[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1143 Reported in Senate (RS)]
Calendar No. 640
110th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 1143
[Report No. 110-288]
To designate the Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse and the surrounding Federal
land in the State of Florida as an Outstanding Natural Area and as a
unit of the National Landscape System, and for other purposes.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
April 18, 2007
Mr. Nelson of Florida (for himself and Mr. Martinez) introduced the
following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on
Energy and Natural Resources
April 10, 2008
Reported by Mr. Bingaman, with an amendment and an amendment to the
title
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed
in italic]
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A BILL
To designate the Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse and the surrounding Federal
land in the State of Florida as an Outstanding Natural Area and as a
unit of the National Landscape System, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
<DELETED>SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.</DELETED>
<DELETED> This Act may be cited as the ``Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse
Outstanding Natural Area Act of 2007''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>SEC. 2. FINDINGS.</DELETED>
<DELETED> Congress finds that--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (1) the area surrounding the Jupiter Inlet
Lighthouse in the State of Florida--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (A) is at the confluence of the
Loxahatchee River and the Indian River Lagoon;
and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (B) supports significant ecological
values, including--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (i) endangered species of flora
and fauna; and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (ii) imperiled natural communities
rapidly vanishing in south Florida;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (2) the area surrounding the Lighthouse was first
used by Native Americans over 4,000 years ago;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (3) Europeans made contact with the area
surrounding the Lighthouse in the 17th century;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (4) the Lighthouse and the associated Oil House,
which was constructed in 1860, are nationally recognized
historical structures that should be preserved for present and
future generations of people in the United States;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (5) the Lighthouse tells an important story
about--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (A) the maritime history of southeast
Florida;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (B) the prehistory and history of
southeast Florida; and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (C) the role of southeast Florida in the
Civil War, World War II, and the creation of the
National Weather Service;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (6) the Lighthouse is listed on the National
Register of Historic Places;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (7) the Lighthouse has been, and continues to be,
a physical manifestation of the commitment of the Federal
Government to maritime safety and security;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (8) the current operations and activities of the
Coast Guard at Jupiter Inlet perpetuate the commitment
described in paragraph (7);</DELETED>
<DELETED> (9) the Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse Outstanding
Natural Area--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (A) would make a significant addition to
the National Landscape Conservation System administered
by the Bureau of Land Management; and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (B) would be the only unit of the National
Landscape Conservation System located east of the
Mississippi River;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (10) statutory protection is needed for the
Lighthouse and the Federal land surrounding the Lighthouse to
ensure that the natural and cultural resources continue to be--
</DELETED>
<DELETED> (A) a part of the historic, cultural, and
natural heritage of the United States; and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (B) a source of inspiration for the people
of the United States;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (11) the actions of the Federal Government to
protect and conserve the land and historic structures
associated with the Outstanding Natural Area should not be
construed, interpreted, or allowed to diminish or control
ongoing or future Coast Guard operations or activities;
and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (12) the Lighthouse and the Federal land
surrounding the Lighthouse represent a true partnership of the
highest order in which collaboration is, and would continue to
be, an everyday reality leading to successful management and
land stewardship by the Bureau of Land Management, Palm Beach
County, Florida, the Town of Jupiter, Florida, the Village of
Tequesta, Florida, the Loxahatchee River Historical Society,
and the Coast Guard (collectively known as the ``Jupiter
Working Group'') and other partners.</DELETED>
<DELETED>SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.</DELETED>
<DELETED> In this Act:</DELETED>
<DELETED> (1) Commandant.--The term ``Commandant'' means the
Commandant of the Coast Guard.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (2) Lighthouse.--The term ``Lighthouse'' means the
Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse located in Palm Beach County,
Florida.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (3) Local partners.--The term ``Local Partners''
includes--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (A) Palm Beach County, Florida;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (B) the Town of Jupiter,
Florida;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (C) the Village of Tequesta, Florida;
and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (D) the Loxahatchee River Historical
Society.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (4) Management plan.--The term ``management plan''
means the management plan developed under section
5(a).</DELETED>
<DELETED> (5) Map.--The term ``map'' means the map entitled
``Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse: Outstanding Natural Area'' and
dated February 2007.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (6) Outstanding natural area.--The term
``Outstanding Natural Area'' means the Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse
Outstanding Natural Area established by section 4(a).</DELETED>
<DELETED> (7) Public land.--The term ``public land'' has the
meaning given the term ``public lands'' in section 103(e) of
the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C.
1702(e)).</DELETED>
<DELETED> (8) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the
Secretary of the Interior.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (9) State.--The term ``State'' means the State of
Florida.</DELETED>
<DELETED>SEC. 4. ESTABLISHMENT OF THE JUPITER INLET LIGHT HOUSE
OUTSTANDING NATURAL AREA.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (a) Establishment.--Subject to valid existing rights,
there is established for the purposes described in subsection (b) the
Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse Outstanding Natural Area, the boundaries of
which are depicted on the map.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (b) Purposes.--The purposes of the Outstanding Natural
Area are to protect, conserve, and enhance the unique and nationally
important historic, natural, cultural, scientific, educational, scenic,
and recreational values of the Federal land surrounding the Lighthouse
for the benefit of present generations and future generations of people
in the United States, while--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (1) allowing certain recreational and research
activities to continue in the Outstanding Natural Area;
and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (2) ensuring that Coast Guard operations and
activities are unimpeded within the boundaries of the
Outstanding Natural Area.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (c) Availability of Map.--The map shall be on file and
available for public inspection in--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (1) the Office of the Director of the Bureau of
Land Management; and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (2) the Eastern States Office of the Bureau of
Land Management in the State of Virginia.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (d) Withdrawal.--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (1) In general.--Subject to valid existing rights,
section 7, and any existing withdrawals under the Executive
orders and public land order described in paragraph (2), the
Federal land and any interests in the Federal land included in
the Outstanding Natural Area are withdrawn from--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (A) all forms of entry, appropriation, or
disposal under the public land laws;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (B) location, entry, and patent under the
public land mining laws; and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (C) operation of the mineral leasing and
geothermal leasing laws and the mineral materials
laws.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (2) Description of executive orders.--The
Executive orders and public land order described in paragraph
(1) are--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (A) the Executive Order dated October 22,
1854;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (B) Executive Order No. 4254 (June 12,
1925); and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (C) Public Land Order No. 7202 (61 Fed.
Reg. 29758).</DELETED>
<DELETED>SEC. 5. MANAGEMENT PLAN.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (a) In General.--Not later than 3 years after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Secretary, in consultation with the
Commandant, shall develop a comprehensive management plan in accordance
with section 202 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976
(43 U.S.C. 1712) to--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (1) provide long-term management guidance for the
public land in the Outstanding Natural Area; and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (2) ensure that the Outstanding Natural Area
fulfills the purposes for which the Outstanding Natural Area is
established.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (b) Consultation; Public Participation.--The management
plan shall be developed--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (1) in consultation with appropriate Federal,
State, county, and local government agencies, the Commandant,
the Local Partners, the Loxahatchee River Historical Society,
and other partners; and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (2) in a manner that ensures full public
participation.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (c) Existing Plans.--The management plan shall, to the
maximum extent practicable, be consistent with existing resource plans,
policies, and programs.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (d) Inclusions.--The management plan shall include--
</DELETED>
<DELETED> (1) objectives and provisions to ensure--
</DELETED>
<DELETED> (A) the protection and conservation of the
resource values of the Outstanding Natural Area;
and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (B) the restoration of native plant
communities and estuaries in the Outstanding Natural
Area, with an emphasis on the conservation and
enhancement of healthy, functioning ecological systems
in perpetuity;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (2) objectives and provisions to maintain or
recreate historic structures;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (3) an implementation plan for a program of
interpretation and public education about the natural and
cultural resources of the Lighthouse, the public land
surrounding the Lighthouse, and associated
structures;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (4) a proposal for administrative and public
facilities to be developed or improved that--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (A) are compatible with achieving the
resource objectives for the Outstanding Natural Area
described in section 6(a)(1)(B); and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (B) would accommodate visitors to the
Outstanding Natural Area;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (5) natural and cultural resource management
strategies for the Outstanding Natural Area, to be developed in
consultation with appropriate departments of the State, the
Local Partners, and the Commandant, with an emphasis on
resource conservation in the Outstanding Natural Area and the
interpretive, educational, and long-term scientific uses of the
resources; and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (6) recreational use strategies for the
Outstanding Natural Area, to be prepared in consultation with
the Local Partners, appropriate departments of the State, and
the Coast Guard, with an emphasis on passive
recreation.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (e) Interim Plan.--Until a management plan is adopted for
the Outstanding Natural Area, the Jupiter Inlet Coordinated Resource
Management Plan (including any updates or amendments to the Jupiter
Inlet Coordinated Resource Management Plan) shall be in
effect.</DELETED>
<DELETED>SEC. 6. MANAGEMENT OF THE JUPITER INLET LIGHTHOUSE OUTSTANDING
NATURAL AREA.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (a) Management.--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (1) In general.--The Secretary, in consultation
with the Local Partners and the Commandant, shall manage the
Outstanding Natural Area--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (A) as part of the National Landscape
Conservation System; and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (B) in a manner that conserves, protects,
and enhances the unique and nationally important
historical, natural, cultural, scientific, educational,
scenic, and recreational values of the Outstanding
Natural Area, including an emphasis on the restoration
of native ecological systems.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (2) Limitation.--In managing the Outstanding
Natural Area, the Secretary shall not take any action that
precludes, prohibits, or otherwise affects the conduct of
ongoing or future Coast Guard operations or activities on lots
16 and 18, as depicted on the map.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (b) Uses.--Subject to valid existing rights and section 7,
the Secretary shall only allow uses of the Outstanding Natural Area
that the Secretary, in consultation with the Commandant and Local
Partners, determines would likely further--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (1) the purposes for which the Outstanding Natural
Area is established;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (2) the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of
1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.); and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (3) other applicable laws.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (c) Cooperative Agreements.--To facilitate implementation
of the management plan and to continue the successful partnerships with
local communities and other partners, the Secretary shall, in
accordance with section 307(b) of the Federal Land Management Policy
and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1737(b)), enter into cooperative
agreements with the appropriate Federal, State, county, other local
government agencies, and other partners (including the Loxahatchee
River Historical Society) for the long-term management of the
Outstanding Natural Area</DELETED>
<DELETED> (d) Research Activities.--To continue successful research
partnerships, pursue future research partnerships, and assist in the
development and implementation of the management plan, the Secretary
may, in accordance with section 307(a) of the Federal Land Policy and
Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1737(a)), authorize the conduct of
appropriate research activities in the Outstanding Natural Area for the
purposes described in section 4(b).</DELETED>
<DELETED> (e) Acquisition of Land.--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (2), the
Secretary may acquire for inclusion in the Outstanding Natural
Area any State or private land or any interest in State or
private land that is--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (A) adjacent to the Outstanding Natural
Area; and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (B) identified in the management plan as
appropriate for acquisition.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (2) Means of acquisition.--Land or an interest in
land may be acquired under paragraph (1) only by--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (A) donation;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (B) exchange with a willing party;
or</DELETED>
<DELETED> (C) purchase from a willing
seller.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (3) Additions to the outstanding natural area.--
Any land or interest in land adjacent to the Outstanding
Natural Area acquired by the United States after the date of
enactment of this Act under paragraph (1) shall be added to,
and administered as part of, the Outstanding Natural
Area.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (f) Law Enforcement Activities.--Nothing in this Act, the
management plan, or the Jupiter Inlet Coordinated Resource Management
Plan (including any updates or amendments to the Jupiter Inlet
Coordinated Resource Management Plan) precludes, prohibits, or
otherwise affects--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (1) any maritime security, maritime safety, or
environmental protection mission or activity of the Coast
Guard;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (2) any border security operation or law
enforcement activity by the Department of Homeland Security or
the Department of Justice; or</DELETED>
<DELETED> (3) any law enforcement activity of any Federal,
State, or local law enforcement agency in the Outstanding
Natural Area.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (g) Future Disposition of Coast Guard Facilities.--If the
Commandant determines, after the date of enactment of this Act, that
Coast Guard facilities within the Outstanding Natural Area exceed the
needs of the Coast Guard, the Commandant may relinquish the facilities
to the Secretary without removal, subject only to any environmental
remediation that may be required by law.</DELETED>
<DELETED>SEC. 7. EFFECT ON ONGOING AND FUTURE COAST GUARD
OPERATIONS.</DELETED>
<DELETED> Nothing in this Act, the management plan, or the Jupiter
Inlet Coordinated Resource Management Plan (including updates or
amendments to the Jupiter Inlet Coordinated Resource Management Plan)
precludes, prohibits, or otherwise affects ongoing or future Coast
Guard operations or activities in the Outstanding Natural Area,
including--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (1) the continued and future operation of, access
to, maintenance of, and, as may be necessitated for Coast Guard
missions, the expansion, enhancement, or replacement of, the
Coast Guard High Frequency antenna site on lot 16;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (2) the continued and future operation of, access
to, maintenance of, and, as may be necessitated for Coast Guard
missions, the expansion, enhancement, or replacement of, the
military family housing area on lot 18;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (3) the continued and future use of, access to,
maintenance of, and, as may be necessitated for Coast Guard
missions, the expansion, enhancement, or replacement of, the
pier on lot 18;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (4) the existing lease of the Jupiter Inlet
Lighthouse on lot 18 from the Coast Guard to the Loxahatchee
River Historical Society; or</DELETED>
<DELETED> (5) any easements or other less-than-fee interests
in property appurtenant to existing Coast Guard facilities on
lots 16 and 18.</DELETED>
<DELETED>SEC. 8. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.</DELETED>
<DELETED> There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as are
necessary to carry out this Act.</DELETED>
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse Outstanding
Natural Area Act of 2008''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) Commandant.--The term ``Commandant'' means the
Commandant of the Coast Guard.
(2) Lighthouse.--The term ``Lighthouse'' means the Jupiter
Inlet Lighthouse located in Palm Beach County, Florida.
(3) Local partners.--The term ``Local Partners'' includes--
(A) Palm Beach County, Florida;
(B) the Town of Jupiter, Florida;
(C) the Village of Tequesta, Florida; and
(D) the Loxahatchee River Historical Society.
(4) Management plan.--The term ``management plan'' means
the management plan developed under section 4(a).
(5) Map.--The term ``map'' means the map entitled ``Jupiter
Inlet Lighthouse Outstanding Natural Area'' and dated October
29, 2007.
(6) Outstanding natural area.--The term ``Outstanding
Natural Area'' means the Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse Outstanding
Natural Area established by section 3(a).
(7) Public land.--The term ``public land'' has the meaning
given the term ``public lands'' in section 103(e) of the
Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C.
1702(e)).
(8) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary
of the Interior.
(9) State.--The term ``State'' means the State of Florida.
SEC. 3. ESTABLISHMENT OF THE JUPITER INLET LIGHTHOUSE OUTSTANDING
NATURAL AREA.
(a) Establishment.--Subject to valid existing rights, there is
established for the purposes described in subsection (b) the Jupiter
Inlet Lighthouse Outstanding Natural Area, the boundaries of which are
depicted on the map.
(b) Purposes.--The purposes of the Outstanding Natural Area are to
protect, conserve, and enhance the unique and nationally important
historic, natural, cultural, scientific, educational, scenic, and
recreational values of the Federal land surrounding the Lighthouse for
the benefit of present generations and future generations of people in
the United States, while--
(1) allowing certain recreational and research activities
to continue in the Outstanding Natural Area; and
(2) ensuring that Coast Guard operations and activities are
unimpeded within the boundaries of the Outstanding Natural
Area.
(c) Availability of Map.--The map shall be on file and available
for public inspection in appropriate offices of the Bureau of Land
Management.
(d) Withdrawal.--
(1) In general.--Subject to valid existing rights, section
6, and any existing withdrawals under the Executive orders and
public land order described in paragraph (2), the Federal land
and any interests in the Federal land included in the
Outstanding Natural Area are withdrawn from--
(A) all forms of entry, appropriation, or disposal
under the public land laws;
(B) location, entry, and patent under the mining
laws; and
(C) operation of the mineral leasing and geothermal
leasing laws and the mineral materials laws.
(2) Description of executive orders.--The Executive orders
and public land order described in paragraph (1) are--
(A) the Executive Order dated October 22, 1854;
(B) Executive Order No. 4254 (June 12, 1925); and
(C) Public Land Order No. 7202 (61 Fed. Reg.
29758).
SEC. 4. MANAGEMENT PLAN.
(a) In General.--Not later than 3 years after the date of enactment
of this Act, the Secretary, in consultation with the Commandant, shall
develop a comprehensive management plan in accordance with section 202
of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1712)
to--
(1) provide long-term management guidance for the public
land in the Outstanding Natural Area; and
(2) ensure that the Outstanding Natural Area fulfills the
purposes for which the Outstanding Natural Area is established.
(b) Consultation; Public Participation.--The management plan shall
be developed--
(1) in consultation with appropriate Federal, State,
county, and local government agencies, the Commandant, the
Local Partners, and other partners; and
(2) in a manner that ensures full public participation.
(c) Existing Plans.--The management plan shall, to the maximum
extent practicable, be consistent with existing resource plans,
policies, and programs.
(d) Inclusions.--The management plan shall include--
(1) objectives and provisions to ensure--
(A) the protection and conservation of the resource
values of the Outstanding Natural Area; and
(B) the restoration of native plant communities and
estuaries in the Outstanding Natural Area, with an
emphasis on the conservation and enhancement of
healthy, functioning ecological systems in perpetuity;
(2) objectives and provisions to maintain or recreate
historic structures;
(3) an implementation plan for a program of interpretation
and public education about the natural and cultural resources
of the Lighthouse, the public land surrounding the Lighthouse,
and associated structures;
(4) a proposal for administrative and public facilities to
be developed or improved that--
(A) are compatible with achieving the resource
objectives for the Outstanding Natural Area described
in section 5(a)(1)(B); and
(B) would accommodate visitors to the Outstanding
Natural Area;
(5) natural and cultural resource management strategies for
the Outstanding Natural Area, to be developed in consultation
with appropriate departments of the State, the Local Partners,
and the Commandant, with an emphasis on resource conservation
in the Outstanding Natural Area and the interpretive,
educational, and long-term scientific uses of the resources;
and
(6) recreational use strategies for the Outstanding Natural
Area, to be prepared in consultation with the Local Partners,
appropriate departments of the State, and the Coast Guard, with
an emphasis on passive recreation.
(e) Interim Plan.--Until a management plan is adopted for the
Outstanding Natural Area, the Jupiter Inlet Coordinated Resource
Management Plan (including any updates or amendments to the Jupiter
Inlet Coordinated Resource Management Plan) shall be in effect.
SEC. 5. MANAGEMENT OF THE JUPITER INLET LIGHTHOUSE OUTSTANDING NATURAL
AREA.
(a) Management.--
(1) In general.--The Secretary, in consultation with the
Local Partners and the Commandant, shall manage the Outstanding
Natural Area--
(A) as part of the National Landscape Conservation
System; and
(B) in a manner that conserves, protects, and
enhances the unique and nationally important
historical, natural, cultural, scientific, educational,
scenic, and recreational values of the Outstanding
Natural Area, including an emphasis on the restoration
of native ecological systems.
(2) Limitation.--In managing the Outstanding Natural Area,
the Secretary shall not take any action that precludes,
prohibits, or otherwise affects the conduct of ongoing or
future Coast Guard operations or activities on lots 16 and 18,
as depicted on the map.
(b) Uses.--Subject to valid existing rights and section 6, the
Secretary shall only allow uses of the Outstanding Natural Area that
the Secretary, in consultation with the Commandant and Local Partners,
determines would likely further--
(1) the purposes for which the Outstanding Natural Area is
established;
(2) the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43
U.S.C. 1701 et seq.); and
(3) other applicable laws.
(c) Cooperative Agreements.--To facilitate implementation of the
management plan and to continue the successful partnerships with local
communities and other partners, the Secretary may, in accordance with
section 307(b) of the Federal Land Management Policy and Management Act
of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1737(b)), enter into cooperative agreements with the
appropriate Federal, State, county, other local government agencies,
and other partners (including the Loxahatchee River Historical Society)
for the long-term management of the Outstanding Natural Area
(d) Research Activities.--To continue successful research
partnerships, pursue future research partnerships, and assist in the
development and implementation of the management plan, the Secretary
may, in accordance with section 307(a) of the Federal Land Policy and
Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1737(a)), authorize the conduct of
appropriate research activities in the Outstanding Natural Area for the
purposes described in section 3(b).
(e) Acquisition of Land.--
(1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (2), the Secretary
may acquire for inclusion in the Outstanding Natural Area any
State or private land or any interest in State or private land
that is--
(A) adjacent to the Outstanding Natural Area; and
(B) identified in the management plan as
appropriate for acquisition.
(2) Means of acquisition.--Land or an interest in land may
be acquired under paragraph (1) only by donation, exchange, or
purchase from a willing seller with donated or appropriated
funds.
(3) Additions to the outstanding natural area.--Any land or
interest in land adjacent to the Outstanding Natural Area
acquired by the United States after the date of enactment of
this Act under paragraph (1) shall be added to, and
administered as part of, the Outstanding Natural Area.
(f) Law Enforcement Activities.--Nothing in this Act, the
management plan, or the Jupiter Inlet Coordinated Resource Management
Plan (including any updates or amendments to the Jupiter Inlet
Coordinated Resource Management Plan) precludes, prohibits, or
otherwise affects--
(1) any maritime security, maritime safety, or
environmental protection mission or activity of the Coast
Guard;
(2) any border security operation or law enforcement
activity by the Department of Homeland Security or the
Department of Justice; or
(3) any law enforcement activity of any Federal, State, or
local law enforcement agency in the Outstanding Natural Area.
(g) Future Disposition of Coast Guard Facilities.--If the
Commandant determines, after the date of enactment of this Act, that
Coast Guard facilities within the Outstanding Natural Area exceed the
needs of the Coast Guard, the Commandant may relinquish the facilities
to the Secretary without removal, subject only to any environmental
remediation that may be required by law.
SEC. 6. EFFECT ON ONGOING AND FUTURE COAST GUARD OPERATIONS.
Nothing in this Act, the management plan, or the Jupiter Inlet
Coordinated Resource Management Plan (including updates or amendments
to the Jupiter Inlet Coordinated Resource Management Plan) precludes,
prohibits, or otherwise affects ongoing or future Coast Guard
operations or activities in the Outstanding Natural Area, including--
(1) the continued and future operation of, access to,
maintenance of, and, as may be necessitated for Coast Guard
missions, the expansion, enhancement, or replacement of, the
Coast Guard High Frequency antenna site on lot 16;
(2) the continued and future operation of, access to,
maintenance of, and, as may be necessitated for Coast Guard
missions, the expansion, enhancement, or replacement of, the
military family housing area on lot 18;
(3) the continued and future use of, access to, maintenance
of, and, as may be necessitated for Coast Guard missions, the
expansion, enhancement, or replacement of, the pier on lot 18;
(4) the existing lease of the Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse on
lot 18 from the Coast Guard to the Loxahatchee River Historical
Society; or
(5) any easements or other less-than-fee interests in
property appurtenant to existing Coast Guard facilities on lots
16 and 18.
SEC. 7. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as are necessary
to carry out this Act.
Amend the title so as to read: ``A bill to designate the
Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse and the surrounding Federal land in
the State of Florida as an Outstanding Natural Area and as a
unit of the National Landscape Conservation System, and for
other purposes.''.
Calendar No. 640
110th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 1143
[Report No. 110-288]
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A BILL
To designate the Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse and the surrounding Federal
land in the State of Florida as an Outstanding Natural Area and as a
unit of the National Landscape System, and for other purposes.
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April 10, 2008
Reported with an amendment and an amendment to the title