[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
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[H.R. 6726 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6726

 To amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to make technical corrections 
       to the segment designations for the Chetco River, Oregon.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 31, 2008

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

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to make technical corrections 
       to the segment designations for the Chetco River, Oregon.

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

SECTION 1. TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS TO THE WILD AND SCENIC RIVERS ACT.

    Section 3(a)(69) of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act (16 U.S.C. 
1274(a)(69)) is amended--
            (1) by inserting before the ``The 44.5-mile'' the 
        following:
                    ``(A) Designations.--''.
            (2) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) through (C) as 
        clauses (i), (ii), and (iii), respectively;
            (3) in clause (i), as redesignated--
                    (A) by striking ``25.5-mile'' and inserting ``27.5-
                mile''; and
                    (B) by striking ``Boulder Creek at the Kalmiopsis 
                Wilderness boundary'' and inserting ``Mislatnah 
                Creek'';
            (4) in clause (ii), as redesignated--
                    (A) by striking ``8'' and inserting ``7.5'';
                    (B) by striking ``Boulder Creek'' and inserting 
                ``Mislatnah Creek''; and
                    (C) by striking ``Steel Bridge'' and inserting 
                ``Eagle Creek'';
            (5) in clause (iii), as redesignated--
                    (A) by striking ``11'' and inserting ``9.5''; and
                    (B) by striking ``Steel Bridge'' and inserting 
                ``Eagle Creek''; and
            (6) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(B) Withdrawal.--Subject to valid rights, the 
                Federal land within the boundaries of the river 
                segments designated by subparagraph (A), is withdrawn 
                from all forms of--
                            ``(i) entry, appropriation, or disposal 
                        under the public land laws;
                            ``(ii) location, entry, and patent under 
                        the mining laws; and
                            ``(iii) disposition under all laws 
                        pertaining to mineral and geothermal leasing or 
                        mineral materials.''.
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