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[H.R. 163 Reported in House (RH)]

                                                 Union Calendar No. 272
113th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 163

                          [Report No. 113-366]

  To designate as wilderness certain land and inland water within the 
 Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore in the State of Michigan, and 
                          for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 4, 2013

  Mr. Benishek (for himself, Mr. Camp, Mr. Huizenga of Michigan, Mr. 
    Walberg, Mr. Upton, and Mr. Rogers of Michigan) introduced the 
    following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural 
                               Resources

                           February 28, 2014

   Additional sponsors: Mrs. Miller of Michigan, Mr. Bentivolio, Mr. 
       Levin, Mr. Peters of Michigan, Mr. Dingell, and Mr. Kildee

                           February 28, 2014

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on January 
                                4, 2013]


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                                 A BILL


 
  To designate as wilderness certain land and inland water within the 
 Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore in the State of Michigan, 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 ``Sleeping Bear Dunes National 
Lakeshore Conservation and Recreation Act''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Map.--The term ``map'' means the map consisting of 6 
        sheets entitled ``Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore 
        Proposed Wilderness Boundary'', numbered 634/80,083B, and dated 
        November 2010.
            (2) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of the Interior.

SEC. 3. SLEEPING BEAR DUNES WILDERNESS.

    (a) Designation.--In accordance with the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 
1131 et seq.), certain land and inland water within the Sleeping Bear 
Dunes National Lakeshore comprising approximately 32,557 acres along 
the mainland shore of Lake Michigan and on certain nearby islands in 
Benzie and Leelanau Counties, Michigan, as generally depicted on the 
map, is designated as wilderness and as a component of the National 
Wilderness Preservation System, to be known as the ``Sleeping Bear 
Dunes Wilderness''.
    (b) Map.--
            (1) Availability.--The map shall be on file and available 
        for public inspection in appropriate offices of the National 
        Park Service.
            (2) Corrections.--The Secretary may correct any clerical or 
        typographical errors in the map.
            (3) Legal description.--As soon as practicable after the 
        date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall prepare a 
        legal description of the wilderness boundary and submit a copy 
        of the map and legal description to the Committee on Energy and 
        Natural Resources of the Senate and the Committee on Natural 
        Resources of the House of Representatives.
    (c) Road Setbacks.--The wilderness boundary shall be--
            (1) 100 feet from the centerline of adjacent county roads; 
        and
            (2) 300 feet from the centerline of adjacent State 
        highways.

SEC. 4. ADMINISTRATION.

    (a) In General.--Subject to valid existing rights, the wilderness 
area designated by section 3(a) shall be administered by the Secretary 
in accordance with the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), except 
that--
            (1) any reference in the Wilderness Act to the effective 
        date of that Act shall be considered to be a reference to the 
        date of enactment of this Act; and
            (2) any reference in the Wilderness Act to the Secretary of 
        Agriculture shall be considered to be a reference to the 
        Secretary.
    (b) Maintenance of Roads Outside Wilderness Boundary.--Nothing in 
this Act prevents the maintenance and improvement of roads that are 
located outside the boundary of the wilderness area designated by 
section 3(a).
    (c) Fish and Wildlife.--Nothing in this Act affects the 
jurisdiction of the State of Michigan with respect to the management of 
fish and wildlife, including hunting and fishing within the national 
lakeshore in accordance with section 5 of Public Law 91-479 (16 U.S.C. 
460x-4).
    (d) Buffer Zones.--
            (1) In general.--Nothing in this section creates a 
        protective perimeter or buffer zone around any area designated 
        as wilderness by subsection (a).
            (2) Activities outside wilderness.--The fact that an 
        activity or use on land outside any area designated as 
        wilderness by subsection (a) can be seen or heard within the 
        wilderness shall not preclude the activity or use outside the 
        boundary of the wilderness.
    (e) Military Overflights.--Nothing in this section restricts or 
precludes--
            (1) low-level overflights of military aircraft over an area 
        designated as wilderness by subsection (a), including military 
        overflights that can be seen or heard within any wilderness 
        area;
            (2) flight testing and evaluation; or
            (3) the designation or creation of new units of special use 
        airspace, or the establishment of military flight training 
        routes over the wilderness area.
    (f) Savings Provisions.--Nothing in this Act modifies, alters, or 
affects--
            (1) any treaty rights; or
            (2) any valid private property rights in existence on the 
        day before the date of enactment of this Act.
                                                 Union Calendar No. 272

113th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                               H. R. 163

                          [Report No. 113-366]

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                                 A BILL

  To designate as wilderness certain land and inland water within the 
 Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore in the State of Michigan, and 
                          for other purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

                           February 28, 2014

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed