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[S. 423 Reported in Senate (RS)]






                                                       Calendar No. 171
107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 423

                          [Report No. 107-69]

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, Mrs. Murray, and Ms. 
   Cantwell) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
       referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

                            October 1, 2001

               Reported by Mr. Bingaman, with amendments
  [Omit the part struck through and insert the part printed in italic]

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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, <DELETED>Washington 
        </DELETED>Washington, known as ``Station Camp'', 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.

<DELETED>SEC. 3. ACQUISITION OF LANDS FOR FORT CLATSOP NATIONAL 
              MEMORIAL.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    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--</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (a) by inserting in section 2 ``(a)'' before ``The 
Secretary''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) by inserting in section 2 a period, ``.'', following 
``coast'' and by striking the remainder of the section.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (c) by inserting in section 2 the following new 
subsections:</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(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.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(c) The total area designated as the Memorial shall 
contain no more than 1,500 acres.''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (d) by inserting at the end of section 3 the 
following:</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(b) Such lands included within the newly expanded 
boundary may be acquired from willing sellers only, with the exception 
of corporately owned timberlands.''.</DELETED>

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 (Public Law 85-435; 72 Stat. 153) is 
amended--
            (1) in section 2, by inserting ``(a)'' before ``The 
        Secretary'',
            (2) in section 2, by striking ``coast'' and all that 
        follows through the end of the section and inserting 
        ``coast.'';
            (3) in section 2, by adding the following new subsections:
    ``(b) The Memorial shall also include the lands depicted as 
`Addition Lands' on the map entitled `Fort Clatsop Boundary Map' 
numbered and dated `405-80026A-CCO-June 1996'. The area designated in 
the map as the `Buffer Zone' shall not be developed, but shall be 
managed as a visual buffer.
    ``(c) The total area for the Memorial shall not exceed 1,500 
acres.''.
            (4) in section 3, by inserting ``(a)'' before ``Within''.
            (5) by inserting at the end of section 3 the following:
    ``(b) Such lands included within the boundary as depicted on the 
map referenced in section 2(b) may be acquired only from willing 
sellers, 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, <DELETED>Washington, to 
determine its </DELETED>Washington, as well as the Megler Rest Area and 
Fort Canby State Park, to determine their 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).




                                                       Calendar No. 171

107th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                                 S. 423

                          [Report No. 107-69]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 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''.

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                            October 1, 2001

                        Reported with amendments