IIB 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2806 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
OCTOBER 27, 2009 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
Resources 
AN ACT 
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to adjust the 
boundary of the Stephen Mather Wilderness and the 
North Cascades National Park in order to allow the 
rebuilding of a road outside of the floodplain while ensur-
ing that there is no net loss of acreage to the Park 
or the Wilderness, 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. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds as follows: 
(1) In 1988, 93 percent of the North Cascades 
National Park Complex was designated the Stephen 
Mather Wilderness. 
(2) A road corridor was deliberately excluded 
from the wilderness designation to provide for the 
continued use and maintenance of the upper 
Stehekin Valley Road. 
(3) The upper Stehekin Valley Road provides 
access to Stephen Mather Wilderness trailheads and 
North Cascades National Park from the Lake Che-
lan National Recreation Area. 
(4) Record flooding in 1995 and again in 2003 
caused severe damage to the upper Stehekin Valley 
Road and led to the closure of a 9.9-mile section of 
the road between Car Wash Falls and Cottonwood 
Camp. 
(5) The National Park Service currently does 
not have the flexibility to rebuild the upper Stehekin 
Valley Road away from the Stehekin River due to 
the current location of the non-wilderness road cor-
ridor provided by Congress in 1988. 
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(6) It is a high priority that the people of the 
United States, including families, the disabled, and 
the elderly, have reasonable access to the National 
Parks system and their public lands. 
(7) The 1995 Lake Chelan National Recreation 
Area General Management Plan calls for retaining 
vehicle access to Cottonwood Camp. 
(8) Tourism associated with the North Cas-
cades National Park Complex is an important part 
of the economy for rural communities in the area. 
(9) Additional management flexibility would 
allow the National Park Service to consider reten-
tion of the upper Stehekin Valley Road in a manner 
that provides for no net loss of wilderness. 
SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION FOR BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENTS. 
The Washington Park Wilderness Act of 1988 (Pub-
lic Law 100–668) is amended by inserting after section 
206 the following: 
‘‘SEC. 207. BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENTS FOR ROAD. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may adjust the 
boundaries of the North Cascades National Park and the 
Stephen Mather Wilderness in order to provide a corridor 
of not more than 100 feet in width along which the 
Stehekin Valley Road may be rebuilt— 
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‘‘(1) outside of the floodplain between milepost 
12.9 and milepost 22.8; 
‘‘(2) within one mile of the route, on the date 
of the enactment of this section, of the Stehekin Val-
ley Road; 
‘‘(3) within the boundaries of the North Cas-
cades National Park; and 
‘‘(4) outside of the boundaries of the Stephen 
Mather Wilderness. 
‘‘(b) NO NET LOSS OF LANDS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The boundary adjustments 
made under this section shall be such that equal 
amounts of federally owned acreage are exchanged 
between the Stephen Mather Wilderness and the 
North Cascades National Park, resulting in no net 
loss of acreage to either the Stephen Mather Wilder-
ness or the North Cascades National Park. 
‘‘(2) STEHEKIN
VALLEY
ROAD
LANDS.—The 
newly designated wilderness shall include the lands 
along the route of the Stehekin Valley Road that are 
replaced by the reconstruction. 
‘‘(3) EQUALIZATION OF LAND.—If the lands de-
scribed in paragraph (2) contain fewer acres than 
the corridor described in subsection (a), the Sec-
retary may designate additional Federal lands in the 
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North Cascades National Park as wilderness, but 
such designation may not exceed the amount needed 
to equalize the exchange and these additional lands 
must be selected from lands that qualify as wilder-
ness under section 2(c) of the Wilderness Act (16 
U.S.C. 1131(c)). 
‘‘(c) NO SALE
OR ACQUISITION AUTHORIZED.— 
Nothing in this Act authorizes the sale or acquisition of 
any land or interest in land. 
‘‘(d) NO PRIORITY REQUIRED.—Nothing in this Act 
shall be construed as requiring the Secretary to give this 
project precedence over the construction or repair of other 
similarly damaged roads in units of the National Park 
System.’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives October 26, 
2009. 
Attest: 
LORRAINE C. MILLER, 
Clerk. 
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