[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4960 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4960

  To extend the King Range National Conservation Area boundary in the 
         State of California to include the Mill Creek Forest.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 25, 2000

  Mr. Thompson of California introduced the following bill; which was 
                 referred to the Committee on Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
  To extend the King Range National Conservation Area boundary in the 
         State of California to include the Mill Creek Forest.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``King Range National Conservation 
Area Boundary Expansion Act of 2000''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    The Congress finds the following:
            (1) The public lands within the King Range National 
        Conservation Area, California, are a unique public resource 
        encompassing a spectacular meeting of land and sea.
            (2) The Mill Creek Forest adjacent to the King Range 
        National Conservation Area has long been recognized as a 
        critical component of the Mattole River watershed.
            (3) The Mill Creek Forest and adjacent lands administered 
        by the Bureau of Land Management, comprising 2,515 acres of 
        public lands, contain significant stands of old-growth Douglas 
        fir that support habitat for threatened species and endangered 
        species, including the northern spotted owl, red-tailed frog, 
        and Olympic salamander.
            (4) The linkage of the Mill Creek Forest to the King Range 
        National Conservation Area will enhance outdoor recreational 
        opportunities to the northern portion of the King Range and the 
        coastal section of the Mattole River.
            (5) Extending the King Range boundary to include the Mill 
        Creek Forest will also enhance management of the natural 
        resources by connecting the headwaters of Mill Creek to the 
        Mattole River.

SEC. 3. EXTENSION OF KING RANGE NATIONAL CONSERVATION AREA BOUNDARY.

    Section 9 of the Act of October 21, 1970 (84 Stat. 1067), is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(d) In addition to the lands described in subsections (a) and 
(c), there are hereby added to the King Range National Conservation 
Area the lands identified as the Mill Creek addition on the map 
entitled `King Range National Conservation Area Boundary Extension 
2000', dated March 24, 2000.''.
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