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Calendar No. 394 
112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4849 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
MAY 7, 2012 
Received; read the first time 
MAY 8, 2012 
Read the second time and placed on the calendar 
AN ACT 
To direct the Secretary of the Interior to issue commercial 
use authorizations to commercial stock operators for op-
erations in designated wilderness within the Sequoia and 
Kings Canyon National Parks, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Sequoia and Kings 
Canyon National Parks Backcountry Access Act’’. 
SEC. 2. COMMERCIAL USE AUTHORIZATIONS IN DES-
IGNATED WILDERNESS WITHIN THE SEQUOIA 
AND KINGS CANYON NATIONAL PARKS. 
(a) ISSUANCE
OF COMMERCIAL USE AUTHORIZA-
TIONS.—Notwithstanding the decision, for the 2012 and 
2013 seasons, the Secretary shall issue packer permits at 
no more than the levels of commercial services authorized 
by the Secretary in 2011 until the Secretary— 
(1) makes an extent necessary determination 
that addresses the violations of the Wilderness Act 
found in the decision; and 
(2) begins to issue packer permits for oper-
ations in designated wilderness within the Sequoia 
and Kings Canyon National Parks in accordance 
with that extent necessary determination reflected in 
a Record of Decision for the Wilderness Stewardship 
Plan. 
(b) DEFINITIONS.—For the purposes of this Act, the 
following definitions apply: 
(1) DECISION.—The term ‘‘decision’’ means the 
January 24, 2012, ruling by the United States Dis-
trict Court for the Northern District of California in 
High Sierra Hikers Association v. United States De-
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partment of the Interior, et al., Case No. C 09–4621 
RS. 
(2) EXTENT
NECESSARY
DETERMINATION.— 
The term ‘‘extent necessary determination’’ means a 
determination on the need for commercial services 
within Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Park 
wilderness under section 4(d)(5) of the Wilderness 
Act (16 U.S.C. 1133(d)(5)). 
(3) PACKER PERMIT.—The term ‘‘packer per-
mit’’ means a commercial use authorization granted 
to a commercial stock operator. 
(4) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of the Interior. 
Passed the House of Representatives April 27, 2012. 
Attest: 
KAREN L. HAAS, 
Clerk. 
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Calendar No. 394 
112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4849 
AN ACT 
To direct the Secretary of the Interior to issue com-
mercial use authorizations to commercial stock 
operators for operations in designated wilderness 
within the Sequoia and Kings Canyon National 
Parks, and for other purposes. 
MAY 8, 2012 
Read the second time and placed on the calendar 
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