BOUNDARY REVISION.—The boundaries of

2 the refuge are revised to include the area described in

3 paragraph (1).

4 ‘‘(f) FUTURE EXPANSION.—

5 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may acquire

6 for addition to the refuge such lands, waters, and in7 terests in land and water as the Secretary considers

8 appropriate and shall adjust the boundaries of the

9 refuge accordingly.

10 ‘‘(2) APPLICABLE LAWS.—Any acquisition de11 scribed in paragraph (1) shall be carried out in ac12 cordance with all applicable laws.’’.

13 SEC. 202. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

14 Section 206(a) of Public Law 100–610 (16 U.S.C.

15 668dd note) is amended by striking ‘‘designated in section

16 4(a)(1)’’ and inserting ‘‘designated or identified under sec17 tion 204’’.

18 SEC. 203. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.

19 Public Law 100–610 (16 U.S.C. 668dd note) is amend20 ed—

21 (1) in section 201(1)—

22 (A) by striking ‘‘and the associated’’ and

23 inserting ‘‘including the associated’’; and

24 (B) by striking ‘‘and dividing’’ and insert25 ing ‘‘dividing’’;
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1 (2) in section 203, by striking ‘‘of this Act’’ and

2 inserting ‘‘of this title’’;

3 (3) in section 204—

4 (A) in subsection (a)(1), by striking ‘‘of this

5 Act’’ and inserting ‘‘of this title’’; and

6 (B) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘purpose

7 of this Act’’ and inserting ‘‘purposes of this

8 title’’;

9 (4) in the second sentence of section 205, by

10 striking ‘‘of this Act’’ and inserting ‘‘of this title’’;

11 and

12 (5) in section 207, by striking ‘‘Act’’ and insert13 ing ‘‘title’’.

Amend the title so as to read: ‘‘An Act to revise the

boundary of the North Platte National Wildlife Refuge,

to expand the Pettaquamscutt Cove National Wildlife

Refuge, and for other purposes.’’.

Attest:

Secretary.
104TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 2679

AMENDMENTS