[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 49 (Wednesday, March 18, 2026)]
[Senate]
[Page S1239]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  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     eligible Federal land is withdrawn from all forms of--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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