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[S. 591 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        S.591

                       One Hundred Fifth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE FIRST SESSION

          Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,
 the seventh day of January, one thousand nine hundred and ninety-seven


                                 An Act


 
To transfer the Dillon Ranger District in the Arapaho National Forest to 
        the White River National Forest in the State of Colorado.

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

SECTION 1. INCLUSION OF DILLON RANGER DISTRICT IN WHITE RIVER NATIONAL 
              FOREST, COLORADO.

    (a) Boundary Adjustments.--
        (1) White river national forest.--The boundary of the White 
    River National Forest in the State of Colorado is hereby adjusted 
    to include all National Forest System lands located in Summit 
    County, Colorado, comprising the Dillon Ranger District of the 
    Arapaho National Forest.
        (2) Arapaho national forest.--The boundary of the Arapaho 
    National Forest is adjusted to exclude the land transferred to the 
    White River National Forest by paragraph (1).
    (b) Reference.--Any reference to the Dillon Ranger District, 
Arapaho National Forest, in any existing statute, regulation, manual, 
handbook, or other document shall be deemed to be a reference to the 
Dillon Ranger District, White River National Forest.
    (c) Existing Rights.--Nothing in this section affects valid 
existing rights of persons holding any authorization, permit, option, 
or other form of contract existing on the date of the enactment of this 
Act.
    (d) Forest Receipts.--Notwithstanding the distribution requirements 
of payments under the sixth paragraph under the heading ``FOREST 
SERVICE'' in the Act entitled ``An Act making appropriations for the 
Department of Agriculture for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, 
nineteen hundred and nine'', approved
May 23, 1908 (35 Stat. 260, chapter 192; 16 U.S.C. 500), the 
distribution of receipts from the Arapaho National Forest and the White 
River National Forest to affected county governments shall be based on 
the national forest boundaries that existed on the day before the date 
of enactment of this Act.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.