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115TH CONGRESS REPORT
2d Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 115-541
TO CLARIFY THE UNITED STATES INTEREST IN CERTAIN SUBMERGED
LANDS IN THE AREA OF THE MONOMOY NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE,
AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
FEBRUARY 2, 2018.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State
of the Union and ordered to be printed
Mr. BISHOP of Utah, from the Committee on Natural Resources,
submitted the following
REPORT
together with
DISSENTING VIEWS
[To accompany H.R. 1157]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Natural Resources, to whom was referred the
bill (H.R. 1157) to clarify the United States interest in certain sub-
merged lands in the area of the Monomoy National Wildlife Refuge,
and for other purposes, having considered the same, report favor-
ably thereon without amendment and recommend that the bill do
pass.
PURPOSE OF THE BILL
The purpose of H.R. 1157 is to clarify the United States interest
in certain submerged lands in the area of the Monomoy National
Wildlife Refuge.
BACKGROUND AND NEED FOR LEGISLATION
Established in 1944, Monomoy National Wildlife Refuge is a
7,600-acre stretch of wetland and tidal habitat located off the elbow
of Cape Cod. Nearly half of the Refuge is designated wilderness,
which serves as a habitat for two federally-protected migratory bird
species.1 Created from an old Air Force training ground, the Refuge
serves as the northernmost boundary of the Nantucket Sound, and
IU.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Monomoy National Wildlife Refuge. About the Refuge. Last
updated September 23, 2013. https://www.fwvs.gov/refuge/Monomoy/about.html.
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