A bill to correct the boundary of Crater Lake National Park in the State of Oregon, and for other purposes.
PL 97-250 (S.1119), enacted 09/08/1982

PUBLIC LAW 97-250—SEPT. 8, 1982 
96 STAT. 709 
Public Law 97-250 
97th Congress 
An Act 
To correct the boundary of Crater Lake National Park 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, That (a) the first 
section of the Act entitled, "An Act reserving from the public lands 
in the State of Oregon, as a public park for the benefit of the people 
of the United States, and for the protection and preservation of the 
game, fish, timber, and all other natural objects therein, a tract of 
land herein described, and so forth", approved May 22,1902 (32 Stat. 
202), as amended, is further amended by revising the second sen-
tence thereof to read as follows: "The boundary of the park shall 
encompass the lands, waters, and interests therein within the area 
generally depicted on the map entitled, 'Crater Lake National Park, 
Oregon', numbered 106-80-001-A, and dated March 1981, which 
shall be on file and available for public inspection in the office of the 
National Park Service, Department of the Interior.". 
(b) Lands, water, and interests therein excluded from the bound-
ary of Crater Lake National Park by subsection (a) are hereby made 
a part of the Rogue River National Forest, and the boundary of such 
national forest is revised accordingly. 
(c) The Secretary of the Interior is authorized and directed to 
promptly instigate studies and investigations as to the status and 
trends of change of the water quality of Crater Lake, and to immedi-
ately implement such actions as may be necessary to assure the 
retention of the lake's natural pristine water quality. Within two 
years of the effective date of this provision, and biennially thereaf-
ter for a period of ten years, the Secretary shall report the results of 
such studies and investigations, and any implementation actions 
instigated, to the appropriate committees of the Congress. 
SEC. 2. (a) In accordance with section 3(c) of the Wilderness Act (78 
Stat. 890, 892; 16 U.S.C. 1132(c)), certain lands in the Cumberland 
Island National Seashore, Georgia, which comprise about eight 
thousand eight hundred and forty acres, and which are depicted on 
the map entitled "Wilderness Plan, Cumberland Island National 
Seashore, Georgia", dated November 1981, and numbered 640-
20038E, are hereby designated as wilderness and therefor, as compo-
nents of the National Wilderness Preservation System. Certain 
other lands in the Seashore, which comprise about eleven thousand 
seven hundred and eighteen acres, and which are designated on 
such map as "Potential Wilderness", are, effective upon publication 
in the Federal Register of a notice by the Secretary of the Interior 
that all uses thereon prohibited by the Wilderness Act have ceased, 
designated wilderness. Such notice shall be published with respect 
to any tract within such eleven thousand seven hundred and eight-
een acre area after the Secretary has determined that such uses 
have ceased on that tract. The map and a description of the bound-
aries of the areas designated by this section as wilderness shall be on 
Sept. 8, 1982 
[S. 1119] 
Crater Lake 
National Park 
Oreg. 
Boundary 
corrections. 
16 u s e 121. 
Map; filing and 
availability. 
Rogue River 
National Forest. 
16 u s e 121 note. 
Water quality 
studies and 
investigations. 
16 u s e 122a. 
Report to 
congressional 
committees. 
Cumberland 
Island National 
Seashore, Ga. 
16 u s e 1132 
note. 
Notice; 
publication in 
Federal 
Register. 
Map and 
boundaries 
description; 
filing and 
availability. 
96 STAT. 710 
PUBLIC LAW 97-250—SEPT. 8, 1982 
file and available for public inspection in the office of the Director of 
the National Park Service, Department of the Interior, and in the 
office of the Superintendent of the Cumberland Island Nationsd 
Seashore. 
(b) Within six months after the enactment of this Act, a map and 
a description of the boundaries of the Cumberland Island Wilderness 
shall be filed with the Energy and Natural Resources Committee of 
the United States Senate and with the Interior and Insular Affairs 
Committee of the United States House of Representatives. Such map 
and description shall have the same force and effect as if included in 
this Act, except that correction of clerical and typographical errors 
in such map and description may be made. 
Cumberland 
(c) The wildorness area designated by this section shall be known 
wuderness 
^ *^® Cumberland Island Wilderness. Subject to valid existing 
rights, the wilderness area shall be administered by the Secretary of 
the Interior in accordance with the applicable provisions of the 
Wilderness Act governing areas designated by that Act as wilder-
ness areas, except that any reference in such provisions to the 
effective date of the Wilderness Act shall be deemed to be a refer-
ence to the effective date of this Act, and where appropriate, any 
reference in that Act to the Secretary of Agriculture shall be 
deemed to be a reference to the Secretary of the Interior. 
Approved September 8, 1982. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—S. 1119: 
HOUSE REPORT No. 97-383 (Comm. on Interior and Insular Affairs). 
SENATE REPORT No. 97-205 (Comm. on Energy and Natural Resources). 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD: 
Vol. 127 (1981): Oct. 21, considered and passed Senate. 
Dec. 15, considered and passed House, amended. 
Vol. 128 (1982): Aug. 19, Senate concurred in House amendment. 
WEEKLY COMPILATION OF PRESIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS, Vol. 18, No. 36 (1982): 
Sept. 9, Presidential statement.