[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 718 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 718

To reinstate the Interim Management Strategy governing off-road vehicle 
use in the Cape Hatteras National Seashore, North Carolina, pending the 
issuance of a final rule for off-road vehicle use by the National Park 
                                Service.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 27, 2009

  Mr. Jones introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on the 
 Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, 
 in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the 
                jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
To reinstate the Interim Management Strategy governing off-road vehicle 
use in the Cape Hatteras National Seashore, North Carolina, pending the 
issuance of a final rule for off-road vehicle use by the National Park 
                                Service.

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

SECTION 1. REINSTATEMENT OF INTERIM MANAGEMENT STRATEGY.

    After the date of the enactment of this Act, Cape Hatteras National 
Seashore shall be managed in accordance with the Interim Protected 
Species Management Strategy/Environmental Assessment issued by the 
National Park Service on June 13, 2007, for the Cape Hatteras National 
Seashore, North Carolina, until the National Park Service issues a 
special regulation and long-term off-road vehicle management plan for 
the use of Cape Hatteras National Seashore by the public.

SEC. 2. INAPPLICABILITY OF CONSENT DECREE.

    The April 30, 2008, consent decree filed in the United States 
District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina regarding 
off-road vehicle use at Cape Hatteras National Seashore in North 
Carolina shall not apply after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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