1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Chetco River Protection Act of 2019”.
Chetco River Protection Act of 2019
A BILL
To amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to make technical corrections to the segment designations for the Chetco River, Oregon.
2. 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:
“(A) 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-mile” and inserting “7.5-mile”; and
by striking “Boulder Creek to Steel Bridge” and inserting “Mislatnah Creek to Eagle Creek”;
in clause (iii) (as so redesignated)—
by striking “11-mile” and inserting “9.5-mile”; and
by striking “Steel Bridge” and inserting “Eagle Creek”; and
by adding at the end the following:
“(B) 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to valid rights, the Federal land within the boundaries of the river segments designated by subparagraph (A) is withdrawn from all forms of—
“(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 pertaining to mineral and geothermal leasing or mineral materials.”