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MICCOSUKEE RESERVED AREA AMENDMENTS ACT

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On 2024-12-12, Senator Brian Schatz (D-HI) delivered a floor speech titled "MICCOSUKEE RESERVED AREA AMENDMENTS ACT" in the Senate. The speech addressed taxes and also covered the environment. It referenced legislation including S6992, S2783.

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MICCOSUKEE RESERVED AREA AMENDMENTS ACT

Congressional Record, Volume 170 Issue 185 (Thursday, December 12, 2024) [Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 185 (Thursday, December 12, 2024)] [Senate] [Page S6992] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [ www.gpo.gov ] MICCOSUKEE RESERVED AREA AMENDMENTS ACT Mr. SCHATZ. Mr. President, as if in legislative session, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the immediate consideration of Calendar No. 560, S. 2783. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title. The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows: A bill (S. 2783) to amend the Miccosukee Reserved Area Act to authorize the expansion of the Miccosukee Reserved Area and to carry out activities to protect structures within the Osceola Camp from flooding, and for other purposes. There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill, which had been reported from the Committee on Indian Affairs. Mr. SCHATZ. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the bill be considered read a third time. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading and was read the third time. Mr. SCHATZ. I know of no further debate on the bill. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there further debate? If not, the bill having been read the third time, the question is, Shall the bill pass? The bill (S. 2783) was passed as follows: S. 2783 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 ``Miccosukee Reserved Area Amendments Act''. SEC. 2. MICCOSUKEE RESERVED AREA ADDITION. Section 4(4) of the Miccosukee Reserved Area Act (16 U.S.C. 410 note; Public Law 105-313) is amended by adding at the end the following: ``(C) Additional area.--In addition to the land described in subparagraph (B), the term `Miccosukee Reserved Area' or `MRA' includes the portion of the Park that is known as `Osceola Camp' and is depicted on the map entitled `Everglades National Park, Proposed Expansion-Miccosukee Reserved Area, Osceola Camp', numbered 160/188443, and dated July 2023, copies of which shall-- ``(i) be kept available for public inspection in the offices of the National Park Service; and ``(ii) be filed with appropriate officers of Miami-Dade County and the Tribe.''. SEC. 3. PROTECTION OF THE OSCEOLA CAMP FROM FLOODING. Section 8 of the Miccosukee Reserved Area Act (16 U.S.C. 410 note; Public Law 105-313) is amended by adding at the end the following: ``(j) Protection of Osceola Camp From Flooding.-- ``(1) In general.--Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this subsection, the Secretary, in consultation with the Tribe, shall take appropriate actions to protect structures within the area described in section 4(4)(C) from flooding. ``(2) Authorization of appropriations.--There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary such sums as are necessary to carry out paragraph (1) for fiscal year 2024 and each fiscal year thereafter, but not more than a total $14,000,000.''. Mr. SCHATZ. I ask that the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection? Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

Referenced legislation: S2783, S2783

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MICCOSUKEE RESERVED AREA AMENDMENTS ACT Congressional Record, Volume 170 Issue 185 (Thursday, December 12, 2024) [Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 185 (Thursday, December 12, 2024)] [Senate] [Page S6992] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [ www.gpo.gov ] MICCOSUKEE RESERVED AREA AMENDMENTS ACT Mr. SCHATZ. Mr. President, as if in legislative session, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the immediate consideration of Calendar No. 560, S. 2783. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title. The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows: A bill (S. 2783) to amend the Miccosukee Reserved Area Act to authorize the expansion of the Miccosukee Reserved Area and to carry out activities to protect structures within the Osceola Camp from flooding, and for other purposes. There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill, which had been reported from the Committee on Indian Affairs. Mr. SCHATZ. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the bill be considered read a third time. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading and was read the third time. Mr. SCHATZ. I know of no further debate on the bill. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there further debate? If not, the bill having been read the third time, the question is, Shall the bill pass? The bill (S. 2783) was passed as follows: S. 2783 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 ``Miccosukee Reserved Area Amendments Act''. SEC. 2. MICCOSUKEE RESERVED AREA ADDITION. Section 4(4) of the Miccosukee Reserved Area Act (16 U.S.C. 410 note; Public Law 105-313) is amended by adding at the end the following: ``(C) Additional area.--In addition to the land described in subparagraph (B), the term `Miccosukee Reserved Area' or `MRA' includes the portion of the Park that is known as `Osceola Camp' and is depicted on the map entitled `Everglades National Park, Proposed Expansion-Miccosukee Reserved Area, Osceola Camp', numbered 160/188443, and dated July 2023, copies of which shall-- ``(i) be kept available for public inspection in the offices of the National Park Service; and ``(ii) be filed with appropriate officers of Miami-Dade County and the Tribe.''. SEC. 3. PROTECTION OF THE OSCEOLA CAMP FROM FLOODING. Section 8 of the Miccosukee Reserved Area Act (16 U.S.C. 410 note; Public Law 105-313) is amended by adding at the end the following: ``(j) Protection of Osceola Camp From Flooding.-- ``(1) In general.--Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this subsection, the Secretary, in consultation with the Tribe, shall take appropriate actions to protect structures within the area described in section 4(4)(C) from flooding. ``(2) Authorization of appropriations.--There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary such sums as are necessary to carry out paragraph (1) for fiscal year 2024 and each fiscal year thereafter, but not more than a total $14,000,000.''. Mr. SCHATZ. I ask that the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection? Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________ Referenced legislation: S2783, S2783