[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5537 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 5537

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.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 18, 2023

Mr. Gimenez (for himself and Mr. Diaz-Balart) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in 
 addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, for a 
 period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for 
consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the 
                          committee concerned

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                                 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 Osceola Camp from flooding, 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 ``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.''.
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