To ensure the safety of recreational fishermen and other persons who use motor vehicles to access beaches adjacent to the Brigantine Wilderness Area in the Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge, New Jersey, by providing a narrow transition zone above the mean high tide line where motor vehicles can be safely driven and parked.

H.R. 896 proposes a boundary adjustment for the Brigantine Wilderness Area within the Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge in New Jersey. The bill would create a narrow "transition zone" above the high tide line to provide a legal and safe space for recreational fishermen and other visitors to drive and park their vehicles on the beach without accidentally crossing into protected wilderness territory. While the bill aims to improve vehicle access, it explicitly maintains the Department of the Interior's authority to restrict public access during the breeding season of the piping plover, a protected shorebird.