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113th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 4049
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
November 18, 2014Received
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.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the Ashland Breakwater Light Transfer Act.
2.
Boundary adjustment to include lighthouse
Public Law 91–424 (16 U.S.C. 460w et seq.) is amended as follows:
(1) In the first section as follows:
(A) In the matter preceding subsection (a)—
(i) by striking islands and shoreline and inserting islands, shoreline, and light stations; and
(ii) by inserting historic, after scenic,.
(B) In subsection (a)—
(i) by striking the area and inserting The area; and
(ii) by striking ; and and inserting a period.
(C) In subsection (b), by striking the final period.
(D) By inserting after 1985. the following:
(c)
Ashland harbor breakwater light
(1) 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.
(2) 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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(2) In section 6 as follows:
(A) By striking The lakeshore and inserting:
(a)
In general
The lakeshore
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(B) By inserting this section and before the provisions of.
(C) By adding after subsection (a) the following:
(b)
Federal use
Notwithstanding subsection (c) of the first section—
(1) 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
(2) 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.
(c)
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