[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
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[H.R. 2075 Reported in Senate (RS)]

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                                                       Calendar No. 692
115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 2075


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 12, 2018

   Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and 
                           Natural Resources

                           November 29, 2018

 Reported by Ms. Murkowski, with an amendment and an amendment to the 
                                 title
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]

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                                 AN ACT


 
To adjust the eastern boundary of the Deschutes Canyon-Steelhead Falls 
 and Deschutes Canyon Wilderness Study Areas in the State of Oregon to 
 facilitate fire prevention and response activities to protect private 
                   property, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

<DELETED>SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    This Act may be cited as the ``Crooked River Ranch Fire 
Protection Act''.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 2. FINDINGS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    Congress finds the following:</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) The Crooked River Ranch is an unincorporated 
        community with a population of 5,000 residents.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) The current lands located adjacent to Crooked 
        River Ranch are managed by the Bureau of Land Management and 
        are classified as a Wilderness Study Area.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) There is currently only one entrance/exit to 
        the Crooked River Ranch.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (4) Jefferson County and Crooked River Ranch have 
        determined that the Wilderness Study Area lands are in the 
        highest risk category for exposure to devastating wildfire due 
        to overstocked juniper stands under the federally mandated and 
        locally promulgated Jefferson County Community Wildfire 
        Protection Plan (CWPP).</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (5) The current Wilderness Study Area 
        classification prevents mechanical fire prevention activities 
        within the overstocked juniper stands.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (6) Advancing this proposed legislation will 
        greatly enhance the life and safety of people and property by 
        reducing the extreme fire threat to these lands.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 3. BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT, DESCHUTES CANYON-STEELHEAD FALLS 
              AND DESCHUTES CANYON WILDERNESS STUDY AREAS, 
              OREGON.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) Boundary Adjustment Required.--The Secretary of the 
Interior shall adjust the eastern boundary of the Deschutes Canyon-
Steelhead Falls Wilderness Study Area and the Deschutes Canyon 
Wilderness Study Area in the State of Oregon to exclude approximately 
832 acres, as depicted on the map entitled ``Deschutes Canyon-Steelhead 
Falls Wilderness Study Area'' and dated April 6, 2017, in order to 
facilitate fire prevention and response activities on the excluded 
public lands and adjacent private property.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Effect of Exclusion.--Effective on the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the public lands to be excluded from the 
Deschutes Canyon-Steelhead Falls Wilderness Study Area and the 
Deschutes Canyon Wilderness Study Area pursuant to subsection (a) are 
no longer 
</DELETED>
            <DELETED>  </DELETED>
<DELETED>subject to section 603(c) of the Federal Land Policy and 
Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1782(c)).</DELETED>

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Crooked River Ranch Fire Protection 
Act''.

SEC. 2. BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT, DESCHUTES CANYON-STEELHEAD FALLS 
              WILDERNESS STUDY AREA BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT, OREGON.

    (a) Boundary Adjustment.--The boundary of the Deschutes Canyon-
Steelhead Falls Wilderness Study Area is modified to exclude 
approximately 688 acres of public land, as depicted on the map entitled 
``Deschutes Canyon-Steelhead Falls Wilderness Study Area (WSA) Proposed 
Boundary Adjustment'' and dated September 26, 2018.
    (b) Effect of Exclusion.--
            (1) In general.--The public land excluded from the 
        Deschutes Canyon-Steelhead Falls Wilderness Study Area under 
        subsection (a)--
                    (A) is no longer subject to section 603(c) of the 
                Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 
                U.S.C. 1782(c)); and
                    (B) shall be managed in accordance with--
                            (i) this section;
                            (ii) the Federal Land Policy and Management 
                        Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.); and
                            (iii) any applicable resource management 
                        plan.
            (2) Management.--The Secretary of the Interior shall manage 
        the land excluded from the Deschutes Canyon-Steelhead Falls 
        Wilderness Study Area under subsection (a) to improve fire 
        resiliency and forest health, including the conduct of wildfire 
        prevention and response activities, as appropriate.
            (3) Off-road recreational motorized use.--The Secretary of 
        the Interior shall not permit off-road recreational motorized 
        use on the public land excluded from the Deschutes Canyon-
        Steelhead Falls Wilderness Study Area under subsection (a).
            Amend the title so as to read: ``An Act to adjust the 
        eastern boundary of the Deschutes Canyon-Steelhead Falls 
        Wilderness Study Area in the State of Oregon, and for other 
        purposes.''.
                                                       Calendar No. 692

115th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                               H. R. 2075

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 AN ACT

To adjust the eastern boundary of the Deschutes Canyon-Steelhead Falls 
 and Deschutes Canyon Wilderness Study Areas in the State of Oregon to 
 facilitate fire prevention and response activities to protect private 
                   property, and for other purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

                           November 29, 2018

        Reported with an amendment and an amendment to the title