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114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 346 

To withdraw certain land located in Curry County and Josephine County, 

Oregon, from all forms of entry, appropriation, or disposal under the 

public land laws, location, entry, and patent under the mining laws, 

and operation under the mineral leasing and geothermal leasing laws, 

and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

FEBRUARY 3, 2015 

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 

A BILL 

To withdraw certain land located in Curry County and Josephine County, Oregon, from all forms of entry, appropriation, or disposal under the public land laws, location, 

entry, and patent under the mining laws, and operation 

under the mineral leasing and geothermal leasing laws, 

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, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Southwestern Oregon 

5 Watershed and Salmon Protection Act of 2015’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

2 In this Act: 

3 (1) ELIGIBLE FEDERAL LAND.—The term ‘‘eli4 gible Federal land’’ means— 

5 (A) any federally owned land or interest in 

6 land depicted on the Maps as within the Hunter 

7 Creek and Pistol River Headwaters Withdrawal 

8 Proposal or the Rough and Ready and Baldface 

9 Creeks Mineral Withdrawal Proposal; or 

10 (B) any land or interest in land located 

11 within such withdrawal proposals that is ac12 quired by the Federal Government after the 

13 date of enactment of this Act. 

14 (2) MAPS.—The term ‘‘Maps’’ means— 

15 (A) the Bureau of Land Management map 

16 entitled ‘‘Hunter Creek and Pistol River Head17 waters Withdrawal Proposal’’ dated June 25, 

18 2014; and 

19 (B) the Bureau of Land Management map 

20 entitled ‘‘Rough and Ready and Baldface 

21 Creeks Mineral Withdrawal Proposal’’ dated 

22 June 12, 2014. 

23 SEC. 3. WITHDRAWAL OF FEDERAL LAND, CURRY COUNTY 

24 AND JOSEPHINE COUNTY, OREGON. 

25 (a) WITHDRAWAL.—Subject to valid existing rights, 

26 the eligible Federal land is withdrawn from all forms of— 


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1 (1) entry, appropriation, or disposal under the 

2 public land laws; 

3 (2) location, entry, and patent under the mining 

4 laws; and 

5 (3) operation under the mineral leasing and 

6 geothermal leasing laws. 

7 (b) AVAILABILITY OF MAPS.—Not later than 30 days 

8 after the date of enactment of this Act, the Maps shall 

9 be made available to the public at each appropriate office 

10 of the Bureau of Land Management. 

11 SEC. 4. EXISTING USES NOT AFFECTED. 

12 Except with respect to the withdrawal under section 

13 3, nothing in this Act restricts recreational uses, hunting, 

14 fishing, forest management activities, or other authorized 

15 uses allowed on the date of enactment of this Act on the 

16 eligible Federal land in accordance with applicable law. 

17 SEC. 5. TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS TO WILD AND SCENIC 

18 RIVERS ACT RELATING TO THE CHETCO 

19 RIVER, OREGON. 

20 Paragraph (69) of section 3(a) of the Wild and Scenic 

21 Rivers Act (16 U.S.C. 1274(a)) is amended to read as fol22 lows: 

23 ‘‘(69) CHETCO, OREGON.— 

24 ‘‘(A) DESIGNATIONS.—The 44.5-mile segment from 

25 its headwaters to the Siskiyou National Forest boundary; 


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1 to be administered by the Secretary of Agriculture in the 

2 following classes: 

3 ‘‘(i) The 27.5-mile segment from its 

4 headwaters to Mislatnah Creek as a wild 

5 river. 

6 ‘‘(ii) The 7.5-mile segment from 

7 Mislatnah Creek to Eagle Creek as a sce8 nic river. 

9 ‘‘(iii) The 9.5-mile segment from 

10 Eagle Creek to the Siskiyou National For11 est boundary, one mile below Wilson 

12 Creek, as a recreational river. 

13 ‘‘(B) WITHDRAWAL.—Subject to valid rights, the 

14 Federal land within the boundaries of the river segments 

15 designated by subparagraph (A), is withdrawn from all 

16 forms of— 

17 ‘‘(i) entry, appropriation, or disposal 

18 under the public land laws; 

19 ‘‘(ii) location, entry, and patent under 

20 the mining laws; and 

21 ‘‘(iii) operation under the mineral 

22 leasing and geothermal leasing laws.’’. 

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