H.R. 4687. the Lower Merced Wild and Scenic River bill. contains an important committee amendment I have sponsored. along with my colleague from California. Senator CRANSTON. to eliminate a bureaucratic barrier facing the McSwain Elementary School District in Merced County. CA. This amendment would authorize Merced County to provide a portion of land it received from the National Park Service to the school district for the purposes of building an elementary school. Merced County is heavily impacted by the influx of schoolage Hmong refugees and other immigrants. Without this language. the terms of the original conveyance would prevent Merced County from building the school on the land or would force the return of the land of the Federal Government. Without this language.
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