A bill to amend the National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act of 1968 in order to strengthen the standards under which the Secretary of the Interior may permit certain uses to be made of areas within the system and to require payment of the fair market value of rights-of-way or other interests granted in such areas in connection with such uses.

(LATEST SUMMARY)

Permits the use of any area within the wildlife refuge system for purposes such as, but not necessarily limited to, powerlines, telephone lines, canals, ditches, pipelines, and roads, including the construction, operation, and maintenance thereof, whenever such use is determined compatible with the purposes for which the area is established, and there is no feasible and prudent alternative to such use.

Prohibits the Secretary of the Interior from granting to any Federal, State, or local agency or to any private individual or organization any right-of-way, easement, or reservation in, over, across, through, or under any area within the system unless the grantee pays to the Secretary the fair market value of the right-of-way, easement, or reservation.

Provides that all sums received by the Secretary pursuant to these provisions shall, after necessary administration expenses incurred by him, be deposited into the Migratory Bird Conservation Fund and shall be available to carry out the provisions for land acquisition of the Migratory Bird Conservation Act, and the Migratory Bird Hunting Stamp Act.

Provides that any request for permission to use an area within the National Wildlife Refuge System which was filed with the Secretary of the Interior on which the Secretary has not taken final action before such date of enactment shall be treated by the Secretary as having been filed with him.

Provides that this Act shall apply with respect to any right-of-way, easement, or reservation granted by the Secretary of the Interior on or after the date of the enactment of this Act, including any right-of-way, easement, or reservation granted on or after such date in connection with any use permitted by him under this Act.

Requires that funds remaining in the Refuge Revenue Sharing Fund at the end of each fiscal year be transferred to the Migratory Bird Conservation Fund and thereby made available for land acquisition in accordance with the provisions of the Migratory Bird Conservation Act.