[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 37 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 H. R. 37

 To amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate segments of the 
 Kissimmee River and its tributaries in the State of Florida for study 
 for potential addition to the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System, 
                        and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 3, 2019

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

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate segments of the 
 Kissimmee River and its tributaries in the State of Florida for study 
 for potential addition to the National Wild and Scenic Rivers 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 ``Kissimmee River Wild and Scenic 
River Study Act''.

SEC. 2. DESIGNATION FOR STUDY.

    Section 5(a) of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act (16 U.S.C. 1276(a)) 
is amended by adding at the end the following:
            ``(__) Kissimmee river, florida.--(A) The segment from the 
        southern shore of Lake Kissimmee to its confluence with Lake 
        Okeechobee.''.

SEC. 3. STUDY AND REPORT.

    Section 5(b) of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act (16 U.S.C. 1276(b)) 
is amended by adding at the end the following:
            ``(__) Study and report.--Not later than 3 years after the 
        date of completion of the Kissimmee River restoration project 
        by the Army Corps of Engineers and the South Florida Water 
        Management District, the Secretary of the Interior shall 
        complete the study of the Kissimmee River, as described in 
        subsection (a)(_), and submit a report describing the results 
        of that study to the Committee on Natural Resources of the 
        House of Representatives and the Committee on Energy and 
        Natural Resources of the Senate.''.
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