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107TH CONGRESS REPORT " HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ! 2d Session 107–561

MOUNT NAOMI WILDERNESS BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT 

ACT

JULY 10, 2002.—Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of 

the Union and ordered to be printed 

Mr. HANSEN, from the Committee on Resources, 

submitted the following 

R E P O R T 

[To accompany H.R. 4870] 

[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]

The Committee on Resources, to whom was referred the bill 

(H.R. 4870) to make certain adjustments to the boundaries of the 

Mount Naomi Wilderness Area, and for other purposes, having considered the same, report favorably thereon with an amendment and 

recommend that the bill as amended do pass. 

The amendment is as follows: 

Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the following:

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Mount Naomi Wilderness Boundary Adjustment 

Act’’. 

SEC. 2. BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENTS. 

(a) LANDS REMOVED.—The boundary of the Mount Naomi Wilderness is adjusted 

to exclude the approximately 31 acres of land depicted on the Map as ‘‘Land Excluded’’. 

(b) LANDS ADDED.—Subject to valid existing rights, the boundary of the Mount 

Naomi Wilderness is adjusted to include the approximately 31 acres of land depicted 

on the Map as ‘‘Land Added’’. The Utah Wilderness Act of 1984 (Public Law 98–

428) shall apply to the land added to the Mount Naomi Wilderness pursuant to this 

subsection. 

SEC. 3. MAP. 

(a) DEFINITION.—For the purpose of this Act, the term ‘‘Map’’ shall mean the map 

entitled ‘‘Mt. Naomi Wilderness Boundary Adjustment’’ and dated May 23, 2002. 

(b) MAP ON FILE.—The Map shall be on file and available for inspection in the 

office of the Chief of the Forest Service, Department of Agriculture. 

(c) CORRECTIONS.—The Secretary of Agriculture may make technical corrections 

to the Map.

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PURPOSE OF THE BILL

The purpose of H.R. 4870 is to make certain adjustments to the 

boundaries of the Mount Naomi Wilderness Area, and for other 

purposes. 

BACKGROUND AND NEED FOR LEGISLATION

The Mount Naomi Wilderness Area, located to the northeast of 

Logan, Utah, was created by the Utah Wilderness Act of 1984 

(Public Law 98–428). Encompassing approximately 44,523 acres in 

the Wasatch-Cache National Forest, the Mount Naomi Wilderness 

Area is one of the largest wilderness areas in the state of Utah and 

provides many recreational opportunities for the residents of Cache 

County and the more than 20,000 students at the neighboring 

Utah State University. 

The close proximity of portions of the Mount Naomi Wilderness 

Area to the Logan City limits not only creates some difficulty for 

the Forest Service to manage these lands for wilderness uses, but 

also presents potential problems for the city. In one area of approximately 31 acres, the wilderness’ southwestern boundary abuts 

the Logan City limits. Within this small area is a utility corridor 

with several utility lines, including power and communication 

lines, each of which existed prior to the designation of the wilderness area. Because no motorized or mechanized equipment may be 

operated within a wilderness area, maintenance of these facilities 

is difficult, if not nearly impossible, to conduct. Adjusting the 

boundaries of the wilderness area to exclude this small area would 

provide a common-sense solution both to the utility corridor’s maintenance problem and the Forest Service’s management problem. 

The 31 acre adjustment would provide a manageable, natural 

boundary for the wilderness area. It allows the boundary to follow 

the natural contour lines at the base of Mount Naomi rather than 

arbitrary boundary lines on a map. The area to be adjusted was 

chosen and agreed upon by the Forest Service, Logan City, and 

Cache County, and is the smallest area necessary to complete this 

adjustment and realign the boundary. 

Additionally, a small portion of the Bonneville Shoreline Trail 

has been proposed within this 31 acre area adjacent to the Logan 

City limits. This portion of the trail would connect with a number 

of other trails in the Bonneville Shoreline Trail system, and would 

provide outstanding recreational opportunities to thousands of people each year. The trail would be approximately eight (8) feet wide 

and accessible to pedestrian, biking, and equestrian traffic. Adjusting the boundary around this 31 acre area would serve to eliminate 

a potential non-conforming use in the wilderness area. This is the 

only portion of this trail that lies within the wilderness area. 

In order to prevent a net loss of wilderness due to this boundary 

adjustment, the Forest Service, in consultation with Logan City 

and Cache County, identified a separate 31 acre parcel with wilderness characteristics located adjacent to the southern boundary of 

the wilderness area. This parcel would be added to the wilderness 

area by this legislation, thus resulting in no net loss of wilderness. 

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COMMITTEE ACTION

H.R. 4870 was introduced on June 5, 2002 by Congressman 

James V. Hansen (R–UT). The bill was referred to the Committee 

on Resources and within the Committee to the Subcommittee on 

Forests and Forests Health. On June 20, 2002 the Subcommittee 

held a hearing on the bill. On June 26, 2002 the Full Resources 

Committee met to consider the bill. The bill was ordered favorably 

reported to the Full Committee by unanimous consent. Mr. Hansen 

offered a technical amendment to correct a typographical error in 

the bill. It was adopted by unanimous consent. The bill, as amended was then ordered favorably reported to the House of Representatives by unanimous consent. 

COMMITTEE OVERSIGHT FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

Regarding clause 2(b)(1) of rule X and clause 3(c)(1) of rule XIII 

of the Rules of the House of Representatives, the Committee on Resources’ oversight findings and recommendations are reflected in 

the body of this report. 

CONSTITUTIONAL AUTHORITY STATEMENT

Article I, section 8 of the Constitution of the United States 

grants Congress the authority to enact this bill. 

COMPLIANCE WITH HOUSE RULE XIII

1. Cost of Legislation. Clause 3(d)(2) of rule XIII of the Rules of 

the House of Representatives requires an estimate and a comparison by the Committee of the costs which would be incurred in carrying out this bill. However, clause 3(d)(3)(B) of that rule provides 

that this requirement does not apply when the Committee has included in its report a timely submitted cost estimate of the bill prepared by the Director of the Congressional Budget Office under section 402 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. 

2. Congressional Budget Act. As required by clause 3(c)(2) of rule 

XIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives and section 

308(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, this bill does not 

contain any new budget authority, spending authority, credit authority, or an increase or decrease in revenues or tax expenditures. 

3. General Performance Goals and Objectives. This bill does not 

authorize funding and therefore, clause 3(c)(4) of rule XIII of the 

Rules of the House of Representatives does not apply. 

4. Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate. Under clause 

3(c)(3) of rule XIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives and 

section 403 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, the Committee has received the following cost estimate for this bill from the 

Director of the Congressional Budget Office:

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U.S. CONGRESS, CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE, Washington, DC, July 3, 2002. 

Hon. JAMES V. HANSEN, 

Chairman, Committee on Resources, 

House of Representatives, Washington, DC. 

DEAR MR. CHAIRMAN: The Congressional Budget Office has prepared the enclosed cost estimate for H.R. 4870, the Mount Naomi 

Wilderness Boundary Adjustment Act. 

If you wish further details on this estimate, we will be pleased 

to provide them. The CBO staff contact is Megan Carroll. 

Sincerely, 

BARRY B. ANDERSON

(For Dan L. Crippen, Director). 

Enclosure. 

H.R. 4870—Mount Naomi Wilderness Boundary Adjustment Act 

CBO estimates that enacting H.R. 4870 would have no significant impact on the federal budget. The bill would not affect direct 

spending or receipts; therefore, pay-as-you-go procedures would not 

apply. H.R. 4870 contains no intergovernmental or private-sector 

mandates as defined in the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act and 

would have no significant impact on the budgets of state, local, or 

tribal governments. 

H.R. 4870 would adjust the existing boundary of the Mount 

Naomi Wilderness in the Wasatch-Cache National Forest in Utah. 

The adjustment would exclude from the wilderness area about 31 

acres of land and, subject to valid existing rights, would add 31 

acres of other national forest land. Based on information from the 

Forest Service, CBO estimates that the proposed change would not 

significantly affect the agency’s costs to manage those lands. 

The CBO staff contact for this estimate is Megan Carroll. This 

estimate was approved by Peter H. Fontaine, Deputy Assistant Director for Budget Analysis. 

COMPLIANCE WITH PUBLIC LAW 104–4

This bill contains no unfunded mandates. 

PREEMPTION OF STATE, LOCAL OR TRIBAL LAW

This bill is not intended to preempt any State, local or tribal law. 

CHANGES IN EXISTING LAW

If enacted, this bill would make no changes in existing law.

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