[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 140 (Thursday, October 9, 1997)]
[Senate]
[Page S10780]
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                  DILLON RANGER DISTRICT TRANSFER ACT

  The Senate proceeded to consider the bill (S. 591) to transfer the 
Dillon Ranger District in the Arapaho National Forest to the White 
River National Forest in the State of Colorado, which had been reported 
from the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, with an amendment 
to strike all after the enacting clause and inserting in lieu thereof 
the following:

     SECTION 1. INCLUSION OF DILLON RANGER DISTRICT IN WHITE RIVER 
                   NATIONAL FOREST, COLORADO.

       (a) Boundary Adjustments.--
       (1) White River National Forest.--The boundary of the White 
     River National Forest in the State of Colorado is hereby 
     adjusted to include all National Forest System lands located 
     in Summit County, Colorado, comprising the Dillon Ranger 
     District of the Arapaho National Forest.
       (2) Arapaho National Forest.--The boundary of the Arapaho 
     National Forest is adjusted to exclude the land transferred 
     to the White River National Forest by paragraph (1).
       (b) Reference.--Any reference to the Dillon Ranger 
     District, Arapaho National Forest, in any existing statute, 
     regulation, manual, handbook, or other document shall be 
     deemed to be a reference to the Dillon Ranger District, White 
     River National Forest.
       (c) Existing Rights.--Nothing in this section affects valid 
     existing rights of persons holding any authorization, permit, 
     option, or other form of contract existing on the date of the 
     enactment of this Act.
       (d) Forest Receipts.--Notwithstanding the distribution 
     requirements of payments under the sixth paragraph under the 
     heading ``FOREST SERVICE'' in the Act entitled ``An Act 
     making appropriations for the Department of Agriculture for 
     the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and 
     nine'', approved May 23, 1908 (35 Stat. 260, chapter 192; 16 
     U.S.C. 500), the distribution of receipts from the Arapaho 
     National Forest and the White River National Forest to 
     affected county governments shall be based on the national 
     forest boundaries that existed on the day before the date of 
     enactment of this Act.

  The committee amendment was agreed to.
  The bill (S. 591), as amended, was read the third time and passed.

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