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Union Calendar No. 556 
116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5598 
[Report No. 116–672] 
To provide for the protection of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness 
and interconnected Federal lands and waters, including Voyageurs Na-
tional Park, within the Rainy River Watershed in the State of Minnesota, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 14, 2020 
Ms. MCCOLLUM (for herself, Mr. ROONEY of Florida, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. 
LOWENTHAL, Mr. PHILLIPS, and Mr. UPTON) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources 
DECEMBER 18, 2020 
Additional sponsors: Ms. OMAR, Mr. HUFFMAN, Ms. JUDY CHU of California, 
Ms. NORTON, Ms. MOORE, Mr. STEWART, Ms. DEGETTE, Ms. HAALAND, 
Ms. BARRAGA´N, Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, Mr. RASKIN, Mr. HASTINGS, 
Mr. KILDEE, Mr. NEGUSE, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Ms. SLOTKIN, Mr. CASE, 
Mr. KIND, Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ, Mr. GARCI´A of Illinois, Ms. PINGREE, Mrs. 
NAPOLITANO, Ms. FINKENAUER, Mr. POCAN, Mr. COHEN, Mrs. AXNE, 
Mr. LEVIN of Michigan, Ms. ESHOO, Mrs. BUSTOS, Mr. CARTWRIGHT, 
Mr. DEFAZIO, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr. GALLEGO, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. 
SIRES, Mrs. DINGELL, Mr. KILMER, Mr. CASTEN of Illinois, Ms. LOF-
GREN, Ms. JACKSON LEE, Mr. SUOZZI, Ms. LEE of California, and Mrs. 
BEATTY 
DECEMBER 18, 2020 
Deleted sponsor: Mr. STEWART (added January 21, 2020; deleted January 28, 
2020) 
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DECEMBER 18, 2020 
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 January 14, 2020] 
A BILL 
To provide for the protection of the Boundary Waters Canoe 
Area Wilderness and interconnected Federal lands and 
waters, including Voyageurs National Park, within the 
Rainy River Watershed in the State of Minnesota, and 
for other purposes. 
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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. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Boundary Waters Wil-
derness Protection and Pollution Prevention Act’’. 
SEC. 2. WITHDRAWAL OF CERTAIN FEDERAL LANDS AND 
WATERS IN THE STATE OF MINNESOTA. 
(a) DEFINITION
OF MAP.—In this Act, the term 
‘‘Map’’ means the map prepared by the Forest Service enti-
tled ‘‘Superior National Forest Mineral Withdrawal Appli-
cation Map’’ and dated December 5, 2016. 
(b) WITHDRAWAL.—Except as provided in subsection 
(d) and subject to valid existing rights, the approximately 
234,328 acres of Federal land and waters in the Rainy 
River Watershed of the Superior National Forest in the 
State of Minnesota, as located on the Map and described 
in the Federal Register Notice of Application for With-
drawal, dated January 19, 2017 (82 Fed. Reg. 6639), are 
hereby withdrawn from— 
(1) all forms of entry, appropriation, and dis-
posal under the public land laws; 
(2) location, entry, and patent under the mining 
laws; and 
(3) operation of the mineral leasing, mineral 
materials, and geothermal leasing laws. 
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(c) ACQUIRED LAND.—Any land or interest in land 
within the area depicted on the Map that is acquired by 
the United States after the date of enactment of this Act 
shall, on acquisition, be immediately withdrawn in accord-
ance with this section. 
(d) REMOVAL OF SAND, GRAVEL, GRANITE, IRON ORE, 
AND TACONITE.—The Chief of the Forest Service is author-
ized to permit the removal of sand, gravel, granite, iron 
ore, and taconite from national forest system lands within 
the area depicted on the Map if the Chief determines that 
the removal is not detrimental to the water quality, air 
quality, and health of the forest habitat within the Rainy 
River Watershed. 
(e) AVAILABILITY OF MAP.—The Map shall be kept on 
file and made available for public inspection in the appro-
priate offices of the Forest Service and the Bureau of Land 
Management. 
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