To redesignate the Noxubee National Wildlife Refuge as the Sam D. Hamilton Noxubee National Wildlife Refuge.

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The expanded summary of the House reported version is repeated here.)

Redesignates the Noxubee National Wildlife Refuge in Mississippi as the Sam D. Hamilton Noxubee National Wildlife Refuge.

Prohibits anything in this Act from preventing the Secretary of the Interior from making adjustments to the boundaries of the Refuge or adding new land or parcels of the National Wildlife Refuge System to carry out the mission of the System.

[112th Congress Public Law 94]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



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Public Law 112-94
112th Congress

                                 An Act


 
   To redesignate the Noxubee National Wildlife Refuge as the Sam D. 
      Hamilton Noxubee National Wildlife Refuge. <<NOTE: Feb. 14, 
                          2012 -  [H.R. 588]>> 

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. REDESIGNATION OF THE NOXUBEE NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE.

    (a) In General.--The Noxubee National Wildlife Refuge, located in 
the State of Mississippi, is redesignated as the ``Sam D. Hamilton 
Noxubee National Wildlife Refuge''.
    (b) Boundary Revision.--Nothing in this <<NOTE: 16 USC 668dd 
note.>> Act prevents the Secretary of the Interior from making 
adjustments to the boundaries of the Sam D. Hamilton Noxubee National 
Wildlife Refuge (referred to in this section as the ``Refuge''), as the 
Secretary determines to be appropriate, to carry out the mission of the 
National Wildlife Refuge System in accordance with the National Wildlife 
Refuge System Administration Act of 1966 (16 U.S.C. 668dd et seq.) and 
any other applicable authority.

    (c) Addition of Land.--Nothing in this Act prevents the Secretary of 
the Interior from adding to the Refuge new land or parcels of the 
National Wildlife Refuge System, as the Secretary determines to be 
appropriate, to carry out the mission of the National Wildlife Refuge 
System in accordance with the National Wildlife Refuge System 
Administration Act of 1966 (16 U.S.C. 668dd et seq.) and any other 
applicable authority.
    (d) References.--Any reference in any statute, rule, regulation, 
executive order, publication, map, paper, or other document of the 
United States to the Noxubee National Wildlife Refuge is deemed to refer 
to the Sam D. Hamilton Noxubee National Wildlife Refuge.

    Approved February 14, 2012.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY--H.R. 588:
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HOUSE REPORTS: No. 112-279 (Comm. on Natural Resources).
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD:
                                                        Vol. 157 (2011):
                                    Nov. 14, considered and passed 
                                        House.
                                                        Vol. 158 (2012):
                                    Feb. 1, considered and passed 
                                        Senate.

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