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S. 287Senate115th Congress (2017-2019)In Committee

A bill to update the map of, and modify the maximum acreage available for inclusion in, the Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument.

Sponsored by Cory GardnerSen. Cory Gardner (R-CO)
Introduced February 2, 2017

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The bill updates the official map and expands the size limit for the Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument in Colorado. It replaces an older map reference with a newer one and raises the maximum area that can be included in the monument from 6,000 acres to 6,300 acres. The changes affect the monument’s legal boundaries and the amount of land the National Park Service can manage as part of the monument.

Key Provisions

  • Replaces the 1967 map description for the monument with a newer map titled “Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument Proposed Boundary Adjustment” dated May 3, 2016.
  • Increases the statutory maximum acreage that may be included in the monument from 6,000 acres to 6,300 acres.

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Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 52.

May 3, 2017

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Introduced in Senate

February 2, 2017

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

Energy and Natural Resources Committee

February 2, 2017

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Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.

Energy and Natural Resources Committee

March 30, 2017

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Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Murkowski without amendment. With written report No. 115-38.

Energy and Natural Resources Committee

May 3, 2017

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Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 52.

May 3, 2017

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Calendar No. 52

115th CONGRESS

1st Session

S. 287

[Report No. 115–38]

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

February 2, 2017

Mr. Gardner (for himself and Mr. Bennet) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

May 3, 2017

Reported by Ms. Murkowski, without amendment

A BILL

To update the map of, and modify the maximum acreage available for inclusion in, the Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument.

1.

Map update; maximum acreage available for inclusion in the Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument

The first section of Public Law 91–60 (83 Stat. 101) is amended—

(1)

by striking entitled Proposed Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument, numbered NM–FFB–7100, and dated March 1967, and more particularly described by metes and bounds in an attachment to that map, and inserting entitled Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument Proposed Boundary Adjustment, numbered 171/132,544, and dated May 3, 2016,; and

(2)

by striking six thousand acres and inserting 6,300 acres.

May 3, 2017

Reported without amendment