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Union Calendar No. 327 

110TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 1922 

[Report No. 110–536, Part I] 

To designate the Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse and the surrounding Federal land 

in the State of Florida as an Outstanding Natural Area and as a 

unit of the National Landscape System, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 18, 2007 

Mr. MAHONEY of Florida introduced the following bill; which was referred to 

the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee 

on Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions 

as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

MARCH 3, 2008 

Additional sponsors: Mr. HASTINGS of Florida and Mr. KLEIN of Florida 

MARCH 3, 2008 

Reported from the Committee on Natural Resources with amendments 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

MARCH 3, 2008 

Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure discharged; committed to the 

Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered 

to be printed 

[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on April 18, 2007] 

A BILL 

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rounding Federal land in the State of Florida as an 

Outstanding Natural Area and as a unit of the National 

Landscape System, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse 

5 Outstanding Natural Area Act of 2008’’. 

6 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

7 In this Act: 

8 (1) COMMANDANT.—The term ‘‘Commandant’’ 

9 means the Commandant of the Coast Guard. 

10 (2) LIGHTHOUSE.—The term ‘‘Lighthouse’’ 

11 means the Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse located in Palm 

12 Beach County, Florida. 

13 (3) LOCAL PARTNERS.—The term ‘‘Local Part14 ners’’ includes— 

15 (A) Palm Beach County, Florida; 

16 (B) the Town of Jupiter, Florida; 

17 (C) the Village of Tequesta, Florida; and 

18 (D) the Loxahatchee River Historical Soci19 ety. 

20 (4) MANAGEMENT PLAN.—The term ‘‘manage21 ment plan’’ means the management plan developed 

22 under section 4(a). 


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1 (5) MAP.—The term ‘‘map’’ means the map enti2 tled ‘‘Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse: Outstanding Natural 

3 Area’’ and dated October 29, 2007. 

4 (6) OUTSTANDING NATURAL AREA.—The term 

5 ‘‘Outstanding Natural Area’’ means the Jupiter Inlet 

6 Lighthouse Outstanding Natural Area established by 

7 section 3(a). 

8 (7) PUBLIC LAND.—The term ‘‘public land’’ has 

9 the meaning given the term ‘‘public lands’’ in section 

10 103(e) of the Federal Land Policy and Management 

11 Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1702(e)). 

12 (8) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

13 the Secretary of the Interior. 

14 (9) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means the State 

15 of Florida. 

16 SEC. 3. ESTABLISHMENT OF THE JUPITER INLET LIGHT17 HOUSE OUTSTANDING NATURAL AREA. 

18 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Subject to valid existing rights, 

19 there is established for the purposes described in subsection 

20 (b) the Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse Outstanding Natural Area, 

21 the boundaries of which are depicted on the map. 

22 (b) PURPOSES.—The purposes of the Outstanding Nat23 ural Area are to protect, conserve, and enhance the unique 

24 and nationally important historic, natural, cultural, sci25 entific, educational, scenic, and recreational values of the 


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1 Federal land surrounding the Lighthouse for the benefit of 

2 present generations and future generations of people in the 

3 United States, while— 

4 (1) allowing certain recreational and research 

5 activities to continue in the Outstanding Natural 

6 Area; and 

7 (2) ensuring that Coast Guard operations and 

8 activities are unimpeded within the boundaries of the 

9 Outstanding Natural Area. 

10 (c) AVAILABILITY OF MAP.—The map shall be on file 

11 and available for public inspection in— 

12 (1) the Office of the Director of the Bureau of 

13 Land Management; and 

14 (2) the Eastern States Office of the Bureau of 

15 Land Management in the State of Virginia. 

16 (d) WITHDRAWAL.— 

17 (1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to valid existing 

18 rights, section 6, and any existing withdrawals under 

19 the Executive orders and public land order described 

20 in paragraph (2), the Federal land and any interests 

21 in the Federal land included in the Outstanding Nat22 ural Area are withdrawn from— 

23 (A) all forms of entry, appropriation, or 

24 disposal under the public land laws; 


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1 (B) location, entry, and patent under the 

2 public land mining laws; and 

3 (C) operation of the mineral leasing and 

4 geothermal leasing laws and the mineral mate5 rials laws. 

6 (2) DESCRIPTION OF EXECUTIVE ORDERS.—The 

7 Executive orders and public land order described in 

8 paragraph (1) are— 

9 (A) the Executive Order dated October 22, 

10 1854; 

11 (B) Executive Order No. 4254 (June 12, 

12 1925); and 

13 (C) Public Land Order No. 7202 (61 Fed. 

14 Reg. 29758). 

15 SEC. 4. MANAGEMENT PLAN. 

16 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 3 years after the 

17 date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary, in consultation 

18 with the Commandant, shall develop a comprehensive man19 agement plan in accordance with section 202 of the Federal 

20 Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1712) 

21 to— 

22 (1) provide long-term management guidance for 

23 the public land in the Outstanding Natural Area; and 


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1 (2) ensure that the Outstanding Natural Area 

2 fulfills the purposes for which the Outstanding Nat3 ural Area is established. 

4 (b) CONSULTATION; PUBLIC PARTICIPATION.—The 

5 management plan shall be developed— 

6 (1) in consultation with appropriate Federal, 

7 State, county, and local government agencies, the 

8 Commandant, the Local Partners, the Loxahatchee 

9 River Historical Society, and other partners; and 

10 (2) in a manner that ensures full public partici11 pation. 

12 (c) EXISTING PLANS.—The management plan shall, to 

13 the maximum extent practicable, be consistent with existing 

14 resource plans, policies, and programs. 

15 (d) INCLUSIONS.—The management plan shall in16 clude— 

17 (1) objectives and provisions to ensure— 

18 (A) the protection and conservation of the 

19 resource values of the Outstanding Natural Area; 

20 and 

21 (B) the restoration of native plant commu22 nities and estuaries in the Outstanding Natural 

23 Area, with an emphasis on the conservation and 

24 enhancement of healthy, functioning ecological 

25 systems in perpetuity; 


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1 (2) objectives and provisions to maintain or 

2 recreate historic structures; 

3 (3) an implementation plan for a program of in4 terpretation and public education about the natural 

5 and cultural resources of the Lighthouse, the public 

6 land surrounding the Lighthouse, and associated 

7 structures; 

8 (4) a proposal for administrative and public fa9 cilities to be developed or improved that— 

10 (A) are compatible with achieving the re11 source objectives for the Outstanding Natural 

12 Area described in section 5(a)(1)(B); and 

13 (B) would accommodate visitors to the Out14 standing Natural Area; 

15 (5) natural and cultural resource management 

16 strategies for the Outstanding Natural Area, to be de17 veloped in consultation with appropriate departments 

18 of the State, the Local Partners, and the Com19 mandant, with an emphasis on resource conservation 

20 in the Outstanding Natural Area and the interpre21 tive, educational, and long-term scientific uses of the 

22 resources; and 

23 (6) recreational use strategies for the Out24 standing Natural Area, to be prepared in consultation 

25 with the Local Partners, appropriate departments of 


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1 the State, and the Coast Guard, with an emphasis on 

2 passive recreation. 

3 (e) INTERIM PLAN.—Until a management plan is 

4 adopted for the Outstanding Natural Area, the Jupiter Inlet 

5 Coordinated Resource Management Plan (including any 

6 updates or amendments to the Jupiter Inlet Coordinated 

7 Resource Management Plan) shall be in effect. 

8 SEC. 5. MANAGEMENT OF THE JUPITER INLET LIGHTHOUSE 

9 OUTSTANDING NATURAL AREA. 

10 (a) MANAGEMENT.— 

11 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, in consultation 

12 with the Local Partners and the Commandant, shall 

13 manage the Outstanding Natural Area— 

14 (A) as part of the National Landscape Con15 servation System; and 

16 (B) in a manner that conserves, protects, 

17 and enhances the unique and nationally impor18 tant historical, natural, cultural, scientific, edu19 cational, scenic, and recreational values of the 

20 Outstanding Natural Area, including an empha21 sis on the restoration of native ecological sys22 tems. 

23 (2) LIMITATION.—In managing the Outstanding 

24 Natural Area, the Secretary shall not take any action 

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1 duct of ongoing or future Coast Guard operations or 

2 activities on lots 16 and 18, as depicted on the map. 

3 (b) USES.—Subject to valid existing rights and section 

4 6, the Secretary shall only allow uses of the Outstanding 

5 Natural Area that the Secretary, in consultation with the 

6 Commandant and Local Partners, determines would likely 

7 further— 

8 (1) the purposes for which the Outstanding Nat9 ural Area is established; 

10 (2) the Federal Land Policy and Management 

11 Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.); and 

12 (3) other applicable laws. 

13 (c) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.—To facilitate imple14 mentation of the management plan and to continue the suc15 cessful partnerships with local communities and other part16 ners, the Secretary shall, in accordance with section 307(b) 

17 of the Federal Land Management Policy and Management 

18 Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1737(b)), enter into cooperative 

19 agreements with the appropriate Federal, State, county, 

20 other local government agencies, and other partners (includ21 ing the Loxahatchee River Historical Society) for the long22 term management of the Outstanding Natural Area. 

23 (d) RESEARCH ACTIVITIES.—To continue successful 

24 research partnerships, pursue future research partnerships, 

25 and assist in the development and implementation of the 


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1 management plan, the Secretary may, in accordance with 

2 section 307(a) of the Federal Land Policy and Management 

3 Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1737(a)), authorize the conduct of 

4 appropriate research activities in the Outstanding Natural 

5 Area for the purposes described in section 3(b). 

6 (e) ACQUISITION OF LAND.— 

7 (1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), the 

8 Secretary may acquire for inclusion in the Out9 standing Natural Area any State or private land or 

10 any interest in State or private land that is— 

11 (A) adjacent to the Outstanding Natural 

12 Area; and 

13 (B) identified in the management plan as 

14 appropriate for acquisition. 

15 (2) MEANS OF ACQUISITION.—Land or an inter16 est in land may be acquired under paragraph (1) 

17 only by— 

18 (A) donation; 

19 (B) exchange with a willing party; or 

20 (C) purchase from a willing seller. 

21 (3) ADDITIONS TO THE OUTSTANDING NATURAL

22 AREA.—Any land or interest in land adjacent to the 

23 Outstanding Natural Area acquired by the United 

24 States after the date of enactment of this Act under 


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1 paragraph (1) shall be added to, and administered as 

2 part of, the Outstanding Natural Area. 

3 (f) LAW ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES.—Nothing in this 

4 Act, the management plan, or the Jupiter Inlet Coordinated 

5 Resource Management Plan (including any updates or 

6 amendments to the Jupiter Inlet Coordinated Resource 

7 Management Plan) precludes, prohibits, or otherwise af8 fects— 

9 (1) any maritime security, maritime safety, or 

10 environmental protection mission or activity of the 

11 Coast Guard; 

12 (2) any border security operation or law enforce13 ment activity by the Department of Homeland Secu14 rity or the Department of Justice; or 

15 (3) any law enforcement activity of any Federal, 

16 State, or local law enforcement agency in the Out17 standing Natural Area. 

18 (g) FUTURE DISPOSITION OF COAST GUARD FACILI19 TIES.—If the Commandant determines, after the date of en20 actment of this Act, that Coast Guard facilities within the 

21 Outstanding Natural Area exceed the needs of the Coast 

22 Guard, the Commandant may relinquish the facilities to 

23 the Secretary without removal, subject only to any environ24 mental remediation that may be required by law. 


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1 SEC. 6. EFFECT ON ONGOING AND FUTURE COAST GUARD 

2 OPERATIONS. 

3 Nothing in this Act, the management plan, or the Ju4 piter Inlet Coordinated Resource Management Plan (in5 cluding updates or amendments to the Jupiter Inlet Coordi6 nated Resource Management Plan) precludes, prohibits, or 

7 otherwise affects ongoing or future Coast Guard operations 

8 or activities in the Outstanding Natural Area, including— 

9 (1) the continued and future operation of, access 

10 to, maintenance of, and, as may be necessitated for 

11 Coast Guard missions, the expansion, enhancement, 

12 or replacement of, the Coast Guard High Frequency 

13 antenna site on lot 16; 

14 (2) the continued and future operation of, access 

15 to, maintenance of, and, as may be necessitated for 

16 Coast Guard missions, the expansion, enhancement, 

17 or replacement of, the military family housing area 

18 on lot 18; 

19 (3) the continued and future use of, access to, 

20 maintenance of, and, as may be necessitated for Coast 

21 Guard missions, the expansion, enhancement, or re22 placement of, the pier on lot 18; 

23 (4) the existing lease of the Jupiter Inlet Light24 house on lot 18 from the Coast Guard to the 

25 Loxahatchee River Historical Society; or 


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1 (5) any easements or other less-than-fee interests 

2 in property appurtenant to existing Coast Guard fa3 cilities on lots 16 and 18. 

4 SEC. 7. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

5 There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as 

6 are necessary to carry out this Act. 

Amend the title so as to read: ‘‘A bill to designate 

the Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse and the surrounding Federal land in the State of Florida as an Outstanding Natural Area and as a unit of the National Landscape Conservation System, and for other purposes.’’. 


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Union Calendar No. 327 

110TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 1922 

[Report No. 110

–536, Part I] 

A BILL 

To designate the Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse and the 

purposes. of the National Landscape System, and for other as an Outstanding Natural Area and as a unit surrounding Federal land in the State of Florida 

MARCH 3, 2008 

Reported from the Committee on Natural Resources with 

amendments 

MARCH 3, 2008 

Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure disprinted House on the State of the Union and ordered to be charged; committed to the Committee of the Whole 


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