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Union Calendar No. 159

104TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 1585

[Report No. 104–307]

To expand the boundary of the Modoc National Forest to include lands

presently owned by the Bank of California, N.A. Trustee, to facilitate

a land exchange with the Forest Service, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

MAY 9, 1995

Mr. HERGER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the

Committee on Resources

NOVEMBER 6, 1995

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union

and ordered to be printed

A BILL

To expand the boundary of the Modoc National Forest to

include lands presently owned by the Bank of California,

N.A. Trustee, to facilitate a land exchange with the

Forest Service, 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 ‘‘Modoc National Forest

3 Boundary Adjustment Act’’.

4 SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

5 The Congress finds the following:

6 (1) Certain private lands presently owned by

7 the Bank of California, N.A. Trustee, are adjacent

8 to the Modoc National Forest and are logical exten9 sions of the forest.

10 (2) A boundary adjustment will facilitate a land

11 exchange which involves approximately 4,240 acres

12 of National Forest land and 11,804 acres of private

13 land, of which only 760 acres are outside the present

14 Modoc National Forest boundary.

15 (3) Bank of California, N.A. Trustee, and the

16 Forest Service are prepared to exchange these lands

17 under existing authority of the Secretary of Agri18 culture which will benefit both the private land19 owners and the United States by consolidating their

20 respective landownership patterns, providing reduced

21 costs for each party in implementing their land man22 agement objectives, providing increased recreation

23 opportunities and fishery habitat for the American

24 public, and providing commercial timber lands to the

25 private landowners.
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1 SEC. 3. BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT.

2 (a) IN GENERAL.—The boundary of the Modoc Na3 tional Forest is hereby modified to include and encompass

4 760 acres, more or less, on the following described lands:

5 Mount Diablo Meridian, Lassen County, California, T. 38

N., R. 10 E., sec. 5, SE1⁄4NW1⁄4, E1⁄2SW1 6 ⁄4; sec. 8,

E1⁄2NE1⁄4, NE1⁄4NW1⁄4, NE1⁄4SE1⁄4; sec. 16, W1 7 ⁄2; sec.

25, Lots 13, 14 and 15 (S1⁄2SW1⁄4, SW1⁄4SE1 8 ⁄4); T. 37

N., R. 11 E., sec. 20, NW1⁄4SE1 9 ⁄4.

10 (b) RULE FOR LAND AND WATER CONSERVATION

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

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

13 9), the boundary of the Modoc National Forest, as modi14 fied by this Act, shall be considered to be the boundary

15 of that National Forest as of January 1, 1965.
Union Calendar No. 159

104TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 1585

[Report No. 104–307]

A BILL

To expand the boundary of the Modoc National

other purposes.land exchange with the Forest Service, and forBank of California, N.A. Trustee, to facilitate aForest to include lands presently owned by the

NOVEMBER 6, 1995

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the

State of the Union and ordered to be printed