[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 185 (Thursday, December 12, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Page S6992]
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                MICCOSUKEE RESERVED AREA AMENDMENTS ACT

  Mr. SCHATZ. Mr. President, as if in legislative session, I ask 
unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the immediate 
consideration of Calendar No. 560, S. 2783.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title.
  The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (S. 2783) to amend the Miccosukee Reserved Area Act 
     to authorize the expansion of the Miccosukee Reserved Area 
     and to carry out activities to protect structures within the 
     Osceola Camp from flooding, and for other purposes.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill, 
which had been reported from the Committee on Indian Affairs.
  Mr. SCHATZ. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the bill be 
considered read a third time.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading and was read 
the third time.
  Mr. SCHATZ. I know of no further debate on the bill.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there further debate?
  If not, the bill having been read the third time, the question is, 
Shall the bill pass?
  The bill (S. 2783) was passed as follows:

                                S. 2783

       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 ``Miccosukee Reserved Area 
     Amendments Act''.

     SEC. 2. MICCOSUKEE RESERVED AREA ADDITION.

       Section 4(4) of the Miccosukee Reserved Area Act (16 U.S.C. 
     410 note; Public Law 105-313) is amended by adding at the end 
     the following:
       ``(C) Additional area.--In addition to the land described 
     in subparagraph (B), the term `Miccosukee Reserved Area' or 
     `MRA' includes the portion of the Park that is known as 
     `Osceola Camp' and is depicted on the map entitled 
     `Everglades National Park, Proposed Expansion-Miccosukee 
     Reserved Area, Osceola Camp', numbered 160/188443, and dated 
     July 2023, copies of which shall--
       ``(i) be kept available for public inspection in the 
     offices of the National Park Service; and
       ``(ii) be filed with appropriate officers of Miami-Dade 
     County and the Tribe.''.

     SEC. 3. PROTECTION OF THE OSCEOLA CAMP FROM FLOODING.

       Section 8 of the Miccosukee Reserved Area Act (16 U.S.C. 
     410 note; Public Law 105-313) is amended by adding at the end 
     the following:
       ``(j) Protection of Osceola Camp From Flooding.--
       ``(1) In general.--Not later than 2 years after the date of 
     enactment of this subsection, the Secretary, in consultation 
     with the Tribe, shall take appropriate actions to protect 
     structures within the area described in section 4(4)(C) from 
     flooding.
       ``(2) Authorization of appropriations.--There are 
     authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary such sums as 
     are necessary to carry out paragraph (1) for fiscal year 2024 
     and each fiscal year thereafter, but not more than a total 
     $14,000,000.''.

  Mr. SCHATZ. I ask that the motion to reconsider be considered made 
and laid upon the table.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection?
  Without objection, it is so ordered.

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