[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 170 (Sunday, December 30, 2012)]
[Senate]
[Page S8555]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 SLEEPING BEAR DUNES NATIONAL LAKESHORE CONSERVATION AND RECREATION ACT

  The bill (S. 140) 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, was ordered to be engrossed for a 
third reading, was read the third time, and passed, as follows:

                                 S. 140

       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) 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.

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