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115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 763 

To clarify the boundary of Acadia National Park, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 31, 2017 

Mr. POLIQUIN (for himself and Ms. PINGREE) introduced the following bill; 

which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources 

A BILL 

To clarify the boundary of Acadia National Park, 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 ‘‘Acadia National Park 

5 Boundary Clarification Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. ACADIA NATIONAL PARK BOUNDARY CLARIFICA7 TION. 

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 101 of Public Law 99– 

9 420 (16 U.S.C. 341 note) is amended— 

10 (1) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘In order 

11 to’’ and inserting the following: 


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1 ‘‘(a) BOUNDARIES.—To’’; 

2 (2) in the second sentence— 

3 (A) by striking ‘‘The map’’ and inserting 

4 the following: 

5 ‘‘(d) AVAILABILITY OF MAPS.—The maps described 

6 in subsection (a) and subsection (b)’’; and 

7 (B) by striking ‘‘and it shall’’ and insert8 ing ‘‘and shall’’; and 

9 (3) by inserting after subsection (a) (as so des10 ignated) the following: 

11 ‘‘(b) SCHOODIC PENINSULA ADDITION.—The bound12 ary of the Park is confirmed to include approximately 

13 1,441 acres of land and interests in land, as depicted on 

14 the map entitled ‘Acadia National Park, Hancock County, 

15 Maine, Schoodic Peninsula Boundary Revision’, numbered 

16 123/129102, and dated July 10, 2015. 

17 ‘‘(c) RATIFICATION AND APPROVAL OF ACQUISITIONS

18 OF LAND.—Congress ratifies and approves— 

19 ‘‘(1) effective as of September 26, 2013, the ac20 quisition by the United States of the land and inter21 ests in the land described in subsection (b); and 

22 ‘‘(2) effective as of the date on which the alter23 ation occurred, any alteration of the land or inter24 ests in the land described in subsection (b) that is 

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1 version of the land to fee simple interest) that oc2 curred after the date described in paragraph (1).’’. 

3 SEC. 3. LIMITATION ON ACQUISITION OF LAND FOR ACADIA 

4 NATIONAL PARK. 

5 (a) LIMITATION.—Except as provided in subsection 

6 (b), the Secretary of the Interior (referred to in this Act 

7 as the ‘‘Secretary’’) may only acquire land or interests in 

8 land within the boundary of Acadia National Park or out9 side the boundary of Acadia National Park in Hancock 

10 or Knox County, Maine, in accordance with Public Law 

11 99–420 (16 U.S.C. 341 note). 

12 (b) EXCEPTION.—The Secretary may conduct ex13 changes for land and interests in land described in sub14 section (a) in accordance with section 102901 of title 54, 

15 United States Code. 

16 SEC. 4. SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT. 

17 Section 102(f) of Public Law 99–420 (16 U.S.C. 341 

18 note) is amended, in the second sentence, by striking ‘‘to19 ward the cost of constructing’’ through the period at the 

20 end of the sentence and inserting the following: ‘‘$350,000 

21 to a regional consortium composed of units of local govern22 ment located on, or in the vicinity of, Mount Desert Is23 land, Maine, that is established for the purpose of improv24 ing the management of the disposal and recycling of solid 

25 waste.’’. 


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1 SEC. 5. ACADIA NATIONAL PARK ADVISORY COMMISSION. 

2 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall reestablish 

3 and appoint members to the Acadia National Park Advi4 sory Commission in accordance with section 103 of Public 

5 Law 99–420 (16 U.S.C. 341 note). 

6 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 103 of 

7 Public Law 99–420 (16 U.S.C. 341 note) is amended by 

8 striking subsection (f). 

9 SEC. 6. REPEAL OF CERTAIN PROVISIONS RELATING TO 

10 ACADIA NATIONAL PARK. 

11 The following provisions are repealed: 

12 (1) Section 3 of the Act of February 26, 1919 

13 (40 Stat. 1178, chapter 45). 

14 (2) The first section of the Act of January 19, 

15 1929 (45 Stat. 1083, chapter 77). 

16 SEC. 7. MODIFICATION OF USE RESTRICTION. 

17 The Act of August 1, 1950 (64 Stat. 383, chapter 

18 511), is amended— 

19 (1) by striking ‘‘That the Secretary’’ and in20 serting the following: 

21 ‘‘SECTION 1. CONVEYANCE OF LAND IN ACADIA NATIONAL 

22 PARK. 

23 ‘‘The Secretary’’; and 

24 (2) by striking ‘‘for school purposes’’ and in25 serting ‘‘for public purposes, subject to the condi26 tions that use of the land shall not degrade or adVerDate Sep 11 2014 20:20 Feb 07, 2017 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H763.IH H763

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1 versely impact the resources or values of Acadia Na2 tional Park and the land shall remain in public own3 ership for recreational, educational, or similar public 

4 purposes’’. 

5 SEC. 8. CONTINUATION OF CERTAIN TRADITIONAL USES. 

6 Title I of Public Law 99–420 (16 U.S.C. 341 note) 

7 is amended by adding at the end the following: 

8 ‘‘SEC. 109. CONTINUATION OF CERTAIN TRADITIONAL USES. 

9 ‘‘To allow for the continuation of traditional har10 vesting and aquaculture of clams, worms, mussels, 

11 periwinkles, and other marine organisms (as defined in 

12 section 6001(26) of title 12 of the Maine Revised Statutes 

13 (as in effect on the date of enactment of the Acadia Na14 tional Park Boundary Clarification Act)) within intertidal 

15 areas within the Park, the Secretary shall permit the har16 vesting of the marine organisms in the Park in accordance 

17 with the laws (including regulations) of the State of Maine 

18 and its political units of local government in the State of 

19 Maine.’’. 

20 SEC. 9. CONVEYANCE OF CERTAIN LAND IN ACADIA NA21 TIONAL PARK TO THE TOWN OF BAR HAR22 BOR, MAINE. 

23 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall convey to the 

24 Town of Bar Harbor (referred to in this section as the 

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1 in and to the .29-acre parcel of land in Acadia National 

2 Park identified as lot 110–055–000 on the tax map of the 

3 Town for section 110, dated April 1, 2015, to be used 

4 for a solid waste transfer facility. 

5 (b) REVERSION.—If the land conveyed under sub6 section (a) is used for a purpose other than the purpose 

7 described in that subsection, the land shall, at the discre8 tion of the Secretary, revert to the United States. 

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