[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1621 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

  2d Session
                                S. 1621

 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, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 15, 1996

   Mr. Gregg introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
       referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works

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                                 A BILL


 
 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, and for other purposes.

    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:
    ``(e) Restriction on Method of Acquisition.--The Secretary may 
acquire lands for purposes of this title only by donation or exchange, 
or otherwise with the consent of the owner of the lands.''.
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