[Congressional Bills 103th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. 859 Referred in House (RFH)] 103d CONGRESS 2d Session S. 859 _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 13, 1994 Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources _______________________________________________________________________ AN ACT To reduce the restrictions on lands conveyed by deed under the Act of June 8, 1926. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 2 of the Act of June 8, 1926 (ch. 498; 44 Stat. 708), is amended by-- (a) inserting ``(a)'' before ``The conveyance''; (b) striking ``States.'' at the end of the first sentence and inserting in lieu thereof ``States, except that such restrictions on conveyances and uses shall not apply to those lands upon which communication facilities were located as of January 1, 1993.''; and (c) adding at the end thereof the following new subsections: ``(b) Reasonable access for the repair, maintenance, or improvement of the communication facilities referred to in subsection (a) shall be allowed: Provided, That the granting of such access shall not be construed to require the Forest Service to upgrade the condition of the access route beyond the condition as of the date of enactment of the Act. ``(c) Recreational activities on the lands identified in section 1, totaling approximately one thousand four hundred and forty acres, may be allowed so long as such recreational use is consistent both with the protection of the watershed and water supply system of the city and with the management objectives for adjacent National Forest System lands.''. Passed the Senate April 12 (legislative day, April 11), 1994. Attest: WALTER J. STEWART, Secretary.