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H.R. 689: Shasta-Trinity National Forest Administrative Jurisdiction Transfer Act

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H.R. 689: Shasta-Trinity National Forest Administrative Jurisdiction Transfer Act

111th Congress · introduced 2009-01-26 · Public Lands and Natural Resources · Latest: Became Public Law No: 111-206.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2009-01-26 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Herger, Wally [R-CA-2] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Became Public Law No: 111-206. (final step reached)
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

What does this mean?

Official title

Shasta-Trinity National Forest Administrative Jurisdiction Transfer Act

Plain summary

(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to Senate on March 2, 2010. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Shasta-Trinity National Forest Administrative Jurisdiction Transfer Act - Transfers the administrative jurisdiction of specified federal land in the Shasta-Trinity National Forest in California from the Secretary of Agriculture to the Secretary of the Interior. Transfers the administrative jurisdiction of specified federal land in California administered by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) from the Secretary of the Interior to the Secretary of Agriculture. Withdraws such land from the public domain and reserves it for administration as part of the Shasta-Trinity National Forest. Prohibits the land transferred to the Secretary of Agriculture that is in the Trinity Alps Wilderness from affecting the wilderness status of that land. Requires the Secretaries, with respect to the transferred lands, to identify any known sites concerning hazardous substances and to provide notice of any such sites to the head of the federal agency to which the land is being transferred. States that the Secretaries shall remain responsible for any cleanup of hazardous substances on the federal land which was under their administrative jurisdiction. Prohibits anything in this Act from affecting any valid existing right, withdrawal, right-of-way, easement, lease, license, or permit.

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Official text

Shasta-Trinity National Forest Administrative Jurisdiction Transfer Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Public Law)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Herger, Wally [R-CA-2] · 0 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 689, A bill to interchange the administrative jurisdiction of certain federal lands between the Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management (2009-05-06); CBO cost estimate: H.R. 689, A bill to interchange the administrative jurisdiction of certain federal lands between the Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management (2009-05-06); CBO cost estimate: H.R. 689, Shasta-Trinity National Forest Administrative Jurisdiction Transfer Act (2010-01-04); CBO cost estimate: H.R. 689, Shasta-Trinity National Forest Administrative Jurisdiction Transfer Act (2010-01-04)

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Words on this page, explained (1)
Jurisdiction
The area or the matters a government or court has authority over.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong111-hr689 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong111 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong111