[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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