[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
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[H.R. 3979 Reported in House (RH)]

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                                                 Union Calendar No. 324
115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3979

                          [Report No. 115-438]

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.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 5, 2017

  Mr. Jeffries (for himself, Mr. Wittman, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Graves of 
 Louisiana, Mr. Sablan, Mr. LoBiondo, and Mr. Thompson of California) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                           Natural Resources

                            December 5, 2017

   Additional sponsors: Mr. Kind, Mr. Westerman, Mrs. Radewagen, Mr. 
 Collins of Georgia, Mr. Tipton, Mr. Pearce, Mr. Gosar, Mr. Johnson of 
Louisiana, Mr. Jody B. Hice of Georgia, Mr. Curbelo of Florida, and Ms. 
                                Bordallo

                            December 5, 2017

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on October 
                                5, 2017]


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                                 A BILL


 
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''.
                                                 Union Calendar No. 324

115th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                               H. R. 3979

                          [Report No. 115-438]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

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.

_______________________________________________________________________

                            December 5, 2017

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed