A bill to update the map of, and modify the maximum acreage available for inclusion in, the Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument.

Bill: 116-s-33
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Gardner, Cory [R-CO]
Introduced: 2019-01-08
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Colorado

Earth sciences

Land transfers

Monuments and memorials

Parks, recreation areas, trails

Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats
Latest action: action_date: 2019-01-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-01-08
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>This bill revises the title, number, and date of the map depicting the Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument in Colorado and increases from 6,000 to 6,300 the maximum number of acres that may be made available for inclusion in the monument. </p>

tv_txt: II 116th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 33 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES January 8, 2019 Mr. Gardner (for himself and Mr. Bennet ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources A BILL To update the map of, and modify the maximum acreage available for inclusion in, the Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument.

1. Map update; maximum acreage available for inclusion in the Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument The first section of Public Law 91–60 (83 Stat. 101) is amended— (1) by striking entitled Proposed Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument , numbered NM–FFB–7100, and dated March 1967, and more particularly described by metes and bounds in an attachment to that map, and inserting entitled Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument Proposed Boundary Adjustment , numbered 171/132,544, and dated May 3, 2016, ; and (2) by striking six thousand acres and inserting 6,300 acres .