legislation: 95-hr-12745
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| 95-hr-12745 | 95 | hr | 12745 | A bill to designate the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, to establish the Boundary Waters Canoe Area National Recreation Area, and for other purposes. | Public Lands and Natural Resources | 1978-05-17 | 1978-05-17 | Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. | House | Rep. Burton, Phillip [D-CA-6] | CA | D | B001156 | 9 | Establishes the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness and the Boundary Waters Canoe Area National Recreation Area, in Minnesota. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to administer the areas. Directs the Secretary to restrict motorboat usage on specified lakes and rivers within the wilderness. Permits certain owners of commercially operated resorts to require the Secretary to purchase their interests. Permits such owners to retain a limited area for personal use. Directs affected owners to offer the Secretary the right of first refusal to purchase specified lands. Directs the Secretary to terminate, within a year, the timber sale contracts in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area. Provides for compensation for the termination of such contracts. Establishes procedures for the management of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area National Recreation Area. Prohibits mining in the wilderness and recreation areas and provides for the acquisition of any mining or mineral rights therein. Directs the Secretary to cooperate with the State of Minnesota in the administration of the areas covered by this Act. Provides that nothing in this Act shall effect rights established by the treaties of the United States. Directs the Secretary to submit to Congress a comprehensive management plan concerning the areas. Establishes the Boundary Waters Canoe Area National Recreational Area Advisory Commission to assist and advise the Secretary concerning the management of the areas. | 2024-08-01T20:06:02Z |