[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5582 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5582

 To designate a portion of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area in Minnesota 
    as the ``Bruce F. Vento Unit of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area 
                             Wilderness''.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 26, 2000

  Mr. Oberstar (for himself, Mr. Sabo, Mr. Peterson of Minnesota, Mr. 
   Ramstad, Mr. Minge, Mr. Luther, and Mr. Gutknecht) introduced the 
    following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
 To designate a portion of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area in Minnesota 
    as the ``Bruce F. Vento Unit of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area 
                             Wilderness''.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION. 1. BRUCE F. VENTO UNIT OF THE BOUNDARY WATERS CANOE AREA 
              WILDERNESS, MINNESOTA.

    (a) Designation.--The portion of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area 
Wilderness, Minnesota, situated north and east of the Gunflint Corridor 
and that is bounded by the United States border with Canada to the 
north shall be known and designated as the ``Bruce F. Vento Unit of the 
Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness''.
    (b) Legal Reference.--Any reference in a law, map, regulation, 
document, paper, or other record of the United States to the area 
referred to in paragraph (1) shall be deemed to be a reference to the 
``Bruce F. Vento Unit of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness''.
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