A bill to increase the size of the Big Thicket National Preserve in the State of Texas by adding the Village Creek Corridor unit, the Big Sandy Corridor unit, and the Canyonlands unit.
Big Thicket National Preserve Addition Act of 1988 - Expands the boundaries of the Big Thicket National Preserve, Texas, through the addition of specified lands in Hardin, Polk, and Tyler Counties, Texas. Requires the Secretaries of Agriculture and of the Interior to identify and offer to exchange timberlands in the vicinity of the Preserve for lands not previously acquired within the Preserve.
Provides that privately owned lands within the lands added to the Preserve under this Act may be acquired only with the owner's consent unless the Secretary of the Interior determines that the development of such private lands is detrimental to the natural, historical, and cultural values of the Preserve.
For Further Action See H.R.3544.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.
Referred to Subcommittee on National Parks and Public Lands.
Executive Comment Requested from Interior, USDA.
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended).
Executive Comment Received From Interior.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Ordered to be Reported (Amended).
Reported to House (Amended) by House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. Report No: 100-959.
Reported to House (Amended) by House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. Report No: 100-959.
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Placed on Union Calendar No: 513.
Called up by House Under Suspension of Rules.
Passed/agreed to in House: Passed House (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Passed House (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Referred to Subcommittee on Public Lands, National Parks.