IIB 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 830 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
OCTOBER 23, 2007 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
Resources 
AN ACT 
To authorize the exchange of certain interests in land in 
Denali National Park in the State of Alaska. 
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 ‘‘Denali National Park 
and Alaska Railroad Exchange Act of 2007’’. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) CORPORATION.—The term ‘‘Corporation’’ 
means the Alaska Railroad Corporation owned by 
the State of Alaska. 
(2) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of the Interior. 
SEC. 3. EXCHANGE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.— 
(1) EASEMENT EXPANDED.—The Secretary is 
authorized to grant to the Alaska Railroad Corpora-
tion an exclusive-use easement on land that is identi-
fied by the Secretary within Denali National Park 
for the purpose of providing a location to the Cor-
poration for construction, maintenance, and on-going 
operation of track and associated support facilities 
for turning railroad trains around near Denali Park 
Station. 
(2) EASEMENT
RELINQUISHED.—In exchange 
for the easement granted in paragraph (1), the Sec-
retary shall require the relinquishment of certain 
portions of the Corporation’s existing exclusive use 
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easement within the boundary of Denali National 
Park. 
(b) CONDITIONS OF THE EXCHANGE.— 
(1) EQUAL EXCHANGE.—The exchange of ease-
ments under this section shall be on an approxi-
mately equal-acre basis. 
(2) TOTAL
ACRES.—The easement granted 
under paragraph (1) of subsection (a) shall not ex-
ceed 25 acres. 
(3) INTERESTS CONVEYED.—The easement con-
veyed to the Alaska Railroad Corporation by the 
Secretary under this section shall be under the same 
terms as the exclusive use easement granted to the 
Railroad in Denali National Park in the Deed for 
Exclusive Use Easement and Railroad Related Im-
provements filed in Book 33, pages 985–994 of the 
Nenana Recording District, Alaska, pursuant to the 
Alaska Railroad Transfer Act of 1982 (45 U.S.C. 
1201 et seq.). The easement relinquished by the 
Alaska Railroad Corporation to the United States 
under this section shall, with respect to the portion 
being exchanged, be the full title and interest re-
ceived by the Alaska Railroad in the Deed for Exclu-
sive Use Easement and Railroad Related Improve-
ments filed in Book 33, pages 985–994 of the 
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Nenana Recording District, Alaska, pursuant to the 
Alaska Railroad Transfer Act of 1982 (45 U.S.C. 
1201 et seq.). 
(4) COSTS.—The Alaska Railroad shall pay all 
costs associated with the exchange under this sec-
tion, including the costs of compliance with the Na-
tional Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 
4321 et seq.), the costs of any surveys, and other 
reasonable costs. 
(5) LAND TO BE PART OF WILDERNESS.—The 
lands underlying any easement relinquished to the 
United States under this section that are adjacent to 
designated wilderness are hereby designated as wil-
derness and added to the Denali Wilderness, the 
boundaries of which are modified accordingly, and 
shall be managed in accordance with applicable pro-
visions of the Wilderness Act (78 Stat. 892) and the 
Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act of 
1980 (94 Stat. 2371). 
(6) OTHER TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—The Sec-
retary shall require any additional terms and condi-
tions under this section that the Secretary deter-
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mines to be appropriate to protect the interests of 
the United States and of Denali National Park. 
Passed the House of Representatives October 22, 
2007. 
Attest: 
LORRAINE C. MILLER, 
Clerk. 
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