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104TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 2122

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

SEPTEMBER 5, 1996

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural

Resources

AN ACT

To designate the Lake Tahoe Basin National Forest in the

States of California and Nevada to be administered by

the Secretary of Agriculture, 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. DESIGNATION.

2 There is hereby designated in the States of California

3 and Nevada the Lake Tahoe Basin National Forest to be

4 administered by the Secretary of Agriculture as a unit of

5 the National Forest System subject to the laws, rules, and

6 regulations applicable to the National Forest System.

7 SEC. 2. BOUNDARIES.

8 (a) The Lake Tahoe Basin National Forest shall

9 comprise those lands designated as the Lake Tahoe Basin

10 Management Unit in the Federal Register notice dated

11 January 13, 1978 (43 F.R. 1971) and any lands subse12 quently added to the Unit.

13 (b) For the purposes of section 7 of the Land and

14 Conservation Fund Act of 1965 (16 U.S.C. 4601–9), the

15 exterior boundary of the Lake Tahoe Basin National For16 est established by this Act shall be treated as if it were

17 the boundary as of January 1, 1965.

18 (c) The boundaries of the Tahoe, Eldorado, Toiyabe

19 National Forests are hereby modified to exclude those

20 lands within the boundaries of the Lake Tahoe Basin Na21 tional Forest.

22 (d) The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to

23 made corrections or adjustments in the boundaries of the

24 Tahoe, Eldorado, Toiyabe, and Lake Tahoe Basin Na25 tional Forests for administrative purposes.
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1 SEC. 3. LAND MANAGEMENT PLANNING.

2 (a) The Land and Resource Management Plan for

3 the Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit dated December

4 2, 1988, shall constitute the land management plan re5 quired by section 6 of the Forest and Rangeland Renew6 able Resources Planning Act of 1974, as amended by the

7 National Forest Management Act of 1976 (16 U.S.C.

8 1604).

9 (b) Nothing in this Act shall require the Forest Serv10 ice to amend or revise—

11 (1) the land and resource management plan

12 dated December 2, 1988, or its associated environ13 mental impact statement, or to prepare a new plan

14 or associated environmental impact statement; or

15 (2) any draft or final land and resource man16 agement plan or associated environmental impact

17 statement for the Tahoe, Eldorado or Toiyabe Na18 tional Forests.

19 SEC. 4. ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS.

20 (a) Any reference to the Lake Tahoe Basin Manage21 ment Unit in any existing statute, regulation, manual,

22 handbook, or otherwise shall be deemed a reference to the

23 Lake Tahoe Basin National Forest.

24 (b) Nothing in this Act shall affect—
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1 (1) any provisions of Public Law 96–551 (94

2 Stat. 3233), giving Congressional consent to the

3 Tahoe Planning Compact;

4 (2) any provisions of Public Law 96–586 (94

5 Stat. 3381), an Act to provide disposal of certain

6 Federal lands in the Lake Tahoe Basin, commonly

7 called the Burton-Santini Act; or

8 (3) valid existing rights of persons holding any

9 authorization, permit, option or other form of con10 tract existing on the date of enactment of this Act.

11 (c) Notwithstanding the distribution requirements of

12 payments under the Act of May 23, 1908 (Ch. 192, 35

13 Stat. 251, as amended), distribution of receipts from the

14 Eldorado, Tahoe, Toiyabe, and Lake Tahoe Basin Na15 tional Forests shall be based upon the National Forest

16 boundaries that existed prior to enactment of this Act, as

17 though the Lake Tahoe Basin National Forest does not

18 exist.

Passed the House of Representatives September 4,

1996.

Attest: ROBIN H. CARLE,

Clerk.