Mid-Mississippi Conservation, Recreation and Development Act of 2017

Mid-Mississippi Conservation, Recreation and Development Act of 2017

This bill directs the Department of Agriculture to issue to the Pat Harrison Waterway District a long-term special use permit to develop approximately 8,307 acres of specified National Forest System land within the Bienville National Forests of Mississippi for public purposes only.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4034 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4034

  To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to issue to the Pat Harrison 
      Waterway District a long-term special use permit to develop 
  approximately 8,307 acres of National Forest System land within the 
   Bienville National Forests in Mississippi, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 12, 2017

  Mr. Harper (for himself, Mr. Kelly of Mississippi, and Mr. Palazzo) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                              Agriculture

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                                 A BILL


 
  To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to issue to the Pat Harrison 
      Waterway District a long-term special use permit to develop 
  approximately 8,307 acres of National Forest System land within the 
   Bienville National Forests in Mississippi, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Mid-Mississippi Conservation, 
Recreation and Development Act of 2017''.

SEC. 2. LONG-TERM SPECIAL USE AUTHORIZATION TO THE PAT HARRISON 
              WATERWAY DISTRICT.

    (a) Long-Term Special Use Authorization.--The Secretary of 
Agriculture shall issue to the Pat Harrison Waterway District, a long-
term special use permit to develop approximately 8,307 acres of 
National Forest System land within the Bienville National Forests of 
Mississippi identified as ``Oakohay/Little Oakohay Lake, Smith County, 
Mississippi'' on the map entitled ``Mid-Mississippi Conservation, 
Recreation and Development'' and dated April 2, 2014.
    (b) Survey.--If determined by the Secretary of Agriculture to be 
necessary, the exact acreage and legal description of the National 
Forest System land shall be determined by a survey approved by the 
Secretary.
    (c) Use of Land.--As a condition of the long-term special use 
permit under subsection (a), the Pat Harrison Waterway District shall 
use the land covered under subsection (a) only for public purposes 
consistent with the laws of the State of Mississippi.
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