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Public Law 104-253
104th Congress

                                 An Act


 
 To increase the amount authorized to be appropriated to the Department 
 of the Interior for the Tensas River National Wildlife Refuge, and for 
         other purposes. <<NOTE: Oct. 9, 1996 -  [H.R. 2660]>> 

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. INCREASE IN AMOUNT AUTHORIZED TO BE APPROPRIATED TO THE 
            DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR FOR THE TENSAS RIVER NATIONAL 
            WILDLIFE REFUGE.

    Section 5(1) of the Act entitled ``An Act to establish the 
Tensas River National Wildlife Refuge'', approved June 28, 1980 (Public 
Law 96-285, 94 Stat. 597), <<NOTE: 16 USC 668dd note.>>  as amended by 
section 2 of Public Law 99-191 (99 Stat. 1327), is amended to read as 
follows:
            ``(1) beginning October 1, 1995, not to exceed $20,000,000 
        to the Department of the Interior; and''.

SEC. 2. BAYOU SAUVAGE URBAN NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE.

    (a) Refuge Expansion.--Section 502(b)(1) of the Emergency Wetlands 
Resources Act of 1986 (Public Law 99-645; <<NOTE: 16 USC 668dd note.>>  
100 Stat. 3590), is amended by inserting after the first sentence the 
following: ``In addition, the Secretary may acquire, within such period 
as may be necessary, an area of approximately 4,228 acres, consisting of 
approximately 3,928 acres located north of Interstate 10 between Little 
Woods and Pointe-aux-Herbes and approximately 300 acres south of 
Interstate 10 between the Maxent Canal and Michoud Boulevard that 
contains the Big Oak Island archaeological site, as depicted on the map 
entitled ``Bayou Sauvage Urban National Wildlife Refuge Expansion'', 
dated August, 1996, on file with the United States Fish and Wildlife 
Service.''.

    Approved October 9, 1996.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY--H.R. 2660:
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HOUSE REPORTS: No. 104-526 (Comm. on Resources).
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 142 (1996):
            Apr. 23, considered and passed House.
            Sept. 24, considered and passed Senate, amended.
            Sept. 26, House concurred in Senate amendments.

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