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 PUBLIC LAW 104-310—OCT. 19, 1996 110 STAT. 3817 Public Law 104-310 104th Congress An Act To modify the boundaries of the Talladega National Forest, Alabama. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. EXPANSION OF TALLADEGA NATIONAL FOREST. (a) BOUNDARY MODIFICATION.— The exterior boundaries of the Talladega National Forest Eire hereby modified to include the following described lands: Huntsville Meridian, Township 17 South, Range 8 East, Section 34, NEV4, SWVi, and SV^NWV4, Cleburne County, containing 399.40 acres, more or less. Huntsvilie Meridian, Township 13 South, Range 9 East, Section 28, SEVi, Calhoim County, containing 160.00 acres, more or less. (b) ADMINISTRATION.— (1) Subject to vaUd existing rights, all FedersQ lands described under subsection (a) are hereby added to and shall be administered as part of the TaUadega National Forest, and the Secretary of the Interior shall transfer, without reimbursement, administrative jurisdiction over such lands to the Secretary of Agriculture. (2) Nothing in this section shall be construed to affect the vaUdity of or the terms and conditions of any existing right-of- way, easement, lease, Ucense, or permit on lands transferred by subsection (a), except that such lands shall be administered by the Forest Service. Reissuance of any authorization shall be in accordance with the laws and regulations generally applying to the Forest Service, and the change of jurisdiction over such lands resulting from the enactment of this Act shall not constitute a ground for the denial of renewal or reissuance of such authorization. Approved October 19, 1996. LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 1874: HOUSE REPORTS: No. 104-216 (Comm. on Agriculture). CONGRESSIONAL RECORD: Vol. 141 (1995): July 31, considered and passed House. Vol. 142 (1996): Oct. 3, considered and passed Senate. Oct. 19, 1996 [H.R. 1874]

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