[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 152 (Tuesday, November 4, 1997)]
[House]
[Pages H9926-H9927]
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                    DILLON RANGER DISTRICT TRANSFER

  Mrs. CHENOWETH. Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the 
Senate 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.
  The Clerk read as follows:

                                 S. 591

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

     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 SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to the rule, the gentlewoman from 
Idaho [Mrs. Chenoweth] and the gentleman from American Samoa [Mr. 
Faleomavaega] each will control 20 minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentlewoman from Idaho [Mrs. Chenoweth].
  Mrs. CHENOWETH. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may 
consume.
  (Mrs. CHENOWETH asked and was given permission to revise and extend 
her remarks.)
  Mrs. CHENOWETH. Mr. Speaker, S. 591 adjusts the boundaries of White 
River National Forest to include all national forest system lands 
within Summit County, Colorado, which are currently part of the Dillon 
Ranger District of the Arapaho National Forest. This bill passed the 
House earlier this year as H.R. 1020.
  The White River National Forest has administered these lands for a 
number of years, and therefore the inclusion of the Dillon Ranger 
District within the White River Forest will more accurately depict the 
proper administration of these lands. Furthermore, the inclusion should 
reduce confusion within the general public as to who administers the 
Dillon Ranger District. The legislation will not alter the current 
distribution of forest receipts to the affected county governments.
  The bill is noncontroversial, and I urge its passage.
  Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. FALEOMAVAEGA. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may 
consume.
  (Mr. FALEOMAVAEGA asked and was given permission to revise and extend 
his remarks.)
  Mr. FALEOMAVAEGA. Mr. Speaker, this is yet another noncontroversial 
Colorado bill which we have already considered in the House. H.R. 1020 
passed the House on June 3, 1997. The bill was introduced by the 
gentleman from Colorado [Mr. McInnis]. The other body in its wisdom has 
sent it back to us as Senate bill 591.
  The bill provides for the transfer of the Dillon Ranger District in 
the Arapaho National Forest to the White River National Forest in 
Colorado. The administration has no objection to this bill, nor does 
this side of the aisle.
  Mr. Speaker, I want to commend the gentlewoman from Idaho as chairman 
of the Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health for her diligence, for 
her leadership and for her attention to issues such as this.
  Mr. Speaker, I have no further requests for time, and I yield back 
the balance of my time.
  Mrs. CHENOWETH. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.

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  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion offered by the 
gentlewoman from Idaho [Mrs. Chenoweth] that the House suspend the 
rules and pass the Senate bill, S. 591.
  The question was taken.
  Mr. FALEOMAVAEGA. Mr. Speaker, I object to the vote on the ground 
that a quorum is not present and make the point of order that a quorum 
is not present.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 5, rule I, and the 
Chair's prior announcement, further proceedings on this motion will be 
postponed.
  The point of no quorum is considered withdrawn.

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