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Union Calendar No. 218 

112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1740 

[Report No. 112–320] 

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 

MAY 5, 2011 

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

to the Committee on Natural Resources 

DECEMBER 8, 2011 

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 May 5, 2011] 


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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 ‘‘(ll) ILLABOT CREEK, WASHINGTON.— 

9 ‘‘(A) The 14.3-mile segment from the head10 waters of Illabot Creek to the northern terminus 

11 as generally depicted on the map titled ‘Illabot 

12 Creek Proposed WSR–Northern Terminus’, dated 

13 September 15, 2009, to be administered by the 

14 Secretary of Agriculture as follows: 

15 ‘‘(i) The 4.3-mile segment from the 

16 headwaters of Illabot Creek to the boundary 

17 of Glacier Peak Wilderness Area as a wild 

18 river. 

19 ‘‘(ii) The 10-mile segment from the 

20 boundary of Glacier Peak Wilderness to the 

21 northern terminus as generally depicted on 

22 the map titled ‘Illabot Creek Proposed 

23 WSR–Northern Terminus’, dated September 

24 15, 2009, as a recreational river. 


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1 ‘‘(B) Action required to be taken under sub2 section (d)(1) for the river segments designated 

3 under this paragraph shall be completed through 

4 revision of the Skagit Wild and Scenic River 

5 comprehensive management plan. 

6 ‘‘(C) The Secretary of Agriculture may not 

7 acquire by condemnation any land or interest in 

8 land within the boundaries of the Illabot Creek 

9 Wild and Scenic River described in subpara10 graph (A). 

11 ‘‘(D) Nothing in this paragraph creates or 

12 authorizes the creation of a protective perimeter 

13 or buffer zone around the boundaries of the 

14 Illabot Creek Wild and Scenic River described in 

15 subparagraph (A). The fact that an activity or 

16 use can be seen or heard from within such 

17 boundaries shall not preclude the conduct of that 

18 activity or use outside such boundaries. 

19 ‘‘(E) No private property or non-Federal 

20 public property shall be included within the 

21 boundaries of the Illabot Creek Wild and Scenic 

22 River described in subparagraph (A) without the 

23 written consent of the owner of such property.’’. 


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Union Calendar No. 218 

112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1740 

[Report No. 112–320] 

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 

DECEMBER 8, 2011 

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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