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105TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3186
To provide for the transfer of administrative jurisdiction over certain public
lands in the State of Oregon located within or adjacent to the Rogue
River National Forest.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY 11, 1998
Mr. SMITH of Oregon introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Resources
A BILL
To provide for the transfer of administrative jurisdiction
over certain public lands in the State of Oregon located
within or adjacent to the Rogue River National Forest.
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 ‘‘Rogue River National
Forest Interchange Act of 1998’’.
SEC. 2. LAND TRANSFERS INVOLVING PUBLIC DOMAIN
LANDS 
AND 
NATIONAL 
FOREST 
SYSTEM
LANDS IN THE STATE OF OREGON.
(a) TRANSFER FROM PUBLIC DOMAIN TO NATIONAL
FOREST.—
(1) LAND
TRANSFER.—The public domain
lands depicted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’
and dated lllll, consisting of approximately
2,058.35 acres within the external boundaries of the
Rogue River National Forest in the State of Oregon
(in this section referred to as the ‘‘National Forest’’)
are hereby added to and made a part of the National
Forest.
(2) ADMINISTRATIVE JURISDICTION.—Adminis-
trative jurisdiction over the public domain lands de-
scribed in paragraph (1) is hereby transferred from
the Secretary of the Interior to the Secretary of Ag-
riculture. Subject to valid existing rights, the Sec-
retary of Agriculture shall administer such lands as
part of the National Forest under the laws, rules,
and regulations applicable to the National Forest.
(b) TRANSFER FROM NATIONAL FOREST TO PUBLIC
DOMAIN.—
(1) LAND TRANSFER.—The Federal lands de-
picted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and dated
lllll, consisting of approximately 1,555.15
acres within the external boundaries of the National
Forest, are hereby transferred to unreserved public
domain status, and the reservation of such lands as
part of the National Forest is hereby revoked.
(2) ADMINISTRATIVE JURISDICTION.—Adminis-
trative jurisdiction over the lands described in para-
graph (1) is hereby transferred from the Secretary
of Agriculture to the Secretary of the Interior. Sub-
ject to valid existing rights, the Secretary of the In-
terior shall administer such lands under the laws,
rules, and regulations applicable to unreserved pub-
lic domain lands.
(c) RESTORATION
OF STATUS
OF CERTAIN NA-
TIONAL FOREST LANDS AS REVESTED RAILROAD GRANT
LANDS.—
(1) RESTORATION OF EARLIER STATUS.—The
Federal 
lands 
depicted 
on 
the 
map 
enti-
tled ‘‘lllll’’ and dated lllll, consist-
ing of approximately 4,298.00 acres within the ex-
ternal boundaries of the National Forest, are hereby
restored to the status of revested Oregon and Cali-
fornia railroad grant lands, and the reservation of
such lands as part of the National Forest is hereby
revoked.
(2) ADMINISTRATIVE JURISDICTION.—Adminis-
trative jurisdiction over the lands described in para-
graph (1) is hereby transferred from the Secretary
of Agriculture to the Secretary of the Interior. Sub-
ject to valid existing rights, the Secretary of the In-
terior shall administer such lands under the Act of
August 28, 1937 (43 U.S.C. 1181a et seq.), and
other laws, rules, and regulations applicable to re-
vested Oregon and California railroad grant lands
under the administrative jurisdiction of the Sec-
retary of the Interior.
(d) ADDITION OF CERTAIN REVESTED RAILROAD
GRANT LANDS TO NATIONAL FOREST.—
(1) LAND
TRANSFER.—The revested Oregon
and California railroad grant lands depicted on the
map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and dated lllll,
consisting of approximately 959.67 acres within the
external boundaries of the National Forest, are here-
by added to and made a part of the National Forest.
(2) ADMINISTRATIVE JURISDICTION.—Adminis-
trative jurisdiction over the lands described in para-
graph (1) is hereby transferred from the Secretary
of the Interior to the Secretary of Agriculture. Sub-
ject to valid existing rights, the Secretary of Agri-
culture shall administer such lands as part of the
National Forest under the laws, rules, and regula-
tions applicable to the National Forest; except that,
with respect to the management of timber resources
on such lands and the disposition of revenues de-
rived from such lands and resources on such lands,
the Secretary of Agriculture shall manage such lands
under the Act of August 28, 1937 (43 U.S.C. 1181a
et seq.).
(e) MISCELLANEOUS REQUIREMENTS.—As soon as
practicable after the date of the enactment of this Act,
the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agri-
culture shall revise the public land records relating to the
lands transferred under this section to reflect the adminis-
trative, boundary, and other changes made by this section.
The Secretaries shall publish in the Federal Register ap-
propriate notice to the public of the changes in administra-
tive jurisdiction made by this section with regard to lands
described in this section.
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