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113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4049 

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 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 11, 2014 

Mr. DUFFY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 

on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by 

the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

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, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Ashland Breakwater 

3 Light Transfer Act’’. 

4 SEC. 2. BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT TO INCLUDE LIGHT5 HOUSE. 

6 The Act entitled ‘‘An Act to provide for the establish7 ment of the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore in the 

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

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

10 as follows: 

11 (1) In the first section as follows: 

12 (A) In subsection (a)— 

13 (i) by striking ‘‘the area’’ and insert14 ing ‘‘The area’’; and 

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

16 a period. 

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

18 period. 

19 (C) By inserting after ‘‘1985.’’ the fol20 lowing: 

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

22 ‘‘(1) The Ashland Harbor Breakwater Light 

23 generally depicted on the map titled ‘Ashland Har24 bor Breakwater Light Addition to Apostle Islands 

25 National Lakeshore’ and dated February 11, 2014, 


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1 located at the end of the breakwater on 

2 Chequamegon Bay, Wisconsin. 

3 ‘‘(2) Congress does not intend for the designa4 tion of the property under paragraph (1) to create 

5 a protective perimeter or buffer zone around the 

6 boundary of that property.’’. 

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

8 all that follows through the period. 

9 (3) In section 6 as follows: 

10 (A) By striking ‘‘The lakeshore’’ and in11 serting: 

12 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The lakeshore’’. 

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

14 ‘‘the provisions of’’. 

15 (C) By adding after subsection (a) the fol16 lowing: 

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

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

19 ‘‘(1) the Army Corps of Engineers for break20 water maintenance; and 

21 ‘‘(2) the Coast Guard for Federal aids to navi22 gation (as defined in section 308(e)(4) of Public 

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

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

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1 operate in their operations so as to not lower the stand2 ards evolved for the operation of units of the National 

3 Park System, Federal aids to navigation, and harbor 

4 maintenance under Federal law with respect to the lake5 shore. 

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

7 existing authorities, the Secretary may enter into agree8 ments with the City of Ashland, County of Ashland, and 

9 County of Bayfield, Wisconsin, for the purpose of coopera10 tive law enforcement and emergency services within the 

11 boundaries of the lakeshore.’’. 

12 SEC. 3. NO AUTHORIZATION FOR INCREASED APPROPRIA13 TION. 

14 Nothing in this Act or the amendments made by this 

15 Act shall be construed to increase the amount of appro16 priations that are authorized to be appropriated for any 

17 fiscal year. 

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