HR 9585 · 94th Congress · Public Lands and Natural Resources
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.
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Introduced2
Committee3
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Senate5
EnactedLatest: Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.(1975-09-11)
Plain Language Summary
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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 Secreta…
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