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H.R. 5497119th CongressIn markupLatest action Feb 11, 2026Decoded by AI · checked against the record
Official title: Apostle Islands National Park and Preserve Act
Introduced:
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HR 5497 renames Apostle Islands National Lakeshore, splitting it into a park section (no hunting) and a preserve section (hunting allowed).
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The bill renames Apostle Islands National Lakeshore as "Apostle Islands National Park and Preserve," dividing it into a national park section and a national preserve section with separate mapped boundaries, both managed together by the National Park Service. Hunting and trapping would generally be banned in the park section but remain allowed in the preserve section, while fishing rules stay unchanged throughout.
The change affects visitors, hunters, anglers, and tourists to the Apostle Islands, as well as Ojibwe and other tribes with treaty rights in the area.
The redesignation elevates the site's name recognition as a national park while creating a legal distinction between areas open and closed to hunting, and it preserves existing tribal treaty rights to hunt, fish, gather, or trap.
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Right now: a House committee is reviewing it. If the Senate changes it, it goes back to the House before reaching the President.
Latest action: — Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 20 - 17.