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§ 90e. Pasayten Wilderness, Okanogan and Mount typographical errors in such legal descriptions Baker National Forests; designation; aboli- and maps may be made. tion of North Cascades Primitive Area classi- (b) Upon the filing of the legal descriptions fication and maps as provided for in subsection (a) of this section the Pasayten Wilderness and the ad- (a) In order to further the purposes of the Wil- ditions to the Glacier Peak Wilderness shall be derness Act [16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.], there is here- administered by the Secretary of Agriculture in by designated, subject to valid existing rights, accordance with the provisions of the Wilderness the Pasayten Wilderness within and as a part of Act [16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.] and thereafter shall the Okanogan National Forest and the Mount be subject to the provisions of the Wilderness Baker National Forest, comprising an area of Act governing areas designated by that Act as about five hundred thousand acres lying east of wilderness areas, except that any reference in Ross Lake, as generally depicted in the area des- such provisions to the effective date of the Wil- ignated as ‘‘Pasayten Wilderness’’ on the map derness Act shall be deemed to be a reference to referred to in section 90 of this title. the effective date of this subchapter. (b) The previous classification of the North Cascades Primitive Area is hereby abolished. (Pub. L. 90–544, title VI, § 603, Oct. 2, 1968, 82 Stat. 930; Pub. L. 103–437, § 6(e), Nov. 2, 1994, 108 (Pub. L. 90–544, title VI, § 601, Oct. 2, 1968, 82 Stat. 4585.) Stat. 930.) REFERENCES IN TEXT REFERENCES IN TEXT The Wilderness Act, referred to in subsec. (b), is Pub. The Wilderness Act, referred to in subsec. (a), is Pub. L. 88–577, Sept. 3, 1964, 78 Stat. 890, as amended, which L. 88–577, Sept. 3, 1964, 78 Stat. 890, as amended, which is classified generally to chapter 23 (§ 1131 et seq.) of is classified generally to chapter 23 (§ 1131 et seq.) of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 1131 of Code, see Short Title note set out under section 1131 of this title and Tables. this title and Tables. Effective date of the Wilderness Act, referred to in § 90e–1. Glacier Peak Wilderness, Wenatchee and subsec. (b), means the date of enactment, Sept. 3, 1964, Mount Baker National Forests; extension of of such Act. Effective date of this subchapter, referred to in sub- boundaries sec. (b), means the date of enactment, Oct. 2, 1968, of The boundaries of the Glacier Peak Wilder- this subchapter. ness, an area classified as such more than thirty AMENDMENTS days before the effective date of the Wilderness 1994—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 103–437 substituted ‘‘Com- Act [16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.] and being within and mittee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate a part of the Wenatchee National Forest and the and the Committee on Natural Resources of the House Mount Baker National Forest, subject to valid of Representatives’’ for ‘‘Interior and Insular Affairs existing rights, are hereby extended to include Committees of the United States Senate and House of portions of the Suiattle River corridor and the Representatives’’. White Chuck River corridor on the western side thereof, comprising areas totaling about ten § 90e–3. Area review; report to the President thousand acres, as depicted in the area des- Within two years from October 2, 1968, the Sec- ignated as ‘‘Additions to Glacier Peak Wilder- retary of the Interior shall review the area with- ness’’ on the map referred to in section 90 of this in the North Cascades National Park, including title. the Picket Range area and the Eldorado Peaks (Pub. L. 90–544, title VI, § 602, Oct. 2, 1968, 82 area, and shall report to the President, in ac- Stat. 930.) cordance with section 1132(c) and (d) of this title, his recommendation as to the suitability REFERENCES IN TEXT or nonsuitability of any area within the park for The Wilderness Act, referred to in text, is Pub. L. preservation as wilderness, and any designation 88–577, Sept. 3, 1964, 78 Stat. 890, as amended, which is of any such area as a wilderness area shall be ac- classified generally to chapter 23 (§ 1131 et seq.) of this complished in accordance with said section title. For complete classification of this Act to the 1132(c) and (d). Code, see Short Title note set out under section 1131 of this title and Tables. (Pub. L. 90–544, title VI, § 604, Oct. 2, 1968, 82 Effective date of the Wilderness Act, referred to in Stat. 931.) text, means the date of enactment, Sept. 3, 1964, of such act. SUBCHAPTER XI—MOUNT RAINIER NATIONAL PARK § 90e–2. Map and legal description, filing with Congressional committees; correction of er- § 91. Establishment; boundaries; trespassers rors; applicability of Wilderness Act All those certain tracts, pieces, or parcels of (a) As soon as practicable after October 2, 1968, land lying and being in the State of Washington, the Secretary of Agriculture shall file a map and and within the boundaries particularly described legal description of the Pasayten Wilderness and as follows, to wit: Beginning at a point three of the Glacier Peak Wilderness, as hereby modi- miles east of the northeast corner of township fied, with the Committee on Energy and Natural numbered 17 north, of range 6 east of the Wil- Resources of the Senate and the Committee on lamette meridian; thence south through the cen- Natural Resources of the House of Representa- tral parts of townships numbered 17, 16, and 15 tives, and such descriptions shall have the same north, of range 7 east of the Willamette merid- force and effect as if included in this subchapter: ian, 18 miles more or less, subject to the proper Provided, however, That correction of clerical or easterly or westerly offsets, to a point three Page 117 TITLE 16—CONSERVATION § 93 miles east of the northeast corner of township (Mar. 2, 1899, ch. 377, § 2, 30 Stat. 994; June 12, numbered 14 north, of range 6 east of the Wil- 1917, ch. 27, § 1, 40 Stat. 153.) lamette meridian; thence east on the township line between townships numbered 14 and 15 CODIFICATION north, 18 miles more or less to a point 3 miles The words ‘‘In addition to the powers and duties enu- west of the northeast corner of township 14 merated in section 3 of this title, not inconsistent with north, of range 10 east of the Willamette merid- this section’’ were added to relate this section to later ian; thence northerly subject to the proper eas- law, defining the duties of the Secretary of the Interior terly or westerly offsets, 18 miles more or less, as to national parks. to a point 3 miles west of the northeast corner An additional provision in the first sentence making it the duty of the Secretary of the Interior as soon as of township numbered 17 north of range 10 east practicable to make such rules and regulations as he of the Willamette meridian (but in locating said might deem necessary or proper for the care and man- easterly boundary, wherever the summit of the agement of the park has been omitted as executed. Cascade Mountains is sharply and well defined, A provision of the original section for the disposition the said line shall follow the said summit, where of the proceeds of leases for buildings for accommoda- the said summit line bears west of the easterly tion of visitors and other revenues from the park has line as herein determined); thence westerly been omitted as superseded by section 452 of this title. along the township line between said townships ‘‘Pacific National Forest’’ was substituted for ‘‘Pa- numbered 17 and 18 to the place of beginning, cific Forest Reserve’’ on authority of act Mar. 4, 1907, are dedicated and set apart as a public park to ch. 2907, 34 Stat. 1269, which provided that forest re- serves shall hereafter be known as national forests. be known and designated as the Mount Rainier National Park, for the benefit and enjoyment of REPEALS the people; and all persons who shall locate or Repeal of provisions of this section relating to grant- settle upon or occupy the same, or any part ing rights-of-way to railway or tramway companies for thereof, except as hereafter provided, shall be purpose of building and operating a railway or tram- considered trespassers and be removed there- way, so far as they relate to lands within Mount from. Rainier National Park, see section 92a of this title. (Mar. 2, 1899, ch. 377, § 1, 30 Stat. 993.) § 92a. Rights-of-way for railways, tramways, and SHORT TITLE cable lines Pub. L. 108–312, § 1, Oct. 5, 2004, 118 Stat. 1194, provided The provisions of section 92 of this title, that: ‘‘This Act [enacting section 110d of this title and provisions set out as a note under section 110d of this granting rights-of-way, under such restrictions title] may be cited as the ‘Mount Rainier National and regulations as the Secretary of the Interior Park Boundary Adjustment Act of 2004’.’’ may establish, to any railway or tramway com- pany or companies for the purpose of building, § 92. Control; regulations; grants for buildings; constructing, and operating a railway, con- rights-of-way; fish and game; removal of tres- structing and operating a railway or tramway passers line or lines, so far as the same relate to lands Mount Rainier National Park shall be under within the Mount Rainier National Park, Wash- the exclusive control of the Secretary of the In- ington, are repealed: Provided, however, That terior. In addition to the powers and duties enu- nothing herein shall be construed so as to pro- merated in section 3 of this title, not inconsist- hibit the Secretary of the Interior from author- ent with this section, he shall make regulations izing the use of land in said park under contract, providing for the preservation from injury or permit, lease, or otherwise for the establishment spoliation of all timber, mineral deposits, natu- and operation thereon of a tramway or cable ral curiosities, or wonders within said park, and line, or lines, for the accommodation or conven- their retention in their natural condition. The ience of visitors and others. Secretary may, in his discretion, grant parcels (Jan. 26, 1931, ch. 47, § 6, 46 Stat. 1044.) of ground at such places in said park as shall re- quire the erection of buildings for the accommo- § 93. Grant of prior lands to Northern Pacific dation of visitors. And through the lands of the Railroad; lieu lands to settlers Pacific National Forest adjoining said park rights-of-way are hereby granted, under such re- Upon execution and filing with the Secretary strictions and regulations as the Secretary of of the Interior, by the Northern Pacific Railroad the Interior may establish, to any railway or Company, of proper deed releasing and convey- tramway company or companies, through the ing to the United States the lands in Mount lands of said Pacific National Forest, and also Rainier National Park, also the lands in the Pa- into said park created by section 91 of this title, cific National Forest which have been heretofore for the purpose of building, constructing, and granted by the United States to said company, operating a railway, constructing and operating whether surveyed or unsurveyed, and which lie a railway or tramway line or lines, through said opposite said company’s constructed road, said lands, also into said park. He shall provide company is authorized to select an equal quan- against the wanton destruction of the fish and tity of nonmineral public lands, so classified as game found within said park, and against their nonmineral at the time of actual Government capture or destruction for the purposes of mer- survey, which has been or shall be made, of the chandise or profit. He shall also cause all per- United States not reserved and to which no ad- sons trespassing upon the same to be removed verse right or claim shall have attached or have therefrom, and generally shall be authorized to been initiated at the time of the making of such take all such measures as shall be necessary to selection, lying within any State into or fully carry out the objects and purposes of sec- through which the railroad of said Northern Pa- tions 91, 92 and 93 of this title. cific Railroad Company runs, to the extent of § 94 TITLE 16—CONSERVATION Page 118 the lands so relinquished and released to the inflicting personal injury, is prohibited within United States. Any settlers on lands in said na- the limits of said park; nor shall any fish be tional park may relinquish their rights thereto taken out of the waters of the park in any other and take other public lands in lieu thereof, to way than by hook and line, and then only at the same extent and under the same limitations such seasons and in such times and manner as and conditions as are provided by law for na- may be directed by the Secretary of the Inte- tional forests and national parks. rior. That the Secretary of the Interior shall make and publish such rules and regulations as (Mar. 2, 1899, ch. 377, § 3, 30 Stat. 994.) he may deem necessary and proper for the man- CODIFICATION agement and care of the park and for the protec- ‘‘Pacific National Forest’’ and ‘‘national forests’’ sub- tion of the property therein, especially for the stituted in text for ‘‘Pacific Forest Reserve’’ and ‘‘for- preservation from injury or spoliation of all est reserves’’, respectively, on authority of act Mar. 4, timber, mineral deposits other than those le- 1907, ch. 2907, 34 Stat. 1269, which provided that forest gally located prior to May 27, 1908, natural curi- reserves shall hereafter be known as national forests. osities, or wonderful objects within said park, and for the protection of the animals and birds § 94. Location of mining claims in the park from capture or destruction, and to The location of mining claims under the min- prevent their being frightened or driven from eral land laws of the United States is prohibited the park; and he shall make rules and regula- within the area of the Mount Rainier National tions governing the taking of fish from the Park, in the State of Washington. This provision streams or lakes in the park. Possession within shall not affect rights acquired in good faith be- said park of the dead bodies, or any part thereof, fore May 27, 1908, under the mineral land laws of of any wild bird or animal shall be prima facie the United States to any mining location or lo- evidence that the person or persons having the cations in said Mount Rainier National Park. same are guilty of violating this Act. Any per- son or persons, or stage or express company, or (May 27, 1908, ch. 200, § 1, 35 Stat. 365.) railway company, who knows or has reason to § 95. Jurisdiction by the United States; fugitives believe that they were taken or killed contrary from justice to the provisions of this Act and who receives for transportation any of said animals, birds, or Sole and exclusive jurisdiction is assumed by fish so killed, caught, or taken, or who shall vio- the United States over the territory embraced late any of the other provisions of this Act, or within the Mount Rainier National Park, sav- any rule or regulation that may be promulgated ing, however, to the State of Washington the by the Secretary of the Interior with reference right to serve civil or criminal process within to the management and care of the park or for the limits of the aforesaid park in suits or pros- the protection of the property therein, for the ecution for or on account of rights acquired, ob- preservation from injury or spoliation of timber, ligations incurred, or crimes committed in said mineral deposits other than those legally lo- State but outside of said park, and saving fur- cated prior to May 27, 1908, natural curiosities, ther to the said State the right to tax persons or wonderful objects within said park, or for the and corporations, their franchises and property, protection of the animals, birds, or fish in the on the lands included in said park. All the laws park, or who shall within said park commit any applicable to places under the sole and exclusive damage, injury, or spoliation to or upon any jurisdiction of the United States shall have building, fence, hedge, gate, guidepost, tree, force and effect in said park. All fugitives from wood, underwood, timber, garden, crops, vegeta- justice taking refuge in said park shall be sub- bles, plants, land, springs, mineral deposits ject to the same laws as refugees from justice other than those legally located prior to May 27, found in the State of Washington. 1908, natural curiosities, or other matter or (June 30, 1916, ch. 197, § 1, 39 Stat. 243.) thing growing or being thereon or situated therein, shall be deemed guilty of a mis- CODIFICATION demeanor and shall be subject to a fine of not A provision accepting the act of the legislature of the more than $500 or imprisonment not exceeding State of Washington which ceded to the United States six months, or both, and be adjudged to pay all exclusive jurisdiction over the territory referred to in costs of the proceedings. this section has been omitted as executed. (June 30, 1916, ch. 197, § 4, 39 Stat. 244.)

§§ 96, 97. Repealed. June 25, 1948, ch. 646, § 39, 62 REFERENCES IN TEXT Stat. 992, eff. Sept. 1, 1948 This Act, referred to in text, is act June 30, 1916, Section 96, act June 30, 1916, ch. 197, § 2, 39 Stat. 244, which is classified to sections 95 to 105 of this title. For related to inclusion of park in judicial district. See sec- complete classification of this Act to the Code, see tion 128 of Title 28, Judiciary and Judicial Procedure. Tables. Section 97, act June 30, 1916, ch. 197, § 3, 39 Stat. 244, related to offenses and punishment. See section 13 of § 99. Forfeitures and seizures of guns, traps, Title 18, Crimes and Criminal Procedure. teams, etc. All guns, traps, teams, horses, or means of § 98. Protection of game and fish; forfeitures and transportation of every nature or description punishments used by any person or persons within said park All hunting or the killing, wounding, or cap- limits when engaged in killing, trapping, en- turing at any time of any wild bird or animal, snaring, or capturing such wild beasts, birds, or except dangerous animals when it is necessary animals shall be forfeited to the United States to prevent them from destroying human lives or and may be seized by the officers in said park Page 119 TITLE 16—CONSERVATION § 109 and held pending the prosecution of any person south bank of White River; thence northeasterly or persons arrested under charge of violating the along said bank to a point due east of park provisions of this Act, and upon conviction boundary monument numbered 67, thence due under this Act of such person or persons using west to said monument numbered 67; thence said guns, traps, teams, horses, or other means westerly along the present north park boundary of transportation, such forfeiture shall be adju- line, as established by said survey, being the dicated as a penalty in addition to the other township line between townships 17 and 18 punishment provided in this Act. Such forfeited north, to its intersection with the north bank of property shall be disposed of and accounted for Carbon River; thence westerly along said bank by and under the authority of the Secretary of to a point due north of park boundary monu- the Interior. ment numbered 1; thence due south to place of beginning; and all of those lands lying within (June 30, 1916, ch. 197, § 5, 39 Stat. 245.) the boundary above described are hereby in- REFERENCES IN TEXT cluded in and made a part of the Mount Rainier This Act, referred to in text, is act June 30, 1916, National Park; and all of those lands of the which is classified to sections 95 to 105 of this title. For present Mount Rainier National Park excluded complete classification of this Act to the Code, see from the park are included in and made a part Tables. of the Rainier National Forest, subject to all na- tional forest laws and regulations. §§ 100 to 105. Repealed. June 25, 1948, ch. 646, § 39, 62 Stat. 992, eff. Sept. 1, 1948 (May 28, 1926, ch. 410, § 1, 44 Stat. 668.) Section 100, acts June 30, 1916, ch. 197, § 6, 39 Stat. 245; § 108. Other laws extended to added lands June 28, 1938, ch. 778, § 1, 52 Stat. 1213, related to ap- The provisions of sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 91, 92, 93, pointment and jurisdiction of commissioner. See provi- sions covering United States magistrate judges in sec- 95, 98 and 99 of this title, and all Acts supple- tion 631 et seq. of Title 28, Judiciary and Judicial Pro- mentary to and amendatory of said sections are cedure. made applicable to and extended over the lands Section 101, act June 30, 1916, ch. 197, § 7, 39 Stat. 245, added to the park by section 107 of this title: related to arrest and bail by commissioner [now mag- Provided, That the provisions of the Federal istrate judge]. Power Act [16 U.S.C. 791a et seq.], shall not Section 102, act June 30, 1916, ch. 197, § 8, 39 Stat. 245, apply to or extend over such lands. related to issuance of process. Section 103, acts June 30, 1916, ch. 197, § 9, 39 Stat. 246; (May 28, 1926, ch. 410, § 2, 44 Stat. 669.) June 28, 1938, ch. 778, § 1, 52 Stat. 1213, related to salary of commissioner [now magistrate judge]. REFERENCES IN TEXT Section 104, act June 30, 1916, ch. 197, § 11, 39 Stat. 246, The Federal Power Act, referred to in text, was in the related to disposition of fines and costs. original the ‘‘Act of June 10, 1920, entitled ‘an Act to Section 105, act June 30, 1916, ch. 197, § 10, 39 Stat. 246, create a Federal power commission; to provide for the related to fees, costs, and expenses chargeable to the improvement of navigation, the development of water United States. power; the use of the public lands in relation thereto; and to repeal section 18 of the River and Harbor Appro- § 106. Repealed. Dec. 16, 1930, ch. 14, § 1, 46 Stat. priation Act, approved August 8, 1917, and for other 1028 purposes’ ’’, and was redesignated the Federal Power Act by section 791a of this title. The Federal Power Act Section, act June 12, 1917, ch. 27, § 1, 40 Stat. 152, re- is act June 10, 1920, ch. 285, 41 Stat. 1063, as amended, lated to donations of patented lands or rights-of-way. and is classified generally to chapter 12 (§ 791a et seq.) See section 6 of this title. of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see section 791a of this title and Tables. § 107. Boundary changed § 109. Additional lands The boundary of the Mount Rainier National Park is changed so as to read as follows: Begin- The tract of land within the following-de- ning at park boundary monument numbered 1, scribed boundaries is excluded from the Rainier established on the east line of section 4, town- National Forest and is added to and made a part ship 17 north, range 7 east, Willamette meridian, of the Mount Rainier National Park, in the by a survey of the boundaries of Mount Rainier State of Washington: National Park, Washington, by the General Beginning at a point on the present east Land Office, plat dated April 17, 1909; thence boundary of Mount Rainier National Park one southerly along the present west park boundary and one-quarter miles southerly from the north- line as established by said survey, being the east corner of the said park as fixed by section midtownship line of range 7 east, to its intersec- 107 of this title, thence extending east to the tion with the south bank of Nisqually River; summit of the hydrographic divide between Sil- thence easterly along said bank to its intersec- ver Creek and White River; thence along the tion with the present south park boundary line summit of Crystal Mountain to the summit of at a point east of park boundary monument the Cascade Mountains; thence southerly along numbered 28, as established by said survey, the summit of the Cascade Mountains to a point being the township line between townships 14 in section 20, township 15 north, range 11 east, and 15 north; thence easterly along said south Willamette meridian, whence flow the waters of park boundary line to the southeast corner of Bumping River to the east and Carlton and Cou- the present park boundary; thence northerly gar Creeks to the south and west; thence south- along the present east park boundary line to westerly along the summit of the divide between park boundary monument numbered 59, as es- Carlton Creek and the waters flowing into the tablished by said survey, being the midtownship main fork of Ohanapecosh River to the quarter line of range 10 east; thence due north to the section line of section 9, township 14 north, § 110 TITLE 16—CONSERVATION Page 120 range 10 east, Willamette meridian; thence west- Proposed 1987 Boundary Adjustments’’, num- erly along the quarter section line of sections 9, bered 105–80,010B and dated January 1987, which 8, and 7 to the west boundary of said township; shall be on file and available for public inspec- thence due west to the right or west bank of tion in the Washington office of the National Muddy Fork of the Cowlitz River; thence north- Park Service, United States Department of the erly along the right bank of said Muddy Fork to Interior and at Mount Rainier National Park. a point exactly due east of post numbered 34 on (b) Forest boundary adjustment the south boundary of Mount Rainier National The boundaries of the Snoqualmie National Park as surveyed in 1908; thence due west to said Forest and of the Gifford Pinchot National For- post numbered 34; thence along the boundary of est, are hereby revised to include in the Sno- said park as surveyed in 1908 to post numbered qualmie National Forest approximately thirty- 35; thence easterly along the south boundary of one and one-half acres, to exclude from the Sno- said national park as surveyed in 1908 to the qualmie National Forest approximately thirty southeast corner thereof; thence northerly along acres, and to exclude from the Gifford Pinchot the east boundary of said national park as sur- National Forest approximately two hundred and veyed in 1908 to post numbered 59; thence along ten acres, as generally depicted on a map enti- the east boundary of said park as revised by sec- tled ‘‘Mount Rainier National Park Proposed tion 107 of this title, northerly to the point of 1987 Boundary Adjustments’’, numbered beginning. 105–80,010B, and dated January 1987, which shall (Jan. 31, 1931, ch. 71, § 1, 46 Stat. 1047.) be on file and available for public inspection in the Washington, District of Columbia office of § 110. Laws and regulations applicable to added the Forest Service, United States Department of lands; free use of roads maintained by State Agriculture and at the Snoqualmie and Gifford Pinchot National Forests. All laws applicable to and in force within the Mount Rainier National Park as of January 31, (c) Administration of park land 1931, and all regulations issued pursuant thereto, (1) Federal lands, and interests therein for- are made applicable to and extended over the merly within the boundary of the Snoqualmie land added to the said park by section 109 of this National Forest and the Gifford Pinchot Na- title: Provided, That no fee or charge shall be tional Forest, which are included within the made by the United States for the use of any boundary of the Mount Rainier National Park roads in said park built or maintained exclu- pursuant to this Act are, subject to valid exist- sively by the State of Washington. ing rights, hereby transferred to the administra- tive jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior (Jan. 31, 1931, ch. 71, § 2, 46 Stat. 1048.) for administration as part of the Park, and shall be subject to all the laws and regulations of the § 110a. Headquarters site; acquisition of lands Park. In order to apply the present headquarters site (2) The Secretary of the Interior is authorized in Mount Rainier National Park to public use to accept either concurrent or exclusive juris- for which it is more suitable and to provide a diction over lands and waters included within headquarters for the park, the Secretary of the Mount Rainier National Park by this Act. The Interior is authorized to provide a park head- Secretary shall notify in writing the Governor quarters in the general vicinity of Ashford, of the State of Washington of the acceptance of Washington, and for such purpose to acquire in any such jurisdiction ceded to the United States this vicinity, by such means as he may deem to by the State. The existing exclusive Federal ju- be in the public interest, not more than three risdiction, where it exists in the Park, shall re- hundred acres of land, or interest therein. main in effect until such time as the Secretary and the Governor shall agree upon the terms and (Pub. L. 86–521, § 1, June 27, 1960, 74 Stat. 219.) conditions of concurrent legislative jurisdiction for said Park pursuant to section 251l of this § 110b. Administration of headquarters site title. The headquarters site provided pursuant to (3) AUTHORIZATION OF LAND ACQUISITION.—The section 110a of this title shall constitute a part Secretary of the Interior is authorized to ac- of Mount Rainier National Park and be adminis- quire from willing sellers by donation, purchase tered in accordance with the laws applicable with donated or appropriated funds, exchange, thereto. bequest, or otherwise all non-Federal lands, wa- ters, and interests therein included within the (Pub. L. 86–521, § 2, June 27, 1960, 74 Stat. 219.) boundary of the Mount Rainier National Park § 110c. Boundary adjustments pursuant to this Act. (d) Administration of forest land (a) Park boundary adjustments (1) Federal lands, and interests therein for- The boundaries of the Mount Rainier National merly within the boundary of the Mount Rainier Park as established in the Act of March 2, 1899 National Park, which are excluded therefrom (30 Stat. 993), as amended; (16 U.S.C. 91–110b),1 and are included within the boundaries of the are further revised to add to the Park approxi- Snoqualmie National Forest pursuant to this mately two hundred and forty acres, and to ex- Act are, subject to valid existing rights, hereby clude from the park approximately thirty-one transferred to the administrative jurisdiction of and one-half acres, as generally depicted on the the Secretary of Agriculture for administration map entitled ‘‘Mount Rainier National Park as part of the Forest, and shall be subject to all the laws and regulations applicable to the Na- 1 See References in Text note below. tional Forest System. 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(2) For the purposes of section 460l–9 of this FINDINGS title, the boundaries of the Snoqualmie National Pub. L. 108–312, § 2, Oct. 5, 2004, 118 Stat. 1194, provided Forest and the Gifford Pinchot National Forest, that: ‘‘The Congress finds the following: as modified pursuant to this Act, shall be treat- ‘‘(1) The Carbon River watershed within Pierce ed as if they were the boundaries of those na- County in the State of Washington has unique quali- tional forests on January 1, 1965. ties of ecological, economic, and educational impor- (3) Effective upon acceptance thereof by the tance, including clean water, productive salmon State of Washington, the jurisdiction which the streams, important wildlife habitat, active geologic processes, outdoor recreational opportunities, scenic United States acquired over those lands ex- beauty, educational opportunities, and diverse eco- cluded from the boundaries of the Mount nomic opportunities. Rainier National Park by this Act is hereby ‘‘(2) Mount Rainier National Park is one of the pre- retroceded to the State. mier attractions in the State of Washington, provid- ing recreational, educational, and economic opportu- (Pub. L. 100–668, title III, § 302, Nov. 16, 1988, 102 nities that will be enhanced by the construction of Stat. 3965.) new campgrounds and visitor contact facilities in the REFERENCES IN TEXT Carbon River valley outside old-growth forest habi- tats and above the flood plain. Act of March 2, 1899 (30 Stat. 993), as amended, re- ‘‘(3) Coordination of management across national ferred to in subsec. (a), is act Mar. 2, 1899, ch. 377, 30 forest and national park lands in this corridor will Stat. 993, which enacted sections 91, 92, and 93 of this enhance the conservation of the forest ecosystem and title. For complete classification of this Act to the public enjoyment of these public lands. Code, see Tables. ‘‘(4) Protection and development of historic and This Act, referred to in subsecs. (c) and (d), is Pub. L. recreational facilities in the Carbon River valley, 100–668, Nov. 16, 1988, 102 Stat. 3961, which enacted sec- such as trails and visitor centers, can be facilitated tion 110c of this title, amended sections 90b, 90c–1, by the National Park Service.’’ 90d–4, 251n, 256b, 256c, and 1274 of this title, and enacted provisions listed in a table of Wilderness Areas set out SUBCHAPTER XII—MESA VERDE NATIONAL under section 1132 of this title and provisions set out as PARK a note under sections 90 and 251n of this title. For com- plete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short § 111. Establishment; boundaries Title of 1988 Amendment note set out under section 90 of this title and Tables. There is reserved from settlement, entry, sale, or other disposal and set apart as a public res- § 110d. Mount Rainier National Park Boundary ervation, all those certain tracts, pieces and Adjustment parcels of land lying and being situated in the (a) Boundary adjustment State of Colorado, within the boundaries de- The boundary of Mount Rainier National Park scribed as follows: is modified to include the area within the Beginning at a point on the north boundary of boundary generally depicted on the map entitled the Southern Ute Indian Reservation in south- ‘‘Mount Rainier National Park, Carbon River western Colorado where the north quarter cor- Boundary Adjustment’’, numbered 105/92,002B, ner of unsurveyed fractional section 2, township and dated June 2003. The Secretary of the Inte- 34 north, range 15 west, ‘‘south of the Ute bound- rior shall keep the map on file in the appro- ary’’, intersects the same; thence south to the priate offices of the National Park Service. south quarter corner of unsurveyed section 26, said township; thence west to the southwest cor- (b) Land acquisition ner of unsurveyed section 25, township 34 north, The Secretary of the Interior may acquire, range 16 west; thence north to the northwest only with the consent of the owner, by donation, corner of unsurveyed fractional section 1 said purchase with donated or appropriated funds, or township and range; thence west to the south- exchange— east corner of fractional section 12, township 34 (1) land or interests in land, totaling not north, range 16 west, ‘‘north of the Ute bound- more than 800 acres, and improvements there- ary’’; thence north to the northwest corner of on within the boundary generally depicted on section 19, township 35 north, range 15 west; the map referred to in subsection (a) of this thence east to the southwest corner of the section for development of camping and other southeast quarter of section 16, said township; recreational facilities; and thence north to the northwest corner of the (2) land or interests in land, totaling not southeast quarter of said section; thence east to more than one acre, and improvements there- the southwest corner of the northeast quarter of on in the vicinity of Wilkeson, Washington, section 13, said township; thence north to the for a facility to serve visitors to public lands northwest corner of the northeast quarter of along the Carbon and Mowich Corridors. said section; thence east to the southwest corner (c) Administration of acquired lands of section 7, township 35 north, range 14 west; Lands acquired under this section shall be ad- thence north to the northwest corner of said sec- ministered by the Secretary of the Interior as tion; thence east to the southwest corner of sec- part of Mount Rainier National Park in accord- tion 5, said township; thence north to the north- ance with applicable laws and regulations. west corner of said section; thence east to the northeast corner of said section; thence south to (Pub. L. 108–312, § 3, Oct. 5, 2004, 118 Stat. 1194.) the southeast corner of the northeast quarter of SHORT TITLE said section; thence east to the northeast corner For short title of Pub. L. 108–312, which enacted this of the southwest quarter of section 4, said town- section, as the Mount Rainier National Park Boundary ship; thence south to the northwest corner of Adjustment Act of 2004, see section 1 of Pub. L. 108–312, the southeast quarter of section 16, said town- set out as a note under section 91 of this title. ship; thence east to the northeast corner of the