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S. 2317 (105th)

National Wildlife Refuge System Improvement Act of 1998

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Introduced

16 July 1998

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Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and Oceans.

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Summary

National Wildlife Refuge System Improvement Act of 1998 - Transfers to the Corps of Engineers, without reimbursement, certain land of the Upper Mississippi River Wildlife and Fish Refuge in Minnesota. Terminates the jurisdiction of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service over: (1) the Killcohook Coordination Area in New Jersey and Delaware; and (2) Lake Elsie National Wildlife Refuge in Richland County, North Dakota. Revokes Executive Orders 6582, 8648, and 8152. Renames the Klamath Forest National Wildlife Refuge as the Klamath Marsh National Wildlife Refuge. Amends the National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act of 1996 to: (1) specify the periods of imprisonment for knowing violations of the Act (not more than one year) and for other violations (not more than 180 days); and (2) subject to forfeiture a gun, trap, net, or other equipment, or a vessel, vehicle, aircraft, or other means of transportation, used to aid the commission of a violation of the Act on conviction of a criminal violation.

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