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This section redesignates the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore (16 U.S.C. 460w et seq.) as the Apostle Islands National Park and Preserve, a single National Park System unit comprised of (1) the Apostle Islands National Park, with boundaries as depicted on the map entitled “Apostle Islands National Park Proposed Boundary” (numbered 633/193,514, dated October 2024); and (2) the Apostle Islands National Preserve, with boundaries as depicted on the map entitled “Apostle Islands National Preserve Proposed Boundary” (same numbering and date). Directs the Secretary of the Interior to administer the unit in accordance with applicable National Park System laws and the original lakeshore Act, except that (1) hunting and trapping are prohibited in the national park (except where permitted by treaty, statute, or executive order for tribes); (2) hunting and trapping in the national preserve are administered as on the day before enactment and per the original Act; and (3) fishing throughout the unit is administered as on the day before enactment and per the original Act (with such activities allowed on private lands per state and federal law). Deems all references to the lakeshore or “lakeshore” in law or NPS records as references to the park and preserve; requires interpretive signage at principal visitor centers describing regional history (i.e., Ojibwe tribes, European settlers, fur trade, logging, stone quarries, lighthouses, and commercial fishing) and a copy of this Act; establishes no buffer zone around the Ashland Harbor Breakwater Light; and preserves all tribal treaty, statutory, or executive order rights (including to hunt, trap, fish, and gather).