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111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6527 
To provide the Quileute Indian Tribe Tsunami and Flood Protection, and 
for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 16, 2010 
Mr. DICKS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To provide the Quileute Indian Tribe Tsunami and Flood 
Protection, 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. OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK — QUILEUTE TRIBE. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) MAP.—The term ‘‘Map’’ means the map en-
titled ‘‘Olympic National Park and Quileute Res-
ervation Boundary Adjustment Map’’, numbered 
149/80,059, and dated June 2010. 
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(2) PARK.—The term ‘‘Park’’ means the Olym-
pic National Park, located in the State of Wash-
ington. 
(3) RESERVATION.—The term ‘‘Reservation’’ 
means the Quileute Indian Reservation, located on 
the Olympic Peninsula in the State of Washington. 
(4) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of the Interior. 
(5) TRIBE.—The term ‘‘Tribe’’ means the 
Quileute Indian Tribe in the State of Washington. 
(b) FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.— 
(1) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that— 
(A) the Reservation is located on the west-
ern coast of the Olympic Peninsula in the State 
of Washington, bordered by the Pacific Ocean 
to the west and the Park on the north, south, 
and east; 
(B) most of the Reservation village of La 
Push is located within the coastal flood plain, 
with the Tribe’s administrative buildings, 
school, elder center, and housing all located in 
a tsunami zone; 
(C) for many decades, the Tribe and the 
Park have had a dispute over the Reservation 
boundaries along the Quillayute River; 
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(D) in recent years, this dispute has inten-
sified as the Tribe has faced an urgent need for 
additional lands for housing, schools, and other 
Tribe purposes outside the tsunami and 
Quillayute River flood zones; and 
(E) the lack of a settlement of this dispute 
threatens to adversely impact the public’s exist-
ing and future recreational use of several at-
tractions in the Park that are accessed by the 
public’s use of Reservation lands. 
(2) PURPOSES.—The purposes of this Act 
are— 
(A) to resolve the longstanding dispute 
along portions of the northern boundary of the 
Quileute Indian Reservation; 
(B) to clarify public use and access to 
Olympic National Park lands that are contig-
uous to the Reservation; 
(C) to provide the Quileute Indian Tribe 
with approximately 275 acres of land currently 
located within the Park and approximately 510 
acres of land along the Quillayute River, also 
within the Park; 
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(D) to adjust the Wilderness boundaries to 
provide the Quileute Indian Tribe Tsunami and 
flood protection; 
(E) through the land conveyance, to grant 
the Tribe access to land outside of tsunami and 
Quillayute River flood zones, and link existing 
Reservation land with Tribe land to the east of 
the Park; and 
(F) to add 4,100 acres of Wilderness to 
the Park. 
(c) DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL NATIONAL PARK 
SYSTEM LAND IN OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK AS WILDER-
NESS OR POTENTIAL WILDERNESS.— 
(1) DESIGNATION.—In accordance with the 
Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), the fol-
lowing lands within Olympic National Park in the 
State of Washington are designated as wilderness or 
potential wilderness and incorporated in the Olympic 
Wilderness designated by section 101(a) of Public 
Law 100–668 (102 Stat. 3961): 
(A) Certain Federal land comprising ap-
proximately 4,100 acres as generally depicted 
on the Map entitled ‘‘Wilderness Boundary — 
Lake Crescent Addition, Olympic National 
Park, Washington’’, numbered 149/60,471a, 
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and dated May 2010, is hereby designated as 
wilderness. The boundary along Lake Crescent 
shall be set back a sufficient distance to allow 
management of the historic World War I 
Spruce Railroad grade as the Olympic Dis-
covery Trail, and to allow for operation and 
maintenance of the existing county road. The 
World War II Pyramid Peak lookout shall be 
included in the wilderness and be managed and 
maintained as a historic structure. 
(B) Certain Federal land comprising ap-
proximately 11 acres as generally depicted on 
the Map entitled ‘‘Wilderness Boundary — 
Boulder Creek Addition, Olympic National 
Park, Washington’’, numbered 149/60,470, and 
dated May 2009, is hereby designated as a po-
tential wilderness addition. 
(2) MANAGEMENT.—Except as provided in 
paragraph (3), and subject to valid existing rights, 
the Secretary shall manage each area designated as 
wilderness or potential wilderness in accordance with 
the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), except 
that any reference in the Wilderness Act to the ef-
fective date of the Wilderness Act shall be consid-
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ered to be a reference to the date of enactment of 
this Act. 
(3) ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION.—For purposes 
of ecological restoration (including the elimination of 
nonnative species, removal of decommissioned roads, 
and any other activity necessary to restore the nat-
ural ecosystems in the potential wilderness area) and 
construction of a foot/stock trail, the Secretary may 
use motorized equipment and mechanized transport 
in the potential wilderness area until the date on 
which the potential wilderness area is incorporated 
into the Olympic Wilderness, whereupon wilderness 
minimum requirement practices shall be imple-
mented in accordance with the Wilderness Act. 
(4) BOULDER
CREEK
ADDITION
WILDERNESS 
DESIGNATION.—The Boulder Creek Addition, con-
sisting of the Boulder Creek Trail and the Boulder 
Creek campground potential wilderness area, ap-
proximately 15 acres as shown on the Map titled 
‘‘Wilderness Boundary — Boulder Creek Addition, 
Olympic National Park, Washington’’, numbered 
149/60,470, and dated May 2009, shall be des-
ignated as wilderness and incorporated in the Olym-
pic Wilderness on the date on which the Secretary 
publishes notice in the Federal Register that condi-
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tions in the potential wilderness areas that are in-
compatible with the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 
et seq.) have been removed. 
(5) MAP AND LEGAL DESCRIPTION.— 
(A) SUBMISSION OF MAP AND LEGAL DE-
SCRIPTION.—As soon as practicable, after the 
date of enactment of this section, the Secretary 
shall file a map and legal description of each 
area designated as wilderness and potential wil-
derness by this subtitle with— 
(i) the Senate Committee on Energy 
and Natural Resources; and 
(ii) the House Committee on Natural 
Resources. 
(B) FORCE AND EFFECT.—The map and 
legal description filed under subparagraph (A) 
shall have the same force and effect as if in-
cluded in this subtitle, except that the Secretary 
may correct any clerical or typographical errors 
in the map or legal description. 
(C) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—The map and 
legal description filed under subparagraph (A) 
shall be on file and available for public inspec-
tion in the Office of the Secretary. 
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(d) REDESIGNATION
OF
FEDERAL
WILDERNESS 
LAND, OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK CONVEYANCE.— 
(1) REDESIGNATION OF WILDERNESS.—Certain 
Federal land in the Park that was designated as 
part of the Olympic Wilderness under title I of the 
Washington Park Wilderness Act of 1988 (Public 
Law 100–668; 102 Stat. 3961; 16 U.S.C. 1132 
note) and comprises approximately 222 acres, as 
generally depicted on the Map is hereby no longer 
designated as wilderness, and is no longer a compo-
nent of the National Wilderness Preservation Sys-
tem under the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et 
seq.). 
(2) LANDS TO BE HELD IN TRUST.—All right, 
title, and interest of the United States in and to the 
approximately 510 acres generally depicted on the 
Map as ‘‘Northern Lands’’, and the approximately 
275 acres generally depicted on the Map as ‘‘South-
ern Lands’’, are declared to be held in trust by the 
United States for the benefit of the Tribe without 
any further action by the Secretary. 
(3) BOUNDARY
ADJUSTMENT; SURVEY.—The 
Secretary shall— 
(A) adjust the boundaries of Olympic Wil-
derness and the Park to reflect the change in 
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status of Federal lands under paragraph (2); 
and 
(B) as soon as practicable after the date of 
enactment of this section, conduct a survey, de-
fining the boundaries of the Reservation and 
Park, and of the Federal lands taken into and 
held in trust that are adjacent to the north and 
south bank of the Quillayute River as depicted 
on the Map as ‘‘Northern Lands’’. 
(4) LAW APPLICABLE TO CERTAIN LAND.—The 
land taken into trust under this subsection shall not 
be subject to any requirements for valuation, ap-
praisal, or equalization under any Federal law. 
(e) NON-FEDERAL LAND CONVEYANCE.—Upon com-
pletion and acceptance of an environmental hazard assess-
ment, the Secretary shall take into trust for the benefit 
of the Tribe certain non-Federal land owned by the Tribe, 
consisting of approximately 184 acres, as depicted on the 
Map as ‘‘Eastern Lands’’, such non-Federal land shall be 
designated as part of the Reservation. 
(f) MAP REQUIREMENTS.— 
(1) AVAILABILITY OF INITIAL MAP.—The Sec-
retary shall make the Map available for public in-
spection in appropriate offices of the National Park 
Service. The Map shall also depict any non-Federal 
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