[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 4194 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 4194

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 SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 12, 2022

Mr. Carper (for himself and Mrs. Capito) introduced the following bill; 
 which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and 
                              Public Works

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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 of 2022''.

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

    Section 7(g) of the Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956 (16 U.S.C. 
742f(g)) is amended by striking ``2018 through 2022'' and inserting 
``2022 through 2026''.
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