[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 843 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]
H.R.843
One Hundred Third Congress
of the
United States of America
AT THE FIRST SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,
the fifth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and ninety-three
An Act
To withdraw certain lands located in the Coronado National Forest from
the mining and mineral leasing laws of the United States, 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 ``Cave Creek Canyon Protection Act of
1993''.
SEC. 2. WITHDRAWAL OF LANDS WITHIN CAVE CREEK CANYON DRAINAGE.
(a) Withdrawal.--Subject to valid existing rights, after the date of
enactment of this Act lands within the Cave Creek Canyon Drainage are
withdrawn from entry, location, or patent under the general mining laws,
the operation of the mineral and geothermal leasing laws and the mineral
material disposal laws.
(b) Definition.--For the purposes of this Act, the term ``Cave Creek
Canyon Drainage'' means lands and interest in lands owned by the United
States within the area depicted on the map of record entitled ``Cave
Creek Mineral Withdrawal'', dated November 1, 1991. The map shall be on
file and available for public inspection in the offices of the Forest
Service, Department of Agriculture.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.