[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 144 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 144

To require the Secretary of the Interior to review the suitability for 
    inclusion in the National Wilderness Preservation System of the 
                       Everglades expansion area.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            January 19, 1999

  Mr. Graham introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
       referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
To require the Secretary of the Interior to review the suitability for 
    inclusion in the National Wilderness Preservation System of the 
                       Everglades expansion area.

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

SECTION 1. REVIEW OF EVERGLADES EXPANSION AREA FOR POTENTIAL AS 
              WILDERNESS.

    (a) Definition of Addition.--In this section, the term ``addition'' 
has the meaning given the term in section 101(c) of the Everglades 
National Park Protection and Expansion Act of 1989 (16 U.S.C. 410r-
5(c)).
    (b) Review and Report.--Subject to subsection (c), in accordance 
with section 3 of the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1132), the Secretary of 
the Interior shall review and report on the suitability for inclusion 
in the National Wilderness Preservation System of any part of the 
addition.
    (c) Effective Date.--Subsection (b) shall take effect--
            (1) on the date of submission to Congress of the proposed 
        comprehensive plan to restore, preserve, and protect the South 
        Florida ecosystem required by section 528(b) of the Water 
        Resources Development Act of 1996 (110 Stat. 3767); but
            (2) only if the plan does not specify that construction and 
        water storage are required in the addition (as determined by 
        the Secretary of the Interior).
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