[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 5283 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 5283

 To amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate a segment of the 
 Little Manatee River 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 SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           December 15, 2022

    Mr. Scott of Florida (for himself and Mr. Rubio) introduced the 
 following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 
                      Energy and Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate a segment of the 
 Little Manatee River 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 ``Little Manatee Wild and Scenic River 
Act''.

SEC. 2. DESIGNATION FOR STUDY OF WILD AND SCENIC RIVER SEGMENT, LITTLE 
              MANATEE RIVER, FLORIDA.

    (a) Designation.--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:
            ``(145) Little manatee river, florida.--The approximately 
        50-mile segment of the Little Manatee River beginning at the 
        source in southeastern Hillsborough County, Florida, downstream 
        to the point at which the river enters Tampa Bay, including 
        appropriate tributaries, but excluding--
                    ``(A) those portions lying within Manatee County, 
                Florida, that are more particularly described as--
                            ``(i) Parcel ID 247800059;
                            ``(ii) Parcel ID 248200008; and
                            ``(iii) Parcel ID 248100000; and
                    ``(B) South Fork.''.
    (b) 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:
            ``(22) Little manatee river, florida.--Not later than 3 
        years after the date on which funds are made available to carry 
        out this paragraph, the Secretary of the Interior shall--
                    ``(A) complete the study of the Little Manatee 
                River, Florida, described in subsection (a)(145); and
                    ``(B) submit to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
                Resources of the Senate and the Committee on Natural 
                Resources of the House of Representatives a report that 
                describes the results of the study described in 
                subparagraph (A).''.
    (c) Effect on Management.--
            (1) In general.--Nothing in this Act or an amendment made 
        by this Act interferes with the existing management of the 
        segment of the Little Manatee River described in paragraph 
        (145) of section 5(a) of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act (16 
        U.S.C. 1276(a)).
            (2) No justification for restrictive management.--The fact 
        that the river segment described in paragraph (145) of section 
        5(a) of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act (16 U.S.C. 1276(a)) is 
        designated for study under that section shall not be used as 
        justification for more restrictive management of the segment 
        until the date on which Congress acts on the study 
        recommendations.
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