[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3186 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3186

To provide for the transfer of administrative jurisdiction over certain 
 public lands in the State of Oregon located within or adjacent to the 
                      Rogue River National Forest.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 11, 1998

 Mr. Smith of Oregon introduced the following bill; which was referred 
                     to the Committee on Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
To provide for the transfer of administrative jurisdiction over certain 
 public lands in the State of Oregon located within or adjacent to the 
                      Rogue River National Forest.

    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 ``Rogue River National Forest 
Interchange Act of 1998''.

SEC. 2. LAND TRANSFERS INVOLVING PUBLIC DOMAIN LANDS AND NATIONAL 
              FOREST SYSTEM LANDS IN THE STATE OF OREGON.

    (a) Transfer From Public Domain to National Forest.--
            (1) Land transfer.--The public domain lands depicted on the 
        map entitled ``__________'' and dated __________, consisting of 
        approximately 2,058.35 acres within the external boundaries of 
        the Rogue River National Forest in the State of Oregon (in this 
        section referred to as the ``National Forest'') are hereby 
        added to and made a part of the National Forest.
            (2) Administrative jurisdiction.--Administrative 
        jurisdiction over the public domain lands described in 
        paragraph (1) is hereby transferred from the Secretary of the 
        Interior to the Secretary of Agriculture. Subject to valid 
        existing rights, the Secretary of Agriculture shall administer 
        such lands as part of the National Forest under the laws, 
        rules, and regulations applicable to the National Forest.
    (b) Transfer From National Forest to Public Domain.--
            (1) Land transfer.--The Federal lands depicted on the map 
        entitled ``__________'' and dated __________, consisting of 
        approximately 1,555.15 acres within the external boundaries of 
        the National Forest, are hereby transferred to unreserved 
        public domain status, and the reservation of such lands as part 
        of the National Forest is hereby revoked.
            (2) Administrative jurisdiction.--Administrative 
        jurisdiction over the lands described in paragraph (1) is 
        hereby transferred from the Secretary of Agriculture to the 
        Secretary of the Interior. Subject to valid existing rights, 
        the Secretary of the Interior shall administer such lands under 
        the laws, rules, and regulations applicable to unreserved 
        public domain lands.
    (c) Restoration of Status of Certain National Forest Lands as 
Revested Railroad Grant Lands.--
            (1) Restoration of earlier status.--The Federal lands 
        depicted on the map enti- tled ``__________'' and dated 
        __________, consisting of approximately 4,298.00 acres within 
        the external boundaries of the National Forest, are hereby 
        restored to the status of revested Oregon and California 
        railroad grant lands, and the reservation of such lands as part 
        of the National Forest is hereby revoked.
            (2) Administrative jurisdiction.--Administrative 
        jurisdiction over the lands described in paragraph (1) is 
        hereby transferred from the Secretary of Agriculture to the 
        Secretary of the Interior. Subject to valid existing rights, 
        the Secretary of the Interior shall administer such lands under 
        the Act of August 28, 1937 (43 U.S.C. 1181a et seq.), and other 
        laws, rules, and regulations applicable to revested Oregon and 
        California railroad grant lands under the administrative 
        jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior.
    (d) Addition of Certain Revested Railroad Grant Lands to National 
Forest.--
            (1) Land transfer.--The revested Oregon and California 
        railroad grant lands depicted on the map entitled 
        ``__________'' and dated __________, consisting of 
        approximately 959.67 acres within the external boundaries of 
        the National Forest, are hereby added to and made a part of the 
        National Forest.
            (2) Administrative jurisdiction.--Administrative 
        jurisdiction over the lands described in paragraph (1) is 
        hereby transferred from the Secretary of the Interior to the 
        Secretary of Agriculture. Subject to valid existing rights, the 
        Secretary of Agriculture shall administer such lands as part of 
        the National Forest under the laws, rules, and regulations 
        applicable to the National Forest; except that, with respect to 
        the management of timber resources on such lands and the 
        disposition of revenues derived from such lands and resources 
        on such lands, the Secretary of Agriculture shall manage such 
        lands under the Act of August 28, 1937 (43 U.S.C. 1181a et 
        seq.).
    (e) Miscellaneous Requirements.--As soon as practicable after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior and 
the Secretary of Agriculture shall revise the public land records 
relating to the lands transferred under this section to reflect the 
administrative, boundary, and other changes made by this section. The 
Secretaries shall publish in the Federal Register appropriate notice to 
the public of the changes in administrative jurisdiction made by this 
section with regard to lands described in this section.
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