[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3369 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3369

 To provide for the application of the Recreation and Public Purposes 
Act to the Connell Lake area to enable the Ketchikan Gateway Borough in 
     Alaska to obtain land in the area in accordance with that Act.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 13, 2010

 Ms. Murkowski 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 application of the Recreation and Public Purposes 
Act to the Connell Lake area to enable the Ketchikan Gateway Borough in 
     Alaska to obtain land in the area in accordance with that Act.

    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 ``Connell Lake Watershed Protection 
and Recreation Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.

    (a) Findings.--Congress finds that--
            (1) the Forest Service owns the land surrounding Connell 
        Lake, which is located within the boundaries of the Ketchikan 
        Gateway Borough;
            (2) the Lake serves as--
                    (A) a major water source for the Borough; and
                    (B) a local recreation site;
            (3) the Borough--
                    (A) has a great interest in the management of the 
                Connell Lake area; and
                    (B) desires to participate directly in the planning 
                and management of the area;
            (4) the Borough would be eligible to obtain land in the 
        Connell Lake area from the Federal Government under the Act of 
        June 14, 1926 (commonly known as the ``Recreation and Public 
        Purposes Act'') (43 U.S.C. 869 et seq.) if the land was not 
        located within a national forest;
            (5) Congress has previously enacted legislation to 
        authorize units of local governments to obtain land from a 
        national forest under the Act of June 14, 1926 (commonly known 
        as the ``Recreation and Public Purposes Act'') (43 U.S.C. 869 
        et seq.) in circumstances similar to the circumstances 
        applicable to the Connell Lake area; and
            (6) the management plan for Connell Lake under the 
        comprehensive plan for the Borough is consistent with--
                    (A) the forest management plan for the area; and
                    (B) the Act of June 14, 1926 (commonly known as the 
                ``Recreation and Public Purposes Act'') (43 U.S.C. 869 
                et seq.).
    (b) Purpose.--The purpose of this Act is to provide for the 
application of the Act of June 14, 1926 (commonly known as the 
``Recreation and Public Purposes Act'') (43 U.S.C. 869 et seq.) to the 
Connell Lake area to enable the Borough to obtain land in the area in 
accordance with the basic terms and conditions of that Act.

SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Borough.--The term ``Borough'' means the Ketchikan 
        Gateway Borough located in the State of Alaska.
            (2) Federal land.--The term ``Federal land'' means the 
        approximately 880 acres of Federal land and interests in land 
        in the Connell Lake area, as generally depicted on the map.
            (3) Map.--The term ``map'' means the map entitled ``Connell 
        Lake Watershed--Aliquot Part Description''.

SEC. 4. CONVEYANCE OF CONNELL LAKE LAND.

    (a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in 
accordance with this Act and the Act of June 14, 1926 (commonly known 
as the ``Recreation and Public Purposes Act'') (43 U.S.C. 869 et seq.), 
and subject to valid existing rights, the Secretary of Agriculture and 
the Secretary of the Interior, as appropriate, shall convey the Federal 
land to the Borough.
    (b) Availability of Map.--The map shall be on file and available 
for inspection in--
            (1) the office of the Chief of the Forest Service; and
            (2) the office of the Forest Supervisor located in 
        Ketchikan, Alaska.
    (c) Management.--On conveyance of the Federal land, the Federal 
land shall be managed in accordance with the the Act of June 14, 1926 
(commonly known as the ``Recreation and Public Purposes Act'') (43 
U.S.C. 869 et seq.), including the provisions of that Act relating to 
the reversion of land.
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