One Hundred Thirteenth Congress of the United States of America
2d Session
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Friday, the third day of January, two thousand and fourteen
S. 23
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
AN ACT
To designate as wilderness certain land and inland water within the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore in the State of Michigan, and for other purposes.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the
Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore
Conservation and Recreation Act
.
Definitions
In this Act:
Map
The term map means the map
consisting of 6 sheets entitled Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore
Proposed Wilderness Boundary
, numbered 634/80,083B, and dated November
2010.
Secretary
The term Secretary means the Secretary of the Interior.
Sleeping bear dunes wilderness
Designation
In accordance with the
Wilderness Act (16
U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), certain land and inland water within the Sleeping
Bear
Dunes National Lakeshore comprising approximately 32,557 acres along the
mainland shore of Lake Michigan and on certain nearby islands in Benzie
and
Leelanau Counties, Michigan, as generally depicted on the map, is
designated as
wilderness and as a component of the National Wilderness Preservation
System,
to be known as the Sleeping Bear Dunes Wilderness
.
Map
Availability
The map shall be on file and available for public inspection in appropriate offices of the National Park Service.
Corrections
The Secretary may correct any clerical or typographical errors in the map.
Legal description
As soon as practicable after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall prepare a legal description of the wilderness boundary and submit a copy of the map and legal description to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate and the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives.
Road Setbacks
The wilderness boundary shall be—
100 feet from the centerline of adjacent county roads; and
300 feet from the centerline of adjacent State highways.
Administration
In general
Subject to valid existing rights, the wilderness area designated by section 3(a) shall be administered by the Secretary 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 that Act shall be considered to be a reference to the date of enactment of this Act; and
any reference in the Wilderness Act to the Secretary of Agriculture shall be considered to be a reference to the Secretary.
Maintenance of roads outside wilderness boundary
Nothing in this Act prevents the maintenance and improvement of roads that are located outside the boundary of the wilderness area designated by section 3(a).
Fish and wildlife
Nothing in this Act affects the jurisdiction of the State of Michigan with respect to the management of fish and wildlife, including hunting and fishing within the national lakeshore in accordance with section 5 of Public Law 91–479 ( 16 U.S.C. 460x–4 ).
Savings Provisions
Nothing in this Act modifies, alters, or affects—
any treaty rights; or
any valid private property rights in existence on the day before the date of enactment of this Act.
Speaker of the House of Representatives
Vice President of the United States and President of the Senate
