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112th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 764
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
April 7 (legislative day, April 5), 2011
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
A BILL
To amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to make technical corrections to the segment designations for the Chetco River, Oregon.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the
Chetco River Protection Act of
2011
.
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—
by redesignating subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C) as clauses (i), (ii), and (iii), respectively, and indenting appropriately;
in the matter preceding clause (i) (as so
redesignated), by striking The 44.5-mile
and inserting the
following:
Designations
The 44.5-mile
;
in clause (i) (as so redesignated)—
by striking 25.5-mile
and
inserting 27.5-mile
; and
by striking Boulder Creek at the
Kalmiopsis Wilderness boundary
and inserting Mislatnah
Creek
;
in clause (ii) (as so redesignated)—
by striking 8
and inserting
7.5
; and
by striking Boulder Creek to Steel
Bridge
and inserting Mislatnah Creek to Eagle
Creek
;
in clause (iii) (as so redesignated)—
by striking 11
and inserting
9.5
; and
by striking Steel Bridge
and
inserting Eagle Creek
; and
by adding at the end the following:
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to valid rights, the Federal land within the boundaries of the river segments designated by subparagraph (A), is withdrawn from all forms of—
entry, appropriation, or disposal under the public land laws;
location, entry, and patent under the mining laws; and
disposition under all laws pertaining to mineral and geothermal leasing or mineral materials.
.