A bill to provide for the addition of certain lands to Mount McKinley National Park and Katmai National Monument, to establish nine new areas of the national park system, and to designate 21 new additions to the wild and scenic rivers system, all in the State of Alaska.

Summary

Title I: National Park Service - Revises the boundary of Mount McKinley National Park to include an additional 3,180,000 acres. Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to prescribe regulations for the surface use of any valid mining locations made within the boundaries of that Park. Authorizes the Secretary to permit the killing of game for subsistence use in specified lands included within the Park pursuant to the Alaska Conservation Act of 1974. Redesignates Katmai National Monument as Katmar National Park. Includes an additional 1,870,000 acres within the boundaries of Katmai National Park. Establishes in Alaska additional National Monuments and National Parks. Designates one National Rivers area and one National Reserve. Specifies the boundary maps which describe the areas covered by each newly designated area. Withdraws from the operation of the mineral leasing laws of the United States those lands included within the areas newly designated by this Act. Provides for the treatment of mining claims now established in such areas. Provides for the exploration and development of mineral deposits located within such areas pursuant to the regulation and administration of the Secretary. Directs the Secretary to permit sport hunting on the lands and waters designated by this Act pursuant to such regulations as he may prescribe. Directs the Secretary to permit the continuation of such subsistance uses of the fish, wildlife, and plant resources within the areas designated by this Act to the extent that such uses were in effect on the date of enactment of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act. Authorizes the Secretary to regulate such subsistence uses. Directs the Secretary to report to the President within three years of the date of enactment of this Act on the suitability of any area designated by this Act for preservation as wilderness. Title II: Wild and Scenic Rivers - Designates specified sections of specified Alaskan rivers as wild and scenic rivers. Title III: Appropriation Authorization - Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for the purposes of this Act.

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Timeline

1. 11 September 1975

   Introduced

   Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.

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2. 11 September 1975

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 11 September 1975

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

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1 official file

• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 11 September 1975

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Sponsors

• Rep. Taylor, Roy A. [D-NC-11] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Sebelius, Keith G. [R-KS-1] · R · Cosponsor
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