[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3520 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3520

 To adjust the boundaries of the Lake Chelan National Recreation Area 
 and the adjacent Wenatchee National Forest in the State of Washington.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 19, 1998

  Mr. Hastings of Washington introduced the following bill; which was 
                 referred to the Committee on Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
 To adjust the boundaries of the Lake Chelan National Recreation Area 
 and the adjacent Wenatchee National Forest in the State of Washington.

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

SECTION 1. BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENTS, LAKE CHELAN NATIONAL RECREATION AREA 
              AND WENATCHEE NATIONAL FOREST, WASHINGTON.

    (a) Boundary Adjustments.--
            (1) Lake chelan national recreation area.--The boundary of 
        the Lake Chelan National Recreation Area, established by 
        section 202 of Public Law 90-544 (16 U.S.C. 90a-1), is hereby 
        adjusted to exclude a parcel of land and waters consisting of 
        approximately 88 acres, as depicted on the map entitled 
        ``Proposed Management Units, North Cascades, Washington'', 
        numbered NP-CAS-7002A, originally dated October 1967, and 
        revised July 13, 1994.
            (2) Wenatchee national forest.--The boundary of the 
        Wenatchee National Forest is hereby adjusted to include the 
        parcel of land and waters described in paragraph (1).
            (3) Availability of map.--The map referred to in paragraph 
        (1) shall be on file and available for public inspection in the 
        offices of the superintendent of the Lake Chelan National 
        Recreation Area and the Director of the National Park Service, 
        Department of the Interior, and in the office of the Chief of 
        the Forest Service, Department of Agriculture.
    (b) Transfer of Administrative Jurisdiction.--Administrative 
jurisdiction over Federal land and waters in the parcel covered by the 
boundary adjustments in subsection (a) is transferred from the 
Secretary of the Interior to the Secretary of Agriculture, and the 
transferred land and waters shall be managed by the Secretary of 
Agriculture in accordance with the laws and regulations pertaining to 
the National Forest System.
    (c) Land and Water Conservation Fund.--For purposes of section 7 of 
the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 (16 U.S.C. 460l-9), 
the boundaries of the Wenatchee National Forest, as adjusted by 
subsection (a), shall be considered to be the boundaries of the 
Wenatchee National Forest as of January 1, 1965.
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