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111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4558 
To designate as wilderness certain lands and inland waters within the Sleeping 
Bear Dunes National Lakeshore in the State of Michigan, and for 
other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 2, 2010 
Mr. HOEKSTRA (for himself and Mr. CAMP) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To designate as wilderness certain lands and inland waters 
within the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore in 
the State of Michigan, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Sleeping Bear Dunes 
National Lakeshore Conservation and Recreation Act’’. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) LINE OF DEMARCATION.—The term ‘‘line of 
demarcation’’ means the general line formed by the 
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lakeward extent of the first contiguous vegetation 
that is upland from the high water mark. 
(2) MAP.—The term ‘‘map’’ means the map ti-
tled ‘‘Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, Pro-
posed Wilderness Boundary’’, numbered 634/80,083, 
and dated February, 2009. 
(3) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of the Interior. 
(4) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means the State 
of Michigan. 
(5) WILDERNESS AREA.—The term ‘‘wilderness 
area’’ means the Sleeping Bear Dunes National 
Lakeshore Wilderness designated by section 3(a). 
SEC. 3. SLEEPING BEAR DUNES NATIONAL LAKESHORE 
WILDERNESS AREA. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—In accordance with section 3(c) 
of the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1132(c)), and subject 
to subsection (c), certain lands and inland waters com-
prising approximately 32,557 acres along the mainland 
shore of Lake Michigan and on certain nearby islands in 
Benzie and Leelanau Counties, Michigan, within the 
Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, as generally de-
picted on the map, are hereby designated as wilderness, 
and as a component of the National Wilderness Preserva-
tion System. The wilderness area designated by this sec-
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tion shall be known as the ‘‘Sleeping Bear Dunes National 
Lakeshore Wilderness’’. 
(b) MAP AND LEGAL DESCRIPTION.— 
(1) ON FILE.—The map shall be on file and 
available for public inspection in the appropriate of-
fices of the National Park Service. 
(2) LEGAL DESCRIPTION.—As soon as practical 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary shall submit a legal description of the bound-
ary of the wilderness area to the Committee on En-
ergy and Natural Resources of the Senate and the 
Committee on Natural Resources of the House of 
Representatives. 
(3) CORRECTIONS.—The map and legal descrip-
tion shall have the same force and effect as if in-
cluded in this Act, except that the Secretary may 
correct clerical and typographical errors in the de-
scription and maps. 
(c) LAKEWARD BOUNDARY OF THE WILDERNESS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), 
the line of demarcation shall be the lakeward bound-
ary of any portion of wilderness designated in sub-
section (a) that would otherwise be bordered by 
Lake Michigan. 
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(2) SURFACE
WATER
AND
ACTIVE
WASH 
ZONE.—The surface water and active wash zone of 
Lake Michigan, regardless of the fluctuating lake 
level or the line of demarcation, shall be considered 
to be outside the boundary of the designated wilder-
ness. 
SEC. 4. ADMINISTRATION. 
(a) MANAGEMENT.— 
(1) WILDERNESS ACT.—Subject to valid exist-
ing rights, the wilderness area shall be administered 
by the Secretary in accordance with the Wilderness 
Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), except that— 
(A) any reference in the Wilderness Act to 
the effective date shall be considered to be a 
reference to the date of the enactment of this 
Act; and 
(B) with respect to lands administered by 
the Secretary, any reference in the Wilderness 
Act to the Secretary of Agriculture shall be con-
sidered to be a reference to the Secretary. 
(2) MAINTENANCE OF ROADS.— 
(A) LOCATION
OF
WILDERNESS
BOUND-
ARY.—The boundary of the wilderness area 
shall be located not closer than— 
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(6) NO BUFFER ZONES.—Nothing in this Act 
creates a protective perimeter or buffer zone around 
the wilderness area. The fact that a nonwilderness 
activity or use can be seen or heard from within the 
wilderness area shall not preclude the conduct of the 
activity or use outside the boundary of the wilder-
ness area. 
(b) SAVINGS PROVISIONS.—Nothing in this Act 
shall— 
(1) modify, alter, or in any way affect any trea-
ty rights; 
(2) modify, alter, or in any way affect any valid 
private property rights, in existence on the day be-
fore the date of the enactment of this Act; 
(3) alter the management of the water of Lake 
Michigan within the boundary of the Sleeping Bear 
Dunes National Lakeshore in existence on the day 
before the date of the enactment of this Act; or 
(4) be construed as prohibiting the use of mo-
tors on the surface water of Lake Michigan adjacent 
to the wilderness area or the beaching of motorboats 
on the Lake Michigan beach lakeward of the bound-
ary of the wilderness area. 
Æ 
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