,,ib  ,union ,calendar ,no4 #bja  #aaeth
 ,,congress  #ast ,session  ,h4 ,r4     
#bjge  ,report ,no4 #aae-bha  ,,in ,,the
 ,,house ,,of ,,representatives  ,april 
#f1 #bjag ,mr4 ,walden introduced the   
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,natural ,resources   
,august #bi1 #bjag ,reported with       
amendments1 committed to the ,committee 
of the ,whole ,house on the ,state of   
the ,union1 and ordered to be printed   
,strike out all after the enacting      
clause and insert the part printed in   
italic ,for text of introduced bill1 see
 copy of bill as introduced on ,april   
#f1 #bjag  ,a ,,bill  ,to adjust the    
eastern boundary of the ,deschutes      
,canyon-,steelhead ,falls ,wilderness   
,study ,area in the ,state of ,oregon to
 facilitate fire prevention and response
 activities in order to protect adjacent
 private property1 and for other        
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,crooked ,river     
,ranch ,fire ,protection ,act4  #b4     

,findings ,congress finds the following3
  7#a7 ,the ,crooked ,river ,ranch is an
 unincorporated community with a        
population of #e1jjj residents4  7#b7   
,the current lands located adjacent to  
,crooked ,river ,ranch are managed by   
the ,bureau of ,land ,management and are
 classified as a ,wilderness ,study     
,area4  7#c7 ,there is currently only   
one entrance_/exit to the ,crooked      
,river ,ranch4  7#d7 ,jefferson ,county 
and ,crooked ,river ,ranch have         
determined that the ,wilderness ,study  
,area lands are in the highest risk     
category for exposure to devastating    
wildfire due to overstocked juniper     
stands under the federally mandated and 
locally promulgated ,jefferson ,county  
,community ,wildfire ,protection ,plan  
7,,cwpp74  7#e7 ,the current ,wilderness
 ,study ,area classification prevents   
mechanical fire prevention activities   
within the overstocked juniper stands4  
7#f7 ,advancing this proposed           
legislation will greatly enhance the    

life and safety of people and property  
by reducing the extreme fire threat to  
these lands4  #c4 ,boundary adjustment1 
,deschutes ,canyon-,steelhead ,falls and
 ,deschutes ,canyon ,wilderness ,study  
,areas1 ,oregon  7a7 ,boundary          
adjustment required ,the ,secretary of  
the ,interior shall adjust the eastern  
boundary of the ,deschutes              
,canyon-,steelhead ,falls ,wilderness   
,study ,area and the ,deschutes ,canyon 
,wilderness ,study ,area in the ,state  
of ,oregon to exclude approximately #hcb
 acres1 as depicted on the map entitled 
,deschutes ,canyon-,steelhead ,falls    
,wilderness ,study ,area and dated      
,april #f1 #bjag1 in order to facilitate
 fire prevention and response activities
 on the excluded public lands and       
adjacent private property4  7b7 ,effect 
of exclusion ,effective on the date of  
the enactment of this ,act1 the public  
lands to be excluded from the ,deschutes
 ,canyon-,steelhead ,falls ,wilderness  
,study ,area and the ,deschutes ,canyon 

,wilderness ,study ,area pursuant to    
subsection 7a7 are no longer subject to 
section #fjc7;c7 of the ,federal ,land  
,policy and ,management ,act of #aigf   
7#dc ,u4,s4,c4 #aghb7;c774  ,amend the  
title so as to read3 ,a bill to adjust  
the eastern boundary of the ,deschutes  
,canyon-,steelhead ,falls and ,deschutes
 ,canyon ,wilderness ,study ,areas in   
the ,state of ,oregon to facilitate fire
 prevention and response activities to  
protect private property1 and for other 
purposes44  ,august #bi1 #bjag ,reported
 with amendments1 committed to the      
,committee of the ,whole ,house on the  
,state of the ,union1 and ordered to be 
printed