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[H.R. 1739 Reported in House (RH)]






                                                 Union Calendar No. 288
105th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 1739

                          [Report No. 105-500]

To amend the Act designating the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness 
 to clarify certain provisions of law regarding activities authorized 
          within the wilderness area, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 22, 1997

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

                             April 29, 1998

  Additional sponsors: Mr. Sessions, Mrs. Chenoweth, and Mr. Young of 
                                 Alaska

                             April 29, 1998

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Act designating the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness 
 to clarify certain provisions of law regarding activities authorized 
          within the wilderness area, and for other purposes.

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

<DELETED>SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    This Act may be cited as the ``BWCAW Accessibility and 
Fairness Act of 1997''.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND DECLARATIONS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    The Congress finds and declares that it is in the national 
interest to protect, preserve, and improve for the long term the 
diverse resources of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness for the 
benefit of the people of the United States.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 3. EXTENSION OF ALLOWABLE USES WITHIN CERTAIN PORTION OF 
              BOUNDARY WATER CANOE AREA WILDERNESS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) Seagull Lake.--Section 4(c) of the Act of October 21, 
1978, entitled ``An Act to designate the Boundary Waters Canoe Area 
Wilderness, to establish the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Mining 
Protection Area, and for other purposes'' (Public Law 95-495; 92 Stat. 
1649, 1650) is amended as follows:</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) In paragraph (2), by striking ``, that portion 
        generally east of Threemile Island, Cook County''.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) In paragraph (3), by striking ``Sea Gull, Cook 
        County, that portion generally west of Threemile Island, Cook 
        County, until January 1999''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Motorized Portages.--Section 4(g) of the Act of 
October 21, 1978, entitled ``An Act to designate the Boundary Waters 
Canoe Area Wilderness, to establish the Boundary Waters Canoe Area 
Mining Protection Area, and for other purposes'' (Public Law 95-495; 92 
Stat. 1649, 1651) is amended to read as follows:</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(g) Nothing in this Act shall be construed to prevent 
the operation of motorized vehicles and associated equipment to 
transport boats across the portages between the Moose Lake chain and 
Basswood Lake, between Fall Lake and Basswood Lake, and between 
Vermilion Lake and Trout Lake.''.</DELETED>

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``BWCAW Accessibility and Fairness Act 
of 1997''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND DECLARATIONS.

    The Congress finds and declares that it is in the national interest 
to protect, preserve, and improve for the long term the diverse 
resources of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness for the benefit 
of the people of the United States.

SEC. 3. EXTENSION OF ALLOWABLE USES WITHIN CERTAIN PORTION OF BOUNDARY 
              WATER CANOE AREA WILDERNESS.

    (a) Seagull Lake.--Section 4(c) of the Act of October 21, 1978, 
entitled ``An Act to designate the Boundary Waters Canoe Area 
Wilderness, to establish the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Mining 
Protection Area, and for other purposes'' (Public Law 95-495; 92 Stat. 
1649, 1650) is amended as follows:
            (1) In paragraph (2), by striking ``, that portion 
        generally east of Threemile Island, Cook County''.
            (2) In paragraph (3), by striking ``Sea Gull, Cook County, 
        that portion generally west of Threemile Island, until January 
        1, 1999''.
    (b) Motorized Portages.--Section 4(g) of the Act of October 21, 
1978, entitled ``An Act to designate the Boundary Waters Canoe Area 
Wilderness, to establish the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Mining 
Protection Area, and for other purposes'' (Public Law 95-495; 92 Stat. 
1649, 1651) is amended to read as follows:
    ``(g) Nothing in this Act shall be construed to prevent the 
operation (in the same manner as in 1992) of motorized vehicles to 
transport boats across the portages between the Moose Lake chain and 
Basswood Lake, between Fall Lake and Basswood Lake, and between 
Vermilion Lake and Trout Lake.''.
    (c) Prohibition of Subsidies.--Section 4 of such Act is amended by 
adding the following new subsection at the end thereof:
    ``(j) Subsidy for Motorized Portages Prohibited.--No Federal funds 
may be used to operate or to assist in any way in the operation of any 
motorized portage within the wilderness area.''.




                                                 Union Calendar No. 288

105th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                               H. R. 1739

                          [Report No. 105-500]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

To amend the Act designating the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness 
 to clarify certain provisions of law regarding activities authorized 
          within the wilderness area, and for other purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

                             April 29, 1998

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed