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106TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 5328

To authorize the acquisition of additional lands for inclusion in the Fort

Clatsop National Memorial in the State of Oregon, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

SEPTEMBER 27, 2000

Mr. WU (for himself and Mr. SOUDER) introduced the following bill; which

was referred to the Committee on Resources

A BILL

To authorize the acquisition of additional lands for inclusion

in the Fort Clatsop National Memorial in the State

of Oregon, 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 ‘‘Fort Clatsop National

5 Memorial Expansion Act of 2000’’.

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

7 The Congress finds the following:

8 (1) In 1805, the members of the Lewis and

9 Clark Expedition built Fort Clatsop at the mouth of

10 the Columbia River near Astoria, Oregon, and they
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1 spent 106 days at the fort waiting for the end of

2 winter and preparing for their journey home.

3 (2) In 1958, Congress enacted Public Law 85–

4 435 authorizing the establishment of Fort Clatsop

5 National Memorial for the purpose of commemo6 rating the culmination, and the winter encampment,

7 of the Lewis and Clark Expedition following its suc8 cessful crossing of the North American continent.

9 Fort Clatsop National Memorial is the only unit of

10 the National Park System solely dedicated to the

11 Lewis and Clark Expedition.

12 (3) The 1995 General Management Plan for

13 Fort Clatsop National Memorial, prepared with

14 input from the local community, recommends the ex15 pansion of the memorial to include the trail used by

16 expedition members to access the Pacific Ocean from

17 the fort and the shore and forest lands surrounding

18 the fort and trail to protect their natural settings.

19 (4) The area near present day McGowan,

20 Washington, where the Lewis and Clark Expedition

21 first camped after reaching the Pacific Ocean,

22 known as the ‘‘Station Camp’’ site, and where they

23 performed detailed surveying and conducted the his24 toric vote to determine where to spend the winter,

25 is of undisputed national significance.
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1 (5) The National Park Service and State of

2 Washington should identify the best alternative for

3 adequately and cost effectively protecting and inter4 preting the Station Camp site.

5 (6) Expansion of Fort Clatsop National Memo6 rial would require Federal legislation because the

7 size of the memorial is currently limited by statute

8 to 130 acres.

9 (7) Congressional action to allow for the expan10 sion of Fort Clatsop National Memorial to include

11 both the trail to the Pacific Ocean and possibly the

12 Station Camp site would be both timely and appro13 priate before the start of the bicentennial celebration

14 of the Lewis and Clark Expedition planned to take

15 place during the years 2004 through 2006.

16 SEC. 3. EXPANSION OF FORT CLATSOP NATIONAL MEMO17 RIAL, OREGON.

18 (a) REVISED BOUNDARIES.—Section 2 of Public Law

19 85–435 (16 U.S.C. 450mm–1) is amended—

20 (1) by inserting ‘‘(a) INITIAL DESIGNATION OF

21 LANDS.—’’ before ‘‘The Secretary’’;

22 (2) by striking ‘‘coast:’’ and all that follows

23 through the end of the sentence and inserting

24 ‘‘coast.’’; and
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1 (3) by adding at the end the following new sub2 sections:

3 ‘‘(b) AUTHORIZED EXPANSION.—The Fort Clatsop

4 National Memorial shall also include the lands depicted

5 on the map entitled ‘Fort Clatsop Boundary Map’, num6 bered ‘405–80016–CCO’, and dated June 1996. The Sec7 retary shall maintain in an undeveloped state a visual

8 buffer zone between a commemorative trail that will run

9 through the property and adjacent private lands.

10 ‘‘(c) MAXIMUM DESIGNATED AREA.—The total area

11 designated as the Fort Clatsop National Memorial shall

12 not exceed 1,500 acres.’’.

13 (b) AUTHORIZED ACQUISITION METHODS.—Section

14 3 of Public Law 85–435 (16 U.S.C. 450mm–2) is

15 amended—

16 (1) by inserting ‘‘(a) ACQUISITION METH17 ODS.—’’ before ‘‘Within’’; and

18 (2) by adding at the end the following new sub19 section:

20 ‘‘(b) LIMITATION.—The lands depicted on the map

21 referred to in section 2(b) may be acquired only by dona22 tion or purchase from willing sellers, with the exception

23 of corporately owned timberlands.’’.
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1 SEC. 4. STUDY OF STATION CAMP SITE, MCGOWAN, WASH2 INGTON.

3 The Secretary of the Interior shall conduct a study

4 of the area near McGowan, Washington, where the Lewis

5 and Clark Expedition first camped after reaching the Pa6 cific Ocean, known as the ‘‘Station Camp’’ site, to deter7 mine the suitability, feasibility, and national significance

8 of the site for inclusion in the National Park System. The

9 study shall be conducted in accordance with section 8 of

10 Public Law 91–383 (16 U.S.C. 1a–5).

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