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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 427
To provide further protections for the watershed of the Little Sandy River
as part of the Bull Run Watershed Management Unit, Oregon, and
for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY 6, 2001
Mr. BLUMENAUER (for himself, Mr. DEFAZIO, and Mr. WU) introduced the
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Resources, and in
addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently
determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provi-
sions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
A BILL
To provide further protections for the watershed of the Little
Sandy River as part of the Bull Run Watershed Manage-
ment Unit, Oregon, 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. INCLUSION OF ADDITIONAL PORTION OF THE
LITTLE SANDY RIVER WATERSHED IN THE
BULL RUN WATERSHED MANAGEMENT UNIT,
OREGON.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Public Law 95–200 (16 U.S.C.
482b note; 91 Stat. 1425) is amended by striking section
1 and inserting the following:
‘‘SECTION 1. ESTABLISHMENT OF SPECIAL RESOURCES
MANAGEMENT UNIT; DEFINITION OF SEC-
RETARY.
‘‘(a) DEFINITION OF SECRETARY.—In this Act, the
term ‘Secretary’ means—
‘‘(1) with respect to land administered by the
Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of Agri-
culture; and
‘‘(2) with respect to land administered by the
Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary of the Inte-
rior.
‘‘(b) ESTABLISHMENT.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—There is established, sub-
ject to valid existing rights, a special resources man-
agement unit in the State of Oregon, comprising ap-
proximately 98,272 acres, as depicted on a map
dated May 2000 and entitled ‘Bull Run Watershed
Management Unit’.
‘‘(2) MAP.—The map described in paragraph
(1) shall be on file and available for public inspec-
tion in the offices of—
‘‘(A) the Regional Forester-Pacific North-
west Region of the Forest Service; and
‘‘(B) the Oregon State Director of the Bu-
reau of Land Management.
‘‘(3) BOUNDARY
ADJUSTMENTS.—The Sec-
retary may periodically make such minor adjust-
ments in the boundaries of the unit as are necessary,
after consulting with the city and providing for ap-
propriate public notice and hearings.’’.
(b) CONFORMING AND TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.—
(1) SECRETARY.—Public Law 95–200 (16
U.S.C. 482b note; 91 Stat. 1425) is amended by
striking ‘‘Secretary of Agriculture’’ each place it ap-
pears (except subsection (b) of section 1, as added
by subsection (a), and except in the amendments
made by paragraph (2)) and inserting ‘‘Secretary’’.
(2) APPLICABLE LAW.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—Section 2(a) of Public
Law 95–200 (16 U.S.C. 482b note; 91 Stat.
1425) is amended by striking ‘‘applicable to
National Forest System lands’’ and inserting
‘‘applicable to land under the administrative ju-
risdiction of the Forest Service (in the case of
land administered by the Secretary of Agri-
culture) or applicable to land under the admin-
istrative jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land
Management (in the case of land administered
by the Secretary of the Interior)’’.
(B) MANAGEMENT PLANS.—The first sen-
tence of section 2(c) of Public Law 95–200 (16
U.S.C. 482b note; 91 Stat. 1426) is amended—
(i) by striking ‘‘subsection (a) and
(b)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsections (a) and
(b)’’; and
(ii) by striking ‘‘, through the mainte-
nance’’ and inserting ‘‘(in the case of land
administered by the Secretary of Agri-
culture) or section 202 of the Federal
Land Policy and Management Act of 1976
(43 U.S.C. 1712) (in the case of land ad-
ministered by the Secretary of the Inte-
rior), through the maintenance’’.
SEC. 2. MANAGEMENT.
(a) TIMBER CUTTING RESTRICTIONS.—Section 2(b)
of Public Law 95–200 (16 U.S.C. 482b note; 91 Stat.
1426) is amended by striking paragraph (1) and inserting
the following:
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2),
the Secretary shall prohibit the cutting of trees on
Federal land in the unit, as designated in section 1
and depicted on the map referred to in that sec-
tion.’’.
(b) REPEAL
OF MANAGEMENT EXCEPTION.—The
Oregon Resource Conservation Act of 1996 (division B of
Public Law 104–208) is amended by striking section 606
(110 Stat. 3009–543).
(c) REPEAL OF DUPLICATIVE ENACTMENT.—Section
1026 of division I of the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands
Management Act of 1996 (Public Law 104–333; 110 Stat.
4228) and the amendments made by that section are re-
pealed.
(d) WATER
RIGHTS.—Nothing in this section
strengthens, diminishes, or has any other effect on water
rights held by any person or entity.
SEC. 3. LAND RECLASSIFICATION.
(a) OREGON AND CALIFORNIA RAILROAD LAND.—
Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of
this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary
of the Interior shall identify any Oregon and California
Railroad land that is subject to the distribution provision
of title II of the Act of August 28, 1937 (43 U.S.C.
1181f), within the boundary of the special resources man-
agement area described in section 1 of Public Law 95–
200 (as amended by section 1(a)).
(b) PUBLIC DOMAIN LAND.—
(1) DEFINITION OF PUBLIC DOMAIN LAND.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—In this subsection, the
term ‘‘public domain land’’ has the meaning
given the term ‘‘public land’’ in section 103 of
the Federal Land Policy and Management Act
of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1702).
(B) EXCLUSION.—The term ‘‘public do-
main land’’ does not include any land managed
under the Act of August 28, 1937 (43 U.S.C.
1181a et seq.).
(2) 
IDENTIFICATION.—Not 
later 
than 
months after the date of enactment of this Act, the
Secretary of the Interior shall identify public domain
land within the Medford, Roseburg, Eugene, Salem,
and Coos Bay Districts and the Klamath Resource
Area of the Lakeview District of the Bureau of
Land Management in the State of Oregon that—
(A) is approximately equal in acreage and
condition as the land identified in subsection
(a); but
(B) is not subject to the Act of August 28,
1937 (43 U.S.C. 1181a et seq.).
(c) MAPS.—Not later than 2 years after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior shall
submit to Congress and publish in the Federal Register
1 or more maps depicting the land identified in sub-
sections (a) and (b).
(d) RECLASSIFICATION.—After providing an oppor-
tunity for public comment, the Secretary of the Interior
shall administratively reclassify—
(1) the land described in subsection (a), as pub-
lic domain land (as the term is defined in subsection
(b)) that is not subject to the distribution provision
of title II of the Act of August 28, 1937 (43 U.S.C.
1181f); and
(2) the land described in subsection (b), as Or-
egon and California Railroad land that is subject to
the Act of August 28, 1937 (43 U.S.C. 1181a et
seq.).
SEC. 4. FUNDING FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION.
There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out,
in accordance with section 323 of the Department of the
Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999
(16 U.S.C. 1101 note; 112 Stat. 2681–290), watershed
restoration that protects or enhances water quality, or re-
lates to the recovery of endangered species or threatened
species listed under the Endangered Species Act of 1973
(16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), in Clackamas County, Oregon,
$10,000,000.
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