To provide for the establishment of the Laguna de Santa Rosa National Wildlife Refuge in Sonoma County, California.
Laguna de Santa Rosa National Wildlife Refuge Act - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to acquire approximately 9,000 acres of land and waters in the vicinity of the Laguna de Santa Rosa in Sonoma County, California, containing fish and wildlife habitat appropriate for inclusion in the National Wildlife Refuge System.
Requires the Secretary to establish the area as a national wildlife refuge by publication of a notice in the Federal Register and in a publication of local circulation if and when sufficient property has been acquired.
Lists among the primary purposes for which the refuge is authorized: (1) to preserve and enhance the refuge's lands and waters in a manner that will conserve the natural diversity of fish, wildlife, plants, and their habitats; (2) to protect and enhance water quality of aquatic habitats within the refuge; (3) to fulfill U.S. treaty obligations with respect to fish and wildlife and their habitats; and (4) to provide opportunities for compatible scientific research, environmental education, and recreation.
Authorizes appropriations.
Referred to the House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries.
Executive Comment Requested from Interior.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries and Wildlife Conservation and the Environment.
Unfavorable Executive Comment Received from Interior.
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Ordered to be Reported (Amended).
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Subcommittee on Fisheries and Wildlife Conservation and the Environment Discharged.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries. H. Rept. 101-902.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries. H. Rept. 101-902.
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 554.
Mr. Studds moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Mr. Goss demanded a second on the motion to suspend the rules.
Considered under suspension of the rules.
On ordering a second Agreed to without objection.
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate.
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
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