Southwestern Oregon Watershed and Salmon Protection Act

I 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 992 To withdraw certain land located in Curry County and Josephine County, Oregon, from all forms of entry, appropriation, or disposal under the public land laws, location, entry, and patent under the mining laws, and operation under the mineral leasing and geothermal leasing laws, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES FEBRUARY 6, 2019 Mr. DEFAZIO (for himself and Mr. HUFFMAN) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources A BILL To withdraw certain land located in Curry County and Jose- phine County, Oregon, from all forms of entry, appro- priation, or disposal under the public land laws, location, entry, and patent under the mining laws, and operation under the mineral leasing and geothermal leasing laws, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Southwestern Oregon 4 Watershed and Salmon Protection Act’’. 5 VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:02 Feb 15, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H992.IH H992 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 992 IH SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 1 In this Act: 2 (1) ELIGIBLE FEDERAL LAND.—The term ‘‘eli- 3 gible Federal land’’ means— 4 (A) any federally owned land or interest in 5 land depicted on the Maps as within the Hunter 6 Creek and Pistol River Headwaters Withdrawal 7 Proposal or the Rough and Ready and Baldface 8 Creeks Mineral Withdrawal Proposal; or 9 (B) any land or interest in land located 10 within such withdrawal proposals that is ac- 11 quired by the Federal Government after the 12 date of enactment of this Act. 13 (2) MAPS.—The term ‘‘Maps’’ means— 14 (A) the Bureau of Land Management map 15 entitled ‘‘Hunter Creek and Pistol River Head- 16 waters Withdrawal Proposal’’ dated January 17 12, 2015; and 18 (B) the Bureau of Land Management map 19 entitled ‘‘Rough and Ready and Baldface 20 Creeks Mineral Withdrawal Proposal’’ dated 21 January 12, 2015. 22 SEC. 3. WITHDRAWAL OF FEDERAL LAND, CURRY COUNTY 23 AND JOSEPHINE COUNTY, OREGON. 24 (a) WITHDRAWAL.—Subject to valid existing rights, 25 the eligible Federal land is withdrawn from all forms of— 26 VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:02 Feb 15, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H992.IH H992 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 3 •HR 992 IH (1) entry, appropriation, or disposal under the 1 public land laws; 2 (2) location, entry, and patent under the mining 3 laws; and 4 (3) operation under the mineral leasing and 5 geothermal leasing laws. 6 (b) AVAILABILITY OF MAPS.—Not later than 30 days 7 after the date of enactment of this Act, the Maps shall 8 be made available to the public at each appropriate office 9 of the Bureau of Land Management. 10 SEC. 4. EXISTING USES NOT AFFECTED. 11 Except with respect to the withdrawal under section 12 3, nothing in this Act restricts recreational uses, hunting, 13 fishing, forest management activities, or other authorized 14 uses allowed on the date of enactment of this Act on the 15 eligible Federal land in accordance with applicable law. 16 SEC. 5. TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS TO WILD AND SCENIC 17 RIVERS ACT RELATING TO THE CHETCO 18 RIVER, OREGON. 19 Paragraph (69) of section 3(a) of the Wild and Scenic 20 Rivers Act (16 U.S.C. 1274(a)) is amended to read as fol- 21 lows: 22 ‘‘(69) CHETCO, OREGON.— 23 ‘‘(A) DESIGNATIONS.—The 44.5-mile segment 24 from its headwaters to the Siskiyou National Forest 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:02 Feb 15, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H992.IH H992 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 4 •HR 992 IH boundary; to be administered by the Secretary of 1 Agriculture in the following classes: 2 ‘‘(i) The 27.5-mile segment from its head- 3 waters to Mislatnah Creek as a wild river. 4 ‘‘(ii) The 7.5-mile segment from Mislatnah 5 Creek to Eagle Creek as a scenic river. 6 ‘‘(iii) The 9.5-mile segment from Eagle 7 Creek to the Siskiyou National Forest bound- 8 ary, one mile below Wilson Creek, as a rec- 9 reational river. 10 ‘‘(B) WITHDRAWAL.—Subject to valid rights, 11 the Federal land within the boundaries of the river 12 segments designated by subparagraph (A), is with- 13 drawn from all forms of— 14 ‘‘(i) entry, appropriation, or disposal under 15 the public land laws; 16 ‘‘(ii) location, entry, and patent under the 17 mining laws; and 18 ‘‘(iii) operation under the mineral leasing 19 and geothermal leasing laws.’’. 20 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:02 Feb 15, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H992.IH H992 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS