[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2909 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        H.R.2909

                       One Hundred Fourth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE SECOND SESSION

         Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday,
   the third day of January, one thousand nine hundred and ninety-six


                                 An Act


 
 To amend the Silvio O. Conte National Fish and Wildlife Refuge Act to 
    provide that the Secretary of the Interior may acquire lands for 
purposes of that Act only by donation or exchange, or otherwise with the 
                   consent of the owner of the lands.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Silvio O. Conte National Fish and 
Wildlife Refuge Eminent Domain Prevention Act''.

SEC. 2. RESTRICTION ON METHOD OF ACQUISITION OF LANDS FOR PURPOSES OF 
              THE SILVIO O. CONTE NATIONAL FISH AND WILDLIFE REFUGE 
              ACT.

    Section 106 of the Silvio O. Conte National Fish and Wildlife 
Refuge Act (Public Law 102-212; 16 U.S.C. 668dd note) is amended by 
adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(e) Restriction on Method of Acquisition.--The Secretary may 
acquire lands in New Hampshire and Vermont for purposes of this title 
only by donation or exchange, or otherwise with the consent of the 
owner of the lands.''.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.