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[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3488 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3488

 To amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to make technical corrections 
       to the segment designations for the Chetco River, Oregon.

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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 15, 2010

Mr. Wyden (for himself and Mr. Merkley) 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 amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to make technical corrections 
       to the segment designations for the Chetco River, Oregon.

    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 ``Chetco River Protection Act''.

SEC. 2. TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS TO THE WILD AND SCENIC RIVERS ACT.

    Section 3(a)(69) of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act (16 U.S.C. 
1274(a)(69)) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C) as 
        clauses (i), (ii), and (iii), respectively, and indenting 
        appropriately;
            (2) in the matter preceding clause (i) (as so 
        redesignated), by striking ``The 44.5-mile'' and inserting the 
        following:
                    ``(A) Designations.--The 44.5-mile'';
            (3) in clause (i) (as so redesignated)--
                    (A) by striking ``25.5-mile'' and inserting ``27.5-
                mile''; and
                    (B) by striking ``Boulder Creek at the Kalmiopsis 
                Wilderness boundary'' and inserting ``Mislatnah 
                Creek'';
            (4) in clause (ii) (as so redesignated)--
                    (A) by striking ``8'' and inserting ``7.5''; and
                    (B) by striking ``Boulder Creek to Steel Bridge'' 
                and inserting ``Mislatnah Creek to Eagle Creek'';
            (5) in clause (iii) (as so redesignated)--
                    (A) by striking ``11'' and inserting ``9.5''; and
                    (B) by striking ``Steel Bridge'' and inserting 
                ``Eagle Creek''; and
            (6) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(B) Withdrawal.--Subject to valid rights, the 
                Federal land within the boundaries of the river 
                segments designated by subparagraph (A), is withdrawn 
                from all forms of--
                            ``(i) entry, appropriation, or disposal 
                        under the public land laws;
                            ``(ii) location, entry, and patent under 
                        the mining laws; and
                            ``(iii) disposition under all laws 
                        pertaining to mineral and geothermal leasing or 
                        mineral materials.''.
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