[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1112 Introduced in House (IH)]







104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1112

 To transfer management of the Tishomingo National Wildlife Refuge in 
                   Oklahoma to the State of Oklahoma.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 2, 1995

Mr. Brewster (for himself, Mr. Young of Alaska, Mr. Coburn, Mr. Istook, 
  Mr. Largent, Mr. Lucas, Mr. Watts of Oklahoma, Mr. Abercrombie, Mr. 
   Baesler, Mr. Baker of California, Mr. Ballenger, Mr. Barcia, Mr. 
     Barrett of Nebraska, Mr. Bonilla, Mr. Browder, Mr. Camp, Mrs. 
 Chenoweth, Mr. Coble, Mr. Condit, Mr. Cramer, Mr. Crapo, Ms. Danner, 
 Mr. Deal of Georgia, Mr. DeLay, Mr. Dickey, Mr. Dooley, Mr. Edwards, 
  Mr. Fields of Texas, Mr. Ganske, Mr. Pete Geren of Texas, Mr. Gene 
Green of Texas, Mr. Hall of Texas, Mr. Hancock, Mr. Hayes, Mr. Herger, 
 Mr. Hobson, Mr. Laughlin, Mr. Lipinski, Mr. McInnis, Mr. Montgomery, 
 Mr. Ney, Mr. Ortiz, Mr. Orton, Mr. Parker, Mr. Peterson of Minnesota, 
  Mr. Poshard, Mr. Roberts, Mr. Rose, Mr. Schaefer, Mr. Schumer, Mr. 
Smith of Michigan, Mr. Stenholm, Mr. Tanner, Mr. Tauzin, Mr. Thornton, 
  Mrs. Thurman, Mr. Volkmer, and Mr. Zeliff) introduced the following 
         bill; which was referred to the Committee on Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
 To transfer management of the Tishomingo National Wildlife Refuge in 
                   Oklahoma to the State of Oklahoma.

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

SECTION 1. TRANSFER OF MANAGEMENT OF TISHOMINGO NATIONAL WILDLIFE 
              REFUGE.

    (a) Transfer.--Within 30 days after the enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary of the Interior shall transfer, with the consent of the 
Governor of Oklahoma, the management of the lands and waters within the 
Tishomingo National Wildlife Refuge in Oklahoma to the State of 
Oklahoma for administration by the Director of the Oklahoma Department 
of Wildlife Conservation (or any successor agency). Such lands and 
waters shall be managed for the same uses and in the same manner as 
they were managed by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service prior 
to calendar year 1994. Such lands and waters shall continue to be a 
national wildlife refuge, and the laws, rules, and regulations 
applicable to the national wildlife refuge system shall continue to be 
applicable to such lands and waters on and after the effective date of 
such transfer.
    (b) Authorization of Funding.--For each fiscal year commencing 
after the enactment of this Act, there is authorized to be appropriated 
to the Secretary of the Interior to make annual grants to the State of 
Oklahoma for management of the lands and waters transferred under 
subsection (a) an amount equal to 50 percent of the amount made 
available to the Secretary of the Interior in fiscal year 1994 for the 
management of such refuge.
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