[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 423 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
107th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 423
To amend the Act entitled ``An Act to provide for the establishment of
Fort Clatsop National Memorial in the State of Oregon, and for other
purposes''.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
March 1, 2001
Mr. Wyden (for himself, Mr. Smith of Oregon, and Mrs. Murray)
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 amend the Act entitled ``An Act to provide for the establishment of
Fort Clatsop National Memorial 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,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Fort Clatsop National Memorial
Expansion Act of 2001''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds the following:
(1) In 1805, the members of the Lewis and Clark Expedition
built Fort Clatsop at the mouth of the Columbia River near
Astoria, Oregon, where they spent 106 days waiting for the end
of winter and preparing for their journey home. The Fort
Clatsop National Memorial was created by Congress in 1958 for
the purpose of commemorating the culmination, and the winter
encampment, of the Lewis and Clark Expedition following its
successful crossing of the North American continent, and is the
only National Park Service site solely dedicated to the Lewis
and Clark Expedition.
(2) The 1995 General Management Plan for the Fort Clatsop
National Memorial, prepared with input from the local
community, calls for the addition of lands to the memorial to
include the trail used by expedition members to travel from the
fort to the Pacific Ocean and to include the shore and forest
lands surrounding the fort and trail to protect their natural
settings.
(3) The area near present day McGowan, Washington where
Lewis and Clark and the Corps of Discovery camped after
reaching the Pacific Ocean, performed detailed surveying, and
conducted the historic ``vote'' to determine where to spend the
winter, is of undisputed national significance.
(4) The National Park Service and State of Washington
should identify the best alternative for adequately and cost
effectively protecting and interpreting the ``Station Camp''
site.
(5) Expansion of the Fort Clatsop National Memorial would
require Federal legislation because the size of the memorial is
currently limited by statute to 130 acres.
(6) Congressional action to allow for the expansion of Fort
Clatsop for both the trail to the Pacific and, possibly, the
Station Camp site would be both timely and appropriate before
the start of the national bicentennial celebration of the Lewis
and Clark Expedition planned to take place during the years
2004 through 2006.
SEC. 3. ACQUISITION OF LANDS FOR FORT CLATSOP NATIONAL MEMORIAL.
The Act entitled ``An Act to provide for the establishment of Fort
Clatsop National Memorial in the State of Oregon, and for other
purposes'', approved May 29, 1958 (Chapter 158; 72 Stat. 153), is
amended--
(a) by inserting in section 2 ``(a)'' before ``The Secretary''.
(b) by inserting in section 2 a period, ``.'', following ``coast''
and by striking the remainder of the section.
(c) by inserting in section 2 the following new subsections:
``(b) The Memorial shall also include the lands depicted on the map
entitled `Fort Clatsop Boundary Map' numbered and dated ``405-80016-
CCO-June-1996''. The area designated in the map as a `buffer zone'
shall not be developed but shall be managed as a visual buffer between
a commemorative trail that will run through the property, and
contiguous private land holdings.
``(c) The total area designated as the Memorial shall contain no
more than 1,500 acres.''.
(d) by inserting at the end of section 3 the following:
``(b) Such lands included within the newly expanded boundary may be
acquired from willing sellers only, with the exception of corporately
owned timberlands.''.
SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF STUDY OF STATION CAMP.
The Secretary of the Interior shall conduct a study of the area
known as ``Station Camp'' near McGowan, Washington, to determine its
suitability, feasibility, and national significance, for inclusion into
the National Park System. The study shall be conducted in accordance
with section 8 of Public Law 91-383 (16 U.S.C. 1a-5).
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