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U.S. GOVERNMENT
INFORMATION .
117TH CONGRESS REPORT
2d Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 117-414
KISSIMMEE RIVER WILD AND SCENIC RIVER ACT
JULY 18, 2022.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of
the Union and ordered to be printed
Mr. GRIJALVA, from the Committee on Natural Resources,
submitted the following
R E P O R T
[To accompany H.R. 4404]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Natural Resources, to whom was referred the
bill (H.R. 4404) to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to des-
ignate segments of the Kissimmee River in the State of Florida as
a component of the Wild and Scenic Rivers System, and for other
purposes, having considered the same, reports favorably thereon
with an amendment and recommends that the bill as amended do
pass.
The amendment is as follows:
Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the following:
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the Kissimmee River Wild and Scenic River Act.
SEC. 2. DESIGNATION FOR STUDY OF WILD AND SCENIC RIVER SEGMENTS, KISSIMMEE
RIVER, FLORIDA.
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:
( ) KISSIMMEE RIVER, FLORIDA.-The restored segment of the Kissimmee
River, beginning approximately 16 miles downstream of Lake Kissimmee and
ending approximately 15 miles upstream of Lake Okeechobee..
SEC. 3. STUDIES AND REPORTS.
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:
( ) KISSIMMEE 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 Kissimmee River, Florida named in para-
graph (__) of subsection (a); and
(B) submit to the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the
Senate a report that describes the results of the study..
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