[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 976 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 976

 To transfer management of the Tishomingo National Wildlife Refuge in 
       Oklahoma to the State of Oklahoma, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                June 28 (legislative day, June 19), 1995

  Mr. Nickles 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 transfer management of the Tishomingo National Wildlife Refuge in 
       Oklahoma to the State of Oklahoma, 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. TRANSFER OF MANAGEMENT OF TISHOMINGO NATIONAL WILDLIFE 
              REFUGE.

    (a) Transfer.--Not later than 30 days after the date of 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).
    (b) Management.--
            (1) In general.--The lands and waters transferred under 
        subsection (a) shall--
                    (A) be managed for the same uses and in the same 
                manner as the lands were managed by the United States 
                Fish and Wildlife Service prior to 1994; and
                    (B) continue to be a national wildlife refuge.
            (2) Applicable laws.--The laws (including regulations) 
        applicable to the National Wildlife Refuge System established 
        under the National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act of 
        1966 (16 U.S.C. 668dd et seq.) shall continue to be applicable 
        to the lands and waters on and after the effective date of the 
        transfer under subsection (a).
    (c) Authorization of Funding.--For each fiscal year commencing 
after the date of 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 the refuge.
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