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106TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION S. 2691

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.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

JUNE 7 (legislative day, JUNE 6), 2000

Mr. WYDEN (for himself and Mr. SMITH of Oregon) introduced the following

bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and

Natural Resources

A BILL

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,

3 SECTION 1. INCLUSION OF ADDITIONAL PORTION OF THE

4 LITTLE SANDY RIVER WATERSHED IN THE

5 BULL RUN WATERSHED MANAGEMENT UNIT,

6 OREGON.

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

8 482b note) is amended by striking section 1 and inserting

9 the following:
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1 ‘‘SECTION 1. ESTABLISHMENT OF SPECIAL RESOURCES

2 MANAGEMENT UNIT; DEFINITION OF SEC3 RETARY.

4 ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—

5 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—There is established, sub6 ject to valid existing rights, a special resources man7 agement unit in the State of Oregon comprising ap8 proximately 98,272 acres, as depicted on a map

9 dated May 2000, and entitled ‘Bull Run Watershed

10 Management Unit’.

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

12 (1) shall be on file and available for public inspec13 tion in the offices of the Regional Forester-Pacific

14 Northwest Region, Forest Service, Department of

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

16 Bureau of Land Management, Department of the

17 Interior.

18 ‘‘(3) BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENTS.—Minor adjust19 ments in the boundaries of the unit may be made

20 from time to time by the Secretary after consulta21 tion with the city and appropriate public notice and

22 hearings.

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

24 term ‘Secretary’ means—
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1 ‘‘(1) with respect to land administered by the

2 Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of Agri3 culture; and

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

5 Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary of the Inte6 rior.’’.

7 (b) CONFORMING AND TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.—

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

9 U.S.C. 482b note) is amended by striking ‘‘Sec10 retary of Agriculture’’ each place it appears (except

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

12 (a), and except in the amendments made by para13 graph (2)) and inserting ‘‘Secretary’’.

14 (2) APPLICABLE LAW.—

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

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

17 by striking ‘‘applicable to National Forest Sys18 tem lands’’ and inserting ‘‘applicable to Na19 tional Forest System land (in the case of land

20 administered by the Secretary of Agriculture)

21 or applicable to land under the administrative

22 jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management

23 (in the case of land administered by the Sec24 retary of the Interior)’’.
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1 (B) MANAGEMENT PLANS.—The first sen2 tence of section 2(c) of Public Law 95–200 (16

3 U.S.C. 482b note) is amended—

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

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

6 (b)’’; and

7 (ii) by striking ‘‘, through the mainte8 nance’’ and inserting ‘‘(in the case of land

9 administered by the Secretary of Agri10 culture) or section 202 of the Federal

11 Land Policy and Management Act of 1976

12 (43 U.S.C. 1712) (in the case of land ad13 ministered by the Secretary of the Inte14 rior), through the maintenance’’.

15 SEC. 2. MANAGEMENT.

16 (a) TIMBER HARVESTING RESTRICTIONS.—Section

17 2(b) of Public Law 95–200 (16 U.S.C. 482b note) is

18 amended by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the fol19 lowing:

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

21 the Secretary shall prohibit the cutting of trees on

22 Federal land in the entire unit, as designated in sec23 tion 1 and depicted on the map referred to in that

24 section.’’.
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1 (b) REPEAL OF MANAGEMENT EXCEPTION.—The

2 Oregon Resource Conservation Act of 1996 (division B of

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

4 (110 Stat. 3009–543).

5 (c) REPEAL OF DUPLICATIVE ENACTMENT.—Section

6 1026 of division I of the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands

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

8 4228) and the amendments made by that section are re9 pealed.

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

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

12 rights held by any person or entity.

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