[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
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[S. 658 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 658

 To expand the boundary of the Santa Fe National Forest, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

               March 31 (legislative day, March 27), 1995

 Mr. Bingaman introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
       referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
 To expand the boundary of the Santa Fe National Forest, 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 ``Santa Fe National Forest Boundary 
Adjustment Act of 1995''.

SEC. 2. BOUNDARY MODIFICATION.

    The boundary of the Santa Fe National Forest is modified and 
expanded as generally depicted on a map entitled ``Santa Fe National 
Forest Boundary Expansion 1994'', dated July 19, 1994. The map shall be 
on file and available for public inspection in the office of the Chief 
of the Forest Service.

SEC. 3. ATALAYA PEAK EXCHANGES.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of the Interior may exchange public 
land and interests in land managed by the Director of the Bureau of 
Land Management for private land and interests in land depicted on the 
map described in section 2.
    (b) Withdrawal.--Upon the acquisition of land under subsection (a) 
by the Secretary of the Interior, and subject to valid existing rights, 
such land is withdrawn from--
            (1) all forms of entry, appropriation, or disposal under 
        the public land laws;
            (2) location, entry, and patent under the mining laws; and
            (3) disposition under all laws pertaining to mineral and 
        geothermal leasing.

SEC. 4. EXCHANGE OF FEDERAL LANDS IN NEW MEXICO.

    (a) Identification of Lands.--In conjunction with the exchange of 
lands under section 3, the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary 
of the Interior shall identify federally owned lands and interests in 
land that are within the boundary of the Santa Fe National Forest on 
the date of enactment of this Act and are suitable for transfer to and 
administration by the Bureau of Land Management. The identification of 
National Forest System land available for transfer shall be made under 
criteria that are mutually agreeable to the Secretaries.
    (b) Lands Acquired for the Bureau of Land Management.--
            (1) Transfer by secretary of agriculture.--The Secretary of 
        Agriculture shall transfer to the Secretary of the Interior, 
        acting through the Director of the Bureau of Land Management, 
        lands and interests in land identified under subsection (a). 
        The transfer shall be effective on publication in the Federal 
        Register of notice of the transfer that identifies the lands 
        and interests in land.
            (2) Boundary modification.--The boundary of the Santa Fe 
        National Forest shall be modified as of the date of notice 
        under paragraph (1) to exclude lands and interests in land that 
        are transferred to the Secretary of the Interior.
            (3) Management.--Lands transferred under paragraph (1) 
        shall be administered by the Director of the Bureau of Land 
        Management as part of the public lands (as defined in section 
        103(e) of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 
        (43 U.S.C. 1702(e))).
    (c) Lands Acquired for the Forest Service.--
            (1) Addition to sante fe national forest.--Lands and 
        interests in land--
                    (A) acquired by the Secretary of the Interior under 
                section 3; or
                    (B) acquired by the Secretary of Agriculture within 
                the areas identified as ``potential acquisition'' on 
                the map described in section 2,
        shall, upon acquisition, be added to and administered as part 
        of the Santa Fe National Forest in accordance with the laws 
        relating to the National Forest System.
            (2) Management.--The Secretary of Agriculture shall manage 
        lands and interests in land described in paragraph (1) 
        primarily to preserve open space and scenic values and to 
        preclude development.
            (3) Availability of certain funds.--For the purposes of 
        section 7(a)(1) of the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 
        1965 (16 U.S.C. 460l-9(a)(1)), the boundary of the Santa Fe 
        National Forest, as modified under this Act, shall be treated 
        as if it had been the boundary as of January 1, 1965.

SEC. 5. SAVINGS PROVISION.

    (a) In General.--Nothing in this Act shall affect the authority of 
the Secretary of Agriculture to acquire lands in New Mexico by purchase 
or exchange.
    (b) Management.--Notwithstanding the Act of June 15, 1926 (16 
U.S.C. 471a), all lands acquired before, on, or after the date of 
enactment of this Act by the exchange of National Forest lands shall be 
managed as a part of the National Forest System.

SEC. 6. IMPLEMENTATION.

    The procedures used in carrying out the land transfers under this 
Act shall be the procedures agreed to between the Secretary of the 
Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture.
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