A bill to direct the Secretary of the Interior to replace the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service as the Federal agency responsible for the administration, protection and preservation of the Midway Atoll within 90 days after the enactment of this Act, and for other purposes.
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Latest Action · September 2, 2003
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Directs the Secretary of the Interior to: (1) review and report to the appropriate congressional committees on the administration of Midway Atoll and the designation of the Atoll as a National Memorial; and (2) designate another agency to replace the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service as administrator of Midway Atoll and developer of the Memorial.
Declares the intention of Congress that: (1) the National Memorial on Midway Atoll be given equal consideration with concerns over the preservation of wildlife in all matters related to the administration, development and preservation of the Atoll; (2) Midway's airport remain in use as an alternative emergency site in order to ensure the safety of civilian and military aircraft in the northern Pacific region; and (3) the public continue to have meaningful access to the Atoll so as to experience and benefit from its status as both a National Memorial to the Battle of Midway and a National Wildlife Refuge.
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