[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 133 (Tuesday, September 24, 1996)]
[Senate]
[Page S11188]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




         THE TENSAS RIVER NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE ACT OF 1996

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                      JOHNSTON AMENDMENT NO. 5400

  Mr. FRIST (for Mr. Johnston) proposed an amendment to the bill (H.R. 
2660) to increase the amount authorized to be appropriated to the 
Department of the Interior for the Tensas River National Wildlife 
Refuge; as follows:

       At the end of the bill, add the following:

     SEC. 3. BAYOU SAUVAGE URBAN NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE.

       (a) Rfuge Expansion.--Section 502(b)(1) of the Emergency 
     Wetlands Resources Act of 1986 (Public Law 99-645; 100 Stat. 
     3590), is amended by inserting after the first sentence the 
     following: ``In addition, the Secretary may acquire, within 
     such period as may be necessary, an area of approximately 
     4,228 acres, consisting of approximately 3,928 acres located 
     north of Interstate 10 between Little Woods and Pointe-aux-
     Herbes and approximately 300 acres south of Interstate 10 
     between the Maxent Canal and Michoud Boulevard that contains 
     the Big Oak Island archaeological site, as depicted on the 
     map entitled ``Bayou Sauvage Urban National Wildlife Refuge 
     Expansion'', dated August, 1996, on file with the United 
     States Fish and Wildlife Service.''
     
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