[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 512 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 512

     To prohibit the expenditure of funds from the Land and Water 
  Conservation Fund for the creation of new National Wildlife Refuges 
      without specific authorization from Congress pursuant to a 
  recommendation from the United States Fish and Wildlife Service to 
                           create the refuge.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 4, 1997

    Mr. Young of Alaska (for himself and Mr. Pombo) introduced the 
    following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
     To prohibit the expenditure of funds from the Land and Water 
  Conservation Fund for the creation of new National Wildlife Refuges 
      without specific authorization from Congress pursuant to a 
  recommendation from the United States Fish and Wildlife Service to 
                           create the refuge.

    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 ``New Wildlife Refuge Authorization 
Act''.

SEC. 2. NEW REFUGES.

    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds may be 
expended from the Land and Water Conservation Fund established by 
Public Law 88-578, for the creation of a new refuge within the National 
Wildlife Refuge System without specific authorization from Congress 
pursuant to recommendation from the United States Fish and Wildlife 
Service, to create that new refuge.
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