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104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2122
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
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.
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SEC. 2. BOUNDARIES.
(a) The Lake Tahoe Basin National Forest shall
comprise those lands designated as the Lake Tahoe Basin
Management Unit in the Federal Register notice dated
January 13, 1978 (43 F.R. 1971).
(b) For the purposes of section 7 of the Land and
Conservation Fund Act of 1965 (16 U.S.C. 4601–9), the
exterior boundary of the Lake Tahoe Basin National For-
est established by this Act shall be treated as if it were
the boundary as of January 1, 1965.
(c) The boundaries of the Tahoe, Eldorado, Toiyabe
National Forests are hereby modified to exclude those
lands within the boundaries of the Lake Tahoe Basin Na-
tional Forest.
(d) The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to
made corrections or adjustments in the boundaries of the
Tahoe, Eldorado, Toiyabe, and Lake Tahoe Basin Na-
tional 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 re-
quired by section 6 of the Forest and Rangeland Renew-
able Resources Planning Act of 1974, as amended by the
National Forest Management Act of 1976 (16 U.S.C.
1604).
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(b) Nothing in this Act shall require the Forest Serv-
ice 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 man-
agement plan or associated environmental impact
statement for the Tahoe, Eldorado or Toiyabe Na-
tional 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
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(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
Eldorado, Tahoe, Toiyabe, and Lake Tahoe Basin Na-
tional Forests 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.
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