HR 4327 · 102th Congress · Public Lands and Natural Resources

National Wildlife Refuge Wilderness Management Act

Introduced 1992-02-26· Sponsored by Rep. Vento, Bruce F. [D-MN-4]· House

Bill Progress

Introduced
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Committee
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House Vote
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Senate
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Enacted
Latest: Unfavorable Executive Comment Received from Justice.(1992-08-12)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] National Wildlife Refuge Wilderness Management Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior (Secretary) to establish and maintain a wilderness management program within the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) to protect and restore the pristine wilderness portions of the National Wilderness Preservation System (System) managed by the Service. Requires the Director of the Service (Director) to appoint a Wilderness Division Chief to supervise management of its portions of the System. Requires the President's budget to the Congress for each fiscal year after the enactment of this Act to identify specifically, in a line item separate from other U.S. Fish and Wildlife programs, funds to be expended by the Service on wilderness management. Declares that such appropriated funds shall be spent on wilderness management only. Requires the Director to establish and maintain a national wilderness monitoring system, based on the best available science, to monitor the condition of the wilderness resource within the Service's portions of the System. Requires the Secretary, beginning in 1995 and every five years thereafter, to report to the President and specified congressional committees on t…

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Cosponsors (7)

7 Democrats