H. R. 2643
One Hundred Seventh Congress
of the
United States of America
AT THE SECOND SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday,
the twenty-third day of January, two thousand and two
An Act
To authorize the acquisition of additional lands for inclusion in the Fort Clatsop
National Memorial in the State of Oregon, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of
the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Fort Clatsop National Memorial
Expansion Act of 2002’’.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds the following:
(1) Fort Clatsop National Memorial is the only unit of
the National Park System solely dedicated to the Lewis and
Clark Expedition.
(2) In 1805, the members of the Lewis and Clark Expedition
built Fort Clatsop at the mouth of the Columbia River near
Astoria, Oregon, and they spent 106 days at the fort waiting
for the end of winter and preparing for their journey home.
(3) In 1958, Congress enacted Public Law 85–435 author-
izing the establishment of Fort Clatsop National Memorial
for the purpose of commemorating the culmination, and the
winter encampment, of the Lewis and Clark Expedition fol-
lowing its successful crossing of the North American continent.
(4) The 1995 General Management Plan for Fort Clatsop
National Memorial, prepared with input from the local commu-
nity, recommends the expansion of the memorial to include
the trail used by expedition members to access the Pacific
Ocean from the fort and the shore and forest lands surrounding
the fort and trail to protect their natural settings.
(5) Expansion of Fort Clatsop National Memorial requires
Federal legislation because the size of the memorial is currently
limited by statute to 130 acres.
(6) Congressional action to allow for the expansion of Fort
Clatsop National Memorial to include the trail to the Pacific
Ocean would be timely and appropriate before the start of
the bicentennial celebration of the Lewis and Clark Expedition
planned to take place during the years 2004 through 2006.
SEC. 3. EXPANSION OF FORT CLATSOP NATIONAL MEMORIAL, OREGON.
(a) REVISED BOUNDARIES.—Section 2 of Public Law 85–435
(16 U.S.C. 450mm–1) is amended—
(1) by inserting ‘‘(a) INITIAL DESIGNATION OF LANDS.—’’
before ‘‘The Secretary’’;
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(2) by striking ‘‘coast:’’ and all that follows through the
end of the sentence and inserting ‘‘coast.’’; and
(3) by adding at the end the following new subsections:
‘‘(b) AUTHORIZED
EXPANSION.—The Fort Clatsop National
Memorial shall also include the lands depicted on the map entitled
‘Fort Clatsop Boundary Map’, numbered ‘405–80026C–CCO’, and
dated June 1996.
‘‘(c) MAXIMUM DESIGNATED AREA.—The total area designated
as the Fort Clatsop National Memorial shall not exceed 1,500
acres.’’.
(b) AUTHORIZED ACQUISITION METHODS.—Section 3 of Public
Law 85–435 (16 U.S.C. 450mm–2) is amended—
(1) by inserting ‘‘(a) ACQUISITION
METHODS.—’’ before
‘‘Within’’; and
(2) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
‘‘(b) LIMITATION.—The lands (other than corporately owned
timberlands) depicted on the map referred to in section 2(b) may
be acquired by the Secretary of the Interior only by donation or
purchase from willing sellers.’’.
(c) MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING.—Section 4 of Public Law
85–435 (16 U.S.C. 450mm–3) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘Establishment’’ and all that follows through
‘‘its establishment,’’ and inserting ‘‘(a) ADMINISTRATION.—’’; and
(2) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
‘‘(b) MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING.—If the owner of cor-
porately owned timberlands depicted on the map referred to in
section 2(b) agrees to enter into a sale of such lands as a result
of actual condemnation proceedings or in lieu of condemnation
proceedings, the Secretary of the Interior shall enter into a memo-
randum of understanding with the owner regarding the manner
in which such lands will be managed after acquisition by the
United States.’’.
SEC. 4. STUDY OF STATION CAMP SITE AND OTHER AREAS FOR POS-
SIBLE INCLUSION IN NATIONAL MEMORIAL.
The Secretary of the Interior shall conduct a study of the
area near McGowan, Washington, where the Lewis and Clark
Expedition first camped after reaching the Pacific Ocean and known
as the ‘‘Station Camp’’ site, as well as the Megler Rest Area and
Fort Canby State Park, to determine the suitability, feasibility,
and national significance of these sites for inclusion in the National