[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1683 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







105th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 1683

 To transfer administrative jurisdiction over part of the Lake Chelan 
  National Recreation Area from the Secretary of the Interior to the 
   Secretary of Agriculture for inclusion in the Wenatchee National 
                                Forest.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           February 26, 1998

  Mr. Gorton introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
       referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
 To transfer administrative jurisdiction over part of the Lake Chelan 
  National Recreation Area from the Secretary of the Interior to the 
   Secretary of Agriculture for inclusion in the Wenatchee National 
                                Forest.

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

SECTION 1. TRANSFER OF ADMINISTRATIVE JURISDICTION.

    (a) In General.--Administrative jurisdiction over the land 
described in subsection (b) is transferred from the Secretary of the 
Interior to the Secretary of Agriculture.
    (b) Land Description.--The land referred to in subsection (a) is 
approximately 88 acres of land depicted on the map entitled ``Lake 
Chelan National Recreation Area'', and numbered 168/92,000, segment 01, 
sheet 2 of 10, and dated May 1969.
    (c) Map.--The map 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.
    (d) Inclusion in Wenatchee National Forest.--The land transferred 
by subsection (a) shall--
            (1) be part of the Wenatchee National Forest; and
            (2) be managed by the Secretary of Agriculture in 
        accordance with the law (including regulations) pertaining to 
        the National Forest System.
    (e) 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 this 
Act, shall be considered to be the boundaries of the Wenatchee National 
Forest as of January 1, 1965.
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