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106TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION S. 2691

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

SEPTEMBER 22, 2000

Referred to the Committee on Resources, and in addition to the Committee

on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

AN ACT

To provide further protections for the watershed of the Little

Sandy River as part of the Bull Run Watershed Management Unit, Oregon, 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. INCLUSION OF ADDITIONAL PORTION OF THE

2 LITTLE SANDY RIVER WATERSHED IN THE

3 BULL RUN WATERSHED MANAGEMENT UNIT,

4 OREGON.

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—Public Law 95–200 (16 U.S.C.

6 482b note) is amended by striking section 1 and inserting

7 the following:

8 ‘‘SECTION 1. ESTABLISHMENT OF SPECIAL RESOURCES

9 MANAGEMENT UNIT; DEFINITION OF SEC10 RETARY.

11 ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—

12 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—There is established, sub13 ject to valid existing rights, a special resources man14 agement unit in the State of Oregon comprising ap15 proximately 98,272 acres, as depicted on a map

16 dated May 2000, and entitled ‘Bull Run Watershed

17 Management Unit’.

18 ‘‘(2) MAP.—The map described in paragraph

19 (1) shall be on file and available for public inspec20 tion in the offices of the Regional Forester-Pacific

21 Northwest Region, Forest Service, Department of

22 Agriculture, and in the offices of the State Director,

23 Bureau of Land Management, Department of the

24 Interior.

25 ‘‘(3) BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENTS.—Minor adjust26 ments in the boundaries of the unit may be made
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1 from time to time by the Secretary after consulta2 tion with the city and appropriate public notice and

3 hearings.

4 ‘‘(b) DEFINITION OF SECRETARY.—In this Act, the

5 term ‘Secretary’ means—

6 ‘‘(1) with respect to land administered by the

7 Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of Agri8 culture; and

9 ‘‘(2) with respect to land administered by the

10 Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary of the Inte11 rior.’’.

12 (b) CONFORMING AND TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.—

13 (1) SECRETARY.—Public Law 95–200 (16

14 U.S.C. 482b note) is amended by striking ‘‘Sec15 retary of Agriculture’’ each place it appears (except

16 subsection (b) of section 1, as added by subsection

17 (a), and except in the amendments made by para18 graph (2)) and inserting ‘‘Secretary’’.

19 (2) APPLICABLE LAW.—

20 (A) IN GENERAL.—Section 2(a) of Public

21 Law 95–200 (16 U.S.C. 482b note) is amended

22 by striking ‘‘applicable to National Forest Sys23 tem lands’’ and inserting ‘‘applicable to Na24 tional Forest System land (in the case of land

25 administered by the Secretary of Agriculture)
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1 or applicable to land under the administrative

2 jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management

3 (in the case of land administered by the Sec4 retary of the Interior)’’.

5 (B) MANAGEMENT PLANS.—The first sen6 tence of section 2(c) of Public Law 95–200 (16

7 U.S.C. 482b note) is amended—

8 (i) by striking ‘‘subsection (a) and

9 (b)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsections (a) and

10 (b)’’; and

11 (ii) by striking ‘‘, through the mainte12 nance’’ and inserting ‘‘(in the case of land

13 administered by the Secretary of Agri14 culture) or section 202 of the Federal

15 Land Policy and Management Act of 1976

16 (43 U.S.C. 1712) (in the case of land ad17 ministered by the Secretary of the Inte18 rior), through the maintenance’’.

19 SEC. 2. MANAGEMENT.

20 (a) TIMBER HARVESTING RESTRICTIONS.—Section

21 2(b) of Public Law 95–200 (16 U.S.C. 482b note) is

22 amended by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the fol23 lowing:

24 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2),

25 the Secretary shall prohibit the cutting of trees on
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1 Federal land in the entire unit, as designated in sec2 tion 1 and depicted on the map referred to in that

3 section.’’.

4 (b) REPEAL OF MANAGEMENT EXCEPTION.—The

5 Oregon Resource Conservation Act of 1996 (division B of

6 Public Law 104–208) is amended by striking section 606

7 (110 Stat. 3009–543).

8 (c) REPEAL OF DUPLICATIVE ENACTMENT.—Section

9 1026 of division I of the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands

10 Management Act of 1996 (Public Law 104–333; 110 Stat.

11 4228) and the amendments made by that section are re12 pealed.

13 (d) WATER RIGHTS.—Nothing in this section

14 strengthens, diminishes, or has any other effect on water

15 rights held by any person or entity.

16 SEC. 3. LAND RECLASSIFICATION.

17 (a) Within 6 months of the date of enactment of this

18 Act, the Secretaries of Agriculture and Interior shall iden19 tify any Oregon and California Railroad lands (O&C

20 lands) subject to the distribution provision of the Act of

21 August 28, 1937 (chapter 876, title II, 50 Stat. 875; 43

22 U.S.C. sec. 1181f) within the boundary of the special re23 sources management area described in section 1 of this

24 Act.
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1 (b) Within 18 months of the date of enactment of

2 this Act, the Secretary of the Interior shall identify public

3 domain lands within the Medford, Roseburg, Eugene,

4 Salem and Coos Bay Districts and the Klamath Resource

5 Area of the Lakeview District of the Bureau of Land Man6 agement approximately equal in size and condition as

7 those lands identified in subsection (a) but not subject to

8 the Act of August 28, 1937 (chapter 876, title II, 50 Stat.

9 875; 43 U.S.C. sec. 1181a–f). For purposes of this sub10 section, ‘‘public domain lands’’ shall have the meaning

11 given the term ‘‘public lands’’ in section 103 of the Fed12 eral Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C.

13 1702), but excluding therefrom any lands managed pursu14 ant to the Act of August 28, 1937 (chapter 876, title II,

15 50 Stat. 875; 43 U.S.C. 1181a–f).

16 (c) Within 2 years after the date of enactment of this

17 Act, the Secretary of the Interior shall submit to Congress

18 and publish in the Federal Register a map or maps identi19 fying those public domain lands pursuant to subsections

20 (a) and (b) of this section. After an opportunity for public

21 comment, the Secretary of the Interior shall complete an

22 administrative land reclassification such that those lands

23 identified pursuant to subsection (a) become public do24 main lands not subject to the distribution provision of the

25 Act of August 28, 1937 (chapter 876, title II, 50 Stat.
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1 875; 43 U.S.C. Sec. 1181f) and those lands identified pur2 suant to subsection (b) become Oregon and California

3 Railroad lands (O&C lands) subject to the Act of August

4 28, 1937 (chapter 876, title II, 50 Stat. 875; 43 U.S.C.

5 1181a–f).

6 SEC. 4. ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION.

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—In order to further the purposes

8 of this Act, there is hereby authorized to be appropriated

9 $10,000,000 under the provisions of section 323 of the

10 FY 1999 Interior Appropriations Act (P.L. 105–277) for

11 Clackamas County, Oregon, for watershed restoration, ex12 cept timber extraction, that protects or enhances water

13 quality or relates to the recovery of species listed pursuant

14 to the Endangered Species Act (P.L. 93–205) near the

15 Bull Run Management Unit.

Passed the Senate October 5 (legislative day, September 22), 2000.

Attest: GARY SISCO,

Secretary.