[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 49 (Wednesday, March 18, 2026)]
[Senate]
[Page S1239]
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SA 4528. Mr. WYDEN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill S. 1383, to establish the Veterans Advisory Committee
on Equal Access, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on
the table; as follows:
At the appropriate place, insert the following:
SEC. ___. WITHDRAWAL OF FEDERAL LAND, CURRY COUNTY AND
JOSEPHINE COUNTY, OREGON.
(a) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Eligible federal land.--The term ``eligible Federal
land'' means--
(A) any federally owned land or interest in land depicted
on the Maps as within the Hunter Creek and Pistol River
Headwaters Withdrawal Proposal or the Rough and Ready and
Baldface Creeks Mineral Withdrawal Proposal; or
(B) any land or interest in land located within such
withdrawal proposals that is acquired by the Federal
Government after the date of enactment of this Act.
(2) Maps.--The term ``Maps'' means--
(A) the Bureau of Land Management map entitled ``Hunter
Creek and Pistol River Headwaters Withdrawal Proposal'' and
dated January 12, 2015; and
(B) the Bureau of Land Management map entitled ``Rough and
Ready and Baldface Creeks Mineral Withdrawal Proposal'' and
dated January 12, 2015.
(b) Withdrawal.--Subject to valid existing rights, the
eligible Federal land is withdrawn from all forms of--
(1) entry, appropriation, or disposal under the public land
laws;
(2) location, entry, and patent under the mining laws; and
(3) operation under the mineral leasing and geothermal
leasing laws.
(c) Availability of Maps.--Not later than 30 days after the
date of enactment of this Act, the Maps shall be made
available to the public at each appropriate office of the
Bureau of Land Management.
(d) Existing Uses Not Affected.--Except with respect to the
withdrawal under subsection (b), nothing in this section
restricts recreational uses, hunting, fishing, forest
management activities, or other authorized uses allowed on
the date of enactment of this Act on the eligible Federal
land in accordance with applicable law.
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