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[S. 157 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        S.157

                     One Hundred Thirteenth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE FIRST SESSION

          Begun and held at the City of Washington on Thursday,
           the third day of January, two thousand and thirteen


                                 An Act


 
  To provide for certain improvements to the Denali National Park and 
        Preserve in the State of Alaska, 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 ``Denali National Park Improvement 
Act''.
SEC. 2. KANTISHNA HILLS MICROHYDRO PROJECT; LAND EXCHANGE.
    (a) Definitions.--In this section:
        (1) Appurtenance.--The term ``appurtenance'' includes--
            (A) transmission lines;
            (B) distribution lines;
            (C) signs;
            (D) buried communication lines;
            (E) necessary access routes for microhydro project 
        construction, operation, and maintenance; and
            (F) electric cables.
        (2) Kantishna hills area.--The term ``Kantishna Hills area'' 
    means the area of the Park located within 2 miles of Moose Creek, 
    as depicted on the map.
        (3) Map.--The term ``map'' means the map entitled ``Kantishna 
    Hills Micro-Hydro Area'', numbered 184/80,276, and dated August 27, 
    2010.
        (4) Microhydro project.--
            (A) In general.--The term ``microhydro project'' means a 
        hydroelectric power generating facility with a maximum power 
        generation capability of 100 kilowatts.
            (B) Inclusions.--The term ``microhydro project'' includes--
                (i) intake pipelines, including the intake pipeline 
            located on Eureka Creek, approximately \1/2\ mile upstream 
            from the Park Road, as depicted on the map;
                (ii) each system appurtenance of the microhydro 
            projects; and
                (iii) any distribution or transmission lines required 
            to serve the Kantishna Hills area.
        (5) Park.--The term ``Park'' means the Denali National Park and 
    Preserve.
        (6) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of 
    the Interior.
    (b) Permits for Microhydro Projects.--
        (1) In general.--The Secretary may issue permits for microhydro 
    projects in the Kantishna Hills area.
        (2) Terms and conditions.--Each permit under paragraph (1) 
    shall be--
            (A) issued in accordance with such terms and conditions as 
        are generally applicable to rights-of-way within units of the 
        National Park System; and
            (B) subject to such other terms and conditions as the 
        Secretary determines to be necessary.
        (3) Completion of environmental analysis.--Not later than 180 
    days after the date on which an applicant submits an application 
    for the issuance of a permit under this subsection, the Secretary 
    shall complete any analysis required by the National Environment 
    Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) of any proposed or 
    existing microhydro projects located in the Kantishna Hills area.
    (c) Land Exchange.--
        (1) In general.--For the purpose of consolidating ownership of 
    Park and Doyon Tourism, Inc. lands, including those lands affected 
    solely by the Doyon Tourism microhydro project, and subject to 
    paragraph (4), the Secretary may exchange Park land near or 
    adjacent to land owned by Doyon Tourism, Inc., located at the mouth 
    of Eureka Creek in sec. 13, T.16 S., R. 18 W., Fairbanks Meridian, 
    for approximately 18 acres of land owned by Doyon Tourism, Inc., 
    within the Galena patented mining claim.
        (2) Map availability.--The map shall be on file and available 
    for public inspection in the appropriate offices of the National 
    Park Service.
        (3) Timing.--The Secretary shall seek to complete the exchange 
    under this subsection by not later than February 1, 2015.
        (4) Applicable laws; terms and conditions.--The exchange under 
    this subsection shall be subject to--
            (A) the laws (including regulations) and policies 
        applicable to exchanges of land administered by the National 
        Park Service, including the laws and policies concerning land 
        appraisals, equalization of values, and environmental 
        compliance; and
            (B) such terms and conditions as the Secretary determines 
        to be necessary.
        (5) Equalization of values.--If the tracts proposed for 
    exchange under this subsection are determined not to be equal in 
    value, an equalization of values may be achieved by adjusting the 
    quantity of acres described in paragraph (1).
        (6) Administration.--The land acquired by the Secretary 
    pursuant to the exchange under this subsection shall be 
    administered as part of the Park.
SEC. 3. DENALI NATIONAL PARK AND PRESERVE NATURAL GAS PIPELINE.
    (a) Definitions.--In this section:
        (1) Appurtenance.--
            (A) In general.--The term ``appurtenance'' includes 
        cathodic protection or test stations, valves, signage, and 
        buried communication and electric cables relating to the 
        operation of high-pressure natural gas transmission.
            (B) Exclusions.--The term ``appurtenance'' does not include 
        compressor stations.
        (2) Park.--The term ``Park'' means the Denali National Park and 
    Preserve in the State of Alaska.
        (3) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of 
    the Interior.
    (b) Permit.--The Secretary may issue right-of-way permits for--
        (1) a high-pressure natural gas transmission pipeline 
    (including appurtenances) in nonwilderness areas within the 
    boundary of Denali National Park within, along, or near the 
    approximately 7-mile segment of the George Parks Highway that runs 
    through the Park; and
        (2) any distribution and transmission pipelines and 
    appurtenances that the Secretary determines to be necessary to 
    provide natural gas supply to the Park.
    (c) Terms and Conditions.--A permit authorized under subsection 
(b)--
        (1) may be issued only--
            (A) if the permit is consistent with the laws (including 
        regulations) generally applicable to utility rights-of-way 
        within units of the National Park System;
            (B) in accordance with section 1106(a) of the Alaska 
        National Interest Lands Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 3166(a)); 
        and
            (C) if, following an appropriate analysis prepared in 
        compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 
        (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), the route of the right-of-way is the 
        route through the Park with the least adverse environmental 
        effects for the Park; and
        (2) shall be subject to such terms and conditions as the 
    Secretary determines to be necessary.
SEC. 4. DESIGNATION OF THE WALTER HARPER TALKEETNA RANGER STATION.
    (a) Designation.--The Talkeetna Ranger Station located on B Street 
in Talkeetna, Alaska, approximately 100 miles south of the entrance to 
Denali National Park, shall be known and designated as the ``Walter 
Harper Talkeetna Ranger Station''.
    (b) References.--Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, 
paper, or other record of the United States to the Talkeetna Ranger 
Station referred to in subsection (a) shall be deemed to be a reference 
to the ``Walter Harper Talkeetna Ranger Station''.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.