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111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1769 

To expand the Alpine Lakes Wilderness in the State of Washington, to 

designate the Middle Fork Snoqualmie River and Pratt River as wild 

and scenic rivers, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 26, 2009 

Mr. REICHERT (for himself, Mr. INSLEE, Mr. BAIRD, Mr. MCDERMOTT, and 

Mr. SMITH of Washington) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources 

A BILL 

To expand the Alpine Lakes Wilderness in the State of 

Washington, to designate the Middle Fork Snoqualmie 

River and Pratt River as wild and scenic rivers, 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 ‘‘Alpine Lakes Wilder5 ness Additions and Pratt and Middle Fork Snoqualmie 

6 Rivers Protection Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. EXPANSION OF ALPINE LAKES WILDERNESS. 

2 (a) IN GENERAL.—There is designated as wilderness 

3 and as a component of the National Wilderness Preserva4 tion System certain Federal land in the Mount Baker5 Snoqualmie National Forest in the State of Washington 

6 comprising approximately 22,100 acres, as generally de7 picted on the map entitled ‘‘Proposed Alpine Lakes Wil8 derness Additions’’ and dated March 23, 2009, which is 

9 incorporated in and shall be considered to be a part of 

10 the Alpine Lakes Wilderness. 

11 (b) ADMINISTRATION.— 

12 (1) MANAGEMENT.—Subject to valid existing 

13 rights, the land designated as wilderness by sub14 section (a) shall be administered by the Secretary of 

15 Agriculture (referred to in this section as the ‘‘Sec16 retary’’), in accordance with the Wilderness Act (16 

17 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), except that any reference in 

18 that Act to the effective date of that Act shall be 

19 considered to be a reference to the date of enact20 ment of this Act. 

21 (2) MAP AND DESCRIPTION.— 

22 (A) IN GENERAL.—As soon as practicable 

23 after the date of enactment of this Act, the Sec24 retary shall file a map and a legal description 

25 of each wilderness area designated by sub26 section (a) with— 


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1 (i) the Committee on Natural Re2 sources of the House of Representatives; 

3 and 

4 (ii) the Committee on Energy and 

5 Natural Resources of the Senate. 

6 (B) FORCE OF LAW.—A map and legal de7 scription filed under subparagraph (A) shall 

8 have the same force and effect as if included in 

9 this Act, except that the Secretary may correct 

10 errors in the map and legal description. 

11 (C) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—Each map 

12 and legal description filed under subparagraph 

13 (A) shall be filed and made available for public 

14 inspection in the appropriate office of the Sec15 retary. 

16 (c) INCORPORATION OF ACQUIRED LAND AND INTER17 EST.—Any land within the boundary of the land des18 ignated as wilderness by subsection (a) that is acquired 

19 by the United States shall— 

20 (1) become part of the wilderness area; and 

21 (2) be managed in accordance with subsection 

22 (b)(1). 


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1 SEC. 3. WILD AND SCENIC RIVER DESIGNATIONS. 

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

3 U.S.C. 1274(a)) is amended by adding at the end the fol4 lowing: 

5 ‘‘(ll) MIDDLE FORK SNOQUALMIE, WASH6 INGTON.—The 27.4-mile segment from its head7 waters near La Bohn Gap in the northeast quarter 

8 of section 20, township 24 north, range 13 east to 

9 the northern boundary of section 11, township 23 

10 north, range 9 east, to be administered by the Sec11 retary of Agriculture as follows: 

12 ‘‘(A) The approximately 6.4-mile segment 

13 from its headwaters near La Bohn Gap in the 

14 northeast quarter of section 20, township 24 

15 north, range 13 east to the west section line of 

16 section 3, township 23 north, range 12 east as 

17 a wild river. 

18 ‘‘(B) The approximately 21-mile segment 

19 from the west section line of section 3, township 

20 23 north, range 12 east to the northern bound21 ary of section 11, township 23 north, range 9 

22 east as a scenic river. 

23 ‘‘(ll) PRATT RIVER, WASHINGTON.—The en24 tirety of the Pratt River in the State of Washington, 

25 located in the Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National 


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1 Forest, to be administered by the Secretary of Agri2 culture as a wild river.’’. 

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