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106TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION S. 3119

To amend the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to provide for the establishment of

Fort Clatsop National Memorial in the State of Oregon, and for other

purposes.’’.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

SEPTEMBER 27 (legislative day, SEPTEMBER 22), 2000

Mr. WYDEN (for himself and Mr. SMITH of Oregon) introduced the following

bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and

Natural Resources

A BILL

To amend the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to provide for the establishment of Fort Clatsop National Memorial in the State

of Oregon, 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 ‘‘Fort Clatsop National

5 Memorial Expansion Act of 2000’’.

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS

7 The Congress finds the following:

8 (1) In 1805, the members of the Lewis and

9 Clark Expedition built Fort Clatsop at the mouth of
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1 the Columbia River near Astoria, Oregon, where

2 they spent 106 days waiting for the end of winter

3 and preparing for their journey home. The Fort

4 Clatsop National Memorial was created by Congress

5 in 1958 for the purpose of commemorating the cul6 mination, and the winter encampment, of the Lewis

7 and Clark Expedition following its successful cross8 ing of the North American continent, and is the only

9 National Park Service site solely dedicated to the

10 Lewis and Clark Expedition.

11 (2) The 1995 General Management Plan for

12 the Fort Clatsop National Memorial, prepared with

13 input from the local community, calls for the addi14 tion of lands to the memorial to include the trail

15 used by expedition members to travel from the fort

16 to the Pacific Ocean and to include the shore and

17 forest lands surrounding the fort and trail to protect

18 their natural settings.

19 (3) The area near present day McGowan,

20 Washington where Lewis and Clark and the Corps

21 of Discovery camped after reaching the Pacific

22 Ocean, performed detailed surveying, and conducted

23 the historic ‘‘vote’’ to determine where to spend the

24 winter, is of undisputed national significance.
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1 (4) The National Park Service and State of

2 Washington should identify the best alternative for

3 adequately and cost effectively protecting and inter4 preting the ‘‘Station Camp’’ site.

5 (5) Expansion of the Fort Clatsop National Me6 morial would require Federal legislation because the

7 size of the memorial is currently limited by statute

8 to 130 acres.

9 (6) Congressional action to allow for the expan10 sion of Fort Clatsop for both the trail to the Pacific

11 and, possibly, the Station Camp site would be both

12 timely and appropriate before the start of the na13 tional bicentennial celebration of the Lewis and

14 Clark Expedition planned to take place during the

15 years 2004 through 2006.

16 SEC. 3. ACQUISITION OF LANDS FOR FORT CLATSOP NA17 TIONAL MEMORIAL.

18 The Act entitled ‘‘An Act to provide for the establish19 ment of Fort Clatsop National Memorial in the State of

20 Oregon, and for other purposes.’’, approved May 29, 1958

21 (Chapter 158; 72 Stat. 153), is amended—

22 (1) by inserting in section 2 ‘‘(a)’’ before ‘‘The

23 Secretary’’;
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1 (2) by inserting in section 2 a period, ‘‘.’’, fol2 lowing ‘‘coast’’ and by striking the remainder of the

3 section;

4 (3) by inserting in section 2 the following new

5 subsections:

6 ‘‘(b) The Memorial shall also include the lands de7 picted on the map entitled ‘Fort Clatsop Boundary Map’,

8 numbered and dated ‘405–80016–CCO–June–1996’. The

9 area designated in the map as a ‘buffer zone’ shall not

10 be developed but shall be managed as a visual buffer be11 tween a commemorative trail that will run through the

12 property, and contiguous private land holdings.

13 ‘‘(c) The total area designated as the Memorial shall

14 contain no more than 1,500 acres.’’; and

15 (4) by inserting at the end of section 3 the fol16 lowing:

17 ‘‘(b) Such lands included within the newly expanded

18 boundary may be acquired from willing sellers only, with

19 the exception of corporately owned timberlands.’’.

20 SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF STUDY OF STATION CAMP.

21 The Secretary of the Interior shall conduct a study

22 of the area known as ‘‘Station Camp’’ near McGowan,

23 Washington, to determine its suitability, feasibility, and

24 national significance, for inclusion into the National Park
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1 System. The study shall be conducted in accordance with

2 section 8 of Public Law 91–383 (16 U.S.C. 1a–5).

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