[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3513 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3513

  To amend the Oregon Wilderness Act of 1984 to designate the Copper 
   Salmon Wilderness and to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to 
designate segments of the North and South Forks of the Elk River in the 
   State of Oregon as wild or scenic rivers, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 10, 2007

 Mr. DeFazio introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                     Committee on Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the Oregon Wilderness Act of 1984 to designate the Copper 
   Salmon Wilderness and to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to 
designate segments of the North and South Forks of the Elk River in the 
   State of Oregon as wild or scenic rivers, 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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Copper Salmon Wilderness Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    The Congress finds the following:
            (1) The proposed Copper Salmon Wilderness, totaling 
        approximately 13,700 acres, includes a significant portion of 
        an inventoried roadless area that is located adjacent to the 
        Grassy Knob Wilderness already protected by the Oregon 
        Wilderness Act of 1984.
            (2) The proposed Copper Salmon Wilderness contains the 
        North and South Forks of the Elk River, as well as the upper 
        Middle Fork of the Sixes River and tributaries of the South 
        Fork of the Coquille River.
            (3) The Elk River is designated as a Tier 1 Key Watershed, 
        and the fisheries of the Elk River are known as one of the best 
        salmon and steelhead producers in the continental United 
        States, producing more salmon per square meter than most rivers 
        outside of Alaska.
            (4) Wilderness designation of the proposed Copper Salmon 
        Wilderness will provide permanent protection for the last 
        remaining stands of mammoth Port Orford Cedars in the Elk River 
        watershed and is needed to conserve the environment in south 
        western Oregon.
            (5) Local communities in the area of the proposed Copper 
        Salmon Wilderness have passed resolutions supporting the 
        wilderness designation, and the master plan for the economic 
        stability of Curry County, Oregon, recognizes ecotourism and 
        recreation as primary sources of income.

SEC. 3. DESIGNATION OF THE COPPER SALMON WILDERNESS, OREGON.

    Section 3 of the Oregon Wilderness Act of 1984 (Public Law 98-328; 
98 Stat. 272; 16 U.S.C. 1132 note) is amended--
            (1) in the matter before paragraph (1), by striking ``eight 
        hundred fifty-nine thousand six hundred acres'' and inserting 
        ``873,300 acres'';
            (2) by striking the period at the end of paragraph (29) and 
        inserting ``; and''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(30) certain lands in the Siskiyou National Forest, which 
        comprise approximately 13,700 acres, as generally depicted on a 
        map entitled `Proposed Copper Salmon Wilderness Area', and 
        which shall be known as the Copper Salmon Wilderness.''.

SEC. 4. WILD AND SCENIC RIVER DESIGNATIONS, ELK RIVER, OREGON.

    Section 3(a)(76) of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act (16 U.S.C. 
1274(a)(76)) is amended--
            (1) in the matter before subparagraph (A), by striking 
        ``19-mile segment'' and inserting ``29-mile segment'';
            (2) by striking ``and'' at the end of subparagraph (A); and
            (3) by striking subparagraph (B) and inserting the 
        following new subparagraphs:
                    ``(B) the approximately 0.4-mile segment of the 
                North Fork Elk from its source in section 21, township 
                33 south, range 12 west, Willamette meridian downstream 
                to 0.01 miles downstream of Forest Service Road 3353 as 
                a scenic river;
                    ``(C) the approximately 5.3-mile segment of the 
                North Fork Elk from 0.01 miles downstream of Forest 
                Service Road 3353 downstream to its confluence with the 
                South Fork Elk as a wild river;
                    ``(D) the approximately 0.9-mile segment of the 
                South Fork Elk from its source in section 32, township 
                33 south, range 12 west, Willamette meridian downstream 
                to 0.01 miles downstream of Forest Service Road 3353 as 
                a scenic river;
                    ``(E) the approximately 4.2-mile segment of the 
                South Fork Elk from 0.01 miles downstream of Forest 
                Service Road 3353 downstream to its confluence with the 
                North Fork Elk as a wild river;''.
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