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Union Calendar No. 456
108TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4887
[Report No. 108–738] 
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 
OCTOBER 6, 2004
Additional sponsors: Mr. BISHOP of Georgia, Mr. CLYBURN, and Mr. 
CHANDLER
OCTOBER 6, 2004
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on July 21, 2004] 
A BILL 
To adjust the boundary of the Cumberland Island Wilder-
ness, to authorize tours of the Cumberland Island Na-
tional Seashore, 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 ‘‘Cumberland Island Wil-
derness Boundary Adjustment Act of 2004’’. 
SEC. 2. CUMBERLAND ISLAND WILDERNESS BOUNDARY AD-
JUSTMENT. 
Public Law 97–250 (96 Stat. 709) is amended by 
striking section 2 and inserting the following: 
‘‘SEC. 2. CUMBERLAND ISLAND WILDERNESS. 
‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) MAP.—The term ‘map’ means the map enti-
tled ‘Cumberland Island Wilderness’, numbered 640/
20,038I, and dated September 2004. 
‘‘(2) SECRETARY.—The term ‘Secretary’ means 
the Secretary of the Interior. 
‘‘(3) 
WILDERNESS.—The 
term 
‘Wilderness’ 
means the Cumberland Island Wilderness established 
by subsection (b). 
‘‘(4) POTENTIAL WILDERNESS.—The term ‘Po-
tential Wilderness’ means the 10,500 acres of poten-
tial wilderness described in subsection (c)(2), but does 
not include the area at the north end of Cumberland 
Island known as the ‘High Point Half-Moon Bluff 
Historic District’. 
‘‘(b) ESTABLISHMENT.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Approximately 9,886 acres 
of land in the Cumberland Island National Seashore
depicted on the map as ‘Wilderness’ is designated as 
a component of the National Wilderness Preservation 
System and shall be known as the ‘Cumberland Is-
land Wilderness’. 
‘‘(2) EXCLUSIONS.—The 25-foot wide roadways 
depicted on the map as the ‘Main Road’, ‘Plum Or-
chard’, and the ‘North Cut Road’ shall not be in-
cluded in the Wilderness and shall be maintained by 
the Secretary for continued vehicle use. 
‘‘(c) ADDITIONAL LAND.—In addition to the land des-
ignated under subsection (b), the Secretary shall—
‘‘(1) on acquisition of the approximately 231 
acres of land identified on the map as ‘Areas Become 
Designated Wilderness upon Acquisition by the NPS’; 
and 
‘‘(2) on publication in the Federal Register of a 
notice that all uses of the approximately 10,500 acres 
of land depicted on the map as ‘Potential Wilderness’ 
that are prohibited under the Wilderness Act (16 
U.S.C. 1131 et seq.) have ceased, adjust the boundary 
of the Wilderness to include the land. 
‘‘(d) AVAILABILITY OF MAP.—The map shall be on file 
and available for public inspection in the appropriate of-
fices of the National Park Service.