To establish a Wetlands Center at the Port of Brownsville, Texas, and for other purposes.
Brownsville Wetlands Policy Act of 1992 - Authorizes the establishment of a wetlands policy center to be maintained by the Port of Brownsville, Texas, with programs to be administered by the University of Texas at Brownsville.
Requires the primary mission of the Center to be to utilize the unique wetlands property at the Port and adjacent waters to focus on wetland matters for purposes of protecting, restoring, and maintaining the Lagoon Ecosystems of the western Gulf of Mexico region. Establishes a Board of Directors to oversee the management and financial affairs of the Center.
Requires the Director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to make grants to the Center. Authorizes the Director to enter into a long-term lease with the Port for use by the Center of wetlands property owned by the Port. Authorizes appropriations.
Prohibits funds appropriated pursuant to this Act to be used to relocate any of the administrative operations of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service from the Center for Environmental Studies and Services Building on the campus of Corpus Christi State University to the Center established by this Act.
Executive Comment Received From GAO.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries.
Executive Comment Requested from Interior, EPA.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries and Wildlife Conservation and the Environment.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Subcommittee on Fisheries and Wildlife Conservation and the Environment Discharged.
Ordered to be Reported (Amended).
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries. H. Rept. 102-929.
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 529.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries. H. Rept. 102-929.
Mr. Studds moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
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Considered under suspension of the rules.
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.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.