H. R. 427
One Hundred Seventh Congress
of the
United States of America
AT THE FIRST SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday,
the third day of January, two thousand and one
An Act
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.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 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 WATER-
SHED MANAGEMENT UNIT, OREGON.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Public Law 95–200 (16 U.S.C. 482b note;
91 Stat. 1425) is amended by striking section 1 and inserting
the following:
‘‘SECTION 1. ESTABLISHMENT OF SPECIAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
UNIT; DEFINITION OF SECRETARY.
‘‘(a) DEFINITION OF SECRETARY.—In this Act, the term ‘Sec-
retary’ means—
‘‘(1) with respect to land administered by the Secretary
of Agriculture, the Secretary of Agriculture; and
‘‘(2) with respect to land administered by the Secretary
of the Interior, the Secretary of the Interior.
‘‘(b) ESTABLISHMENT.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—There is established, subject to valid
existing rights, a special resources management unit in the
State of Oregon, comprising approximately 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 inspection in the offices of—
‘‘(A) the Regional Forester-Pacific Northwest Region
of the Forest Service; and
‘‘(B) the Oregon State Director of the Bureau of Land
Management.
‘‘(3) BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENTS.—The Secretary may periodi-
cally make such minor adjustments in the boundaries of the
unit as are necessary, after consulting with the city and pro-
viding for appropriate public notice and hearings.’’.
(b) CONFORMING AND TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.—
(1) SECRETARY.—Public Law 95–200 (16 U.S.C. 482b note;
91 Stat. 1425) is amended by striking ‘‘Secretary of Agriculture’’
each place it appears (except subsection (b) of section 1, as
added by subsection (a), and except in the amendments made
by paragraph (2)) and inserting ‘‘Secretary’’.
(2) APPLICABLE LAW.—
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(A) IN GENERAL.—Section 2(a) of Public Law 95–200
(16 U.S.C. 482b note; 91 Stat. 1425) is amended by striking
‘‘applicable to National Forest System lands’’ and inserting
‘‘applicable to land under the administrative jurisdiction
of the Forest Service (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 sentence of section
2(c) of Public Law 95–200 (16 U.S.C. 482b note; 91 Stat.
1426) is amended—
(i) by striking ‘‘subsection (a) and (b)’’ and inserting
‘‘subsections (a) and (b)’’; and
(ii) by striking ‘‘, through the maintenance’’ and
inserting ‘‘(in the case of land administered by the
Secretary of Agriculture) or section 202 of the Federal
Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C.
1712) (in the case of land administered by the Secretary
of the Interior), through the maintenance’’.
SEC. 2. MANAGEMENT.
(a) TIMBER CUTTING RESTRICTIONS.—Section 2(b) of Public Law
95–200 (16 U.S.C. 482b note; 91 Stat. 1426) is amended by striking
paragraph (1) and inserting the following:
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), the Secretary
shall prohibit the cutting of trees on Federal land in the unit,
as designated in section 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 divi-
sion 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 repealed.
(d) WATER RIGHTS.—Nothing in this section strengthens, dimin-
ishes, or has any other effect on water rights held by any person
or entity.
SEC. 3. LAND RECLASSIFICATION.
(a) OREGON AND CALIFORNIA RAILROAD LAND.—Not later than
180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary
of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior shall identify any
Oregon and California Railroad land that is subject to the distribu-
tion provision of title II of the Act of August 28, 1937 (43 U.S.C.
1181f), within the boundary of the special resources management
area described in section 1 of Public Law 95–200 (as amended
by section 1(a)).
(b) PUBLIC DOMAIN LAND.—
(1) DEFINITION OF PUBLIC DOMAIN LAND.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—In this subsection, the term ‘‘public
domain land’’ has the meaning given the term ‘‘public land’’
in section 103 of the Federal Land Policy and Management
Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1702).
(B) EXCLUSION.—The term ‘‘public domain land’’ does
not include any land managed under the Act of August
28, 1937 (43 U.S.C. 1181a et seq.).
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(2) IDENTIFICATION.—Not later than 18 months after the
date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior
shall identify public domain land within the Medford, Roseburg,
Eugene, Salem, and Coos Bay Districts and the Klamath
Resource Area of the Lakeview District of the Bureau of Land
Management in the State of Oregon that—
(A) is approximately equal in acreage and condition
as the land identified in subsection (a); but
(B) is not subject to the Act of August 28, 1937 (43
U.S.C. 1181a et seq.).
(c) MAPS.—Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment
of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior shall submit to Congress
and publish in the Federal Register 1 or more maps depicting
the land identified in subsections (a) and (b).
(d) RECLASSIFICATION.—After providing an opportunity for
public comment, the Secretary of the Interior shall administratively
reclassify—
(1) the land described in subsection (a), as public domain
land (as the term is defined in subsection (b)) that is not
subject to the distribution provision of title II of the Act of
August 28, 1937 (43 U.S.C. 1181f); and
(2) the land described in subsection (b), as Oregon and
California Railroad land that is subject to the Act of August
28, 1937 (43 U.S.C. 1181a et seq.).
SEC. 4. FUNDING FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION.
There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out, in accord-
ance with section 323 of the Department of the Interior and Related
Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999 (16 U.S.C. 1101 note; 112 Stat.
2681–290), watershed restoration that protects or enhances water
quality, or relates to the recovery of endangered species or threat-
ened species listed under the Endangered Species Act of 1973
(16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), in Clackamas County, Oregon, $10,000,000.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.