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Calendar No. 712 
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 3513 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
APRIL 23, 2008 
Received; read twice and placed on the calendar 
AN ACT 
To amend the Oregon Wilderness Act of 1984 to designate 
the Copper Salmon Wilderness and to amend the Wild 
and Scenic Rivers Act to designate segments of the 
North and South Forks of the Elk River in the State 
of Oregon as wild or scenic rivers, and for other pur-
poses. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Copper Salmon Wilder-
ness Act of 2008’’. 
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SEC. 2. DESIGNATION OF THE COPPER SALMON WILDER-
NESS. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—Section 3 of the Oregon Wilder-
ness Act of 1984 (16 U.S.C. 1132 note; Public Law 98– 
328) is amended— 
(1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by 
striking ‘‘eight hundred fifty-nine thousand six hun-
dred acres’’ and inserting ‘‘871,593 acres’’; 
(2) in paragraph (29), by striking the period at 
the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(30) certain land in the Siskiyou National 
Forest, comprising approximately 11,922 acres, as 
generally depicted on the map entitled ‘Copper 
Salmon Wilderness Proposal’ and dated April 1, 
2008, to be known as the ‘Copper Salmon Wilder-
ness’.’’. 
(b) MAPS AND LEGAL DESCRIPTION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—As soon as practicable after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
Agriculture (referred to in this Act as the ‘‘Sec-
retary’’) shall file a map and a legal description of 
the Copper Salmon Wilderness with— 
(A) the Committee on Energy and Natural 
Resources of the Senate; and 
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(B) the Committee on Natural Resources 
of the House of Representatives. 
(2) FORCE OF LAW.—The map and legal de-
scription filed under paragraph (1) shall have the 
same force and effect as if included in this Act, ex-
cept that the Secretary may correct typographical 
errors in the map and legal description. 
(3) BOUNDARY.—If the boundary of the Copper 
Salmon Wilderness shares a border with a road, the 
Secretary may only establish an offset that is not 
more than 150 feet from the centerline of the road. 
(4) PUBLIC
AVAILABILITY.—Each map and 
legal description filed under paragraph (1) shall be 
on file and available for public inspection in the ap-
propriate offices of the Forest Service. 
SEC. 3. WILD AND SCENIC RIVER DESIGNATIONS, ELK 
RIVER, OREGON. 
Section 3(a)(76) of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act 
(16 U.S.C. 1274(a)(76)) is amended— 
(1) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), 
by striking ‘‘19-mile segment’’ and inserting ‘‘28.2- 
mile segment’’; 
(2) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘; and’’ 
and inserting a period; and 
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(3) by striking subparagraph (B) and inserting 
the following: 
‘‘(B)(i) The approximately 0.6-mile seg-
ment of the North Fork Elk from its source in 
sec. 21, T. 33 S., R. 12 W., Willamette Merid-
ian, downstream to 0.01 miles below Forest 
Service Road 3353, as a scenic river. 
‘‘(ii) The approximately 5.5-mile segment 
of the North Fork Elk from 0.01 miles below 
Forest Service Road 3353 to its confluence with 
the South Fork Elk, as a wild river. 
‘‘(C)(i) The approximately 0.9-mile seg-
ment of the South Fork Elk from its source in 
the southeast quarter of sec. 32, T. 33 S., R. 
12 W., Willamette Meridian, downstream to 
0.01 miles below Forest Service Road 3353, as 
a scenic river. 
‘‘(ii) The approximately 4.2-mile segment 
of the South Fork Elk from 0.01 miles below 
Forest Service Road 3353 to its confluence with 
the North Fork Elk, as a wild river.’’. 
SEC. 4. PROTECTION OF TRIBAL RIGHTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Nothing in this Act shall be con-
strued as diminishing any right of any Indian tribe. 
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(b) MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING.—The Sec-
retary shall seek to enter into a memorandum of under-
standing with the Coquille Indian Tribe regarding access 
to the Copper Salmon Wilderness to conduct historical and 
cultural activities. 
SEC. 5. DESIGNATION OF POTENTIAL WILDERNESS AREA, 
SISKIYOU NATIONAL FOREST, OREGON. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—In furtherance of the purposes of 
the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), certain Na-
tional Forest System land in the State of Oregon adminis-
tered by the Forest Service as part of the Siskiyou Na-
tional Forest and compromising approximately 1,708 
acres, as generally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘Copper 
Salmon Wilderness Proposal’’ and dated April 1, 2008, 
are designated as a potential wilderness area for eventual 
inclusion in the Copper Salmon Wilderness designated by 
paragraph (30) of section 3 of the Oregon Wilderness Act 
of 1984 (16 U.S.C. 1132 note; Public Law 98–328), as 
added by section 2. 
(b) MAP AND LEGAL DESCRIPTION.—As soon as 
practicable after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
the Secretary shall file with the Committee on Natural Re-
sources of the House of Representatives and the Com-
mittee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate 
a map and legal description of potential wilderness area 
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