Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “National Wildlife Refuge Expansion Limitation Act of 2013”.
National Wildlife Refuge Expansion Limitation Act of 2013
A BILL
To amend the National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act of 1966 to require that any expansion of a national wildlife refuge must be expressly authorized by statute.
Sec. 2 Prohibition on expansion of national wildlife refuges
Section 4(a) of the National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act of 1966 (16 U.S.C. 668dd(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
“(6) The Secretary may not expand any national wildlife refuge except as expressly authorized by a law enacted after January 3, 2013.”