[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2483 Introduced in House (IH)]






108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2483

  To amend the Virgin River Dinosaur Footprint Preserve Act to allow 
      funds available under that Act to be used for preservation, 
exploration, and preparation of paleontological resources for display, 
            educational outreach, and related construction.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 16, 2003

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

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the Virgin River Dinosaur Footprint Preserve Act to allow 
      funds available under that Act to be used for preservation, 
exploration, and preparation of paleontological resources for display, 
            educational outreach, and related construction.

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

SECTION 1. USE OF FUNDS.

    (a) Amendment.--Section 2(a) of the Virgin River Dinosaur Footprint 
Preserve Act (Public Law 107-346) is amended to read as follows:
    ``(a) Grant for Preservation of Resources.--As soon as is 
practicable after the date of the enactment of this Act, if the City 
agrees to the conditions set forth in subsection (b), the Secretary of 
the Interior may award to the City a grant equal to the lesser of 
$500,000 or the fair market value of up to 10 acres of land (and all 
related facilities and other appurtenances thereon) generally depicted 
on the map entitled `Proposed Virgin River Dinosaur Footprint 
Preserve', numbered 09/06/2001-A, which the City may use for one or 
more of the following:
            ``(1) Purchase of that property.
            ``(2) Preservation, exploration, and preparation of 
        paleontological resources found on the property for display.
            ``(3) Educational outreach.
            ``(4) Construction of buildings for protection and 
        preservation of paleontological resources found on the 
        property.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
take effect on the date of the enactment of the Virgin River Dinosaur 
Footprint Preserve Act.
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