A bill to extend the provisions of the General Exchange Act, as amended, to certain lands in order that they may become parts of the Umatilla and Wallowa National Forests, and for other purposes.
PL 96-406 (S.2398), enacted 10/09/1980

PUBLIC LAW 96-406—OCT. 9, 1980 
94 STAT. 1715 
Public Law 96-406 
96th Congress 
An Act 
To extend the provisions of the General Exchange Act, as amended, to certain lands 
in order that they may become parts of the Umatilla and Wallowa National 
Forests, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the provisions 
of the Act of March 20, 1922 (42 Stat. 465, as amended), are hereby 
extended to the following described lands: Willamette meridian— 
township 3 north, range 36 east, section 13, that part of the east half 
of the southeast quarter and of the south half of the southwest 
quarter of the southeast quarter lying south of the Umatilla River; 
section 21, that part of lot 3 lying south of the Umatilla River, lot 4 
and southeast quarter of the southeast quarter; section 22, those 
parts of lots 9,10,11, and 12 lying south of the Umatilla River, lots 13, 
14, 15, and 16; section 23, that part of the north half and the north 
half of the southwest quarter lying south of the Umatilla River, and 
southwest quarter of the southwest quarter, and the north half of the 
southeast quarter; section 24, that part of lots 3 and 4 lying south of 
the Umatilla River, lots 5 and 6; section 28, lots 1 and 2, east half of 
the northeast quarter. 
Township 2 north, range 41 east, 
section 26; 
section 35, east half; 
section 36. 
Township 5 south, range 32 east, 
section 29, southwest quarter of the southeast quarter. 
SEC. 2. Lands conveyed to the United States under section 1 of this 
Act shall, upon acceptance of title, become parts of the Umatilla and 
Wallowa National Forests and shall be subject to the laws, rules, and 
regulations applicable thereto. 
SEC. 3. The Act of March 4,1925 (43 Stat. 1279), is hereby amended 
to exclude the following described lands: 
Willamette Meridian 
Township 4 north, range 41 east, 
section 9, east half, northwest quarter of the northwest quar-
ter, south half of the northwest quarter and the southwest 
quarter; 
sections 10 to 17 inclusive; 
sections 20 to 29 inclusive; 
section 32, east half and east half of the west half; 
sections 33,34,35, and 36. 
Township 4 north, range 42 east, 
sections 19 to 36 inclusive. 
Township 3 north, range 40 east, 
sections 13,24,25, and 36. 
Township 3 north, range 41 east. 
Township 3 north, range 42 east. 
Oct. 9, 1980 
[S. 2398] 
Umatilla and 
Wallowa 
National 
Forests, land 
inclusion. 
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Land exclusion. 
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PUBLIC LAW 96-406—OCT. 9, 1980 
Land exclusion. 
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Land exclusion. 
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Township 2 north, range 40 east, 
section 1, north half-
Township 2 north, range 41 east, 
sections 1 to 17 inclusive. 
Township 2 north, range 42 east, 
sections 1 to 12 inclusive. 
Township 3 south, range 37 east, 
sections 28,29, and 30. 
Township 3 south, range 45 east, 
sections 13,14, and 15. 
Township 3 south, range 46 east, 
section 18. 
Township 4 south, range 38 east, 
section 26. 
SEC. 4. The Act of June 19,1936 (49 Stat. 1534), is hereby amended 
to exclude the following described lands: 
Willamette Meridian 
Township 3 south, range 37 east, 
sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, the west half, the south half southeast 
quarter, the north half northeast quarter, and the southeast 
quarter northeast quarter section 7; the east half, the northwest 
quarter, the east half southwest quarter, and the southwest 
quarter southwest quarter section 8, sections 9 to 24 inclusive, 
and sections 29 and 30. 
SEC. 5. The Act of June 17,1940 (54 Stat. 402), is hereby amended to 
exclude the following described lands: 
Willamette Meridian 
Township 1 south, range 39 east, 
section 12, south half. 
Township 1 south, range 40 east, 
sections 3,4, and 5; 
section 6, south half; 
sections 7,8,9, and 10. 
Township 4 south, range 38 east, 
sections 11,14, and 23. 
Township 6 south, range 38 east, 
sections 17,20,29, and 32. 
Approved October 9, 1980. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: 
HOUSE REPORT No. 96-1354 (Comm. on Interior and Insular Affairs). 
SENATE REPORT No. 96-669 (Comm. on Energy and Natural Resources). 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 126 (1980): 
May 5, considered and passed Senate. 
Sept. 29, considered and passed House.