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(B) HUNTING SEASONS.—During the period
described in subparagraph (A), the duration of
any hunting season on the lands described in
subsection (1) shall comport with the applicable
State law.
SEC. 3105. OUACHITA NATIONAL FOREST BOUNDARY AD-
JUSTMENT.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Upon acceptance of title by the Sec-
retary of Agriculture of the lands conveyed to the United
States pursuant to section 3103(a)(2) (A) and (B), the
boundaries of the Ouachita National Forest shall be ad-
justed to encompass those lands conveyed to the United
States generally depicted on the appropriate maps referred
to in section 3103(a). Nothing in this section shall limit
the authority of the Secretary of Agriculture to adjust the
boundary pursuant to section 11 of the Weeks Law of March
1, 1911. For the purposes of section 7 of the Land and
Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 (16 U.S.C. 4601–
9), the boundaries of the Ouachita National Forest, as ad-
justed by this title, shall be considered to be the boundaries
of the Forest as of January 1, 1965.
(b) MAPS AND BOUNDARY DESCRIPTIONS.—Not later
than 180 days after the date of enactment of this title, the
Secretary of Agriculture shall prepare a boundary descrip-
tion of the lands depicted on the map(s) referred to in sec-
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tion 3103(a)(2) (A) and (B). Such map(s) and boundary
description shall have the same force and effect as if in-
cluded in this title, except that the Secretary of Agriculture
may correct clerical and typographical errors.
TITLE XXXII—BIG THICKET
NATIONAL PRESERVE
SEC. 3201. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds that—
(1) under the Big Thicket National Preserve Ad-
dition Act of 1993 (Public Law 103–46), Congress in-
creased the size of the Big Thicket National Preserve
through authorized land exchanges;
(2) such land exchanges were not consummated
by July 1, 1995, as required by Public Law 103–46;
and
(3) failure to consummate such land exchanges
by the end of the three-year extension provided by this
Act will necessitate further intervention and direction
from Congress concerning such land exchanges.
SEC. 3202. TIME PERIOD FOR LAND EXCHANGE.
(a) EXTENSION.—The last sentence of subsection (d)
of the first section of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to authorize
the establishment of the Big Thicket National Preserve in
the State of Texas, and for other purposes’’, approved Octo-
ber 11, 1974 (16 U.S.C. 698(d)), is amended by striking
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out ‘‘two years after date of enactment’’ and inserting ‘‘five
years after the date of enactment’’.
(b) INDEPENDENT APPRAISAL.—Subsection (d) of the
first section of such Act (16 U.S.C. 698(d)) is further
amended by adding at the end the following: ‘‘The Sec-
retary, in considering the values of the private lands to be
exchanged under this subsection, shall consider independent
appraisals submitted by the owners of the private lands.’’.
(c) LIMITATION.—Subsection (d) of the first section of
such Act (16 U.S.C. 698(d)), as amended by subsection (b),
is further amended by adding at the end the following: ‘‘The
authority to exchange lands under this subsection shall ex-
pire on July 1, 1998.’’.
SEC. 3203. REPORTING REQUIREMENT.
Not later than six months after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act and every six months thereafter until the
earlier of the consummation of the exchange or July 1,
1998, the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Ag-
riculture shall each submit a report to the Committee on
Resources of the House of Representatives and the Commit-
tee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate concern-
ing the progress in consummating the land exchange au-
thorized by the amendments made by Big Thicket National
Preserve Addition Act of 1993 (Public Law 103–46).