[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 146 (Wednesday, October 14, 1998)]
[Senate]
[Page S12533]
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        OREGON PUBLIC LANDS TRANSFER AND PROTECTION ACT OF 1998

  Mr. THOMAS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent the Senator 
proceed to the immediate consideration of H.R. 4326, which is at the 
desk.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report.
  The bill clerk read as follows:

       A bill (H.R. 4326) to transfer administrative jurisdiction 
     over certain Federal lands located within or adjacent to the 
     Rogue River National Forest and to clarify the authority of 
     the Bureau of Land Management to sell and exchange other 
     Federal lands in Oregon.

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection to the immediate 
consideration of the bill?
  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill.
  Mr. THOMAS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the bill be 
read a third time and passed, the motion to reconsider be laid upon the 
table, and that any statements relating to the bill be printed in the 
Record.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The bill (H.R. 4326) was considered read the third time and passed.

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