[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 116 (Thursday, August 1, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H9775]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




   MAKING MINOR ADJUSTMENT IN EXTERIOR BOUNDARY OF DEVIL'S BACKBONE 
             WILDERNESS IN MARK TWAIN NATIONAL FOREST, MO.

  Mr. ALLARD. Mr. Speaker, I call up the bill (H.R. 3464) to make a 
minor adjustment in the exterior boundary of the Devil's Backbone 
Wilderness in the Mark Twain National Forest, MO, to exclude a small 
parcel of land containing improvements, and I ask unanimous consent for 
its immediate consideration in the House.
  The Clerk read the title of the bill.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from Colorado?
  Mr. STENHOLM. Reserving the right to object, Mr. Speaker, I will not 
object, but I yield to my colleague, the gentleman from Colorado [Mr. 
Allard], for an explanation of the bill.
  Mr. ALLARD. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman from Texas for 
yielding to me.
  Mr. Speaker, H.R. 3464, sponsored by Congressman Mel Hancock, 
provides for a slight adjustment removing 2 acres from Devil's Backbone 
Wilderness area within the Mark Twain National Forest. This is 
necessary to allow for a land exchange between the Forest Service and a 
family which inadvertently made improvements on a parcel of Forest 
Service/Wilderness land. Once removed from Wilderness designation, the 
Small Tracts Act will permit an administrative exchange of land.
  This bill was approved by a voice vote in both the subcommittee and 
full committee, and the Department of Agriculture has recommended its 
approval.
  Mr. STENHOLM. Further reserving the right to object, Mr. Speaker, I 
thank my colleague for his explanation.
  An amendment adopted by the committee will be offered to incorporate 
a technical change in the bill recommended by the Forest Service.
  Mr. Speaker, I have no objection to the bill as amended by the 
committee, and I withdraw my reservation of objection.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from Colorado?
  There was no objection.
  The Clerk read the bill, as follows:

                               H.R. 3464

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

     SECTION 1. BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT, DEVILS BACKBONE WILDERNESS, 
                   MARK TWAIN NATIONAL FOREST, MISSOURI

       Using the authority provided in section 202 of Public Law 
     96-560 (94 Stat. 3274) regarding the correction of clerical 
     errors in the maps and legal descriptions of the Devils 
     Backbone Wilderness established by section 201(d) of such Act 
     (16 U.S.C. 1132 note), the Secretary of Agriculture shall 
     adjust the exterior boundary of the Devils Backbone 
     Wilderness in the Mark Twain National Forest, Missouri, to 
     exclude a parcel of real property that consists of 
     approximately a quarter of an acre in Douglas County, 
     Missouri, contains a garage, well, mailbox, driveway, and 
     other improvements, and was inadvertently removed from 
     administration as National Forest System land and included 
     within the wilderness area.


           committee amendment in the nature of a substitute

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the committee 
amendment in the nature of a substitute.
  The Clerk read as follows:

       Committee amendment in the nature of a substitute: strike 
     out all after the enacting clause and insert:

     SECTION 1. BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT, DEVILS BACKBONE WILDERNESS, 
                   MARK TWAIN NATIONAL FOREST, MISSOURI.

       The boundary of the Devils Backbone Wilderness established 
     by section 201(d) of Public Law 96-560 (16 U.S.C. 1132 note) 
     in the Mark Twain National Forest, Missouri, is hereby 
     modified to exclude from the area encompassed by the Devils 
     Backbone Wilderness a parcel of real property consisting of 
     approximately two acres in Ozark County, Missouri, and 
     containing a garage, well, mailbox, driveway, and other 
     improvements, as depicted on a map entitled ``Devils Backbone 
     Wilderness Boundary Modification'', dated June 1996. The map 
     shall be retained with other Forest Service maps and legal 
     descriptions regarding the Devils Backbone Wilderness and 
     shall be made available for public inspection as provided in 
     section 202 of Public Law 96-560 (94 Stat. 3274).

  Mr. ALLARD (during the reading). Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent 
that the amendment be considered as read and printed in the Record.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from Colorado?
  There was no objection.
  The committee amendment in the nature of a substitute was agreed to.
  The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time, was read 
the third time, and passed, and a motion to reconsider was laid on the 
table.

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