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Union Calendar No. 249 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 830 
[Report No. 110–395] 
To authorize the exchange of certain lands in Denali National Park in 
the State of Alaska. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 5, 2007 
Mr. YOUNG of Alaska introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Natural Resources 
OCTOBER 22, 2007 
Reported with amendments, 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 February 5, 2007] 
A BILL 
To authorize the exchange of certain lands 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, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Denali National Park 
and Alaska Railroad Exchange Act of 2007’’. 
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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 Corporation 
for construction, maintenance, and on-going oper-
ation 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 Secretary 
shall require the relinquishment of certain portions of 
the Corporation’s existing exclusive use easement 
within the boundary of Denali National Park. 
(b) CONDITIONS OF THE EXCHANGE.— 
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(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 exceed 25 
acres. 
(3) INTERESTS CONVEYED.—The easement con-
veyed to the Alaska Railroad Corporation by the Sec-
retary 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 ex-
changed, be the full title and interest received by the 
Alaska Railroad in the Deed for Exclusive Use Ease-
ment and Railroad Related Improvements 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.). 
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(4) COSTS.—The Alaska Railroad shall pay all 
costs associated with the exchange under this section, 
including the costs of compliance with the National 
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 wilder-
ness and added to the Denali Wilderness, the bound-
aries of which are modified accordingly, and shall be 
managed in accordance with applicable provisions of 
the Wilderness Act (78 Stat. 892) and the Alaska Na-
tional 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 determines 
to be appropriate to protect the interests of the United 
States and of Denali National Park. 
Amend the title so as to read: ‘‘A bill to authorize 
the exchange of certain interests in land in Denali Na-
tional Park in the State of Alaska.’’. 
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Union Calendar No. 249 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 830 
[Report No. 110–395] 
A BILL 
To authorize the exchange of certain lands in 
Denali National Park in the State of Alaska. 
OCTOBER 22, 2007 
Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee 
of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and or-
dered to be printed 
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