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HR 1415 IH
112th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 1415
To amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to make technical corrections to the segment designations for the Chetco River, Oregon.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
April 7, 2011
Mr. DEFAZIO (for himself, Mr. BLUMENAUER, and Mr. WU) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources
A BILL
To amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to make technical corrections to the segment designations for the Chetco River, Oregon.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
SEC. 2. TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS TO THE WILD AND SCENIC RIVERS ACT.
Section 3(a)(69) of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act (16 U.S.C. 1274(a)(69)) is amended--
(1) by inserting before the ‘The 44.5-mile’ the following:
(2) by redesignating subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C) as clauses (i), (ii), and (iii), respectively;
(3) in clause (i), as redesignated--
(A) by striking ‘25.5-mile’ and inserting ‘27.5-mile’; and
(B) by striking ‘Boulder Creek at the Kalmiopsis Wilderness boundary’ and inserting ‘Mislatnah Creek’;
(4) in clause (ii), as redesignated--
(A) by striking ‘8’ and inserting ‘7.5’;
(B) by striking ‘Boulder Creek’ and inserting ‘Mislatnah Creek’; and
(C) by striking ‘Steel Bridge’ and inserting ‘Eagle Creek’;
(5) in clause (iii), as redesignated--
(A) by striking ‘11’ and inserting ‘9.5’; and
(B) by striking ‘Steel Bridge’ and inserting ‘Eagle Creek’; and
(6) by adding at the end the following:
‘(B) WITHDRAWAL- Subject to valid rights, the Federal land within the boundaries of the river segments designated by subparagraph (A), is withdrawn from all forms of--
‘(i) entry, appropriation, or disposal under the public land laws;
‘(ii) location, entry, and patent under the mining laws; and
‘(iii) disposition under all laws pertaining to mineral and geothermal leasing or mineral materials.’.
U.S. Congress - Text of H.R.1415 as Introduced in House Chetco River Protection Act of 2011
