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2	2	119THCONGRESS
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4	4	STSESSION S. 282
5	5	To provide greater regional access to the Katahdin Woods and Waters
6	6	National Monument in the State of Maine, and for other purposes.
7	7	IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
8	8	JANUARY28, 2025
9	9	Mr. K
10	10	INGintroduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to
11	11	the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
12	12	A BILL
13	13	To provide greater regional access to the Katahdin Woods
14	14	and Waters National Monument in the State of Maine,
15	15	and for other purposes.
16	16	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
17	17	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
18	18	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
19	19	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Katahdin Woods and 4
20	20	Waters National Monument Access Act’’. 5
21	21	SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 6
22	22	In this Act: 7
23	23	(1) A
24	24	UTHORIZED ACQUISITION AREA .—The 8
25	25	term ‘‘authorized acquisition area’’ means the des-9
26	26	ignated area outside the boundary of the National 10
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30	30	Monument depicted as ‘‘Authorized Acquisition 1
31	31	Area’’ on the map entitled ‘‘Katahdin Woods and 2
32	32	Waters National Monument Proposed Boundary Ad-3
33	33	justment’’, numbered 686/193,181 and dated March 4
34	34	2024. 5
35	35	(2) N
36	36	ATIONAL MONUMENT .—The term ‘‘Na-6
37	37	tional Monument’’ means the Katahdin Woods and 7
38	38	Waters National Monument in the State of Maine 8
39	39	established by the Proclamation. 9
40	40	(3) P
41	41	ROCLAMATION.—The term ‘‘Proclama-10
42	42	tion’’ means Presidential Proclamation Number 11
43	43	9476, dated August 24, 2016 (54 U.S.C. 320301 12
44	44	note). 13
45	45	(4) S
46	46	ECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 14
47	47	the Secretary of the Interior. 15
48	48	SEC. 3. ACQUISITION OF ADDITIONAL LAND FOR NATIONAL 16
49	49	MONUMENT. 17
50	50	(a) B
51	51	OUNDARY.—The boundaries of the National 18
52	52	Monument shall be the boundaries established by the 19
53	53	Proclamation. 20
54	54	(b) A
55	55	CQUISITION.— 21
56	56	(1) I
57	57	N GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), 22
58	58	the Secretary may acquire, by purchase from a will-23
59	59	ing seller, donation, or exchange, land or interests in 24
60	60	land within the authorized acquisition area. 25
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64	64	(2) PROHIBITION ON USE OF EMINENT DO -1
65	65	MAIN.—Nothing in this Act authorizes the use of 2
66	66	eminent domain to acquire land or an interest in 3
67	67	land. 4
68	68	(c) T
69	69	REATMENT OF ACQUIREDLAND; BOUNDARY 5
70	70	A
71	71	DJUSTMENT.—On acquisition by the Secretary of any 6
72	72	land pursuant to subsection (b)— 7
73	73	(1) the land shall be included in the National 8
74	74	Monument; and 9
75	75	(2) the boundaries of the National Monument 10
76	76	shall be adjusted accordingly. 11
77	77	SEC. 4. ADMINISTRATION OF NATIONAL MONUMENT. 12
78	78	(a) A
79	79	DMINISTRATION.—The Secretary shall admin-13
80	80	ister the National Monument (including the land added 14
81	81	to the National Monument under this Act) in accordance 15
82	82	with— 16
83	83	(1) this Act; 17
84	84	(2) the Proclamation; and 18
85	85	(3) the laws generally applicable to units of the 19
86	86	National Park System. 20
87	87	(b) H
88	88	UNTING, FISHING, ANDOUTDOORRECREATION 21
89	89	ONACQUIREDLAND.—The Secretary shall allow hunting, 22
90	90	fishing, or any other outdoor recreation activity on land 23
91	91	acquired pursuant to section 3(b)— 24
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95	95	(1) if that activity was in existence on the day 1
96	96	before the date of acquisition of the land; and 2
97	97	(2) consistent with the management of that ac-3
98	98	tivity under the Proclamation. 4
99	99	(c) C
100	100	OLLECTION OFFIDDLEHEADFERNS.— 5
101	101	(1) I
102	102	N GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), 6
103	103	the Secretary shall allow the gathering by hand of 7
104	104	fiddlehead ferns (Matteuccia struthiopteris) in the 8
105	105	National Monument for noncommercial personal use 9
106	106	and consumption by the general public. 10
107	107	(2) L
108	108	IMITATION.—If the Secretary determines 11
109	109	that the gathering of fiddlehead ferns (Matteuccia 12
110	110	struthiopteris) under paragraph (1) may adversely 13
111	111	affect resources of the National Monument, the Sec-14
112	112	retary may limit the gathering of fiddlehead ferns 15
113	113	(Matteuccia struthiopteris) under that paragraph in 16
114	114	accordance with applicable regulations. 17
115	115	(d) P
116	116	UBLICEDUCATION.—In accordance with the 18
117	117	mission of the National Park Service, the Secretary shall 19
118	118	collaborate with local communities and Tribal govern-20
119	119	ments to educate the public regarding the natural environ-21
120	120	ment and history of land management in the National 22
121	121	Monument, including the shaping of that landscape by Na-23
122	122	tive communities and practices, successive generations of 24
123	123	timber management, and other activities. 25
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127	127	(e) FORESTRY.—In accordance with the management 1
128	128	plan for the National Monument, the Secretary may con-2
129	129	duct such noncommercial timber harvests as the Secretary 3
130	130	determines to be necessary. 4
131	131	(f) P
132	132	ROTECTION OFEXISTINGACCESS.—Nothing in 5
133	133	this Act affects valid existing rights, including existing 6
134	134	rights of access through the National Monument for the 7
135	135	removal of timber outside the boundaries of the National 8
136	136	Monument. 9
137	137	(g) P
138	138	UBLICSAFETY.— 10
139	139	(1) I
140	140	N GENERAL.—The Secretary shall provide 11
141	141	to the public appropriate safety education and notifi-12
142	142	cation materials to ensure safe interactions between 13
143	143	visitors and logging trucks, equipment, and oper-14
144	144	ations on roads in or adjacent to the National 15
145	145	Monument. 16
146	146	(2) P
147	147	ROCEDURES.—The Secretary shall collabo-17
148	148	rate with affected stakeholders to establish proce-18
149	149	dures to meet the needs of visitors to the National 19
150	150	Monument, logging and trucking operations, and 20
151	151	other users of roads in or adjacent to the National 21
152	152	Monument to ensure safe interactions between active 22
153	153	logging operations and visitors. 23
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157	157	SEC. 5. ADMINISTRATIVE SITES AND VISITOR FACILITIES. 1
158	158	(a) I
159	159	NGENERAL.—To facilitate the administration of 2
160	160	the National Monument, the Secretary may acquire, by 3
161	161	purchase from a willing seller, donation, or exchange, not 4
162	162	more than 10 acres of land or interests in land, including 5
163	163	improvements, for the administration of the National 6
164	164	Monument and visitor services outside the boundaries, but 7
165	165	within the vicinity, of the National Monument. 8
166	166	(b) A
167	167	GREEMENTS.—The Secretary may enter into 9
168	168	agreements with State of Maine, units of Tribal or local 10
169	169	government, or private entities— 11
170	170	(1) to carry out this section; and 12
171	171	(2) to develop a cooperative information center 13
172	172	for the National Monument. 14
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