[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 26 (Thursday, February 17, 2011)]
[Senate]
[Page S924]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
SAM D. HAMILTON NOXUBEE WILDLIFE REFUGE
Mr. ROCKEFELLER. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the
Committee on Environment and Public Works be discharged from further
consideration of S. 266 and the Senate proceed to its immediate
consideration.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
The clerk will report the bill by title.
The legislative clerk read as follows:
A bill (S. 266) to redesignate the Noxubee National
Wildlife Refuge as the Sam D. Hamilton Noxubee National
Wildlife Refuge.
There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill.
Mr. ROCKEFELLER. I ask unanimous consent that the bill be read a
third time and passed, the motion to reconsider be laid upon the table,
and any statements be printed in the Record.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
The bill (S. 266) was ordered to a third reading, was read the third
time, and passed, as follows:
S. 266
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of
the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. REDESIGNATION OF THE NOXUBEE NATIONAL WILDLIFE
REFUGE.
(a) In General.--The Noxubee National Wildlife Refuge,
located in the State of Mississippi, is redesignated as the
``Sam D. Hamilton Noxubee National Wildlife Refuge''.
(b) Boundary Revision.--Nothing in this Act prevents the
Secretary of the Interior from making adjustments to the
boundaries of the Sam D. Hamilton Noxubee National Wildlife
Refuge (referred to in this section as the ``Refuge''), as
the Secretary determines to be appropriate, to carry out the
mission of the National Wildlife Refuge System in accordance
with the National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act
of 1966 (16 U.S.C. 668dd et seq.) and any other applicable
authority.
(c) Addition of Land.--Nothing in this Act prevents the
Secretary of the Interior from adding to the Refuge new land
or parcels of the National Wildlife Refuge System, as the
Secretary determines to be appropriate, to carry out the
mission of the National Wildlife Refuge System in accordance
with the National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act
of 1966 (16 U.S.C. 668dd et seq.) and any other applicable
authority.
(d) References.--Any reference in any statute, rule,
regulation, executive order, publication, map, paper, or
other document of the United States to the Noxubee National
Wildlife Refuge is deemed to refer to the Sam D. Hamilton
Noxubee National Wildlife Refuge.
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