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108TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3354

To include in St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge, Florida, the land and 

facilities comprising St. Marks lighthouse. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

OCTOBER 21, 2003

Mr. BOYD introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 

on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee 

on Resources, 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 

A BILL

To include in St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge, Florida, 

the land and facilities comprising St. Marks lighthouse.

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

3 SECTION 1. INCLUSION OF LIGHTHOUSE IN ST. MARKS NA4 TIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE, FLORIDA. 

5 (a) REVOCATION OF EXECUTIVE ORDER DATED NO6 VEMBER 12, 1838.—Any reservation of public land de7 scribed in subsection (b) for lighthouse purposes by the 

8 Executive Order dated November 12, 1838, as amended 
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1 by Public Land Order 5655, dated January 9, 1979, is 

2 revoked. 

3 (b) DESCRIPTION OF LAND.—The public land re4 ferred to in subsection (a) consists of approximately 8 

5 acres within the external boundaries of St. Marks National 

6 Wildlife Refuge in Wakulla County, Florida, that is east 

7 of the Tallahassee Meridian, Florida, in Township 5 

8 South, Range 1 East, Section 1 (fractional) and con9 taining all that remaining portion of the unsurveyed frac10 tional section, more particularly described as follows: A 

11 parcel of land, including submerged areas, beginning at 

12 a point which marks the center of the light structure, 

13 thence due North (magnetic) a distance of 350 feet to the 

14 point of beginning a strip of land 500 feet in width, the 

15 axial centerline of which runs from the point of beginning 

16 due South (magnetic) a distance of 700 feet, more or less, 

17 to the shoreline of Apalachee Bay, comprising 8.0 acres, 

18 more or less, as shown on plat dated January 2, 1902, 

19 by Office of L. H. Engineers, 7th and 8th District, Mobile, 

20 Alabama. 

21 (c) TRANSFER OF ADMINISTRATIVE JURISDIC22 TION.—Subject to subsection (e), administrative jurisdic23 tion over the public land described in subsection (b), and 

24 over all improvements, structures, and fixtures located 

25 thereon, is transferred from the department in which the 
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1 Coast Guard is operating to the Secretary of the Interior, 

2 without reimbursement. 

3 (d) INCLUSION IN REFUGE.—

4 (1) INCLUSION.—The public land described in 

5 subsection (b) shall be part of St. Marks National 

6 Wildlife Refuge. 

7 (2) ADMINISTRATION.—Subject to subsection 

8 (e), the Secretary of the Interior shall administer the 

9 public land described in subsection (b)—

10 (A) through the Director United States 

11 Fish and Wildlife Service; and 

12 (B) in accordance with the National Wild13 life Refuge System Administration Act of 1966 

14 (16 U.S.C. 668dd et seq.) and such other laws 

15 as apply to Federal real property under the sole 

16 jurisdiction of the United States Fish and Wild17 life Service. 

18 (e) MAINTENANCE OF NAVIGATION FUNCTIONS.—

19 The transfer under subsection (c), and the administration 

20 of the public land described in subsection (b), shall be sub21 ject to such conditions and restrictions as the Secretary 

22 of Homeland Security considers necessary to ensure 

23 that—

24 (1) the Federal aids to navigation located at St. 

25 Marks National Wildlife Refuge continue to be oper-
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1 ated and maintained by the Coast Guard for as long 

2 as they are needed for navigational purposes; 

3 (2) the Coast Guard may remove, replace, or 

4 install any Federal aid to navigation at the St. 

5 Marks National Wildlife Refuge as may be necessary 

6 for navigational purposes; 

7 (3) the United States Fish and Wildlife Service 

8 will not interfere or allow interference in any man9 ner with any Federal aid to navigation, nor hinder 

10 activities required for the operation and maintenance 

11 of any Federal aid to navigation, without express 

12 written approval by the Secretary of Homeland Se13 curity; and 

14 (4) the Coast Guard may, at any time, enter 

15 the St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge, without no16 tice, for purposes of operating, maintaining, and in17 specting any Federal aid to navigation and ensuring 

18 compliance with this subsection, to the extent that 

19 it is not possible to provide advance notice.

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