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110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1802 

To adjust the boundaries of the Frank Church River of No Return Wilderness 

in the State of Idaho. 

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 

A BILL 

To adjust the boundaries of the Frank Church River of 

No Return Wilderness in the State of Idaho. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Idaho Wilderness 

5 Boundary Modification Act of 2007’’. 

6 SEC. 2. PURPOSES. 

7 The purposes of this Act are— 

8 (1) to adjust the boundaries of the wilderness 

9 area; and 


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1 (2) to authorize the Secretary to resolve con2 flicts relating to the private use of the land des3 ignated for exclusion. 

4 SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 

5 In this Act: 

6 (1) LAND DESIGNATED FOR EXCLUSION.—The 

7 term ‘‘land designated for exclusion’’ means the par8 cel of land that is— 

9 (A) comprised of approximately 10.197 

10 acres of land; 

11 (B) depicted on the survey; and 

12 (C) more particularly described as— 

13 (i) beginning at the point of intersec14 tion of a line parallel with, and offset 300 

15 feet northwesterly from, the line between 

16 corners 2 and 3, Homestead Entry Survey 

17 No. 74, and a line parallel with, and offset 

18 300 feet northwesterly from, the line be19 tween corners 3 and 4, Homestead Entry 

20 Survey No. 74; 

21 (ii) thence north, 946.94 feet to the 

22 point of intersection with a line parallel 

23 with, and offset 300 feet southwesterly 

24 from, the line between corners 1 and 8, 

25 Homestead Entry Survey No. 135; 


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1 (iii) thence S. 52056’ 28’’ E., 271.13 

2 feet along said line to the point of intersec3 tion with a line parallel with, and offset 

4 300 feet southerly from, the line between 

5 corners 7 and 8, Homestead Entry Survey 

6 No. 135; 

7 (iv) thence along said line N. 81°34’ 

8 20’’ E., 868.03 feet to the point of inter9 section with a line parallel with, and offset 

10 300 feet northwesterly from, the line be11 tween corners 4 and 5, Homestead Entry 

12 Survey No. 74; 

13 (v) thence along said line S. 4640’ 

14 46’’ W., 509.91 feet to the point of inter15 section with a line parallel with, and offset 

16 300 feet northwesterly from, the line be17 tween corners 3 and 4, Homestead Entry 

18 Survey No. 74; and 

19 (vi) thence along said line S. 51027’ 

20 18’’ W., 900.18 feet, to the point of begin21 ning. 

22 (2) LAND DESIGNATED FOR INCLUSION.—The 

23 term ‘‘land designated for inclusion’’ means the par24 cel of National Forest System land that is— 


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1 (A) comprised of approximately 10.2 acres 

2 of land; 

3 (B) located in unsurveyed section 22, T. 

4 14 N., R. 13 E., Boise Meridian, Custer Coun5 ty, Idaho; and 

6 (C) more particularly described as— 

7 (i) beginning at the point of intersec8 tion of the westerly extension of the east9 west line passing through the confluence of 

10 No Name Creek and Loon Creek with the 

11 6000-foot contour; 

12 (ii) thence east to the 6200-foot con13 tour; 

14 (iii) thence northerly along the 6200- 

15 foot contour 312 feet; 

16 (iv) thence west to the 6000-foot con17 tour; and 

18 (v) thence along the 6000-foot contour 

19 308 feet to the point of beginning. 

20 (3) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

21 the Secretary of Agriculture. 

22 (4) SURVEY.—The term ‘‘survey’’ means the 

23 survey plat entitled ‘‘Proposed Boundary Chage 

24 FCRONRW Sections 15 (Unsurveyed), Township 14 

25 North, Range 13 East, B.M. Custer County, Idaho’’, 


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1 prepared by C. Hoffman & Schroeder, and dated 

2 November 14, 2001. 

3 (5) WILDERNESS AREA.—The term ‘‘wilderness 

4 area’’ means the Frank Church River of No Return 

5 Wilderness designated by section 3 of the Central 

6 Idaho Wilderness Act of 1980 (16 U.S.C. 1132 note; 

7 94 Stat. 948). 

8 SEC. 4. BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT. 

9 (a) ADJUSTMENT TO WILDERNESS AREA.— 

10 (1) INCLUSION.—The wilderness area shall in11 clude the land designated for inclusion. 

12 (2) EXCLUSION.—The wilderness area shall not 

13 include the land designated for exclusion. 

14 (b) CORRECTIONS TO SURVEY.—The Secretary may 

15 make corrections to the survey. 

16 (c) AUTHORIZATION OF SECRETARY.—Notwith17 standing the acreage requirement described in section 3(2) 

18 of Public Law 97–465 (commonly known as the ‘‘Small 

19 Tracts Act’’) (16 U.S.C. 521e(2)), the Secretary may re20 solve any encroachment on the land designated for exclu21 sion in accordance with that section. 

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