[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1328 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1328

To provide for the exchange of administrative jurisdiction over certain 
    Federal land between the Forest Service and the Bureau of Land 
                  Management, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 23, 2009

 Mrs. Feinstein (for herself and Mrs. Boxer) introduced the following 
bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and 
                           Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
To provide for the exchange of administrative jurisdiction over certain 
    Federal land 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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Shasta-Trinity National Forest 
Administrative Jurisdiction Transfer Act''.

SEC. 2. TRANSFER OF ADMINISTRATIVE JURISDICTION TO THE BUREAU OF LAND 
              MANAGEMENT.

    (a) In General.--Administrative jurisdiction over the Federal land 
described in subsection (b) is transferred from the Chief of the Forest 
Service (referred to in this Act as the ``Chief'') to the Director of 
the Bureau of Land Management (referred to in this Act as the 
``Director''), to be administered by the Director, subject to the laws 
(including regulations) applicable to land administered by the 
Director.
    (b) Description of Land.--
            (1) In general.--The Federal land referred to in subsection 
        (a) is the land within the Shasta-Trinity National Forest in 
        California, Mount Diablo Meridian, as depicted on the map 
        entitled ``H.R. 689, Transfer from Forest Service to BLM, Map 
        1'' and dated April 21, 2009.
            (2) Exclusion.--The land within the Shasta Dam Reclamation 
        Zone shall--
                    (A) be excluded from the transfer of administrative 
                jurisdiction under subsection (a); and
                    (B) continue to be administered by the Secretary of 
                the Interior (acting through the Commissioner of 
                Reclamation).

SEC. 3. TRANSFER OF ADMINISTRATIVE JURISDICTION TO THE FOREST SERVICE.

    (a) In General.--Administrative jurisdiction over the Federal land 
described in subsection (b) is transferred from the Director to the 
Chief, to be administered by the Chief, subject to the laws (including 
regulations) applicable to National Forest System land.
    (b) Description of Land.--The Federal land referred to in 
subsection (a) is the land administered by the Director in the Mount 
Diablo Meridian, California, as depicted on the map entitled ``H.R. 
689, Transfer from BLM to Forest Service, Map 2'' and dated April 21, 
2009.
    (c) Withdrawal.--The Federal land described in subsection (b) is--
            (1) withdrawn from the public domain; and
            (2) reserved for administration as part of the Shasta-
        Trinity National Forest.
    (d) Wilderness Administration.--The transfer of administrative 
jurisdiction from the Director to the Chief of certain land previously 
designated as part of the Trinity Alps Wilderness shall not affect the 
wilderness status of the wilderness land.
    (e) Land and Water Conservation Fund.--For the purposes of section 
7 of the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 (16 U.S.C. 460l-
9), the boundaries of the Shasta-Trinity National Forest, as adjusted 
under this section, shall be considered to be the boundaries of the 
Shasta-Trinity National Forest as of January 1, 1965.

SEC. 4. ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS.

    (a) Corrections.--
            (1) Minor adjustments.--The Director and the Chief, may, by 
        mutual agreement, make minor corrections and adjustments to the 
        transfers under this Act to facilitate land management, 
        including corrections and adjustments to any applicable 
        surveys.
            (2) Publications.--Any corrections or adjustments made 
        under subsection (a) shall be effective on the date of 
        publication of a notice of the corrections or adjustments in 
        the Federal Register.
    (b) Hazardous Substances.--
            (1) Notice.--The Chief and Director shall, with respect to 
        the land described in sections 2(b) and 3(b), respectively--
                    (A) identify any known sites containing hazardous 
                substances; and
                    (B) provide to the head of the Federal agency to 
                which the land is being transferred notice of any sites 
                identified under subparagraph (A).
            (2) Cleanup obligations.--The cleanup of hazardous 
        substances on land to which administrative jurisdiction is 
        transferred by this Act shall be the responsibility of the head 
        of the agency with jurisdiction over the affected land on the 
        day before the date of enactment of this Act.
    (c) Effect on Existing Rights and Authorizations.--Nothing in this 
Act affects--
            (1) any valid existing rights; or
            (2) the validity or term and conditions of any existing 
        withdrawal, right-of-way, easement, lease, license, or permit 
        on the land to which administrative jurisdiction is transferred 
        under this Act, except that beginning on the date of enactment 
        of this Act, the head of the agency to which administrative 
        jurisdiction over the land is transferred shall be responsible 
        for administering the interests or authorizations (including 
        reissuing the interests or authorizations in accordance with 
        applicable law).
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