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Union Calendar No. 161 

111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1593 

[Report No. 111–291] 

To amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate a segment of Illabot 

Creek in Skagit County, Washington, as a component of the National 

Wild and Scenic Rivers System. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 18, 2009 

Mr. LARSEN of Washington introduced the following bill; which was referred 

to the Committee on Natural Resources 

OCTOBER 8, 2009 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 

House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 

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

[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on March 18, 2009] 


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A BILL 

To amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate 

a segment of Illabot Creek in Skagit County, Washington, as a component of the National Wild and Scenic 

Rivers System. 


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

3 SECTION 1. DESIGNATION OF WILD AND SCENIC RIVER 

4 SEGMENTS. 

5 Section 3(a) of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act (16 

6 U.S.C. 1274(a)) is amended by adding at the end the fol7 lowing: 

8 ‘‘(lll) ILLABOT CREEK, WASHINGTON.— 

9 ‘‘(A) The 14.3 mile segment from the head10 waters of Illabot Creek to the north 1/16 line of 

11 section 34, township 35 north, range 10 east, 

12 Willamette Meridian, excepting any lands north 

13 of a line 200 feet southerly and perpendicular to 

14 the southerly right-of-way line of the Rockport15 Cascade Road, through lands of the United 

16 States, the Washington State Department of Nat17 ural Resources, and lands owned by, or adminis18 tered by agencies of, the City of Seattle, except19 ing any lands under any private ownership to be 

20 administered by the Secretary of Agriculture as 

21 follows: 

22 ‘‘(i) The 4.3 mile segment from the 

23 headwaters of Illabot Creek to the boundary 

24 of Glacier Peak Wilderness Area as a wild 

25 river. 


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1 ‘‘(ii) The 10 mile segment from the 

2 boundary of Glacier Peak Wilderness to 

3 north 1/16 line of section 34, township 35 

4 north, range 10 east, Willamette Meridian, 

5 excepting any lands north of a line 200 feet 

6 southerly and perpendicular to the southerly 

7 right-of-way line of the Rockport-Cascade 

8 Road as a recreational river. 

9 ‘‘(B) Action required to be taken under sub10 section (d)(1) for the river segments designated 

11 under this paragraph shall be completed through 

12 revision of the Skagit Wild and Scenic River 

13 comprehensive management plan.’’. 


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Union Calendar No. 161 

111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1593 

[Report No. 111–291] 

A BILL 

To amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to destional Wild and Scenic Rivers System. County, Washington, as a component of the Na- ignate a segment of Illabot Creek in Skagit 

OCTOBER 8, 2009 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Comand ordered to be printed mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 


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