Molalla River Wild and Scenic Rivers Act

Molalla River Wild and Scenic Rivers Act - Amends the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act (the Act) to designate specified segments of the Molalla River in Oregon as components of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System.

Renames the Squaw Creek in Oregon as Wychus Creek.

[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1230 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1230

 To amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate segments of the 
  Molalla River in the State of Oregon, as components of the National 
         Wild and Scenic Rivers System, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 15, 2013

    Mr. Schrader (for himself, Mr. DeFazio, Mr. Blumenauer, and Ms. 
  Bonamici) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                     Committee on Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate segments of the 
  Molalla River in the State of Oregon, as components of the National 
         Wild and Scenic Rivers System, 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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Molalla River Wild and Scenic Rivers 
Act''.

SEC. 2. DESIGNATION OF WILD AND SCENIC RIVER SEGMENTS, MOLALLA RIVER, 
              OREGON.

    Section 3(a) of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act (16 U.S.C. 1274(a)) 
is amended by adding at the end the following:
            ``(___) Molalla river, oregon.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The following segments in the 
                State of Oregon, to be administered by the Secretary of 
                the Interior as a recreational river:
                            ``(i) Molalla river.--The approximately 
                        15.1-mile segment from the southern boundary 
                        line of T. 7 S., R. 4 E., sec. 19, downstream 
                        to the edge of the Bureau of Land Management 
                        boundary in T. 6 S., R. 3 E., sec. 7.
                            ``(ii) Table rock fork molalla river.--The 
                        approximately 6.2-mile segment from the 
                        easternmost Bureau of Land Management boundary 
                        line in the NE\1/4\ sec. 4, T. 7 S., R. 4 E., 
                        downstream to the confluence with the Molalla 
                        River.
                    ``(B) Withdrawal.--Subject to valid existing 
                rights, the Federal land within the boundaries of the 
                river segments designated by subparagraph (A) is 
                withdrawn from all forms of--
                            ``(i) entry, appropriation, or disposal 
                        under the public land laws;
                            ``(ii) location, entry, and patent under 
                        the mining laws; and
                            ``(iii) disposition under all laws relating 
                        to mineral and geothermal leasing or mineral 
                        materials.''.

SEC. 3. TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS.

    Section 3(a)(102) of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act (16 U.S.C. 
1274(a)(102)) is amended--
            (1) in the heading, by striking ``Squaw creek'' and 
        inserting ``Whychus creek'';
            (2) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking 
        ``McAllister Ditch, including the Soap Fork Squaw Creek, the 
        North Fork, the South Fork, the East and West Forks of Park 
        Creek, and Park Creek Fork'' and inserting ``Plainview Ditch, 
        including the Soap Creek, the North and South Forks of Whychus 
        Creek, the East and West Forks of Park Creek, and Park Creek''; 
        and
            (3) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``McAllister Ditch'' 
        and inserting ``Plainview Ditch''.
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