[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 68 (Friday, May 7, 2010)]
[Senate]
[Page S3431]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


SHASTA-TRINITY NATIONAL FOREST ADMINISTRATIVE JURISDICTION TRANSFER ACT

  The Senate proceeded to consider the bill (H.R. 689) to interchange 
the administrative jurisdiction of certain Federal lands between the 
Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management, and for other 
purposes, which had been reported from the Committee on Energy and 
Natural Resources, with an amendment to strike all after the enacting 
clause and insert in lieu thereof the following:

     SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

       This Act may be cited as the ``Shasta-Trinity National 
     Forest Administrative Jurisdiction Transfer Act''.

     SEC. 2. TRANSFER OF ADMINISTRATIVE JURISDICTION TO THE BUREAU 
                   OF LAND MANAGEMENT.

       (a) In General.--Administrative jurisdiction over the 
     Federal land described in subsection (b) is transferred from 
     the Secretary of Agriculture to the Secretary of the 
     Interior.
       (b) Description of Land.--The Federal land referred to in 
     subsection (a) is the land within the Shasta-Trinity National 
     Forest in California, Mount Diablo Meridian, as generally 
     depicted on the map entitled ``Shasta-Trinity Administrative 
     Jurisdiction Transfer: Transfer from Forest Service to BLM, 
     Map 1'' and dated November 23, 2009.
       (c) Management and Status of Transferred Land.--The Federal 
     land described in subsection (b) shall be administered in 
     accordance with--
       (1) the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 
     U.S.C. 1701 et seq.); and
       (2) any other applicable law (including regulations).

     SEC. 3. TRANSFER OF ADMINISTRATIVE JURISDICTION TO THE FOREST 
                   SERVICE.

       (a) In General.--Administrative jurisdiction over the 
     Federal land described in subsection (b) is transferred from 
     the Secretary of the Interior to the Secretary of 
     Agriculture.
       (b) Description of Land.--The Federal land referred to in 
     subsection (a) is the land administered by the Director of 
     the Bureau of Land Management in the Mount Diablo Meridian, 
     California, as generally depicted on the map entitled 
     ``Shasta-Trinity Administrative Jurisdiction Transfer: 
     Transfer from BLM to Forest Service, Map 2'' and dated 
     November 23, 2009.
       (c) Management and Status of Transferred Land.--
       (1) In general.--The Federal land described in subsection 
     (b) shall be--
       (A) withdrawn from the public domain;
       (B) reserved for administration as part of the Shasta-
     Trinity National Forest; and
       (C) managed in accordance with the laws (including the 
     regulations) generally applicable to the National Forest 
     System.
       (2) Wilderness administration.--The land transferred to the 
     Secretary of Agriculture under subsection (a) that is within 
     the Trinity Alps Wilderness shall--
       (A) not affect the wilderness status of the transferred 
     land; and
       (B) be administered in accordance with--
       (i) this section;
       (ii) the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.); and
       (iii) the California Wilderness Act of 1984 (16 U.S.C. 1132 
     note; Public Law 98-425).

     SEC. 4. ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS.

       (a) Corrections.--
       (1) Minor adjustments.--The Secretary of Agriculture and 
     the Secretary of the Interior may, by mutual agreement, make 
     minor corrections and adjustments to the transfers under this 
     Act to facilitate land management, including corrections and 
     adjustments to any applicable surveys.
       (2) Publications.--Any corrections or adjustments made 
     under subsection (a) shall be effective on the date of 
     publication of a notice of the corrections or adjustments in 
     the Federal Register.
       (b) Hazardous Substances.--
       (1) Notice.--The Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary 
     of the Interior shall, with respect to the land described in 
     sections 2(b) and 3(b), respectively--
       (A) identify any known sites containing hazardous 
     substances; and
       (B) provide to the head of the Federal agency to which the 
     land is being transferred notice of any sites identified 
     under subparagraph (A).
       (2) Cleanup obligations.--To the same extent as on the day 
     before the date of enactment of this Act, with respect to any 
     Federal liability--
       (A) the Secretary of Agriculture shall remain responsible 
     for any cleanup of hazardous substances on the Federal land 
     described in section 2(b); and
       (B) the Secretary of the Interior shall remain responsible 
     for any cleanup of hazardous substances on the Federal land 
     described in section 3(b).
       (c) Effect on Existing Rights and Authorizations.--Nothing 
     in this Act affects--
       (1) any valid existing rights; or
       (2) the validity or term and conditions of any existing 
     withdrawal, right-of-way, easement, lease, license, or permit 
     on the land to which administrative jurisdiction is 
     transferred under this Act, except that beginning on the date 
     of enactment of this Act, the head of the agency to which 
     administrative jurisdiction over the land is transferred 
     shall be responsible for administering the interests or 
     authorizations (including reissuing the interests or 
     authorizations in accordance with applicable law).

  The committee amendment in the nature of a substitute was agreed to.
  The bill (H.R. 689), as amended, was ordered to be read a third time, 
was read the third time, and passed.

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