Salt Lake City Watershed Improvement Act of 1990
PL 101-634 (S.319), enacted 11/28/1990

104 STAT. 4580 
PUBLIC LAW 101-634—NOV. 28, 1990 
Public Law 101-634 
101st Congress 
An Act 
Nov. 28, 1990 
[S. 319] 
Salt Lake City 
Watershed 
Improvement 
Act of 1990. 
National forests. 
To effect an exchange of lands between the United States Forest Service and the Salt 
Lake City Corporation within the State of Utah, 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 "Salt Lake City Watershed Improve-
ment Act of 1990". 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES. 
(a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds that— 
(1) current land ownership patterns in the Northern Canyons 
of the Wasatch Mountains east of Salt Lake City, Utah, un-
necessarily impede efficient land and water resource manage-
ment activities by the Forest Service and Salt Lake City on 
their respective lands; 
(2) the Act of September 19, 1914, reserved Federal lands in 
these canyons from mineral entry and set them aside as a 
municipal water supply reserve for the use and benefit of Salt 
Lake City; 
(3) the 1914 Act further provides for cooperation between the 
Forest Service and Salt Lake City in managing the lands for 
municipal water supply purposes; and 
(4) a consolidation of National Forest lands and Salt Lake City 
lands in the canyon vicinities would be in the public interest 
and would enhance land management and water resource 
protection opportunities for both Salt Lake City and the Forest 
Service. 
(b) PURPOSES.—The purposes of this Act are to authorize an 
exchange of Forest Service and Salt Lake City lands and interests to 
consolidate ownership and facilitate management, to adjust bound-
aries of the Wasatch National Forest accordingly, and to protect 
valid existing rights appurtenant to lands and interests subject to 
conveyance under this Act. 
SEC. 3. CONVEYANCE OF LANDS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Agriculture (hereinafter re-
ferred to as the "Secretary") is authorized and directed to convey 
certain Federal lands and interests managed by the Forest Service 
within the State of Utah, and generally as depicted on the map 
entitled "Salt Lake City—Wasatch National Forest Land Exchange" 
and dated November 1989, for certain lands and interests owned by 
the Salt Lake City Corporation (hereinafter referred to as the 
"City") as generally depicted on such map. Such map, along with a 
legal description of all lands and interests to be conveyed, shall be 
on file and available for public inspection in the office of the Forest 
Service, United States Department of Agriculture. The Secretary 
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shall convey such Federal lands and interests to the City only upon 
the occurrence of all of the following: 
(1) Publication by the Secretary in the Federal Register of a 
legal description of all Federal lands and interests to be con-
veyed to the City pursuant to this Act. 
(2) Publication by the Secretary in the Federal Register of a 
legal description of all City lands and interests to be conveyed to 
the United States pursuant to this Act. 
(3) Written notification by the City to the Secretary that the 
City accepts the provisions of this Act, including subsection 
(eX2) and subsection (f). 
(4) Delivery to the Secretary by the City of documents of 
conveyance of the lands and interests to be conveyed by the 
City. 
(5) Delivery to the City and the Secretary of written approval 
by the Attorney General of the United States of the title to the 
lands and interests described in documents of conveyance 
submitted by the City within six months of their receipt by the 
Secretary. 
(b) CONFUCTS.—Conveyances of Federal lands and interests under 
this Act shall be completed notwithstanding— 
(1) the reservations of the Act of September 19,1914; 
(2) withdrawals of lands for the Fort Douglas Military Res-
ervation under the Executive orders dated September 3, 1867, 
and June 8, 1896, and under the Pickett Act of June 25,1910 (36 
Stat. 847); and 
(3) section 206 of the Federal Land Policy and Management 
Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1716). 
(c) ADMINISTRATION.—Lands and interests acquired by the United 
States pursuant to this Act shall be added to, and administered as 
part of, the National Forest System under principles of multiple use 
and sustained jdeld. 
(d) ADJUSTMENT OF BOUNDARIES.—The boundaries of the Wastach 
National Forest shall be adjusted as depicted on the map referred to 
in subsection (a) to reflect the conveyance and acquisition of lands 
pursuant to this Act. 
(e) Interim Recognition of Existing Rights.—Valid existings rights 
appurtenant to lands and interests acquired by the Secretary or 
acquired by the City pursuant to this Act shall be recognized, 
protected, and managed by the acquiring government in accordance 
with the terms and authorities under which such rights were issued 
until new, similar rights can be issued by the acquiring govern-
ment— 
(1) in the case of lands and interests acquired by the Federal 
Government, the Secretary shall negotiate with holders of valid 
existing rights appurtenant to such lands and interests issued 
by the City and provide such holders of rights new, similar 
rights under the authority of the Federal Government; and 
(2) in the case of lands and interests acquired by the City, the 
City will negotiate with holders of grazing permits, special use 
permits (to include easements and rights-of-way), or other valid 
existing rights appurtenant to such lands and interests issued 
by the Federal Government and will provide such holders of 
rights with similar new rights under the authority of the City. 
if) RECOGNITION OF MORMON TRAIL.—The City will recognize the 
designation of the Mormon Pioneer National Historic Trail over 
Federal 
Roister, 
publication. 
Federal 
Register, 
publication. 
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lands which it acquires pursuant to this Act and will manage its 
lands in a manner consistent with such designation. 
SEC. 4. RESTRICTIONS. 
(a) RESTRICTIONS ON ADDITIONAL TRANSFER.—The lands and in-
terests transferred to the City or the United States under this Act 
shall not be conveyed or otherwise transferred to any person or 
entity other than the United States. 
Ot)) RESTRICTIONS ON EXPLORATION OR DEVELOPMENT.—The lands 
and interests transferred to the City or the United States under this 
Act shall not be subject to any form of mineral, energy, or geo-
thermal exploration or development, and shall be used only for 
purposes consistent with and conforming to the reservations and 
purposes of the Act of September 19, 1914, and this Act, except for 
valid existing rights protected under section 3(e). 
SEC. 5. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be 
necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act. 
Approved November 28, 1990. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—S. 319: 
HOUSE REPORTS: No. 101-547, Pt. 1 (Comm. on Interior and Insular Affairs) and 
Pt. 2 (Comm. on Agriculture). 
SENATE REPORTS: No. 101-231 (Comm. on Energy and Natural Resources). 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 136 (1990): 
Jan. 24, considered and pa^ed Senate. 
Oct. 10, considered and passed House, amended. 
Oct. 26, Senate concurred in House amendment.