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104TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 3006

To provide for disposal of public lands in support of the Manzanar Historic

Site in the State of California, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

MARCH 5, 1996

Mr. LEWIS of California introduced the following bill; which was referred to

the Committee on Resources

A BILL

To provide for disposal of public lands in support of the

Manzanar Historic Site in the State of California, and

for other purposes.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 SECTION 1. TERMINATION OF WITHDRAWALS.

4 (a) UNAVAILABILITY OF CERTAIN LANDS.—The

5 Congress, by enacting the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to estab6 lish the Manzanar National Historic Site in the State of

7 California, and for other purposes’’, approved March 3,

8 1992 (106 Stat. 40; Public Law 102–248), (1) provided

9 for the protection and interpretation of the historical, cul10 tural, and natural resources associated with the relocation
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1 of Japanese-Americans during World War II and estab2 lished the Manzanar National Historic Site in the State

3 of California, and (2) authorized the Secretary of the Inte4 rior to acquire lands or interests therein within the bound5 ary of the Historic Site by donation, purchase with do6 nated or appropriated funds, or by exchange. The public

7 lands identified for disposal in the Bureau of Land Man8 agement’s Bishop Resource Area Resource Management

9 Plan that could be made available for exchange in support

10 of acquiring lands within the boundary of the Historic Site

11 are currently unavailable for this purpose because they are

12 withdrawn by an Act of Congress.

13 (b) TERMINATION OF WITHDRAWAL.—To provide a

14 land base with which to allow land exchanges in support

15 of acquiring lands within the boundary of the Manzanar

16 National Historic Site, the withdrawal of the following de17 scribed lands is terminated and such lands shall not be

18 subject to the Act of March 4, 1931 (chap. 517; 46 Stat.

19 1530):

20 MOUNT DIABLO MERIDIAN

21 Township 2 North, Range 26 East

22 Section 7,

23 North half south half of lot 1 of southwest

24 quarter, north half south half of lot 2 of southwest

25 quarter, north half south half southeast quarter,
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1 Township 4 South, Range 33 East

2 Section 31:

3 Lot 1 of southwest quarter, northwest quarter

4 northeast quarter, southeast quarter;

5 Section 32:

6 Southeast quarter northwest quarter, northeast

7 quarter southwest quarter, southwest quarter south8 east quarter,

9 Township 5 South, Range 33 East

10 Section 4:

11 West half of lot 1 of northwest quarter, west

12 half of lot 2 of northwest quarter,

13 Section 5:

14 East half of lot 1 of northeast quarter, east half

15 of lot 2 of northeast quarter,

16 Section 9:

17 Northwest quarter southwest quarter northeast

18 quarter,

19 Section 17:

20 Southeast quarter northwest quarter, northwest

21 quarter southeast quarter,

22 Section 22:

23 Lot 1 and 2,

24 Section 27:
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1 Lot 2, west half northeast quarter, southeast

2 quarter northwest quarter, northeast quarter south3 west quarter, northwest quarter southeast quarter,

4 Section 34:

5 Northeast quarter, northwest quarter, southeast

6 quarter,

7 Township 6 South, Range 31 East

8 Section 19:

9 East half northeast quarter southeast quarter.

10 Township 6 South, Range 33 East

11 Section 10:

12 East half southeast quarter;

13 Section 11:

14 Lot 1 and 2, west half northeast quarter, north15 west quarter, west half southwest quarter, northeast

16 quarter southwest quarter;

17 Section 14:

18 Lots 1 thru 4, west half northeast quarter,

19 southeast quarter northwest quarter, northeast quar20 ter southwest quarter, northwest quarter southeast

21 quarter.

22 Township 7 South, Range 32 East

23 Section 23:

24 South half southwest quarter;

25 Section 25:
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1 Lot 2, northeast quarter northwest quarter.

2 Township 7 South, Range 33 East

3 Section 30:

4 South half of lot 2 of northwest quarter, lot 1

5 and 2 of southwest quarter,

6 Section 31:

7 North half of lot 2 of northwest quarter, south8 east quarter northeast quarter, northeast quarter

9 southeast quarter.

10 Township 8 South, Range 33 East

11 Section 5:

12 Northwest quarter southwest quarter.

13 Township 13 South, Range 34 East

14 Section 1:

15 Lots 43, 46, and 49 thru 51.

16 Section 2:

17 North half northwest quarter southeast quarter

18 southeast quarter.

19 Township 11 South, Range 35 East

20 Section 30:

21 Lots 1 and 2, east half northwest quarter, east

22 half southwest quarter, and west half southwest

23 quarter southeast quarter.

24 Section 31:
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1 Lot 8, west half west half northeast quarter,

2 east half northwest quarter, and west half southeast

3 quarter.

4 Township 13, South, Range 35 East

5 Section 18:

6 South half of lot 2 of northwest quarter, lot 1

7 and 2 of southwest quarter, southwest quarter

8 northeast quarter, northwest quarter southeast quar9 ter;

10 Section 29:

11 Southeast quarter northeast quarter, northeast

12 quarter southeast quarter.

13 Township 13 South, Range 36 East

14 Section 17:

15 Southwest quarter northwest quarter, southwest

16 quarter;

17 Section 18:

18 South half of lot 1 of northwest quarter, lot 1

19 of southwest quarter, northeast quarter, southeast

20 quarter;

21 Section 19:

22 North half of lot 1 of northwest quarter, east

23 half northeast quarter, northwest quarter northeast

24 quarter;

25 Section 20:
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1 Southwest quarter northeast quarter, northwest

2 quarter, northeast quarter southwest quarter, south3 east quarter;

4 Section 28:

5 Southwest quarter southwest quarter;

6 Section 29:

7 East half northeast quarter;

8 Section 33:

9 Northwest quarter northwest quarter, southeast

10 quarter northwest quarter.

11 Township 14 South, Range 36 East

12 Section 31:

13 Lot 1 and 2 of southwest quarter, southwest

14 quarter southeast quarter.

15 aggregating 5,630 acres, more or less.

16 (c) AVAILABILITY OF LANDS.—Upon enactment of

17 this Act, the lands specified in subsection (a) shall be open

18 to operation of the public land laws, including the mining

19 and mineral leasing laws, only after the Secretary of the

20 Interior has published a notice in the Federal Register

21 opening such lands.

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