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Union Calendar No. 218 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1740 
[Report No. 112–320] 
To amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate a segment of Illabot 
Creek in Skagit County, Washington, as a component of the National 
Wild and Scenic Rivers System. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 5, 2011 
Mr. LARSEN of Washington introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on Natural Resources 
DECEMBER 8, 2011 
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 May 5, 2011] 
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A BILL 
To amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate 
a segment of Illabot Creek in Skagit County, Wash-
ington, as a component of the National Wild and Scenic 
Rivers System. 
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. DESIGNATION OF WILD AND SCENIC RIVER 
SEGMENTS. 
Section 3(a) of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act (16 
U.S.C. 1274(a)) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(ll) ILLABOT CREEK, WASHINGTON.— 
‘‘(A) The 14.3-mile segment from the head-
waters of Illabot Creek to the northern terminus 
as generally depicted on the map titled ‘Illabot 
Creek Proposed WSR–Northern Terminus’, dated 
September 15, 2009, to be administered by the 
Secretary of Agriculture as follows: 
‘‘(i) The 4.3-mile segment from the 
headwaters of Illabot Creek to the boundary 
of Glacier Peak Wilderness Area as a wild 
river. 
‘‘(ii) The 10-mile segment from the 
boundary of Glacier Peak Wilderness to the 
northern terminus as generally depicted on 
the map titled ‘Illabot Creek Proposed 
WSR–Northern Terminus’, dated September 
15, 2009, as a recreational river. 
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‘‘(B) Action required to be taken under sub-
section (d)(1) for the river segments designated 
under this paragraph shall be completed through 
revision of the Skagit Wild and Scenic River 
comprehensive management plan. 
‘‘(C) The Secretary of Agriculture may not 
acquire by condemnation any land or interest in 
land within the boundaries of the Illabot Creek 
Wild and Scenic River described in subpara-
graph (A). 
‘‘(D) Nothing in this paragraph creates or 
authorizes the creation of a protective perimeter 
or buffer zone around the boundaries of the 
Illabot Creek Wild and Scenic River described in 
subparagraph (A). The fact that an activity or 
use can be seen or heard from within such 
boundaries shall not preclude the conduct of that 
activity or use outside such boundaries. 
‘‘(E) No private property or non-Federal 
public property shall be included within the 
boundaries of the Illabot Creek Wild and Scenic 
River described in subparagraph (A) without the 
written consent of the owner of such property.’’. 
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Union Calendar No. 218 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 1740 
[Report No. 112–320] 
A BILL 
To amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to des-
ignate a segment of Illabot Creek in Skagit 
County, Washington, as a component of the Na-
tional Wild and Scenic Rivers System. 
DECEMBER 8, 2011 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 
and ordered to be printed 
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