HeinOnline is a subscription-based resource containing thousands of academic and legal journals from inception; complete coverage of government documents such as U.S. Statutes at Large, U.S. Code, Federal Register, Code of Federal Regulations, U.S. Reports, and much more. Documents are image-based, fully searchable PDFs with the authority of print combined with the accessibility of a user-friendly and powerful database. For more information, request a quote or trial for your organization below.
![handle is hein.congrecreports/crptxaawr0001 and id is 1 raw text is: AUTHENTICATEO
U.S. GOVERNMENT
INFORMATION
Gp
115TH CONGRESS REPORT
1st Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 115-470
TO MODIFY THE BOUNDARY OF VOYAGEURS NATIONAL
PARK IN THE STATE OF MINNESOTA, AND FOR OTHER
PURPOSES
DECEMBER 18, 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
[To accompany H.R. 1350]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Natural Resources, to whom was referred the
bill (H.R. 1350) to modify the boundary of Voyageurs National Park
in the State of Minnesota, and for other purposes, having consid-
ered the same, report favorably thereon without amendment and
recommend that the bill do pass.
PURPOSE OF THE BILL
The purpose of H.R. 1350 is to modify the boundary of Voyageurs
National Park in the State of Minnesota.
BACKGROUND AND NEED FOR LEGISLATION
Voyageurs National Park, established in 1975, is a 218,200-acre
national park located on the northern edge of Minnesota's border
with Canada. The name Voyageurs commemorates the French-Ca-
nadian fur traders who were the first European settlers to fre-
quently travel through the area. The Kabetogama Peninsula, which
lies entirely within the Park and makes up most of its land area,
is accessible only by boat. The Park is notable for its remarkable
water resources and islands and is popular with canoeists,
kayakers, other boaters, and fishermen.
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) currently manages
lands within the boundaries of the Park that were not transferred
to the National Park Service (NPS) when the Park was established.
H.R. 1350 formally transfers these BLM lands to the NPS. Enact-
79-006](ViewImageLocal?handle=hein.congrecreports/crptxaawr0001&div=1&collection=&method=preview&ext=.png&size=3)