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113th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 4049
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
November 18, 2014
Received
AN ACT
To amend the Act to provide for the establishment of the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore in the State of Wisconsin, and for other purposes, to adjust the boundary of that National Lakeshore to include the lighthouse known as Ashland Harbor Breakwater Light, and for other purposes.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the Ashland Breakwater Light Transfer Act
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Boundary adjustment to include lighthouse
Public Law 91–424 (16 U.S.C. 460w et seq.) is amended as follows:
In the first section as follows:
In the matter preceding subsection (a)—
by striking islands and shoreline
and inserting islands, shoreline, and light stations
; and
by inserting historic,
after scenic,
.
In subsection (a)—
by striking the area
and inserting The area
; and
by striking ; and
and inserting a period.
In subsection (b), by striking the final period.
By inserting after 1985.
the following:
Ashland harbor breakwater light
The Ashland Harbor Breakwater Light generally depicted on the map titled Ashland Harbor Breakwater Light Addition to Apostle Islands National Lakeshore
and dated February 11, 2014, located at the end of the breakwater on Chequamegon Bay, Wisconsin.
Congress does not intend for the designation of the property under paragraph (1) to create a protective perimeter or buffer zone around the boundary of that property.
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In section 6 as follows:
By striking The lakeshore
and inserting:
In general
The lakeshore
.
By inserting this section and
before the provisions of
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By adding after subsection (a) the following:
Federal use
Notwithstanding subsection (c) of the first section—
the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating may operate, maintain, keep, locate, inspect, repair, and replace any Federal aid to navigation located at the Ashland Harbor Breakwater Light for as long as such aid is needed for navigational purposes; and
in carrying out the activities described in paragraph (1), such Secretary may enter, at any time, the Ashland Harbor Breakwater Light or any Federal aid to navigation at the Ashland Harbor Breakwater Light, for as long as such aid is needed for navigational purposes, without notice to the extent that it is not possible to provide advance notice.
Clarification of authority
Pursuant to existing authorities, the Secretary may enter into agreements with the City of Ashland, County of Ashland, and County of Bayfield, Wisconsin, for the purpose of cooperative law enforcement and emergency services within the boundaries of the lakeshore.
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Passed the House of Representatives November 17, 2014.
Karen L. Haas,
Clerk