PUBLIC LAW 107–30—AUG. 20, 2001

LITTLE SANDY RIVER WATERSHED

PROTECTION

115 STAT. 210 PUBLIC LAW 107–30—AUG. 20, 2001

Public Law 107–30

107th Congress

An Act

To provide further protections for the watershed of the Little Sandy River as

part of the Bull Run Watershed Management Unit, Oregon, 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. INCLUSION OF ADDITIONAL PORTION OF THE LITTLE

SANDY RIVER WATERSHED IN THE BULL RUN WATERSHED MANAGEMENT UNIT, OREGON.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Public Law 95–200 (16 U.S.C. 482b note;

91 Stat. 1425) is amended by striking section 1 and inserting

the following:

‘‘SECTION 1. ESTABLISHMENT OF SPECIAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT

UNIT; DEFINITION OF SECRETARY.

‘‘(a) DEFINITION OF SECRETARY.—In this Act, the term ‘Secretary’ means—

‘‘(1) with respect to land administered by the Secretary

of Agriculture, the Secretary of Agriculture; and

‘‘(2) with respect to land administered by the Secretary

of the Interior, the Secretary of the Interior.

‘‘(b) ESTABLISHMENT.—

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—There is established, subject to valid

existing rights, a special resources management unit in the

State of Oregon, comprising approximately 98,272 acres, as

depicted on a map dated May 2000 and entitled ‘Bull Run

Watershed Management Unit’.

‘‘(2) MAP.—The map described in paragraph (1) shall be

on file and available for public inspection in the offices of—

‘‘(A) the Regional Forester-Pacific Northwest Region

of the Forest Service; and

‘‘(B) the Oregon State Director of the Bureau of Land

Management.

‘‘(3) BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENTS.—The Secretary may periodically make such minor adjustments in the boundaries of the

unit as are necessary, after consulting with the city and providing for appropriate public notice and hearings.’’.

(b) CONFORMING AND TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.—

(1) SECRETARY.—Public Law 95–200 (16 U.S.C. 482b note;

91 Stat. 1425) is amended by striking ‘‘Secretary of Agriculture’’

each place it appears (except subsection (b) of section 1, as

added by subsection (a), and except in the amendments made

by paragraph (2)) and inserting ‘‘Secretary’’.

(2) APPLICABLE LAW.—

Aug. 20, 2001

[H.R. 427]

PUBLIC LAW 107–30—AUG. 20, 2001 115 STAT. 211

(A) IN GENERAL.—Section 2(a) of Public Law 95–200

(16 U.S.C. 482b note; 91 Stat. 1425) is amended by striking

‘‘applicable to National Forest System lands’’ and inserting ‘‘applicable to land under the administrative jurisdiction

of the Forest Service (in the case of land administered

by the Secretary of Agriculture) or applicable to land under

the administrative jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land

Management (in the case of land administered by the Secretary of the Interior)’’. (B) MANAGEMENT PLANS.—The first sentence of section

2(c) of Public Law 95–200 (16 U.S.C. 482b note; 91 Stat.

1426) is amended— (i) by striking ‘‘subsection (a) and (b)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsections (a) and (b)’’; and

(ii) by striking ‘‘, through the maintenance’’ and

inserting ‘‘(in the case of land administered by the

Secretary of Agriculture) or section 202 of the Federal

Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C.

1712) (in the case of land administered by the Secretary

of the Interior), through the maintenance’’.

SEC. 2. MANAGEMENT.

(a) TIMBER CUTTING RESTRICTIONS.—Section 2(b) of Public Law

95–200 (16 U.S.C. 482b note; 91 Stat. 1426) is amended by striking

paragraph (1) and inserting the following: ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), the Secretary

shall prohibit the cutting of trees on Federal land in the unit,

as designated in section 1 and depicted on the map referred

to in that section.’’. (b) REPEAL OF MANAGEMENT EXCEPTION.—The Oregon Resource

Conservation Act of 1996 (division B of Public Law 104–208) is

amended by striking section 606 (110 Stat. 3009–543).

(c) REPEAL OF DUPLICATIVE ENACTMENT.—Section 1026 of division I of the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act

of 1996 (Public Law 104–333; 110 Stat. 4228) and the amendments

made by that section are repealed.

(d) WATER RIGHTS.—Nothing in this section strengthens, diminishes, or has any other effect on water rights held by any person

or entity.

SEC. 3. LAND RECLASSIFICATION.

(a) OREGON AND CALIFORNIA RAILROAD LAND.—Not later than

180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary

of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior shall identify any

Oregon and California Railroad land that is subject to the distribution provision of title II of the Act of August 28, 1937 (43 U.S.C.

1181f), within the boundary of the special resources management

area described in section 1 of Public Law 95–200 (as amended

by section 1(a)).

(b) PUBLIC DOMAIN LAND.—

(1) DEFINITION OF PUBLIC DOMAIN LAND.—

(A) IN GENERAL.—In this subsection, the term ‘‘public

domain land’’ has the meaning given the term ‘‘public land’’

in section 103 of the Federal Land Policy and Management

Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1702).

(B) EXCLUSION.—The term ‘‘public domain land’’ does

not include any land managed under the Act of August

28, 1937 (43 U.S.C. 1181a et seq.).

16 USC 482b

note.

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LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 427 (S. 254):

HOUSE REPORTS: No. 107–151, Pt. 1 (Comm. on Resources).

SENATE REPORTS: No. 107–23 accompanying S. 254 (Comm. on Energy and Natural Resources).

CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 147 (2001):

July 23, considered and passed House.

Aug. 3, considered and passed Senate.

(2) IDENTIFICATION.—Not later than 18 months after the

date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior

shall identify public domain land within the Medford, Roseburg,

Eugene, Salem, and Coos Bay Districts and the Klamath

Resource Area of the Lakeview District of the Bureau of Land

Management in the State of Oregon that—

(A) is approximately equal in acreage and condition

as the land identified in subsection (a); but

(B) is not subject to the Act of August 28, 1937 (43

U.S.C. 1181a et seq.).

(c) MAPS.—Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment

of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior shall submit to Congress

and publish in the Federal Register 1 or more maps depicting

the land identified in subsections (a) and (b).

(d) RECLASSIFICATION.—After providing an opportunity for

public comment, the Secretary of the Interior shall administratively

reclassify—

(1) the land described in subsection (a), as public domain

land (as the term is defined in subsection (b)) that is not

subject to the distribution provision of title II of the Act of

August 28, 1937 (43 U.S.C. 1181f); and

(2) the land described in subsection (b), as Oregon and

California Railroad land that is subject to the Act of August

28, 1937 (43 U.S.C. 1181a et seq.).

SEC. 4. FUNDING FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION.

There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out, in accordance with section 323 of the Department of the Interior and Related

Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999 (16 U.S.C. 1101 note; 112 Stat.

2681–290), watershed restoration that protects or enhances water

quality, or relates to the recovery of endangered species or threatened species listed under the Endangered Species Act of 1973

(16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), in Clackamas County, Oregon, $10,000,000.

Approved August 20, 2001.