[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4113 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4113

 To expand the Alpine Lakes Wilderness in the State of Washington, to 
  protect the complete watershed of the free-flowing Pratt River as a 
                  Wild River, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            November 8, 2007

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

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                                 A BILL


 
 To expand the Alpine Lakes Wilderness in the State of Washington, to 
  protect the complete watershed of the free-flowing Pratt River as a 
                  Wild River, 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 ``Alpine Lakes Wilderness Additions 
and Wild Pratt River Act of 2007''.

SEC. 2. EXPANSION OF ALPINE LAKES WILDERNESS.

    The following Federal land in the State of Washington is hereby 
designated as wilderness and, therefore, as a component of the National 
Wilderness Preservation System: Certain land in the Mount Baker-
Snoqualmie National Forest which comprises approximately 22,100 acres, 
as generally depicted on a map titled ``Proposed Alpine Lakes 
Wilderness Additions and Wild Pratt River Act'' and dated October 29, 
2007, which is hereby incorporated in and shall be considered to be a 
part of the Alpine Lakes Wilderness.

SEC. 3. ADMINISTRATION.

    (a) Management.--Subject to valid existing rights, the land 
designated as wilderness by section 2 shall be administered by the 
Secretary of Agriculture in accordance with the Wilderness Act (16 
U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), except that any reference in that Act to the 
effective date of that Act shall be considered to be a reference to the 
date of the enactment of this Act.
    (b) Map and Description.--
            (1) In general.--As soon as practicable after the date of 
        the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall file a map and a 
        legal description of each wilderness area designated by section 
        2 with--
                    (A) the Committee on Natural Resources of the House 
                of Representatives; and
                    (B) the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources 
                of the Senate.
            (2) Force of law.--A map and legal description filed under 
        paragraph (1) shall have the same force and effect as if 
        included in this Act, except that the Secretary may correct 
        errors in the map and legal description.
            (3) Public availability.--Each map and legal description 
        filed under paragraph (1) shall be filed and made available for 
        public inspection in the appropriate office of the Secretary.

SEC. 4. INCORPORATION OF ACQUIRED LAND AND INTEREST.

    Any land within the boundary of the land designated as wilderness 
by section 2 that is acquired by the Federal Government shall--
            (1) become part of the wilderness area; and
            (2) be managed in accordance with section 3(a).

SEC. 5. WILD AND SCENIC RIVER DESIGNATION.

    Section 3(a) of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act (16 U.S.C. 1274(a)) 
is amended by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(_) Pratt river, washington.--The entirety of the 
                Pratt River in the State of Washington, located in the 
                Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest, to be 
                administered by the Secretary of Agriculture as a wild 
                river.''.
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