To ensure the safety of recreational fishermen and other persons who use motor vehicles to access beaches adjacent to the Brigantine Wilderness Area in the Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge, New Jersey, by providing a narrow transition zone above the mean high tide line where motor vehicles can be safely driven and parked.

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Version 00 · Introduced in House · Mar 6, 2001

Directs the Secretary of the Interior to revise the boundaries of a specified portion of the Brigantine Wilderness Area (in the Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge, formerly known as the Brigantine National Wildlife Refuge) located on Long Beach Island in Ocean County, New Jersey, to provide a narrow transition zone between the mean high tide line and the wilderness boundaries to permit vehicles to safely access and park on the beach without inadvertently entering the wilderness area. Declares that nothing in this Act shall be construed to alter the Secretary's authority to prohibit or restrict public access to such area during the breeding season of the piping plover.

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People & committees

Who introduced it

Rep. Saxton, Jim [R-NJ-3] · R–NJ

Committees

Natural Resources Committee

3 cosponsorship records, including any withdrawals

Legislative record

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Jun 7, 2001
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Mar 19, 2001
Executive Comment Requested from Interior.
Mar 19, 2001
Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and Oceans.
Mar 6, 2001
Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
Mar 6, 2001
Introduced in House
Mar 6, 2001
Introduced in House

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Discuss H.R.896, 107th Congress: To ensure the safety of recreational fishermen and other persons who use motor vehicles to access beaches adjacent to the Brigantine Wilderness Area in the Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge, New Jersey, by providing a narrow transition zone above the mean high tide line where motor vehicles can be safely driven and parked.

Official record: https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/896

Text version to examine: Introduced in House · 2001-03-06.

Official full text: https://www.congress.gov/107/bills/hr896/BILLS-107hr896ih.htm

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Analyze H.R.896 as objectively as possible. Explain its main provisions, who would be affected, possible benefits and harms, implementation, exceptions, and uncertainties. Present the strongest arguments for and against it, and identify evidence needed to assess its public impact.

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Discuss H.R.896, 107th Congress: To ensure the safety of recreational fishermen and other persons who use motor vehicles to access beaches adjacent to the Brigantine Wilderness Area in the Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge, New Jersey, by providing a narrow transition zone above the mean high tide line where motor vehicles can be safely driven and parked.

Official record: https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/896

Text version to examine: Introduced in House · 2001-03-06.

Official full text: https://www.congress.gov/107/bills/hr896/BILLS-107hr896ih.htm

Imported record last updated by the source: 2025-04-07T13:39:22Z. Verify current status and distinguish any later version from the version above.

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Discuss H.R.896, 107th Congress: To ensure the safety of recreational fishermen and other persons who use motor vehicles to access beaches adjacent to the Brigantine Wilderness Area in the Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge, New Jersey, by providing a narrow transition zone above the mean high tide line where motor vehicles can be safely driven and parked.

Official record: https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/896

Text version to examine: Introduced in House · 2001-03-06.

Official full text: https://www.congress.gov/107/bills/hr896/BILLS-107hr896ih.htm

Imported record last updated by the source: 2025-04-07T13:39:22Z. Verify current status and distinguish any later version from the version above.

Read the official text before answering. If you cannot access it, say so and ask me to provide it; do not assume a link means you have read the document. Distinguish proposals from enacted law, cite sources, and separate facts, interpretation, and uncertain predictions. Include counterarguments even when using a particular perspective.

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Discuss H.R.896, 107th Congress: To ensure the safety of recreational fishermen and other persons who use motor vehicles to access beaches adjacent to the Brigantine Wilderness Area in the Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge, New Jersey, by providing a narrow transition zone above the mean high tide line where motor vehicles can be safely driven and parked.

Official record: https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/896

Text version to examine: Introduced in House · 2001-03-06.

Official full text: https://www.congress.gov/107/bills/hr896/BILLS-107hr896ih.htm

Imported record last updated by the source: 2025-04-07T13:39:22Z. Verify current status and distinguish any later version from the version above.

Read the official text before answering. If you cannot access it, say so and ask me to provide it; do not assume a link means you have read the document. Distinguish proposals from enacted law, cite sources, and separate facts, interpretation, and uncertain predictions. Include counterarguments even when using a particular perspective.

Examine H.R.896 through a civil-liberties and limited-government lens. Consider individual rights, privacy, voluntary choice, accountability, and government power. Explain tradeoffs, possible safeguards, and the strongest counterarguments without assuming the proposal is beneficial or harmful.