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117TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
S. 282
To designate a portion of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge as wilderness.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
FEBRUARY 8, 2021
Mr. MARKEY (for himself, Mr. BENNET, Ms. CANTWELL, Mr. CARPER, Mr.
BLUMENTHAL, Mr. BOOKER, Mr. HEINRICH, Mr. LEAHY, Mrs. MURRAY,
Mrs. SHAHEEN, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, Mr. WYDEN, Ms. STABENOW, Ms.
WARREN, Mr. MENENDEZ, Mrs. FEINSTEIN, Mr. WHITEHOUSE, Mr.
PETERS, Mr. MERKLEY, Mr. CASEY, Ms. ROSEN, Ms. SMITH, Mr. DUR-
BIN, Ms. KLOBUCHAR, Mr. CARDIN, Mr. SANDERS, Ms. BALDWIN, and
Ms. HIRONO) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and re-
ferred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works
A BILL
To designate a portion of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
as wilderness.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
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tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
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This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Arctic Refuge Protec-
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tion Act of 2021’’.
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•S 282 IS
SEC. 2. DESIGNATION OF PORTION OF ARCTIC NATIONAL
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WILDLIFE REFUGE AS WILDERNESS.
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Section 4 of the National Wildlife Refuge System Ad-
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ministration Act of 1966 (16 U.S.C. 668dd) is amended
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by adding at the end the following:
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‘‘(p) DESIGNATION OF CERTAIN LAND AS WILDER-
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NESS.—Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act,
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a portion of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska
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comprising approximately 1,559,538 acres, as generally
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depicted on the map entitled ‘Arctic National Wildlife Ref-
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uge, Coastal Plain Proposed Wilderness’, dated October
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20, 2015, labeled with Map ID 03–0172, and available
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for inspection in the offices of the Secretary, is designated
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as a component of the National Wilderness Preservation
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System under the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et
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seq.).’’.
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