[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
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[H.R. 1310 Introduced in House (IH)]







104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1310

To provide for the management of Voyageurs National Park, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 23, 1995

 Mr. Oberstar introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                         Committee on Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
To provide for the management of Voyageurs National Park, and for other 
                               purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Voyageurs National Park 
Revitalization Act of 1995''.

SEC. 2. ADDITIONAL RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES AT VOYAGEURS NATIONAL 
              PARK.

    (a) Management Plan.--Section 303 of the Act entitled ``An Act to 
authorize the establishment of the Voyageurs National Park in the State 
of Minnesota, and for other purposes'' (16 U.S.C. 160h) is amended--
            (1) by inserting ``(a)'' after ``303.''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(b) The Secretary shall permit access and use of motorboats, 
aircraft, hiking, and skiing, on all major lakes and bays within the 
park and at least the following interior lakes: Beast, Cruiser, Oslo, 
Locator, War Club, Quill, Loiten, Shoepack, Little Trout, and Mukooda.
    ``(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law (including but not 
limited to the Endangered Species Act (87 Stat. 884)), the Secretary 
shall permit access to and use of snowmobiles on the lakes listed in 
subsection (b).
    ``(d) The Secretary shall undertake a study on the cost of 
constructing and maintaining additional cross-country ski routes, 
snowmobile trails, hiking trails, camp sites, and overnight ski huts to 
allow access to and use of the lakes listed in subsection (b). The 
Secretary shall complete such study and report to Congress on the 
results thereof within six months after the date of enactment of this 
subsection.
    ``(e) The Secretary shall authorize at least 200 houseboats to 
operate within the boundaries of the park.
    ``(f) Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of 
this subsection, the Secretary shall prepare and submit to the Congress 
a management plan for the park. In addition to the matters required to 
be included in such plan under section 401(b) of this Act and 
paragraphs (1) through (3) of section 12(b) of the Act of August 18, 
1970 (16 U.S.C. 1a-7), the Secretary shall provide for recreational 
opportunities pursuant to subsections (a) through (e).''.
    (b) Recreational Fishing.--Section 302 of such Act (16 U.S.C. 160g) 
is amended by inserting ``(including the lakes referred to in section 
303(b))'' after ``within the boundaries of the park''.
    (c) Study of Original Expectations of Usage and Current Use of 
Voyageurs National Park.--Not later than nine months after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior shall conduct 
a study and submit a report to the Congress in which the Secretary 
compares the recreational developments and beneficial economic impacts 
which were expected following the establishment of Voyageurs National 
Park to the recreational usage and economic benefits that have occurred 
as of the date of the enactment of this Act.
    (d) Authorization of Appropriations for Additional Development of 
Recreational Opportunities.--Section 401 of such Act (16 U.S.C. 160k) 
is amended by adding at the end the following: ``There is authorized to 
be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out additional 
development activities pursuant to subsections (b) through (e) of 
section 303.''.
    (e) Repeal of Executed Report Requirement Relating to Wilderness.--
Subsection (b) of section 301 of such Act (16 U.S.C. 160f) is repealed.
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