[House Report 105-560]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



105th Congress                                                   Report
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 2d Session                                                     105-560
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    BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENTS, LAKE CHELAN NATIONAL RECREATION AREA AND 
                 WENATCHEE NATIONAL FOREST, WASHINGTON

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  June 3, 1998.--Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 
              State of the Union and ordered to be printed

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  Mr. Young of Alaska, from the Committee on Resources, submitted the 
                               following

                              R E P O R T

                        [To accompany H.R. 3520]

      [Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]

  The Committee on Resources, to whom was referred the bill 
(H.R. 3520) to adjust the boundaries of the Lake Chelan 
National Recreation Area and the adjacent Wenatchee National 
Forest in the State of Washington, having considered the same, 
report favorably thereon without amendment and recommend that 
the bill do pass.

                          PURPOSE OF THE BILL

    The purpose of H.R. 3520 is to adjust the boundaries of the 
Lake Chelan National Recreation Area and the adjacent Wenatchee 
National Forest in the State of Washington. .

                  BACKGROUND AND NEED FOR LEGISLATION

    H.R. 3520 would allow 88 acres, currently within the Lake 
Chelan National Recreation Area, to become part of the 
Wenatchee National Forest. Twenty-three of the 88 acres are 
privately owned by George C. Wall.
    The private property owned by Mr. Wall currently falls 
within both National Park Service (NPS) and U.S. Forest Service 
jurisdiction. This boundary adjustment would allow the agencies 
to consolidate management over this specific tract of land. 
H.R. 3520 would allow the property to be entirely within the 
jurisdiction of the Forest Service. This would alleviate the 
confusion caused by working with dual jurisdictions. Most 
importantly, this legislation would honor a long-standing 
commitment made to Mr. Wall by the NPS.

                            COMMITTEE ACTION

    H.R. 3520 was introduced on March 19, 1998, by Congressman 
Doc Hastings (R-WA). The bill was referred to the Committee on 
Resources, and within the Committee to the Subcommittee on 
Forests and Forest Health and the Subcommittee on National 
Parks and Public Lands. On April 28, 1998, the Forest 
Subcommittee held a hearing on H.R. 3520, where the 
Administration testified in support with technical amendments. 
The Administration later withdrew its request for amendments. 
On May 7, 1998, the Forest Subcommittee met to mark up H.R. 
3520. No amendments were offered and the bill was then ordered 
favorably reported to the Full Committee by voice vote. On May 
20, 1998, the Full Resources Committee met to consider H.R. 
3520. The Subcommittee on National Parks and Public Lands was 
discharged from further consideration of the bill by unanimous 
consent. No amendments were offered and the bill was then 
ordered favorably reported to the House of Representatives by 
voice vote.

            COMMITTEE OVERSIGHT FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

    With respect to the requirements of clause 2(l)(3) of rule 
XI of the Rules of the House of Representatives, and clause 
2(b)(1) of rule X of the Rules of the House of Representatives, 
the Committee on Resources' oversight findings and 
recommendations are reflected in the body of this report.

                   CONSTITUTIONAL AUTHORITY STATEMENT

    Article I, section 8 and Article IV, section 3 of the 
Constitution of the United States grant Congress the authority 
to enact H.R. 3520.

                        COST OF THE LEGISLATION

    Clause 7(a) of rule XIII of the Rules of the House of 
Representatives requires an estimate and a comparison by the 
Committee of the costs which would be incurred in carrying out 
H.R. 3520. However, clause 7(d) of that Rule provides that this 
requirement does not apply when the Committee has included in 
its report a timely submitted cost estimate of the bill 
prepared by the Director of the Congressional Budget Office 
under section 403 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974.

                     COMPLIANCE WITH HOUSE RULE XI

    1. With respect to the requirement of clause 2(l)(3)(B) of 
rule XI of the Rules of the House of Representatives and 
section 308(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, H.R. 
3520 does not contain any new budget authority, spending 
authority, credit authority, or an increase or decrease in 
revenues or tax expenditures.
    2. With respect to the requirement of clause 2(l)(3)(D) of 
rule XI of the Rules of the House of Representatives, the 
Committee has received no report of oversight findings and 
recommendations from the Committee on Government Reform and 
Oversight on the subject of H.R. 3520.
    3. With respect to the requirement of clause 2(l)(3)(C) of 
rule XI of the Rules of the House of Representatives and 
section 403 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, the 
Committee has received the following cost estimate for H.R. 
3520 from the Director of the Congressional Budget Office.

               CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE COST ESTIMATE

                                     U.S. Congress,
                               Congressional Budget Office,
                                      Washington, DC, May 22, 1998.
Hon. Don Young,
Chairman, Committee on Resources,
U.S. House of Representatives, Washington, DC.
    Dear Mr. Chairman: The Congressional Budget Office has 
prepared the enclosed cost estimate for H.R. 3520, a bill to 
adjust the boundaries of the Lake Chelan National Recreation 
Area and the adjacent Wenatchee National Forest in the state of 
Washington.
    If you wish further details on this estimate, we will be 
pleased to provide them. The CBO staff contact is Victoria V. 
Heid.
            Sincerely,
                                         Robert A. Sunshine
                                   (For June E. O'Neill, Director).
    Enclosure.

H.R. 3520--A bill to adjust the boundaries of the Lake Chelan National 
        Recreation Area and the adjacent Wenatchee National Forest in 
        the State of Washington

    CBO estimates that enacting this bill would have no 
significant impact on the federal budget. Because H.R. 3520 
would not affect direct spending or receipts, pay-as-you-go 
procedures would not apply. H.R. 3520 contains no 
intergovernmental or private-sector mandates as defined in the 
Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 and would not affect the 
budgets of state, local, or tribal governments.
    H.R. 3520 would transfer jurisdiction over certain land and 
water in the state of Washington from the Secretary of the 
Interior to the Secretary of Agriculture. The bill would adjust 
the boundary of the Lake Chelan National Recreation Area to 
exclude a parcel of land and water consisting of about 23 acres 
of private property and about 60 acres of the surface of Lake 
Chelan, which is owned by the federal government. The bill 
would adjust the boundary of the Wenatchee National Forest, 
managed by the U.S. Forest Service in the Department of 
Agriculture, to include that same parcel. The private property 
that would be transferred is currently within the boundaries of 
both the Lake Chelan Recreation Area and the Wenatchee National 
Forest. Transferring jurisdiction for that land between 
agencies would allow the private property to be under the 
jurisdiction of a single public land unit. We estimate that 
implementing this jurisdictional transfer would have no net 
impact on the federal budget.
    The CBO staff contact for this estimate is Victoria V. 
Heid. This estimate was approved by Robert A. Sunshine, Deputy 
Assistant Director for Budget Analysis.

                    COMPLIANCE WITH PUBLIC LAW 104-4

    H.R. 3520 contains no unfunded mandates.

                        CHANGES IN EXISTING LAW

    If enacted, H.R. 3520 would make no changes in existing 
law.