113 S2031 IS: Ashland Breakwater Light Transfer Act
U.S. Senate
2014-02-12
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1.
This Act may be cited as the Ashland Breakwater Light Transfer Act
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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.
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(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)
The lakeshore
.
(B)
By inserting this section and
before the provisions of
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(C)
By adding after subsection (a) the following:
(b)
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)
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.
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