IIB 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 689 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
JUNE 3, 2009 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
Resources 
AN ACT 
To interchange the administrative jurisdiction of certain Fed-
eral lands between the Forest Service and the Bureau 
of Land Management, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. INTERCHANGE OF LANDS TO THE BUREAU OF 
LAND MANAGEMENT. 
(a) INTERCHANGE.—Effective on the date of the en-
actment of this Act, administrative jurisdiction of the fed-
erally owned lands described in subsection (b) is trans-
ferred from the Secretary of Agriculture to the Secretary 
of the Interior to be subject to the laws, rules, and regula-
tions applicable to the public lands administered by the 
Bureau of Land Management (hereafter in this Act re-
ferred to as the ‘‘BLM’’). 
(b) LANDS AFFECTED.—Except as provided in sub-
section (c), the lands transferred to the administration of 
the Secretary of the Interior, through the BLM, under 
subsection (a) are those heretofore within the Shasta- 
Trinity National Forest in California, Mount Diablo Me-
ridian, as shown on the map titled ‘‘H.R. 689, Transfer 
from Forest Service to BLM, Map 1’’, dated April 21, 
2009. 
(c) EXCEPTED LANDS.—Excepted from the transfer 
under this section are those lands within the Shasta Dam 
Reclamation Zone which shall continue to be administered 
by the Secretary of the Interior through the Bureau of 
Reclamation. 
SEC. 2. INTERCHANGE OF LANDS TO THE FOREST SERVICE. 
(a) INTERCHANGE.—Effective on the date of the en-
actment of this Act, administrative jurisdiction of the fed-
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erally owned lands described in subsection (b) is trans-
ferred from the Secretary of the Interior to the Secretary 
of Agriculture to be subject to the laws, rules, and regula-
tions applicable to the National Forest System. Such lands 
are hereby withdrawn from the public domain and re-
served for administration as part of the Shasta-Trinity 
National Forest. 
(b) LANDS AFFECTED.—The lands transferred to the 
administration of the Secretary of Agriculture, through 
the Forest Service, under subsection (a), are those here-
tofore administered by the BLM in California, Mount Dia-
blo Meridian, as shown on the map titled ‘‘H.R. 689, 
Transfer from BLM to Forest Service, Map 2’’, dated 
April 21, 2009. 
(c) WILDERNESS ADMINISTRATION.—The transfer of 
administrative jurisdiction from the BLM to the Forest 
Service of certain lands previously designated as part of 
the Trinity Alps Wilderness shall not affect the wilderness 
status of such lands. 
(d) LAND AND WATER CONSERVATION FUND.—For 
the purposes of section 7 of the Land and Water Con-
servation Fund Act of 1965 (16 U.S.C. 460l–9), the 
boundaries of the Shasta-Trinity National Forest, as ad-
justed pursuant to this Act, shall be considered the bound-
aries of that national forest as of January 1, 1965. 
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SEC. 3. EXISTING RIGHTS AND AUTHORIZATIONS. 
Nothing in this Act shall affect any valid existing 
rights, nor affect the validity or term and conditions of 
any existing withdrawal, right-of-way, easement, lease, li-
cense or permit on lands transferred by this Act, except 
that any such authorization shall be administered by the 
agency having jurisdiction of the land after the enactment 
of this Act in accordance with applicable law. Reissuance 
of any such authorization shall be in accordance with ap-
plicable law and regulations of the agency having jurisdic-
tion. 
SEC. 4. HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES. 
(a) NOTICE.—The Forest Service for lands described 
in section 1, and the BLM for lands described in section 
2, shall identify any known sites containing hazardous 
substances and provide such information to the receiving 
agency. 
(b) CLEAN UP OBLIGATIONS.—The clean up of haz-
ardous substances on lands transferred by this Act shall 
be the responsibility of the agency having jurisdiction over 
the lands on the day before the date of the enactment of 
this Act. 
SEC. 5. CORRECTIONS. 
(a) MINOR ADJUSTMENTS.—The Director of the 
BLM and the Chief of the Forest Service, may, by mutual 
agreement, effect minor corrections and adjustments to 
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the interchange provided for in this Act to facilitate land 
management, including survey. 
(b) PUBLICATIONS.—Any corrections or adjustments 
made under subsection (a) shall be effective upon publica-
tion of a notice in the Federal Register. 
Passed the House of Representatives June 2, 2009. 
Attest: 
LORRAINE C. MILLER, 
Clerk. 
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