Union Calendar No. 445

104TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 3497

[Report No. 104–816]

A BILL

To expand the boundary of the Snoqualmie

National Forest, and for other purposes.

SEPTEMBER 23, 1996

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Commitordered to be printed tee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and
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Union Calendar No. 445

104TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 3497

[Report No. 104–816]

To expand the boundary of the Snoqualmie National Forest, and for other

purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

MAY 21, 1996

Ms. DUNN of Washington (for herself, Mr. WHITE, Mr. NETHERCUTT, Mr.

TATE, Mrs. SMITH of Washington, Mr. METCALF, Mr. MCDERMOTT, Mr.

DICKS, and Mr. HASTINGS of Washington) introduced the following bill;

which was referred to the Committee on Resources

SEPTEMBER 23, 1996

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole

House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed

[Insert the part printed in italic]

A BILL

To expand the boundary of the Snoqualmie National Forest,

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,
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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Snoqualmie National

3 Forest Boundary Adjustment Act of 1996’’.

4 SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

5 The Congress finds the following:

6 (1) Certain private lands in the State of Wash7 ington presently owned by Weyerhaeuser Company

8 and others are located adjacent to the Snoqualmie

9 National Forest and are logical extensions of the

10 forest.

11 (2) A boundary adjustment will facilitate a land

12 exchange which involves approximately 7,200 acres

13 of National Forest land and 33,000 acres of private

14 land owned by Weyerhaeuser Company, of which

15 6,278 acres are outside the present Snoqualmie Na16 tional Forest boundary.

17 (3) Weyerhaeuser Company and the Forest

18 Service are prepared to exchange these lands, which

19 will benefit both the United States and

20 Weyerhaeuser by consolidating their respective land21 ownership holdings and providing reduced costs for

22 each party to implement their land management ob23 jectives, providing an opportunity to implement more

24 effective ecosystem based management, providing in25 creased recreation opportunities for the American

26 public, providing enhanced fish and wildlife habitat
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1 protection, and supporting the ‘‘Mountains-to-the

2 Sound’’ goal of a continuous greenway between the

3 Cascade Mountains and Puget Sound.

4 SEC. 3. BOUNDARY MODIFICATION.

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Agriculture is

6 hereby directed to modify the boundary of the Snoqualmie

7 National Forest to include and encompass 10,589.47

8 acres, more or less, as generally depicted on a map entitled

9 ‘‘Snoqualmie National Forest Proposed 1996 Boundary

10 Modification’’ dated July 1, 1996. Such map, together

11 with a legal description of all lands included in the bound12 ary adjustment, shall be on file and available for public

13 inspection in the Office of the Chief of the Forest Service

14 in Washington, District of Columbia.

15 (b) RULE FOR LAND AND WATER CONSERVATION

16 FUND.—For the purposes of section 7 of the Land and

17 Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 (16 U.S.C. 460l–

18 9), the boundary of the Snoqualmie National Forest, as

19 modified pursuant to subsection (a), shall be considered

20 to be the boundary of that National Forest as of January

21 1, 1965.