[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2364 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2364

To adjust the boundaries of Pisgah National Forest in McDowell County, 
                            North Carolina.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           November 15, 2007

  Mr. Burr (for himself and Mrs. Dole) introduced the following bill; 
  which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, 
                        Nutrition, and Forestry

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                                 A BILL


 
To adjust the boundaries of Pisgah National Forest in McDowell County, 
                            North Carolina.

    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 ``Pisgah National Forest Boundary 
Adjustment Act of 2007''.

SEC. 2. BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT, PISGAH NATIONAL FOREST, NORTH CAROLINA.

    (a) Boundary Adjustment.--
            (1) In general.--The boundaries of the Pisgah National 
        Forest (referred to in this Act as the ``Forest'') in McDowell 
        County, North Carolina, are modified to include the parcel of 
        land described in paragraph (2).
            (2) Description of land.--The land referred to in paragraph 
        (1) is the parcel of approximately 335 acres of land, of which 
        approximately 239 acres are owned by the United States and 
        administered by the Forest Service, as generally depicted on 
        the map entitled ``Proposed Proclamation Boundary Change, 
        Grandfather Ranger District, Pisgah National Forest'' and more 
        particularly delineated and described in the final boundary 
        adjustment map and boundary description prepared by the Forest 
        Service.
    (b)  Maps.--
            (1) Availability.--The maps referred to in subsection 
        (a)(2) shall be on file and available for public inspection in 
        the Office of the Regional Forester, Atlanta, Georgia.
            (2) Corrections.--The Secretary of Agriculture (referred to 
        in this Act as the ``Secretary'') may make minor corrections to 
        the maps referred to in subsection (a)(2).
    (c) Acquisition of Private Land.--Subject to the availability of 
appropriations to carry out this subsection and the consent of the 
owner of private land included within the modified boundary of the 
Forest under subsection (a)(1), the Secretary shall acquire the private 
land.
    (d) Management of Acquired Land.--
            (1) In general.--Any federally owned land that is acquired 
        for National Forest System purposes within the boundaries of 
        the Forest, as modified by subsection (a)(1), shall be 
        managed--
                    (A) as land acquired under the Act of March 1, 1911 
                (commonly known as the ``Weeks Law'') (16 U.S.C. 480 et 
                seq.); and
                    (B) in accordance with the other laws (including 
                regulations) relating to the National Forest System.
            (2) Effect.--Nothing in this subsection limits the 
        authority of the Secretary to adjust the boundaries of the 
        Forest under sections 10 and 11 of the Act of March 1, 1911 
        (commonly known as the ``Weeks Law'') (16 U.S.C. 519, 521).
    (e) 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 Forest, as modified by subsection 
(a)(1), shall be considered to be the boundaries of the Forest as of 
January 1, 1965.
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