A bill to modify the boundary of the Pike National Forest in the State of Colorado, and for other purposes.
PL 98-484 (H.R.3601), enacted 10/17/1984

PUBLIC LAW 98-484—OCT. 17, 1984 
98 STAT. 2259 
Public Law 98-484 
98th Congress 
An Act 
To modify the boundary of the Pike National Forest in the State of Colorado, and for 
Oct. 17, 1984 
other purposes. 
[H.R. 3601] 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, 
National Forest 
SECTION 1. In order to provide for the more efficient administra- 
System. 
tion of certain Federal lands in the vicinity of Waterton Canyon, 
South Platte River in the State of Colorado, the exterior boundary of 
the Pike National Forest is hereby modified as shown on Depart-
ment of Agriculture, Forest Service maps entitled "Boundary Modi-
fication, Pike National Forest", dated March 1981. The maps and 
Public 
legal description of the boundary of such lands shall be on file and 
availability. 
available for public inspection in the offices of the Chief of the 
Forest Service, Department of Agriculture and the Director of the 
Bureau of Land Management, Department of the Interior, and 
appropriate field offices of those agencies. 
SEC. 2. All public lands brought within the boundary of the Pike 
National Forest as a result of the boundary modification set forth in 
the first section of this Act (comprising about 2,869 acres and 
currently administered by the Bureau of Land Management, De-
partment of the Interior) are hereby added to the Pike National 
Forest, and shall be administered in accordance with the laws, rules, 
and regulations applicable with respect to lands in the National 
Forest System. 
SEC. 3. Nothing in this Act shall affect valid existing rights, or 
interests in existing land use authorizations, except that any such 
right or authorization shall be administered by the agency having 
jurisdiction of the land after the enactment of this Act in accordance 
with section 2 of this Act and other applicable law. Reissuance of 
any such authorization shall be in accordance with applicable law 
and the regulations of the agency having jurisdiction, except that 
the change of administrative jurisdiction resulting from the enact-
ment of this Act shall not in itself constitute a basis for denying the 
renewal or reissuance of any such authorization. 
SEC. 4. For the purpose of section 7 of the Land and Water 
Conservation Fund Act of 1965 (16 U.S.C. 4601-9), the boundary of 
the Pike National Forest, as modified by the first section of this Act, 
shall be treated as if it were the boundary of that forest as of 
January 1,1965. 
SEC. 5. (a) Section 5(a) of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act (16 U.S.C. 
1271-1287) is amended by adding the following new paragraph at 
the end thereof— 
"(90) Horsepasture, North Carolina: The segment from Bohaynee 
Road (N.C. 281) downstream to Lake Jocassee.". 
(b) Section 5(b)(3) of such Act is amended by adding the following 
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at the end thereof: "The study of the river named in paragraph (90) 
of subsection (a) shall be completed not later than three years after 
the date of the enactment of this sentence.". 
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98 STAT. 2260 
PUBLIC LAW 98-484—OCT. 17, 1984 
Appropriation 
(c) The first paragraph (4) in section 5(b) of such Act is amended by 
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adding the following at the end thereof: "There are authorized to be 
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appropriated for the purpose of conducting the study of the river 
named in paragraph (90) such sums as may be necessary.". The 
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second paragraph (4) in such section 5(b) and paragraph (5) in such 
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section 5(b) are redesignated as paragraphs (5) and (6) respectively. 
Effective date. 
SEC. 6. The provisions of this Act shall take effect on the date of 
the enactment of this Act. 
Approved October 17, 1984. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 3601: 
HOUSE REPORT No. 98-1066 (eomm. on Interior and Insular Affairs). 
eONGRESSIONAL REOORD, Vol. 130 (1984): 
Sept. 24, considered and passed House. 
Oct. 3, considered and passed Senate.