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Union Calendar No. 462 

113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4049 

[Report No. 113–621, Part I] 

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 

NOVEMBER 17, 2014 

Additional sponsors: Mr. POCAN, Mr. RIBBLE, Mr. SENSENBRENNER, Mr. 

KIND, Ms. MOORE, and Mr. PETRI

NOVEMBER 17, 2014 

Reported from the Committee on Natural Resources 

NOVEMBER 17, 2014 

The Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure discharged; committed 

to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed 


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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. 


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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 ‘‘Ashland Breakwater 

5 Light Transfer Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT TO INCLUDE LIGHT7 HOUSE. 

8 The Act entitled ‘‘An Act to provide for the establish9 ment of the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore in the 

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

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

12 as follows: 

13 (1) In the first section as follows: 

14 (A) In subsection (a)— 

15 (i) by striking ‘‘the area’’ and insert16 ing ‘‘The area’’; and 

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

18 a period. 

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

20 period. 

21 (C) By inserting after ‘‘1985.’’ the fol22 lowing: 

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

24 ‘‘(1) The Ashland Harbor Breakwater Light 

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1 bor Breakwater Light Addition to Apostle Islands 

2 National Lakeshore’ and dated February 11, 2014, 

3 located at the end of the breakwater on 

4 Chequamegon Bay, Wisconsin. 

5 ‘‘(2) Congress does not intend for the designa6 tion of the property under paragraph (1) to create 

7 a protective perimeter or buffer zone around the 

8 boundary of that property.’’. 

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

10 all that follows through the period. 

11 (3) In section 6 as follows: 

12 (A) By striking ‘‘The lakeshore’’ and in13 serting: 

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

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

16 ‘‘the provisions of’’. 

17 (C) By adding after subsection (a) the fol18 lowing: 

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

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

21 ‘‘(1) the Army Corps of Engineers for break22 water maintenance; and 

23 ‘‘(2) the Coast Guard for Federal aids to navi24 gation (as defined in section 308(e)(4) of Public 

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


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

2 Coast Guard, and the Army Corps of Engineers shall co3 operate in their operations so as to not lower the stand4 ards evolved for the operation of units of the National 

5 Park System, Federal aids to navigation, and harbor 

6 maintenance under Federal law with respect to the lake7 shore. 

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

9 existing authorities, the Secretary may enter into agree10 ments with the City of Ashland, County of Ashland, and 

11 County of Bayfield, Wisconsin, for the purpose of coopera12 tive law enforcement and emergency services within the 

13 boundaries of the lakeshore.’’. 

14 SEC. 3. NO AUTHORIZATION FOR INCREASED APPROPRIA15 TION. 

16 Nothing in this Act or the amendments made by this 

17 Act shall be construed to increase the amount of appro18 priations that are authorized to be appropriated for any 

19 fiscal year. 


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Union Calendar No. 462 

113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4049 

[Report No. 113–621, Part I] 

A BILL 

To amend the Act to provide for the establishment 

bor Breakwater Light, and for other purposes. to include the lighthouse known as Ashland Haradjust the boundary of that National Lakeshore State of Wisconsin, and for other purposes, to of the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore in the 

NOVEMBER 17, 2014 

Reported from the Committee on Natural Resources 

NOVEMBER 17, 2014 

The Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 

printed House on the State of the Union and ordered to be discharged; committed to the Committee of the Whole 


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