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U.S. GOVERNMENT
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107TH CONGRESS REPORT
2d Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 107-455
LEASES, PERMITS, AND CONTRACTS FOR BUILDINGS, FA-
CILITIES, AND PROPERTIES IN THE NATIONAL WILDLIFE
REFUGE SYSTEM
MAY 14, 2002.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of
the Union and ordered to be printed
Mr. HANSEN, from the Committee on Resources,
submitted the following
REPORT
[To accompany H.R. 1370]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Resources, to whom was referred the bill
(H.R. 1370) to amend the National Wildlife Refuge System Admin-
istration Act of 1966 to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to
provide for maintenance and repair of buildings and properties lo-
cated on lands in the National Wildlife Refuge System by lessees
of such facilities, and for other purposes, having considered the
same, report favorably thereon with amendments and recommend
that the bill as amended do pass.
The amendments are as follows:
Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the following:
SECTION 1. LEASES, PERMITS, AND CONTRACTS FOR BUILDINGS, FACILITIES, AND PROP-
ERTIES IN THE NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE SYSTEM.
(a) IN GENERAL.-The National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act of
1966 (16 U.S.C. 668dd et seq.) is amended by-
(1) striking section 6 (relating to amendments to other laws, which have exe-
cuted);
(2) redesignating section 5 (16 U.S.C. 668ee) as section 6; and
(3) inserting after section 4 the following:
SEC. 5. CONCESSION CONTRACTS.
(a) CONTRACT REQUIREMENT.-(1) The Secretary shall not award any concession
that authorizes a person to use any land or water in the System for any activity
described in subsection (b), except under a contract that complies with the require-
ments established under subsection (c).
(2) The Secretary may not award a contract required under this subsection ex-
cept under a competitive bidding process.
(b) COVERED CONCESSION ACTIVITIES.-(1) The activity referred to in subsection
(a) is any activity conducted to provide accommodations, facilities, or services to
members of the public who are visiting lands or waters in the System, for the pur-
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