A bill to provide for the selection of additional lands for inclusion within the Bon Secour National Wildlife Refuge.
PL 98-347 (H.R.4921), enacted 07/09/1984

PUBLIC LAW 98-347—JULY 9, 1984 
98 STAT. 321 
Public Law 98-347 
98th Congress 
An Act 
To provide for the selection of additional lands for inclusion within the Bon Secour 
National Wildlife Refuge, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Act 
entitled "An Act to establish the Bon Secour National Wildlife 
Refuge", approved June 9,1980 (16 U.S.C. 668dd note), is amended— 
(1) by amending section 2 by redesignating paragraphs (1), (2), 
and (3) as paragraphs (2), (3), and (4), respectively, and by 
inserting before paragraph (2) (as so redesignated) the following 
new paragraph: 
"(1) the term 'additional selection area' means those lands 
and waters in Baldwin County, Alabama, depicted on the map 
entitled 'Proposed Addition to the Bon Secour National Wildlife 
Refuge' dated February 1984 and on file at the United States 
Fish and Wildlife Service."; and 
(2) by amending section 3— 
(A) by amending that portion of such section that pre-
cedes subsection (a)(2) to read as follows: 
"SEC. 3. (a) SELECTION.—(1) The Secretary shall— 
"(A) within one year after the date of the enactment of this 
Act, designate approximately ten thousand acres of land and 
water within the selection area as land which the Secretary 
considers appropriate for the refuge; and 
"(B) within six months after the date of the enactment of the 
1984 amendment to this subsection— 
"(i) designate approximately two thousand acres of land 
and water within the additional selection area as land 
which the Secretary considers appropriate for the refuge, 
and 
"(ii) publish in the Federal Register a detailed map 
depicting the boundaries of the land designated under sub-
paragraphs (A) and (B)(i), which map shall be on file and 
available for public inspection at the offices of the United 
States Fish and Wildlife Service."; 
(B) by amending subsection (a)(2) by striking out "desig-
nated under paragraph (1)(B)" and inserting in lieu thereof 
"depicted under paragraph (l)(B)(ii)"; and 
(C) by amending subsection (b) by striking out "desig-
nated under subsection (a)(1)(B)" and inserting in lieu 
thereof "depicted under subsection (a)(l)(B)(ii)". 
SEC. 2. (a) Section 8(a) of the Act of September 2, 1937 (commonly 
known as the Federal Aid in Wildlife Restoration Act, 16 U.S.C. 
669g-l) is amended— 
(1) by inserting "the Governor of American Samoa," immedi-
ately after "the Governor of Guam,"; 
(2) by inserting "American Samoa," immediately 
after 
"Puerto Rico, Guam," each place it appears therein; and 
July 9, 1984 
[H.R. 4921] 
National 
Wildlife 
Refuge System. 
Federal 
Register, 
publication. 
Public 
availability. 
American 
Samoa. 
98 STAT. 322 
PUBLIC LAW 98-347—JULY 9, 1984 
(3) by inserting "for American Samoa one-sixth of one per 
centum," immediately after "for Guam one-sixth of one per 
centum,". 
Effective date. 
(b) The amendments made by subsection (a) shall take effect 
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October 1,1984. 
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HOUSE REPORT No. 98-703 (Comm. on Merchant Marine and Fisheries). 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 130 (1984): 
Apr. 30, considered and passed House. 
June 21, considered and passed Senate.