Calendar No. 382
116th CONGRESS 1st Session |
To designate certain land administered by the Bureau of Land Management and the Forest Service in the State of Oregon as wilderness and national recreation areas, 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.
May 1, 2019
Mr. Wyden (for himself and Mr. Merkley) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
December 18, 2019
Reported by Ms. Murkowski, with amendments
[Omit the part struck through and insert the part printed in italic]
To designate certain land administered by the Bureau of Land Management and the Forest Service in the State of Oregon as wilderness and national recreation areas, 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.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
This Act may be cited as the “Oregon Recreation Enhancement Act”.
In this Act:
(1) SECRETARY.—The term “Secretary” means—
(A) the Secretary of the Interior, with respect to public land administered by the Secretary of the Interior; or
(B) the Secretary of Agriculture, with respect to National Forest System land.
(2) STATE.—The term “State” means the State of Oregon.
SEC. 3. Rogue Canyon and Molalla Recreation Areas, Oregon.
(a) Designation of rogue canyon and molalla recreation areas.—For the purposes of protecting, conserving, and enhancing the unique and nationally important recreational, ecological, scenic, cultural, watershed, and fish and wildlife values of the areas, the following areas in the State are designated as recreation areas for management by the Secretary in accordance with subsection (c):
(1) ROGUE CANYON RECREATION AREA.—The approximately 98,150 acres of Bureau of Land Management land within the boundary generally depicted as the “Rogue Canyon Recreation Area” on the map entitled “Rogue Canyon Recreation Area Wild Rogue Wilderness Additions” and dated October 10, 2018 dated November 19, 2019, which is designated as the “Rogue Canyon Recreation Area”.
(2) MOLALLA RECREATION AREA.—The approximately 29,884 acres of Bureau of Land Management land within the boundary generally depicted on the map entitled “Molalla Recreation Area” and dated September 26, 2018, which is designated as the “Molalla Recreation Area”.
(b) Maps and legal descriptions.—
(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 each recreation area designated by subsection (a).
(2) EFFECT.—The maps and legal descriptions prepared under paragraph (1) shall have the same force and effect as if included in this Act, except that the Secretary may correct any minor errors in the maps and legal descriptions.
(3) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—The maps and legal descriptions prepared under paragraph (1) shall be available for public inspection in the appropriate offices of the Bureau of Land Management.
(1) APPLICABLE LAW.—The Secretary shall administer each recreation area designated by subsection (a)—
(A) in a manner that conserves, protects, and enhances the purposes for which the recreation area is established; and
(i) this section;
(ii) the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.); and
(iii) other applicable laws.
(2) USES.—The Secretary shall only allow those uses of a recreation area designated by subsection (a) that are consistent with the purposes for which the recreation area is established.
(3) ROAD CONSTRUCTION.—
(4) VEGETATION MANAGEMENT.—Nothing in this section prohibits the Secretary from conducting vegetation management projects (including wildfire resiliency and forest health projects) within a recreation area designated by subsection (a) to the extent consistent with the purposes of the recreation area.
(5) WILDFIRE MANAGEMENT.—Nothing in this section alters the authority of the Secretary (in cooperation with other Federal, State, and local agencies, as appropriate) to conduct wildland fire operations within a recreation area designated by subsection (a), consistent with the purposes of this Act.
(6) WITHDRAWAL.—Subject to valid existing rights, all Federal surface and subsurface land within a recreation area designated by subsection (a) is withdrawn from all forms of—
(3) WILDFIRE RISK ASSESSMENT.—Not later than 280 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary, in consultation with the Oregon Governor’s Council on Wildfire Response, shall conduct a wildfire risk assessment that covers—
(4) WILDFIRE MITIGATION PLAN.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after the date on which the wildfire risk assessment is conducted under paragraph (3), the Secretary shall develop a wildfire mitigation plan, based on the wildfire risk assessment, that identifies, evaluates, and prioritizes treatments and other management activities that can be implemented on the Federal land covered by the wildfire risk assessment (other than Federal land designated as a unit of the National Wilderness Preservation System) to mitigate wildfire risk to communities located near the applicable Federal land.
(B) PLAN COMPONENTS.—The wildfire mitigation plan developed under subparagraph (A) shall include—
(i) vegetation management projects (including mechanical treatments to reduce hazardous fuels and improve forest health and resiliency);
(C) APPLICABLE LAW.—The wildfire mitigation plan under subparagraph (A) shall be developed in accordance with—
(5) ROAD CONSTRUCTION.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subparagraph (B) or as the Secretary determines necessary for public safety, no new permanent or temporary roads shall be constructed (other than the repair and maintenance of existing roads) within a recreation area designated by subsection (a).
(B) TEMPORARY ROADS.—Consistent with the purposes of this Act, the Secretary may construct temporary roads within a recreation area designated by subsection (a) to implement the wildfire mitigation plan developed under paragraph (4), unless the temporary road would be within an area designated as a unit of the National Wilderness Preservation System.
(C) EFFECT.—Nothing in this paragraph affects the administration by the Secretary of the Molalla Forest Road in accordance with applicable resource management plans.
(6) EFFECT ON WILDFIRE MANAGEMENT.—Nothing in this section alters the authority of the Secretary (in cooperation with other Federal, State, and local agencies, as appropriate) to conduct wildland fire operations within a recreation area designated by subsection (a), consistent with the purposes of this Act.
(7) WITHDRAWAL.—Subject to valid existing rights, all Federal surface and subsurface land within a recreation area designated by subsection (a) is withdrawn from all forms of—
(C) disposition under all laws pertaining to mineral leasing, geothermal leasing, or mineral materials.
(8) NO EFFECT ON WILDERNESS AREAS.—Any wilderness area located within a recreation area designated by subsection (a) shall be administered in accordance with the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.).
(d) Adjacent management.—Nothing in this section creates any protective perimeter or buffer zone around a recreation area designated by subsection (a).
SEC. 4. Expansion of Wild Rogue Wilderness Area.
(a) Definitions.—In this section:
(1) MAP.—The term “map” means the map entitled “Rogue Canyon Recreation Area Wild Rogue Wilderness Additions” and dated October 10, 2018 dated November 19, 2019.
(2) WILDERNESS ADDITIONS.—The term “Wilderness additions” means the land added to the Wild Rogue Wilderness under subsection (b)(1).
(b) Expansion of wild rogue wilderness area.—
(1) EXPANSION.—The approximately 59,512 acres of Federal land in the State generally depicted on the map as “Proposed Wilderness” shall be added to and administered as part of the Wild Rogue Wilderness in accordance with the Endangered American Wilderness Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 1132 note; Public Law 95–237), except that—
(A) the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture shall administer the Federal land under their respective jurisdiction; and
(B) any reference in that Act to the Secretary of Agriculture shall be considered to be a reference to the Secretary of Agriculture or the Secretary of the Interior, as applicable.
(A) 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 area designated by paragraph (1).
(B) FORCE OF LAW.—The map and legal description filed under subparagraph (A) shall have the same force and effect as if included in this section, except that the Secretary may correct typographical errors in the map and legal description.
(C) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—The map and legal description filed under subparagraph (A) shall be on file and available for public inspection in the appropriate offices of the Bureau of Land Management and Forest Service.
(3) FIRE, INSECTS, AND DISEASE.—The Secretary may take such measures within the Wilderness additions as the Secretary determines to be necessary for the control of fire, insects, and disease, in accordance with section 4(d)(1) of the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131(d)(1) 16 U.S.C. 1133(d)(1)).
(4) WITHDRAWAL.—Subject to valid existing rights, the Wilderness additions are withdrawn from all forms of—
(A) entry, appropriation, or disposal under the public land laws;
(B) location, entry, and patent under the mining laws; and
(C) disposition under all laws pertaining to mineral leasing, geothermal leasing, or mineral materials.
(5) TRIBAL RIGHTS.—Nothing in this subsection alters, modifies, enlarges, diminishes, or abrogates the treaty rights of any Indian Tribe.
SEC. 5. Withdrawal of Federal land, Curry County and Josephine County, Oregon.
(a) Definitions.—In this section:
(1) ELIGIBLE FEDERAL LAND.—The term “eligible Federal land” means—
(A) any federally owned land or interest in land depicted on the Maps as within the Hunter Creek and Pistol River Headwaters Withdrawal Proposal or the Rough and Ready and Baldface Creeks Mineral Withdrawal Proposal; or
(B) any land or interest in land located within such withdrawal proposals that is acquired by the Federal Government after the date of enactment of this Act.
(2) MAPS.—The term “Maps” means—
(A) the Bureau of Land Management map entitled “Hunter Creek and Pistol River Headwaters Withdrawal Proposal” and dated January 12, 2015; and
(B) the Bureau of Land Management map entitled “Rough and Ready and Baldface Creeks Mineral Withdrawal Proposal” and dated January 12, 2015.
(b) Withdrawal.—Subject to valid existing rights, the eligible Federal land is withdrawn from all forms of—
(1) entry, appropriation, or disposal under the public land laws;
(2) location, entry, and patent under the mining laws; and
(3) operation under the mineral leasing and geothermal leasing laws.
(c) Availability of maps.—Not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Maps shall be made available to the public at each appropriate office of the Bureau of Land Management.
(d) Existing uses not affected.—Except with respect to the withdrawal under subsection (b), nothing in this section restricts recreational uses, hunting, fishing, forest management activities, or other authorized uses allowed on the date of enactment of this Act on the eligible Federal land in accordance with applicable law.
Calendar No. 382 | |||||
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A BILL | |||||
To designate certain land administered by the Bureau of Land Management and the Forest Service in
the State of Oregon as wilderness and national recreation areas, 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. | |||||
December 18, 2019 | |||||
Reported with amendments |