Volume 92 · 3044
Public Law 95–605
To extend the boundaries of the Tolyabe National Forest in Nevada, and for other purposes.
Approved November 8, 1978
Statutory text
An Act
To extend the boundaries of the Tolyabe National Forest in Nevada, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That to aid in the protection and management of the various resources of the lands, including the protection, improvement, and maintenance of the watershed, wildlife, recreation, and natural environment values thereof, situated in the Lake Tahoe Basin, and to promote the management and protection of such lands under principles of multiple use and sustained yield, the boundaries of the Toiyabe National Forest are hereby extended to include the area described in section 2 hereof. Subject to any valid claims now existing and hereafter maintained, any lands of the United States within such area are hereby added to such National Forest and shall be subject to law and regulations applicable to the National Forests.
Sec. 2.
This Act shall be applicable to the following lands:
a tract of land referred to as the “Whittell property”, situated in section 10, lot 2, township 13 north, range 18 east, Mount Diablo Meridian, Nevada, containing 34.4 acres more or less.
Sec. 3.
Funds appropriated and available for acquisition of lands, waters, and interests therein, in the National Forest System pursuant to section 7 of the Act of September 3, 1964 (78 Stat. 903), shall be available for the acquisition of any lands, waters, and interests therein, within the area described in section 2 of this Act. In addition, the Act of August 5, 1970 (Public Law 91–372) is hereby amended to remove the limitation on expenditures of $12,500,000 as it applies to the area described in the Act of August 5, 1970 (84 Stat. 694).
Approved November 8, 1978.