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S 1611 104th Congress Senate Public Lands and Natural Resources Animals Gifts Kentucky Land transfers Sports and Recreation Trails Wildlife refuges

Kentucky National Wildlife Refuge Authorization Act

Introduced: March 13, 1996 Introduced by: McConnell, Mitch Republican · Kentucky See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 6 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Apr 25, 1996
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 385.
Apr 25, 1996
Committee on Environment and Public Works. Reported to Senate by Senator Chafee without amendment. With written report No. 104-257.
Mar 28, 1996
Committee on Environment and Public Works. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
Mar 13, 1996
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Mar 13, 1996
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1974-1976)
Mar 13, 1996
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Kentucky National Wildlife Refuge Authorization Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, to establish a staffed and fully functional Kentucky National Wildlife Refuge.

Requires the Secretary to: (1) prepare a comprehensive management plan for the development and operation of the Refuge; and (2) work with, provide technical assistance to, provide community outreach and education programs for or with, or enter into cooperative agreements with private landowners, State and local governments or agencies, and conservation organizations to further the purpose for which the Refuge is established.

Requires the Director to request that the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation take measures to encourage, accept, and administer private gifts of property or funds to further the purposes of this Act.

Authorizes appropriations.

What's happening now April 25, 1996

Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 385.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1611: Kentucky National Wildlife Refuge Authorization Act. 104th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/104-S-1611/
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"S. 1611: Kentucky National Wildlife Refuge Authorization Act." 104th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/104-S-1611/.
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S. 1611, 104th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/104-S-1611/.
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