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109TH CONGRESS REPORT
2d Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 109-547
CHERRY VALLEY NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE STUDY
ACT
JULY 10, 2006.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of
the Union and ordered to be printed
Mr. POMBO, from the Committee on Resources,
submitted the following
REPORT
[To accompany H.R. 5232]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Resources, to whom was referred the bill
(H.R. 5232) to direct the Secretary of the Interior to initiate and
complete an evaluation of lands and waters located in Northeastern
Pennsylvania for their potential acquisition and inclusion in a fu-
ture Cherry Valley National Wildlife Refuge, and for other pur-
poses, having considered the same, report favorably thereon with-
out amendment and recommend that the bill do pass.
PURPOSE OF THE BILL
The purpose of H.R. 5232 is to direct the Secretary of the Interior
to initiate and complete an evaluation of lands and waters located
in Northeastern Pennsylvania for their potential acquisition and
inclusion in a future Cherry Valley National Wildlife Refuge, and
for other purposes.
BACKGROUND AND NEED FOR LEGISLATION
The National Wildlife Refuge System is comprised of federal
lands that have been acquired or reserved for the conservation of
fish and wildlife. Totaling about 95 million acres, the System pro-
vides habitat for hundreds of fish and wildlife species. The System
is also designed to offer priority public wildlife-dependent uses for
compatible hunting, fishing, wildlife observation and photography,
and environmental education and interpretation.
Cherry Valley is located in northeastern Pennsylvania in Monroe
County. It is a small limestone valley and watershed that drains
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