Cumberland Island Wilderness Boundary Adjustment Act of 2004

Cumberland Island Wilderness Boundary Adjustment Act of 2004 - Designates certain land (excluding specified roadways) in the Cumberland Island National Seashore (Seashore) as a component of the National Wilderness Preservation System and names such land as the Cumberland Island Wilderness (the Wilderness). Directs the Secretary of the Interior to include additional land in the Wilderness yet to be acquired and certain other land when all prohibited uses of such land have ceased, and to adjust the boundary of the Wilderness to include such land.

Requires that the map of the Wilderness be on file and available for public inspection in offices of the National Park System.

Directs that the Wilderness be administered by the Secretary under applicable provisions of the Wilderness Act.

Allows persons with an existing right to utility service on Cumberland Island to retain such right in the Wilderness after the date of enactment of this Act.

Directs the Secretary to prepare a management plan to ensure access to certain roads in the Wilderness for the purpose of transporting visitors to and from historic sites adjacent to the Wilderness.

Authorizes the Secretary to enter into not more than three concession contracts for the provision of tours for visitors to the Seashore.

[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4887 Introduced in House (IH)]







108th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4887

    To adjust the boundary of the Cumberland Island Wilderness, to 
  authorize tours of the Cumberland Island National Seashore, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 21, 2004

    Mr. Kingston (for himself, Mr. Scott of Georgia, and Mr. Bass) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                               Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
    To adjust the boundary of the Cumberland Island Wilderness, to 
  authorize tours of the Cumberland Island National Seashore, 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 ``Cumberland Island Wilderness 
Boundary Adjustment Act of 2003''.

SEC. 2. CUMBERLAND ISLAND WILDERNESS BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT.

    Public Law 97-250 (96 Stat. 709) is amended by striking section 2 
and inserting the following:

``SEC. 2. CUMBERLAND ISLAND WILDERNESS.

    ``(a) Definitions.--In this section:
            ``(1) Map.--The term `map' means the map entitled 
        `Cumberland Island Wilderness', numbered 640/20,038F, and dated 
        April 2003.
            ``(2) Secretary.--The term `Secretary' means the Secretary 
        of the Interior.
            ``(3) Wilderness.--The term `Wilderness' means the 
        Cumberland Island Wilderness established by subsection (b).
    ``(b) Establishment.--
            ``(1) In general.--Approximately 10,830 acres of land in 
        the Cumberland Island National Seashore depicted on the map as 
        `Wilderness' is designated as a component of the National 
        Wilderness Preservation System and shall be known as the 
        `Cumberland Island Wilderness'.
            ``(2) Exclusions.--The roadways depicted on the map as the 
        `Main Road', the `Plum Orchard Spur', and the `North Cut Road' 
        shall not be included in the Wilderness.
    ``(c) Additional Land.--In addition to the land designated under 
subsection (b), the Secretary shall--
            ``(1) on acquisition of the approximately 210 acres of land 
        identified on the map as `The Nature Conservancy', adjust the 
        boundary of the Wilderness to include the land; and
            ``(2) on publication in the Federal Register of a notice 
        that all uses of the approximately 10,500 acres of land 
        depicted on the map as `Potential Wilderness' that are 
        prohibited under the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.) 
        have ceased, adjust the boundary of the Wilderness to include 
        the land.
    ``(d) Availability of Map.--The map shall be on file and available 
for public inspection in the appropriate offices of the National Park 
Service.
    ``(e) Administration.--Subject to valid existing rights, the 
Wilderness shall be administered by the Secretary, in accordance with 
the applicable provisions of the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et 
seq.) governing areas designated by that Act as wilderness areas, 
except that--
            ``(1) any reference in such provisions to the effective 
        date of that Act shall be deemed to be a reference to the 
        effective date of this Act; and
            ``(2) where appropriate, any reference in that Act to the 
        Secretary of Agriculture shall be deemed to be a reference to 
        the Secretary.
    ``(f) Effect.--Any person with a right to utility service on 
Cumberland Island on the date of enactment of this subsection shall 
continue to have the right to utility service in the Wilderness after 
the date of enactment of this subsection.''.

SEC. 3. TOURS OF CUMBERLAND ISLAND NATIONAL SEASHORE.

    Section 6 of Public Law 92-536 (86 Stat. 1066) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (b), by inserting ``, except as provided 
        in subsection (c),'' before ``no development of the project''; 
        and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(c) Tours of the Seashore.--Notwithstanding subsection (b), the 
Secretary may enter into 1 or more concession contracts, as the 
Secretary determines appropriate, for the provision of tours for 
visitors to the seashore that are consistent with--
            ``(1) this Act;
            ``(2) the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.); and
            ``(3) Public Law 97-250 (96 Stat. 709).''.
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