I 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3222 
To designate certain National Park System land in Olympic National Park 
as wilderness or potential wilderness, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 14, 2011 
Mr. DICKS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To designate certain National Park System land in Olympic 
National Park as wilderness or potential wilderness, and 
for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL NATIONAL 
PARK SYSTEM LAND IN OLYMPIC NATIONAL 
PARK AS WILDERNESS OR POTENTIAL WIL-
DERNESS. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—In accordance with the Wilder-
ness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), the following lands 
within Olympic National Park in the State of Washington 
are designated as wilderness or potential wilderness and 
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incorporated in the Olympic Wilderness designated by sec-
tion 101(a) of Public Law 100–668 (102 Stat. 3961): 
(1) Certain Federal land comprising approxi-
mately 4,100 acres as generally depicted on the map 
entitled ‘‘Wilderness Boundary—Lake Crescent Ad-
dition, Olympic National Park, Washington’’, num-
bered 149/60,471a, and dated May 2010, is hereby 
designated as wilderness. The boundary along Lake 
Crescent shall be set back a sufficient distance to 
allow management of the historic World War I 
Spruce Railroad grade as the Olympic Discovery 
Trail, and to allow for operation and maintenance of 
the existing county road. The World War II Pyr-
amid Peak lookout shall be included in the wilder-
ness and be managed and maintained as a historic 
structure. 
(2) Certain Federal land comprising approxi-
mately 11 acres as generally depicted on the map 
entitled ‘‘Wilderness Boundary—Boulder Creek Ad-
dition, Olympic National Park, Washington’’, num-
bered 149/60,470, and dated May 2009, is hereby 
designated as a potential wilderness addition. 
(b) MANAGEMENT.—Except as provided in subsection 
(c), and subject to valid existing rights, the Secretary of 
the Interior (hereafter in this section referred to as the 
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‘‘Secretary’’) shall manage each area designated as wilder-
ness or potential wilderness in accordance with the Wilder-
ness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), except that any ref-
erence in the Wilderness Act to the effective date of the 
Wilderness Act shall be considered to be a reference to 
the date of the enactment of this Act. 
(c) ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION.—For purposes of ec-
ological restoration (including the elimination of nonnative 
species, removal of decommissioned roads, and any other 
activity necessary to restore the natural ecosystems in the 
potential wilderness area) and construction of a foot/stock 
trail, the Secretary may use motorized equipment and 
mechanized transport in the potential wilderness area 
until the date on which the potential wilderness area is 
incorporated into the Olympic Wilderness, whereupon wil-
derness minimum requirement practices shall be imple-
mented in accordance with the Wilderness Act. 
(d) BOULDER CREEK ADDITION WILDERNESS DES-
IGNATION.—The Boulder Creek Addition, consisting of 
the Boulder Creek Trail and the Boulder Creek camp-
ground potential wilderness area, approximately 15 acres 
as shown on the map titled ‘‘Wilderness Boundary—Boul-
der Creek Addition, Olympic National Park, Washington’’, 
numbered 149/60,470, and dated May 2009, shall be des-
ignated as wilderness and incorporated in the Olympic 
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Wilderness on the date on which the Secretary publishes 
notice in the Federal Register that conditions in the poten-
tial wilderness areas that are incompatible with the Wil-
derness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.) have been removed. 
(e) MAP AND LEGAL DESCRIPTION.— 
(1) SUBMISSION OF MAP AND LEGAL DESCRIP-
TION.—As soon as practicable, after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall file a map 
and legal description of each area designated as wil-
derness and potential wilderness by this subtitle 
with— 
(A) the Senate Committee on Energy and 
Natural Resources; and 
(B) the House Committee on Natural Re-
sources. 
(2) FORCE AND EFFECT.—The map and legal 
description filed under paragraph (1) shall have the 
same force and effect as if included in this subtitle, 
except that the Secretary may correct any clerical or 
typographical errors in the map or legal description. 
(3) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—The map and legal 
description filed under paragraph (1) shall be on file 
and available for public inspection in the Office of 
the Secretary. 
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