Mount Rainier National Park Boundary Adjustment Act of 2002

Mount Rainier National Park Boundary Adjustment Act of 2002 - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to acquire from willing owners certain privately owned land, and transfers specified national forest lands to the Secretary's administrative jurisdiction, for inclusion in Mount Rainier National Park. Limits the total acreage of the acquired and transferred land to 1,000 acres.

Requires: (1) the Park's boundaries to be modified to include such lands; (2) the Secretary to administer such lands as part of the Park; and (3) the Secretary to ensure that access over the Carbon River Bridge to national forest lands is maintained for commercial and other public use.

Authorizes the Secretary to acquire from willing owners land in the vicinity of Wilkeson, Washington, to provide public information for visitors accessing public lands along the Carbon and Mowich Corridors.

[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5512 Introduced in House (IH)]






107th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5512

    To provide for an adjustment of the boundaries of Mount Rainier 
                 National Park, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 1, 2002

    Ms. Dunn of Washington (for herself, Mr. Dicks, Mr. Hastings of 
  Washington, and Mr. Larsen of Washington) introduced the following 
         bill; which was referred to the Committee on Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
    To provide for an adjustment of the boundaries of Mount Rainier 
                 National Park, 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 ``Mount Rainier National Park 
Boundary Adjustment Act of 2002''.

SEC. 2. EXPANSION OF MOUNT RAINIER NATIONAL PARK.

    (a) In General.--
            (1) Acquisition authorized.--The Secretary of the Interior 
        may acquire, with the consent of the owners, by donation, 
        purchase with donated or appropriated funds, or exchange, 
        privately owned land depicted on the map entitled ``________'', 
        numbered __________, and dated ________.
            (2) Limitation.--The total acreage of the land acquired 
        under this subsection and the land transferred to the 
        administrative jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior 
        under subsection (b) shall not exceed 1,000 acres.
            (3) Inclusion in park.--Upon the acquisition of property by 
        the Secretary under this subsection--
                    (A) the boundary of Mount Rainier National Park 
                shall be modified to include the acquired property and 
                to ensure that access over the Carbon River Bridge to 
                National Forest lands is maintained for commercial and 
                other public use; and
                    (B) the Secretary of the Interior shall administer 
                the acquired property as part of Mount Rainier National 
                Park.
    (b) Transfer of National Forest Lands.--
            (1) Transfer.--There is transferred to the Secretary of the 
        Interior administrative jurisdiction over National Forest lands 
        depicted on the map referred to in subsection (a)(1).
            (2) Inclusion in park.--Upon the effectiveness of this 
        subsection, the boundary of Mount Rainier National Park shall 
        be modified to include the lands referred to in paragraph (1).
    (c) Administrative Site.--In addition to lands acquired under 
subsection (a), in order to provide public information for the visitor 
accessing public lands along the Carbon and Mowich Corridors, the 
Secretary of the Interior may acquire land in the vicinity of Wilkeson, 
Washington, not to exceed .5 acre, by purchase, donation, or exchange, 
and from willing sellers only.
    (d) Administration of Acquired Lands.--The Secretary of the 
Interior shall administer lands acquired under this section as part of 
Mount Rainier National Park and in accordance with applicable laws and 
regulations.
    (e) Availability of Map.--The map referred to in subsection (a)(1) 
shall be on file in the appropriate offices of the National Park 
Service.
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