Title: Molalla River Wild and Scenic Rivers Act
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources

Summary:
Molalla River Wild and Scenic Rivers Act
This bill amends the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate specified segments of the Molalla River in Oregon as components of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System.
The bill renames the Squaw Creek in Oregon as Wychus Creek.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1056 Introduced in House (IH)]

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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.


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                    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 
                     Committee on Natural Resources

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                                 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 Representatives 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''.

SEC. 2. DESIGNATION OF WILD AND SCENIC RIVER SEGMENTS, 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 following:
    ``(213) Molalla River, Oregon.--
            ``(A) In general.--The following segments in the State of 
        Oregon, to be administered by the Secretary 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 Management boundary line in the NE\1/4\ 
                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;
                    ``(ii) location, entry, and patent under the mining 
                laws; and
                    ``(iii) disposition under all laws relating to 
                mineral and geothermal leasing or mineral materials.''.

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''.
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