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104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2706
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to accept from a State donations
of services of State employees to perform hunting management functions
in a National Wildlife Refuge in a period of Government budgetary
shutdown.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
DECEMBER 5, 1995
Mrs. LINCOLN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Resources
A BILL
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to accept from
a State donations of services of State employees to per-
form hunting management functions in a National Wild-
life Refuge in a period of Government budgetary shut-
down.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘National Wildlife Ref-
uge Management Contingency Act of 1995’’.
SEC. 2. AUTHORITY OF SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR TO
ACCEPT STATE DONATIONS OF STATE EM-
PLOYEE SERVICES TO PERFORM HUNTING
MANAGEMENT FUNCTIONS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall accept from
any qualified State donations of services of State employ-
ees to perform in a National Wildlife Refuge, in a period
of Government budgetary shutdown, hunting management
functions otherwise authorized to be performed by Depart-
ment of Interior personnel.
(b) LIMITATIONS.—An employee of a State may per-
form functions under this section only—
(1) within areas of a National Wildlife Refuge
that are located in the State; and
(2) in accordance with an agreement entered
into by the Secretary and the Governor of the State
under subsection (c).
(c) AGREEMENTS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of this section,
the Secretary may enter into an agreement in ac-
cordance with this subsection with the Governor of
any State in which is located any part of a National
Wildlife Refuge.
(2) TERMS CONDITIONS.—An agreement under
this subsection shall—
(A) require that each individual performing
functions under the agreement shall have—
(i) provisions to ensure resource and
visitor protection acceptable under the
standards of the United States Fish and
Wildlife Service;
(ii) adequate safety training;
(iii) knowledge of the terrain in which
the individual will perform those functions;
and
(iv) knowledge of and adherence to
Federal regulations relating to those func-
tions; and
(B) specify other terms and conditions
under which a State employee may perform
such functions.
(d) EXCLUSION FROM TREATMENT AS FEDERAL EM-
PLOYEES.—A State employee who performs functions
under this section shall not be treated as a Federal em-
ployee for purposes of any Federal law relating to pay or
benefits for Federal employees.
(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section—
(1) the term ‘‘Government budgetary shut-
down’’ means a period during which there are no
amounts available for the operation of the National
Wildlife Refuge System, because of—
(A) a failure to enact an annual appropria-
tions bill for the period for the Department of
the Interior; and
(B) a failure to enact a bill (or joint reso-
lution) continuing the availability of appropria-
tions for the Department of the Interior for a
temporary period pending the enactment of
such an annual appropriations bill;
(2) the term ‘‘qualified State’’ means a State
that has entered into an agreement with the Sec-
retary in accordance with subsection (c); and
(3) the term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary
of the Interior.
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