[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1593 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1593

   To amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate a segment of 
   Illabot Creek in Skagit County, Washington, as a component of the 
                National Wild and Scenic Rivers System.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 18, 2009

   Mr. Larsen of Washington introduced the following bill; which was 
             referred to the Committee on Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate a segment of 
   Illabot Creek in Skagit County, Washington, as a component of the 
                National Wild and Scenic Rivers System.

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

SECTION 1. DESIGNATION OF WILD AND SCENIC RIVER SEGMENTS.

    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:
            ``(__) Illabot creek, washington.--The 14.3 mile segment 
        from the headwaters of Illabot Creek to 1,000 feet south of and 
        at no point closer than 200 feet from the Rockport-Cascade 
        Road, flowing through lands managed by the U.S. Forest Service, 
        Washington State Department of Natural Resources, and Seattle 
        City Light, to be administered by the Secretary of Agriculture 
        as follows:
                    ``(A) The 4.3 mile segment from the headwaters of 
                Illabot Creek to the boundary of Glacier Peak 
                Wilderness Area as a wild river.
                    ``(B) The 10 mile segment from the boundary of 
                Glacier Peak Wilderness to 1,000 feet south of 
                Rockport-Cascade Road as a recreational river.''.
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