[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2589 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







107th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2589

 To provide for the prohibition of snow machines within the boundaries 
 of the ``Old Park'' within the boundaries of Denali National Park and 
                   Preserve, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              June 5, 2002

 Mr. Murkowski introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
       referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
 To provide for the prohibition of snow machines within the boundaries 
 of the ``Old Park'' within the boundaries of Denali National Park and 
                   Preserve, 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. SNOWMOBILE CLOSURE.

    (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, those portions of 
Denali National Park and Preserve depicted as ``Area A'', within the 
exterior boundaries of the former Mt. McKinley National Park, on map 
numbered 222 and entitled Denali National Park and Preserve, dated 
``revised 1999'', shall not be considered a conservation system unit 
for the purposes of access by snowmachines pursuant to Section 1110(a) 
of Public Law 96-487 nor subject to the Departmental regulations 
implementing that subsection.
    (b) The Statement of Finding, dated June 2000; the Environmental 
Assessment, revised June 6, 2000; the Finding of No Significant Impact, 
dated June 6, 2000; and the regulations promulgated by the National 
Park Service on June 19, 2000, that are codified at 36 Code of Federal 
Regulations 13.63(h)(1)-(3), all relating to the closure of portions of 
Denali National Park and Preserve to snowmobile use, are hereby 
revoked, and the use of snow machines shall be permitted within ``Area 
B'' as depicted on the map referenced in subsection (a).
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