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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION S. 673 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To amend the Miccosukee Reserved Area Act to authorize the expansion |
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| 6 | 6 | | of the Miccosukee Reserved Area and to carry out activities to protect |
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| 7 | 7 | | structures within the Osceola Camp from flooding, and for other pur- |
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| 8 | 8 | | poses. |
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| 9 | 9 | | IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES |
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| 10 | 10 | | FEBRUARY20, 2025 |
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| 11 | 11 | | Mr. S |
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| 12 | 12 | | COTTof Florida introduced the following bill; which was read twice and |
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| 13 | 13 | | referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs |
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| 14 | 14 | | A BILL |
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| 15 | 15 | | To amend the Miccosukee Reserved Area Act to authorize |
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| 16 | 16 | | the expansion of the Miccosukee Reserved Area and to |
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| 17 | 17 | | carry out activities to protect structures within the Osce- |
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| 18 | 18 | | ola Camp from flooding, and for other purposes. |
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| 19 | 19 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 20 | 20 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 21 | 21 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 22 | 22 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Miccosukee Reserved 4 |
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| 23 | 23 | | Area Amendments Act’’. 5 |
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| 26 | 26 | | •S 673 IS |
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| 27 | 27 | | SEC. 2. MICCOSUKEE RESERVED AREA ADDITION. 1 |
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| 28 | 28 | | Section 4(4) of the Miccosukee Reserved Area Act 2 |
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| 29 | 29 | | (16 U.S.C. 410 note; Public Law 105–313) is amended 3 |
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| 30 | 30 | | by adding at the end the following: 4 |
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| 31 | 31 | | ‘‘(C) A |
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| 32 | 32 | | DDITIONAL AREA.—In addition to 5 |
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| 33 | 33 | | the land described in subparagraph (B), the 6 |
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| 34 | 34 | | term ‘Miccosukee Reserved Area’ or ‘MRA’ in-7 |
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| 35 | 35 | | cludes the portion of the Park that is known as 8 |
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| 36 | 36 | | ‘Osceola Camp’ and is depicted on the map en-9 |
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| 37 | 37 | | titled ‘Everglades National Park, Proposed Ex-10 |
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| 38 | 38 | | pansion–Miccosukee Reserved Area, Osceola 11 |
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| 39 | 39 | | Camp’, numbered 160/188443, and dated July 12 |
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| 40 | 40 | | 2023, copies of which shall— 13 |
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| 41 | 41 | | ‘‘(i) be kept available for public in-14 |
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| 42 | 42 | | spection in the offices of the National Park 15 |
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| 43 | 43 | | Service; and 16 |
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| 44 | 44 | | ‘‘(ii) be filed with appropriate officers 17 |
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| 45 | 45 | | of Miami-Dade County and the Tribe.’’. 18 |
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| 46 | 46 | | SEC. 3. PROTECTION OF THE OSCEOLA CAMP FROM 19 |
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| 47 | 47 | | FLOODING. 20 |
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| 48 | 48 | | Section 8 of the Miccosukee Reserved Area Act (16 21 |
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| 49 | 49 | | U.S.C. 410 note; Public Law 105–313) is amended by 22 |
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| 50 | 50 | | adding at the end the following: 23 |
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| 51 | 51 | | ‘‘(j) P |
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| 52 | 52 | | ROTECTION OFOSCEOLACAMPFROMFLOOD-24 |
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| 53 | 53 | | ING.—Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment 25 |
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| 54 | 54 | | of this subsection, the Secretary, in consultation with the 26 |
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| 58 | 58 | | Tribe, shall take appropriate actions to protect structures 1 |
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| 59 | 59 | | within the area described in section 4(4)(C) from flood-2 |
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| 60 | 60 | | ing.’’. 3 |
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