[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3409 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3409

To amend the National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act of 1966 
  to require that any expansion of a national wildlife refuge must be 
                    expressly authorized by statute.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 30, 2013

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

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act of 1966 
  to require that any expansion of a national wildlife refuge must be 
                    expressly authorized by statute.

    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 ``National Wildlife Refuge Expansion 
Limitation Act of 2013''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON EXPANSION OF NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGES.

    Section 4(a) of the National Wildlife Refuge System Administration 
Act of 1966 (16 U.S.C. 668dd(a)) is amended by adding at the end the 
following:
    ``(6) The Secretary may not expand any national wildlife refuge 
except as expressly authorized by a law enacted after January 3, 
2013.''.
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