1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore Conservation and Recreation Act”.
Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore Conservation and Recreation Act
A BILL
To designate as wilderness certain land and inland water within the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore in the State of Michigan, and for other purposes.
2. Definitions
3. Sleeping bear dunes wilderness
Designation— In accordance with the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), certain land and inland water within the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore comprising approximately 32,557 acres along the mainland shore of Lake Michigan and on certain nearby islands in Benzie and Leelanau Counties, Michigan, as generally depicted on the map, is designated as wilderness and as a component of the National Wilderness Preservation System, to be known as the “Sleeping Bear Dunes Wilderness”.
Map—
Availability— The map shall be on file and available for public inspection in appropriate offices of the National Park Service.
Corrections— The Secretary may correct any clerical or typographical errors in the map.
Legal description— As soon as practicable after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall prepare a legal description of the wilderness boundary and submit a copy of the map and legal description to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate and the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives.
Road setbacks— The wilderness boundary shall be—
100 feet from the centerline of adjacent county roads; and
300 feet from the centerline of adjacent State highways.
4. Administration
In general— Subject to valid existing rights, the wilderness area designated by section 3(a) shall be administered by the Secretary in accordance with the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), except that—
any reference in the Wilderness Act to the effective date of that Act shall be considered to be a reference to the date of enactment of this Act; and
any reference in the Wilderness Act to the Secretary of Agriculture shall be considered to be a reference to the Secretary.
Maintenance of roads outside wilderness boundary— Nothing in this Act prevents the maintenance and improvement of roads that are located outside the boundary of the wilderness area designated by section 3(a).
Fish and wildlife— Nothing in this Act affects the jurisdiction of the State of Michigan with respect to the management of fish and wildlife, including hunting and fishing within the national lakeshore in accordance with section 5 of Public Law 91–479 (16 U.S.C. 460x–4).
Buffer zones—
In general— Nothing in this section creates a protective perimeter or buffer zone around any area designated as wilderness by subsection (a).
Activities outside wilderness— The fact that an activity or use on land outside any area designated as wilderness by subsection (a) can be seen or heard within the wilderness shall not preclude the activity or use outside the boundary of the wilderness.
Military overflights— Nothing in this section restricts or precludes—
low-level overflights of military aircraft over an area designated as wilderness by subsection (a), including military overflights that can be seen or heard within any wilderness area;
flight testing and evaluation; or
the designation or creation of new units of special use airspace, or the establishment of military flight training routes over the wilderness area.
Savings provisions— Nothing in this Act modifies, alters, or affects—
any treaty rights; or
any valid private property rights in existence on the day before the date of enactment of this Act.