[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1897 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

103d CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 1897

 To expand the boundary of the Santa Fe National Forest, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

              March 7 (legislative day, February 22), 1994

 Mr. Bingaman (for himself and Mr. Domenici) introduced the following 
bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and 
                           Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
 To expand the boundary of the Santa Fe National Forest, 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 ``Santa Fe National Forest Boundary 
Adjustment Act of 1994''.

SEC. 2. BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT.

    (a) Expansion.--The Secretary of Agriculture shall modify the 
boundary of the Santa Fe National Forest as depicted on the map 
entitled ``Santa Fe National Forest Boundary Expansion--1994''.
    (b) Map.--The map referred to in subsection (a) shall be on file 
and available for public inspection in the Office of the Chief 
Forester, National Forest Service, Washington, D.C.
    (c) Acquisition.--The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to 
acquire land depicted on the map described in subsection (a) by 
exchange with the Bureau of Land Management of the Department of the 
Interior.
    (d) Disposal.--The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to 
transfer land within the Santa Fe National Forest to the Bureau of Land 
Management of the Department of the Interior, to offset the value of 
land acquired by the Secretary of Agriculture pursuant to subsection 
(c).
    (e) Effective Date.--For purposes of section 7(a)(1) of the Land 
and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 (16 U.S.C. 460l-9(a)(1)), the 
boundary of the Santa Fe National Forest, as modified pursuant to 
subsection (a), shall be treated as if it were the boundary as of 
January 1, 1965.

SEC. 3. MANAGEMENT.

    (a) In General.--Subject to subsection (b)(1), the Secretary of 
Agriculture shall not transfer by exchange, sale, or otherwise, any 
land or interest in land within the boundary of the Santa Fe National 
Forest that is acquired pursuant to the boundary expansion authorized 
in section 2(a).
    (b) Easements.--
            (1) Conveyance.--The Secretary may convey to the State of 
        New Mexico easements donated to, and accepted by, the United 
        States.
            (2) Management.--Land or interest in land acquired pursuant 
        to the boundary expansion authorized in section 2(a) shall be 
        managed consistent with the terms and conditions of any 
        easement donated to, and accepted by, the United States with 
        respect to such land or interest in land.

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