[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 843 Referred in Senate (RFS)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                               H. R. 843


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                May 13 (legislative day, April 19), 1993

   Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and 
                           Natural Resources

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                                 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are withdrawn from entry, location, or patent under the general mining 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.

            Passed the House of Representatives May 11, 1993.

            Attest:

                                           DONNALD K. ANDERSON,

                                                                 Clerk.