CIVIL AND CRIMINAL JURISDICTION.

SEC. 512. [16 U.S.C. 460lll–12] CIVIL AND CRIMINAL JURISDICTION. (a) Administration.—The Secretary, acting through the Chief of the Forest Service, shall administer the Recreation Area in accordance with this title and the laws, rules, and regulations pertaining to the National Forest System. (b) Status.—Land within the Recreation Area shall have the status of land acquired under the Act of March 1, 1911 (commonly known as the “Weeks Act”) (16 U.S.C. 515 et seq.). (c) Law Enforcement.—In order to provide for a cost-effective transfer of the law enforcement responsibilities between the Forest Service and the Tennessee Valley Authority, the law enforcement authorities designated under section 4A of the Tennessee Valley Authority Act 1933 (16 U.S.C. 831c-3) are hereby granted to special agents and law enforcement officers of the Forest Service. The law enforcement authorities designated under the eleventh undesignated paragraph under the heading “Surveying the public lands” of the Act of June 4, 1897 (30 Stat. 35; 16 U.S.C. 5511, the first paragraph of that portion designated “General Expenses, Forest Service” of the Act of March 3, 1905 (33 U.S.C. 873; 16 U.S.C. 559), the National Forest System Drug Control Act of 1986 (16 U.S.C. 559b-559g) are hereby granted to law enforcement agents of the Tennessee Valley Authority, within the boundaries of the Recreation Area, for a period of 1 year from the date on which this section takes effect.