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 120 STAT. 378

PUBLIC LAW 109–225—MAY 25, 2006

Public Law 109–225 109th Congress An Act May 25, 2006 [S. 1165] James Campbell National Wildlife Refuge Expansion Act of 2005. 16 USC 668dd note.

To provide for the expansion of the James Campbell National Wildlife Refuge, Honolulu County, Hawaii.

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 ‘‘James Campbell National Wildlife Refuge Expansion Act of 2005’’. SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

Congress finds that— (1) the United States Fish and Wildlife Service manages the James Campbell National Wildlife Refuge for the purpose of promoting the recovery of 4 species of endangered Hawaiian waterbirds; (2) the United States Fish and Wildlife Service leases approximately 240 acres of high-value wetland habitat (including ponds, marshes, freshwater springs, and adjacent land) and manages the habitat in accordance with the National Wildlife Refuge System Improvement Act (16 U.S.C. 668dd note; Public Law 105–312); (3) the United States Fish and Wildlife Service entered into a contract to purchase in fee title the land described in paragraph (2) from the estate of James Campbell for the purposes of— (A) permanently protecting the endangered species habitat; and (B) improving the management of the Refuge; (4) the United States Fish and Wildlife Service has identified for inclusion in the Refuge approximately 800 acres of additional high-value wildlife habitat adjacent to the Refuge that are owned by the estate of James Campbell; (5) the land of the estate of James Campbell on the Kahuku Coast features coastal dunes, coastal wetlands, and coastal strand that promote biological diversity for threatened and endangered species, including— (A) the 4 species of endangered Hawaiian waterbirds described in paragraph (1); (B) migratory shorebirds; (C) waterfowl; (D) seabirds; (E) endangered and native plant species; (F) endangered monk seals; and (G) green sea turtles;

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