To provide for the administration and operation of the infrastructure and the public visitation program of Midway Atoll by the private sector at minimal cost to the Federal Government by terminating the exclusive jurisdiction of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service over the Midway Atoll and vesting such jurisdiction in a Board of Governors of the Midway Atoll, and for other purposes.

United States115th CongressHR-6879House of Representatives
Latest legislative activity: Oct 2, 2018

Summary

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Midway Atoll Trust Act

This bill establishes the Board of Governors of the Midway Atoll to oversee the operation of the Midway Atoll (an unincorporated U.S. territory in the North Pacific Ocean), including the authority to manage national wildlife refuges on the atoll. Currently, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) has jurisdiction over operations on the atoll.

The USFWS must restore all infrastructure of the atoll that has been demolished and is necessary for public visitation.

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  1. Introduced in House

  2. Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

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  3. Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.

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