Arctic Refuge Protection Act of 2023

Arctic Refuge Protection Act of 2023

This bill designates approximately 1,559,538 acres of land within Alaska in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge as a component of the National Wilderness Preservation System.

[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 282 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 282

   To designate a portion of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge as 
                              wilderness.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            February 7, 2023

 Mr. Markey (for himself, Mr. Bennet, Ms. Cantwell, Mr. Heinrich, Mr. 
 Blumenthal, Mr. Booker, Mr. Carper, Mr. Casey, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Lujan, 
Mr. Merkley, Mr. Peters, Mrs. Shaheen, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Whitehouse, Mr. 
  Wyden, Ms. Warren, Mr. Welch, Mrs. Murray, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. Van 
 Hollen, Ms. Baldwin, Ms. Duckworth, and Ms. Stabenow) introduced the 
 following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 
                      Environment and Public Works

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                                 A BILL


 
   To designate a portion of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge as 
                              wilderness.

    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 ``Arctic Refuge Protection Act of 
2023''.

SEC. 2. DESIGNATION OF PORTION OF ARCTIC NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE AS 
              WILDERNESS.

    Section 4 of the National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act 
of 1966 (16 U.S.C. 668dd) is amended by adding at the end the 
following:
    ``(p) Designation of Certain Land as Wilderness.--Notwithstanding 
any other provision of this Act, a portion of the Arctic National 
Wildlife Refuge in Alaska comprising approximately 1,559,538 acres, as 
generally depicted on the map entitled `Arctic National Wildlife 
Refuge, Coastal Plain Proposed Wilderness', dated October 20, 2015, 
labeled with Map ID 03-0172, and available for inspection in the 
offices of the Secretary, is designated as a component of the National 
Wilderness Preservation System under the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 
et seq.).''.
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