[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 96 (Friday, July 17, 1998)]
[Senate]
[Page S8538]
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                  LAKE CHELAN NATIONAL RECREATION AREA

  The Senate proceeded to consider the bill (S. 1683) to transfer 
administrative jurisdiction over part of the Lake Chelan National 
Recreation Area from the Secretary of the Interior to the Secretary of 
Agriculture for inclusion in the Wenatchee National Forest, 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:

                                S. 1683

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

     SECTION 1. BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENTS, LAKE CHELAN NATIONAL 
                   RECREATION AREA AND WENATCHEE NATIONAL FOREST, 
                   WASHINGTON.

       (a) Boundary Adjustments.--
       (1) Lake chelan national recreation area.--The boundary of 
     the Lake Chelan National Recreation Area, established by 
     section 202 of Public Law 90-544 (16 U.S.C. 90a-1), is hereby 
     adjusted to exclude a parcel of land and waters consisting of 
     approximately 88 acres, as depicted on the map entitled 
     ``Proposed Management Units, North Cascades, Washington'', 
     numbered NP-CAS-7002A, originally dated October 1967, and 
     revised July 13, 1994.
       (2) Wenatchee national forest.--The boundary of the 
     Wenatchee National Forest is hereby adjusted to include the 
     parcel of land and waters described in paragraph (1).
       (3) Availability of map.--The map referred to in paragraph 
     (1) shall be on file and available for public inspection in 
     the offices of the superintendent of the Lake Chelan National 
     Recreation Area and the Director of the National Park 
     Service, Department of the Interior, and in the office of the 
     Chief of the Forest Service, Department of Agriculture.
       (b) Transfer of Administrative Jurisdiction.--
     Administrative jurisdiction over Federal land and waters in 
     the parcel covered by the boundary adjustments in subsection 
     (a) is transferred from the Secretary of the Interior to the 
     Secretary of Agriculture, and the transferred land and waters 
     shall be managed by the Secretary of Agriculture in 
     accordance with the laws and regulations pertaining to the 
     National Forest System.
       (c) Land and Water Conservation Fund.--For purposes of 
     section 7 of the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 
     (16 U.S.C. 460l-9), the boundaries of the Wenatchee National 
     Forest, as adjusted by subsection (a), shall be considered to 
     be the boundaries of the Wenatchee National Forest as of 
     January 1, 1965.

  The committee amendment was agreed to.
  The bill (S. 1683), as amended, was deemed read the third time and 
passed.

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