[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5300 Introduced in House (IH)]

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114th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5300

To prohibit any appropriation of funds to the National Park Service for 
the study of how artificial light affects the movements and behavior of 
                    insects, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 19, 2016

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

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                                 A BILL


 
To prohibit any appropriation of funds to the National Park Service for 
the study of how artificial light affects the movements and behavior of 
                    insects, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. FUNDING PROHIBITION.

    No funds are authorized to be appropriated for the National Park 
Service to--
            (1) study how artificial light affects the movements and 
        behavior of insects; or
            (2) develop or test remote sensing technology that measures 
        distance by illuminating a target with a laser and analyzing 
        the reflected light for the purpose of determining how 
        artificial light affects the movements and behavior of insects.
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