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111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5451 

To provide for the application of the Recreation and Public Purposes Act 

to the Connell Lake area of the Ketchikan Gateway Borough, Alaska, 

so that the Borough may obtain that land under the basic terms and 

conditions of that Act. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 27, 2010 

Mr. YOUNG of Alaska introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Natural Resources 

A BILL 

To provide for the application of the Recreation and Public 

Purposes Act to the Connell Lake area of the Ketchikan 

Gateway Borough, Alaska, so that the Borough may 

obtain that land under the basic terms and conditions 

of that Act. 

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 ‘‘Connell Lake Water5 shed Protection and Recreation Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE. 

7 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 


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1 (1) The Forest Service owns the area sur2 rounding Connell Lake, located within the bound3 aries of the Ketchikan Gateway Borough, Alaska. 

4 Connell Lake serves as a major water source for the 

5 Borough and as a local recreation site. 

6 (2) The Borough has a great interest in the 

7 management of the Connell Lake area and desires to 

8 participate directly in the planning and management 

9 of the area. 

10 (3) The Borough would be eligible to obtain 

11 this land from the Federal Government under the 

12 Recreation and Public Purposes Act if the land was 

13 not located within a national forest. 

14 (4) Congress has passed legislation in similar 

15 circumstances to permit local governments to obtain 

16 National Forest System land under the Recreation 

17 and Public Purposes Act. 

18 (5) The management plan for Connell Lake 

19 under the Borough’s comprehensive plan is con20 sistent with the newly issued forest management 

21 plan for the area and with the terms and conditions 

22 of the Recreation and Public Purposes Act. 

23 (b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this Act is to provide 

24 for the application of the Recreation and Public Purposes 


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1 Act to the Connell Lake area so the Borough may obtain 

2 that land under the basic terms and conditions of the Act. 

3 SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 

4 In this Act: 

5 (1) BOROUGH.—The term ‘‘Borough’’ means 

6 the Ketchikan Gateway Borough located in the State 

7 of Alaska. 

8 (2) RECREATION AND PUBLIC PURPOSES

9 ACT.—The term ‘‘Recreation and Public Purposes 

10 Act’’ means the Act of June 14, 1926 (43 U.S.C. 

11 869 et seq.). 

12 SEC. 4. LAND CONVEYANCE, CONNELL LAKE AREA, KETCH13 IKAN GATEWAY BOROUGH, ALASKA. 

14 (a) CONVEYANCE.—Notwithstanding any other provi15 sion of law, in accordance with this Act and the Recreation 

16 and Public Purposes Act, and subject to valid existing 

17 rights, the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of 

18 the Interior, as appropriate, shall convey to the Borough 

19 all right, title, and interest of the United States in and 

20 to the Connell Lake Conveyance Area consisting of ap21 proximately 880 acres, as generally depicted on the map 

22 titled ‘‘Connell Lake Watershed—Aliquot Part Descrip23 tion’’. Such map shall be on file and available for inspec24 tion in the offices of the Chief of the Forest Service and 

25 the Forest Supervisor located in Ketchikan, Alaska. 


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1 (b) MANAGEMENT.—Once conveyed, the Connell 

2 Lake Conveyance Area shall be managed in accordance 

3 with the terms of the Recreation and Public Purposes Act, 

4 including the reverter provisions required by that Act. 

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