S. 33Senate116th Congress (2019-2021)In Committee

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

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The bill amends the law that created the Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument to update the map that defines its boundaries and to raise the limit on how much land can be added to the monument. It affects the monument’s management and any future land acquisitions within its boundaries.

Key Provisions

Changes the official map reference for the monument to the “Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument Proposed Boundary Adjustment” dated May 3, 2016.
Increases the maximum land area that can be included in the monument from 6,000 acres to 6,300 acres.

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

Energy and Natural Resources Committee

January 8, 2019

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Introduced in Senate

January 8, 2019

SenateIntro Referral

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

Energy and Natural Resources Committee

January 8, 2019

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Introduced in SenateIssued January 8, 2019

116th CONGRESS

1st Session

S. 33

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

January 8, 2019

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

A BILL

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

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.