PUBLIC LAW 97-243—AUG. 26, 1982 Public Law 97-243 97th Congress
96 STAT. 301
An Act
To designate the Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument in the State of Washington, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, ESTABLISHMENT OP NATIONAL VOLCANIC MONUMENT
1. (a) In furtherance of the purposes of this Act, certain lands within and adjacent to the Gifford Pinchot National Forest in the State of Weishington, which comprise approximately one hundred and ten thousand acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled "Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument, August 1982", are hereby designated as the Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument (hereafter in this Act referred to as the "Monument"). (b)(1) Not later than six months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture (hereafter in this Act referred to as the "Secretary") shall file a map and a legal description of the Monument established under subsection (a) with the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the United States Senate and the Committees on Agriculture and on Interior and Insular Affairs of the United States House of Representatives. Such map and description shall have the same force and effect as if included in this Act. Such map and description shall be on file and available for public inspection in the office of the Forest Supervisor, Gifford Pinchot National Forest and in the office of the Chief of the Forest Service, Department of Agriculture. (2) The Secretary may correct clerical and typographical errors in the legal description referred to in paragraph (1), and the Secretary may, from tune to time, make minor revisions of the boundary of the Monument. Such minor boundary revisions may be made by the Secretary only after publication of notice of the proposed revision in the Federal Register and after submission of notice thereof to the committees referred to in paragraph (1). Such notice shall be published and submitted at least 60 days before the revision is made. Notice of final action regarding such revision shall also be published in the Federal Register. SECTION
Aug. 26, 1982 [H.R. 6530] Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument, Wash. Designation. 16 USC 431 note.
Map and description; filing with congressional committees.
Minor boundary revisions. Notice; publication in Federal Register.
EXTENSION OF NATIONAL FOREST BOUNDARY
SEC. 2. (a) The exterior boundary of the Gifford Pinchot National Forest is hereby extended to include all lands and waters within the boundaries of the Monument. Lands and interests therein acquired pursuant to section 3 shall become national forest system lands. (b) For the purposes of section 7(a)(l) of the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 (78 Stat. 897; 16 U.S.C. 4601-4 through 4601-11), the boundary of the Gifford Pinchot National
16 USC 460/-9.
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