[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4783 Introduced in House (IH)]






108th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4783

To adjust the boundaries of the Ouachita National Forest in the States 
                       of Oklahoma and Arkansas.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              July 8, 2004

    Mr. Carson of Oklahoma introduced the following bill; which was 
                 referred to the Committee on Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
To adjust the boundaries of the Ouachita National Forest in the States 
                       of Oklahoma and Arkansas.

    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 ``Ouachita National Forest Boundary 
Adjustment Act''.

SEC. 2. BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT, OUACHITA NATIONAL FOREST, OKLAHOMA AND 
              ARKANSAS.

    (a) Boundary Adjustment.--The boundaries of the Ouachita National 
Forest in the States of Oklahoma and Arkansas are hereby modified as 
depicted on the following maps, dated May 15, 2001:
            (1) Ouachita National Forest Boundary Extension for the 
        Broken Bow Area.
            (2) Ouachita National Forest Boundary Extension for the 
        Southern Tiak Area.
            (3) Ouachita National Forest Boundary Extension for the 
        Northern Ouachita Area.
            (4) Ouachita National Forest Boundary Extension for the 
        Southern Ouachita Area.
            (5) Ouachita National Forest Boundary Extension for the 
        Eastern Ouachita Area.
    (b) Treatment of Maps.--The maps referred to in subsection (a) 
shall be on file and available for public inspection in the Office of 
the Chief of the Forest Service in the District of Columbia. The 
Secretary of Agriculture may make minor corrections to the maps.
    (c) Management of Acquired Land.--Any federally-owned lands that, 
before the date of the enactment of this Act, have been acquired for 
National Forest System purposes within the boundaries of the Ouachita 
National Forest, as modified by subsection (a), and any lands that are 
acquired on or after that date for National Forest System purposes 
within such boundaries, shall be managed as lands acquired under the 
Act of March 1, 1911 (commonly known as the Weeks Act), and in 
accordance with the other laws and regulations pertaining to the 
National Forest System. Nothing in this subsection shall limit the 
authority of the Secretary of Agriculture to adjust the boundaries of 
the Ouachita National Forest pursuant to section 11 of such Act (16 
U.S.C. 521).
    (d) Relation to Land and Water Conservation Fund Act.--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 Ouachita National Forest, as 
modified by subsection (a), shall be considered to be boundaries of the 
Ouachita National Forest as of January 1, 1965.
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