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Calendar No. 406

105TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION S. 1683

To transfer administrative jurisdiction over part of the Lake Chelan National

Recreation Area from the Secretary of the Interior to the Secretary

of Agriculture for inclusion in the Wenatchee National Forest.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

FEBRUARY 26, 1998

Mr. GORTON introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred

to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

JUNE 10, 1998

Reported by Mr. MURKOWSKI, with an amendment

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic]

A BILL

To transfer administrative jurisdiction over part of the Lake

Chelan National Recreation Area from the Secretary of

the Interior to the Secretary of Agriculture for inclusion

in the Wenatchee National Forest.

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. TRANSFER OF ADMINISTRATIVE JURISDIC2 TION.

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—Administrative jurisdiction over

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

5 the Secretary of the Interior to the Secretary of Agri6 culture.

7 (b) LAND DESCRIPTION.—The land referred to in

8 subsection (a) is approximately 88 acres of land depicted

9 on the map entitled ‘‘Lake Chelan National Recreation

10 Area’’, and numbered 168/92,000, segment 01, sheet 2 of

11 10, and dated May 1969.

12 (c) MAP.—The map shall be on file and available for

13 public inspection in the offices of the superintendent of

14 the Lake Chelan National Recreation Area and the Direc15 tor of the National Park Service, Department of the Inte16 rior, and in the Office of the Chief of the Forest Service,

17 Department of Agriculture.

18 (d) INCLUSION IN WENATCHEE NATIONAL FOR19 EST.—The land transferred by subsection (a) shall—

20 (1) be part of the Wenatchee National Forest;

21 and

22 (2) be managed by the Secretary of Agriculture

23 in accordance with the law (including regulations)

24 pertaining to the National Forest System.

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

26 purposes of section 7 of the Land and Water Conservation
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1 Fund Act of 1965 (16 U.S.C. 460l–9), the boundaries of

2 the Wenatchee National Forest, as adjusted by this Act,

3 shall be considered to be the boundaries of the Wenatchee

4 National Forest as of January 1, 1965.

5 SECTION 1. BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENTS, LAKE CHELAN NA6 TIONAL RECREATION AREA AND WENATCHEE

7 NATIONAL FOREST, WASHINGTON.

8 (a) BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENTS.—

9 (1) LAKE CHELAN NATIONAL RECREATION

10 AREA.—The boundary of the Lake Chelan National

11 Recreation Area, established by section 202 of Public

12 Law 90–544 (16 U.S.C. 90a–1), is hereby adjusted to

13 exclude a parcel of land and waters consisting of ap14 proximately 88 acres, as depicted on the map entitled

15 ‘‘Proposed Management Units, North Cascades, Wash16 ington’’, numbered NP–CAS–7002A, originally dated

17 October 1967, and revised July 13, 1994.

18 (2) WENATCHEE NATIONAL FOREST.—The

19 boundary of the Wenatchee National Forest is hereby

20 adjusted to include the parcel of land and waters de21 scribed in paragraph (1).

22 (3) AVAILABILITY OF MAP.—The map referred to

23 in paragraph (1) shall be on file and available for

24 public inspection in the offices of the superintendent

25 of the Lake Chelan National Recreation Area and the
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1 Director of the National Park Service, Department of

2 the Interior, and in the office of the Chief of the For3 est Service, Department of Agriculture.

4 (b) TRANSFER OF ADMINISTRATIVE JURISDICTION.—

5 Administrative jurisdiction over Federal land and waters

6 in the parcel covered by the boundary adjustments in sub7 section (a) is transferred from the Secretary of the Interior

8 to the Secretary of Agriculture, and the transferred land

9 and waters shall be managed by the Secretary of Agri10 culture in accordance with the laws and regulations per11 taining to the National Forest System.

12 (c) LAND AND WATER CONSERVATION FUND.—For

13 purposes of section 7 of the Land and Water Conservation

14 Fund Act of 1965 (16 U.S.C. 460l–9), the boundaries of

15 the Wenatchee National Forest, as adjusted by subsection

16 (a), shall be considered to be the boundaries of the

17 Wenatchee National Forest as of January 1, 1965.

Calendar No. 406

105TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION S. 1683

A BILL

To transfer administrative jurisdiction over part of

tional Forest.Agriculture for inclusion in the Wenatchee Nathe Secretary of the Interior to the Secretary ofthe Lake Chelan National Recreation Area from

JUNE 10, 1998

Reported with an amendment