,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #aaef  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,march #ad1 #bjac    
,mr4 ,hastings of ,washington introduced
 the following bill2 which was referred 
to the ,committee on ,natural ,resources
  ,a ,,bill  ,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 ,wilderness1 and for other purposes4
  #a4 ,findings ,congress finds as      
follows3  7#a7 ,in #aihh1 #ic percent of
 the ,north ,cascades ,national ,park   
,complex was designated the ,stephen    
,mather ,wilderness4  7#b7 ,a road      
corridor was deliberately excluded from 
the wilderness designation to provide   
for the continued use and maintenance of
 the upper ,stehekin ,valley ,road4     
7#c7 ,the upper ,stehekin ,valley ,road 

provides access to ,stephen ,mather     
,wilderness trailheads and ,north       
,cascades ,national ,park from the ,lake
 ,chelan ,national ,recreation ,area4   
7#d7 ,record flooding in #aiie and again
 in #bjjc caused severe damage to the   
upper ,stehekin ,valley ,road and led to
 the closure of a #i4i-mile section of  
the road between ,car ,wash ,falls and  
,cottonwood ,camp4  7#e7 ,the ,national 
,park ,service currently does not have  
the flexibility to rebuild the upper    
,stehekin ,valley ,road away from the   
,stehekin ,river due to the current     
location of the non-wilderness road     
corridor provided by ,congress in #aihh4
  7#f7 ,it is a high priority that the  
people of the ,united ,states1 including
 families1 the disabled1 and the        
elderly1 have reasonable access to the  
,national ,parks system and their public
 lands4  7#g7 ,the #aiie ,lake ,chelan  
,national ,recreation ,area ,general    
,management ,plan calls for retaining   
vehicle access to ,cottonwood ,camp4    

7#h7 ,tourism associated with the ,north
 ,cascades ,national ,park ,complex is  
an important part of the economy for    
rural communities in the area4  7#i7    
,additional management flexibility would
 allow the ,national ,park ,service to  
consider retention of the upper         
,stehekin ,valley ,road in a manner that
 provides for no net loss of wilderness4
  #b4 ,authorization for boundary       
adjustments ,the ,washington ,park      
,wilderness ,act of #aihh 7,public ,law 
#ajj-ffh7 is amended by inserting after 
section #bjf the following3  #bjg4      
,boundary adjustments for road  7a7 ,in 
general ,the ,secretary may adjust the  
boundaries of the ,north ,cascades      
,national ,park and the ,stephen ,mather
 ,wilderness in order to provide a      
#ajj-;foot-wide corridor along which the
 ,stehekin ,valley ,road may be         
rebuilt--  7#a7 outside of the          
floodplain between milepost #ab4i and   
milepost #bb4h2  7#b7 within the        
boundaries of the ,north ,cascades      

,national ,park2 and  7#c7 outside of   
the boundaries of the ,stephen ,mather  
,wilderness4  7b7 ,no net loss of lands 
,the boundary adjustments made under    
this section shall be such that equal   
acreage amounts are exchanged between   
the ,stephen ,mather ,wilderness and the
 ,north ,cascades ,national ,park1      
resulting in no net loss of acreage to  
either the ,stephen ,mather ,wilderness 
or the ,north ,cascades ,national ,park4
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