To designate certain National Park System land in Olympic National Park as wilderness or potential wilderness, and for other purposes.

Designates specified federal land within Olympic National Park, Washington, as wilderness or potential wilderness. Incorporates such land in the Olympic Wilderness.

[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3222 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3222

To designate certain National Park System land in Olympic National Park 
     as wilderness or potential wilderness, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 14, 2011

  Mr. Dicks introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                     Committee on Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
To designate certain National Park System land in Olympic National Park 
     as wilderness or potential wilderness, 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. DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM LAND IN 
              OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK AS WILDERNESS OR POTENTIAL 
              WILDERNESS.

    (a) Designation.--In accordance with the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 
1131 et seq.), the following lands within Olympic National Park in the 
State of Washington are designated as wilderness or potential 
wilderness and incorporated in the Olympic Wilderness designated by 
section 101(a) of Public Law 100-668 (102 Stat. 3961):
            (1) Certain Federal land comprising approximately 4,100 
        acres as generally depicted on the map entitled ``Wilderness 
        Boundary--Lake Crescent Addition, Olympic National Park, 
        Washington'', numbered 149/60,471a, and dated May 2010, is 
        hereby designated as wilderness. The boundary along Lake 
        Crescent shall be set back a sufficient distance to allow 
        management of the historic World War I Spruce Railroad grade as 
        the Olympic Discovery Trail, and to allow for operation and 
        maintenance of the existing county road. The World War II 
        Pyramid Peak lookout shall be included in the wilderness and be 
        managed and maintained as a historic structure.
            (2) Certain Federal land comprising approximately 11 acres 
        as generally depicted on the map entitled ``Wilderness 
        Boundary--Boulder Creek Addition, Olympic National Park, 
        Washington'', numbered 149/60,470, and dated May 2009, is 
        hereby designated as a potential wilderness addition.
    (b) Management.--Except as provided in subsection (c), and subject 
to valid existing rights, the Secretary of the Interior (hereafter in 
this section referred to as the ``Secretary'') shall manage each area 
designated as wilderness or potential wilderness in accordance with the 
Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), except that any reference in 
the Wilderness Act to the effective date of the Wilderness Act shall be 
considered to be a reference to the date of the enactment of this Act.
    (c) Ecological Restoration.--For purposes of ecological restoration 
(including the elimination of nonnative species, removal of 
decommissioned roads, and any other activity necessary to restore the 
natural ecosystems in the potential wilderness area) and construction 
of a foot/stock trail, the Secretary may use motorized equipment and 
mechanized transport in the potential wilderness area until the date on 
which the potential wilderness area is incorporated into the Olympic 
Wilderness, whereupon wilderness minimum requirement practices shall be 
implemented in accordance with the Wilderness Act.
    (d) Boulder Creek Addition Wilderness Designation.--The Boulder 
Creek Addition, consisting of the Boulder Creek Trail and the Boulder 
Creek campground potential wilderness area, approximately 15 acres as 
shown on the map titled ``Wilderness Boundary--Boulder Creek Addition, 
Olympic National Park, Washington'', numbered 149/60,470, and dated May 
2009, shall be designated as wilderness and incorporated in the Olympic 
Wilderness on the date on which the Secretary publishes notice in the 
Federal Register that conditions in the potential wilderness areas that 
are incompatible with the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.) have 
been removed.
    (e) Map and Legal Description.--
            (1) Submission of map and legal description.--As soon as 
        practicable, after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
        Secretary shall file a map and legal description of each area 
        designated as wilderness and potential wilderness by this 
        subtitle with--
                    (A) the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural 
                Resources; and
                    (B) the House Committee on Natural Resources.
            (2) Force and effect.--The map and legal description filed 
        under paragraph (1) shall have the same force and effect as if 
        included in this subtitle, except that the Secretary may 
        correct any clerical or typographical errors in the map or 
        legal description.
            (3) Public availability.--The map and legal description 
        filed under paragraph (1) shall be on file and available for 
        public inspection in the Office of the Secretary.
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