[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1740 Received in Senate (RDS)]

112th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 1740


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              June 6, 2012

                                Received

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                                 AN ACT


 
   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.--
                    ``(A) The 14.3-mile segment from the headwaters of 
                Illabot Creek to the northern terminus as generally 
                depicted on the map titled `Illabot Creek Proposed WSR-
                Northern Terminus', dated September 15, 2009, to be 
                administered by the Secretary of Agriculture as 
                follows:
                            ``(i) The 4.3-mile segment from the 
                        headwaters of Illabot Creek to the boundary of 
                        Glacier Peak Wilderness Area as a wild river.
                            ``(ii) The 10-mile segment from the 
                        boundary of Glacier Peak Wilderness to the 
                        northern terminus as generally depicted on the 
                        map titled `Illabot Creek Proposed WSR-Northern 
                        Terminus', dated September 15, 2009, as a 
                        recreational river.
                    ``(B) Action required to be taken under subsection 
                (d)(1) for the river segments designated under this 
                paragraph shall be completed through revision of the 
                Skagit Wild and Scenic River comprehensive management 
                plan.
                    ``(C) The Secretary of Agriculture may not acquire 
                by condemnation any land or interest in land within the 
                boundaries of the Illabot Creek Wild and Scenic River 
                described in subparagraph (A).
                    ``(D) Nothing in this paragraph creates or 
                authorizes the creation of a protective perimeter or 
                buffer zone around the boundaries of the Illabot Creek 
                Wild and Scenic River described in subparagraph (A). 
                The fact that an activity or use can be seen or heard 
                from within such boundaries shall not preclude the 
                conduct of that activity or use outside such 
                boundaries.
                    ``(E) No private property or non-Federal public 
                property shall be included within the boundaries of the 
                Illabot Creek Wild and Scenic River described in 
                subparagraph (A) without


              

                the written consent of the owner of such property.''.

            Passed the House of Representatives June 5, 2012.

            Attest:

                                                 KAREN L. HAAS,

                                                                 Clerk.