[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2699 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2699

 To add the Sabine River Blue Elbow Unit and the Addition to the Lower 
    Neches River Corridor Unit to the Big Thicket National Preserve.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 21, 1993

  Mr. Wilson introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                     Committee on Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
 To add the Sabine River Blue Elbow Unit and the Addition to the Lower 
    Neches River Corridor Unit to the Big Thicket National Preserve.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. ADDITION TO BIG THICKET NATIONAL PRESERVE.

      (a) Additions.--Subsection (b) of the first section of the Act 
entitled ``An Act to authorize the establishment of the Big Thicket 
National Preserve in the State of Texas, and for other purposes'', 
approved October 11, 1974 (16 U.S.C. 698), is amended--
            (1) by inserting `` and on the map entitled `Big Thicket 
        National Preserve', dated July 1993, and numbered 175-80009,'' 
        after ``175-80008,'';
            (2) by striking ``and'' at the end of the penultimate 
        undesignated paragraph relating to Big Sandy Corridor unit;
            (3) by striking the period in the ultimate undesignated 
        paragraph relating to Canyonlands unit and inserting in lieu 
        thereof a semicolon; and
            (4) by adding at the end thereof the following:
            ``Sabine River Blue Elbow unit, Orange County, Texas, 
        comprising approximately 3,592 acres; and
            ``Addition to the Lower Neches River Corridor unit, Orange 
        and Jasper Counties, Texas, comprising approximately 750 
        acres.''.
    (b) No Land Acquisition Without the Consent of the Owner; 
Authorization of Appropriations.--The first proviso of subsection (c) 
of the first section of such Act is amended by striking ``and 
Canyonlands units'' and inserting ``, Canyonlands, Sabine River Blue 
Elbow, and Addition to the Lower Neches River Corridor units''.
    (c) Publication of Boundary Description.--Not later than 6 months 
after the date of enactment of this subsection, the Secretary shall 
publish in the Federal Register a detailed description of the boundary 
of the Sabine River Blue Elbow unit and the Addition to the Lower 
Neches River unit of the Big Thicket National Preserve.

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