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115TH CONGRESS REPORT
2d Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 1 115-1006
AMENDING SECTION 7 OF PUBLIC LAW 100-515 (16 U.S.C. 1244 NOTE) TO
PROMOTE CONTINUED USE OF THE JAMES J. HOWARD MARINE
SCIENCES LABORATORY AT GATEWAY NATIONAL RECREATION AREA BY
THE NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION
NOVEMBER 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
[To accompany H.R. 6434]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Natural Resources, to whom was referred the
bill (H.R. 6434) to amend section 7 of Public Law 100-515 (16
U.S.C. 1244 note) to promote continued use of the James J. How-
ard Marine Sciences Laboratory at Gateway National Recreation
Area by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration,
having considered the same, report favorably thereon without
amendment and recommend that the bill do pass.
PURPOSE OF THE BILL
The purpose of H.R. 6434 is to amend section 7 of Public Law
100-515 (16 U.S.C. 1244 note) to promote continued use of the
James J. Howard Marine Sciences Laboratory at Gateway National
Recreation Area by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Admin-
istration.
BACKGROUND AND NEED FOR LEGISLATION
Currently, the James J. Howard Marine Sciences Laboratory,
owned by the State of New Jersey, is operated by the National Oce-
anic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and sits on National
Park Service (NPS) land that is leased by the State. H.R. 6434
would transfer NPS's ground lease with the State to NOAA so that
the agency may continue to operate the lab and make improve-
ments.
The Gateway National Recreation Area is a unique asset of NPS
that encompasses roughly 27,000 non-contiguous acres of land
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