To clarify the United States interest in certain submerged lands in the area of the Monomoy National Wildlife Refuge, and for other purposes.

Bill: 116-hr-183
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Keating, William R. [D-MA-9]
Introduced: 2019-01-03
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Land transfers

Marine and coastal resources, fisheries

Massachusetts

Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats
Latest action: action_date: 2019-02-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-01-03
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This bill states that Congress finds that the United States did not acquire any right, title, or interest in or to submerged lands in Nantucket Sound (near the coast of Massachusetts) or the waters above those submerged lands as a result of the taking described in the civil action, <i>United States v. 3,000 Acres of Land</i> (D. Mass. 1944). That taking involved land that is now part of the Monomoy National Wildlife Refuge.</p> <p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 183 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 3, 2019 Mr. Keating introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources A BILL To clarify the United States interest in certain submerged lands in the area of the Monomoy National Wildlife Refuge, and for other purposes.

1. United States interest in certain submerged lands The Congress finds that the United States did not acquire any right, title, or interest in or to submerged lands in Nantucket Sound or the waters above such submerged lands as a result of the taking described in United States v. 3,000 Acres of Land, Misc. Civil Action No. 6340 (D. Mass., dated June 1, 1944).