[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1002 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1002

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


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 11, 2009

 Mr. Shuler (for himself, Mr. Butterfield, Mr. Coble, Mr. Connolly of 
   Virginia, Mr. Etheridge, Mr. Jones, Mr. Kissell, Mr. McHenry, Mr. 
McIntyre, Mrs. Myrick, Mr. Price of North Carolina, Mr. Miller of North 
Carolina, Mr. Watt, and Ms. Foxx) introduced the following bill; which 
              was referred to the Committee on Agriculture

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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 2009''.

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

    (a) Boundary Adjustment.--The boundaries of Pisgah National Forest 
in McDowell County, North Carolina, are hereby modified to include a 
parcel of land consisting of approximately 301 acres, of which 
approximately 213 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 
according to the final boundary adjustment map and boundary description 
prepared by the Forest Service.
    (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 Regional Forester, Atlanta, Georgia. The Secretary of 
Agriculture may make minor corrections to the maps.
    (c) Land Acquisition.--Subject to the appropriation of funds to 
carry out this subsection and the consent of the owner of the private 
land included within the boundaries of Pisgah National Forest by 
subsection (a), the Secretary of Agriculture may acquire the private 
land.
    (d) 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 Pisgah 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 Pisgah National 
Forest pursuant to sections 10 and 11 of such Act (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 Pisgah National Forest, as modified 
by subsection (a), shall be considered to be boundaries of Pisgah 
National Forest as of January 1, 1965.
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