MISCELLANEOUS HEARINGS BEFORE THE COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES EIGHTY-NINTH CONGRESS FIRST SESSION ON H.R. 8344 ACQUISITION OF LANDS IN UINTA NATIONAL FOREST BY JULY 23, 1965 H.R. 6833 RENTAL OF PROPERTY FROM EMPLOYEES OF THE FOREST JULY 23, 1965 H.R. 9584 SPRUCE KNOB-SENECA ROCKS NATIONAL RECREATION AREA H.R. 316 MOUNT ROGERS NATIONAL RECREATION AREA JULY 28, 1965 H.R. 3018, H.R. 6402, and H.R. 6575 AMEND THE BANKHEAD-JONES FARM TENANT ACT H.R. 2468, H.R. 4812, H.R. 5149, H.R. 9149, COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE HAROLD D. COOLEY, North Carolina, Chairman W. R. POAGE, Texas, Vice Chairman E. C. GATHINGS, Arkansas FRANK A. STUBBLEFIELD, Kentucky II PAUL B. DAGUE, Pennsylvania PAGE BELCHER, Oklahoma CHARLES M. TEAGUE, California ALBERT H. QUIE, Minnesota CATHERINE MAY, Washington DELBERT L. LATTA, Ohio RALPH HARVEY, Indiana PAUL FINDLEY, Illinois ROBERT DOLE, Kansas LAURENCE J. BURTON, Utah PRENTISS WALKER, Mississippi RESIDENT COMMISSIONER SANTIAGO POLANCO-ABREU, Puerto Rico Mrs. CHRISTINE S. GALLAGHER, Clerk H.R. 8344, a bill to authorize the acquisition of certain lands within the boundaries of the Uinta National Forest in the State of Utah, by the McRorey, Russell P., Director, Division of Land Adjustments, Forest Moss, Hon. Frank E., a U.S. Senator from the State of Utah___ Bennett, Hon. Wallace F., a U.S. Senator from the State of Utah, 12 Greenwood, David L., chairman, Board of County Commissioners, Harrison, Conrad B., commissioner, Department of Water Supply and Jameson, G. Milton, mayor, Orem, Utah, letter of March 19, 1965, to 8 8 8 Sagers, Glen, chief sanitarian, City-County Health Department of Utah County, letter of March 29, 1965, to the mayor and city com- Schnittker, Hon, John A., Under Secretary of Agriculture, letter of 2 Tanner, Vasco M., chairman, Provo Chamber of Commerce Forest and Conservation Committee, letter of April 14, 1965, to commissioners, H.R. 6833, a bill to amend paragraph (a) of the act of March 4, 1913, as amended by the act of January 31, 1931 (16 U.S.C. 502). Hendee, Clare W., Deputy Chief, Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agri- H.R. 9584, a bill to provide for the establishment of the Spruce Knob- Seneca Rocks National Recreation Area, in the State of West Virginia, Nelson, M. M., Deputy Chief, Forest Service, U.S. Department of 31 Correspondence submitted to the subcommittee: Freeman, Hon. Orville L., Secretary of Agriculture, letter of July Page 26, 1965, report on H.R. 9584--- 24 Kachlein, George F., Jr., executive vice president, American Automobile Association, letter of July 28, 1965. 37 H.R. 316 H.R. 316, a bill to establish the Mount Rogers National Recreation Area in the Jefferson National Forest in Virginia, and for other purposes__ Jennings, Hon. W. Pat, a Representative in Congress from the State of Virginia, statement of----. Correspondence submitted to the subcommittee: 42 47 Dennis, Robert T., assistant conservation director, Izaak Walton 51 Freeman, Hon. Orville L., Secretary of Agriculture, letter of March 45 H.R. 3018, H.R. 6402, and H.R. 6575 H.R. 3018, a bill to amend title III of the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Schnittker, Hon. John A., Under Secretary of Agriculture, letter of July Statement of Lovorn, John M., Director, Rural Renewal Division, Community Sikes, Hon. Robert L. F., a Representative in Congress from the State H.R. 2468, H.R. 4812, H.R. 5149, H.R. 9149, H.R. 9917, and H.R. 10241 H.R. 2468, a bill to amend the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act, as amended__ H.R. 4812, a bill to amend the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act so as not to exclude from the benefits provided by such act areas which includes a structure of 12,500 or less acre-feet of floodwater detention capacity_. H.R. 5149, a bill to amend the Watershed Protection and Flood Preven- H.R. 9149, a bill to amend the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention H.R. 9917, a bill to amend the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention H.R. 10241, a bill to amend the Watershed Protection and Flood Preven- Agreement between the Soil Conservation Service, Department of Agriculture, and the Corps of Engineers, Department of the Army, with respect to flood protection by engineering works_ Statement of Cook, Howard L.. Chief of Policy and Legislative Branch, Office of the Chief of Engineers. Redlin, Hon. Rolland, a Representative in Congress from the State of North Dakota__ Williams, Hollis R., Deputy Administrator for Watersheds, Soil Conservation Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture---. ACQUISITION OF LANDS IN UINTA NATIONAL FOREST FRIDAY, JULY 23, 1965 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SUBCOMMITTEE ON FORESTS OF THE COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE, Washington, D.C. The subcommittee met, pursuant to notice, at 10 a.m. in room 1302, Longworth House Office Building, Hon. John L. McMillan (chairman of the subcommittee) presiding. Present: Representatives McMillan, Teague, Quie, Mrs. May, and Burton. Also present: Jane Wojcik, staff assistant, and John J. Heimburger, general counsel. Mr. MCMILLAN. The subcommittee will come to order. At this point we shall hear Congressman King on his bill, H.R. 8344, to authorize the acquisition of certain lands within the boundaries of the Uinta National Forest in the State of Utah, by the Secretary of Agriculture. (H.R. 8344, introduced by Mr. King of Utah, and the departmental report follow:) [H.R. 8344, 89th Cong., 1st sess.] A BILL To authorize the acquisition of certain lands within the boundaries of the Uinta National Forest in the State of Utah, by the Secretary of Agriculture Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That, to promote in timely and adequate manner control of floods that may originate thereon and the reduction of soil erosion through the restoration of adequate vegetative cover and to provide for their anagement, protection, and public use as national forest lands under principles of multiple use and sustained yield, the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to acquire such of the nonfederally owned land in the area described in section 2 ereof as he finds suitable to accomplish the purposes of this Act. SEC. 2. This Act shall be applicable to lands within the boundary of the Uinta National Forest described as follows: SALT LAKE MERIDIAN Township 5 south, range 3 east, sections 25 to 27, inclusive, and sections 34 to , inclusive. Township 6 south, range 3 east, sections 1, 2, 11, 12, 13, 14, and 26. Township 5 south, range 4 east, sections 27 to 35, inclusive. Township 6 south, range 4 east, sections 2 to 10, inclusive, and section 16. SEC. 3. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated for purposes of this At not to exceed $ to remain available until expended. 1 |
