the effective date of that Act shall be considered to be 
a reference to the date of enactment of this Act, and 
in accordance with section 4 of this Act. 
(2) MILITARY
OVERFLIGHTS.—Nothing in this 
section restricts or precludes— 
(A) low-level overflights of military aircraft 
over the area designated as wilderness under this 
section, including military overflights that can 
be seen or heard within any wilderness area; 
(B) flight testing and evaluation; or 
(C) the designation or creation of new units 
of special use airspace, or the establishment of 
military flight training routes over the wilder-
ness area. 
(3) PREVENTION OF WILDFIRES.—The designa-
tion of wilderness under this section shall not be con-
strued to interfere with the authority of the Secretary 
of Agriculture to authorize mechanical thinning of 
trees or underbrush to prevent or control the spread 
of wildfires, or conditions creating the risk of wildfire 
that threaten areas outside the boundary of the wil-
derness, or the use of mechanized equipment for wild-
fire pre-suppression and suppression. 
(4) MAP AND DESCRIPTION.— 
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(A) IN GENERAL.—As soon as practicable 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary shall file a map and a legal description 
of the land designated as wilderness by sub-
section (a) with— 
(i) the Committee on Natural Re-
sources of the House of Representatives; and 
(ii) the Committee on Energy and Nat-
ural Resources of the Senate. 
(B) FORCE OF LAW.—A map and legal de-
scription filed under subparagraph (A) shall 
have the same force and effect as if included in 
this Act, except that the Secretary may correct 
minor errors in the map and legal description. 
(C) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—The map and 
legal description filed under subparagraph (A) 
shall be filed and made available for public in-
spection in the appropriate office of the Forest 
Service. 
SEC. 3. WILD AND SCENIC RIVER DESIGNATIONS. 
Section 3(a) of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act (16 
U.S.C. 1274(a)) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(ll) MIDDLE
FORK
SNOQUALMIE, WASH-
INGTON.—Subject to subparagraph (C), the 27.4-mile 
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segment from the headwaters of the Middle Fork 
Snoqualmie River near La Bohn Gap in NE 1/4 sec. 
20, T. 24 N., R. 13 E., to the northern boundary of 
sec. 11, T. 23 N., R. 9 E., to be administered by the 
Secretary of Agriculture in the following classifica-
tions: 
‘‘(A) The approximately 6.4-mile segment 
from the headwaters of the Middle Fork 
Snoqualmie River near La Bohn Gap in NE 1/ 
4 sec. 20, T. 24 N., R. 13 E., to the west section 
line of sec. 3, T. 23 N., R. 12 E., as a wild river. 
‘‘(B) The approximately 21-mile segment 
from the west section line of sec. 3, T. 23 N., R. 
12 E., to the northern boundary of sec. 11, T. 23 
N., R. 9 E., as a scenic river. 
‘‘(C) The Secretary of Agriculture may not 
acquire by condemnation any land or interest in 
land within the boundaries of the Wild and Sce-
nic River segments designated by this para-
graph. Private or non-Federal public property 
shall not be included within the boundaries of 
the Wild and Scenic River segments designated 
by this paragraph unless the owner of such prop-
erty has consented in writing to having that 
property included in such boundaries. 
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‘‘(ll) PRATT RIVER, WASHINGTON.—The en-
tirety of the Pratt River in the State of Washington, 
located in the Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National 
Forest, to be administered by the Secretary of Agri-
culture as a wild river. The Secretary of Agriculture 
may not acquire by condemnation any land or inter-
est in land within the boundaries of the Wild and 
Scenic River segments designated by this paragraph. 
Private or non-Federal public property shall not be 
included within the boundaries of the Wild and Sce-
nic River segments designated by this paragraph un-
less the owner of such property has consented in writ-
ing to having that property included in such bound-
aries.’’. 
SEC. 4. ADJACENT LAND MANAGEMENT. 
Nothing in this Act— 
(1) establishes or authorizes the establishment of 
a protective perimeter or buffer zone around the 
boundaries of the Wild and Scenic River segments or 
wilderness designated by this Act; or 
(2) precludes, limits, or restricts an activity 
from being conducted outside such boundaries, includ-
ing an activity that can be seen or heard from within 
such boundaries. 
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Union Calendar No. 517 
113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 361 
[Report No. 113–686] 
A BILL 
To expand the Alpine Lakes Wilderness in the 
State of Washington, to designate the Middle 
Fork Snoqualmie River and Pratt River as wild 
and scenic rivers, and for other purposes. 
DECEMBER 22, 2014 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed 
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