Deadline. in the State of California on or before the date of enactment of this Act. (4) LIMITATION ON EFFECT.-The Federal water rights reserved by this Act are specific to the wilderness areas located in the State of California designated by this Act. Nothing in this Act related to reserved Federal water rights shall be construed as establishing a precedent with regard to any future designations, nor shall it constitute an interpretation of any other Act or any designation made pursuant thereto. SEC. 4. WILDERNESS FIRE MANAGEMENT. (a) REVISION OF MANAGEMENT PLANS.-The Secretary of Agriculture shall, by not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, amend the management plans that apply to each of the Ventana Wilderness and the Silver Peak Wilderness, respectively, to authorize the Forest Supervisor of the Los Padres National Forest to take whatever appropriate actions in such wilderness areas are necessary for fire prevention and watershed protection consistent with wilderness values, including best management practices for fire presuppression and fire suppression measures and techniques. (b) INCORPORATION INTO FOREST PLANNING.-Any special provisions contained in the management plan for the Ventana Wilderness and Silver Peak Wilderness pursuant to subsection (a) shall be incorporated into the management plan for the Los Padres National Forest. SEC. 5. MILITARY TRAINING AT FORT HUNTER-LIGGETT. (a) OVERFLIGHTS.-Nothing in this Act shall preclude low level overflights of military aircraft, the designation of new units of special airspace, or the use or establishment of military flight training routes over wilderness areas designated by this Act. (b) MILITARY ACCESS.-Nonmotorized access to and use of the wilderness areas designated by this Act for military training shall be authorized to continue in wilderness areas designated by this Act in the same manner and degree as authorized prior to enactment of this Act. SEC. 6. BIG SUR INVASIVE SPECIES ERADICATION. (a) IN GENERAL.-The Secretary of Agriculture may conduct a 5-year pilot program to target the eradication of invasive plant and animal species in the Monterey District of the Los Padres National Forest. (b) APPLICATION TO OTHER PROPERTY.-Activities under the program may include actions to address invasive species problems on nearby private land or other land that is not Forest Service property, if (1) the land owner, or the head of the governmental agency having administrative jurisdiction over the land in the case of State, local, or Federal government-owned land, seeks to participate in the program; and (2) the invasive species concerned occurs on the land and poses a threat to national forest lands. (c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.-To carry out this section there is authorized to be appropriated $1,000,000 for each of 5 fiscal years. SEC. 8. SILVER PEAK WILDERNESS WATER SYSTEM SPLIT. The Secretary of Agriculture may authorize the construction and maintenance of a new water line and corresponding spring box improvements adjacent to an existing domestic water service in the Silver Peak Wilderness. Approved December 19, 2002. LEGISLATIVE HISTORY-H.R. 4750: CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 148 (2002): Nov. 14, considered and passed House. Dec. 19, 2002 [H.R. 4874] Public Law 107-371 107th Congress An Act To direct the Secretary of the Interior to disclaim any Federal interest in lands adjacent to Spirit Lake and Twin Lakes in the State of Idaho resulting from possible omission of lands from an 1880 survey. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE. (a) FINDINGS.-The Congress finds the following: (1) The meander lines in the original surveys by John B. David, deputy surveyor, of two lakes in the State of Idaho, Spirit Lake, formerly known as Lake Tesemini, located in T. 53 N., R. 4 W., Boise Meridian, and Twin Lakes, formerly known as Fish Lake, located in T. 52 N. and T. 53 N., R. 4 W., Boise Meridian, do not reflect the current line of ordinary high water conditions. (2) All lands adjacent to the original meander lines have been patented. (b) PURPOSE.-The purpose of this Act is to direct the Secretary of the Interior to issue a recordable disclaimer of interest by the United States to any omitted lands or lands lying outside the record meander lines in the vicinity of the lakes referred to in subsection (a). SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. In this Act: (1) RECORDABLE DISCLAIMER OF INTEREST.-The term "recordable disclaimer of interest" means a document recorded in the county clerk's office or other such local office where real property documents are recorded, in which the United States disclaims any right, title, or interest to those lands found lying outside the recorded meander lines of the lakes referred to in section 1(a)(1), including omitted lands, if any. (2) OMITTED LANDS.-The term "omitted lands" means those lands that were in place on the date of the original surveys referred to in section 1(a)(1) but were not included in the survey of the township and the meander lines of the water body due to gross error or fraud by the original surveyor. (3) SECRETARY.-The term "Secretary" means the Secretary of the Interior. SEC. 3. SURVEYS. The Secretary shall (1) conduct a survey investigation of the conditions along the lakeshores of Spirit Lake and Twin Lakes in the townships referenced in section 1(a); and (2) after the completion of the survey investigation, resurvey the original meander lines along the lakeshores, using the results of the survey investigation. SEC. 4. DISCLAIMER OF INTEREST IN LANDS ADJACENT TO SPIRIT Records. LAKE AND TWIN LAKES, IDAHO. Upon acceptance and approval of the surveys under section 3 by the Secretary, the Secretary shall— (1) prepare a recordable disclaimer of interest with land descriptions, using the lot or tract numbers of the omitted lands, if any, and lands lying outside the record meander lines, as shown on the survey plats; and (2) record such recordable disclaimer of interest simultaneously with the filing of the surveys. SEC. 5. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. There is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary $400,000 to carry out this Act. Funds appropriated to carry out the purposes of this Act may be available without fiscal year limitation. Approved December 19, 2002. LEGISLATIVE HISTORY-H.R. 4874 (S. 2585): HOUSE REPORTS: No. 107-676 (Comm. on Resources). Oct. 1, considered and passed House. Dec. 19, 2002 [H.R. 4883] Public Law 107-372 107th Congress An Act To reauthorize the Hydrographic Services Improvement Act of 1998, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. TABLE OF CONTENTS. The table of contents for this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Table of contents. TITLE I-NOAA HYDROGRAPHIC SERVICES IMPROVEMENT Sec. 101. Short title; references. Sec. 102. Definitions. Sec. 103. Functions of Administrator. Sec. 104. Quality assurance program. Sec. 105. Hydrographic Services Review Panel. Sec. 106. Authorization of appropriations. TITLE II-NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION Sec. 201. Short title. SUBTITLE A-GENERAL PROVISIONS Sec. 211. Commissioned officer corps. Sec. 212. Definitions. Sec. 213. Authorized number on the active list. Sec. 214. Strength and distribution in grade. Sec. 215. Authorized number for fiscal years 2003 through 2005. SUBTITLE B-APPOINTMENT AND PROMOTION OF OFFICERS Sec. 221. Original appointments. Sec. 222. Personnel boards. Sec. 223. Promotion of ensigns to grade of lieutenant (junior grade). Sec. 224. Promotion by selection to permanent grades above lieutenant (junior grade). Sec. 225. Length of service for promotion purposes. Sec. 226. Appointments and promotions to permanent grades. Sec. 227. General qualification of officers for promotion to higher permanent grade. Sec. 229. Temporary appointments and promotions generally. Sec. 230. Temporary appointment or advancement of commissioned officers in time of war or national emergency. Sec. 231. Pay and allowances; date of acceptance of promotion. Sec. 232. Service credit as deck officer or junior engineer for promotion purposes. SUBTITLE C-SEPARATION AND RETIREMENT OF OFFICERS Sec. 241. Involuntary retirement or separation. Sec. 242. Separation pay. Sec. 243. Mandatory retirement for age. Sec. 245. Computation of retired pay. |