[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 7]
[Senate]
[Pages 9578-9579]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                DEVIL'S STAIRCASE WILDERNESS ACT OF 2013

  The bill (S. 352) to provide for the designation of the Devil's 
Staircase Wilderness Area in the State of Oregon, to designate segments 
of Wasson and Franklin Creeks in the State of Oregon as wild rivers, 
and for other purposes, was ordered to be engrossed for a third 
reading, was read the third time, and passed, as follows:

                                 S. 352

       Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
     the United States of America in Congress assembled,

     SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

       This Act may be cited as the ``Devil's Staircase Wilderness 
     Act of 2013''.

     SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

       In this Act:
       (1) Map.--The term ``map'' means the map entitled ``Devil's 
     Staircase Wilderness Proposal'' and dated June 15, 2010.
       (2) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means--
       (A) with respect to land under the jurisdiction of the 
     Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of Agriculture; and
       (B) with respect to land under the jurisdiction of the 
     Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary of the Interior.
       (3) State.--The term ``State'' means the State of Oregon.
       (4) Wilderness.--The term ``Wilderness'' means the Devil's 
     Staircase Wilderness designated by section 3(a).

     SEC. 3. DEVIL'S STAIRCASE WILDERNESS, OREGON.

       (a) Designation.--In accordance with the Wilderness Act (16 
     U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), the approximately 30,540 acres of 
     Forest Service land and Bureau of Land Management land in the 
     State, as generally depicted on the map, is designated as 
     wilderness and as a component of the National Wilderness 
     Preservation System, to be known as the ``Devil's Staircase 
     Wilderness''.
       (b) Map; Legal Description.--
       (1) In general.--As soon as practicable after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall prepare a map and 
     legal description of the Wilderness.
       (2) Force of law.--The map and legal description prepared 
     under paragraph (1) shall have the same force and effect as 
     if included in this Act, except that the Secretary may 
     correct clerical and typographical errors in the map and 
     legal description.
       (3) Availability.--The map and legal description prepared 
     under paragraph (1) shall be on file and available for public 
     inspection in the appropriate offices of the Forest Service 
     and Bureau of Land Management.
       (c) Administration.--Subject to valid existing rights, the 
     area designated as wilderness by this section shall be 
     administered by the Secretary in accordance with the 
     Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), except that--
       (1) any reference in that Act to the effective date shall 
     be considered to be a reference to the date of enactment of 
     this Act; and
       (2) any reference in that Act to the Secretary of 
     Agriculture shall be considered to be a reference to the 
     Secretary that has jurisdiction over the land within the 
     Wilderness.
       (d) Fish and Wildlife.--Nothing in this section affects the 
     jurisdiction or responsibilities of the State with respect to 
     fish and wildlife in the State.
       (e) Adjacent Management.--
       (1) In general.--Nothing in this section creates any 
     protective perimeter or buffer zone around the Wilderness.
       (2) Activities outside wilderness.--The fact that a 
     nonwilderness activity or use on land outside the Wilderness 
     can be seen or heard within the Wilderness shall not preclude 
     the activity or use outside the boundary of the Wilderness.

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       (f) Protection of Tribal Rights.--Nothing in this section 
     diminishes any treaty rights of an Indian tribe.
       (g) Transfer of Administrative Jurisdiction.--
       (1) In general.--Administrative jurisdiction over the 
     approximately 49 acres of Bureau of Land Management land 
     north of the Umpqua River in sec. 32, T. 21 S., R. 11 W, is 
     transferred from the Bureau of Land Management to the Forest 
     Service.
       (2) Administration.--The Secretary shall administer the 
     land transferred by paragraph (1) in accordance with--
       (A) the Act of March 1, 1911 (commonly known as the ``Weeks 
     Law'') (16 U.S.C. 480 et seq.); and
       (B) any laws (including regulations) applicable to the 
     National Forest System.

     SEC. 4. WILD AND SCENIC RIVER DESIGNATIONS, WASSON CREEK AND 
                   FRANKLIN CREEK, OREGON.

       Section 3(a) of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act (16 U.S.C. 
     1274(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
       ``(208) Franklin creek, oregon.--The 4.5-mile segment from 
     its headwaters to the line of angle points within sec. 8, T. 
     22 S., R. 10 W., shown on the survey recorded in the Official 
     Records of Douglas County, Oregon, as M64-62, to be 
     administered by the Secretary of Agriculture as a wild river.
       ``(209) Wasson creek, oregon.--The 10.1-mile segment in the 
     following classes:
       ``(A) The 4.2-mile segment from the eastern boundary of 
     sec. 17, T. 21 S., R. 9 W., downstream to the western 
     boundary of sec. 12, T. 21 S., R. 10 W., to be administered 
     by the Secretary of the Interior as a wild river.
       ``(B) The 5.9-mile segment from the western boundary of 
     sec. 12, T. 21 S., R. 10 W., downstream to the eastern 
     boundary of the northwest quarter of sec. 22, T. 21 S., R. 10 
     W., to be administered by the Secretary of Agriculture as a 
     wild river.''.

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