| To provide further protections
for the watershed of the Little Sandy River as part of the Bull Run Watershed
Management Unit, Oregon, and for other purposes. (Introduced in the House)
HR 427 IH
107th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 427
To provide further
protections for the watershed of the Little Sandy River as part of the
Bull Run Watershed Management Unit, Oregon, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
February 6, 2001
Mr. BLUMENAUER (for himself,
Mr. DEFAZIO, and Mr. WU) introduced the following bill; which was referred
to the Committee on Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture,
for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case
for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of
the committee concerned
A BILL
To provide further
protections for the watershed of the Little Sandy River as part of the
Bull Run Watershed Management Unit, Oregon, 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. INCLUSION OF ADDITIONAL
PORTION OF THE LITTLE SANDY RIVER WATERSHED IN THE BULL RUN WATERSHED MANAGEMENT
UNIT, OREGON.
(a) IN GENERAL- Public Law
95-200 (16 U.S.C. 482b note; 91 Stat. 1425) is amended by striking section
1 and inserting the following:
`SECTION 1. ESTABLISHMENT OF
SPECIAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT UNIT; DEFINITION OF SECRETARY.
`(a) DEFINITION OF SECRETARY-
In this Act, the term `Secretary' means--
`(1) with respect to land
administered by the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of Agriculture;
and
`(2) with respect to land
administered by the Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary of the Interior.
`(1) IN GENERAL- There is
established, subject to valid existing rights, a special resources management
unit in the State of Oregon, comprising approximately 98,272 acres, as
depicted on a map dated May 2000 and entitled `Bull Run Watershed Management
Unit'.
`(2) MAP- The map described
in paragraph (1) shall be on file and available for public inspection in
the offices of--
`(A) the Regional Forester-Pacific
Northwest Region of the Forest Service; and
`(B) the Oregon State Director
of the Bureau of Land Management.
`(3) BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENTS-
The Secretary may periodically make such minor adjustments in the boundaries
of the unit as are necessary, after consulting with the city and providing
for appropriate public notice and hearings.'.
(b) CONFORMING AND TECHNICAL
AMENDMENTS-
(1) SECRETARY- Public Law
95-200 (16 U.S.C. 482b note; 91 Stat. 1425) is amended by striking `Secretary
of Agriculture' each place it appears (except subsection (b) of section
1, as added by subsection (a), and except in the amendments made by paragraph
(2)) and inserting `Secretary'.
(A) IN GENERAL- Section
2(a) of Public Law 95-200 (16 U.S.C. 482b note; 91 Stat. 1425) is amended
by striking `applicable to National Forest System lands' and inserting
`applicable to land under the administrative jurisdiction of the Forest
Service (in the case of land administered by the Secretary of Agriculture)
or applicable to land under the administrative jurisdiction of the Bureau
of Land Management (in the case of land administered by the Secretary of
the Interior)'.
(B) MANAGEMENT PLANS- The
first sentence of section 2(c) of Public Law 95-200 (16 U.S.C. 482b note;
91 Stat. 1426) is amended--
(i) by striking `subsection
(a) and (b)' and inserting `subsections (a) and (b)'; and
(ii) by striking `, through
the maintenance' and inserting `(in the case of land administered by the
Secretary of Agriculture) or section 202 of the Federal Land Policy and
Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1712) (in the case of land administered
by the Secretary of the Interior), through the maintenance'.
SEC. 2. MANAGEMENT.
(a) TIMBER CUTTING RESTRICTIONS-
Section 2(b) of Public Law 95-200 (16 U.S.C. 482b note; 91 Stat. 1426)
is amended by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the following:
`(1) IN GENERAL- Subject
to paragraph (2), the Secretary shall prohibit the cutting of trees on
Federal land in the unit, as designated in section 1 and depicted on the
map referred to in that section.'.
(b) REPEAL OF MANAGEMENT
EXCEPTION- The Oregon Resource Conservation Act of 1996 (division B of
Public Law 104-208) is amended by striking section 606 (110 Stat. 3009-543).
(c) REPEAL OF DUPLICATIVE
ENACTMENT- Section 1026 of division I of the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands
Management Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-333; 110 Stat. 4228) and the amendments
made by that section are repealed.
(d) WATER RIGHTS- Nothing
in this section strengthens, diminishes, or has any other effect on water
rights held by any person or entity.
SEC. 3. LAND RECLASSIFICATION.
(a) OREGON AND CALIFORNIA
RAILROAD LAND- Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this
Act, the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior shall
identify any Oregon and California Railroad land that is subject to the
distribution provision of title II of the Act of August 28, 1937 (43 U.S.C.
1181f), within the boundary of the special resources management area described
in section 1 of Public Law 95-200 (as amended by section 1(a)).
(1) DEFINITION OF PUBLIC
DOMAIN LAND-
(A) IN GENERAL- In this
subsection, the term `public domain land' has the meaning given the term
`public land' in section 103 of the Federal Land Policy and Management
Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1702).
(B) EXCLUSION- The term
`public domain land' does not include any land managed under the Act of
August 28, 1937 (43 U.S.C. 1181a et seq.).
(2) IDENTIFICATION- Not
later than 18 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary
of the Interior shall identify public domain land within the Medford, Roseburg,
Eugene, Salem, and Coos Bay Districts and the Klamath Resource Area of
the Lakeview District of the Bureau of Land Management in the State of
Oregon that--
(A) is approximately equal
in acreage and condition as the land identified in subsection (a); but
(B) is not subject to the
Act of August 28, 1937 (43 U.S.C. 1181a et seq.).
(c) MAPS- Not later than
2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior
shall submit to Congress and publish in the Federal Register 1 or more
maps depicting the land identified in subsections (a) and (b).
(d) RECLASSIFICATION- After
providing an opportunity for public comment, the Secretary of the Interior
shall administratively reclassify--
(1) the land described in
subsection (a), as public domain land (as the term is defined in subsection
(b)) that is not subject to the distribution provision of title II of the
Act of August 28, 1937 (43 U.S.C. 1181f); and
(2) the land described in
subsection (b), as Oregon and California Railroad land that is subject
to the Act of August 28, 1937 (43 U.S.C. 1181a et seq.).
SEC. 4. FUNDING FOR ENVIRONMENTAL
RESTORATION.
There is authorized to be
appropriated to carry out, in accordance with section 323 of the Department
of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999 (16 U.S.C.
1101 note; 112 Stat. 2681-290), watershed restoration that protects or
enhances water quality, or relates to the recovery of endangered species
or threatened species listed under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16
U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), in Clackamas County, Oregon, $10,000,000.
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