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PUBLIC LAW 99-000—MMMM. DD, 1986

PUBLIC LAW 99-387—AUG. 23, 1986 Public Law 99-387 99th Congress

100 STAT. 825

An Act

To modify the boundary of the Humboldt National Forest in the State of Nevada, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. The purpose of this Act is to provide for the efficient administration of Federal lands located in Elko and White Pine Counties, Nevada (comprising approximately 14,743 acres and administered by the Bureau of Land Management). SEC. 2. (a) The exterior boundary of the Humboldt National Forest is hereby modified as generally depicted on a map entitled "Boundary Modification, Humboldt National Forest", dated March 1984. Such map, and a legal description of the boundary modification, shall be on file and available for public inspection in the office of the Chief of the Forest Service, Department of Agriculture and the Director of the Bureau of Land Management, Department of the Interior, and appropriate field offices of these agencies. (b) Subject to valid existing rights, all Federal lands brought within the boundary of the Humboldt National Forest under subsection (a) are hereby added to the Humboldt National Forest and shall be administered as part of such National Forest. SEC. 3. Nothing in this Act shall affect the validity of or the terms and conditions of any existing right-of-way, easement, lease, license, or permit on lands transferred by this Act except that they shall be administered by the Forest Service. Reissuance of any authorization shall be in accordance with the regulations of the Forest Service, and the change of jurisdiction over such lands resulting from the enactment of this Act shall not constitute a ground for the denial of renewal or reissuance of any such authorization. SEC. 4. For purposes of section 7 of the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 (16 U.S.C. 4601-9), the boundary of the Humboldt National Forest, as modified by section 2, shall be treated as if it were the boundary of such National Forest as of January 1, 1965. Approved August 23, 1986.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 850: HOUSE REPORTS: No. 99-384 (Comm. on Interior and Insular Affairs). SENATE REPORTS: No. 99-359 (Ckjmm. on Energy and Natural Resources). CONGRESSIONAL RECORD: Vol. 131 (1985): Dec. 1, considered and passed House. Vol. 132 (1986): Aug. 11, considered and passed Senate.

Aug. 23, 1986 [H.R.850] National Forest System.

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