Requires the Secretary of the Interior, within one year after the date of enactment of this Act, to designate a specified amount of land and water in Alabama for the establishment of the Bon Secour National Wildlife Refuge.
Directs the Secretary to acquire by donation, purchase with donated or appropriated funds, or exchange, lands, water, and interest therein, within the boundaries of the refuge.
Requires the Secretary to administer such lands in such a way so as to conserve an undisturbed beach-dune ecosystem which includes a diversity of fish and wildlife, and their habitat.
Authorizes appropriations through fiscal year 1985 for acquisition of the refuge.
Reported to House from the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries with amendment, H. Rept. 96-895.
Measure called up under motion to suspend rules and pass in House.
Measure considered in House.
Passed/agreed to in House: Measure passed House, amended.
Measure passed House, amended.
Referred to Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Reported to Senate from the Committee on Environment and Public Works, S. Rept. 96-740.
Reported to Senate from the Committee on Environment and Public Works, S. Rept. 96-740.
Call of calendar in Senate.
Measure considered in Senate.
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Measure passed Senate.
Measure passed Senate.
Measure enrolled in House.
Measure enrolled in Senate.
Measure presented to President.
Measure presented to President.
Signed by President.
Signed by President.
Public Law 96-267.
Public Law 96-267.
Enacted as Public Law 96-267
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