WILDLIFE REFUGES

Bills and resolutions

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: preserve the Arctic coastal plain as wilderness (see S. 33), S122 [25JA] (see H.R. 139), H38 [5JA]

Dept. of the Interior: authorize exploration, leasing, development, and production of oil and gas in and from the western Coastal Plain of Alaska without surface occupancy (see S. 351), S747 [15FE]

———authorize exploration, leasing, development, production, and economically feasible and prudent transportation of oil and gas in and from the Coastal Plain of Alaska (see S. 352), S747 [15FE]

———enter into an agreement to provide for management of the free-roaming wild horses in and around the Currituck National Wildlife Refuge (see H.R. 306), H254 [18JA]

———establish a competitive oil and gas leasing program for exploration, development, and production of resources of the Coastal Plain of Alaska (see H.R. 3407), H7577 [14NO]

———establish an environmentally sound oil and gas leasing program for exploration, development, and production of resources of the Coastal Plain of Alaska (see H.R. 49), H34 [5JA]

Hunting and trapping: prohibit body-gripping traps in National Wildlife Refuge System (see H.R. 2657), H5579 [26JY]

Klamath Basin: approve and implement Klamath Basin Restoration and Klamath Hydroelectric Settlement Agreements and plan and implement dam removal (see S. 1851), S7367 [10NO] (see H.R. 3398), H7405 [10NO]

National Wildlife Refuge Week: designate (see S. Res. 288), S6330 [6OC]

National wildlife refuges: require new refuges may not be established except as expressly authorized by statute (see H.R. 3009), H6412 [22SE]

Noxubee National Wildlife Refuge: redesignate as the Sam D. Hamilton Noxubee National Wildlife Refuge (see S. 266), S543 [3FE] (see H.R. 588), H598 [9FE]

Postal Service: issue a Wildlife Refuge System Conservation Semipostal Stamp (see H.R. 2236), H4327 [16JN]

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: incorporate consideration of global warming and sea-level rise into the comprehensive conservation plans for coastal national wildlife refuges (see H. Con. Res. 15), H599 [9FE]

Remarks in House

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: oil and gas exploration, H1404 [1MR], H1655 [9MR], H1974 [17MR], H3008 [4MY], H4932 [12JY]

———preserve the Arctic coastal plain as wilderness (H.R. 139), E5 [5JA]

Dept. of the Interior: establish an environmentally sound oil and gas leasing program for exploration, development, and production of resources of the Coastal Plain of Alaska (H.R. 49), H1801 [15MR], H4194 [15JN]

Maryland: anniversary of Patuxent Research Refuge, E1867 [14OC]

Noxubee National Wildlife Refuge: redesignate as the Sam D. Hamilton Noxubee National Wildlife Refuge (H.R. 588), H7408, H7409 [14NO]

Postal Service: issue a Wildlife Refuge System Conservation Semipostal Stamp (H.R. 2236), H5555 [26JY], E1140 [21JN]

Remarks in Senate

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: oil and gas exploration, S1516, S1517, S1523, S1525 [10MR], S1577 [14MR], S1812 [17MR], S3034 [17MY], S6695-S6698 [18OC]

———preserve the Arctic coastal plain as wilderness (S. 33), S152 [25JA]

Arctic regions: oil and gas exploration, S3207 [23MY]

Dept. of the Interior: authorize exploration, leasing, development, and production of oil and gas in and from the western Coastal Plain of Alaska without surface occupancy (S. 351), S749-S751 [15FE]

———authorize exploration, leasing, development, production, and economically feasible and prudent transportation of oil and gas in and from the Coastal Plain of Alaska (S. 352), S749-S751 [15FE]

Klamath Basin: approve and implement Klamath Basin Restoration and Klamath Hydroelectric Settlement Agreements and plan and implement dam removal (S. 1851), S7378 [10NO]

National Wildlife Refuge Week: designate (S. Res. 288), S6354 [6OC]

Noxubee National Wildlife Refuge: redesignate as the Sam D. Hamilton Noxubee National Wildlife Refuge (S. 266), S924 [17FE]

U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea: ratification, S3207 [23MY]

Reports filed

Corolla Wild Horses Protection Act: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 306) (H. Rept. 112-310), H8074 [1DE]

Noxubee National Wildlife Refuge Redesignation as the Sam D. Hamilton Noxubee National Wildlife Refuge: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 588) (H. Rept. 112-279), H7405 [10NO]

Sam D. Hamilton Noxubee National Wildlife Refuge: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (S. 266) (H. Rept. 112-171), H5284 [20JY]

Texts of

H.R. 588, Noxubee National Wildlife Refuge redesignation as the Sam D. Hamilton Noxubee National Wildlife Refuge, H7408 [14NO]

S. 266, Noxubee National Wildlife Refuge redesignation as the Sam D. Hamilton Noxubee National Wildlife Refuge, S924 [17FE]

S. 1851, Klamath Basin Economic Restoration Act, S7378-S7382 [10NO]

S. Res. 288, National Wildlife Refuge Week, S6349, S6354 [6OC]