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Union Calendar No. 416
104TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 2122
[Report No. 104–772, Part I]
To designate the Lake Tahoe Basin National Forest in the States of Califor-
nia and Nevada to be administered by the Secretary of Agriculture,
and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JULY 26, 1995
Mrs. VUCANOVICH (for herself and Mr. DOOLITTLE) 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 deter-
mined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions
as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
SEPTEMBER 4, 1996
Additional sponsor: Mr. ENSIGN
SEPTEMBER 4, 1996
Reported from the Committee on Resources with an amendment
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic]
SEPTEMBER 4, 1996
Referral to the Committee on Agriculture extended for a period no later than
September 4, 1996
SEPTEMBER 4, 1996
The Committee on Agriculture 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 July 26, 1995]
A BILL
To designate the Lake Tahoe Basin National Forest in the
States of California and Nevada to be administered by
the Secretary of Agriculture, 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. DESIGNATION.
There is hereby designated in the States of California
and Nevada the Lake Tahoe Basin National Forest to be
administered by the Secretary of Agriculture as a unit of
the National Forest System subject to the laws, rules, and
regulations applicable to the National Forest System.
SEC. 2. BOUNDARIES.
(a) The Lake Tahoe Basin National Forest shall com-
prise those lands designated as the Lake Tahoe Basin Man-
agement Unit in the Federal Register notice dated January
13, 1978 (43 F.R. 1971) and any lands subsequently added
to the Unit.
(b) For the purposes of section 7 of the Land and Con-
servation Fund Act of 1965 (16 U.S.C. 4601–9), the exterior
boundary of the Lake Tahoe Basin National Forest estab-
lished by this Act shall be treated as if it were the boundary
as of January 1, 1965.
(c) The boundaries of the Tahoe, Eldorado, and
Toiyabe National Forests are hereby modified to exclude
those lands within the boundaries of the Lake Tahoe Basin
National Forest.
(d) The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to make
corrections or adjustments in the boundaries of the Tahoe,
Eldorado, Toiyabe, and Lake Tahoe Basin National Forests
for administrative purposes.
SEC. 3. LAND MANAGEMENT PLANNING.
(a) The Land and Resource Management Plan for the
Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit dated December 2,
1988, shall constitute the land management plan required
by section 6 of the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Re-
sources Planning Act of 1974, as amended by the National
Forest Management Act of 1976 (16 U.S.C. 1604).
(b) Nothing in this Act shall require the Forest Service
to amend or revise—
(1) the land and resource management plan
dated December 2, 1988, or its associated environ-
mental impact statement, or to prepare a new plan
or associated environmental impact statement; or
(2) any draft or final land and resource manage-
ment plan or associated environmental impact state-
ment for the Tahoe, Eldorado, or Toiyabe National
Forests.
SEC. 4. ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS.
(a) Any reference to the Lake Tahoe Basin Manage-
ment Unit in any existing statute, regulation, manual,
handbook, or otherwise shall be deemed a reference to the
Lake Tahoe Basin National Forest.
(b) Nothing in this Act shall affect—
(1) any provisions of Public Law 96–551 (94
Stat. 3233), giving Congressional consent to the
Tahoe Planning Compact;
(2) any provisions of Public Law 96–586 (94
Stat. 3381), an Act to provide disposal of certain
Federal lands in the Lake Tahoe Basin, commonly
called the Burton-Santini Act; or
(3) valid existing rights of persons holding any
authorization, permit, option or other form of con-
tract existing on the date of enactment of this Act.
(c) Notwithstanding the distribution requirements of
payments under the Act of May 23, 1908 (Ch. 192, 35 Stat.
251, as amended), distribution of receipts from the Eldo-
rado, Tahoe, Toiyabe, and Lake Tahoe Basin National For-
ests shall be based upon the National Forest boundaries that
existed prior to enactment of this Act, as though the Lake
Tahoe Basin National Forest does not exist.
Union Calendar No. 416
104TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 2122
[Report No. 104–772, Part I]
A BILL
To designate the Lake Tahoe Basin National For-
est in the States of California and Nevada to be
administered by the Secretary of Agriculture,
and for other purposes.
SEPTEMBER 4, 1996
The Committee on Agriculture discharged; committed to
the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the
Union and ordered to be printed