I 
108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 770
To preserve the Arctic coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, 
Alaska, as wilderness in recognition of its extraordinary natural eco-
systems and for the permanent good of present and future generations 
of Americans. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 13, 2003
Mr. MARKEY (for himself, Mrs. JOHNSON of Connecticut, Mr. ALLEN, Mr. 
ACKERMAN, Mr. ANDREWS, Mr. BAIRD, Ms. BALDWIN, Mr. BALLANCE, 
Mr. BASS, Mr. BECERRA, Ms. BERKLEY, Mr. BERMAN, Mr. BISHOP of 
New York, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr. BOEHLERT, Mr. BOUCHER, Ms. 
CORRINE BROWN of Florida, Mr. BROWN of Ohio, Mr. CARDIN, Ms. CAR-
SON of Indiana, Mrs. CAPPS, Mr. CLAY, Mr. COSTELLO, Mr. CROWLEY, 
Mr. CUMMINGS, Mr. DAVIS of Florida, Mrs. DAVIS of California, Mr. 
DEFAZIO, Ms. DEGETTE, Ms. DELAURO, Mr. DELAHUNT, Mr. 
DEUTSCH, Mr. DOGGETT, Mr. ENGEL, Ms. ESHOO, Mr. ETHERIDGE, Mr. 
EVANS, Mr. FARR, Mr. FATTAH, Mr. FILNER, Mr. FRANK of Massachu-
setts, Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN, Mr. FORD, Mr. GEPHARDT, Mr. GRIJALVA, 
Mr. GUTIERREZ, Ms. HARMAN, Mr. HASTINGS of Florida, Mr. HILL, Mr. 
HINCHEY, Mr. HOEFFEL, Mr. HOLT, Mr. HONDA, Ms. HOOLEY of Or-
egon, Mr. INSLEE, Mr. ISRAEL, Mr. JACKSON of Illinois, Ms. EDDIE 
BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas, Mrs. JONES of Ohio, Mr. KENNEDY of 
Rhode Island, Mr. KILDEE, Mr. KLECZKA, Mr. KUCINICH, Mr. 
LANGEVIN, Mr. LANTOS, Mr. LEACH, Ms. LEE, Mr. LEVIN, Ms. 
LOFGREN, Mrs. LOWEY, Mr. LYNCH, Mrs. MALONEY, Mr. MATSUI, Mrs. 
MCCARTHY of New York, Ms. MCCARTHY of Missouri, Ms. MCCOLLUM, 
Mr. MCDERMOTT, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. MCNULTY, Mr. MEEHAN, Mr. 
MEEKS of New York, Mr. MENENDEZ, Mr. MICHAUD, Ms. MILLENDER-
MCDONALD, Mr. MILLER of North Carolina, Mr. GEORGE MILLER of 
California, Mr. MORAN of Virginia, Mr. NADLER, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Mr. 
NEAL of Massachusetts, Ms. NORTON, Mr. OBEY, Mr. OLVER, Mr. 
OWENS, Mr. PALLONE, Mr. PASCRELL, Mr. PASTOR, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. 
PRICE of North Carolina, Mr. RANGEL, Mr. ROTHMAN, Ms. ROYBAL-AL-
LARD, Mr. SABO, Ms. LINDA T. SA´NCHEZ of California, Ms. LORETTA 
SANCHEZ of California, Mr. SANDERS, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. SCHIFF, 
Mr. SCOTT of Virginia, Mr. SERRANO, Mr. SHAYS, Mr. SHERMAN, Ms. 
SLAUGHTER, Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, Mr. SNYDER, Ms. SOLIS, Mr. 
SPRATT, Mr. STARK, Mrs. TAUSCHER, Mr. TIERNEY, Mr. TOWNS, Mr.
UDALL of Colorado, Mr. UDALL of New Mexico, Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ, Mr. 
VAN HOLLEN, Mr. VISCLOSKY, Ms. WATSON, Mr. WATT, Mr. WAXMAN, 
Mr. WEINER, Mr. WEXLER, Ms. WOOLSEY, and Mr. WU) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Resources 
A BILL 
To preserve the Arctic coastal plain of the Arctic National 
Wildlife Refuge, Alaska, as wilderness in recognition of 
its extraordinary natural ecosystems and for the perma-
nent good of present and future generations of Ameri-
cans.
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 ‘‘Morris K. Udall Arctic 
Wilderness Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND STATEMENT OF POLICY. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
(1) Americans cherish the continued existence 
of expansive, unspoiled wilderness ecosystems and 
wildlife found on their public lands, and feel a 
strong moral responsibility to protect this wilderness 
heritage as an enduring resource to bequeath undis-
turbed to future generations of Americans. 
(2) It is widely believed by ecologists, wildlife 
scientists, public land specialists, and other experts 
that the wilderness ecosystem centered around and
ignated area as wilderness, including the Arctic 
coastal plain. 
(6) A majority of Americans have supported 
and continue to support preserving and protecting 
the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, including the 
Arctic coastal plain, from any industrial development 
and consider oil and gas exploration and develop-
ment in particular to be incompatible with the pur-
poses for which this incomparable wilderness eco-
system has been set aside. 
(7) Canada has taken action to preserve those 
portions of the wilderness ecosystem of the Arctic 
that exist on its side of the international border and 
provides strong legal protection for the habitat of 
the Porcupine River caribou herd that migrates an-
nually through both countries to calve on the Arctic 
coastal plain. 
(8) The extension of full wilderness protection 
for the Arctic coastal plain within the Arctic Na-
tional Wildlife Refuge will still leave 95 percent of 
the North Slope of Alaska without such wilderness 
protection, so that development of energy resources 
in Alaska can continue to contribute significantly to 
meeting the energy needs of the United States with-
out despoiling the unique Arctic coastal plain of the 
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. 
(b) STATEMENT OF POLICY.—Congress hereby de-
clares that it is the policy of the United States—
(1) to honor the decades of bipartisan efforts 
that have increasingly protected the great wilderness 
ecosystem of the Arctic coastal plain; 
(2) to sustain this natural treasure for the cur-
rent generation of Americans; and 
(3) to do everything possible to protect and pre-
serve this magnificent natural ecosystem so that it 
may be bequeathed in its unspoiled natural condition 
to future generations of Americans. 
SEC. 3. DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL WILDERNESS, ARC-
TIC NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE, ALASKA. 
(a) INCLUSION OF ARCTIC COASTAL PLAIN.—In fur-
therance of the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), 
an area within the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in the 
State of Alaska comprising approximately 1,559,538 
acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled ‘‘Arctic Na-
tional Wildlife Refuge—1002 Area Alternative E—Wilder-
ness Designation’’, dated October 28, 1991, and available 
for inspection in the offices of the Secretary of the Inte-
rior, is hereby designated as wilderness and, therefore, as
a component of the National Wilderness Preservation Sys-
tem. 
(b) ADMINISTRATION.—The area designated as wil-
derness under subsection (a) shall be administered by the 
Secretary of the Interior in accordance with the provisions 
of the Wilderness Act as part of the wilderness area al-
ready in existence within the Arctic National Wildlife Ref-
uge as of the date of the enactment of this Act.
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