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PUBLIC LAW 98-000—MMMM. DD, 1984

PUBLIC LAW 98-328—JUNE 26, 1984

98 STAT. 279

Planning Act of 1974, as amended by the National Forest 16 USC 1600 Management Act of 1976, and other applicable law; and le^'sc 1600 (5) unless expressly authorized by Congress, the Department note, of Agriculture shall not conduct any further statewide roadless area review and evaluation of National Forest System lands in the State of Oregon for the purpose of determining their suitability for inclusion in the National Wilderness Preservation System. (c) As used in this section, and as provided in section 6 of the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974 as 16 USC 1604. amended by the National Forest Management Act of 1976, the term "revision" shall not include an "amendment" to a plan. (d) The provisions of this section shall also apply to: (1) those National Forest System roadless lands in the Mount Hood, Siskiyou, Umatilla, Umpqua, Wallowa-Whitman, Willamette, and Winema National Forests in the State of Oregon which were evaluated in the Esigle Creek; Roaring River; Mount Butler-Dry Creek; Oregon Butte; Cougar Bluff-Williams Creek; Grand Ronde; Wallowa Valley; Willamette; or Chemult unit plans; and '• (2) National Forest System roadless lands in the State of Oregon which are less than five thousand acres in size. SEC. 8. Subject to valid existing rights, the Federal lands within Mines and the Mill Creek watershed roadless area identified in the Oregon ^mmg. Butte Unit Plan, which is located in Wallowa and Umatilla Counties in Oregon, are hereby withdrawn from all forms of location, entry, and patent under the United States mining laws and from disposition under all laws pertaining to mineral leasing and all amendments thereto. Approved June 26, 1984.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 1149: HOUSE REPORT No. 98-13, Pt. 1 (Comm. on Interior and Insular Affairs). SENATE REPORT No. 98-465 (Comm. on Energy and Natural Resources). CONGRESSIONAL RECORD: Vol. 129 (1983): Mar. 21, considered and passed House. Vol. 130 (1984): May 24, considered and passed Senate, amended. June 4, 6, House concurred in Senate amendments.