[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4049 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4049

   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.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 11, 2014

  Mr. Duffy introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
  Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on 
  Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently 
   determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such 
 provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
   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.

    The Act entitled ``An Act to provide for the establishment of the 
Apostle Islands National Lakeshore in the State of Wisconsin, and for 
other purposes.'', approved September 26, 1970 (16 U.S.C. 460w et seq.) 
is amended as follows:
            (1) In the first section as follows:
                    (A) In subsection (a)--
                            (i) by striking ``the area'' and inserting 
                        ``The area''; and
                            (ii) by striking ``; and'' and inserting a 
                        period.
                    (B) In subsection (b), by striking the final 
                period.
                    (C) 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 3, by striking ``: Provided'' and all that 
        follows through the period.
            (3) 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.--Rights to use a portion of the land and 
facilities of the lakeshore may be retained by--
            ``(1) the Army Corps of Engineers for breakwater 
        maintenance; and
            ``(2) the Coast Guard for Federal aids to navigation (as 
        defined in section 308(e)(4) of Public Law 89-665; 16 U.S.C. 
        470w-7(e)(4)).
    ``(c) Cooperation.--The National Park Service, the Coast Guard, and 
the Army Corps of Engineers shall cooperate in their operations so as 
to not lower the standards evolved for the operation of units of the 
National Park System, Federal aids to navigation, and harbor 
maintenance under Federal law with respect to the lakeshore.
    ``(d) 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.''.

SEC. 3. NO AUTHORIZATION FOR INCREASED APPROPRIATION.

    Nothing in this Act or the amendments made by this Act shall be 
construed to increase the amount of appropriations that are authorized 
to be appropriated for any fiscal year.
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