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Wildlife Refuge Conservation and Recreation for the Community Act
This bill directs the Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) to establish as a national wildlife refuge the lands, waters, and interests therein acquired pursuant to this bill, to be known as the Western Riverside County National Wildlife Refuge.
The FWS shall publish notice of the establishment of the wildlife refuge in the Federal Register.
The FWS shall establish the acquisition boundaries of the wildlife refuge as the lands and waters within the Western Riverside County Multiple Species Habitat Conservation Plan Area.
People & committees
Rep. Calvert, Ken [R-CA-42] · R–CA
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Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 216.
Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 117-294.
Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 117-294.
Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife Discharged.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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