[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2035 Introduced in House (IH)]







104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2035

  To expand the boundary of the Manti-La Sal National Forest, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 13, 1995

  Mr. Orton introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                         Committee on Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
  To expand the boundary of the Manti-La Sal 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 ``Manti-La Sal National Forest 
Boundary Adjustment Act of 1995''.

SEC. 2. BOUNDARY MODIFICATION.

    The boundary of the Manti-La Sal National Forest is hereby modified 
and expanded as generally depicted on the map entitled ``Manti-La Sal 
National Forest Boundary Expansion 1994'' and dated September 22, 1994. 
The map shall be on file and available for public inspection in the 
office of the Chief of the Forest Service in Washington, District of 
Columbia. 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 Manti-La Sal National Forest, as modified by this Act, shall be 
treated as if it were the boundary of that forest on January 1, 1965.

SEC. 3. MANAGEMENT.

    (a) Transfer to Secretary of Agriculture and Administration as Part 
of Forest.--Subject to valid existing rights, administrative 
jurisdiction over the approximately 320 acres of lands that are under 
the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management and are depicted on 
the map referred to in section 2 is hereby transferred to the Secretary 
of Agriculture. Such lands are added to and, subject to subsection (b), 
shall be administered as part of the Manti-La Sal National Forest.
    (b) Existing Rights and Land Use Authorizations.--No provision of 
this section may be construed to affect valid existing rights, 
including interests in existing land use authorizations, with respect 
to the Federal lands generally depicted on the map referred to in 
section 2, except that such rights and authorizations shall be 
administered by the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Chief 
of the Forest Service, in accordance with this Act and other applicable 
laws. Renewal or reissuance of any such authorization shall be governed 
by the laws applicable to the National Forest System and regulations 
issued by the Secretary of Agriculture, except that the change in 
administrative jurisdiction under this Act shall not constitute in 
itself a ground to deny renewal or reissuance of any such 
authorization.
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