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Apostle Islands National Park and Preserve Act
To provide for the designation of Apostle Islands National Park and Preserve, and for other purposes.
Summary
The bill redesignates Apostle Islands National Lakeshore as Apostle Islands National Park and Preserve, dividing it into two components: Apostle Islands National Park and Apostle Islands National Preserve. The park and preserve will be administered as a single unit of the National Park System by the Secretary of Interior according to standard National Park System laws and existing regulations. Hunting and trapping are prohibited within Apostle Islands National Park, except where permitted by treaty or executive order pertaining to tribes, while hunting and trapping within Apostle Islands National Preserve will continue to be administered as they were before this act. Fishing will continue to be administered as it was before the redesignation, and the bill does not restrict hunting, fishing, or trapping on private land within the area. The bill requires visitor centers to include interpretive signage describing the region's history and tribal heritage and mandates that tribal treaty rights and reserved rights remain unaffected by this redesignation.
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Actions (4)
- Feb 11, 2026 Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 20 - 17. · house
- Feb 11, 2026 Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held · house
- Sep 18, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources. · house
- Sep 18, 2025 Introduced in House
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Full text
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
September 18, 2025
Mr. Tiffany (for himself, Mr. Steil, Mr. Wied, Mr. Grothman, Mr. Fitzgerald, and Mr. Van Orden) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources
A BILL
To provide for the designation of Apostle Islands National Park and Preserve, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the “Apostle Islands National Park and Preserve Act”.
SEC. 2. APOSTLE ISLANDS NATIONAL PARK AND PRESERVE.
(a) In General.—
(1) Redesignation.—Apostle Islands National Lakeshore, established under Public Law 91-424 (16 U.S.C. 460w et seq.), shall be known and designated as “Apostle Islands National Park and Preserve”, comprised of—
(A) Apostle Islands National Park; and
(B) Apostle Islands National Preserve.
(2) Apostle islands national park.—
(A) Boundaries.—The boundaries of Apostle Islands National Park are the boundaries of the area generally depicted as “Apostle Islands National Park Proposed Boundary” on the Map.
(B) Ashland harbor breakwater light.—Nothing in this Act creates a protective perimeter or buffer zone around the boundary of the property labeled “Ashland Harbor Breakwater Light” on the Map.
(3) Apostle islands national preserve.—The boundaries of Apostle Islands National Preserve are the boundaries of the area generally depicted as “Apostle Islands National Preserve Proposed Boundary” on the Map.
(b) Administration.—
(1) In general.—The Apostle Islands National Park and Preserve shall be administered by the Secretary as a single unit of the National Park System in accordance with—
(A) this section;
(B) the laws generally applicable to units of the National Park System, including—
(i) sections 100101(a), 100751(a), 100752, 100753, and 102101 of title 54, United States Code; and
(ii) chapters 1003 and 3201 of title 54, United States Code; and
(C) except as provided in paragraph (2), Public Law 91-424 (16 U.S.C. 460w et seq.).
(2) Hunting, fishing, and trapping.—
(A) Hunting and trapping.—
(i) Apostle islands national park.—Except where permitted under a treaty, statute, or executive order pertaining to a Tribe, hunting and trapping are prohibited within Apostle Islands National Park.
(ii) Apostle islands national preserve.— The Secretary shall administer hunting and trapping within Apostle Islands National Preserve—
(I) in the same manner that hunting and trapping were administered on the day before the date of the enactment of this Act within the portion of Apostle Islands National Lakeshore that comprises Apostle Islands National Preserve; and
(II) in accordance with section 5 of Public Law 91-424 (16 U.S.C. 460w-4) and other applicable laws.
(B) Fishing.—The Secretary shall administer fishing within the Apostle Islands National Park and Preserve—
(i) in the same manner that fishing was administered within the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore on the day before the date of enactment of this Act; and
(ii) in accordance with section 5 of Public Law 91-424 (16 U.S.C. 460w-4) and other applicable laws.
(C) Private land.—Nothing in this section prohibits hunting, fishing, or trapping on private land in accordance with applicable State and Federal laws.
(c) References and Map.—
(1) References.—
(A) In general.—Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, paper, or other record of the United States to “Apostle Islands National Lakeshore” shall be deemed to be a reference to “Apostle Islands National Park and Preserve”.
(B) Public law 91-424.—Any reference in Public Law 91-424 (16 U.S.C. 460w et seq.) to the “lakeshore” shall be deemed to be a reference to “Apostle Islands National Park and Preserve”.
(2) Map.—The Map shall be on file and available for public inspection in the appropriate offices of the National Park Service.
(d) Interpretive Features.—The Secretary shall include at the principal visitor centers of the Apostle Islands National Park and Preserve the following interpretive features:
(1) Signage that describes the history of the region, including information about the Ojibwe tribes, early European settlers, fur trade, logging, stone quarries, lighthouses and commercial fishing.
(2) A copy of this Act.
(e) Treaty and Reserved Rights.—Nothing in this Act shall be construed as affecting any rights granted, reserved, or established pursuant to treaty, statute, or executive order pertaining to any Tribe, including, but not limited to, rights to hunt, trap, fish, and gather on lands included within the boundary of Apostle Islands National Park and Preserve or any other rights asserted by any Tribe.
(f) Definitions.—In this Act:
(1) Map.—The term “Map” means the map titled “Apostle Islands National Park and Preserve Proposed Boundaries”, numbered 633/193,514, and dated October 2024.
(2) Secretary.—The term “Secretary” means the Secretary of the Interior. <all>
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