[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1545 Introduced in Senate (IS)]








109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1545

To withdraw the Los Padres National Forest in California from location, 
      entry, and patent under mining laws, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 28, 2005

 Mrs. Boxer (for herself and Mrs. Feinstein) 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 withdraw the Los Padres National Forest in California from location, 
      entry, and patent under mining laws, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. WITHDRAWAL OF LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST, CALIFORNIA, FROM 
              MINING LAWS.

    Subject to valid existing rights, the Los Padres National Forest in 
California is hereby withdrawn from--
            (1) all forms of entry, appropriation, and disposal under 
        the public land laws;
            (2) location, entry, and patent under the mining laws; and
            (3) operation of the mineral leasing, mineral materials, 
        and geothermal leasing laws.
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