[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3740 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3740

   To amend the Act of October 11, 1974 (Public Law 93-440; 88 Stat. 
     1257), to provide for the continued operation of certain tour 
businesses in recently acquired areas of Big Cypress National Preserve.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 28, 1998

   Mr. Goss introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                         Committee on Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend the Act of October 11, 1974 (Public Law 93-440; 88 Stat. 
     1257), to provide for the continued operation of certain tour 
businesses in recently acquired areas of Big Cypress National Preserve.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 6 of the 
Act of October 11, 1974 (Public Law 93-440; 16 U.S.C. 698k), is amended 
by inserting ``(a)'' after ``Sec. 6.'', and by adding at the end the 
following new subsection:
    ``(b) The Secretary may permit any person that, from within the 
incorporated limits of Everglades City, Florida, continuously provided 
motorized waterborne tours on navigable waters within the Big Cypress 
National Preserve Addition since December 18, 1992, to continue 
providing those tours in accordance with requirements established by 
the Secretary.''.
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