[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1692 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1692

 To direct the Secretary of the Interior to study the suitability and 
    feasibility of including the Gaviota Coast of California in the 
                         National Park System.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 5, 1999

  Mrs. Capps introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                         Committee on Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
 To direct the Secretary of the Interior to study the suitability and 
    feasibility of including the Gaviota Coast of California in the 
                         National Park System.

    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 ``Gaviota Coast Act of 1999''.

SEC. 2. GAVIOTA COAST.

    (a) Study Requirement.--The Secretary of the Interior shall conduct 
a study, pursuant to the criteria set forth in section 8(c)(2) of 
Public Law 91-383 (16 U.S.C. 1a-5(c)(2); commonly known as the National 
Park System General Authorities Act), of the suitability and 
feasibility of including the area of California known as the Gaviota 
Coast in the National Park System. The study area shall extend 
generally from Coal Oil Point at Santa Barbara to Point Sal, 
California.
    (b) Submission.--The Secretary shall submit the findings of such 
study upon its completion to the Committee on Resources of the House of 
Representatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of 
the Senate.
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