[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3979 Received in Senate (RDS)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3979


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           December 19, 2017

                                Received

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                                 AN ACT


 
To amend the Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956 to reauthorize the volunteer 
 services, community partnership, and refuge education programs of the 
        National Wildlife Refuge System, 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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Keep America's Refuges Operational 
Act''.

SEC. 2. REAUTHORIZATION OF NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE SYSTEM VOLUNTEER 
              SERVICES, COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP, AND REFUGE EDUCATION 
              PROGRAMS.

    Section 7 of the Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956 (16 U.S.C. 742f) is 
amended in subsection (g), by striking ``2011 through 2014'' and 
inserting ``2018 through 2022''.

            Passed the House of Representatives December 18, 2017.

            Attest:

                                                 KAREN L. HAAS,

                                                                 Clerk.