[105th Congress Public Law 238]
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Public Law 105-238
105th Congress

                                 An Act


 
  To transfer administrative jurisdiction over part of the Lake Chelan 
   National Recreation Area from the Secretary of the Interior to the 
    Secretary of Agriculture for inclusion in the Wenatchee National 
             Forest. <<NOTE: Sept. 23, 1998 -  [S. 1683]>> 

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. BOUNDARY <<NOTE: 16 USC 90a-1 note.>> ADJUSTMENTS, LAKE 
                            CHELAN NATIONAL RECREATION AREA AND 
                            WENATCHEE NATIONAL FOREST, WASHINGTON.

    (a) Boundary Adjustments.--
            (1) Lake chelan national recreation area.--The boundary of 
        the Lake Chelan National Recreation Area, established by section 
        202 of Public Law 90-544 (16 U.S.C. 90a-1), is hereby adjusted 
        to exclude a parcel of land and waters consisting of 
        approximately 88 acres, as depicted on the map entitled 
        ``Proposed Management Units, North Cascades, Washington'', 
        numbered NP-CAS-7002A, originally dated October 1967, and 
        revised July 13, 1994.
            (2) Wenatchee national forest.--The boundary of the 
        Wenatchee National Forest is hereby adjusted to include the 
        parcel of land and waters described in paragraph (1).
            (3) Availability of map.--The map referred to in paragraph 
        (1) shall be on file and available for public inspection in the 
        offices of the superintendent of the Lake Chelan National 
        Recreation Area and the Director of the National Park Service, 
        Department of the Interior, and in the office of the Chief of 
        the Forest Service, Department of Agriculture.

    (b) Transfer of Administrative Jurisdiction.--Administrative 
jurisdiction over Federal land and waters in the parcel covered by the 
boundary adjustments in subsection (a) is transferred from the Secretary 
of the Interior to the Secretary of Agriculture, and the transferred 
land and waters shall be managed by the Secretary of Agriculture in 
accordance with the laws and regulations pertaining to the National 
Forest System.

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    (c) Land and Water Conservation Fund.--For purposes of section 7 of 
the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 (16 U.S.C. 460l-9), the 
boundaries of the Wenatchee National Forest, as adjusted by subsection 
(a), shall be considered to be the boundaries of the Wenatchee National 
Forest as of January 1, 1965.

    Approved September 23, 1998.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY--S. 1683:
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SENATE REPORTS: No. 105-228 (Comm. on Energy and Natural Resources).
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 144 (1998):
            July 17, considered and passed Senate.
            Sept. 9, considered and passed House.

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