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104TH CONGRESS REPORT
2d Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 104-579
SILVIO 0. CONTE NATIONAL FISH AND WILDLIFE REFUGE
EMINENT DOMAIN PREVENTION ACT
MAY 16, 1996.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of
the Union and ordered to be printed
Mr. YOUNG of Alaska, from the Committee on Resources,
submitted the following
REPORT
together with
DISSENTING VIEWS
[To accompany H.R. 2909]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Resources, to whom was referred the bill
(H.R. 2909) to amend the Silvio 0. Conte National Fish and Wild-
life Refuge Act to provide that the Secretary of the Interior may ac-
quire lands for purposes of that Act only by donation or exchange,
or otherwise with the consent of the owner of the lands, 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. 2909 is to provide that the Secretary of the
Interior may acquire lands for the Silvio 0. Conte National Fish
and Wildlife Refuge only by donation or exchange, or otherwise
with the consent of the owner of the lands.
BACKGROUND AND NEED FOR LEGISLATION
The National Wildlife Refuge System is comprised of Federal
lands that have been acquired for the conservation and enhance-
ment of fish and wildlife. Totaling about 91.7 million acres, the
System provides habitat for hundreds of fish and wildlife species
and is overseen by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The first
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