[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 141 (Friday, October 9, 1998)]
[Senate]
[Pages S12188-S12189]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




         OREGON PUBLIC LAND TRANSFER AND PROTECTION ACT OF 1998

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                  WYDEN (AND SMITH) AMENDMENT NO. 3802

  Mr. LOTT (for Mr. Wyden for himself and Mr. Smith of Oregon) proposed 
an

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amendment to the bill (S. 2513) to transfer administrative jurisdiction 
over certain Federal land located within or adjacent Rogue River 
National Forest and to clarify the authority of the Bureau of Land 
Management to sell and exchange other Federal land in Oregon; as 
follows:

       On page 2, before line 3, insert the following:

           TITLE III--CONVEYANCE TO DESCHUTES COUNTY, OREGON

Sec. 301. Conveyance to Deschutes County, Oregon.
       On page 2, strike lines 11 through 13 and insert the 
     following:

     depicted on the map entitled ``BLM/Rogue River NF 
     Administrative Jurisdiction Transfer, North Half'' and dated 
     April 28, 1998, and the map entitled ``BLM/Rogue River NF 
     Administrative Jurisdiction Transfer, South Half'' and dated 
     April 28, 1998, consisting of approximately
       On page 3, strike lines 13 through 16 and insert the 
     following:
       (1) Land transfer.--The Federal land depicted on the maps 
     described in subsection (a)(1), consisting of approximately 
     1,632
       On page 4, strike lines 9 through 11 and insert the 
     following:

     Federal land depicted on the maps described in subsection 
     (a)(1), consisting of
       On page 5, strike lines 9 through 11 and insert the 
     following:

     maps described in subsection (a)(1), consisting of 
     approximately 960 acres within
       On page 6, strike lines 15 and 16 and insert the following:

     on the map entitled ``BLM/Rogue River NF Boundary Adjustment, 
     North Half'' and dated April 28, 1998, and the map entitled 
     ``BLM/Rogue River NF Boundary Adjustment, South Half'' and 
     dated April 28, 1998.
       On page 10, after line 3, add the following:

           TITLE III--CONVEYANCE TO DESCHUTES COUNTY, OREGON

     SEC. 301. CONVEYANCE TO DESCHUTES COUNTY, OREGON.

       (a) Purposes.--The purposes of this section are to 
     authorize the Secretary of the Interior to sell at fair 
     market value to Deschutes County, Oregon, certain land to be 
     used to protect the public's interest in clean water in the 
     aquifer that provides drinking water for residents and to 
     promote the public interest in the efficient delivery of 
     social services and public amenities in southern Deschutes 
     County, Oregon, by--
       (1) providing land for private residential development to 
     compensate for development prohibitions on private land 
     currently zoned for residential development the development 
     of which would cause increased pollution of ground and 
     surface water;
       (2) providing for the streamlined and low-cost acquisition 
     of land by nonprofit and governmental social service entities 
     that offer needed community services to residents of the 
     area;
       (3) allowing the County to provide land for community 
     amenities and services such as open space, parks, roads, and 
     other public spaces and uses to area residents at little or 
     no cost to the public; and
       (4) otherwise assist in the implementation of the Deschutes 
     County Regional Problem Solving Project.
       (b) Sale of Land.--
       (1) In general.--The Secretary of the Interior, acting 
     through the Director of the Bureau of Land Management 
     (referred to in this section as the ``Secretary'') may make 
     available for sale at fair market value to Deschutes County, 
     Oregon, the land in Deschutes County, Oregon (referred to in 
     this section as the ``County''), comprising approximately 544 
     acres and lying in Township 22, S., Range 10 E. Willamette 
     Meridian, described as follows:
       (A) Sec. 1:
       (i) Government Lot 3, the portion west of Highway 97;
       (ii) Government Lot 4;
       (iii) SENW, the portion west of Highway 97; SWNW, the 
     portion west of Highway 97, NWSW, the portion west of Highway 
     97; SWSW, the portion west of Highway 97;
       (B) Sec. 2:
       (i) Government Lot 1;
       (ii) SENE, SESW, the portion east of Huntington Road; NESE; 
     NWSE; SWSE; SESE, the portion west of Highway 97;
       (C) Sec. 11:
       (i) Government Lot 10;
       (ii) NENE, the portion west of Highway 97; NWNE; SWNE, the 
     portion west of Highway 97; NENW, the portion east of 
     Huntington Road; SWNW, the portion east of Huntington Road; 
     SENW.
       (2) Suitability for sale.--The Secretary shall convey the 
     land under paragraph (1) only if the Secretary determines 
     that the land is suitable for sale through the land use 
     planning process.
       (c) Special Account.--The amount paid by the County for the 
     conveyance of land under subsection (b)--
       (1) shall be deposited in a special account in the Treasury 
     of the United States; and
       (2) may be used by the Secretary for the purchase of 
     environmentally sensitive land east of Range Nine East in the 
     State of Oregon that is consistent with the goals and 
     objectives of the land use planning process of the Bureau of 
     Land Management.

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