Ashland Breakwater Light Transfer Act

Bill: 113-s-2031
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI]
Introduced: 2014-02-12
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Government buildings, facilities, and property

Land transfers

Seashores and lakeshores

Wisconsin
Latest action: action_date: 2014-12-10
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 637.

Summaries:
action_date: 2014-02-12
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>Ashland Breakwater Light Transfer Act - Adjusts the boundary of the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore in Wisconsin to include the Ashland Harbor Breakwater Light Addition at the end of the breakwater on Chequamegon Bay, Wisconsin.</p> <p>Declares that Congress does not intend for the designation of that property to create a protective perimeter or buffer zone around its boundary. <p>Permits retention of rights to use a portion of Lakeshore land and facilities by: (1) the Army Corps of Engineers for breakwater maintenance, and (2) the Coast Guard for federal aids to navigation. </p> <p>Directs the National Park Service (NPS), Coast Guard, and Army Corps of Engineers to cooperate in their operations so as to not lower the standards evolved for the operation of NPS units, federal aids to navigation, and harbor maintenance under federal law respecting the Lakeshore. </p> <p>Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to enter into agreements with the city of Ashland, the county of Ashland, and the county of Bayfield, Wisconsin, for the purpose of cooperative law enforcement and emergency services within the boundaries of the Lakeshore.</p>

action_date: 2014-12-10
action_desc: Reported to Senate with amendment(s)
text: <p>Ashland Breakwater Light Transfer Act - Adjusts the boundary of the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore in Wisconsin to include the Ashland Harbor Breakwater Light Addition at the end of the breakwater on Chequamegon Bay, Wisconsin. </p> <p>Declares that Congress does not intend for the designation of that property to create a protective perimeter or buffer zone around its boundary. </p> <p>Authorizes the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating to operate, maintain, keep, locate, inspect, repair, and replace any federal aid to navigation located at the Ashland Harbor Breakwater Light for as long as it is needed for navigational purposes.</p> <p>Permits the Secretary to enter, at any time, the Ashland Harbor Breakwater Light or any federal aid to navigation at the Breakwater Light, for as long as such aid is needed for navigational purposes, without notice to the extent that it is not possible to provide advance notice.</p> <p>Authorizes the Secretary to enter into agreements with the city of Ashland and the County of Bayfield, Wisconsin, for the purpose of cooperative law enforcement and emergency services within the boundaries of the Lakeshore.</p>

tv_txt: II 113th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 2031 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES February 12, 2014 Ms. Baldwin introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources A BILL To amend the Act to provide for the establishment of the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore in the State of Wisconsin, 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.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Ashland Breakwater Light Transfer Act . 2. Boundary adjustment to include lighthouse The Act entitled An Act to provide for the establishment of the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore in the State of Wisconsin, and for other purposes. , approved September 26, 1970 ( 16 U.S.C. 460w et seq. ), is amended as follows: (1) In the first section as follows: (A) In subsection (a)— (i) by striking the area and inserting The area ; and (ii) by striking ; and and inserting a period. (B) In subsection (b), by striking the final period. (C) By inserting after 1985. the following: (c) Ashland Harbor Breakwater Light (1) The Ashland Harbor Breakwater Light generally depicted on the map titled Ashland Harbor 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 designation of the property under paragraph (1) to create a protective perimeter or buffer zone around the boundary of that property. . (2) In section 3, by striking : Provided and all that follows through the period. (3) In section 6 as follows: (A) By striking The lakeshore and inserting: (a) In general The lakeshore . (B) By inserting this section and before the provisions of . (C) By adding after subsection (a) the following: (b) Federal use Rights to use a portion of the land and facilities of the lakeshore may be retained by— (1) the Army Corps of Engineers for breakwater maintenance; and (2) the Coast Guard for Federal aids to navigation (as defined in section 308(e)(4) of Public Law 89–665; 16 U.S.C. 470w–7(e)(4) ). (c) Cooperation The National Park Service, the Coast Guard, and the Army Corps of Engineers shall cooperate in their operations so as to not lower the standards evolved for the operation of units of the National Park System, Federal aids to navigation, and harbor maintenance under Federal law with respect to the lakeshore. (d) Clarification of authority Pursuant to existing authorities, the Secretary may enter into agreements with the City of Ashland, County of Ashland, and County of Bayfield, Wisconsin, for the purpose of cooperative law enforcement and emergency services within the boundaries of the lakeshore. .

tv_txt: II Calendar No. 637 113th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 2031 [Report No. 113–297] IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES February 12, 2014 Ms. Baldwin (for herself and Mr. Johnson of Wisconsin ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources December 10, 2014 Reported by Ms. Landrieu , with an amendment Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic A BILL To amend the Act to provide for the establishment of the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore in the State of Wisconsin, 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.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Ashland Breakwater Light Transfer Act . 2. Boundary adjustment to include lighthouse The Act entitled An Act to provide for the establishment of the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore in the State of Wisconsin, and for other purposes. , approved September 26, 1970 ( 16 U.S.C. 460w et seq. ), is amended as follows: (1) In the first section as follows: (A) In subsection (a)— (i) by striking the area and inserting The area ; and (ii) by striking ; and and inserting a period. (B) In subsection (b), by striking the final period. (C) By inserting after 1985. the following: (c) Ashland Harbor Breakwater Light (1) The Ashland Harbor Breakwater Light generally depicted on the map titled Ashland Harbor 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 designation of the property under paragraph (1) to create a protective perimeter or buffer zone around the boundary of that property. . (2) In section 3, by striking : Provided and all that follows through the period. (3) In section 6 as follows: (A) By striking The lakeshore and inserting: (a) In general The lakeshore . (B) By inserting this section and before the provisions of . (C) By adding after subsection (a) the following: (b) Federal use Rights to use a portion of the land and facilities of the lakeshore may be retained by— (1) the Army Corps of Engineers for breakwater maintenance; and (2) the Coast Guard for Federal aids to navigation (as defined in section 308(e)(4) of Public Law 89–665; 16 U.S.C. 470w–7(e)(4) ). (c) Cooperation The National Park Service, the Coast Guard, and the Army Corps of Engineers shall cooperate in their operations so as to not lower the standards evolved for the operation of units of the National Park System, Federal aids to navigation, and harbor maintenance under Federal law with respect to the lakeshore. (d) Clarification of authority Pursuant to existing authorities, the Secretary may enter into agreements with the City of Ashland, County of Ashland, and County of Bayfield, Wisconsin, for the purpose of cooperative law enforcement and emergency services within the boundaries of the lakeshore. .

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Ashland Breakwater Light Transfer Act . 2. Boundary adjustment to include lighthouse 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 scenic, . (B) In subsection (a)— (i) by striking the area and inserting The area ; and (ii) by striking ; and and inserting a period. (C) In subsection (b), by striking the final period. (D) By inserting after 1985. the following: (c) Ashland Harbor Breakwater Light (1) The Ashland Harbor Breakwater Light generally depicted on the map titled Ashland Harbor 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 designation 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 inserting: (a) In general The lakeshore . (B) By inserting this section and before the provisions of . (C) By adding after subsection (a) the following: (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, 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 extent that it is not possible to provide advance notice. (c) Clarification of authority Pursuant to existing authorities, the Secretary may enter into agreements with the City of Ashland, County of Ashland, and County of Bayfield, Wisconsin, for the purpose of cooperative law enforcement and emergency services within the boundaries of the lakeshore. .

December 10, 2014 Reported with an amendment