I 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 567
To preserve the Arctic coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, 
Alaska, as wilderness in recognition of its extraordinary natural eco-
systems and for the permanent good of present and future generations 
of Americans. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 2, 2005
Mr. MARKEY (for himself, Mrs. JOHNSON of Connecticut, Mr. ACKERMAN, Mr. 
ALLEN, Mr. ANDREWS, Ms. BALDWIN, Mr. BASS, Mr. BECERRA, Ms. 
BERKLEY, Mr. BISHOP of New York, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr. BOUCHER, 
Ms. CORRINE BROWN of Florida, Mr. BROWN of Ohio, Mrs. CAPPS, Mr. 
CARDIN, Mr. CLAY, Mr. CROWLEY, Mr. CUMMINGS, Mr. DAVIS of Illinois, 
Mrs. DAVIS of California, Mr. DEFAZIO, Ms. DEGETTE, Ms. DELAURO, 
Mr. DOGGETT, Mr. EMANUEL, Mr. ENGEL, Ms. ESHOO, Mr. ETHERIDGE, 
Mr. EVANS, Mr. FARR, Mr. FATTAH, Mr. FILNER, Mr. FRANK of Massa-
chusetts, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. GUTIERREZ, Ms. HARMAN, Mr. HASTINGS 
of Florida, Mr. HINCHEY, Mr. HOLT, Mr. HONDA, Ms. HOOLEY, Mr. 
INSLEE, Mr. ISRAEL, Mr. JACKSON of Illinois, Ms. JACKSON-LEE of 
Texas, Mrs. JONES of Ohio, Ms. KAPTUR, Mr. KENNEDY of Rhode Is-
land, Mr. KILDEE, Ms. KILPATRICK of Michigan, Mr. KUCINICH, Mr. 
LANGEVIN, Mr. LANTOS, Ms. LEE, Mr. LEVIN, Mrs. LOWEY, Mr. LYNCH, 
Mrs. MALONEY, Mrs. MCCARTHY, Ms. MCCOLLUM of Minnesota, Mr. 
MCDERMOTT, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. MCNULTY, Mr. MENENDEZ, Mr. 
MICHAUD, Ms. MILLENDER-MCDONALD, Mr. MILLER of North Carolina, 
Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California, Mr. MORAN of Virginia, Mr. NAD-
LER, Mr. NEAL of Massachusetts, Mr. OBEY, Mr. OLVER, Mr. OWENS, 
Mr. PALLONE, Mr. PASTOR, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. PRICE of North Carolina, 
Mr. RANGEL, Mr. RYAN of Ohio, Mr. SABO, Ms. LINDA T. SA´NCHEZ of 
California, Ms. LORETTA SANCHEZ of California, Mr. SANDERS, Mr. 
SAXTON, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. SCHIFF, Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, 
Mr. SCOTT of Virginia, Mr. SERRANO, Mr. SHAYS, Mr. SHERMAN, Ms. 
SLAUGHTER, Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, Ms. SOLIS, Mr. SPRATT, Mrs. 
TAUSCHER, Mr. TIERNEY, Mr. UDALL of Colorado, Mr. UDALL of New 
Mexico, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, Mr. VISCLOSKY, Mr. WAXMAN, Mr. WEINER, 
Mr. WEXLER, Ms. WOOLSEY, Mr. WU, Mr. WYNN, Ms. WATSON, Ms. 
WATERS, and Ms. PELOSI) introduced the following bill; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on Resources
A BILL 
To preserve the Arctic coastal plain of the Arctic National 
Wildlife Refuge, Alaska, as wilderness in recognition of 
its extraordinary natural ecosystems and for the perma-
nent good of present and future generations of Ameri-
cans.
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 ‘‘Udall-Eisenhower Arc-
tic Wilderness Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND STATEMENT OF POLICY. 
(a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds the following: 
(1) Americans cherish the continued existence 
of expansive, unspoiled wilderness ecosystems and 
wildlife found on their public lands, and feel a 
strong moral responsibility to protect this wilderness 
heritage as an enduring resource to bequeath undis-
turbed to future generations of Americans. 
(2) It is widely believed by ecologists, wildlife 
scientists, public land specialists, and other experts 
that the wilderness ecosystem centered around and 
dependent upon the Arctic coastal plain of the Arctic 
National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska, represents the 
very epitome of a primeval wilderness ecosystem and
constitutes the greatest wilderness area and diversity 
of wildlife habitats of its kind in the United States. 
(3) President Dwight D. Eisenhower initiated 
protection of the wilderness values of the Arctic 
coastal plain in 1960 when he set aside 8,900,000 
acres establishing the Arctic National Wildlife Ref-
uge expressly ‘‘for the purpose of preserving unique 
wildlife, wilderness and recreational values’’. 
(4) In 1980, when the Congress acted to 
strengthen the protective management of the Eisen-
hower-designated area with the enactment of the 
Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act 
(Public Law 96–487; 94 Stat. 2371), Representative 
Morris K. Udall led the effort to more than double 
the size of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge 
(under section 303(2) of such Act) and extend statu-
tory wilderness protection to most of the original 
area. 
(5) Before the enactment of the Alaska Na-
tional Interest Lands Conservation Act, the House 
of Representatives twice passed legislation that 
would have protected the entire Eisenhower-des-
ignated area as wilderness, including the Arctic 
coastal plain.
(6) A majority of Americans have supported 
and continue to support preserving and protecting 
the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, including the 
Arctic coastal plain, from any industrial development 
and consider oil and gas exploration and develop-
ment in particular to be incompatible with the pur-
poses for which this incomparable wilderness eco-
system has been set aside. 
(7) Canada has taken action to preserve those 
portions of the wilderness ecosystem of the Arctic 
that exist on its side of the international border and 
provides strong legal protection for the habitat of 
the Porcupine River caribou herd that migrates an-
nually through both countries to calve on the Arctic 
coastal plain. 
(8) The extension of full wilderness protection 
for the Arctic coastal plain within the Arctic Na-
tional Wildlife Refuge will still leave 95 percent of 
the North Slope of Alaska without such wilderness 
protection, so that development of energy resources 
in Alaska can continue to contribute significantly to 
meeting the energy needs of the United States with-
out despoiling the unique Arctic coastal plain of the 
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
(b) STATEMENT OF POLICY.—The Congress hereby 
declares that it is the policy of the United States—
(1) to honor the decades of bipartisan efforts 
that have increasingly protected the great wilderness 
ecosystem of the Arctic coastal plain; 
(2) to sustain this natural treasure for the cur-
rent generation of Americans; and 
(3) to do everything possible to protect and pre-
serve this magnificent natural ecosystem so that it 
may be bequeathed in its unspoiled natural condition 
to future generations of Americans. 
SEC. 3. DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL WILDERNESS, ARC-
TIC NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE, ALASKA. 
(a) INCLUSION OF ARCTIC COASTAL PLAIN.—In fur-
therance of the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), 
an area within the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in the 
State of Alaska comprising approximately 1,559,538 
acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled ‘‘Arctic Na-
tional Wildlife Refuge—1002 Area Alternative E—Wilder-
ness Designation’’, dated October 28, 1991, and available 
for inspection in the offices of the Secretary of the Inte-
rior, is hereby designated as wilderness and, therefore, as 
a component of the National Wilderness Preservation Sys-
tem.
(b) ADMINISTRATION.—The area designated as wil-
derness under subsection (a) shall be administered by the 
Secretary of the Interior in accordance with the provisions 
of the Wilderness Act as part of the wilderness area al-
ready in existence within the Arctic National Wildlife Ref-
uge as of the date of the enactment of this Act.
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