To include in St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge, Florida, the land and facilities comprising St. Marks lighthouse.

Revokes any reservation of specified public land within the external boundaries of St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge in Wakulla County, Florida, for lighthouse purposes by the Executive Order dated November 12, 1838, as amended by Public Land Order 5655, dated January 9, 1979.

Transfers administrative jurisdiction over such lands, including improvements, structures, and fixtures located thereon from the department in which the Coast Guard is operating to the Secretary of the Interior, without reimbursement.

Includes the lands as part of the St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge.

Subjects the transfer and administration of the lands to conditions and restrictions the Secretary of Homeland Security considers necessary to ensure maintenance of specified navigation functions.

[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 372 Introduced in House (IH)]






109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 372

To include in St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge, Florida, the land and 
              facilities comprising St. Marks lighthouse.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 26, 2005

   Mr. Boyd introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the 
 Committee on Resources, 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 include in St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge, Florida, the land and 
              facilities comprising St. Marks lighthouse.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. INCLUSION OF LIGHTHOUSE IN ST. MARKS NATIONAL WILDLIFE 
              REFUGE, FLORIDA.

    (a) Revocation of Executive Order Dated November 12, 1838.--Any 
reservation of public land described in subsection (b) for lighthouse 
purposes by the Executive Order dated November 12, 1838, as amended by 
Public Land Order 5655, dated January 9, 1979, is revoked.
    (b) Description of Land.--The public land referred to in subsection 
(a) consists of approximately 8 acres within the external boundaries of 
St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge in Wakulla County, Florida, that is 
east of the Tallahassee Meridian, Florida, in Township 5 South, Range 1 
East, Section 1 (fractional) and containing all that remaining portion 
of the unsurveyed fractional section, more particularly described as 
follows: A parcel of land, including submerged areas, beginning at a 
point which marks the center of the light structure, thence due North 
(magnetic) a distance of 350 feet to the point of beginning a strip of 
land 500 feet in width, the axial centerline of which runs from the 
point of beginning due South (magnetic) a distance of 700 feet, more or 
less, to the shoreline of Apalachee Bay, comprising 8.0 acres, more or 
less, as shown on plat dated January 2, 1902, by Office of L. H. 
Engineers, 7th and 8th District, Mobile, Alabama.
    (c) Transfer of Administrative Jurisdiction.--Subject to subsection 
(e), administrative jurisdiction over the public land described in 
subsection (b), and over all improvements, structures, and fixtures 
located thereon, is transferred from the department in which the Coast 
Guard is operating to the Secretary of the Interior, without 
reimbursement.
    (d) Inclusion in Refuge.--
            (1) Inclusion.--The public land described in subsection (b) 
        shall be part of St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge.
            (2) Administration.--Subject to subsection (e), the 
        Secretary of the Interior shall administer the public land 
        described in subsection (b)--
                    (A) through the Director United States Fish and 
                Wildlife Service; and
                    (B) in accordance with the National Wildlife Refuge 
                System Administration Act of 1966 (16 U.S.C. 668dd et 
                seq.) and such other laws as apply to Federal real 
                property under the sole jurisdiction of the United 
                States Fish and Wildlife Service.
    (e) Maintenance of Navigation Functions.--The transfer under 
subsection (c), and the administration of the public land described in 
subsection (b), shall be subject to such conditions and restrictions as 
the Secretary of Homeland Security considers necessary to ensure that--
            (1) the Federal aids to navigation located at St. Marks 
        National Wildlife Refuge continue to be operated and maintained 
        by the Coast Guard for as long as they are needed for 
        navigational purposes;
            (2) the Coast Guard may remove, replace, or install any 
        Federal aid to navigation at the St. Marks National Wildlife 
        Refuge as may be necessary for navigational purposes;
            (3) the United States Fish and Wildlife Service will not 
        interfere or allow interference in any manner with any Federal 
        aid to navigation, nor hinder activities required for the 
        operation and maintenance of any Federal aid to navigation, 
        without express written approval by the Secretary of Homeland 
        Security; and
            (4) the Coast Guard may, at any time, enter the St. Marks 
        National Wildlife Refuge, without notice, for purposes of 
        operating, maintaining, and inspecting any Federal aid to 
        navigation and ensuring compliance with this subsection, to the 
        extent that it is not possible to provide advance notice.
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