Title: Chetco River Protection Act of 2019
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources

Summary:
Chetco River Protection Act of 2019
This bill modifies segment designations for the Chetco River, Oregon.
Federal lands within the boundaries of the modified river segments are withdrawn from (1) entry, appropriation, or disposal under the public land laws; (2) location, entry, and patent under the mining laws; and (3) disposition under all laws pertaining to mineral and geothermal leasing or mineral materials.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 994 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 994

 To amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to make technical corrections 
       to the segment designations for the Chetco River, Oregon.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 6, 2019

  Mr. DeFazio (for himself and Mr. Huffman) 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 make technical corrections 
       to the segment designations for the Chetco River, Oregon.

    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 ``Chetco River Protection Act of 
2019''.

SEC. 2. TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS TO THE WILD AND SCENIC RIVERS ACT.

    Section 3(a)(69) of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act (16 U.S.C. 
1274(a)(69)) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C) as 
        clauses (i), (ii), and (iii), respectively, and indenting 
        appropriately;
            (2) in the matter preceding clause (i) (as so 
        redesignated), by striking ``The 44.5-mile'' and inserting the 
        following:
                    ``(A) Designations.--The 44.5-mile'';
            (3) in clause (i) (as so redesignated)--
                    (A) by striking ``25.5-mile'' and inserting ``27.5-
                mile''; and
                    (B) by striking ``Boulder Creek at the Kalmiopsis 
                Wilderness boundary'' and inserting ``Mislatnah 
                Creek'';
            (4) in clause (ii) (as so redesignated)--
                    (A) by striking ``8-mile'' and inserting ``7.5-
                mile''; and
                    (B) by striking ``Boulder Creek to Steel Bridge'' 
                and inserting ``Mislatnah Creek to Eagle Creek'';
            (5) in clause (iii) (as so redesignated)--
                    (A) by striking ``11-mile'' and inserting ``9.5-
                mile''; and
                    (B) by striking ``Steel Bridge'' and inserting 
                ``Eagle Creek''; and
            (6) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(B) Withdrawal.--Subject to valid 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 
                        pertaining to mineral and geothermal leasing or 
                        mineral materials.''.
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