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S. 59 would be cited as the "National Forests and Public Lands of Nevada 

 Enhancement Act of 1987." 



Section 2 of S. 59 contains congressional findings and purposes of the bill. 

 The purposes would be to transfer to the Forest Service certain public lands 

 in Nevada currently administered by the Bureau of Land Management and to 

 transfer to the Bureau of Land Management certain national forest lands in 

 Nevada currently administered by the Forest Service. The lands identified for 

 transfer are contiguous to other lands administered by the proposed agency. 



Section 3 would define the terms "public lands" and "National Forest lands" or 

 "National Forest System lands". 



Section 4 of would provide for the transfer of about 511,000 acres of public 

 lands identified on a map to the Tolyabe and Inyo National Forests. Section. 4 

 would also provide for the transfer of approximately 23,000 acres of national 

 forest land identified on a map to the Secretary of the Interior. 



Section 4(e) would provide that lands transferred to the Secretary of 

 Agriculture would be subject to the planning requirements of section 6 of the 

 Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974 and that lands 

 transferred to the Secretary of the Interior would be subject to the planning 

 requirements of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976. Amendment 

 or revision of existing plans would not be required as a result of this bill. 



Section 5 of S. 59 would provide for management by the Secretary of 

 Agriculture, in accordance with section 603(c) of the Federal Land Policy and 



