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Calendar No. 290 

111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 1369 

[Report No. 111–140] 

To amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate segments of the 

Molalla River in the State of Oregon, as components of the National 

Wild and Scenic Rivers System, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JUNE 25, 2009 

Mr. WYDEN (for himself and Mr. MERKLEY) introduced the following bill; 

which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources 

MARCH 2, 2010 

Reported by Mr. BINGAMAN, with an amendment 

[Omit the part struck through and insert the part printed in italic] 

A BILL 

To amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate 

segments of the Molalla River in the State of Oregon, 

as components of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers 

System, 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 ‘‘Molalla River Wild 

3 and Scenic Rivers Act’’. 

4 SEC. 2. DESIGNATION OF WILD AND SCENIC RIVER SEG5 MENTS, MOLALLA RIVER, OREGON. 

6 Section 3(a) of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act (16 

7 U.S.C. 1274(a)) is amended by adding at the end the fol8 lowing: 

9 ‘‘(208) MOLALLA RIVER, OREGON.— 

10 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The following seg11 ments in the State of Oregon, to be adminis12 tered by the Secretary of the Interior as a rec13 reational river: 

14 ‘‘(i) MOLALLA RIVER.—The approxi15 mately 15.1-mile segment from the south16 ern boundary line of T. 7 S., R. 4 E., sec. 

17 19, downstream to the edge of the Bureau 

18 of Land Management boundary in T. 6 S., 

19 R. 3 E., sec. 7. 

20 ‘‘(ii) TABLE ROCK FORK MOLALLA

21 RIVER.—The approximately 6.2-mile seg22 ment from the easternmost Bureau of 

23 Land Management boundary line in the 

NE1 24 ⁄4 sec. 4, T. 7 S., R. 4 E., downstream 

25 to the confluence with the Molalla River. 


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1 ‘‘(B) WITHDRAWAL.—Subject to valid ex2 isting rights, the Federal land within the 

3 boundaries of the river segments designated by 

4 subparagraph (A) is withdrawn from all forms 

5 of— 

6 ‘‘(i) entry, appropriation, or disposal 

7 under the public land laws; 

8 ‘‘(ii) location, entry, and patent under 

9 the mining laws; and 

10 ‘‘(iii) disposition under all laws relat11 ing to mineral and geothermal leasing or 

12 mineral materials. 

13 ‘‘(C) EFFECT OF DESIGNATION.— 

14 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The designation of 

15 the river segments under this paragraph 

16 shall not affect valid existing rights (in17 cluding rights-of-way and easements) in, 

18 through, and to the land designated as 

19 part of the Wild and Scenic River System 

20 under this paragraph. 

21 ‘‘(ii) Private LAND.—Nothing in this 

22 paragraph requires management of private 

23 land within the basins of the river seg24 ments designated under this paragraph in 

25 a manner different than that required 


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1 under State law, including Chapter 527 of 

2 the Oregon Revised Statutes.’’. mineral 

3 materials.’’. 

4 SEC. 3. TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS. 

5 Section 3(a)(102) of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act 

6 (16 U.S.C. 1274(a)(102)) is amended— 

7 (1) in the heading, by striking ‘‘SQUAW CREEK’’ 

8 and inserting ‘‘WHYCHUS CREEK’’; 

9 (2) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), 

10 by striking ‘‘McAllister Ditch, including the Soap 

11 Fork Squaw Creek, the North Fork, the South Fork, 

12 the East and West Forks of Park Creek, and Park 

13 Creek Fork’’ and inserting ‘‘Plainview Ditch, includ14 ing the Soap Creek, the North and South Forks of 

15 Whychus Creek, the East and West Forks of Park 

16 Creek, and Park Creek’’; and 

17 (3) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘McAllister 

18 Ditch’’ and inserting ‘‘Plainview Ditch’’. 


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Calendar No. 290 

111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 1369 

[Report No. 111–140] 

A BILL 

To amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to desposes. and Scenic Rivers System, and for other pur- of Oregon, as components of the National Wild ignate segments of the Molalla River in the State 

MARCH 2, 2010 

Reported with an amendment 


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