[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2473 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2473

 To designate certain National Forest lands in the State of Montana as 
  wilderness, to release other National Forest lands in the State of 
      Montana for multiple use management, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 18, 1993

Mr. Williams introduced the following bill; which was referred jointly 
         to the Committees on Agriculture and Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
 To designate certain National Forest lands in the State of Montana as 
  wilderness, to release other National Forest lands in the State of 
      Montana for multiple use management, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be referred to as the ``Round 16 of the Montana 
Wilderness Act 1993''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.

    (a) Findings.--The Congress finds that--
            (1) Many areas of undeveloped National Forest System lands 
        in the State of Montana possess outstanding natural 
        characteristics which give them high value as wilderness and 
        will, if properly preserved, contribute as an enduring resource 
        of wild land for the benefit of the American people.
            (2) The existing Department of Agriculture Land and 
        Resource Management Plans for Forest System lands in the State 
        of Montana have identified areas which, on the basis of their 
        land form, ecosystem, associated wildlife, and location will 
        help to fulfill the National Forest System's share of a quality 
        National Wilderness Preservation System.
            (3) The existing Department of Agriculture Land and 
        Resource Management Plans for National Forest System lands in 
        the State of Montana and the related congressional review of 
        such lands have also identified areas that do not possess 
        outstanding wilderness attributes or possess outstanding 
        energy, mineral, timber, grazing, dispersed recreation, or 
        other values. Such areas should not be designated as components 
        of the National Wilderness Preservation System but should be 
        available for multiple uses under the land management planning 
        process and other applicable law.
            (4) Montanans and those interested in Montana's wildlands 
        have been fully involved in the formulation of this wilderness 
        proposal. That the wilderness designations recommended in this 
        legislation have been developed with the support of Montana 
        wilderness advocates and is therefore the product of years of 
        negotiations.
    (b) Purposes.--The purposes of this Act are to--
            (1) designate certain National Forest System lands in the 
        State of Montana as components of the National Wilderness 
        Preservation System, in furtherance of the purposes of the 
        Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), in order to preserve 
        the wilderness character of the land and to protect watersheds 
        and wildlife habitat, preserve scenic and historic resources, 
        and promote scientific research, primitive recreation, 
        solitude, and physical and mental challenge; and
            (2) ensure that certain other National Forest System lands 
        in the State of Montana will be managed under the national 
        forest land and resource management plans.

SEC. 3. WILDERNESS DESIGNATIONS.

    (a) Designation.--In furtherance of the purposes of the Wilderness 
Act of 1964, the following lands in the State of Montana are designated 
as wilderness and, therefore, as components of the National Wilderness 
Preservation System:
            (1) Certain lands in the Beaverhead, Bitterroot, and 
        Deerlodge National Forests, which comprise approximately 31,660 
        acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled ``Anaconda-
        Pintler Wilderness Additions--Proposed'' (North Big Hole, Storm 
        Lake, Upper East Fork), dated June 1993, and which are hereby 
        incorporated in and shall be deemed to be a part of the 
        Anaconda-Pintler Wilderness.
            (2) Certain lands in the Beaverhead National Forest, which 
        comprise approximately 29,200 acres, as generally depicted on a 
        map entitled ``Italian Peaks Wilderness--Proposed'', dated June 
        1993, and which shall be known as the Italian Peaks Unit of the 
        Great Divide Wilderness.
            (3) Certain lands in the Beaverhead National Forest, which 
        comprise approximately 79,600 acres, as generally depicted on a 
        map entitled ``East Pioneer Wilderness--Proposed'', dated June 
        1993, and which shall be known as the East Pioneer Wilderness.
            (4) Certain lands in the Beaverhead National Forest, 
        Montana, comprising approximately 35,000 acres, as generally 
        depicted on a map entitled ``West Big Hole Wilderness--
        Proposed'', dated June 1993, and which shall be known as the 
        West Big Hole Unit of the Great Divide Wilderness.
            (5) Certain lands in the Bitterroot, Deerlodge, and Lolo 
        National Forests, which comprise approximately 64,800 acres, as 
        generally depicted on a map entitled ``Stony Mountain 
        Wilderness--Proposed'', dated June 1993, and which shall be 
        known as the Stony Mountain Wilderness.
            (6) Certain lands in the Bitterroot and Lolo National 
        Forests, which comprise approximately 55,600 acres, as 
        generally depicted on maps entitled ``Selway-Bitterroot 
        Wilderness Additions--Proposed'', dated June 1993, and which 
        are hereby incorporated in and shall be deemed to be a part of 
        the Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness.
            (7) Certain lands in the Custer National Forest, which 
        comprise approximately 9,400 acres, as generally depicted on a 
        map entitled ``Lost Water Canyon Wilderness--Proposed'', dated 
        June 1993, and which shall be known as the Lost Water Canyon 
        Wilderness.
            (8) Certain lands in the Custer National Forest, which 
        comprise approximately 28,000 acres, as generally depicted on a 
        map entitled ``Custer Absaroka Beartooth Wilderness Additions--
        Proposed'' (Burnt Mountain, Timberline Creek, Stateline, Line 
        Creek Plateau, and Mystic Lake), dated June 1993, and which are 
        hereby incorporated in and shall be deemed to be a part of the 
        Absaroka Beartooth Wilderness.
            (9) Certain lands in the Deerlodge and Helena National 
        Forests, which comprise approximately 19,000 acres, as 
        generally depicted on a map entitled ``Blackfoot Meadow-
        Electric Peak Wilderness--Proposed'', dated June 1993, and 
        which shall be known as the Blackfoot Meadow Unit of the Great 
        Divide Wilderness.
            (10) Certain lands in the Flathead and Kootenai National 
        Forests, which comprise approximately 118,000 acres, as 
        generally depicted on a map entitled ``North Fork Wilderness--
        Proposed (Tuchuck, Thompson-Seton, and Mount Hefty)'', dated 
        June 1993, and which shall be known as the North Fork 
        Wilderness.
            (11) Certain lands in the Flathead, Helena, Lolo, and Lewis 
        and Clark National Forests, which comprise approximately 
        254,600 acres, as generally depicted on maps entitled ``Arnold 
        Bolle Additions to the Bob Marshall Wilderness--Proposed'' 
        (Silver King-Falls Creek, Renshaw, Clearwater-Monture, Deep 
        Creek, Teton High Peak, Volcano Reef, Slippery Bill, Limestone 
        Cave, Choteau Mountain, and Crown Mountain), dated June 1993, 
        which shall be known as the Arnold Bolle-Bob Marshall 
        Wilderness Additions and are incorporated in and shall be 
        deemed to be a part of the Bob Marshall Wilderness.
            (12) Certain lands in the Flathead National Forest, which 
        comprise approximately 960 acres, as generally depicted on a 
        map entitled ``Mission Mountains Wilderness Additions--
        Proposed'', dated June 1993, and which are hereby incorporated 
        in and shall be deemed to be a part of the Mission Mountain 
        Wilderness.
            (13) Certain lands in the Flathead and Lolo National 
        Forests, comprising approximately 175,500 acres, as generally 
        depicted on maps entitled ``Jewel Basin/Swan Wilderness--
        Proposed'', dated June 1993. Those lands contiguous to the west 
        slope of the Bob Marshall Wilderness referred to in this 
        paragraph are hereby incorporated in and shall be deemed to be 
        a part of the Bob Marshall Wilderness, while the remaining 
        lands shall be known as the Swan Crest Wilderness.
            (14) Certain lands in the Gallatin National Forest, which 
        comprise approximately 14,440 acres, as generally depicted on a 
        map entitled ``Gallatin Absaroka Beartooth Wilderness 
        Additions--Proposed'' (Dexter Point, Tie Creek and Mt. Rae), 
        dated June 1993, and which are hereby incorporated in and shall 
        be deemed to be a part of the Absaroka Beartooth Wilderness.
            (15) Certain lands in the Gallatin and Beaverhead National 
        Forests, which comprise approximately 20,100 acres, as 
        generally depicted on a map entitled ``Lee Metcalf Cowboys 
        Heaven Addition--Proposed'', dated June 1993, and which are 
        hereby incorporated in and shall be deemed to be a part of the 
        Lee Metcalf Wilderness.
            (16) Certain lands in the Gallatin National Forest, which 
        comprise approximately 18,300 acres, as generally depicted on a 
        map entitled ``Earthquake Wilderness--Proposed'', dated June 
        1993, and which shall be known as the Earthquake Unit of the 
        Great Divide Wilderness.
            (17) Certain lands in the Helena National Forest, which 
        comprise approximately 19,900 acres, as generally depicted on a 
        map entitled ``Camas Creek Wilderness--Proposed'', dated June 
        1993, and which shall be known as the Camas Creek Wilderness.
            (18) Certain lands in the Helena National Forest, which 
        comprise approximately 15,000 acres, as generally depicted on a 
        map entitled ``Mount Baldy Wilderness--Proposed'', dated June 
        1993, and which shall be known as the Mount Baldy Wilderness.
            (19) Certain lands in the Helena National Forest, Montana, 
        which comprise approximately 10,000 acres, as generally 
        depicted on a map entitled ``Gates of the Mountains Wilderness 
        Additions--Proposed'' (Big Log), dated June 1993, and which are 
        hereby incorporated in and shall be deemed to be part of the 
        Gates of the Mountain Wilderness.
            (20) Certain lands in the Helena National Forest, which 
        comprise approximately 10,700 acres, as generally depicted on a 
        map entitled ``Black Mountain Wilderness--Proposed'', dated 
        June 1993, and which shall be known as the Black Mountain Unit 
        of the Great Divide Wilderness.
            (21) Certain lands in the Kootenai National Forest, which 
        comprise approximately 34,840 acres, as generally depicted on a 
        map entitled ``Cabinet Mountains Wilderness Additions--
        Proposed'', dated June 1993, and which are hereby incorporated 
        in and shall be deemed to be part of the Cabinet Mountains 
        Wilderness.
            (22) Certain lands in the Kaniksu and Kootenai National 
        Forest, which comprise approximately 50,000 acres, as generally 
        depicted on a map entitled ``Scotchman Peaks Wilderness--
        Proposed'', dated June 1993, which shall be known as the 
        Scotchman Peaks Wilderness.
            (23) Certain lands in the Kootenai National Forest which 
        comprise approximately 22,000 acres, as generally depicted on a 
        map entitled ``Yaak Wilderness--Proposed'' (Roderick Mountain), 
        dated June 1993, which shall be known as the Yaak Wilderness.
            (24) Certain lands in the Kootenai and Lolo National 
        Forests, which comprise approximately 17,900 acres, as 
        generally depicted on a map entitled ``Catarack Peak 
        Wilderness--Proposed'', dated June 1993, which shall be known 
        as the Cataract Peak Wilderness.
            (25) Certain lands in the Lolo National Forest, which 
        comprise approximately 17,900 acres, as generally depicted on a 
        map entitled ``Cube Iron/Mount Silcox Wilderness--Proposed'', 
        dated June 1993, which shall be known as the Cube Iron/Mount 
        Silcox Wilderness.
            (26) Certain lands in the Lolo National Forest, which 
        comprise approximately 94,700 acres, as generally depicted on a 
        map entitled ``Great Burn Wilderness--Proposed'', dated June 
        1993, which shall be known as the Great Burn Wilderness.
            (27) Certain lands in the Lolo National Forest, which 
        comprise approximately 60,100 acres, as generally depicted on a 
        map entitled ``Quigg Peak Wilderness--Proposed'', dated June 
        1993, which shall be known as the Quigg Peak Wilderness.
            (28) Certain lands in the Kootenai National Forest, which 
        comprise approximately 25,000 acres, as generally depicted on a 
        map entitled ``Trout Creek Wilderness--Proposed'', dated June 
        1993, and which shall be known as the Trout Creek Wilderness.
            (29) Certain lands in the Helena National Forest, which 
        comprise approximately 19,000 acres, as generally depicted on a 
        map entitled ``Nevada Mountain Wilderness--Proposed'', dated 
        June 1993, and which shall be known as the Nevada Mountain Unit 
        of the Great Divide Wilderness.
            (30) Certain lands in the Helena National Forest, which 
        comprise approximately 44,900 acres, as generally depicted on a 
        map entitled ``Elkhorn Wilderness--Proposed'', dated June 1993, 
        and which shall be known as the Elkhorn Wilderness.
            (31) Certain lands in the Gallatin National Forest, which 
        comprise approximately 500 acres, as generally depicted on a 
        map entitled ``North Absaroka Wilderness Addition--Proposed 
        (Republic Mountain)'', dated June 1993, and which are hereby 
        incorporated in and shall be deemed a part of the North 
        Absaroka Wilderness.
            (32) Certain lands in the Beaverhead National Forest, which 
        comprises approximately 90,000 acres, as generally depicted on 
        a map entitled ``Snowcrest Wilderness--Proposed'', dated June 
        1993 and shall be known as the Snowcrest Wilderness.
            (33) Certain lands in the Beaverhead National Forest, which 
        comprise approximately 4,700 acres, as generally depicted on a 
        map entitled ``Mount Jefferson Wilderness--Proposed'', dated 
        June 1993 and shall be known as the Mount Jefferson Unit of the 
        Great Divide Wilderness.
            (34) Certain lands in the Deerlodge National Forest which 
        comprise about 30,300 acres, as generally, depicted on a map 
        entitled ``Flint Creek Wilderness--Proposed'', dated June 1993 
        and shall be known as the Flint Creek Wilderness.
            (35) Certain lands in the Gallatin and Lewis and Clark 
        National Forests, which comprise approximately 35,000 acres, as 
        generally depicted on a map entitled ``Crazy Mountain 
        Wilderness--Proposed'', dated June 1993 and shall be known as 
        the Crazy Mountain Wilderness.
    (b) Maps and Legal Descriptions.--(1) The Secretary of Agriculture 
(hereinafter referred to as the ``Secretary'') shall file the maps 
referred to in this section and legal descriptions of each wilderness 
area designated by this section with the Committee on Energy and 
Natural Resources of the United States Senate and the Committee on 
Interior and Insular Affairs of the United States House of 
Representatives, and each such map and legal description shall have the 
same force and effect as if included in this Act.
    (2) The Secretary may correct clerical and typographical errors in 
the maps and the legal descriptions submitted pursuant to this section.
    (3) Each map and legal description referred to in this section 
shall be on file and available for public inspection in the office of 
the Chief of the Forest Service, Washington, D.C. and at the office of 
the Regional Forester of the Northern Region.
    (c) Administration.--Subject to valid existing rights, each 
wilderness area designated by this section shall be administered by the 
Secretary of Agriculture in accordance with the provisions of the 
Wilderness Act of 1964, except that, with respect to any area 
designated in this section, any reference to the effective date of the 
Wilderness Act shall be deemed to be a reference to the date of 
enactment of this Act.
    (d) Wilderness Area Perimeters.--Congress does not intend that the 
designation of wilderness areas in this section will lead to the 
creation of protective perimeters or buffer zones around such areas. 
The fact that nonwilderness activities or uses can be seen or heard 
from areas within a wilderness area shall not, of itself, preclude such 
activities or uses up to the boundary of the wilderness area.
    (e) Grazing.--The grazing of livestock, where established prior to 
the date of enactment of this Act, in wilderness areas designated in 
this section shall be administered in accordance with section 4(d)(4) 
of the Wilderness Act of 1964 and section 108 of an Act entitled ``An 
Act to designate certain National Forest System Lands in the States of 
Colorado, South Dakota, Missouri, South Carolina, and Louisiana for 
inclusion in the National Wilderness Preservation System, and for other 
purposes'' (94 Stat. 3271; 16 U.S.C. 1133 note).
    (f) State Fish and Game Authority.--In accordance with section 
4(d)(7) of the Wilderness Act of 1964, nothing in this Act shall be 
construed as affecting the jurisdiction or responsibilities of the 
State of Montana with respect to wildlife and fish in the national 
forests of Montana.
    (g) Hunting.--Nothing in this Act or the Wilderness Act of 1964 
shall be construed to prohibit hunting within the wilderness areas 
designated in this section.
    (h) Collection Devices.--(1) Within the wilderness areas designated 
in this section, the installation and maintenance of essential 
hydrological, meteorological, or climatological collection devices and 
ancillary facilities is permitted, subject to such conditions as the 
Secretary deems desirable.
    (2) Access to the devices and facilities described in paragraph (1) 
shall be by the means historically used, if that method is the least 
intrusive practicable means available. Access, installation, and 
maintenance shall be compatible with the provisions of the Wilderness 
Act.
    (i) The provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act not 
withstanding, the wilderness managing agencies are hereby authorized to 
use citizen advisory groups, task forces, and ad hoc committees among 
the public involvement techniques employed to assist the agencies in 
the development of wilderness management direction.

SEC. 4. WATER.

    (a) Findings, Purpose, and Definitions.--(1) Congress finds that--
            (A) the lands designated as wilderness by this Act are 
        located at the headwaters of the streams and rivers on those 
        lands, with no actual or proposed water resource facilities 
        located upstream from such lands and no opportunities for 
        diversion, storage, or other uses of water occurring outside 
        such lands that would adversely affect the wilderness values of 
        such lands;
            (B) the lands designated as wilderness by this Act are not 
        suitable for use for development of new water resource 
        facilities, or for the expansion of existing facilities; and
            (C) therefore, it is possible to provide for proper 
        management and protection of the water-related wilderness 
        values of such lands in ways different from those utilized in 
        other legislation designated as wilderness lands not sharing 
        the attributes of the lands designated as wilderness by this 
        Act.
    (2) The purpose of this section is to protect the water-related 
wilderness values of the lands designated as wilderness by this Act by 
means other than those based on a Federal reserved water right.
    (3) As used in this section--
            (A) the term ``water resource facility'' means irrigation 
        and pumping facilities, reservoirs, water conservation works, 
        aqueducts, canals, ditches, pipelines, wells, hydropower 
        projects, and transmission and other ancillary facilities, and 
        other water diversion, storage, and carriage structures; and
            (B) the term ``historic'', used with reference to rates of 
        flow, quantities of use, or timing of use of water, means the 
        pattern of actual use or operation of a facility over a 
        representative period of time to the date of enactment of this 
        Act.
    (b) Restriction on Rights and Disclaimer of Effect.--(1) Neither 
the Secretary nor any other officer, employee, or agent of the United 
States shall assert any claim, and no court or agency of the United 
States shall consider any claim asserted by any other person, to any 
right with respect to any waters in the State of Montana based on any 
construction of any portion of this Act or the designation of any lands 
as wilderness by this Act as constituting an express or implied 
reservation of water or water rights.
    (2)(A) Nothing in this Act shall be construed as a creation, 
recognition, disclaimer, relinquishment, or reduction of any water 
rights of the United States in the State of Montana existing before the 
date of enactment of this Act.
    (B) Nothing in this Act shall be construed as constituting an 
interpretation of any other Act or any designation made by or pursuant 
thereto.
    (C) Nothing in this section shall be construed as establishing a 
precedent with regard to any future wilderness designations.
    (c) New or Expanded Projects.--Notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, on and after the date of enactment of this Act neither the 
President nor any other officer, employee, or agent of the United 
States shall fund, assist, authorize, or issue a license or permit 
for--
            (1) the development of any new water resource facility 
        within the lands designated as wilderness by this Act; or
            (2) the enlargement of a water resource facility or the 
        expansion of the historic rate of diversion, quantity of use, 
        or timing of use of a water resource facility within the lands 
        designated as wilderness by this Act.
Except as provided in subsection (d) of this section, nothing in this 
Act shall be construed to affect or limit operation, maintenance, 
repair, modification, or replacement of water resource facilities in 
existence on the date of enactment of this Act within the boundaries of 
the lands designated as wilderness by this Act.
    (d) Access and Operation.--(1) Subject to the provisions of this 
subsection, the Secretary shall allow reasonable access to water 
resource facilities in existence on the date of enactment of this Act 
within lands designated as wilderness by this Act, including motorized 
access where necessary and customarily employed on routes existing as 
of the date of enactment of this Act.
    (2) Subject to the provisions of this subsection, the Secretary 
shall allow the present diversion, carriage, and storage capacity of 
water resource facilities existing on the date of enactment of this Act 
within wilderness areas designated by this Act, and access routes to 
such facilities existing and customarily employed as of such date, to 
be operated, maintained, repaired, and replaced as necessary to 
maintain the present function, design, and serviceable operation of the 
facilities, so long as such activities have no greater adverse impacts 
on wilderness values than as of the date of enactment of this Act.
    (3) Water resource facilities, and access routes serving such 
facilities, existing on the date of enactment of this Act shall be 
maintained and repaired when and to the extent necessary to prevent 
increased adverse impacts on wilderness values.
    (4) The historic rate of diversion, quantity of use, or timing of 
use of water resource facilities existing on the date of enactment of 
this Act within lands designated as wilderness by this Act shall not be 
increased.
    (e) Monitoring and Implementation.--The Secretaries of Agriculture 
and the Interior shall monitor the operation of and access to water 
resource facilities within the boundaries of the lands designated as 
wilderness by this Act and take all steps necessary to implement the 
provisions of this section.

SEC. 5. SPECIAL MANAGEMENT AREAS.

    (a) Designations.--For the purposes of conserving, protecting and 
enhancing the exceptional scenic, fish and wildlife, biological, 
educational and recreational values of certain National Forest System 
lands in the State of Montana, the following designations are made:
            (1) The Mount Helena National Education and Recreation Area 
        located in the Helena National Forest, comprising approximately 
        5,120 acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled ``Mount 
        Helena National Education and Recreation Area--Proposed'', 
        dated September 1992.
            (2) The Hyalite National Education and Recreation Area 
        located in the Gallatin National Forest, comprising 
        approximately 18,900 acres, as generally depicted on a map 
        entitled ``Hyalite National Education and Recreation Area--
        Proposed'', dated September 1992.
            (3) The Northwest Peak National Recreation Area located in 
        the Kaniksu and Kootenai National Forests, comprising 
        approximately 16,700 acres, as generally depicted on a map 
        entitled ``Northwest Peak National Recreation and Scenic Area--
        Proposed'', dated September 1991.
            (4) The Buckhorn Ridge National Recreation Area located in 
        the Kaniksu and Kootenai National Forests, comprising 
        approximately 20,000 acres, as generally depicted on a map 
        entitled ``Buckhorn Ridge National Recreation Area--Proposed'', 
        dated September 1991.
            (5) The West Big Hole National Recreation Area located in 
        the Beaverhead National Forest, comprising approximately 90,000 
        acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled ``West Big Hole 
        National Recreation Area--Proposed'', dated September 1992, and 
        which shall be known as the West Big Hole National Recreation 
        Area.
            (6) The LeBeau Natural Area located on the Kootenai and 
        Flathead National Forests comprising approximately 6,000 acres, 
        as generally depicted on a map entitled ``LeBeau Natural Area--
        Proposed'', dated June 1993.
            (7) The Ross Creek Cedars Natural Area located on the 
        Kootenai National Forest comprising approximately 600 acres, as 
        generally depicted on a map entitled ``Ross Creek Cedars 
        Natural Area--Proposed'', dated June 1993.
    (b) Maps.--The Secretary shall file the maps referred to in this 
section with the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, United 
States Senate, and the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, 
United States House of Representatives, and each such map shall have 
the same force and effect as if included in this Act: Provided, That 
correction of clerical and typographical errors in such maps may be 
made. Each such map shall be on file and available for public 
inspection in the office of the Chief of the Forest Service and the 
office of the Regional Forester of the Northern Region.
    (c) Management.--(1) Except as otherwise may be provided in this 
subsection, the Secretary shall administer the areas designated in 
subsection (a) so as to achieve the purposes of their designation and 
in accordance with the laws and regulations applicable to the National 
Forest System.
    (2) Subject to valid existing rights, all federally owned lands 
within the areas designated in subsection (a) are hereby withdrawn from 
all forms of entry, appropriation and disposal under the mining and 
public land laws, and disposition under the geothermal and mineral 
leasing laws.
    (3) Commercial timber harvesting is prohibited in the areas 
designated by this section with the following exceptions:
            (A) Nothing in this Act shall preclude such measures which 
        the Secretary, in his discretion, deems necessary in the event 
        of fire, or infestation of insects or disease.
            (B) Fuel wood, post and pole gathering may be permitted.
            (C) Commercial timber harvesting may be permitted in the 
        Hyalite National Recreation and Education Area, but must be 
        compatible with the purposes of its designation.
    (4) Where the Secretary determines that such use is compatible with 
the purposes for which an area is designated, the use of motorized 
equipment may be permitted in the areas subject to applicable law and 
applicable land and resource management plans.
    (5) The grazing of livestock, where established prior to the date 
of enactment of this Act may be permitted to continue subject to 
applicable law and regulations of the Secretary.
    (d) National Recreation Areas and Natural Areas.--(1) The Secretary 
shall manage the Mount Helena and Hyalite National Education and 
Recreation Areas with a focus on education. All management activities 
shall be conducted in a manner that provides the public with an 
opportunity to become better informed about natural resource protection 
and management.
    (2) The Secretary shall manage the LeBeau and Ross Creek Cedars 
Natural areas for the enhancement of biodiversity and scientific study. 
These forests' unique natural qualities are to be the focus of the 
area's management.
    (e) Land and Resource Management Plans.--Those areas established 
pursuant to subsection (a) shall be administered as components of the 
national forests wherein they are located. Land and resource management 
plans for the affected national forests prepared in accordance with the 
Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act, as amended by 
the National Forest Management Act, shall achieve the purposes for 
which the areas are designated. The provisions of the national forest 
land and resource management plan, relating to each area designated by 
this section, shall also be available to the public in a document 
separate from the rest of the forest plan.

SEC. 6. WILDERNESS STUDY AREAS.

    (a) Designation.--The following areas are hereby designated as 
wilderness study areas and shall be managed in accordance with the 
provisions of this section:
            (1) Certain lands on the Gallatin National Forest, 
        comprising approximately 21,500 acres, as generally depicted on 
        a map entitled ``Sawtooth Mountain Wilderness Study Area--
        Proposed'', dated September 1992.
            (2) Certain lands in the Lolo National Forest which 
        comprise approximately 22,000 acres, as generally depicted on a 
        map entitled ``Sheep Mountain Wilderness Study Area--
        Proposed'', dated November 1991.
            (3) Certain lands in the Lewis and Clark and Gallatin 
        National Forests, which comprise approximately 115,000 acres, 
        as generally depicted on a map entitled ``Crazy Mountain 
        Wilderness Study Area--Proposed'', dated October 1992. The 
        Forest Service shall complete a study of public and private 
        land consolidation alternatives for this area which shall be 
        submitted to the appropriate committees of Congress 2 years 
        after the date of the enactment of this Act.
            (4) Certain lands in the Gallatin National Forest, which 
        comprise approximately 4,500 acres, as generally depicted on a 
        map entitled ``South Cottonwood Wilderness Study Area--
        Proposed,'' dated September, 1992, and shall be managed as part 
        of the Gallatin Wilderness Study Area in accordance with Public 
        Law 95-150.
    (b) Report.--When the forest plans are revised, the Secretary shall 
submit a report to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the 
United States Senate and the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs 
of the United States House of Representatives containing 
recommendations as to whether the areas designated in subsection (a) 
should be added as components of the National Wilderness Preservation 
System.
    (c) Management.--Subject to valid existing rights, the wilderness 
study areas designated in subsection (a) shall be managed to protect 
their suitability for inclusion in the National Wilderness Preservation 
System.
    (d) Maps.--The Secretary shall file the maps referred to in this 
section with the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, United 
States House of Representatives, and the Committee on Energy and 
Natural Resources, United States Senate, and each such map shall have 
the same force and effect as if included in this Act: Provided, That 
correction of clerical and typographical errors in these maps may be 
made. Each map shall be on file and available for public inspection in 
the office of the Chief of the Forest Service and the Regional Forester 
of the Northern Region.

SEC. 7. BADGER-TWO MEDICINE AREA.

    (a) Withdrawal.--(1) Subject to valid existing rights including 
rights held by the Blackfeet nation under existing treaties and 
statute, all federally owned lands as depicted on a map entitled 
``Badger-Two Medicine Area'', dated September 1991, comprising 
approximately 116,600 acres, are withdrawn from all forms of entry, 
appropriation, and disposal under the mining and public land laws and 
from disposition under the geothermal and mineral leasing laws. Until 
otherwise directed by Congress, the Secretary shall manage this area so 
as to protect its wilderness qualities.
    (2) Nothing in this section shall preclude the gathering of timber 
by the Blackfeet Tribe (the ``Tribe'') in exercise of valid treaty 
rights within the Badger-Two Medicine Area.
    (3)(A) With respect to oil and gas leases on Federal lands within 
the Badger-Two Medicine Area, no surface disturbance shall be permitted 
pursuant to such leases until Congress determines otherwise.
    (B) Notwithstanding any other law, the term of any oil and gas 
lease subject to the limitations imposed by this section shall be 
extended for a period of time equal to the term that such limitation 
remains in effect.
    (b) Review.--The Secretary shall conduct a review of the area 
referred to in subsection (a) in accordance with the Wilderness Act of 
1964 and the provisions of this subsection. Not later than 5 years 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall report to 
Congress. In conducting this review:
            (1) The Secretary shall establish a committee composed of 1 
        representative each from the Blackfeet Tribal Business Council, 
        the Blackfeet Tribal traditionalists, and the National Park 
        Service, as well as at least one representative of various 
        concerned user groups, including proportional representation 
        for environmental groups and industry groups. The Committee 
        shall not exceed eleven members. The Blackfeet Tribal Business 
        Council shall choose the 2 Tribal representatives. The 
        Blackfeet Tribal Business Council shall conduct a public 
        meeting to receive recommendations of the community regarding 
        the selection of these members. The committee shall regularly 
        advise the Secretary during the preparation of the report 
        required in this subsection and submit its findings to Congress 
        concurrently with those of the Secretary.
            (2) Special consideration shall be given to the religious, 
        wilderness and wildlife uses of the area, taking into account 
        any treaties the United States has entered into with the 
        Blackfeet Nation.
            (3) In consultation with the committee, the Secretary shall 
        establish a process to provide information to the Tribe and 
        interested public about options for future designation of the 
        Badger-Two Medicine Area.
    (c) Rights.--Nothing in this section shall be construed to 
diminish, prejudice, add to, or otherwise affect the treaty rights of 
the Blackfeet Tribe or the rights of the United States.

SEC. 8. LANDS ADMINISTERED BY BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT.

    (a) Findings.--(1) The Congress has reviewed the suitability of a 
portion of the Axolotl Lakes Wilderness Study Area (MT-076-069, BLM 
Wilderness Study Number) as generally depicted on a map entitled 
``Released portion of Axolotl Lakes WSA'', dated September 1992, for 
wilderness designation and finds that this portion has been 
sufficiently studied for wilderness pursuant to section 603 of the 
Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1782).
    (2) The Congress has reviewed the suitability of the Bitter Creek 
Wilderness Study Area (MT-BLM Wilderness Study Number) as generally 
depicted on a map entitled ``Bitter Creek WSA'', dated June 1993, for 
wilderness pursuant to section 603 of the Federal Land Management and 
Policy Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1782).
    (b) Direction.--The area described in subsection (a) shall no 
longer be subject to the requirement of section 603(c) of the Federal 
Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 pertaining to management in a 
manner that does not impair suitability for preservation as wilderness.
    (c) Administrative Jurisdiction.--Those lands designated as 
wilderness pursuant to paragraphs (3) and (27) of section 3(a) of this 
Act, which, as of the date of enactment of this Act, are administered 
by the Secretary of the Interior as public lands (as defined in the 
Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976), are hereby transferred 
to the jurisdiction of the Secretary of Agriculture, and shall be added 
to and managed as part of the National Forest System, and the 
boundaries of the adjacent National Forests are hereby modified to 
include such lands.
    (d) Land and Water Conservation Fund.--For purposes of section 7 of 
the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 (16 U.S.C. 4601-9), 
the boundaries of affected National Forests, as modified by this 
section, shall be considered to be the boundaries of such National 
Forests as if they were the boundaries of the National Forests as of 
January 1, 1965. Money appropriated from the Land and Water 
Conservation Fund shall be available for the acquisition of lands, 
waters, and interests therein in furtherance of the purposes of this 
Act.

SEC. 9. MONTANA ECOSYSTEM AND ECONOMICS STUDY.

    (a) Purpose.--The purpose of this section is to protect and enhance 
ecological values of the Northern Rockies Ecosystem within the State of 
Montana and to assure that disruptions to communities and local 
economies are minimized through the sustainable use of the natural 
resources in the State of Montana: Provided, That the scope of the 
study shall be limited to the State of Montana. To accomplish the 
purpose, the Secretary shall--
            (1) assess current environmental and economic conditions in 
        the Montana ecosystem;
            (2) evaluate the recent and likely trends in those 
        conditions under current management;
            (3) determine sustainable environmental conditions and 
        economies dependent thereon; and
            (4) identify opportunities and requirements to achieve and 
        improve sustainability of the natural resources and the 
        economy.
    (b) Study.--(1) The Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the 
Forest Service Research Branch, shall undertake a Montana Ecosystem and 
Economics Study (``Study''). In conducting the study, the Forest 
Service shall draw from expertise throughout the Research Branch and 
cooperate with other Federal agencies, relevant State agencies, local 
governments, Tribal governments, and the relevant departments (such as 
biology, ecology, forestry, range, wildlife and fish, recreation, 
business, economics, law, etc.) of public universities in the State of 
Montana.
    (2) The Secretary of Agriculture shall establish an Advisory Panel 
consistent with the Federal Advisory Committee Act to meet to review 
and comment on: (A) the study plan; (B) contractor, background, and 
interim reports, if any; and (C) the final report. The Advisory Panel 
shall represent a balance of groups and individuals interested in or 
affected by natural resource management, in an equitable manner.
    (3) The Study shall address the following topics:
            (A) The current ecological trends and conditions, 
        environmental sustainability within the State of Montana, 
        including but not limited to--
                    (i) air and water quality;
                    (ii) timber quantity, quality, and growth;
                    (iii) rangeland quality;
                    (iv) riparian areas;
                    (v) diversity of native plant and animal species;
                    (vi) connectivity among isolated ecosystems;
                    (vii) uncommon, rare, threatened, and endangered 
                species;
                    (viii) populations of animals for consumptive and 
                nonconsumptive uses;
                    (ix) wilderness areas;
                    (x) dispersed recreation opportunities; and
                    (xi) developed recreation facilities.
            (B) The current contribution of commodity and non-commodity 
        uses and output of natural resources to the local and regional 
        economies, including, but not limited to--
                    (i) distinguishing among the various resource uses 
                and outputs;
                    (ii) examining the distribution of resource-related 
                economic activities among local communities; and
                    (iii) distinguishing the contributions from each 
                landowner class: Federal, State, Tribal, other 
                government, forest industry, other major private 
                corporations, and other private (non-industrial) 
                landowners.
            (C) The sustainable contribution of commodity and non-
        commodity uses and outputs of natural resources, using the same 
        distinctions specified in subparagraph (B), and assuming:
                    (i) achievement of State air and water quality 
                standards; and
                    (ii) maintenance of or increase in the quality of 
                natural resources in the State of Montana, including: 
                the timber available; range lands grazed by livestock; 
                riparian areas; the diversity of plant and animal 
                species; connectivity among isolated ecosystems; 
                uncommon, rare, threatened, and endangered native 
                species; populations of animals for consumptive and 
                nonconsumptive uses; wilderness areas; dispersed 
                recreation opportunities and developed recreation 
                facilities.
            (D) Opportunities to improve environmental conditions that 
        could permit an expansion of the sustainable contribution of 
        commodity and non-commodity uses and outputs of natural 
        resources. The assessment shall identify the financial and non-
        financial costs for the various opportunities, and the likely 
        or possible incidence of those costs. Opportunities shall 
        include each of the following:
                    (i) Increasing desirable natural vegetative growth 
                including: reforestation with native species, thinning 
                and other timber stand modifications, prescribed 
                burning, and seeding or planting native grasses, forbs, 
                and shrubs.
                    (ii) Improving the quality of other biological 
                resources (such as species diversity and animal 
                populations), including: habitat restoration, extended 
                timber rotations, alternative timber harvesting systems 
                and grazing regimes, reserves to protect and improve 
                connectivity among isolated ecosystems, and different 
                standards and methods for road construction, 
                maintenance, closure, and eradication.
                    (iii) Enhancing the quality of non-biological 
                resources (such as recreation trails and facilities, 
                wilderness areas, and watersheds and streams), 
                including: site restoration and rehabilitation, demand 
                management (user regulation and enforcement, marketing 
                to shift timing and location of uses, etc.) and 
                different standards and methods for road construction, 
                maintenance, closure, and eradication.
            (E) Recommendations on investments and practices for 
        agencies responsible for natural resource management.
    (c) Schedule.--(1) The study plan shall be ready for review by the 
Advisory Panel within one year after the enactment of this Act.
    (2) Contractor, background, and interim reports shall be presented 
to the Advisory Panel as they are completed.
    (3) The draft report shall be ready for review by the Advisory 
Panel within 2 years after the Panel's meeting to review the study 
plan. With Advisory Committee input, the Secretary shall arrange peer 
review of the draft report among appropriate independent experts in the 
relevant fields.
    (4) The final report shall be presented to the Committee on 
Interior and Insular Affairs of the United States House of 
Representatives, the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the 
United States Senate, to the Chief of the Forest Service, and to the 
heads of other Federal and State agencies who have jurisdiction over 
wild land management or are responsible for regulating management 
practices or impacts in the State of Montana.

SEC. 10. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS.

    (a) Redesignation.--(1) Those lands comprising the Rattlesnake 
National Recreation Area and Wilderness, as designated in Public Law 
96-476 are hereby redesignated as the ``Rattlesnake National Education 
and Recreation Area and Wilderness''.
    (2) Those lands comprising 200 acres, as generally depicted on a 
map entitled ``West Pioneers Study Deletion--Proposed'', are hereby 
released from study under Public Law 95-150.
    (b) Withdrawal.--Those lands comprising approximately 27,000 acres, 
as generally depicted on a map entitled ``Gibson Reservoir Mineral 
Withdrawal Area--Proposed'', dated October 1992, are hereby withdrawn 
from all forms of entry, appropriation and disposal under the mining 
and public land laws, and disposition under the geothermal and mineral 
leasing laws.
    (c) Acreages.--All acreages cited in this Act are approximate and 
in the event of discrepancies between cited acreage and the lands 
depicted on referenced maps, the maps shall control.
    (d) Access.--It is the policy of Congress that the Forest Service 
acquire and maintain reasonable public access to National Forest System 
lands in the State of Montana.
    (e) Scapegoat and Great Bear Wilderness Names.--In order to 
consolidate existing contiguous wilderness areas, those lands 
comprising the Great Bear Wilderness Area designated by Public Law 95-
946 and any amendments thereto and the Scapegoat Wilderness Area 
designated by Public Law 92-395 and any amendments thereto are hereby 
incorporated in and deemed to be a part of the Bob Marshall Wilderness. 
The designations of the Great Bear Wilderness and Scapegoat Wilderness 
shall refer to units within the Bob Marshall Wilderness.

SEC. 11. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    There are authorized to be appropriated--
            (1) such sums as are necessary for the development of a 
        wilderness education and ranger training complex at the 
        Ninemile Ranger Station, Lolo National Forest, Montana; and
            (2) such sums as are necessary to carry out this Act.

SEC. 12. WILDERNESS REVIEW.

    (a) Findings.--The Congress finds that--
            (1) the Department of Agriculture has studied the 
        suitability of roadless areas for inclusion in the National 
        Wilderness Preservation System; and
            (2) the Congress has made its own review and examination of 
        National Forest System roadless areas in the State of Montana 
        and the environmental impacts associated with alternative 
        allocations of such areas.
    (b) Release.--Those National Forest System lands in the State of 
Montana which were not designated as wilderness, special management, 
national recreation, or wilderness study areas by this Act shall be 
managed for multiple use in accordance with land and resource 
management plans developed pursuant to section 6 of the forest and 
Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974, as amended by the 
National Forest Management Act of 1976, and other applicable law, and 
those areas need not be managed for the purpose of protecting their 
suitability for wilderness designation prior to or during revision of 
the land and resource management plans.
    (c) Plan Revisions.--In the event that revised land management 
plans in the State of Montana are implemented pursuant to section 6 of 
the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974, as 
amended by the National Forest Management Act of 1976, and other 
applicable law, areas not recommended for wilderness designation, need 
not be managed for the purpose of protecting their suitability for 
wilderness designation prior to or during revision of such plans, and 
areas recommended for wilderness designation shall be managed for the 
purpose of protecting their suitability for wilderness designation.
    (d) Further Review.--Unless expressly authorized by Congress, the 
Department of Agriculture shall not conduct any further statewide 
roadless area review and evaluation of National Forest System lands in 
the State of Montana for the purpose of determining their suitability 
for inclusion in the National Wilderness Preservation System.
    (e) Previous Plans.--Except as specifically provided in sections 3, 
5, 6, and 7 of this Act and in Public Law 95-150, with respect to the 
National Forest System lands in the State of Montana which were 
reviewed by the Department of Agriculture under Public Law 94-557, the 
unit plans that were in effect prior to completion of RARE II, the 1978 
Forest Plan for the Beaverhead National Forest, that such reviews shall 
be deemed an adequate consideration of the suitability of such lands 
for inclusion in the National Wilderness Preservation System, and the 
Department of Agriculture shall not be required to review the 
wilderness option prior to the revision of the Land and Resource 
Management Plans.
    (f) Revisions.--As used in this section, and as provided in section 
6 of the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act, as 
amended by the National Foreign Management Act, the term ``revision'' 
shall not include an amendment to a land and resource management plan.
    (g) Size.--The provisions of this section shall apply to those 
National Forest System roadless lands in the State of Montana which are 
less than 5,000 acres in size.
    (h) Wilderness Suitability Review.--Except as provided in Public 
Law 95-150, the wilderness suitability review and evaluation of 
national forest system lands in the State of Montana completed as a 
part of Land and Resource Management Plans that were completed prior to 
the enactment of this Act, constitute an adequate consideration of the 
suitability of such lands for inclusion in the National Wilderness 
Preservation System and the Department of Agriculture shall not be 
required to review the wilderness option prior to the revision of the 
plans, but shall review the wilderness option when the plans are 
revised, which revisions will ordinarily occur on a 10-year cycle, or 
at least every 15 years, unless, prior to such time the Secretary finds 
that conditions in a unit have significantly changed.

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