HR 169

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To require that, in cases in which the annual trade deficit between the United States and another country is $10,000,000,000 or more for 3 consecutive years, the President take the necessary steps to create a more balanced trading relationship with that country.

Sponsor: Marcy Kaptur (D) OH

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1/4/2007--Introduced.Balancing Trade Act of 2007 - Requires the President, if in three consecutive calendar years the United States has a trade deficit with another country of $10 billion or more, to take the necessary steps to create a trading relationship that would eliminate or substantially reduce that trade deficit by entering into an agreement with that country.

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HR 169 IH

111th CONGRESS

1st Session

H. R. 169

To amend the Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve Act of 2000 to explain the purpose and provide for the administration of the Baca National Wildlife Refuge.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

January 6, 2009

Mr. SALAZAR introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources

A BILL

To amend the Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve Act of 2000 to explain the purpose and provide for the administration of the Baca National Wildlife Refuge.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. PURPOSE AND MANAGEMENT OF THE BACA NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE.

Section 6 of the Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 410hhh-4) is amended--

(1) in subsection (a)--

(A) by striking ‘(a) Establishment- (1) When’ and inserting the following:

‘(a) Establishment and Purpose-
‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT-
‘(A) IN GENERAL- When’;
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘(2) Such establishment’ and inserting the following:
‘(B) EFFECTIVE DATE- The establishment of the refuge under subparagraph (A)’; and
(C) by adding at the end the following:
‘(2) PURPOSE- The purpose of the Baca National Wildlife Refuge shall be to restore, enhance, and maintain wetland, upland, riparian, and other habitats for native wildlife, plant, and fish species in the San Luis Valley.’;
(2) in subsection (c)--
(A) by striking ‘The Secretary’ and inserting the following:
‘(1) IN GENERAL- The Secretary’; and
(B) by adding at the end the following:
‘(2) REQUIREMENTS- In administering the Baca National Wildlife Refuge, the Secretary shall, to the maximum extent practicable--
‘(A) emphasize migratory bird conservation; and
‘(B) take into consideration the role of the Refuge in broader landscape conservation efforts.’; and
(3) in subsection (d)--
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘and’ at the end;
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking the period at the end and inserting ‘; and’; and
(C) by adding at the end the following:
‘(3) use decreed water rights on the Refuge in approximately the same manner that the water rights have been used historically.’.