In the Senate of the United States, 

May 7, 2010. 

Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representatives (H.R. 689) entitled ‘‘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.’’, do pass with the following 

AMENDMENT: 

Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert: 

1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Shasta-Trinity National 

3 Forest Administrative Jurisdiction Transfer Act’’. 

4 SEC. 2. TRANSFER OF ADMINISTRATIVE JURISDICTION TO 

5 THE BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT. 

6 (a) IN GENERAL.—Administrative jurisdiction over 

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

8 from the Secretary of Agriculture to the Secretary of the 

9 Interior. 
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1 (b) DESCRIPTION OF LAND.—The Federal land re2 ferred to in subsection (a) is the land within the Shasta3 Trinity National Forest in California, Mount Diablo Me4 ridian, as generally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘Shasta5 Trinity Administrative Jurisdiction Transfer: Transfer 

6 from Forest Service to BLM, Map 1’’ and dated November 

7 23, 2009. 

8 (c) MANAGEMENT AND STATUS OF TRANSFERRED

9 LAND.—The Federal land described in subsection (b) shall 

10 be administered in accordance with— 

11 (1) the Federal Land Policy and Management 

12 Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.); and 

13 (2) any other applicable law (including regula14 tions). 

15 SEC. 3. TRANSFER OF ADMINISTRATIVE JURISDICTION TO 

16 THE FOREST SERVICE. 

17 (a) IN GENERAL.—Administrative jurisdiction over 

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

19 from the Secretary of the Interior to the Secretary of Agri20 culture. 

21 (b) DESCRIPTION OF LAND.—The Federal land re22 ferred to in subsection (a) is the land administered by the 

23 Director of the Bureau of Land Management in the Mount 

24 Diablo Meridian, California, as generally depicted on the 

25 map entitled ‘‘Shasta-Trinity Administrative Jurisdiction 
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1 Transfer: Transfer from BLM to Forest Service, Map 2’’ 

2 and dated November 23, 2009. 

3 (c) MANAGEMENT AND STATUS OF TRANSFERRED

4 LAND.— 

5 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Federal land described in 

6 subsection (b) shall be— 

7 (A) withdrawn from the public domain; 

8 (B) reserved for administration as part of 

9 the Shasta-Trinity National Forest; and 

10 (C) managed in accordance with the laws 

11 (including the regulations) generally applicable 

12 to the National Forest System. 

13 (2) WILDERNESS ADMINISTRATION.—The land 

14 transferred to the Secretary of Agriculture under sub15 section (a) that is within the Trinity Alps Wilderness 

16 shall— 

17 (A) not affect the wilderness status of the 

18 transferred land; and 

19 (B) be administered in accordance with— 

20 (i) this section; 

21 (ii) the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 

22 et seq.); and 

23 (iii) the California Wilderness Act of 

24 1984 (16 U.S.C. 1132 note; Public Law 98– 

25 425). 
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1 SEC. 4. ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS. 

2 (a) CORRECTIONS.— 

3 (1) MINOR ADJUSTMENTS.—The Secretary of Ag4 riculture and the Secretary of the Interior may, by 

5 mutual agreement, make minor corrections and ad6 justments to the transfers under this Act to facilitate 

7 land management, including corrections and adjust8 ments to any applicable surveys. 

9 (2) PUBLICATIONS.—Any corrections or adjust10 ments made under subsection (a) shall be effective on 

11 the date of publication of a notice of the corrections 

12 or adjustments in the Federal Register. 

13 (b) HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES.— 

14 (1) NOTICE.—The Secretary of Agriculture and 

15 the Secretary of the Interior shall, with respect to the 

16 land described in sections 2(b) and 3(b), respec17 tively— 

18 (A) identify any known sites containing 

19 hazardous substances; and 

20 (B) provide to the head of the Federal agen21 cy to which the land is being transferred notice 

22 of any sites identified under subparagraph (A). 

23 (2) CLEANUP OBLIGATIONS.—To the same extent 

24 as on the day before the date of enactment of this Act, 

25 with respect to any Federal liability— 
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1 (A) the Secretary of Agriculture shall re2 main responsible for any cleanup of hazardous 

3 substances on the Federal land described in sec4 tion 2(b); and 

5 (B) the Secretary of the Interior shall re6 main responsible for any cleanup of hazardous 

7 substances on the Federal land described in sec8 tion 3(b). 

9 (c) EFFECT ON EXISTING RIGHTS AND AUTHORIZA10 TIONS.—Nothing in this Act affects— 

11 (1) any valid existing rights; or 

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

13 existing withdrawal, right-of-way, easement, lease, li14 cense, or permit on the land to which administrative 

15 jurisdiction is transferred under this Act, except that 

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

17 head of the agency to which administrative jurisdic18 tion over the land is transferred shall be responsible 

19 for administering the interests or authorizations (in20 cluding reissuing the interests or authorizations in 

21 accordance with applicable law). 

Attest: 

Secretary. 
111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H.R. 689 

AMENDMENT