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; 
(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; 
(D) to adjust the wilderness boundaries to 
provide the Quileute Indian Tribe Tsunami and 
flood protection; and 
(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. 
(c) 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 
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.
(d) 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. 
(e) 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 
land currently owned by the Tribe which is being 
placed in trust under this section. 
(2) REVISED MAP.—Not later than one year 
after the date of the land transaction in subsections 
(d) and (e), the Secretary shall submit to the Com-
mittee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Sen-
ate and Committee on Natural Resources of the 
House of Representatives a revised map that de-
picts— 
(A) the Federal and non-Federal land 
taken into trust under this section and the Sec-
ond Beach Trail; and
(B) the actual boundaries of the Park as 
modified by the land conveyance. 
(f) JURISDICTION.—The land conveyed to the Tribe 
by this section shall be designated as part of the Quileute 
Reservation and placed in the following jurisdictions: 
(1) TRUST LAND.—The same Federal, State, 
and Tribe jurisdiction as on all other trust lands 
within the Reservation, so long as the exercise of 
such jurisdiction does not conflict with the terms of 
the easement described in subsection (g) below. 
(2) TRIBE JURISDICTION.—Park visitors shall 
remain subject to the jurisdiction of the Tribe while 
on the Second Beach parking lot, on those portions 
of the Second Beach Trail on the Reservation, and 
Rialto Spit, to the same extent that such visitors are 
subject to the Tribe’s jurisdiction elsewhere on the 
Reservation. 
(g) GRANT OF EASEMENT IN CONNECTION WITH 
LAND CONVEYANCE.— 
(1) EASEMENT
REQUIRED.—The conveyances 
under subsection (c)(2) shall be subject to the condi-
tions described in this subsection. 
(2) REQUIRED
RIGHTS
UNDER
EASEMENT.— 
Any easement granted under this subsection must 
contain the following express terms:
(A) NO IMPACT ON EXISTING RIGHTS.—An 
easement shall not limit the Tribe’s treaty 
rights or other existing rights. 
(B) RETENTION OF RIGHTS.—The Tribe 
retains the right to enforce its rules against 
visitors for disorderly conduct, drug and alcohol 
use, use or possession of firearms, and other 
disruptive behaviors. 
(C) MONITORING
OF
EASEMENT
CONDI-
TIONS.—The Park has the right, with prior no-
tice to the Tribe, to access lands conveyed to 
the Tribe for purposes of monitoring compli-
ance with any easement made under this sub-
section. 
(3) EXEMPTION FOR SUBSECTION (d) LAND.— 
The non-Federal land owned by the Tribe and being 
placed into trust by the Secretary in accordance with 
subsection (d) shall not be included in, or subject to, 
any easement or condition specified in this sub-
section. 
(4) REQUIRED TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—The 
following specified land areas shall be subject to the 
following easement conditions: 
(A) CONDITIONS ON NORTHERN LAND.— 
Certain land that will be added to the northern
boundary of the Reservation by the land con-
veyance, from Rialto Beach to the east line of 
Section 23, shall be subject to an easement, 
which shall contain the following requirements: 
(i) The Tribe may lease or encumber 
the land, consistent with their status as 
trust lands, provided that the Tribe ex-
pressly subjects the conveyance or author-
ized use to the terms of the easement. 
(ii) The Tribe may place temporary, 
seasonal camps on the land, but shall not 
place or construct commercial residential, 
industrial, or other permanent buildings or 
structures. 
(iii) Roads on the land on the date of 
enactment of this Act may be maintained 
or improved, but no major improvements 
or road construction may occur, and any 
road improvements, temporary camps, or 
other uses of these lands shall not interfere 
with its use as a natural wildlife corridor. 
(iv) The Tribe may authorize Tribe 
members and third parties to engage in 
recreational, ceremonial, or treaty uses of 
the land provided that the Tribe adopts
the public to use and access the Dickey 
River, and Quillayute River along the 
north bank, regardless of future changes in 
the Quillayute River or Dickey River align-
ment. 
(viii) Park officials and visitors shall 
have access to, and shall be allowed to en-
gage in, activities on Tribal lands at Rialto 
Spit that are consistent with past rec-
reational uses, and the Tribe shall have ac-
cess to Park lands at Rialto Beach so that 
the Tribe may access and use the jetty at 
Rialto Beach. 
(B) CONDITIONS ON SECOND BEACH TRAIL 
AND
ACCESS.—Certain Quileute Reservation 
land along the boundary between the Park and 
the southern portion of the Reservation, encom-
passing the Second Beach trailhead, parking 
area, and Second Beach Trail, shall be subject 
to a conservation and management easement, 
as well as any other necessary agreements, 
which shall implement the following provisions: 
(i) The Tribe shall allow Park officials 
and visitors to park motor vehicles at the 
Trail parking area existing on the date of
enactment of this Act and to access the 
portion of the Trail located on Tribal 
lands, and the Park shall be responsible 
for the costs of maintaining existing park-
ing access to the Trail. 
(ii) The Tribe shall grant Park offi-
cials and visitors the right to peacefully 
use and maintain the portion of the Trail 
that is on Tribal lands, and the Park shall 
be responsible for maintaining the Trail 
and shall seek advance written approval 
from the Tribe before undertaking any 
major Trail repairs. 
(iii) The Park officials and the Tribe 
shall conduct joint planning and coordina-
tion regarding any proposed relocation of 
the Second Beach trailhead, the parking 
lot, or other portions of the Trail. 
(iv) The Tribe shall avoid altering the 
forested landscape of the Tribe-owned 
headlands between First and Second 
Beach in a manner that would adversely 
impact or diminish the aesthetic and nat-
ural experience of users of the Trail.
(v) The Tribe shall reserve the right 
to make improvements or undertake activi-
ties at the Second Beach headlands that 
are reasonably related to enhancing fish 
habitat, improving or maintaining the 
Tribe’s hatchery program, or alterations 
that are reasonably related to the protec-
tion of the health and safety of Tribe 
members and the general public. 
(vi) The Park officials, after consulta-
tion with the Tribe, may remove hazardous 
or fallen trees on the Tribal-owned Second 
Beach headlands to the extent necessary to 
clear or safeguard the Trail, provided that 
such trees are not removed from Tribal 
lands. 
(vii) The Park officials and the Tribe 
shall negotiate an agreement for the de-
sign, location, construction, and mainte-
nance of a gathering structure in the Sec-
ond Beach headlands overlook for the ben-
efit of Park visitors and the Tribe, if such 
a structure is proposed to be built. 
(C) SOUTHERN LANDS EXEMPT.—All other 
land conveyed to the Tribe along the southern
boundary of the Reservation under this section 
shall not be subject to any easements or condi-
tions, and the natural conditions of such land 
may be altered to allow for the relocation of 
Tribe members and structures outside the tsu-
nami and Quillayute River flood zones. 
(D) PROTECTION OF INFRASTRUCTURE.— 
Nothing in this Act is intended to require the 
modification of the parklands and resources ad-
jacent to the transferred Federal lands. The 
Tribe shall be responsible for developing its 
lands in a manner that reasonably protects its 
property and facilities from adjacent parklands 
by locating buildings and facilities an adequate 
distance from parklands to prevent damage to 
these facilities from such threats as hazardous 
trees and wildfire. 
(h) EFFECT OF LAND CONVEYANCE ON CLAIMS.— 
(1) CLAIMS EXTINGUISHED.—Upon the date of 
the land conveyances under subsections (d) and (e) 
and the placement of conveyed lands into trust for 
the benefit of the Tribe, any claims of the Tribe 
against the United States, the Secretary, or the 
Park relating to the Park’s past or present owner-
ship, entry, use, surveys, or other activities are
deemed fully satisfied and extinguished upon a for-
mal Tribal Council resolution, including claims re-
lated to the following: 
(A) LAND
ALONG
QUILLAYUTE
RIVER.— 
The lands along the sections of the Quillayute 
River, starting east of the existing Rialto Beach 
parking lot to the east line of Section 22. 
(B) SECOND BEACH.—The portions of the 
Federal or Tribal lands near Second Beach. 
(C) SOUTHERN
BOUNDARY
PORTIONS.— 
Portions of the Federal or Tribal lands on the 
southern boundary of the Reservation. 
(2) RIALTO
BEACH.—Nothing in this section 
shall create or extinguish claims of the Tribe relat-
ing to Rialto Beach. 
(i) GAMING PROHIBITION.—No land taken into trust 
for the benefit of the Tribe under this Act shall be consid-
ered Indian lands for the purpose of the Indian Gaming 
Regulatory Act (25 U.S.C. 2701 et seq.). 
Passed the House of Representatives February 6, 
2012. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 1162 
AN ACT 
To provide the Quileute Indian Tribe Tsunami and 
Flood Protection, and for other purposes.