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111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 689 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JUNE 3, 2009 

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural 

Resources 

AN ACT 

To interchange the administrative jurisdiction of certain Federal lands 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, 


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1 SECTION 1. INTERCHANGE OF LANDS TO THE BUREAU OF 

2 LAND MANAGEMENT. 

3 (a) INTERCHANGE.—Effective on the date of the en4 actment of this Act, administrative jurisdiction of the fed5 erally owned lands described in subsection (b) is trans6 ferred from the Secretary of Agriculture to the Secretary 

7 of the Interior to be subject to the laws, rules, and regula8 tions applicable to the public lands administered by the 

9 Bureau of Land Management (hereafter in this Act re10 ferred to as the ‘‘BLM’’). 

11 (b) LANDS AFFECTED.—Except as provided in sub12 section (c), the lands transferred to the administration of 

13 the Secretary of the Interior, through the BLM, under 

14 subsection (a) are those heretofore within the Shasta15 Trinity National Forest in California, Mount Diablo Me16 ridian, as shown on the map titled ‘‘H.R. 689, Transfer 

17 from Forest Service to BLM, Map 1’’, dated April 21, 

18 2009. 

19 (c) EXCEPTED LANDS.—Excepted from the transfer 

20 under this section are those lands within the Shasta Dam 

21 Reclamation Zone which shall continue to be administered 

22 by the Secretary of the Interior through the Bureau of 

23 Reclamation. 

24 SEC. 2. INTERCHANGE OF LANDS TO THE FOREST SERVICE. 

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1 erally owned lands described in subsection (b) is trans2 ferred from the Secretary of the Interior to the Secretary 

3 of Agriculture to be subject to the laws, rules, and regula4 tions applicable to the National Forest System. Such lands 

5 are hereby withdrawn from the public domain and re6 served for administration as part of the Shasta-Trinity 

7 National Forest. 

8 (b) LANDS AFFECTED.—The lands transferred to the 

9 administration of the Secretary of Agriculture, through 

10 the Forest Service, under subsection (a), are those here11 tofore administered by the BLM in California, Mount Dia12 blo Meridian, as shown on the map titled ‘‘H.R. 689, 

13 Transfer from BLM to Forest Service, Map 2’’, dated 

14 April 21, 2009. 

15 (c) WILDERNESS ADMINISTRATION.—The transfer of 

16 administrative jurisdiction from the BLM to the Forest 

17 Service of certain lands previously designated as part of 

18 the Trinity Alps Wilderness shall not affect the wilderness 

19 status of such lands. 

20 (d) LAND AND WATER CONSERVATION FUND.—For 

21 the purposes of section 7 of the Land and Water Con22 servation Fund Act of 1965 (16 U.S.C. 460l–9), the 

23 boundaries of the Shasta-Trinity National Forest, as ad24 justed pursuant to this Act, shall be considered the bound25 aries of that national forest as of January 1, 1965. 


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1 SEC. 3. EXISTING RIGHTS AND AUTHORIZATIONS. 

2 Nothing in this Act shall affect any valid existing 

3 rights, nor affect the validity or term and conditions of 

4 any existing withdrawal, right-of-way, easement, lease, li5 cense or permit on lands transferred by this Act, except 

6 that any such authorization shall be administered by the 

7 agency having jurisdiction of the land after the enactment 

8 of this Act in accordance with applicable law. Reissuance 

9 of any such authorization shall be in accordance with ap10 plicable law and regulations of the agency having jurisdic11 tion. 

12 SEC. 4. HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES. 

13 (a) NOTICE.—The Forest Service for lands described 

14 in section 1, and the BLM for lands described in section 

15 2, shall identify any known sites containing hazardous 

16 substances and provide such information to the receiving 

17 agency. 

18 (b) CLEAN UP OBLIGATIONS.—The clean up of haz19 ardous substances on lands transferred by this Act shall 

20 be the responsibility of the agency having jurisdiction over 

21 the lands on the day before the date of the enactment of 

22 this Act. 

23 SEC. 5. CORRECTIONS. 

24 (a) MINOR ADJUSTMENTS.—The Director of the 

25 BLM and the Chief of the Forest Service, may, by mutual 

26 agreement, effect minor corrections and adjustments to 


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1 the interchange provided for in this Act to facilitate land 

2 management, including survey. 

3 (b) PUBLICATIONS.—Any corrections or adjustments 

4 made under subsection (a) shall be effective upon publica5 tion of a notice in the Federal Register. 

Passed the House of Representatives June 2, 2009. 

Attest: LORRAINE C. MILLER, 

Clerk. 


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