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113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 2031 

To amend the Act to provide for the establishment of the Apostle Islands 

National Lakeshore in the State of Wisconsin, and for other purposes, 

to adjust the boundary of that National Lakeshore to include the lighthouse known as Ashland Harbor Breakwater Light, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

FEBRUARY 12, 2014 

Ms. BALDWIN introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred 

to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources 

A BILL 

To amend the Act to provide for the establishment of the 

Apostle Islands National Lakeshore in the State of Wisconsin, and for other purposes, to adjust the boundary 

of that National Lakeshore to include the lighthouse 

known as Ashland Harbor Breakwater Light, 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 ‘‘Ashland Breakwater 

5 Light Transfer Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT TO INCLUDE LIGHT2 HOUSE. 

3 The Act entitled ‘‘An Act to provide for the establish4 ment of the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore in the 

5 State of Wisconsin, and for other purposes.’’, approved 

6 September 26, 1970 (16 U.S.C. 460w et seq.), is amended 

7 as follows: 

8 (1) In the first section as follows: 

9 (A) In subsection (a)— 

10 (i) by striking ‘‘the area’’ and insert11 ing ‘‘The area’’; and 

12 (ii) by striking ‘‘; and’’ and inserting 

13 a period. 

14 (B) In subsection (b), by striking the final 

15 period. 

16 (C) By inserting after ‘‘1985.’’ the fol17 lowing: 

18 ‘‘(c) ASHLAND HARBOR BREAKWATER LIGHT.— 

19 ‘‘(1) The Ashland Harbor Breakwater Light 

20 generally depicted on the map titled ‘Ashland Har21 bor Breakwater Light Addition to Apostle Islands 

22 National Lakeshore’ and dated February 11, 2014, 

23 located at the end of the breakwater on 

24 Chequamegon Bay, Wisconsin. 

25 ‘‘(2) Congress does not intend for the designa26 tion of the property under paragraph (1) to create 


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1 a protective perimeter or buffer zone around the 

2 boundary of that property.’’. 

3 (2) In section 3, by striking ‘‘: Provided’’ and 

4 all that follows through the period. 

5 (3) In section 6 as follows: 

6 (A) By striking ‘‘The lakeshore’’ and in7 serting: 

8 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The lakeshore’’. 

9 (B) By inserting ‘‘this section and’’ before 

10 ‘‘the provisions of’’. 

11 (C) By adding after subsection (a) the fol12 lowing: 

13 ‘‘(b) FEDERAL USE.—Rights to use a portion of the 

14 land and facilities of the lakeshore may be retained by— 

15 ‘‘(1) the Army Corps of Engineers for break16 water maintenance; and 

17 ‘‘(2) the Coast Guard for Federal aids to navi18 gation (as defined in section 308(e)(4) of Public 

19 Law 89–665; 16 U.S.C. 470w–7(e)(4)). 

20 ‘‘(c) COOPERATION.—The National Park Service, the 

21 Coast Guard, and the Army Corps of Engineers shall co22 operate in their operations so as to not lower the stand23 ards evolved for the operation of units of the National 

24 Park System, Federal aids to navigation, and harbor 


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1 maintenance under Federal law with respect to the lake2 shore. 

3 ‘‘(d) CLARIFICATION OF AUTHORITY.—Pursuant to 

4 existing authorities, the Secretary may enter into agree5 ments with the City of Ashland, County of Ashland, and 

6 County of Bayfield, Wisconsin, for the purpose of coopera7 tive law enforcement and emergency services within the 

8 boundaries of the lakeshore.’’. 

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