[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3770 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3770

   To amend the Act of June 15, 1938, to extend the authority of the 
  Secretary of Agriculture to purchase lands within the Boundaries of 
  certain National Forests in the State of California to include the 
   Angeles National Forest and to expand the purposes for which such 
                         purchases may be made.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 30, 1998

   Mr. Brown of California (for himself and Mr. Lewis of California) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                               Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend the Act of June 15, 1938, to extend the authority of the 
  Secretary of Agriculture to purchase lands within the Boundaries of 
  certain National Forests in the State of California to include the 
   Angeles National Forest and to expand the purposes for which such 
                         purchases may be made.

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

SECTION 1. LAND ACQUISITION AUTHORITY FOR SAN BERNARDINO, CLEVELAND, 
              AND ANGELES NATIONAL FORESTS, CALIFORNIA.

    The Act of June 15, 1938 (Chapter 438; 52 Stat. 699), as amended by 
the Act of May 26, 1944 (58 Stat. 227), is further amended--
            (1) by striking ``San Bernardino and Cleveland'' and 
        inserting ``San Bernardino, Cleveland, and Angeles'';
            (2) by striking ``county of Riverside'' each place it 
        appears and inserting ``counties of Riverside and San 
        Bernardino''; and
            (3) by striking ``as to minimize soil erosion and flood 
        damage'' and inserting ``for National Forest System purposes''.
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