H.R. 2352 — To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to adjust the boundary of the Stephen Mather Wilderness and the North Cascades National Park in order to allow the rebuilding of a road outside of the floodplain while ensuring that there is no net loss of acreage to the Park or the Wilderness, and for other purposes. | PoliFocus

H.R. 2352112th Congress

To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to adjust the boundary of the Stephen Mather Wilderness and the North Cascades National Park in order to allow the rebuilding of a road outside of the floodplain while ensuring that there is no net loss of acreage to the Park or the Wilderness, and for other purposes.

Subjects

Public Lands and Natural Resources

Summary

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Amends the Washington Park Wilderness Act of 1988 to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to adjust the boundaries of the North Cascades National Park and the Stephen Mather Wilderness in Washington state in order to provide a 100-foot wide corridor along which the Stehekin Valley Road may be rebuilt: (1) outside of the floodplain between mileposts 12.9 and 22.8, (2) within the boundaries of the Park, and (3) outside of the boundaries of the Wilderness.

Requires that the boundary adjustments be such that equal acreage amounts are exchanged between the Wilderness and the Park.

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Related Legislation

H.R. 2578Conservation and Economic Growth Act
2012-06-20Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
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Legislative Actions

2011-06-24
Introduced in House
2011-06-24
Introduced in House
2011-06-24
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
2011-07-05
Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
2011-09-15
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
2011-10-05
Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands Discharged.
2011-10-05
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
2011-10-05
Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
2012-06-15
Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 112-532.
2012-06-15
Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 112-532.
2012-06-15
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 380.

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