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