[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5690 Introduced in House (IH)]








109th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5690

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

                             June 27, 2006

    Mr. Boren (for himself, Mr. Ross, Mr. Boozman, and Mr. Snyder) 
 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 of 2006''.

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 
generally depicted on the following maps, all dated May 15, 2001, and 
more particularly delineated and described according to the final 
boundary adjustment maps and boundary descriptions filed in the Office 
of the Chief of the Forest Service:
            (1) The map entitled ``Ouachita National Forest Boundary 
        Extension for the Broken Bow Area''.
            (2) The map entitled ``Ouachita National Forest Boundary 
        Extension for the Southern Tiak Area''.
            (3) The map entitled ``Ouachita National Forest Boundary 
        Extension for the Northern Ouachita Area''.
            (4) The map entitled ``Ouachita National Forest Boundary 
        Extension for the Southern Ouachita Area''.
            (5) The map entitled ``Ouachita National Forest Boundary 
        Extension for the Eastern Ouachita Area''.
    (b) Availability and Correction.--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. The Secretary of 
Agriculture may make minor corrections to the maps.
    (c) Management of Acquired Land.--Any federally-owned lands that 
have been or hereafter may be acquired for National Forest System 
purposes within the boundaries of the Ouachita National Forest, as 
modified by subsection (a), 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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