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        H.R.1874

                       One Hundred Fourth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE SECOND SESSION

         Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday,
   the third day of January, one thousand nine hundred and ninety-six


                                 An Act


 
   To modify the boundaries of the Talladega National Forest, Alabama.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. EXPANSION OF TALLADEGA NATIONAL FOREST.

    (a) Boundary Modification.--The exterior boundaries of the 
Talladega National Forest are hereby modified to include the following 
described lands:
         Huntsville Meridian, Township 17 South, Range 8 East, Section 
    34, NE\1/4\, SW\1/4\, and S\1/2\NW\1/4\, Cleburne County, 
    containing 399.40 acres, more or less.
        Huntsville Meridian, Township 13 South, Range 9 East, Section 
    28, SE\1/4\, Calhoun County, containing 160.00 acres, more or less.
    (b) Administration.--(1) Subject to valid existing rights, all 
Federal lands described under subsection (a) are hereby added to and 
shall be administered as part of the Talladega National Forest, and the 
Secretary of the Interior shall transfer, without reimbursement, 
administrative jurisdiction over such lands to the Secretary of 
Agriculture.
    (2) Nothing in this section shall be construed to affect the 
validity of or the terms and conditions of any existing right-of-way, 
easement, lease, license, or permit on lands transferred by subsection 
(a), except that such lands shall be administered by the Forest 
Service. Reissuance of any authorization shall be in accordance with 
the laws and regulations generally applying to the Forest Service, and 
the change of jurisdiction over such lands resulting from the enactment 
of this Act shall not constitute a ground for the denial of renewal or 
reissuance of such authorization.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.