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Calendar No. 133
105th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 1085
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A BILL
To improve the management of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness,
and for other purposes.
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July 30, 1997
Read the second time and placed on the calendar
Calendar No. 133
105th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 1085
To improve the management of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness,
and for other purposes.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
July 29, 1997
Mr. Wellstone introduced the following bill; which was read the first
time
July 30, 1997
Read the second time and placed on the calendar
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A BILL
To improve the management of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness,
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 ``Boundary Waters Canoe Area
Wilderness Expansion, Protection, and Access Act of 1997''.
SEC. 2. MOTORIZED PORTAGES.
Section 4 of Public Law 95-495 (16 U.S.C. 1132 note; 92 Stat. 1650)
is amended by striking subsection (g) and inserting the following:
``(g) Motorized Portages.--
``(1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (2), nothing in
this Act shall prevent the operation of a motorized vehicle and
associated equipment that is necessary to assist in the
transport of a boat across Prairie Portage from the Moose Lake
chain to Basswood Lake, and from Lake Vermilion to Trout Lake
across the Trout Lake Portage.
``(2) Clean and efficient vehicles.--A vehicle operated as
permitted under paragraph (1)--
``(A) may not exceed the dimensions of a \3/4\ ton
pickup truck; and
``(B) shall be a clean-emission and energy-
efficient vehicle, as determined by the Secretary.
``(3) New technology.--The Secretary may require the use of
vehicles under paragraph (1) that utilize appropriate cost-
effective new technology allowing for a cleaner and quieter
motorized vehicle as soon as practicable, as determined by the
Secretary.
``(4) Removal of tow boats.--Not later than 30 days after
the date on which the operation of motorized vehicles begins
under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall terminate any special
use permit for a tow boat in Basswood Lake or South Farm Lake.
``(5) Increase in motorboat permits.--The Secretary shall
allow an appropriate increase in the number of motorboat
permits for September on Basswood Lake to take into account the
removal of commercial tow boats on Basswood Lake.
``(6) No additional facilities.--Nothing in this subsection
permits the building of an overnight facility, building, road,
or amenity at a portage site.
``(7) No subsidy.--The costs of operating a motorized
vehicle under this subsection shall be borne by a
concessionaire without subsidy from any government.
``(8) Continued operation.--If there is no operation of a
motorized vehicle under this subsection by a concessionaire for
a significant portion of the ice-free season for 3 consecutive
years, this subsection shall cease to have effect.''.
SEC. 3. LAND ADDITIONS TO THE WILDERNESS.
Section 3 of Public Law 95-495 (16 U.S.C. 1132 note; 92 Stat. 1649)
is amended--
(1) by inserting ``(a) In General.--'' after ``Sec. 3.'';
and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
``(b) Additional Land.--
``(1) In general.--The wilderness shall include the land
designated on the map entitled `Boundary Waters Canoe Area--
Expansion Proposal', dated July 29, 1997, comprising
approximately 21,700 acres.
``(2) On file.--The map referred to in paragraph (1) shall
be on file and available for public inspection in the offices
of the Chief of the Forest Service and the Supervisor of the
Superior National Forest.
``(3) Detailed legal description and map.--
``(A) In general.--Not later than 1 year after the
date of enactment of this subsection, the Secretary
shall publish in the Federal Register a detailed legal
description and map showing the new boundaries of the
wilderness.
``(B) Filing with congress.--The Secretary shall
file the legal description and map described in
subparagraph (A) with the Committee on Agriculture,
Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate and the Committee
on Resources of the House of Representatives.
``(C) Force of law.--The legal description and map
described in subparagraph (A) shall have the same force
and effect as if included in this Act.
``(D) Clerical and typographical errors.--The
Secretary may correct clerical and typographical errors
in the legal description and map described in
subparagraph (A) at any time.
``(4) Timber access roads.--Any timber access road in the
land described in paragraph (1) that is in existence on the
date of enactment of this subsection that is needed for
operations under a timber sale contract in existence on that
date shall remain open only until such time as the operations
are completed and the timber sale contract expires.
``(5) Land exchanges.--Not later that 2 years after the
date of enactment of this subsection, the Secretary shall
identify and convey to the State or a county, in exchange for
land owned by the State or county in the wilderness area
described in paragraph (1), Federal land of approximately
comparable value, taking into consideration factors such as the
timber species, the volume of timber, and the accessibility of
timber on the land.''.
SEC. 4. MOTORBOATS ON CANOE LAKE.
Section 4(c)(2) of Public Law 95-495 (16 U.S.C. 1132 note; 92 Stat.
1650) is amended by striking ``; Canoe, Cook County''.
SEC. 5. USE OF PISTON BULLY.
Section 4(i) of Public Law 95-495 (16 U.S.C. 1132 note; 92 Stat.
1652) is amended by adding at the end the following: ``The Secretary
shall allow the use of a piston bully or similar device to groom the
portion of the maintained ski trail on the east end of Flour Lake.''.
SEC. 6. PERMIT RESERVATION SYSTEM.
Section 4 of Public Law 95-495 (16 U.S.C. 1132 note; 92 Stat. 1652)
is amended by adding at the end the following:
``(j) Permit Reservation System.--It is the sense of Congress that
the Secretary should take steps, if feasible, to move the permit
reservation system for the wilderness to northeastern Minnesota. In
taking such steps, the Secretary should give preference to a contractor
located in a county in which part of the wilderness lies.''.
SEC. 7. ANNUAL GRANTS.
Section 16 of Public Law 95-495 (16 U.S.C. 1132 note; 92 Stat.
1658) is amended by adding at the end the following:
``(c) Annual Grants.--Of the amounts made available under section
21, the Secretary shall make a portion available each year to the State
of Minnesota to be used by the Department of Natural Resources to be
used to pay the costs of providing employees and equipment in the
wilderness (in addition to the employees and equipment being provided
before the date of enactment of this subsection) for activities such
as--
``(1) campsite restoration;
``(2) trail and campsite maintenance;
``(3) law enforcement;
``(4) monitoring of the management plan described in
section 20;
``(5) user education; and
``(6) other appropriate activities, as determined by the
Secretary.''.
SEC. 8. AIRSPACE RESERVATION.
The provisions of Executive Order No. 10092 (14 Fed. Reg. 7637)
shall be applicable to the areas depicted as wilderness on the map
referred to in the amendments made by section 3.
SEC. 9. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
Section 21 of Public Law 95-495 (16 U.S.C. 1132 note; 92 Stat.
1659) is amended to read as follows:
``SEC. 21. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
``In addition to any other funds authorized to be appropriated for
the wilderness, there are authorized to be appropriated to carry out
this Act--
``(1) $3,500,000 for fiscal year 1998; and
``(2) such sums as are necessary for each fiscal year
thereafter.''.
SEC. 10. EFFECTIVE DATE.
This Act and the amendments made by this Act take effect on January
1, 1998.
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