[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 631 Introduced in House (IH)]
103d CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 631
To designate certain lands in the State of Colorado as components of
the National Wilderness Preservation System, and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
January 26, 1993
Mr. Skaggs (for himself, Mr. McInnis, and Mrs. Schroeder) introduced
the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural
Resources
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A BILL
To designate certain lands in the State of Colorado as components of
the National Wilderness Preservation System, 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 cited as the ``Colorado Wilderness Act of 1993''.
SEC. 2. ADDITIONS TO THE WILDERNESS PRESERVATION SYSTEM.
(a) Additions.--The following lands in the State of Colorado are
hereby designated as wilderness and, therefore, as components of the
National Wilderness Preservation System:
(1) Certain lands in the Gunnison Basin Resource Area
administered by the Bureau of Land Management which comprise
approximately 3,390 acres, as generally depicted on a map
entitled ``America Flats Additions to the Big Blue Wilderness-
Proposal (American Flats)'', dated January, 1993, and which are
hereby incorporated in and shall be deemed to be a part of the
wilderness area designated by Public Law 96-560 and renamed
``Uncompahgre Wilderness'' by section 3(f) of this Act.
(2) Certain lands in the Gunnison Resource Area
administered by the Bureau of Land Management which comprise
approximately 815 acres, as generally depicted on a map
entitled ``Bill Hare Gulch and Larson Creek Additions to the
Big Blue Wilderness'', dated January, 1993, and which are
hereby incorporated in and shall be deemed to be a part of the
wilderness area designated by Public Law 96-560 and renamed
``Uncompahgre Wilderness'' by section 3(f) of this Act.
(3) Certain lands in the Pike and San Isabel National
Forests which comprise approximately 43,410 acres, as generally
depicted on a map entitled ``Buffalo Peaks Wilderness
Proposal'', dated January, 1993, and which shall be known as
the Buffalo Peaks Wilderness.
(4) Certain lands in the Gunnison National Forest and in
the Bureau of Land Management Powderhorn Primitive Area which
comprise approximately 60,100 acres as generally depicted on a
map entitled ``Powderhorn Wilderness Proposal'', dated January,
1993, and which shall be known as the Powderhorn Wilderness.
(5) Certain lands in the Routt National Forest which
comprise approximately 20,750 acres, as generally depicted on a
map entitled ``Davis Peak Additions to Mount Zirkel Wilderness
Proposal'', dated January, 1993, and which are hereby
incorporated in and shall be deemed to be a part of the Mount
Zirkel Wilderness designated by Public Law 88-555.
(6) Certain lands in the Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre, and
Gunnison National Forests which comprise approximately 33,060
acres as generally depicted on a map entitled ``Fossil Ridge
Wilderness Proposal'', dated January, 1993, and which shall be
known as the Wren and Tim Wirth Wilderness Area.
(7) Certain lands in the San Isabel National Forest which
comprise approximately 22,040 acres as generally depicted on a
map entitled ``Greenhorn Mountain Wilderness Proposal'', dated
January, 1993, and which shall be known as the Greenhorn
Mountain Wilderness.
(8) Certain lands within the Pike and San Isabel National
Forests which comprise approximately 14,700 acres, as generally
depicted on a map entitled ``Lost Creek Wilderness Addition
Proposal'', dated January, 1993, which are hereby incorporated
in and shall be deemed to be a part of the Lost Creek
Wilderness designated by Public Law 96-560: Provided, That the
Secretary of Agriculture (hereinafter in this Act referred to
as the ``Secretary'') is authorized to acquire, only by
donation or exchange, various mineral reservations held by the
State of Colorado within the boundaries of the Lost Creek
Wilderness additions designated by this Act.
(9) Certain lands in the Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre, and the
Gunnison National Forests which comprise approximately 5,500
acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled ``Oh-Be-Joyful
Addition to the Raggeds Wilderness Proposal'', dated January,
1993, and which are hereby incorporated in and shall be deemed
to be a part of the Raggeds Wilderness designated by Public Law
96-560.
(10) Certain lands in the Rio Grande National Forest which
comprise approximately 226,455 acres, as generally depicted on
a map entitled ``Sangre de Cristo Wilderness Proposal'', dated
January, 1993, and which shall be known as the Sangre de Cristo
Wilderness.
(11) Certain lands in the Routt National Forest which
comprise approximately 47,140 acres, as generally depicted on a
map entitled ``Sarvis Creek Wilderness Proposal (Sarvis Creek
Wilderness)'', dated January, 1993, which shall be known as the
Sarvis Creek Wilderness: Provided, That the Secretary is
authorized to acquire by purchase, donation, or exchange, lands
or interests therein within the boundaries of the Sarvis Creek
Wilderness only with the consent of the owner thereof.
(12) Certain lands in the San Juan National Forest which
comprise approximately 31,100 acres, as generally depicted on a
map entitled ``South San Juan Wilderness Expansion Proposal''
(V-Rock Trail and Montezuma Peak), dated January, 1993, and
which are hereby incorporated in and shall be deemed to be a
part of the South San Juan Wilderness designated by Public Law
96-560.
(13) Certain lands in the White River National Forest which
comprise approximately 8,330 acres, as generally depicted on a
map entitled ``Spruce Creek Additions to the Hunter-Fryingpan
Wilderness Proposal'', dated January, 1993, and which hereby
incorporated in and shall be deemed to be part of the Hunter
Fryingpan Wilderness designated by Public Law 95-327: Provided,
That no right, or claim of right, to the diversion and use of
the waters of Hunter Creek, the Fryingpan or Roaring Fork
Rivers, or any tributaries of said creeks or rivers, by the
Fryingpan-Arkansas Project, Public Law 87-590, and the
reauthorization thereof by Public Law 93-193, as modified as
proposed in the September 1959 report of the Bureau of
Reclamation entitled ``Ruedi Dam and Reservoir, Colorado'', and
as further modified and described in the description of the
proposal contained in the final environmental statement for
said project, dated April 16, 1975, under the laws of the State
of Colorado, shall be prejudiced, expanded, diminished,
altered, or affected by this Act. Nothing in this Act shall be
construed to expand, abate, impair, impede, or interfere with
the construction, maintenance, or repair of said Fryingpan-
Arkansas Project facilities, nor the operation thereof,
pursuant to the Operating Principles, House Document 187,
Eighty-third Congress, and pursuant to the water laws of the
State of Colorado: Provided further, That nothing in this Act
shall be construed to impede, limit, or prevent the use by the
Fryingpan-Arkansas Project of its diversion systems to their
full extent.
(14) Certain lands in the Arapaho National Forest which
comprise approximately 8,095 acres, as generally depicted on a
map entitled ``Byers Peak Wilderness Proposal'', dated January,
1993, and which shall be known as the Byers Peak Wilderness.
(15) Certain lands in the Arapaho National Forest which
comprise approximately 12,300 acres, as generally depicted on a
map entitled ``Vasquez Peak Wilderness Proposal'', dated
January, 1993, and which shall be known as the Vasquez Peak
Wilderness.
(16) Certain lands in the San Juan National Forest which
comprise approximately 28,740 acres, as generally depicted on a
map entitled ``West Needle Wilderness Proposal and Weminuche
Additions'', dated January, 1993, and which are hereby
incorporated in and shall be deemed to be a part of the
Weminuche Wilderness designated by Public Law 93-632.
(17) Certain lands in the Rio Grande National Forest which
comprise approximately 25,640 acres, as generally depicted on a
map entitled ``Wheeler Additions to the La Garita Wilderness
Proposal'', dated January, 1993, and which shall be
incorporated into and shall be deemed to be a part of the La
Garita Wilderness.
(18) Certain lands in the Arapaho National Forest which
comprise approximately 13,175 acres, as generally depicted on a
map entitled ``Farr Wilderness Proposal'', dated January, 1993,
and which shall be known as the Ptarmigan Peak Wilderness.
(19) Certain lands in the Arapaho National Forest which
comprise approximately 6,990 acres, as generally depicted on a
map entitled ``Bowen Gulch Additions to Never Summer Wilderness
Proposal'', dated January, 1993, which are hereby incorporated
into and shall be deemed to be a part of the Never Summer
Wilderness.
(b) Maps and Descriptions.--As soon as practicable after the date
of enactment of this Act, the appropriate Secretary shall file a map
and a legal description of each area designated as wilderness by this
Act with the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the United
States Senate and the Committee on Natural Resources of the United
States House of Representatives. Each map and description shall have
the same force and effect as if included in this Act, except that the
Secretary is authorized to correct clerical and typographical errors in
such legal descriptions and maps. Such maps and legal descriptions
shall be on file and available for public inspection in the Office of
the Chief of Forest Service, Department of Agriculture and the Office
of the Director of the Bureau of Land Management, Department of the
Interior, as appropriate.
SEC. 3. ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS.
(a) In General.--(1) Subject to valid existing rights, lands
designated as wilderness by this Act shall be managed by the Secretary
of Agriculture or the Secretary of the Interior (in the case of the
portion of Powderhorn Wilderness managed by the Bureau of Land
Management) in accordance with the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et
seq.) and this Act, except that, with respect to any wilderness areas
designated by this Act, any reference in the Wilderness Act to the
effective date of the Wilderness Act shall be deemed to be a reference
to the date of enactment of this Act.
(2) Administrative jurisdiction over those lands designated as
wilderness pursuant to paragraph (2) of section 2(a) of this Act, and
which, as of the date of enactment of this Act, are administered by the
Bureau of Land Management, is hereby transferred to the Forest Service.
(b) Grazing.--Grazing of livestock in wilderness areas designated
by this Act shall be administered in accordance with the provisions of
section 4(d)(4) of the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1133(d)(4)), as
further interpreted by section 108 of Public Law 96-560, and, as
regards wilderness managed by the Bureau of Land Management, the
guidelines set forth in Appendix A of House Report 101-405 of the 101st
Congress.
(c) State Jurisdiction.--As provided in section 4(d)(7) of the
Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1133(d)(7)), nothing in this Act shall be
construed as affecting the jurisdiction or responsibilities of the
State of Colorado with respect to wildlife and fish in Colorado.
(d) Conforming Amendment.--Section 2(e) of the Endangered American
Wilderness Act of 1978 (92 Stat. 41) is amended by striking ``Subject
to'' and all that follows through ``System''.
(e) Buffer Zones.--Congress does not intend that the designation by
this Act of wilderness areas in the State of Colorado creates or
implies the creation of protective perimeters or buffer zones around
any wilderness area. The fact that nonwilderness activities or uses can
be seen or heard from within a wilderness area shall not, of itself,
preclude such activities or uses up to the boundary of the wilderness
area.
(f) Wilderness Name Change.--The wilderness area designated as
``Big Blue Wilderness'' by section 102(a)(1) of Public Law 96-560, and
the additions thereto made by paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 2(a) of
this Act, shall hereafter be known as the Uncompahgre Wilderness. Any
reference to the Big Blue Wilderness in any law, regulation, map,
document, record, or other paper of the United States shall be
considered to be a reference to the Uncompahgre Wilderness.
(g)(1) For the purpose 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 subsection, shall be
considered to be the boundaries of such National Forests as of January
1, 1965.
(2) Nothing in this subsection shall affect valid existing rights
of any person under the authority of law.
(3) Authorizations to use lands transferred by this subsection
which were issued prior to the date of enactment of this Act, shall
remain subject to the laws and regulations under which they were
issued, to the extent consistent with this Act. Such authorizations
shall be administered by the Secretary of Agriculture. Any renewal or
extension of such authorizations shall be subject to the laws and
regulations pertaining to the Forest Service, Department of
Agriculture, and the applicable law, including this Act. The change of
administrative jurisdiction resulting from the enactment of this
subsection shall not in itself constitute a basis for denying or
approving the renewal or reissuance of any such authorization.
SEC. 4. WILDERNESS RELEASE.
(a) Repeal of Wilderness Study Provisions.--Sections 105 and 106 of
the Act of December 22, 1980 (Public Law 96-560), are hereby repealed.
(b) Initial Plans.--Section 107(b)(2) of the Act of December 22,
1980 (Public Law 96-560), is amended by striking out ``, except those
lands remaining in further planning upon enactment of this Act, areas
listed in section 105 and 106 of this Act, or previously
congressionally designated wilderness study areas,''.
SEC. 5. FOSSIL RIDGE RECREATION MANAGEMENT AREA.
(a) Establishment.--(1) In order to conserve, protect, and enhance
the scenic, wildlife, recreational, and other natural resource values
of the Fossil Ridge area, there is hereby established the Fossil Ridge
Recreation Management Area (hereinafter referred to as the ``recreation
management area'').
(2) The recreation management area shall consist of certain lands
in the Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre, and Gunnison National Forests,
Colorado, which comprise approximately 43,900 acres as generally
depicted as ``Area A'' on a map entitled, ``Fossil Ridge Wilderness
Proposal'', dated January, 1993.
(b) Administration.--The Secretary of Agriculture shall administer
the recreation management area in accordance with this section and the
laws and regulations generally applicable to the National Forest
System.
(c) Withdrawal.--Subject to valid existing rights, all lands within
the recreation management area are hereby withdrawn from all forms of
entry, appropriation, or disposal under the public land laws, from
location, entry, and patent under the mining laws, and from disposition
under the mineral and geothermal leasing laws, including all amendments
thereto.
(d) Timber Harvesting.--No timber harvesting shall be allowed
within the recreation management area except for any minimum necessary
to protect the forest from insects and disease, and for public safety.
(e) Livestock Grazing.--The designation of the recreation
management area shall not be construed to prohibit, or change the
administration of, the grazing of livestock within the recreation
management area.
(f) Development.--No developed campgrounds shall be constructed
within the recreation management area. After the date of enactment of
this Act, no new roads or trails may be constructed within the
recreation management area.
(g) Off-Road Recreation.--Motorized travel shall be permitted
within the recreation management area only on those designated trails
and routes existing as of July 1, 1991.
SEC. 6. BOWEN GULCH PROTECTION AREA.
(a) Establishment.--(1) There is hereby established in the Arapaho
National Forest, Colorado, the Bowen Gulch Protection Area (hereinafter
in this Act referred to as the ``protection area'').
(2) The protection area shall consist of certain lands in the
Arapaho National Forest, Colorado, which comprise approximately 11,600
acres as generally depicted as ``Area A'' on a map entitled ``Bowen
Gulch Additions to Never Summer Wilderness Proposal'', dated January,
1993.
(b) Administration.--The Secretary shall administer the protection
area in accordance with this section and the laws and regulations
generally applicable to the National Forest System.
(c) Withdrawal.--Subject to valid existing rights, all lands within
the protection area are hereby withdrawn from all forms of entry,
appropriation, or disposal under the public land laws, from location,
entry, and patent under the mining laws, and from disposition under the
mineral and geothermal leasing laws, including all amendments thereto.
(d) Development.--No developed campgrounds shall be constructed
within the protection area. After the date of enactment of this Act, no
new roads or trails may be constructed within the protection area.
(e) Timber Harvesting.--No timber harvesting shall be allowed
within the protection area except for any minimum necessary to protect
the forest from insects and disease, and for public safety.
(f) Motorized Travel.--Motorized travel shall be permitted within
the protection area only on those designated trails and routes existing
as of July 1, 1991, and only during periods of adequate snow cover. At
all other times, mechanized, non-motorized travel shall be permitted
within the protection area.
(g) Management Plan.--During the preparation of the revision of the
Land and Resource Management Plan for the Arapaho National Forest, the
Forest Service shall develop a management plan for the protection area,
after providing for public consultation.
SEC. 7. OTHER LANDS.
Nothing in this Act shall affect ownership or use of lands or
interests therein not owned by the United States or access to such
lands available under other applicable law.
SEC. 8. 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 few, if any, actual or proposed water resource
facilities located upstream from such lands and few, if any,
opportunities for diversion, storage, or other uses of water
occurring outside such lands that would adversely affect the
wilderness values of such lands; and
(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 wilderness value of such lands
in ways different from those utilized in other legislation
designating 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 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, 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.
(b) Restrictions on Rights and Disclaimer of Effect.--(1) Neither
the Secretary, nor any other officer, employee, representative, or
agent of the United States, nor any other person, shall assert in any
court or agency, nor shall any court or agency consider, any claim to
or for water or water rights in the State of Colorado, which is 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 constitute or be construed to
constitute either an express or implied reservation of any water or
water rights with respect to the Piedra, Roubideau, and Tabeguache
areas identified in section 9 of this Act, or the Bowen Gulch
Protection Area or the Fossil Ridge Recreation Management Area
identified in sections 5 and 6 of this Act.
(B) Nothing in this Act shall be construed as a creation,
recognition, disclaimer, relinquishment, or reduction of any water
rights or the United States in the State of Colorado existing before
the date of enactment of this Act, except as provided in subsection
(g)(2) of this section.
(C) Except as provided in subsection (g) of this section, nothing
in this Act shall be construed as constituting an interpretation of any
other Act or any designation made by or pursuant thereto.
(D) Nothing in this section shall be construed as establishing a
precedent with regard to any future wilderness designations.
(c) New or Expanded Projects.--(1) 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 the development of any new water resource facility within
the areas described in sections 2, 5, 6 and 9 of this Act or the
enlargement of any water resource facility within the areas described
in sections 2, 5, 6 and 9 of this Act.
(d) Access and Operation.--(1) Subject to the provisions of this
subsection (d), the Secretary shall allow reasonable access to water
resource facilities in existence on the date of enactment of this Act
within the areas described in sections 2, 5, 6 and 9 of this Act,
including motorized access where necessary and customarily employed on
routes existing as of the date of enactment of this Act.
(2) Existing access routes within such areas customarily employed
as of the date of enactment of this Act may be used, maintained,
repaired, and replaced to the extent necessary to maintain their
present function, design, and serviceable operation, so long as such
activities have no increased adverse impacts on the resources and
values of the areas described in sections 2, 5, 6 and 9 of this Act
than existed as of the date of enactment of this Act.
(3) Subject to the provisions of subsections (c) and (d), the
Secretary shall allow water resource facilities existing on the date of
enactment of this Act within areas described in sections 2, 5, 6 and 9
of this Act to be used, operated, maintained, repaired, and replaced to
the extent necessary for the continued exercise, in accordance with
Colorado state law, of vested water rights adjudicated for use in
connection with such facilities by a court of competent jurisdiction
prior to the date of enactment of this Act; Provided, That the impact
of an existing facility on the water resources and values of the area
shall not be increased as a result of changes in the adjudicated type
of use of such facility as of the date of enactment of this Act.
(4) Water resource facilities, and access routes serving such
facilities, existing within the areas described in sections 2, 5, 6 and
9 of this Act 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 the resources and values of the areas described in
sections 2, 5, 6 and 9 of this Act.
(e) Except as provided in subsections (c) and (d) of this section,
the provisions of this Act related to the areas described in sections
2, 5, 6, and 9 of this Act, and the inclusion in the National
wilderness Preservation System of the areas described in section 2 of
this Act, shall not be construed to affect or limit the use, operation,
maintenance, repair, modification, or replacement of water resources
facilities in existence on the date of enactment of this Act within the
boundaries of the areas described in sections 2, 5, 6, and 9 of this
Act.
(f) Monitoring and Implementation.--The Secretaries of Agriculture
and the Interior shall monitor the operation of and access to water
resource facilities within the areas described in sections 2, 5, 6, and
9 of this Act and take all steps necessary to implement the provisions
of this section.
(g) Interstate Compacts and North Platte River.--(1) Nothing in
this Act, and nothing in any previous Act designating any lands as
wilderness, shall be construed as limiting, altering, modifying, or
amending any of the interstate compacts or equitable apportionment
decrees that apportion water among and between the State of Colorado
and other States. Except as expressly provided in this section, nothing
in this Act shall affect or limit the development or use by existing
and future holders of vested water rights of Colorado's full
apportionment of such waters.
(2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, neither the
Secretary nor any other officer, employee, or agent of the United
States, or any other person, shall assert in any court or agency of the
United States or any other jurisdiction any rights, and no court or
agency of the United States shall consider any claim or defense
asserted by any person based upon such rights, which may be determined
to have been established for waters of the North Platte River for
purposes of the Platte River Wilderness Area established by Public Law
98-550, located on the Colorado-Wyoming state boundary, to the extent
such rights would limit the use or development of water within Colorado
by present and future holders of vested water rights in the North
Platte River and its tributaries, to the full extent allowed under
interstate compact or United States Supreme Court equitable decree. Any
such rights shall be exercised as if junior to, in a manner so as not
to prevent, the use or development of Colorado's full entitlement to
interstate waters of the North Platte River and its tributaries within
Colorado allowed under interstate compact or United States Supreme
Court equitable decree.
SEC. 9. PIEDRA, ROUBIDEAU, AND TABEGUACHE AREAS.
(a) Areas.--The provisions of this section shall apply to the
following areas:
(1) Certain lands in the San Juan National Forest,
comprising approximately 62,550 acres as generally depicted on
the map entitled ``Piedra Area'' dated January, 1993; and
(2) Certain lands in the Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre, and
Gunnison National Forests, comprising approximately 19,650
acres, as generally depicted on the map entitled ``Roubideau
Area'' dated January, 1993; and
(3) Certain lands in the Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre, and
Gunnison National Forests and in the Montrose District of the
Bureau of Land Management, comprising approximately 17,240
acres, as generally depicted on the map entitled ``Tabeguache
Area'' dated January, 1993.
(b) Management.--(1) Subject to valid existing rights, the areas
described in subsection (a) are withdrawn from all forms of location,
leasing, patent, disposition, or disposal under public land, mining,
and mineral and geothermal leasing laws of the United States.
(2) The areas described in subsection (a) shall not be subject to
any obligation to further study such lands for wilderness designation.
(3) Until Congress determines otherwise, and subject to the
provisions of section 8 of this Act, activities within such areas shall
be managed by the Secretary of Agriculture and Secretary of the
Interior so as to maintain the areas' presently existing wilderness
character and potential for the inclusion in the National Wilderness
Preservation System.
(4) Livestock grazing in such areas shall be permitted and managed
to the same extent and in the same manner as of the date of enactment
of this Act. Except as provided by this Act, mechanized or motorized
travel shall not be permitted in such areas; Provided, That the
Secretary may permit motorized travel on trail number 535 in the San
Juan National Forest during periods of adequate snow cover.
(c) Data Collection.--The Secretary of Agriculture and the
Secretary of the Interior, in consultation with the Colorado Water
Conservation Board, shall compile data concerning the water resources
of the areas described in subsection (a), and existing and proposed
water resource facilities affecting such values.
SEC. 10. SPANISH PEAKS FURTHER PLANNING AREA STUDY.
(a) Report.--Not later than three years from the date of enactment
of this Act, the Secretary shall report to the Committee on Natural
Resources of the United States House of Representatives and the
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the United States Senate
on the status of private property interests located within the Spanish
Peaks further planning area of the Pike-San Isabel National Forest in
Colorado.
(b) Contents of Report.--The report required by this section shall
identify the location of all private property situated within the
exterior boundaries of the Spanish Peaks area; the nature of such
property interests; the acreage of such private property interests; and
the Secretary's views on whether the owners of said properties would be
willing to enter into either a sale or exchange of these properties at
fair market value if such a transaction became available in the near
future.
(c) No authorization of eminent domain. Nothing contained in this
Act authorizes, and nothing in this Act shall be construed to
authorize, the acquisition of real property by eminent domain.
(d) For a period of three years from the date of enactment of this
Act, the Secretary shall manage the Spanish Peaks Further Planning Area
as provided by the Colorado Wilderness Act of 1980.
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