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117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 980 
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 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 11, 2021 
Mr. DEFAZIO (for himself and Mr. HUFFMAN) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To withdraw certain land located in Curry County and Jose-
phine County, Oregon, from all forms of entry, appro-
priation, 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. 
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 ‘‘Southwestern Oregon 
Watershed and Salmon Protection Act of 2021’’. 
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SEC. 2. WITHDRAWAL OF FEDERAL LAND, CURRY COUNTY 
AND JOSEPHINE COUNTY, OREGON. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) ELIGIBLE FEDERAL LAND.—The term ‘‘eli-
gible Federal land’’ means— 
(A) any federally owned land or interest in 
land depicted on the Maps as within the Hunter 
Creek and Pistol River Headwaters Withdrawal 
Proposal or the Rough and Ready and Baldface 
Creeks Mineral Withdrawal Proposal; or 
(B) any land or interest in land located 
within such withdrawal proposals that is ac-
quired by the Federal Government after the 
date of enactment of this Act. 
(2) MAPS.—The term ‘‘Maps’’ means— 
(A) the Bureau of Land Management map 
entitled ‘‘Hunter Creek and Pistol River Head-
waters Withdrawal Proposal’’ and dated Janu-
ary 12, 2015; and 
(B) the Bureau of Land Management map 
entitled ‘‘Rough and Ready and Baldface 
Creeks Mineral Withdrawal Proposal’’ and 
dated January 12, 2015. 
(b) WITHDRAWAL.—Subject to valid existing rights, 
the eligible Federal land is withdrawn from all forms of— 
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(1) entry, appropriation, or disposal under the 
public land laws; 
(2) location, entry, and patent under the mining 
laws; and 
(3) operation under the mineral leasing and 
geothermal leasing laws. 
(c) AVAILABILITY OF MAPS.—Not later than 30 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Maps shall 
be made available to the public at each appropriate office 
of the Bureau of Land Management. 
(d) EXISTING USES NOT AFFECTED.—Except with 
respect to the withdrawal under subsection (b), nothing 
in this section restricts recreational uses, hunting, fishing, 
forest management activities, or other authorized uses al-
lowed on the date of enactment of this Act on the eligible 
Federal land in accordance with applicable law. 
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