[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
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[H.R. 4049 Engrossed in House (EH)]

113th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4049

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                                 AN ACT


 
   To amend the Act to provide for the establishment of the Apostle 
  Islands National Lakeshore in the State of Wisconsin, and for other 
purposes, to adjust the boundary of that National Lakeshore to include 
the lighthouse known as Ashland Harbor Breakwater Light, 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 ``Ashland Breakwater Light Transfer 
Act''.

SEC. 2. BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT TO INCLUDE LIGHTHOUSE.

    Public Law 91-424 (16 U.S.C. 460w et seq.) is amended as follows:
            (1) In the first section as follows:
                    (A) In the matter preceding subsection (a)--
                            (i) by striking ``islands and shoreline'' 
                        and inserting ``islands, shoreline, and light 
                        stations''; and
                            (ii) by inserting ``historic,'' after 
                        ``scenic,''.
                    (B) In subsection (a)--
                            (i) by striking ``the area'' and inserting 
                        ``The area''; and
                            (ii) by striking ``; and'' and inserting a 
                        period.
                    (C) In subsection (b), by striking the final 
                period.
                    (D) By inserting after ``1985.'' the following:
    ``(c) Ashland Harbor Breakwater Light.--
            ``(1) The Ashland Harbor Breakwater Light generally 
        depicted on the map titled `Ashland Harbor Breakwater Light 
        Addition to Apostle Islands National Lakeshore' and dated 
        February 11, 2014, located at the end of the breakwater on 
        Chequamegon Bay, Wisconsin.
            ``(2) Congress does not intend for the designation of the 
        property under paragraph (1) to create a protective perimeter 
        or buffer zone around the boundary of that property.''.
            (2) In section 6 as follows:
                    (A) By striking ``The lakeshore'' and inserting:
    ``(a) In General.--The lakeshore''.
                    (B) By inserting ``this section and'' before ``the 
                provisions of''.
                    (C) By adding after subsection (a) the following:
    ``(b) Federal Use.--Notwithstanding subsection (c) of the first 
section--
            ``(1) the Secretary of the department in which the Coast 
        Guard is operating may operate, maintain, keep, locate, 
        inspect, repair, and replace any Federal aid to navigation 
        located at the Ashland Harbor Breakwater Light for as long as 
        such aid is needed for navigational purposes; and
            ``(2) in carrying out the activities described in paragraph 
        (1), such Secretary may enter, at any time, the Ashland Harbor 
        Breakwater Light or any Federal aid to navigation at the 
        Ashland Harbor Breakwater Light, for as long as such aid is 
        needed for navigational purposes, without notice to the extent 
        that it is not possible to provide advance notice.
    ``(c) Clarification of Authority.--Pursuant to existing 
authorities, the Secretary may enter into agreements with the City of 
Ashland, County of Ashland, and County of Bayfield, Wisconsin, for the 
purpose of cooperative law enforcement and emergency services within 
the boundaries of the lakeshore.''.

            Passed the House of Representatives November 17, 2014.

            Attest:

                                                                 Clerk.
113th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                               H. R. 4049

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 AN ACT

   To amend the Act to provide for the establishment of the Apostle 
  Islands National Lakeshore in the State of Wisconsin, and for other 
purposes, to adjust the boundary of that National Lakeshore to include 
the lighthouse known as Ashland Harbor Breakwater Light, and for other 
                               purposes.