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115TH CONGRESS REPORT
1st Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 115-218
KING COVE ROAD LAND EXCHANGE ACT
JULY 13, 2017.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of
the Union and ordered to be printed
Mr. BISHOP of Utah, from the Committee on Natural Resources,
submitted the following
REPORT
together with
DISSENTING VIEWS
[To accompany H.R. 218]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Natural Resources, to whom was referred the
bill (H.R. 218) to provide for the exchange of Federal land and non-
Federal land in the State of Alaska for the construction of a road
between King Cove and Cold Bay, having considered the same, re-
port favorably thereon without amendment and recommend that
the bill do pass.
PURPOSE OF THE BILL
The purpose of H.R. 218 is to provide for the exchange of Federal
land and non-Federal land in the State of Alaska for the construc-
tion of a road between King Cove and Cold Bay.
BACKGROUND AND NEED FOR LEGISLATION
The communities of King Cove and Cold Bay are located at the
far west end of the Alaskan Peninsula, 625 miles southwest of An-
chorage. King Cove is especially remote, linked to the outside world
by a small gravel airstrip and a harbor. In the winter, harsh
weather conditions and gale-force winds routinely ground planes
and prohibit sea travel, preventing the community of nearly 1,000
from accessing hospitals and other emergency services. This has re-
sulted in a number of fatal accidents over the years, with evacu-
ation from King Cove sometimes taking days due to the extreme
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