To amend the Oregon Wilderness Act of 1984 to designate the Copper Salmon Wilderness and to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate segments of the North and South Forks of the Elk River in the State of Oregon as wild or scenic rivers, and for other purposes.

Summary: Copper Salmon Wilderness Act of 2008 - Amends the Oregon Wilderness Act of 1984 to designate certain lands in Siskiyou National Forest as the "Copper Salmon Wilderness."

Allows the Secretary of Agriculture, if the boundary of the Copper Salmon Wilderness shares a border with a road, to only establish an offset that is not more than 150 feet from the centerline of the road.

 Amends the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate specified segments of the North and South Forks of the Elk River in Oregon as wild or scenic rivers.

Prohibits anything in this Act from being construed as diminishing any right of any Indian tribe.

Directs the Secretary to seek to enter into a memorandum of understanding with the Coquille Indian tribe regarding access to the Copper Salmon Wilderness to conduct historical and cultural activities.

Designates certain National Forest System land in Oregon, which is administered as part of the Siskiyou National Forest, as a potential wilderness area for eventual inclusion in the Copper Salmon Wilderness.

Requires the Secretary to manage the potential wilderness area as wilderness until it is designated as wilderness.

Authorizes, for the purposes of implementing a specified planned ecological restoration, the use of motorized equipment and mechanized transport in the potential wilderness area.

Declares that the potential wilderness area shall be designated as wilderness on the earlier of: (1) the date on which the Secretary publishes in the Federal Register the notice that the conditions in the area that are incompatible with the Wilderness Act have been removed; and (2) the date that is ten years after the enactment of this Act.

Requires the potential wilderness area upon its designation as wilderness to be incorporated into the Copper Salmon Wilderness.

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Copper Salmon Wilderness Act of 
2008''.

SEC. 2. DESIGNATION OF THE COPPER SALMON WILDERNESS.

    (a) Designation.--Section 3 of the Oregon Wilderness Act of 1984 
(16 U.S.C. 1132 note; Public Law 98-328) is amended--
            (1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking 
        ``eight hundred fifty-nine thousand six hundred acres'' and 
        inserting ``871,593 acres'';
            (2) in paragraph (29), by striking the period at the end 
        and inserting ``; and''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(30) certain land in the Siskiyou National Forest, 
        comprising approximately 11,922 acres, as generally depicted on 
        the map entitled `Copper Salmon Wilderness Proposal' and dated 
        April 1, 2008, to be known as the `Copper Salmon 
        Wilderness'.''.
    (b) Maps and Legal Description.--
            (1) In general.--As soon as practicable after the date of 
        enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture (referred 
        to in this Act as the ``Secretary'') shall file a map and a 
        legal description of the Copper Salmon Wilderness with--
                    (A) the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources 
                of the Senate; and
                    (B) the Committee on Natural Resources of the House 
                of Representatives.
            (2) Force of law.--The map and legal description filed 
        under paragraph (1) shall have the same force and effect as if 
        included in this Act, except that the Secretary may correct 
        typographical errors in the map and legal description.
            (3) Boundary.--If the boundary of the Copper Salmon 
        Wilderness shares a border with a road, the Secretary may only 
        establish an offset that is not more than 150 feet from the 
        centerline of the road.
            (4) Public availability.--Each map and legal description 
        filed under paragraph (1) shall be on file and available for 
        public inspection in the appropriate offices of the Forest 
        Service.

SEC. 3. WILD AND SCENIC RIVER DESIGNATIONS, ELK RIVER, OREGON.

    Section 3(a)(76) of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act (16 U.S.C. 
1274(a)(76)) is amended--
            (1) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking 
        ``19-mile segment'' and inserting ``28.2-mile segment'';
            (2) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``; and'' and 
        inserting a period; and
            (3) by striking subparagraph (B) and inserting the 
        following:
                    ``(B)(i) The approximately 0.6-mile segment of the 
                North Fork Elk from its source in sec. 21, T. 33 S., R. 
                12 W., Willamette Meridian, downstream to 0.01 miles 
                below Forest Service Road 3353, as a scenic river.
                    ``(ii) The approximately 5.5-mile segment of the 
                North Fork Elk from 0.01 miles below Forest Service 
                Road 3353 to its confluence with the South Fork Elk, as 
                a wild river.
                    ``(C)(i) The approximately 0.9-mile segment of the 
                South Fork Elk from its source in the southeast quarter 
                of sec. 32, T. 33 S., R. 12 W., Willamette Meridian, 
                downstream to 0.01 miles below Forest Service Road 
                3353, as a scenic river.
                    ``(ii) The approximately 4.2-mile segment of the 
                South Fork Elk from 0.01 miles below Forest Service 
                Road 3353 to its confluence with the North Fork Elk, as 
                a wild river.''.

SEC. 4. PROTECTION OF TRIBAL RIGHTS.

    (a) In General.--Nothing in this Act shall be construed as 
diminishing any right of any Indian tribe.
    (b) Memorandum of Understanding.--The Secretary shall seek to enter 
into a memorandum of understanding with the Coquille Indian Tribe 
regarding access to the Copper Salmon Wilderness to conduct historical 
and cultural activities.

SEC. 5. DESIGNATION OF POTENTIAL WILDERNESS AREA, SISKIYOU NATIONAL 
              FOREST, OREGON.

    (a) Designation.--In furtherance of the purposes of the Wilderness 
Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), certain National Forest System land in 
the State of Oregon administered by the Forest Service as part of the 
Siskiyou National Forest and compromising approximately 1,708 acres, as 
generally depicted on the map entitled ``Copper Salmon Wilderness 
Proposal'' and dated April 1, 2008, are designated as a potential 
wilderness area for eventual inclusion in the Copper Salmon Wilderness 
designated by paragraph (30) of section 3 of the Oregon Wilderness Act 
of 1984 (16 U.S.C. 1132 note; Public Law 98-328), as added by section 
2.
    (b) Map and Legal Description.--As soon as practicable after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall file with the 
Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives and the 
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate a map and legal 
description of potential wilderness area designated by subsection (a). 
The map and legal description shall have the same force and effect as 
if included in this Act, except that the Secretary may correct clerical 
and typographical errors in the map and description. In the case of any 
discrepancy between the acreage specified in subsection (a) and the 
map, the map shall control. The map and legal description shall be on 
file and available for public inspection in the Office of the Chief of 
the Forest Service.
    (c) Management.--Except as provided in subsection (d) and subject 
to valid existing rights, the Secretary shall manage the potential 
wilderness area designated by subsection (a) as wilderness until its 
designated as wilderness under subsection (e).
    (d) Ecological Restoration.--
            (1) In general.--For the purposes of implementing the 
        planned ecological restoration approved by the Decision Notice 
        and Finding of No Significant Impact for the Environmental 
        Assessment for the Coastal Healthy Forest Treatments, dated May 
        25, 2007, the Secretary may use motorized equipment and 
        mechanized transport in the potential wilderness area until its 
        designated as wilderness under subsection (e).
            (2) Limitation.--To the maximum extent practicable, the 
        Secretary shall use the minimum tool or administrative practice 
        necessary to accomplish ecological restoration under paragraph 
        (1) with the least amount of adverse impact on wilderness 
        character and resources.
    (e) Eventual Wilderness Designation.--The potential wilderness area 
designated by subsection (a) shall be designated as wilderness on the 
earlier of--
            (1) the date on which the Secretary publishes in the 
        Federal Register notice that the conditions in the potential 
        wilderness area that are incompatible with the Wilderness Act 
        (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.) have been removed; or
            (2) the date that is 10 years after the date of the 
        enactment of this Act.
    (f) Incorporation Into Copper Salmon Wilderness; Administration.--
On its designation as wilderness under subsection (e), the potential 
wilderness area designated by subsection (a) shall be--
            (1) incorporated into the Copper Salmon Wilderness; and
            (2) administered in accordance with the Wilderness Act, the 
        Oregon Wilderness Act of 1984, and other laws applicable to the 
        Copper Salmon Wilderness, except that, with respect to the 
        potential wilderness area, any reference in the Wilderness Act 
        to the effective date of that Act shall be deemed to be a 
        reference to the date on which the lands are designated as 
        wilderness under subsection (e).

            Passed the House of Representatives April 22, 2008.

            Attest:

                                            LORRAINE C. MILLER,

                                                                 Clerk.