[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
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[H.R. 2909 Referred in Senate (RFS)]







104th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 2909


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 13, 1996

 Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and 
                              Public Works

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                                 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.''.

            Passed the House of Representatives June 11, 1996.

            Attest:

                                                ROBIN H. CARLE,

                                                                 Clerk.