Union Calendar No. 387
103D CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 2866
[Report No. 103–667, Parts I and II]
A BILL
To provide for the sound management and protec-
tion of Redwood forest areas in Humboldt Coun-
ty, California, by adding certain lands and waters
to the Six Rivers National Forest and by includ-
ing a portion of such lands in the national wil-
derness preservation system.
AUGUST 16, 1994
Reported from the Committee on Agriculture with an
amendment, and referred to the Committee on Mer-
chant Marine and Fisheries for a period ending not
later than August 16, 1994, for consideration of such
provisions contained in the bill and amendment as fall
within the jurisdiction of that committee pursuant to
clause 1(m), rule X
Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries dis-
charged; committed to the Committee of the Whole
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be
printed
IB
Union Calendar No. 387
103D CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 2866
[Report No. 103–667, Parts I and II]
To provide for the sound management and protection of Redwood forest
areas in Humboldt County, California, by adding certain lands and
waters to the Six Rivers National Forest and by including a portion
of such lands in the national wilderness preservation system.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
AUGUST 4, 1993
Mr. HAMBURG (for himself, Mr. STARK, Mr. STUDDS, Mr. GEPHARDT, Mr.
MILLER of California, Mr. WAXMAN, Mr. DEFAZIO, Ms. WOOLSEY, Mrs.
SCHROEDER, Mr. MATSUI, Mr. MINETA, Mr. BRYANT, Mr. VENTO, Mr.
RAVENEL, Mr. ABERCROMBIE, Mr. RICHARDSON, Mr. SMITH of Iowa,
Ms. FURSE, Mr. EDWARDS of California, Mr. SABO, Mr. BROWN of Ohio,
Mr. POSHARD, Miss COLLINS of Michigan, Mr. ACKERMAN, Mr. DEL-
LUMS, Mr. ANDREWS of Maine, Mr. OLVER, Ms. MOLINARI, Mr. MAR-
KEY, Mr. BARRETT of Wisconsin, Mr. BEILENSON, Mr. BERMAN, Mr.
BISHOP, Mrs. MINK, Mr. BLACKWELL, Mr. SERRANO, Mr. BONIOR, Mr.
WASHINGTON, Mr. BROWN of California, Mr. JACOBS, Mr. COLEMAN,
Mr. MFUME, Ms. WATERS, Mr. WATT, Mr. TORRES, Mrs. CLAYTON, Mr.
RAHALL, Mr. CLYBURN, Mr. DIXON, Mrs. COLLINS of Illinois, Mr.
KOPETSKI, Mr. LANCASTER, Mr. ENGEL, Ms. SHEPHERD, Mr.
UNDERWOOD, Ms. ESHOO, Mr. INSLEE, Mr. POMEROY, Ms. ROYBAL-AL-
LARD, Mr. JOHNSON of South Dakota, Mr. EVANS, Mr. LIPINSKI, Mr.
FALEOMAVAEGA, Mr. MORAN, Mr. OWENS, Mr. PASTOR, Mr. FARR of
California, Mr. FILNER, Mr. HINCHEY, Mr. SCHUMER, Mr. FRANK of
Massachusetts, Mr. LANTOS, Mr. MARTINEZ, Mr. MCHALE, Mrs. MEEK,
Ms. PELOSI, Mrs. UNSOELD, Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ, Mr. ROMERO-BARCELO´,
Mr. SANDERS, and Mr. SHARP) introduced the following bill; which was
referred jointly to the Committees on Natural Resources and Agriculture
AUGUST 4, 1994
Reported from the Committee on Natural Resources with an amendment
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic]
AUGUST 16, 1994
Additional sponsors: Mr. KENNEDY, Mr. DE LUGO, Ms. MCKINNEY, Mr.
GEJDENSON, Mr. BARLOW, Mrs. MEYERS of Kansas, Mr. MURPHY, Mr.
TUCKER, Ms. SCHENK, Mr. MINGE, Mr. BAESLER, Mr. COPPERSMITH,
Mr. HILLIARD, Mr. KLEIN, Ms. ENGLISH of Arizona, Mr. THOMPSON of
Mississippi, Mr. PETERSON of Minnesota, Mr. BECERRA, Mr. TOWNS,
Mr. LEWIS of Georgia, Mr. FINGERHUT, Mr. FOGLIETTA, Mr. SCOTT,
Ms. LAMBERT, Mr. SHAYS, Mrs. MALONEY, Mr. MACHTLEY, Mr. YATES,
Mr. RANGEL, Mr. FLAKE, Mr. NADLER, Mr. GLICKMAN, Mr. SARPALIUS,
Mr. JEFFERSON, Mr. MCCLOSKEY, Ms. SLAUGHTER, Mr. KILDEE, Mr.
DEUTSCH, Mr. NEAL of Massachusetts, Mr. GUTIERREZ, Mr. CONYERS,
Mr. CLAY, Mr. JOHNSTON of Florida, Mr. BOEHLERT, Mr. MEEHAN, Ms.
NORTON, Mr. PRICE of North Carolina, Mrs. MORELLA, Mr. ZIMMER,
Mr. LEVIN, Mr. VALENTINE, Mr. HOCHBRUECKNER, Mr. FORD of Ten-
nessee, Ms. BROWN of Florida, Mr. NEAL of North Carolina, Mr.
STRICKLAND, Mr. BILBRAY, Mr. SKAGGS, Mr. TRAFICANT, Mr. PORTER,
Mr. KREIDLER, and Mrs. LOWEY
Deleted sponsor: Mr. STUPAK (added May 4, 1994; deleted June 22, 1994)
AUGUST 16, 1994
Reported from the Committee on Agriculture with an amendment, and re-
ferred to the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries for a period
ending not later than August 16, 1994, for consideration of such provi-
sions contained in the bill and amendment as fall within the jurisdiction
of that committee pursuant to clause 1(m), rule X
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in boldface roman]
AUGUST 16, 1994
Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries discharged; committed to the
Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered
to be printed
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on August 4, 1993]
A BILL
To provide for the sound management and protection of
Redwood forest areas in Humboldt County, California,
by adding certain lands and waters to the Six Rivers
National Forest and by including a portion of such lands
in the national wilderness preservation system.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Headwaters Forest Act’’.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.
(a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds that:
(1) Redwoods are a significant national symbol
and a defining symbol of the State of California.
(2) Old growth redwood trees are a unique and
irreplaceable natural resource.
(3) Most of the Nation’s old growth forests have
been cut. Less than 5 percent of the original 2,000,000
acre Coast redwoods remain standing. The groves that
are left are crucial to maintain habitat needed for
survival of old-growth dependent species. The Head-
waters Forest, for example, is home to one of Califor-
nia’s three largest population of marbled murrelets,
rare sea birds that nest only in coastal old growth
trees; the Northern Spotted Owl; and native salmon
stocks that spawn in the Forest’s creeks.
(4) The remaining unprotected stands of old
growth forests and old growth redwoods are under im-
mediate threat of being harvested without regard to
their ecological importance and without following
Federal timber harvest guidelines.
(5) Significant amounts of old growth redwoods
in the proposed National Forest additions are being
cut at a pace that is based on paying high interest
rates on poor quality bonds and not at a pace that
is based on sound forest management practices.
(b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this Act is to provide
for the sound management and protection of old growth
Redwood forest areas in Humboldt County, California, and
to preserve and enhance habitat for the marbled murrelet,
Northern Spotted owl, native salmon stocks, and other old
growth forest dependent species, by adding certain lands
and waters to the Six Rivers National Forest and by in-
cluding a portion of such lands in the national wilderness
preservation system.
SEC. 3. ADDITION TO SIX RIVERS NATIONAL FOREST.
(a) EXTENSION OF BOUNDARIES.—The exterior bound-
aries of the Six Rivers National Forest in the State of Cali-
fornia are hereby extended to include the area comprising
approximately 44,000 acres, as generally depicted on the
map entitled ‘‘Six Rivers National Forest Addition pro-
posed’’, dated June 1993. Such area shall hereinafter in this
Act be referred to as the Six Rivers National Forest Addi-
tion. The map shall be on file and available for public in-
spection in the offices of the Forest Supervisor, Six Rivers
National Forest, and in the offices of the Chief of the Forest
Service, Department of Agriculture.
(b) ACQUISITION OF LAND.—(1) The Secretary may
acquire lands or interests in land within the exterior bound-
aries of the Six Rivers National Forest Addition by dona-
tion, by purchase with donated or appropriated funds, or
by exchange. For purposes of such exchange, excess or sur-
plus lands under the jurisdiction of any other department,
agency, or instrumentality of the United States may be
transferred, subject to advance approval by Congress, to the
administrative jurisdiction of the Secretary if the Secretary
identifies such lands as suitable for exchange; such transfer
shall be without compensation to the transferring depart-
ment, agency, or instrumentality. When any tract of land
is only partly within such boundaries, the Secretary may
acquire all or any portion of the land outside of such bound-
aries in order to minimize the payment of severance costs.
Land so acquired outside of the boundaries may be ex-
changed by the Secretary for non-Federal lands within the
boundaries, and any land so acquired and not utilized for
exchange shall be reported to the General Services Adminis-
tration for disposal under the Federal Property and Admin-
istrative Services Act of 1949 (63 Stat. 377). Lands, and
interests in lands, within the boundaries of the Six Rivers
National Forest Addition which are owned by the State of
California or any political subdivision thereof, may be ac-
quired only by donation or exchange.
(2) The Secretary is authorized to accept from the
State of California funds to cover the cost of acquiring lands
within the Six Rivers National Forest Addition, and not-
withstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary may
retain and expend such funds for purposes of such acquisi-
tion. Such funds shall be available for such purposes with-
out further appropriation and without fiscal year limita-
tion.
(c) LAND ACQUISITION PLAN.—The Secretary shall de-
velop and implement, within 6 months after the enactment
of this Act, a land acquisition plan which contains specific
provisions addressing how and when lands will be acquired
under subsection (b). The plan shall give priority first to
the acquisition of lands within the boundaries of the Head-
waters Forest Wilderness identified on the map referred to
in section 3(a). Such plan shall include an analysis of the
possibilities for noncash compensation for the acquisition
of these lands including but not limited to the use of excess
and surplus Federal properties. The Secretary shall identify
and list such properties. The Secretary shall submit copies
of such plan to the Committee on Natural Resources, the
Committee on Agriculture, and the Committee on Appro-
priations of the United States House of Representatives and
to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, the Committee
on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry and the Committee
on Appropriations of the United States Senate.
(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are
hereby authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be
necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act.
SEC. 4. WILDERNESS AREAS.
(a) DESIGNATION.—In furtherance of the purposes of
the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131–1136), lands in the
State of California acquired under section 3 of this Act
which are within the areas generally depicted on the map
referred to in section 3 as the ‘‘Headwaters Forest Wilder-
ness (Proposed)’’ shall be designated as wilderness and
therefore as a component of the National Wilderness Preser-
vation System, effective upon acquisition under section 3.
Such lands shall be known as the Headwaters Forest Wil-
derness.
(b) MAP AND DESCRIPTION.—As soon as practicable
after the inclusion of any lands in the Headwaters Forest
Wilderness, the Secretary shall file a map and a legal de-
scription of the area so included with the Committee on
Natural Resources of the House of Representatives and with
the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the
United States Senate. The Secretary may correct clerical
and typographical errors in such legal description and such
map. Each such map and legal description shall be on file
and available for public inspection in the Office of the Chief
of the Forest Service, United States Department of Agri-
culture.
(c) BUFFER ZONES NOT INTENDED.—The Congress
does not intend that designation of any area as wilderness
under this section lead to the creation of protective perim-
eters or buffer zones around the wilderness area. The fact
that nonwilderness activities or uses can be seen or heard
from areas within a wilderness shall not, of itself, preclude
such activities or uses up to the boundary of the wilderness
area.
(d) STATE AUTHORITY OVER FISH AND WILDLIFE.—
As provided in section 4(d)(8) of the Wilderness Act, noth-
ing in this Act shall be construed as affecting the jurisdic-
tion or responsibilities of the State of California with re-
spect to wildlife and fish in any areas designated by this
Act as wilderness.
SEC. 5. ADMINISTRATION.
(a) MANAGEMENT PLAN.—The Secretary shall develop,
within 1 year after acquiring all or part of the lands identi-
fied to be acquired in section 3, a comprehensive manage-
ment plan for the lands so acquired detailing measures for
the preservation of the existing old growth redwood
ecosystems in the Six Rivers National Forest Addition, in-
cluding but not limited to each of the following:
(1) Prohibition of sale of timber from lands
within the old growth redwood groves as depicted gen-
erally on the map referred to in section 3(a). Timber
sales in other areas shall be allowed consistent with
the purposes of this Act and other applicable Federal
laws and regulations.
(2) Measures to restore lands affected by previous
timber harvests to mitigate watershed degradation
and impairment of habitat for the marbled murrelet,
spotted owl, native salmon stocks, and other old-
growth forest dependent species (‘‘Restoration Meas-
ures’’).
The Management Plan shall be reviewed and revised every
time the Six Rivers National Forest Land and Resource
Management plan is revised or more frequently as necessary
to meet the purposes of this Act.
(b) APPLICABLE LAWS AND POLICIES.—(1) The Sec-
retary, acting through the Chief of the Forest Service, shall
administer the lands acquired under section 3(b) in accord-
ance with the Management Plan, this Act, and with the
other laws, rules, and regulations applicable to such na-
tional forest. In addition, subject to valid existing rights,
any lands acquired and designated as wilderness under sec-
tion 4(a) shall also be administered in accordance with the
provisions of the Wilderness Act governing areas designated
by that Act as wilderness, except that any reference in such
provisions to the effective date of the Wilderness Act (or any
similar reference) shall be deemed to be a reference to the
date of acquisition of such lands under section 3 of this
Act.
(2) To the maximum extent practicable, all work to
implement the management plan’s Restoration Measures
shall be performed by unemployed forest and timber work-
ers, unemployed commercial fishermen, or other unem-
ployed persons whose livelihood depends on fishery and tim-
ber resources.
(3) In order to facilitate management, the Secretary,
acting through the Chief of the Forest Service may enter
into agreements with the State of California for the man-
agement of lands owned by the State or purchased with
State assistance.
SEC. 6. PAYMENTS TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT.
(a) PILT.—Solely for purposes of payments made
pursuant to chapter 69 of title 31 of the United States Code,
all lands added to the Six Rivers National Forest by this
Act shall be deemed to have been acquired for the purposes
specified in section 6904(a) of such title 31.
(b) 10-YEAR PAYMENT.—(1) Subject to annual appro-
priations and the provisions of subsection (c), for a period
of 10 years after acquisition by the United States of lands
added to the Six Rivers National Forest by this Act, the
Secretary, with respect to such acquired lands, shall make
annual payments to Humboldt County in the State of Cali-
fornia in an amount equal to the State of California Tim-
ber Yield Tax revenues payable under the California Reve-
nue and Taxation Code (sec. 38101 et seq.) in effect as of
the date of enactment of this Act that would have been paid
with respect to such lands if the lands had not been acquired
by the United States, as determined by the Secretary pursu-
ant to this subsection.
(2) The Secretary shall determine the amounts to be
paid pursuant to paragraph (1) of this subsection based on
an assessment of a variety of factors including, but not lim-
ited to—
(A) timber actually sold in the subject year from
comparable commercial forest lands of similar soil
type, slope and such determination of appropriate
timber harvest levels,
(B) comparable timber size class, age, and qual-
ity,
(C) market conditions,
(D) all applicable Federal, State, and local laws
and regulations, and
(E) the goal of sustainable, even-flow harvest or
renewable timber resources.
(c) CALIFORNIA TIMBER YIELD TAX.—The amount of
State of California Timber Yield Tax payments paid to
Humboldt County in any year pursuant to the laws of Cali-
fornia for timber sold from lands acquired under this Act
shall be deducted from the sums to be paid to Humboldt
County in that year under subsection (b).
(d) 25-PERCENT FUND.—Amounts paid under sub-
section (b) with respect to any land in any year shall be
reduced by any amounts paid under the Act of May 23,
1908 (16 U.S.C. 500) which are attributable to sales from
the same lands in that year.
SEC. 7. FOREST STUDY.
The Secretary shall study the lands within the area
comprising approximately 13,620 acres and generally de-
picted as ‘‘Study Area’’ on the map referred to in section
3(a). The study shall analyze the area’s potential to be
added to the Headwaters Forest and shall identify the natu-
ral resources of the area including the location of old growth
forests, old growth redwood stands, threatened and endan-
gered species habitat and populations including the north-
ern spotted owl and marbled murrelet, commercial timber
volume, recreational opportunities, wildlife and fish, water-
shed management, and the cost of acquiring the land. With-
in one year of the date of enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary shall submit a report with the findings of the study
to the Committees on Natural Resources, and Agriculture
of the United States House of Representatives and the Com-
mittees on Energy and Natural Resources, and Agriculture,
Nutrition, and Forestry of the United States Senate.
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as
the ‘‘Headwaters Forest Act’’.
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of con-
tents for this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Findings, purpose, and definitions.
Sec. 3. Addition to Six Rivers National Forest.
Sec. 4. Wilderness areas.
Sec. 5. Administration.
Sec. 6. Payments to local government.
Sec. 7. Forest study.
Sec. 8. No adverse effect on lands until acquired.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS, PURPOSE, AND DEFINITIONS.
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the follow-
ing:
(1) Redwoods are a significant na-
tional symbol and a defining symbol of
the State of California.
(2) Old growth redwood trees are a
unique and irreplaceable natural re-
source.
(3) Most of the Nation’s old growth
forests have been cut. Less than 5 per-
cent of the original 2,000,000 acres of
coastal redwoods remain standing. The
groves that are left are crucial to main-
tain habitat needed for survival of old-
growth dependent species. The Head-
waters Forest, for example, is home to
one of California’s three largest popu-
lations of marbled murrelets, rare sea
birds that nest only in coastal old growth
trees; the northern spotted owl; and na-
tive salmon stocks that spawn in the for-
est’s creeks.
(4) The remaining unprotected stands
of old growth forests and old growth red-
woods are under immediate threat of
being harvested without regard to their
ecological importance and without fol-
lowing Federal timber harvest guidelines.
(5) Significant amounts of old growth
redwoods in the proposed National For-
est additions are being cut at a pace that
is based on paying high interest rates on
poor quality bonds and not at a pace that
is based on sound forest management
practices.
(b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this Act is to
provide for the sound management and pro-
tection of old growth redwood forest areas in
Humboldt County, California, and to preserve
and 
enhance 
habitat 
for 
the 
marbled
murrelet, northern spotted owl, native salmon
stocks, and other old growth forest dependent
species, by adding certain lands and waters to
the Six Rivers National Forest and by includ-
ing a portion of the lands in the National Wil-
derness Preservation System.
(c) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this Act:
(1) The terms ‘‘Six Rivers National
Forest Addition’’ and ‘‘Headwaters For-
est’’ mean the area authorized for land
acquisition activities under section 3, as
depicted on the map described in section
3(b)(1).
(2) The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the
Secretary of Agriculture.
SEC. 3. ADDITION TO SIX RIVERS NATIONAL FOREST.
(a) MODIFICATION OF BOUNDARIES.—Effec-
tive upon the consummation of a land acquisi-
tion conducted as provided in subsection (b),
the Secretary of Agriculture shall modify the
exterior boundaries of the Six Rivers National
Forest in the State of California to include the
acquired lands.
(b) ACQUISITION OF LAND.—
(1) AREA FOR ACQUISITION ACTIVITIES.—
The Secretary may acquire lands and in-
terests in land within the boundaries of
an area comprising approximately 44,000
acres, as generally depicted on the map
entitled ‘‘Six Rivers National Forest Addi-
tion proposed’’ and dated June 1993, for
inclusion in the Six Rivers National For-
est under subsection (a). The map shall
be on file and available for public inspec-
tion in the offices of the Forest Super-
visor, Six Rivers National Forest, and in
the offices of the Chief of the Forest Serv-
ice, Department of Agriculture.
(2) MANNER
OF
CONDUCTING
ACQUISI-
TION.—Lands and interests in lands with-
in the Six Rivers National Forest Addi-
tion may be acquired by the Secretary
only by donation, by purchase with do-
nated or appropriated funds, or by ex-
change.
(3) CONSENT OF OWNER REQUIRED FOR
ACQUISITION.—Lands 
and 
interests 
in
lands within the Six Rivers National For-
est Addition may not be acquired by the
Secretary for purposes of this Act with-
out the consent of the owner of the lands.
(4) SPECIAL RULE FOR FEDERAL TRANS-
FERS.—For purposes of making an ex-
change under paragraph (2), excess or
surplus lands under the jurisdiction of
any other department, agency, or instru-
mentality of the United States may be
transferred, subject to the advance ap-
proval of the transfer by law, to the ad-
ministrative jurisdiction of the Secretary
if the Secretary identifies the lands as
suitable for use in making an exchange.
To facilitate the approval of a transfer of
lands under this paragraph, the Sec-
retary shall submit to the Committee on
Agriculture and the Committee on Natu-
ral Resources of the House of Representa-
tives and to the Committee on Agri-
culture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the
Senate proposed legislation in connection
with the proposed transfer. The transfer
of lands under this paragraph shall be
made without compensation to the trans-
ferring department, agency, or instru-
mentality.
(5) ACQUISITION OF CERTAIN LANDS OUT-
SIDE ADDITION.—When a tract of land pro-
posed to be acquired is only partly within
the Six Rivers National Forest Addition,
the Secretary may acquire all or any por-
tion of the land outside of the Six Rivers
National Forest Addition to minimize the
payment of severance costs. Land ac-
quired outside of the boundaries may be
exchanged by the Secretary for non-Fed-
eral lands within the boundaries. Land
acquired outside of the boundaries of the
Six 
Rivers 
National 
Forest 
Addition
under this paragraph and not used for
exchange shall be reported to the Admin-
istrator of the General Services Adminis-
tration for disposal under the Federal
Property and Administrative Services Act
of 1949 (40 U.S.C. 471 et seq.).
(6) SPECIAL RULE FOR STATE OR LOCAL
GOVERNMENT LANDS.—Lands and interests
in lands within the boundaries of the Six
Rivers National Forest Addition that are
owned by the State of California or any
political subdivision thereof, may be ac-
quired only by donation or exchange.
(7) ACCEPTANCE AND USE OF FUNDS.—
The Secretary may accept from the State
of California funds to cover the cost of
acquiring lands within the Six Rivers Na-
tional Forest Addition. Notwithstanding
any other provision of law, the Secretary
may retain and expend such funds for
purposes of such acquisition. Such funds
shall be available for such purpose with-
out further appropriation and without
fiscal year limitation.
(c) LAND
ACQUISITION
PLAN.—The Sec-
retary shall develop and implement, within 6
months after the date of the enactment of this
Act, a land acquisition plan that contains spe-
cific provisions addressing how and when
lands will be acquired under subsection (b).
The plan shall give priority first to the acqui-
sition of lands within the Six Rivers National
Forest Addition proposed for inclusion in the
National Wilderness Preservation System.
The plan shall include an analysis of the pos-
sibilities for acquisition through means other
than the expenditure of funds, including the
use of excess and surplus Federal properties.
The Secretary shall identify and list these
properties. The Secretary shall submit copies
of the plan to the Committee on Natural Re-
sources, the Committee on Agriculture, and
the Committee on Appropriations of the
House of Representatives and to the Commit-
tee on Energy and Commerce, the Committee
on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, and
the Committee on Appropriations of the Sen-
ate.
(d) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—
There are hereby authorized to be appro-
priated such sums as may be necessary to
carry out the purposes of this Act.
(e) TERMINATION OF ACQUISITION AUTHOR-
ITY.—Notwithstanding any other provision of
this section, the Secretary may not acquire
lands under the authority of this section after
the end of the 10-year period beginning on the
date of the enactment of this Act.
SEC. 4. WILDERNESS AREAS.
(a) DESIGNATION.—In furtherance of the
purposes of the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C.
1131–1136), lands in the Six Rivers National
Forest Addition acquired under section 3 that
are within the areas generally depicted on the
map referred to in section 3(b)(1) as the
‘‘Headwaters Forest Wilderness (Proposed)’’
shall be designated as wilderness and there-
fore as a component of the National Wilder-
ness Preservation System, effective upon ac-
quisition under section 3. The acquired lands
shall be known as the Headwaters Forest Wil-
derness.
(b) MAP
AND DESCRIPTION.—As soon as
practicable after the inclusion of any lands in
the Headwaters Forest Wilderness, the Sec-
retary shall file a map and a legal description
of the area so included with the Committee on
Natural Resources of the House of Represent-
atives and with the Committee on Energy and
Natural Resources of the Senate. The Sec-
retary may correct clerical and typographical
errors in such legal description and such map.
Each such map and legal description shall be
on file and available for public inspection in
the offices of the Forest Supervisor, Six Riv-
ers National Forest, and in the offices of the
Chief of the Forest Service, Department of Ag-
riculture.
(c) BUFFER ZONES NOT INTENDED.—Con-
gress does not intend that designation of any
area as wilderness under this section lead to
the creation of protective perimeters or buff-
er zones around the wilderness area. The fact
that nonwilderness activities or uses can be
seen or heard from areas within the wilder-
ness area shall not, of itself, preclude such ac-
tivities or uses up to the boundary of the wil-
derness area.
(d) STATE AUTHORITY OVER FISH AND WILD-
LIFE.—As provided in section 4(d)(7) of the
Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1133(d)(7)), nothing
in this Act shall be construed as affecting the
jurisdiction or responsibilities of the State of
California with respect to wildlife and fish in
any areas designated by this Act as wilder-
ness.
SEC. 5. ADMINISTRATION.
(a) MANAGEMENT
PLAN.—Within 1 year
after acquiring all or part of the lands identi-
fied to be acquired in section 3, the Secretary
shall develop a comprehensive management
plan for the acquired lands detailing meas-
ures for the preservation of the existing old
growth redwood ecosystems. The manage-
ment plan shall include each of the following
with respect to the lands so aquired:
(1) Prohibition of the sale of timber
from lands within the old growth red-
wood groves as depicted generally on the
map referred to in section 3(b)(1). Timber
sales in other areas within the Six Rivers
National Forest Addition shall be allowed
consistent with the purposes of this Act
and other applicable Federal laws and
regulations.
(2) Measures to restore lands affected
by previous timber harvests to mitigate