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111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1328 

To provide for the exchange of administrative jurisdiction over certain Federal 

land between the Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management, 

and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JUNE 23, 2009 

Mrs. FEINSTEIN (for herself and Mrs. BOXER) introduced the following bill; 

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

A BILL 

To provide for the exchange of administrative jurisdiction 

over certain Federal land between the Forest Service 

and the Bureau of Land Management, 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, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Shasta-Trinity Na5 tional Forest Administrative Jurisdiction Transfer Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. TRANSFER OF ADMINISTRATIVE JURISDICTION TO 

2 THE BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—Administrative jurisdiction over 

4 the Federal land described in subsection (b) is transferred 

5 from the Chief of the Forest Service (referred to in this 

6 Act as the ‘‘Chief’’) to the Director of the Bureau of Land 

7 Management (referred to in this Act as the ‘‘Director’’), 

8 to be administered by the Director, subject to the laws 

9 (including regulations) applicable to land administered by 

10 the Director. 

11 (b) DESCRIPTION OF LAND.— 

12 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Federal land referred to 

13 in subsection (a) is the land within the Shasta-Trin14 ity National Forest in California, Mount Diablo Me15 ridian, as depicted on the map entitled ‘‘H.R. 689, 

16 Transfer from Forest Service to BLM, Map 1’’ and 

17 dated April 21, 2009. 

18 (2) EXCLUSION.—The land within the Shasta 

19 Dam Reclamation Zone shall— 

20 (A) be excluded from the transfer of ad21 ministrative jurisdiction under subsection (a); 

22 and 

23 (B) continue to be administered by the 

24 Secretary of the Interior (acting through the 

25 Commissioner of Reclamation). 


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1 SEC. 3. TRANSFER OF ADMINISTRATIVE JURISDICTION TO 

2 THE FOREST SERVICE. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—Administrative jurisdiction over 

4 the Federal land described in subsection (b) is transferred 

5 from the Director to the Chief, to be administered by the 

6 Chief, subject to the laws (including regulations) applica7 ble to National Forest System land. 

8 (b) DESCRIPTION OF LAND.—The Federal land re9 ferred to in subsection (a) is the land administered by the 

10 Director in the Mount Diablo Meridian, California, as de11 picted on the map entitled ‘‘H.R. 689, Transfer from 

12 BLM to Forest Service, Map 2’’ and dated April 21, 2009. 

13 (c) WITHDRAWAL.—The Federal land described in 

14 subsection (b) is— 

15 (1) withdrawn from the public domain; and 

16 (2) reserved for administration as part of the 

17 Shasta-Trinity National Forest. 

18 (d) WILDERNESS ADMINISTRATION.—The transfer of 

19 administrative jurisdiction from the Director to the Chief 

20 of certain land previously designated as part of the Trinity 

21 Alps Wilderness shall not affect the wilderness status of 

22 the wilderness land. 

23 (e) LAND AND WATER CONSERVATION FUND.—For 

24 the purposes of section 7 of the Land and Water Con25 servation Fund Act of 1965 (16 U.S.C. 460l–9), the 

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1 justed under this section, shall be considered to be the 

2 boundaries of the Shasta-Trinity National Forest as of 

3 January 1, 1965. 

4 SEC. 4. ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS. 

5 (a) CORRECTIONS.— 

6 (1) MINOR ADJUSTMENTS.—The Director and 

7 the Chief, may, by mutual agreement, make minor 

8 corrections and adjustments to the transfers under 

9 this Act to facilitate land management, including 

10 corrections and adjustments to any applicable sur11 veys. 

12 (2) PUBLICATIONS.—Any corrections or adjust13 ments made under subsection (a) shall be effective 

14 on the date of publication of a notice of the correc15 tions or adjustments in the Federal Register. 

16 (b) HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES.— 

17 (1) NOTICE.—The Chief and Director shall, 

18 with respect to the land described in sections 2(b) 

19 and 3(b), respectively— 

20 (A) identify any known sites containing 

21 hazardous substances; and 

22 (B) provide to the head of the Federal 

23 agency to which the land is being transferred 

24 notice of any sites identified under subpara25 graph (A). 


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1 (2) CLEANUP OBLIGATIONS.—The cleanup of 

2 hazardous substances on land to which administra3 tive jurisdiction is transferred by this Act shall be 

4 the responsibility of the head of the agency with ju5 risdiction over the affected land on the day before 

6 the date of enactment of this Act. 

7 (c) EFFECT ON EXISTING RIGHTS AND AUTHORIZA8 TIONS.—Nothing in this Act affects— 

9 (1) any valid existing rights; or 

10 (2) the validity or term and conditions of any 

11 existing withdrawal, right-of-way, easement, lease, li12 cense, or permit on the land to which administrative 

13 jurisdiction is transferred under this Act, except that 

14 beginning on the date of enactment of this Act, the 

15 head of the agency to which administrative jurisdic16 tion over the land is transferred shall be responsible 

17 for administering the interests or authorizations (in18 cluding reissuing the interests or authorizations in 

19 accordance with applicable law). 

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