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Union Calendar No. 517 

113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 361 

[Report No. 113–686] 

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 

JANUARY 23, 2013 

Mr. REICHERT (for himself and Ms. DELBENE) introduced the following bill; 

which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources 

DECEMBER 22, 2014 

Additional sponsors: Mr. SMITH of Washington and Mr. MCDERMOTT

DECEMBER 22, 2014 

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 January 23, 2013] 


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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. 


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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. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Alpine Lakes Wilderness 

5 Additions and Pratt and Middle Fork Snoqualmie Rivers 

6 Protection Act’’. 

7 SEC. 2. EXPANSION OF ALPINE LAKES WILDERNESS. 

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

9 and as a component of the National Wilderness Preserva10 tion System certain Federal land in the Mount Baker11 Snoqualmie National Forest in the State of Washington 

12 comprising approximately 21,493 acres that is within the 

13 Proposed Alpine Lakes Wilderness Additions Boundary, as 

14 generally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘HR 361, Alpine 

15 Lakes Wilderness Additions and Pratt and Middle Fork 

16 Snoqualmie Rivers Protection Act, 2013’’ and dated Octo17 ber 25, 2013, which is incorporated in and shall be consid18 ered to be a part of the Alpine Lakes Wilderness. 

19 (b) ADMINISTRATION.— 

20 (1) MANAGEMENT.—Subject to valid existing 

21 rights, the land designated as wilderness by subsection 

22 (a) shall be administered by the Secretary of Agri23 culture (referred to in this section as the ‘‘Secretary’’), 

24 in accordance with the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 

25 1131 et seq.), except that any reference in that Act to 


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1 the effective date of that Act shall be considered to be 

2 a reference to the date of enactment of this Act, and 

3 in accordance with section 4 of this Act. 

4 (2) MILITARY OVERFLIGHTS.—Nothing in this 

5 section restricts or precludes— 

6 (A) low-level overflights of military aircraft 

7 over the area designated as wilderness under this 

8 section, including military overflights that can 

9 be seen or heard within any wilderness area; 

10 (B) flight testing and evaluation; or 

11 (C) the designation or creation of new units 

12 of special use airspace, or the establishment of 

13 military flight training routes over the wilder14 ness area. 

15 (3) PREVENTION OF WILDFIRES.—The designa16 tion of wilderness under this section shall not be con17 strued to interfere with the authority of the Secretary 

18 of Agriculture to authorize mechanical thinning of 

19 trees or underbrush to prevent or control the spread 

20 of wildfires, or conditions creating the risk of wildfire 

21 that threaten areas outside the boundary of the wil22 derness, or the use of mechanized equipment for wild23 fire pre-suppression and suppression. 

24 (4) MAP AND DESCRIPTION.— 


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

2 after the date of enactment of this Act, the Sec3 retary shall file a map and a legal description 

4 of the land designated as wilderness by sub5 section (a) with— 

6 (i) the Committee on Natural Re7 sources of the House of Representatives; and 

8 (ii) the Committee on Energy and Nat9 ural Resources of the Senate. 

10 (B) FORCE OF LAW.—A map and legal de11 scription filed under subparagraph (A) shall 

12 have the same force and effect as if included in 

13 this Act, except that the Secretary may correct 

14 minor errors in the map and legal description. 

15 (C) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—The map and 

16 legal description filed under subparagraph (A) 

17 shall be filed and made available for public in18 spection in the appropriate office of the Forest 

19 Service. 

20 SEC. 3. WILD AND SCENIC RIVER DESIGNATIONS. 

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

22 U.S.C. 1274(a)) is amended by adding at the end the fol23 lowing: 

24 ‘‘(ll) MIDDLE FORK SNOQUALMIE, WASH25 INGTON.—Subject to subparagraph (C), the 27.4-mile 


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1 segment from the headwaters of the Middle Fork 

2 Snoqualmie River near La Bohn Gap in NE 1/4 sec. 

3 20, T. 24 N., R. 13 E., to the northern boundary of 

4 sec. 11, T. 23 N., R. 9 E., to be administered by the 

5 Secretary of Agriculture in the following classifica6 tions: 

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

8 from the headwaters of the Middle Fork 

9 Snoqualmie River near La Bohn Gap in NE 1/ 

10 4 sec. 20, T. 24 N., R. 13 E., to the west section 

11 line of sec. 3, T. 23 N., R. 12 E., as a wild river. 

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

13 from the west section line of sec. 3, T. 23 N., R. 

14 12 E., to the northern boundary of sec. 11, T. 23 

15 N., R. 9 E., as a scenic river. 

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

17 acquire by condemnation any land or interest in 

18 land within the boundaries of the Wild and Sce19 nic River segments designated by this para20 graph. Private or non-Federal public property 

21 shall not be included within the boundaries of 

22 the Wild and Scenic River segments designated 

23 by this paragraph unless the owner of such prop24 erty has consented in writing to having that 

25 property included in such boundaries. 


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1 ‘‘(ll) PRATT RIVER, WASHINGTON.—The en2 tirety of the Pratt River in the State of Washington, 

3 located in the Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National 

4 Forest, to be administered by the Secretary of Agri5 culture as a wild river. The Secretary of Agriculture 

6 may not acquire by condemnation any land or inter7 est in land within the boundaries of the Wild and 

8 Scenic River segments designated by this paragraph. 

9 Private or non-Federal public property shall not be 

10 included within the boundaries of the Wild and Sce11 nic River segments designated by this paragraph un12 less the owner of such property has consented in writ13 ing to having that property included in such bound14 aries.’’. 

15 SEC. 4. ADJACENT LAND MANAGEMENT. 

16 Nothing in this Act— 

17 (1) establishes or authorizes the establishment of 

18 a protective perimeter or buffer zone around the 

19 boundaries of the Wild and Scenic River segments or 

20 wilderness designated by this Act; or 

21 (2) precludes, limits, or restricts an activity 

22 from being conducted outside such boundaries, includ23 ing an activity that can be seen or heard from within 

24 such boundaries. 


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Union Calendar No. 517 

113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 361 

[Report No. 113–686] 

A BILL 

To expand the Alpine Lakes Wilderness in the 

and scenic rivers, and for other purposes. Fork Snoqualmie River and Pratt River as wild State of Washington, to designate the Middle 

DECEMBER 22, 2014 

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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