SEC. 205. ADMINISTRATION OF LANDS ACQUIRED IN GEO-
GRAPHIC AREA; REDESIGNATION OF PUBLIC
DOMAIN LANDS.
(a) ACQUIRED LANDS.—All lands in the geographic
area acquired by the United States and managed by the
Secretary through the Bureau of Land Management after
the date of the enactment of this Act shall for all purposes
have the same status, be administered, and be otherwise
treated as O&C lands.
(b) REDESIGNATION OF PUBLIC DOMAIN LANDS FOR
TREATMENT AS REVESTED LANDS.—
(1) LANDS DESIGNATED.—Not later than Sep-
tember 30, 1999, the Secretary shall—
(A) designate, for treatment as O&C lands
under paragraph (2), all public domain lands in
the geographic area that, on the date of the en-
actment of this Act, are timberlands; and
(B) notify the Congress of that designa-
tion.
(2) TREATMENT OF REDESIGNATED LANDS.—
Lands designated by the Secretary under paragraph
(1) shall for all purposes have the same status, be
administered, and be otherwise treated as O&C
lands.
(3) REVENUE
DISTRIBUTION.—(A) Notwith-
standing paragraphs (1) and (2), revenues that are
produced on or before September 30, 2003, on lands
designated by the Secretary under paragraph (1)
shall be distributed according to provisions of law in
effect immediately before the enactment of this Act.
(B) Notwithstanding paragraphs (1) and (2),
revenues that are produced after September 30,
2003, on lands designated by the Secretary under
paragraph (1) and that are available to counties
pursuant to the Act of August 28, 1937 (43 U.S.C.
1181a et seq.), shall be disbursed to the Association
of Oregon and California Land Grant Counties, for
redistribution, after deducting a reasonable sum for
costs of administration, as follows:
(i) 92 percent shall be redistributed to
counties entitled to payments under the Act of
August 28, 1937 (43 U.S.C. 1181a et seq.), in
the same proportion as other payments under
that Act.
(ii) 8 percent shall be redistributed to
counties entitled to payments under section 3 of
the Act of July 31, 1947 (chapter 4306; 30
U.S.C. 603), and the fifth proposition of section
4 of the Act of February 14, 1859 (chapter
XXXIII; 11 Stat. 383), in the same proportion
as other payments under those provisions.
SEC. 206. RELATIONSHIP TO UMPQUA LAND EXCHANGE AU-
THORITY.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, this
title shall not apply to exchanges of land authorized pursu-
ant to section 1028 of the Omnibus Parks and Public
Lands Management Act of 1996 (Public Law 104–333;
110 Stat. 4231), or any implementing legislation or ad-
ministrative rule, if the land exchanges are consistent with
the provisions set forth in the Memorandum of Under-
standing between the Umpqua Land Exchange Project
and the Association of Oregon and California Land Grant
Counties, dated February 19, 1998.
Union Calendar No. 454
105TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4326
[Report No. 105–810]
A BILL
To transfer administrative jurisdiction over certain
Federal lands located within or adjacent to the
Rogue River National Forest and to clarify the
authority of the Bureau of Land Management to
sell and exchange other Federal lands in Oregon.
OCTOBER 12, 1998
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the
State of the Union and ordered to be printed