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108TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4887

To adjust the boundary of the Cumberland Island Wilderness, to authorize 

tours of the Cumberland Island National Seashore, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 21, 2004

Mr. KINGSTON (for himself, Mr. SCOTT of Georgia, and Mr. BASS) introduced 

the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Resources 

A BILL

To adjust the boundary of the Cumberland Island Wilderness, to authorize tours of the Cumberland Island National Seashore, 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 ‘‘Cumberland Island 

5 Wilderness Boundary Adjustment Act of 2003’’. 

6 SEC. 2. CUMBERLAND ISLAND WILDERNESS BOUNDARY AD7 JUSTMENT. 

8 Public Law 97–250 (96 Stat. 709) is amended by 

9 striking section 2 and inserting the following: 
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1 ‘‘SEC. 2. CUMBERLAND ISLAND WILDERNESS. 

2 ‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

3 ‘‘(1) MAP.—The term ‘map’ means the map en4 titled ‘Cumberland Island Wilderness’, numbered 

5 640/20,038F, and dated April 2003. 

6 ‘‘(2) SECRETARY.—The term ‘Secretary’ means 

7 the Secretary of the Interior. 

8 ‘‘(3) WILDERNESS.—The term ‘Wilderness’ 

9 means the Cumberland Island Wilderness estab10 lished by subsection (b). 

11 ‘‘(b) ESTABLISHMENT.—

12 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Approximately 10,830 

13 acres of land in the Cumberland Island National 

14 Seashore depicted on the map as ‘Wilderness’ is des15 ignated as a component of the National Wilderness 

16 Preservation System and shall be known as the 

17 ‘Cumberland Island Wilderness’. 

18 ‘‘(2) EXCLUSIONS.—The roadways depicted on 

19 the map as the ‘Main Road’, the ‘Plum Orchard 

20 Spur’, and the ‘North Cut Road’ shall not be in21 cluded in the Wilderness. 

22 ‘‘(c) ADDITIONAL LAND.—In addition to the land 

23 designated under subsection (b), the Secretary shall—

24 ‘‘(1) on acquisition of the approximately 210 

25 acres of land identified on the map as ‘The Nature 
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1 Conservancy’, adjust the boundary of the Wilderness 

2 to include the land; and 

3 ‘‘(2) on publication in the Federal Register of 

4 a notice that all uses of the approximately 10,500 

5 acres of land depicted on the map as ‘Potential Wil6 derness’ that are prohibited under the Wilderness 

7 Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.) have ceased, adjust the 

8 boundary of the Wilderness to include the land. 

9 ‘‘(d) AVAILABILITY OF MAP.—The map shall be on 

10 file and available for public inspection in the appropriate 

11 offices of the National Park Service. 

12 ‘‘(e) ADMINISTRATION.—Subject to valid existing 

13 rights, the Wilderness shall be administered by the Sec14 retary, in accordance with the applicable provisions of the 

15 Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.) governing areas 

16 designated by that Act as wilderness areas, except that—

17 ‘‘(1) any reference in such provisions to the ef18 fective date of that Act shall be deemed to be a ref19 erence to the effective date of this Act; and 

20 ‘‘(2) where appropriate, any reference in that 

21 Act to the Secretary of Agriculture shall be deemed 

22 to be a reference to the Secretary. 

23 ‘‘(f) EFFECT.—Any person with a right to utility 

24 service on Cumberland Island on the date of enactment 

25 of this subsection shall continue to have the right to utility 
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1 service in the Wilderness after the date of enactment of 

2 this subsection.’’. 

3 SEC. 3. TOURS OF CUMBERLAND ISLAND NATIONAL SEA4 SHORE. 

5 Section 6 of Public Law 92–536 (86 Stat. 1066) is 

6 amended—

7 (1) in subsection (b), by inserting ‘‘, except as 

8 provided in subsection (c),’’ before ‘‘no development 

9 of the project’’; and 

10 (2) by adding at the end the following: 

11 ‘‘(c) TOURS OF THE SEASHORE.—Notwithstanding 

12 subsection (b), the Secretary may enter into 1 or more 

13 concession contracts, as the Secretary determines appro14 priate, for the provision of tours for visitors to the sea15 shore that are consistent with—

16 ‘‘(1) this Act; 

17 ‘‘(2) the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et 

18 seq.); and 

19 ‘‘(3) Public Law 97–250 (96 Stat. 709).’’.

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