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115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1056 
To amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate segments of the 
Molalla River in the State of Oregon as components of the National 
Wild and Scenic Rivers System, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 14, 2017 
Mr. SCHRADER (for himself, Ms. BONAMICI, Mr. BLUMENAUER, and Mr. 
DEFAZIO) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate 
segments of the Molalla River in the State of Oregon 
as components of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers 
System, 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. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Molalla River Wild 
and Scenic Rivers Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. DESIGNATION OF WILD AND SCENIC RIVER SEG-
MENTS, MOLALLA RIVER, OREGON. 
Section 3(a) of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act (16 
U.S.C. 1274(a)) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(213) MOLALLA RIVER, OREGON.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The following segments in 
the State of Oregon, to be administered by the Sec-
retary of the Interior as a recreational river: 
‘‘(i) MOLALLA RIVER.—The approximately 
15.1-mile segment from the southern boundary 
line of T. 7 S., R. 4 E., sec. 19, downstream 
to the edge of the Bureau of Land Management 
boundary in T. 6 S., R. 3 E., sec. 7. 
‘‘(ii) 
TABLE
ROCK
FORK
MOLALLA 
RIVER.—The approximately 6.2-mile segment 
from the easternmost Bureau of Land Manage-
ment boundary line in the NE1⁄4 sec. 4, T. 7 S., 
R. 4 E., downstream to the confluence with the 
Molalla River. 
‘‘(B) WITHDRAWAL.—Subject to valid existing 
rights, the Federal land within the boundaries of the 
river segments designated by subparagraph (A) is 
withdrawn from all forms of— 
‘‘(i) entry, appropriation, or disposal under 
the public land laws; 
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‘‘(ii) location, entry, and patent under the 
mining laws; and 
‘‘(iii) disposition under all laws relating to 
mineral and geothermal leasing or mineral ma-
terials.’’. 
SEC. 3. TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS. 
Section 3(a)(102) of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act 
(16 U.S.C. 1274(a)(102)) is amended— 
(1) in the heading, by striking ‘‘SQUAW 
CREEK’’ and inserting ‘‘WHYCHUS CREEK’’; 
(2) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), 
by striking ‘‘McAllister Ditch, including the Soap 
Fork Squaw Creek, the North Fork, the South 
Fork, the East and West Forks of Park Creek, and 
Park Creek Fork’’ and inserting ‘‘Plainview Ditch, 
including the Soap Creek, the North and South 
Forks of Whychus Creek, the East and West Forks 
of Park Creek, and Park Creek’’; and 
(3) 
in 
subparagraph 
(B), 
by 
striking 
‘‘McAllister Ditch’’ and inserting ‘‘Plainview Ditch’’. 
Æ 
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