HR 4113
110th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 4113
To expand the Alpine Lakes Wilderness in the State of Washington,
to protect the complete watershed of the free-flowing Pratt River as a
Wild River, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
November 8, 2007
Mr. REICHERT introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Natural Resources
A BILL
To expand the Alpine Lakes Wilderness in the State of Washington,
to protect the complete watershed of the free-flowing Pratt River as a
Wild River, 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 `Alpine Lakes Wilderness Additions and Wild
Pratt River Act of 2007'.
SEC. 2. EXPANSION OF ALPINE LAKES WILDERNESS.
The following Federal land in the State of Washington is hereby designated
as wilderness and, therefore, as a component of the National Wilderness
Preservation System: Certain land in the Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National
Forest which comprises approximately 22,100 acres, as generally depicted
on a map titled `Proposed Alpine Lakes Wilderness Additions and Wild Pratt
River Act' and dated October 29, 2007, which is hereby incorporated in
and shall be considered to be a part of the Alpine Lakes Wilderness.
SEC. 3. ADMINISTRATION.
(a) Management- Subject to valid existing rights, the land designated
as wilderness by section 2 shall be administered by the Secretary of Agriculture
in accordance with the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), except
that any reference in that Act to the effective date of that Act shall
be considered to be a reference to the date of the enactment of this Act.
(1) IN GENERAL- As soon as practicable after the date of the enactment
of this Act, the Secretary shall file a map and a legal description
of each wilderness area designated by section 2 with--
(A) the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives;
and
(B) the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate.
(2) FORCE OF LAW- A map and legal description filed under paragraph
(1) shall have the same force and effect as if included in this Act,
except that the Secretary may correct errors in the map and legal description.
(3) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY- Each map and legal description filed under
paragraph (1) shall be filed and made available for public inspection
in the appropriate office of the Secretary.
SEC. 4. INCORPORATION OF ACQUIRED LAND AND INTEREST.
Any land within the boundary of the land designated as wilderness by section
2 that is acquired by the Federal Government shall--
(1) become part of the wilderness area; and
(2) be managed in accordance with section 3(a).
SEC. 5. WILD AND SCENIC RIVER DESIGNATION.
Section 3(a) of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act (16 U.S.C. 1274(a)) is
amended by adding at the end the following:
`(X) PRATT RIVER, WASHINGTON- The entirety of the Pratt River
in the State of Washington, located in the Mount Baker-Snoqualmie
National Forest, to be administered by the Secretary of Agriculture
as a wild river.'.
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