I 
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 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 
Wilderness Boundary Adjustment Act of 2003’’. 
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 en-
titled ‘Cumberland Island Wilderness’, numbered 
640/20,038F, and dated April 2003. 
‘‘(2) SECRETARY.—The term ‘Secretary’ means 
the Secretary of the Interior. 
‘‘(3) WILDERNESS.—The term ‘Wilderness’ 
means the Cumberland Island Wilderness estab-
lished by subsection (b). 
‘‘(b) ESTABLISHMENT.—
‘‘(1) 
IN
GENERAL.—Approximately 
10,830 
acres of land in the Cumberland Island National 
Seashore depicted on the map as ‘Wilderness’ is des-
ignated as a component of the National Wilderness 
Preservation System and shall be known as the 
‘Cumberland Island Wilderness’. 
‘‘(2) EXCLUSIONS.—The roadways depicted on 
the map as the ‘Main Road’, the ‘Plum Orchard 
Spur’, and the ‘North Cut Road’ shall not be in-
cluded in the Wilderness. 
‘‘(c) ADDITIONAL LAND.—In addition to the land 
designated under subsection (b), the Secretary shall—
‘‘(1) on acquisition of the approximately 210 
acres of land identified on the map as ‘The Nature
Conservancy’, adjust the boundary of the Wilderness 
to include the land; 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 Wil-
derness’ 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 
offices of the National Park Service. 
‘‘(e) ADMINISTRATION.—Subject to valid existing 
rights, the Wilderness shall be administered by the Sec-
retary, in accordance with the applicable provisions of the 
Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.) governing areas 
designated by that Act as wilderness areas, except that—
‘‘(1) any reference in such provisions to the ef-
fective date of that Act shall be deemed to be a ref-
erence to the effective date of this Act; and 
‘‘(2) where appropriate, any reference in that 
Act to the Secretary of Agriculture shall be deemed 
to be a reference to the Secretary. 
‘‘(f) EFFECT.—Any person with a right to utility 
service on Cumberland Island on the date of enactment 
of this subsection shall continue to have the right to utility