[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 822 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 822

    To facilitate a land exchange involving private land within the 
  exterior boundaries of Wenatchee National Forest in Chelan County, 
                              Washington.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 25, 1997

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

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                                 A BILL


 
    To facilitate a land exchange involving private land within the 
  exterior boundaries of Wenatchee National Forest in Chelan County, 
                              Washington.

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

SECTION 1. TREATMENT OF CERTAIN LANDS ACQUIRED BY LAND EXCHANGE, 
              WENATCHEE NATIONAL FOREST, WASHINGTON.

    (a) Administration by Secretary of the Interior.--Notwithstanding 
section 206(c) of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 
(43 U.S.C. 1716(c)), any lands described in subsection (b) that are 
acquired by the Secretary of the Interior by exchange shall be 
administered by the Secretary through the Bureau of Land Management. 
The acquired lands shall not be reserved for or become a part of the 
Wenatchee National Forest.
    (b) Covered Lands.--The lands referred to in subsection (a) are 
those lands located within that portion of the Wenatchee National 
Forest in Chelan County, Washington, encompassed by section 1 of 
township 23 north, range 19 east, Willamette meridian.
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