Ouachita National Forest Boundary Adjustment Act of 2006
PL 109-391 (H.R.5690), enacted 12/12/2006

120 STAT. 2701
PUBLIC LAW 109–391—DEC. 12, 2006
Public Law 109–391
109th Congress
An Act
To adjust the boundaries of the Ouachita National Forest in the States of Oklahoma
and Arkansas.
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 ‘‘Ouachita National Forest
Boundary Adjustment Act of 2006’’.
SEC. 2. BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT, OUACHITA NATIONAL FOREST,
OKLAHOMA AND ARKANSAS.
(a) BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT.—The boundaries of the Ouachita
National Forest in the States of Oklahoma and Arkansas are hereby
modified as generally depicted on the following maps, all dated
May 15, 2001, and more particularly delineated and described
according to the final boundary adjustment maps and boundary
descriptions filed in the Office of the Chief of the Forest Service:
(1) The map entitled ‘‘Ouachita National Forest Boundary
Extension for the Broken Bow Area’’.
(2) The map entitled ‘‘Ouachita National Forest Boundary
Extension for the Southern Tiak Area’’.
(3) The map entitled ‘‘Ouachita National Forest Boundary
Extension for the Northern Ouachita Area’’.
(4) The map entitled ‘‘Ouachita National Forest Boundary
Extension for the Southern Ouachita Area’’.
(5) The map entitled ‘‘Ouachita National Forest Boundary
Extension for the Eastern Ouachita Area’’.
(b) AVAILABILITY AND CORRECTION.—The maps referred to in
subsection (a) shall be on file and available for public inspection
in the Office of the Chief of the Forest Service. The Secretary
of Agriculture may make minor corrections to the maps.
(c) MANAGEMENT
OF ACQUIRED LAND.—Any federally-owned
lands that have been or hereafter may be acquired for National
Forest System purposes within the boundaries of the Ouachita
National Forest, as modified by subsection (a), shall be managed
as lands acquired under the Act of March 1, 1911 (commonly
known as the Weeks Act), and in accordance with the other laws
and regulations pertaining to the National Forest System. Nothing
in this subsection shall limit the authority of the Secretary of
Agriculture to adjust the boundaries of the Ouachita National
Forest pursuant to section 11 of such Act (16 U.S.C. 521).
(d) RELATION TO LAND AND WATER CONSERVATION FUND ACT.—
For purposes of section 7 of the Land and Water Conservation
Fund Act of 1965 (16 U.S.C. 460l–9), the boundaries of the Ouachita
Ouachita
National Forest
Boundary
Adjustment Act
of 2006.
Dec. 12, 2006
[H.R. 5690]
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PUBLIC LAW 109–391—DEC. 12, 2006
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 5690:
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 152 (2006):
Sept. 27, considered and passed House.
Nov. 16, considered and passed Senate.
National Forest, as modified by subsection (a), shall be considered
to be boundaries of the Ouachita National Forest as of January
1, 1965.
Approved December 12, 2006.
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