II 
113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4049 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
NOVEMBER 18, 2014 
Received 
AN ACT 
To amend the Act to provide for the establishment of the 
Apostle Islands National Lakeshore in the State of Wis-
consin, and for other purposes, to adjust the boundary 
of that National Lakeshore to include the lighthouse 
known as Ashland Harbor Breakwater Light, 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. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Ashland Breakwater 
Light Transfer Act’’. 
SEC. 2. BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT TO INCLUDE LIGHT-
HOUSE. 
Public Law 91–424 (16 U.S.C. 460w et seq.) is 
amended as follows: 
(1) In the first section as follows: 
(A) In the matter preceding subsection 
(a)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘islands and shoreline’’ 
and inserting ‘‘islands, shoreline, and light 
stations’’; and 
(ii) by inserting ‘‘historic,’’ after ‘‘sce-
nic,’’. 
(B) In subsection (a)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘the area’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘The area’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘; and’’ and inserting 
a period. 
(C) In subsection (b), by striking the final 
period. 
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(D) By inserting after ‘‘1985.’’ the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(c) ASHLAND HARBOR BREAKWATER LIGHT.— 
‘‘(1) The Ashland Harbor Breakwater Light 
generally depicted on the map titled ‘Ashland Har-
bor Breakwater Light Addition to Apostle Islands 
National Lakeshore’ and dated February 11, 2014, 
located 
at 
the 
end 
of 
the 
breakwater 
on 
Chequamegon Bay, Wisconsin. 
‘‘(2) Congress does not intend for the designa-
tion of the property under paragraph (1) to create 
a protective perimeter or buffer zone around the 
boundary of that property.’’. 
(2) In section 6 as follows: 
(A) By striking ‘‘The lakeshore’’ and in-
serting: 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The lakeshore’’. 
(B) By inserting ‘‘this section and’’ before 
‘‘the provisions of’’. 
(C) By adding after subsection (a) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(b) FEDERAL USE.—Notwithstanding subsection 
(c) of the first section— 
‘‘(1) the Secretary of the department in which 
the Coast Guard is operating may operate, maintain, 
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keep, locate, inspect, repair, and replace any Federal 
aid to navigation located at the Ashland Harbor 
Breakwater Light for as long as such aid is needed 
for navigational purposes; and 
‘‘(2) in carrying out the activities described in 
paragraph (1), such Secretary may enter, at any 
time, the Ashland Harbor Breakwater Light or any 
Federal aid to navigation at the Ashland Harbor 
Breakwater Light, for as long as such aid is needed 
for navigational purposes, without notice to the ex-
tent that it is not possible to provide advance notice. 
‘‘(c) CLARIFICATION OF AUTHORITY.—Pursuant to 
existing authorities, the Secretary may enter into agree-
ments with the City of Ashland, County of Ashland, and 
County of Bayfield, Wisconsin, for the purpose of coopera-
tive law enforcement and emergency services within the 
boundaries of the lakeshore.’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives November 17, 
2014. 
Attest: 
KAREN L. HAAS, 
Clerk. 
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