(1) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), 
by striking ‘‘19-mile segment’’ and inserting ‘‘28.2- 
mile segment’’; 
(2) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘; and’’ 
and inserting a period; and 
(3) by striking subparagraph (B) and inserting 
the following: 
‘‘(B)(i) The approximately 0.6-mile seg-
ment of the North Fork Elk from its source in 
sec. 21, T. 33 S., R. 12 W., Willamette Merid-
ian, downstream to 0.01 miles below Forest 
Service Road 3353, as a scenic river. 
‘‘(ii) The approximately 5.5-mile segment 
of the North Fork Elk from 0.01 miles below 
Forest Service Road 3353 to its confluence with 
the South Fork Elk, as a wild river. 
‘‘(C)(i) The approximately 0.9-mile seg-
ment of the South Fork Elk from its source in 
the southeast quarter of sec. 32, T. 33 S., R. 
12 W., Willamette Meridian, downstream to 
0.01 miles below Forest Service Road 3353, as 
a scenic river. 
‘‘(ii) The approximately 4.2-mile segment 
of the South Fork Elk from 0.01 miles below
Forest Service Road 3353 to its confluence with 
the North Fork Elk, as a wild river.’’. 
SEC. 4. PROTECTION OF TRIBAL RIGHTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Nothing in this Act shall be con-
strued as diminishing any right of any Indian tribe. 
(b) MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING.—The Sec-
retary shall seek to enter into a memorandum of under-
standing with the Coquille Indian Tribe regarding access 
to the Copper Salmon Wilderness to conduct historical and 
cultural activities. 
SEC. 5. DESIGNATION OF POTENTIAL WILDERNESS AREA, 
SISKIYOU NATIONAL FOREST, OREGON. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—In furtherance of the purposes of 
the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), certain Na-
tional Forest System land in the State of Oregon adminis-
tered by the Forest Service as part of the Siskiyou Na-
tional Forest and compromising approximately 1,708 
acres, as generally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘Copper 
Salmon Wilderness Proposal’’ and dated April 1, 2008, 
are designated as a potential wilderness area for eventual 
inclusion in the Copper Salmon Wilderness designated by 
paragraph (30) of section 3 of the Oregon Wilderness Act 
of 1984 (16 U.S.C. 1132 note; Public Law 98–328), as 
added by section 2.
(b) MAP AND LEGAL DESCRIPTION.—As soon as 
practicable after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
the Secretary shall file with the Committee on Natural Re-
sources of the House of Representatives and the Com-
mittee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate 
a map and legal description of potential wilderness area 
designated by subsection (a). The map and legal descrip-
tion shall have the same force and effect as if included 
in this Act, except that the Secretary may correct clerical 
and typographical errors in the map and description. In 
the case of any discrepancy between the acreage specified 
in subsection (a) and the map, the map shall control. The 
map and legal description shall be on file and available 
for public inspection in the Office of the Chief of the For-
est Service. 
(c) MANAGEMENT.—Except as provided in subsection 
(d) and subject to valid existing rights, the Secretary shall 
manage the potential wilderness area designated by sub-
section (a) as wilderness until its designated as wilderness 
under subsection (e). 
(d) ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—For the purposes of imple-
menting the planned ecological restoration approved 
by the Decision Notice and Finding of No Signifi-
cant Impact for the Environmental Assessment for
the Coastal Healthy Forest Treatments, dated May 
25, 2007, the Secretary may use motorized equip-
ment and mechanized transport in the potential wil-
derness area until its designated as wilderness under 
subsection (e). 
(2) LIMITATION.—To the maximum extent 
practicable, the Secretary shall use the minimum 
tool or administrative practice necessary to accom-
plish ecological restoration under paragraph (1) with 
the least amount of adverse impact on wilderness 
character and resources. 
(e) EVENTUAL WILDERNESS DESIGNATION.—The 
potential wilderness area designated by subsection (a) 
shall be designated as wilderness on the earlier of— 
(1) the date on which the Secretary publishes in 
the Federal Register notice that the conditions in 
the potential wilderness area that are incompatible 
with the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.) 
have been removed; or 
(2) the date that is 10 years after the date of 
the enactment of this Act. 
(f) INCORPORATION INTO COPPER SALMON WILDER-
NESS; ADMINISTRATION.—On its designation as wilder-
ness under subsection (e), the potential wilderness area 
designated by subsection (a) shall be—
(1) incorporated into the Copper Salmon Wil-
derness; and 
(2) administered in accordance with the Wilder-
ness Act, the Oregon Wilderness Act of 1984, and 
other laws applicable to the Copper Salmon Wilder-
ness, except that, with respect to the potential wil-
derness area, any reference in the Wilderness Act to 
the effective date of that Act shall be deemed to be 
a reference to the date on which the lands are des-
ignated as wilderness under subsection (e). 
Passed the House of Representatives April 22, 2008. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 3513 
AN ACT 
To amend the Oregon Wilderness Act of 1984 to 
designate the Copper Salmon Wilderness and to 
amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to des-
ignate segments of the North and South Forks 
of the Elk River in the State of Oregon as wild 
or scenic rivers, and for other purposes.