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4	4	STSESSION S. 945
5	5	To amend the Smith River National Recreation Area Act to include certain
6	6	additions to the Smith River National Recreation Area, to amend the
7	7	Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate certain wild rivers in the
8	8	State of Oregon, and for other purposes.
9	9	IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
10	10	MARCH11 (legislative day, MARCH10), 2025
11	11	Mr. M
12	12	ERKLEY(for himself, Mr. WYDEN, Mr. PADILLA, and Mr. SCHIFF) in-
13	13	troduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Com-
14	14	mittee on Energy and Natural Resources
15	15	A BILL
16	16	To amend the Smith River National Recreation Area Act
17	17	to include certain additions to the Smith River National
18	18	Recreation Area, to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers
19	19	Act to designate certain wild rivers in the State of Or-
20	20	egon, and for other purposes.
21	21	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
22	22	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
23	23	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
24	24	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Smith River National 4
25	25	Recreation Area Expansion Act’’. 5
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29	29	SEC. 2. ADDITIONS TO THE SMITH RIVER NATIONAL 1
30	30	RECREATION AREA. 2
31	31	(a) D
32	32	EFINITIONS.—Section 3 of the Smith River Na-3
33	33	tional Recreation Area Act (16 U.S.C. 460bbb–1) is 4
34	34	amended— 5
35	35	(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘referred to in 6
36	36	section 4(b)’’ and inserting ‘‘entitled ‘Proposed 7
37	37	Smith River National Recreation Area’ and dated 8
38	38	July 1990’’; and 9
39	39	(2) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘the Six Riv-10
40	40	ers National Forest’’ and inserting ‘‘an applicable 11
41	41	unit of the National Forest System’’. 12
42	42	(b) B
43	43	OUNDARIES.—Section 4(b) of the Smith River 13
44	44	National Recreation Area Act (16 U.S.C. 460bbb–2(b)) 14
45	45	is amended— 15
46	46	(1) in paragraph (1)— 16
47	47	(A) in the first sentence, by inserting ‘‘and 17
48	48	on the map entitled ‘Proposed Additions to the 18
49	49	Smith River National Recreation Area’ and 19
50	50	dated January 23, 2023’’ after ‘‘1990’’; and 20
51	51	(B) in the second sentence, by striking 21
52	52	‘‘map’’ and inserting ‘‘maps’’; and 22
53	53	(2) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘map’’ and in-23
54	54	serting ‘‘maps described in paragraph (1)’’. 24
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58	58	(c) ADMINISTRATION.—Section 5 of the Smith River 1
59	59	National Recreation Area Act (16 U.S.C. 460bbb–3) is 2
60	60	amended— 3
61	61	(1) in subsection (b)— 4
62	62	(A) in paragraph (1), in the first sentence, 5
63	63	by striking ‘‘the map’’ and inserting ‘‘the 6
64	64	maps’’; and 7
65	65	(B) in paragraph (2)— 8
66	66	(i) in subparagraph (A), by striking 9
67	67	‘‘area shall be on’’ and inserting ‘‘area and 10
68	68	any portion of the recreation area in the 11
69	69	State of Oregon shall be on roadless’’; and 12
70	70	(ii) by adding at the end the fol-13
71	71	lowing: 14
72	72	‘‘(I) The Kalmiopsis Wilderness shall be 15
73	73	managed in accordance with the Wilderness Act 16
74	74	(16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.).’’; 17
75	75	(2) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘by the 18
76	76	amendments made by section 10(b) of this Act’’ and 19
77	77	inserting ‘‘within the recreation area’’; and 20
78	78	(3) by adding at the end the following: 21
79	79	‘‘(d) S
80	80	TUDY; REPORT.— 22
81	81	‘‘(1) I
82	82	N GENERAL.—Not later than 5 years 23
83	83	after the date of enactment of this subsection, the 24
84	84	Secretary shall conduct a study of the area depicted 25
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88	88	on the map entitled ‘Proposed Additions to the 1
89	89	Smith River National Recreation Area’ and dated 2
90	90	January 23, 2023, that includes inventories and as-3
91	91	sessments of streams, fens, wetlands, lakes, other 4
92	92	water features, and associated land, plants (includ-5
93	93	ing Port-Orford-cedar), animals, fungi, algae, and 6
94	94	other values, and unstable and potentially unstable 7
95	95	aquatic habitat areas in the study area. 8
96	96	‘‘(2) M
97	97	ODIFICATION OF MANAGEMENT PLANS ; 9
98	98	REPORT.—On completion of the study under para-10
99	99	graph (1), the Secretary shall— 11
100	100	‘‘(A) modify any applicable management 12
101	101	plan to fully protect the inventoried values 13
102	102	under the study, including to implement addi-14
103	103	tional standards and guidelines; and 15
104	104	‘‘(B) submit to Congress a report describ-16
105	105	ing the results of the study. 17
106	106	‘‘(e) W
107	107	ILDFIREMANAGEMENT.—Nothing in this Act 18
108	108	affects the authority of the Secretary (in cooperation with 19
109	109	other Federal, State, and local agencies, as appropriate) 20
110	110	to conduct wildland fire operations within the recreation 21
111	111	area, consistent with the purposes of this Act. 22
112	112	‘‘(f) V
113	113	EGETATIONMANAGEMENT.—Nothing in this 23
114	114	Act prohibits the Secretary from conducting vegetation 24
115	115	management projects (including wildfire resiliency and 25
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119	119	forest health projects) within the recreation area, to the 1
120	120	extent consistent with the purposes of the recreation area. 2
121	121	‘‘(g) A
122	122	PPLICATION OFNORTHWESTFORESTPLAN 3
123	123	ANDROADLESSRULE TOCERTAINPORTIONS OF THE 4
124	124	R
125	125	ECREATIONAREA.—Nothing in this Act affects the ap-5
126	126	plication of the Northwest Forest Plan or part 294 of title 6
127	127	36, Code of Federal Regulations (commonly referred to 7
128	128	as the ‘Roadless Rule’) (as in effect on the date of enact-8
129	129	ment of this subsection), to portions of the recreation area 9
130	130	in the State of Oregon that are subject to the plan and 10
131	131	those regulations as of the date of enactment of this sub-11
132	132	section. 12
133	133	‘‘(h) P
134	134	ROTECTION OFTRIBALRIGHTS.— 13
135	135	‘‘(1) I
136	136	N GENERAL.—Nothing in this Act dimin-14
137	137	ishes any right of an Indian Tribe. 15
138	138	‘‘(2) M
139	139	EMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING .—The 16
140	140	Secretary shall seek to enter into a memorandum of 17
141	141	understanding with applicable Indian Tribes with re-18
142	142	spect to— 19
143	143	‘‘(A) providing the Indian Tribes with ac-20
144	144	cess to the portions of the recreation area in 21
145	145	the State of Oregon to conduct historical and 22
146	146	cultural activities, including the procurement of 23
147	147	noncommercial forest products and materials 24
148	148	for traditional and cultural purposes; and 25
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152	152	‘‘(B) the development of interpretive infor-1
153	153	mation to be provided to the public on the his-2
154	154	tory of the Indian Tribes and the use of the 3
155	155	recreation area by the Indian Tribes.’’. 4
156	156	(d) A
157	157	CQUISITION.—Section 6(a) of the Smith River 5
158	158	National Recreation Area Act (16 U.S.C. 460bbb–4(a)) 6
159	159	is amended— 7
160	160	(1) in the fourth sentence, by striking ‘‘All 8
161	161	lands’’ and inserting the following: 9
162	162	‘‘(4) A
163	163	PPLICABLE LAW.—All land’’; 10
164	164	(2) in the third sentence— 11
165	165	(A) by striking ‘‘The Secretary’’ and in-12
166	166	serting the following: 13
167	167	‘‘(3) M
168	168	ETHOD OF ACQUISITION .—The Sec-14
169	169	retary’’; 15
170	170	(B) by striking ‘‘or any of its political sub-16
171	171	divisions’’ and inserting ‘‘, the State of Oregon, 17
172	172	or any political subdivision of the State of Cali-18
173	173	fornia or the State of Oregon’’; and 19
174	174	(C) by striking ‘‘donation or’’ and insert-20
175	175	ing ‘‘purchase, donation, or’’; 21
176	176	(3) in the second sentence, by striking ‘‘In exer-22
177	177	cising’’ and inserting the following: 23
178	178	‘‘(2) C
179	179	ONSIDERATION OF OFFERS BY SEC -24
180	180	RETARY.—In exercising’’; 25
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184	184	(4) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘The Sec-1
185	185	retary’’ and inserting the following: 2
186	186	‘‘(1) I
187	187	N GENERAL.—The Secretary’’; and 3
188	188	(5) by adding at the end the following: 4
189	189	‘‘(5) A
190	190	CQUISITION OF CEDAR CREEK PARCEL .— 5
191	191	On the adoption of a resolution by the State Land 6
192	192	Board of Oregon and subject to available funding, 7
193	193	the Secretary shall acquire all right, title, and inter-8
194	194	est in and to the approximately 555 acres of land 9
195	195	known as the ‘Cedar Creek Parcel’ located in sec. 10
196	196	16, T. 41 S., R. 11 W., Willamette Meridian.’’. 11
197	197	(e) F
198	198	ISH ANDGAME.—Section 7 of the Smith River 12
199	199	National Recreation Area Act (16 U.S.C. 460bbb–5) is 13
200	200	amended— 14
201	201	(1) in the first sentence, by inserting ‘‘or the 15
202	202	State of Oregon’’ after ‘‘State of California’’; and 16
203	203	(2) in the second sentence, by inserting ‘‘or the 17
204	204	State of Oregon, as applicable’’ after ‘‘State of Cali-18
205	205	fornia’’. 19
206	206	(f) M
207	207	ANAGEMENT PLANNING.—Section 9 of the 20
208	208	Smith River National Recreation Area Act (16 U.S.C. 21
209	209	460bbb–7) is amended— 22
210	210	(1) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘The Sec-23
211	211	retary’’ and inserting the following: 24
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215	215	‘‘(a) REVISION OFMANAGEMENTPLAN.—The Sec-1
216	216	retary’’; and 2
217	217	(2) by adding at the end the following: 3
218	218	‘‘(b) S
219	219	MITHRIVERNATIONALRECREATIONAREA 4
220	220	M
221	221	ANAGEMENTPLANREVISION.—As soon as practicable 5
222	222	after the date of the first revision of the forest plan after 6
223	223	the date of enactment of this subsection, the Secretary 7
224	224	shall revise the management plan for the recreation 8
225	225	area— 9
226	226	‘‘(1) to reflect the expansion of the recreation 10
227	227	area into the State of Oregon under the Smith River 11
228	228	National Recreation Area Expansion Act; and 12
229	229	‘‘(2) to include an updated recreation action 13
230	230	schedule to identify specific use and development 14
231	231	plans for the areas described in the map entitled 15
232	232	‘Proposed Additions to the Smith River National 16
233	233	Recreation Area’ and dated January 23, 2023.’’. 17
234	234	(g) S
235	235	TREAMSIDE PROTECTION ZONES.—Section 18
236	236	11(b) of the Smith River National Recreation Area Act 19
237	237	(16 U.S.C. 460bbb–8(b)) is amended by adding at the end 20
238	238	the following: 21
239	239	‘‘(24) Each of the river segments described in 22
240	240	subparagraph (B) of section 3(a)(92) of the Wild 23
241	241	and Scenic Rivers Act (16 U.S.C. 1274(a)(92)).’’. 24
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245	245	(h) STATE ANDLOCALJURISDICTION ANDASSIST-1
246	246	ANCE.—Section 12 of the Smith River National Recre-2
247	247	ation Area Act (16 U.S.C. 460bbb–9) is amended— 3
248	248	(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘California or 4
249	249	any political subdivision thereof’’ and inserting 5
250	250	‘‘California, the State of Oregon, or a political sub-6
251	251	division of the State of California or the State of Or-7
252	252	egon’’; 8
253	253	(2) in subsection (b), in the matter preceding 9
254	254	paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘California or its political 10
255	255	subdivisions’’ and inserting ‘‘California, the State of 11
256	256	Oregon, or a political subdivision of the State of 12
257	257	California or the State of Oregon’’; and 13
258	258	(3) in subsection (c), in the first sentence— 14
259	259	(A) by striking ‘‘California and its political 15
260	260	subdivisions’’ and inserting ‘‘California, the 16
261	261	State of Oregon, and any political subdivision of 17
262	262	the State of California or the State of Oregon’’; 18
263	263	and 19
264	264	(B) by striking ‘‘State and its political 20
265	265	subdivisions’’ and inserting ‘‘State of Cali-21
266	266	fornia, the State of Oregon, and any political 22
267	267	subdivision of the State of California or the 23
268	268	State of Oregon’’. 24
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272	272	SEC. 3. WILD AND SCENIC RIVER DESIGNATIONS. 1
273	273	(a) N
274	274	ORTHFORKSMITHADDITIONS, OREGON.— 2
275	275	(1) F
276	276	INDING.—Congress finds that the source 3
277	277	tributaries of the North Fork Smith River in the 4
278	278	State of Oregon possess outstandingly remarkable 5
279	279	wild anadromous fish and prehistoric, cultural, bo-6
280	280	tanical, recreational, and water quality values. 7
281	281	(2) D
282	282	ESIGNATION.—Section 3(a)(92) of the 8
283	283	Wild and Scenic Rivers Act (16 U.S.C. 1274(a)(92)) 9
284	284	is amended— 10
285	285	(A) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘sce-11
286	286	nic’’ and inserting ‘‘wild’’; 12
287	287	(B) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) 13
288	288	through (C) as clauses (i) through (iii), respec-14
289	289	tively, and indenting appropriately; 15
290	290	(C) in the matter preceding clause (i) (as 16
291	291	so redesignated), by striking ‘‘The 13-mile’’ and 17
292	292	inserting the following: 18
293	293	‘‘(A) I
294	294	N GENERAL.—The 13-mile’’; and 19
295	295	(D) by adding at the end the following: 20
296	296	‘‘(B) A
297	297	DDITIONS.—The following segments 21
298	298	of the source tributaries of the North Fork 22
299	299	Smith River, to be administered by the Sec-23
300	300	retary of Agriculture in the following classes: 24
301	301	‘‘(i) The 13.26-mile segment of 25
302	302	Baldface Creek from its headwaters, in-26
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306	306	cluding all perennial tributaries, to the 1
307	307	confluence with the North Fork Smith in 2
308	308	T. 39 S., R 10 W., T. 40 S., R. 10 W., 3
309	309	and T. 41 S., R. 11 W., Willamette Merid-4
310	310	ian, as a wild river. 5
311	311	‘‘(ii) The 3.58-mile segment from the 6
312	312	headwaters of Taylor Creek to the con-7
313	313	fluence with Baldface Creek, as a wild 8
314	314	river. 9
315	315	‘‘(iii) The 4.38-mile segment from the 10
316	316	headwaters of the unnamed tributary to 11
317	317	Biscuit Creek and the headwaters of Bis-12
318	318	cuit Creek to the confluence with Baldface 13
319	319	Creek, as a wild river. 14
320	320	‘‘(iv) The 2.27-mile segment from the 15
321	321	headwaters of Spokane Creek to the con-16
322	322	fluence with Baldface Creek, as a wild 17
323	323	river. 18
324	324	‘‘(v) The 1.25-mile segment from the 19
325	325	headwaters of Rock Creek to the con-20
326	326	fluence with Baldface Creek, flowing south 21
327	327	from sec. 19, T. 40 S., R. 10 W., Willam-22
328	328	ette Meridian, as a wild river. 23
329	329	‘‘(vi) The 1.31-mile segment from the 24
330	330	headwaters of the unnamed tributary num-25
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334	334	ber 2 to the confluence with Baldface 1
335	335	Creek, flowing north from sec. 27, T. 40 2
336	336	S., R. 10 W., Willamette Meridian, as a 3
337	337	wild river. 4
338	338	‘‘(vii) The 3.6-mile segment from the 5
339	339	2 headwaters of the unnamed tributary 6
340	340	number 3 to the confluence with Baldface 7
341	341	Creek, flowing south from secs. 9 and 10, 8
342	342	T. 40 S., R. 10 W., Willamette Meridian, 9
343	343	as a wild river. 10
344	344	‘‘(viii) The 1.57-mile segment from 11
345	345	the headwaters of the unnamed tributary 12
346	346	number 4 to the confluence with Baldface 13
347	347	Creek, flowing north from sec. 26, T. 40 14
348	348	S., R. 10 W., Willamette Meridian, as a 15
349	349	wild river. 16
350	350	‘‘(ix) The 0.92-mile segment from the 17
351	351	headwaters of the unnamed tributary num-18
352	352	ber 5 to the confluence with Baldface 19
353	353	Creek, flowing north from sec. 13, T. 40 20
354	354	S., R. 10 W., Willamette Meridian, as a 21
355	355	wild river. 22
356	356	‘‘(x) The 4.90-mile segment from the 23
357	357	headwaters of Cedar Creek to the con-24
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361	361	fluence with North Fork Smith River, as a 1
362	362	wild river. 2
363	363	‘‘(xi) The 2.38-mile segment from the 3
364	364	headwaters of Packsaddle Gulch to the 4
365	365	confluence with North Fork Smith River, 5
366	366	as a wild river. 6
367	367	‘‘(xii) The 2.4-mile segment from the 7
368	368	headwaters of Hardtack Creek to the con-8
369	369	fluence with North Fork Smith River, as a 9
370	370	wild river. 10
371	371	‘‘(xiii) The 2.21-mile segment from 11
372	372	the headwaters of the unnamed creek to 12
373	373	the confluence with North Fork Smith 13
374	374	River, flowing east from sec. 29, T. 40 S., 14
375	375	R. 11 W., Willamette Meridian, as a wild 15
376	376	river. 16
377	377	‘‘(xiv) The 3.06-mile segment from 17
378	378	the headwaters of Horse Creek to the con-18
379	379	fluence with North Fork Smith River, as a 19
380	380	wild river. 20
381	381	‘‘(xv) The 2.61-mile segment of Fall 21
382	382	Creek from the Oregon State border to the 22
383	383	confluence with North Fork Smith River, 23
384	384	as a wild river. 24
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388	388	‘‘(xvi)(I) Except as provided in sub-1
389	389	clause (II), the 4.57-mile segment from the 2
390	390	headwaters of North Fork Diamond Creek 3
391	391	to the confluence with Diamond Creek, as 4
392	392	a wild river. 5
393	393	‘‘(II) Notwithstanding subclause (I), 6
394	394	the portion of the segment described in 7
395	395	that subclause that starts 100 feet above 8
396	396	Forest Service Road 4402 and ends 100 9
397	397	feet below Forest Service Road 4402 shall 10
398	398	be administered as a scenic river. 11
399	399	‘‘(xvii) The 1.02-mile segment from 12
400	400	the headwaters of Diamond Creek to the 13
401	401	Oregon State border in sec. 14, T. 40 S., 14
402	402	R. 10 W., Willamette Meridian, as a wild 15
403	403	river. 16
404	404	‘‘(xviii) The 1.14-mile segment from 17
405	405	the headwaters of Acorn Creek to the con-18
406	406	fluence with Horse Creek, as a wild river. 19
407	407	‘‘(xix) The 8.58-mile segment from 20
408	408	the headwaters of Chrome Creek to the 21
409	409	confluence with North Fork Smith River, 22
410	410	as a wild river. 23
411	411	‘‘(xx) The 2.98-mile segment from the 24
412	412	headwaters Chrome Creek tributary num-25
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416	416	ber 1 to the confluence with Chrome 1
417	417	Creek, 0.82 miles upstream from the 2
418	418	mouth of Chrome Creek in the Kalmiopsis 3
419	419	Wilderness, flowing south from sec. 15, T. 4
420	420	40 S., R. 11 W., Willamette Meridian, as 5
421	421	a wild river. 6
422	422	‘‘(xxi) The 2.19-mile segment from 7
423	423	the headwaters of Chrome Creek tributary 8
424	424	number 2 to the confluence with Chrome 9
425	425	Creek, 3.33 miles upstream from the 10
426	426	mouth of Chrome Creek in the Kalmiopsis 11
427	427	Wilderness, flowing south from sec. 12, T. 12
428	428	40 S., R. 11 W., Willamette Meridian, as 13
429	429	a wild river. 14
430	430	‘‘(xxii) The 1.27-mile segment from 15
431	431	the headwaters of Chrome Creek tributary 16
432	432	number 3 to the confluence with Chrome 17
433	433	Creek, 4.28 miles upstream from the 18
434	434	mouth of Chrome Creek in the Kalmiopsis 19
435	435	Wilderness, flowing north from sec. 18, T. 20
436	436	40 S., R. 10 W., Willamette Meridian, as 21
437	437	a wild river. 22
438	438	‘‘(xxiii) The 2.27-mile segment from 23
439	439	the headwaters of Chrome Creek tributary 24
440	440	number 4 to the confluence with Chrome 25
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443	443	•S 945 IS
444	444	Creek, 6.13 miles upstream from the 1
445	445	mouth of Chrome Creek, flowing south 2
446	446	from Chetco Peak in the Kalmiopsis Wil-3
447	447	derness in sec. 36, T. 39 S., R. 11 W., 4
448	448	Willamette Meridian, as a wild river. 5
449	449	‘‘(xxiv) The 0.6-mile segment from 6
450	450	the headwaters of Wimer Creek to the bor-7
451	451	der between the States of Oregon and Cali-8
452	452	fornia, flowing south from sec. 17, T. 41 9
453	453	S., R. 10 W., Willamette Meridian, as a 10
454	454	wild river.’’. 11
455	455	(b) E
456	456	XPANSION OFSMITHRIVER, OREGON.—Section 12
457	457	3(a) of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act (16 U.S.C. 13
458	458	1274(a)) is amended by striking paragraph (111) and in-14
459	459	serting the following: 15
460	460	‘‘(111) S
461	461	MITH RIVER, CALIFORNIA AND OR -16
462	462	EGON.—The segment from the confluence of the 17
463	463	Middle Fork Smith River and the North Fork Smith 18
464	464	River to the Six Rivers National Forest boundary, 19
465	465	including the following segments of the mainstem 20
466	466	and certain tributaries, to be administered by the 21
467	467	Secretary of Agriculture in the following classes: 22
468	468	‘‘(A) M
469	469	AINSTEM.—The segment from the 23
470	470	confluence of the Middle Fork Smith River and 24
471	471	the South Fork Smith River to the Six Rivers 25
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474	474	•S 945 IS
475	475	National Forest boundary, as a recreational 1
476	476	river. 2
477	477	‘‘(B) R
478	478	OWDY CREEK.— 3
479	479	‘‘(i) U
480	480	PPER.—The segment from and 4
481	481	including the headwaters to the California- 5
482	482	Oregon State line, as a wild river. 6
483	483	‘‘(ii) L
484	484	OWER.—The segment from the 7
485	485	California-Oregon State line to the Six 8
486	486	Rivers National Forest boundary, as a rec-9
487	487	reational river.’’. 10
488	488	Æ
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