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[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1802 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1802

    To adjust the boundaries of the Frank Church River of No Return 
                   Wilderness in the State of Idaho.

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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 17, 2007

   Mr. Craig introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
       referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL

 
    To adjust the boundaries of the Frank Church River of No Return 
                   Wilderness in the State of Idaho.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Idaho Wilderness Boundary 
Modification Act of 2007''.

SEC. 2. PURPOSES.

    The purposes of this Act are--
            (1) to adjust the boundaries of the wilderness area; and
            (2) to authorize the Secretary to resolve conflicts 
        relating to the private use of the land designated for 
        exclusion.

SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Land designated for exclusion.--The term ``land 
        designated for exclusion'' means the parcel of land that is--
                    (A) comprised of approximately 10.197 acres of 
                land;
                    (B) depicted on the survey; and
                    (C) more particularly described as--
                            (i) beginning at the point of intersection 
                        of a line parallel with, and offset 300 feet 
                        northwesterly from, the line between corners 2 
                        and 3, Homestead Entry Survey No. 74, and a 
                        line parallel with, and offset 300 feet 
                        northwesterly from, the line between corners 3 
                        and 4, Homestead Entry Survey No. 74;
                            (ii) thence north, 946.94 feet to the point 
                        of intersection with a line parallel with, and 
                        offset 300 feet southwesterly from, the line 
                        between corners 1 and 8, Homestead Entry Survey 
                        No. 135;
                            (iii) thence S. 52056' 28'' E., 271.13 feet 
                        along said line to the point of intersection 
                        with a line parallel with, and offset 300 feet 
                        southerly from, the line between corners 7 and 
                        8, Homestead Entry Survey No. 135;
                            (iv) thence along said line N. 8134' 20'' 
                        E., 868.03 feet to the point of intersection 
                        with a line parallel with, and offset 300 feet 
                        northwesterly from, the line between corners 4 
                        and 5, Homestead Entry Survey No. 74;
                            (v) thence along said line S. 4640' 46'' 
                        W., 509.91 feet to the point of intersection 
                        with a line parallel with, and offset 300 feet 
                        northwesterly from, the line between corners 3 
                        and 4, Homestead Entry Survey No. 74; and
                            (vi) thence along said line S. 51027' 18'' 
                        W., 900.18 feet, to the point of beginning.
            (2) Land designated for inclusion.--The term ``land 
        designated for inclusion'' means the parcel of National Forest 
        System land that is--
                    (A) comprised of approximately 10.2 acres of land;
                    (B) located in unsurveyed section 22, T. 14 N., R. 
                13 E., Boise Meridian, Custer County, Idaho; and
                    (C) more particularly described as--
                            (i) beginning at the point of intersection 
                        of the westerly extension of the east-west line 
                        passing through the confluence of No Name Creek 
                        and Loon Creek with the 6000-foot contour;
                            (ii) thence east to the 6200-foot contour;
                            (iii) thence northerly along the 6200-foot 
                        contour 312 feet;
                            (iv) thence west to the 6000-foot contour; 
                        and
                            (v) thence along the 6000-foot contour 308 
                        feet to the point of beginning.
            (3) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of Agriculture.
            (4) Survey.--The term ``survey'' means the survey plat 
        entitled ``Proposed Boundary Chage FCRONRW Sections 15 
        (Unsurveyed), Township 14 North, Range 13 East, B.M. Custer 
        County, Idaho'', prepared by C. Hoffman & Schroeder, and dated 
        November 14, 2001.
            (5) Wilderness area.--The term ``wilderness area'' means 
        the Frank Church River of No Return Wilderness designated by 
        section 3 of the Central Idaho Wilderness Act of 1980 (16 
        U.S.C. 1132 note; 94 Stat. 948).

SEC. 4. BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT.

    (a) Adjustment to Wilderness Area.--
            (1) Inclusion.--The wilderness area shall include the land 
        designated for inclusion.
            (2) Exclusion.--The wilderness area shall not include the 
        land designated for exclusion.
    (b) Corrections to Survey.--The Secretary may make corrections to 
the survey.
    (c) Authorization of Secretary.--Notwithstanding the acreage 
requirement described in section 3(2) of Public Law 97-465 (commonly 
known as the ``Small Tracts Act'') (16 U.S.C. 521e(2)), the Secretary 
may resolve any encroachment on the land designated for exclusion in 
accordance with that section.
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