[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 689 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 689

To interchange the administrative jurisdiction of certain Federal lands 
 between the Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 26, 2009

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

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                                 A BILL


 
To interchange the administrative jurisdiction of certain Federal lands 
 between the Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management, 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. INTERCHANGE OF LANDS TO THE BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT.

    (a) Interchange.--Administrative jurisdiction of the federally 
owned lands described in subsection (b) is transferred from the 
Secretary of Agriculture to the Secretary of the Interior to be subject 
to the laws, rules, and regulations applicable to the public lands 
administered by the Bureau of Land Management (hereafter in this Act 
referred to as the ``BLM'').
    (b) Lands Affected.--Except as provided in subsection (c), the 
lands transferred to the administration of the Secretary of the 
Interior, through the BLM, under subsection (a) are those heretofore 
within the Shasta-Trinity National Forest in California, Mount Diablo 
Meridian, described as follows:
            T. 33 N., R. 5 W., those parts of secs. 5, 6, 7, 8, 15, 16, 
        17, and 18 lying north of the northerly high water mark of the 
        Sacramento River and westerly of the west edge of Shasta County 
        Road No. 5G012 and Forest Road No. 35N05.
            T. 34 N., R. 5 W., secs. 19, 20, 30, 31, and 32.
            T. 33 N., R. 6 W., secs. 1, 2, 4, 10, 11, and 12.
            T. 34 N., R. 6 W., secs. 10, 13, 14, 23, 24, 25, 26, and 
        35.
    (c) Excepted Lands.--Excepted from the transfer under this section 
are those lands within the Shasta Dam Reclamation Zone which shall 
continue to be administered by the Secretary of the Interior through 
the Bureau of Reclamation.

SEC. 2. INTERCHANGE OF LANDS TO THE FOREST SERVICE.

    (a) Interchange.--Administrative jurisdiction of the federally 
owned lands described in subsection (b) is transferred from the 
Secretary of the Interior to the Secretary of Agriculture to be subject 
to the laws, rules, and regulations applicable to the National Forest 
System.
    (b) Lands Affected.--The lands transferred to the administration of 
the Secretary of Agriculture, through the Forest Service, under 
subsection (a), are those heretofore administered by the BLM in 
California, Mount Diablo Meridian, and described as follows:
            T. 35 N., R. 1 W., sec. 34, NE1/4 and E1/2NW1/4.
            T. 40 N., R. 1 W., sec. 4, lot 4.
            T. 33 N., R. 10 W., those parts of secs. 5 and 6 lying 
        north of the southerly high water line of Clear Creek Gulch.
            T. 34 N., R. 10 W., sec. 8; sec. 17; sec. 18, E1/2; sec. 
        19; sec. 20; sec. 29, NE1/4 and W1/2; sec. 30; sec. 31, except 
        that strip of land lying 50 feet easterly and 50 feet westerly 
        of the centerline of Trinity County Road 401 (Canyon Creek 
        Road); and that part of the W1/2 of sec. 32 lying north of the 
        southerly high water line of Clear Creek Gulch.
            T. 33 N., R. 11 W., that part of sec. 1 lying east of the 
        east edge of Trinity County Road 401 (Canyon Creek Road) and 
        north of the southerly high water line of Clear Creek Gulch.
            T. 34 N., R. 11 W., sec. 36, E1/2SE1/4.
    (c) Wilderness Administration.--The transfer of administrative 
jurisdiction from the BLM to the Forest Service of some lands 
previously designated as part of the Tunnel Ridge Wilderness shall not 
affect the wilderness status of such lands.

SEC. 3. MAP AND CORRECTIONS.

    (a) Map.--The lands described for interchange in sections 1 and 2 
are generally depicted on a map titled ``CSOHV Lands Consolidation 
November, 2008'', which map shall be on file and available for public 
inspection in the Office of the Director, BLM, Washington, DC, and the 
Office of the Chief, Forest Service, Washington, DC.
    (b) Corrections.--
            (1) The Director of the BLM, and the Chief of the Forest 
        Service, may, by mutual agreement--
                    (A) correct errors or any disparities between the 
                map and the legal descriptions in sections 1 and 2, or
                    (B) effect minor adjustments to the interchange 
                herein provided in order to facilitate land management, 
                including survey.
            (2) Any correction or adjustments shall be effective upon 
        publication of a notice in the Federal Register.

SEC. 4. EXISTING RIGHTS AND AUTHORIZATIONS.

    Nothing in this Act shall affect any valid existing rights, nor 
affect the validity or term and conditions of any existing withdrawal, 
right-of-way, easement, lease, license or permit on lands transferred 
by this Act, except that any such authorization shall be administered 
by the agency having jurisdiction of the land after the enactment of 
this Act in accordance with applicable law. Reissuance of any such 
authorization shall be in accordance with applicable law and 
regulations of the agency having jurisdiction.

SEC. 5. HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES.

    (a) Notice.--The Forest Service for lands described in section 1, 
and the BLM for lands described in section 2, shall identify any known 
sites containing hazardous substances and provide such information to 
the receiving agency.
    (b) Clean up Obligations.--The clean up of hazardous substances on 
lands transferred by this Act shall be the responsibility of the agency 
having jurisdiction over the lands on the day before the date of the 
enactment of this Act.
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