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106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4580
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
JUNE 6, 2000
Mr. BLUMENAUER (for himself 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 susequently determined
by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions 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) is amended by striking section 1 and inserting
the following:
‘‘SECTION 1. ESTABLISHMENT OF SPECIAL RESOURCES
MANAGEMENT UNIT; DEFINITION OF SEC-
RETARY.
‘‘(a) 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 the Regional Forester-Pacific
Northwest Region, Forest Service, Department of
Agriculture, and in the offices of the State Director,
Bureau of Land Management, Department of the
Interior.
‘‘(3) BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENTS.—Minor adjust-
ments in the boundaries of the unit may be made
from time to time by the Secretary after consulta-
tion with the city and appropriate public notice and
hearings.
‘‘(b) 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) CONFORMING AND TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.—
(1) SECRETARY.—Public Law 95–200 (16
U.S.C. 482b note) is amended by striking ‘‘Sec-
retary of Agriculture’’ each place it appears (except
subsection (b) of section 1, as added by subsection
(a), and except in the amendments made by para-
graph (2)) and inserting ‘‘Secretary’’.
(2) APPLICABLE LAW.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—Section 2(a) of Public
Law 95–200 (16 U.S.C. 482b note) is amended
by striking ‘‘applicable to National Forest Sys-
tem lands’’ and inserting ‘‘applicable to Na-
tional Forest System land (in the case of land
administered by the Secretary of Agriculture)
or applicable to land under the administrative
jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management
(in the case of land administered by the Sec-
retary 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) 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 HARVESTING RESTRICTIONS.—Section
2(b) of Public Law 95–200 (16 U.S.C. 482b note) is
amended by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2),
the Secretary shall prohibit the cutting of trees on
Federal land in the entire unit, as designated in sec-
tion 1 and depicted on the map referred to in that
section.’’.
(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.
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