[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
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[H.R. 3035 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3035

To designate certain lands in the State of Utah as wilderness, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 7, 1999

  Mr. Hansen introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                         Committee on Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
To designate certain lands in the State of Utah as wilderness, 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; TABLE OF CONTENTS.

    (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Utah National 
Parks and Public Lands Wilderness Act''.
    (b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents of this Act is as 
follows:

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
      TITLE I--WILDERNESS AREAS IN UTAH NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM LANDS

Sec. 101. Findings.
Sec. 102. Designation of wilderness areas.
Sec. 103. Administration.
Sec. 104. Water rights.
Sec. 105. Adjacent management.
Sec. 106. Overflights.
Sec. 107. Authorization of appropriations.
                    TITLE II--PUBLIC LAND WILDERNESS

Sec. 201. Designation of wilderness.
Sec. 202. Administration of wilderness areas.
Sec. 203. Wilderness release.
Sec. 204. Adjacent management.
Sec. 205. Withdrawal.
Sec. 206. Authorization of appropriations.

      TITLE I--WILDERNESS AREAS IN UTAH NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM LANDS

SEC. 101. FINDINGS.

    The Congress finds that the National Parks of Utah contain unique 
and spectacular natural resources. These areas contain priceless 
habitat for numerous species of wildlife, thousands of acres of 
pristine lands that remain in their natural state. Continued 
preservation of these areas would benefit both Utah and all of the 
United States by ensuring the protection of ecologically diverse 
habitat and by conserving valuable resources for primitive recreation.

SEC. 102. DESIGNATION OF WILDERNESS AREAS.

    (a) Arches National Park.--In furtherance of the purposes of the 
Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), certain Federal lands within 
Arches National Park in the State of Utah, totaling approximately 
63,591 acres as generally depicted on the map entitled ``Arches 
National Park Wilderness Plan'', dated ____, are hereby designated as 
wilderness and therefore as components of the National Wilderness 
Preservation System. The lands shall be known as the Arches National 
Park Wilderness.
    (b) Bryce Canyon National Park.--In furtherance of the purposes of 
the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), certain Federal lands 
within Bryce Canyon National Park in the State of Utah, totaling 
approximately 24,159 acres as generally depicted on the map entitled 
``Bryce Canyon National Park Wilderness Plan'', dated ____, are hereby 
designated as wilderness and therefore components of the National 
Wilderness Preservation System. The lands shall be known as the Bryce 
Canyon National Park Wilderness.
    (c) Canyonlands National Park.--In furtherance of the purposes of 
the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), certain Federal lands 
within Canyonlands National Park in the State of Utah, totaling 
approximately 308,492 acres as generally depicted on the map entitled 
``Canyonlands National Park Wilderness Plan'', dated ____, are hereby 
designated as wilderness and therefore as components of the National 
Wilderness Preservation System. The lands shall be known as the 
Canyonlands National Park Wilderness.
    (d) Capitol Reef National Park.--In furtherance of the purposes of 
the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), certain Federal lands 
within the Capitol Reef National Park in the State of Utah, totaling 
approximately 162,637 acres as generally depicted on the map entitled 
``Capitol Reef National Park Wilderness Plan'', dated ____, are hereby 
designated as wilderness and therefore as components of the National 
Wilderness Preservation system. The lands shall be known as the Capitol 
Reef National Park Wilderness.
    (e) Cedar Breaks National Monument.--In furtherance of the purposes 
of the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), certain Federal lands 
within the Cedar Breaks National Monument in the State of Utah, 
totaling approximately 4,818 acres as generally depicted on the map 
entitled ``Cedar Breaks National Monument Wilderness Plan'', dated 
____, are hereby designated as wilderness and therefore as components 
of the National Wilderness Preservation System. The lands shall be 
known as the Cedar Breaks National Monument Wilderness.
    (f) Dinosaur National Monument.--In furtherance of the purposes of 
the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), certain Federal lands 
within Dinosaur National Monument in the State of Utah, totaling 
approximately 37,277 acres as generally depicted on the map entitled 
``Dinosaur National Monument Wilderness Plan'', dated ____, are hereby 
designated as wilderness and therefore as components of the National 
Wilderness Preservation System. The lands shall be known as the 
Dinosaur National Monument Wilderness.
    (g) Glen Canyon National Recreation Areas.--In furtherance of the 
purposes of the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), certain 
Federal lands within the Glen Canyon National Recreation Area in the 
State of Utah, totaling approximately 590,905 acres as generally 
depicted on the map entitled ``Glen Canyon National Recreation Area 
Wilderness Plan'', dated ____, are hereby designated as wilderness and 
therefore as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System. 
The lands shall be known as the Glen Canyon National Recreation Area 
Wilderness.
    (h) Zion National Park.--In furtherance of the purposes of the 
Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), certain Federal lands within 
Zion National Park in the State of Utah, totaling approximately 138,421 
acres as generally depicted on the map entitled ``Zion National Park 
Wilderness Plan'', dated ____, are hereby designated as wilderness and 
therefore as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System. 
The lands shall be known as the Zion National Park Wilderness.

SEC. 103. ADMINISTRATION.

    (a) Wilderness Area Administration.--Subject to valid existing 
rights, each area designated as wilderness by this title shall be 
administered by the Secretary of the Interior (in this title referred 
to as the ``Secretary'') in accordance with the management plan of the 
unit of the National Park System in which the area is located and with 
the provisions of the Wilderness Act governing areas designated by that 
Act as wilderness, except that any reference in such provision to the 
effective date shall be deemed to be a reference to the date of the 
enactment of this Act.
    (b) Map and Description.--As soon as practicable after enactment of 
this Act, the Secretary shall file a map and a legal description of 
each wilderness area designated by this title with the Committee on 
Resources of the House of Representatives and with the Committee on 
Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate. Each map and description 
shall have the same force and effect as if included in this title, 
except that correction of clerical and typographical errors in a map or 
legal description may be made. Each map and legal description shall be 
on file and available for public inspection in the Office of the 
Director of the National Park Service, Department of the Interior.
    (c) Maintenance of Activities.--Nothing in this title shall be 
construed in any way to terminate or otherwise affect the exercise of 
any valid right or privilege existing as of the date of enactment of 
this Act. In the exercise of such rights or privileges, traditional 
access shall be allowed where necessary or historically employed on 
existing routes.
    (d) Livestock.--Within the wilderness areas designated under 
section 102, the grazing of livestock, where established prior to the 
date of enactment of this Act, shall be permitted to continue subject 
to such reasonable regulations, policies, and practices as the 
Secretary deems necessary, as long as such regulations, policies, and 
practices fully conform with and implement the intent of Congress 
regarding grazing in such areas as such intent is expressed in the 
Wilderness Act, section 101(f) of Public Law 101-628, and House Report 
101-405, Appendix A.
    (e) Incorporation of Acquired Lands and Interests.--Any lands or 
interest in lands within the boundaries of an area designated as 
wilderness by this title that is acquired by the United States after 
the date of the enactment of this Act shall be added to and 
administered as part of the wilderness area within which the acquired 
lands or interest in lands are located.

SEC. 104. WATER RIGHTS.

    Nothing in this title, nor any action taken pursuant thereto, shall 
constitute either an expressed or implied reservation of water. Nothing 
in this title shall affect any valid existing water right, including 
any federal reserved water right, in effect on the date of enactment or 
any water right hereinafter approved pursuant to the laws of the State 
of Utah, and nothing in this section shall constitute a precedent for 
any other wilderness designation legislation Congress may enact in the 
future.

SEC. 105. ADJACENT MANAGEMENT.

    The Congress does not intend for the designation of wilderness 
areas in the State of Utah pursuant to this title to lead to the 
creation of protective perimeters or buffer zones around any such 
wilderness area. The fact that nonwilderness activities or uses can be 
seen or heard from areas within a wilderness shall not preclude such 
activities or uses up to the boundary of the wilderness area.

SEC. 106. OVERFLIGHTS.

    Nothing in this title shall be construed to restrict or preclude 
overflights, including low-level overflights, over the areas designated 
as wilderness by this title, including military overflights that can be 
seen or heard within the wilderness areas. Nothing in this title shall 
be construed to restrict or preclude the designation or creation of new 
units of special use airspace or the establishment of military flight 
training routes over the wilderness areas.

SEC. 107. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    There is authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be 
necessary to carry out this title.

                    TITLE II--PUBLIC LAND WILDERNESS

SEC. 201. DESIGNATION OF WILDERNESS.

    (a) Designation.--In furtherance of the purposes of the Wilderness 
Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), the following public lands are hereby 
designated as wilderness and therefore, as components of the National 
Wilderness Preservation System:
            (1) Certain Federal and non-Federal lands in Millard 
        County, Utah, which comprise approximately 25,609 acres, as 
        generally depicted on a map entitled ``Barn Hills Wilderness'' 
        and dated ____, and which shall be known as the Barn Hills 
        Wilderness.
            (2) Certain Federal and non-Federal lands in Washington 
        County, Utah, which comprise approximately 30 acres, as 
        generally depicted on a map entitled ``Beartrap Canyon 
        Wilderness'' and dated ____, and which shall be known as the 
        Beartrap Canyon Wilderness.
            (3) Certain Federal and non-Federal lands in Washington 
        County, Utah, which comprise approximately 21,812 acres, as 
        generally depicted on a map entitled ``Black Ridge Wilderness'' 
        and dated ____, and which shall be known as the Black Ridge 
Wilderness.
            (4) Certain Federal and non-Federal lands in Beaver County, 
        Utah, which comprise approximately 58,425 acres, as generally 
        depicted on a map entitled ``Central Wah Wah Mountains 
        Wilderness'' and dated ____, and which shall be known as the 
        Central Wah Wah Mountains Wilderness.
            (5) Certain Federal and non-Federal lands in Washington 
        County, Utah, which comprise approximately 52,348 acres, as 
        generally depicted on a map entitled ``Central Wah Wah 
        Mountains Wilderness'' and dated ____, and which shall be known 
        as the Central Wah Wah Mountains Wilderness.
            (6) Certain Federal and non-Federal lands in Tooele County, 
        Utah, which comprise approximately 60,922 acres, as generally 
        depicted on a map entitled ``Cedar Mountains Wilderness'' and 
        dated ____, and which shall be known as the Cedar Mountains 
        Wilderness.
            (7) Certain Federal and non-Federal lands in Washington 
        County, Utah, which comprise approximately 11,195 acres, as 
        generally depicted on a map entitled ``Cottonwood Canyon 
        Wilderness'' and dated ____, and which shall be known as the 
        Cottonwood Canyon Wilderness.
            (8) Certain Federal and non-Federal lands in Washington 
        County, Utah, which comprise approximately 10,357 acres, as 
        generally depicted on a map entitled ``Cougar Canyon 
        Wilderness'' and dated ____, and which shall be known as the 
        Cougar Canyon Wilderness.
            (9) Certain Federal and non-Federal lands in Tooele County, 
        Utah, which comprise approximately 61,201 acres, as generally 
        depicted on a map entitled ``Crater Island Wilderness'' and 
        dated ____, and which shall be known as the Crater Island 
        Wilderness.
            (10) Certain Federal and non-Federal lands in Washington 
        County, Utah, which comprise approximately 7,015 acres, as 
        generally depicted on a map entitled ``Deep Creek Wilderness'' 
        and dated ____, and which shall be known as the Deep Creek 
        Wilderness.
            (11) Certain Federal and non-Federal lands in Tooele County 
        and Juab County, Utah, which comprise approximately 102,577 
        acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled ``Deep Creek 
        Wilderness'' and dated ____, and which shall be known as the 
        Deep Creek Wilderness.
            (12) Certain Federal and non-Federal lands in Juab County, 
        Utah, which comprise approximately 62,192 acres, as generally 
        depicted on a map entitled ``Fish Spring Wilderness'' and dated 
        ____, and which shall be known as the Fish Spring Wilderness.
            (13) Certain Federal and non-Federal lands in Washington 
        County, Utah, which comprise approximately 99 acres, as 
        generally depicted on a map entitled ``Goose Creek Canyon 
        Wilderness'' and dated ____, and which shall be known as the 
        Goose Creek Canyon Wilderness.
            (14) Certain Federal and non-Federal lands in Millard 
        County, Utah, which comprise approximately 18,248 acres, as 
        generally depicted on a map entitled ``Granite Peak 
        Wilderness'' and dated ____, and which shall be known as the 
        Granite Peak Wilderness.
            (15) Certain Federal and non-Federal lands in Millard 
        County, Utah, which comprise approximately 28,908 acres, as 
        generally depicted on a map entitled ``Howell Peak Wilderness'' 
        and dated ____, and which shall be known as the Howell Peak 
        Wilderness.
            (16) Certain Federal and non-Federal lands in Box Elder 
        County, Utah, which comprise approximately 37,333 acres, as 
        generally depicted on a map entitled ``Pilot Range Wilderness'' 
        and dated ____, and which shall be known as the Pilot Range 
        Wilderness.
            (17) Certain Federal and non-Federal lands in Millard 
        County, Utah, which comprise approximately 95,303 acres, as 
        generally depicted on a map entitled ``King Top Wilderness'' 
        and dated ____, and which shall be known as the King Top 
        Wilderness.
            (18) Certain Federal and non-Federal lands in Washington 
        County, Utah, which comprise approximately 423 acres, as 
        generally depicted on a map entitled ``La Verkin Creek 
        Wilderness'' and dated ____, and which shall be known as the La 
        Verkin Creek Wilderness.
            (19) Certain Federal and non-Federal lands in Millard 
        County, Utah, which comprise approximately 63,561 acres, as 
        generally depicted on a map entitled ``North Wah Wah Mountains 
        Wilderness'' and dated ____, and which shall be known as the 
        North Wah Wah Mountains Wilderness.
            (20) Certain Federal and non-Federal lands in Millard 
        County, Utah, which comprise approximately 69,912 acres, as 
generally depicted on a map entitled ``Notch Peak Wilderness'' and 
dated ____, and which shall be known as the Notch Peak Wilderness.
            (21) Certain Federal and non-Federal lands in Juab County, 
        Utah, which comprise approximately 44,081 acres, as generally 
        depicted on a map entitled ``Painted Rock Wilderness'' and 
        dated ____, and which shall be known as the Painted Rock 
        Wilderness.
            (22) Certain Federal and non-Federal lands in Washington 
        County, Utah, which comprise approximately 20,968 acres, as 
        generally depicted on a map entitled ``Wilderness'' and dated 
        ____, and which shall be known as the Red Mountain Wilderness.
            (23) Certain Federal and non-Federal lands in Juab County, 
        Utah, which comprise approximately 32,193 acres, as generally 
        depicted on a map entitled ``Red Top Wilderness'' and dated 
        ____, and which shall be known as the Red Top Wilderness.
            (24) Certain Federal and non-Federal lands in Washington 
        County, Utah, which comprise approximately 847 acres, as 
        generally depicted on a map entitled ``Red Butte Wilderness'' 
        and dated ____, and which shall be known as the Red Butte 
        Wilderness.
            (25) Certain Federal and non-Federal lands in Washington 
        County, Utah, which comprise approximately 18,599 acres, as 
        generally depicted on a map entitled ``Scarecrow Peak 
        Wilderness'' and dated ____, and which shall be known as the 
        Scarecrow Peak Wilderness.
            (26) Certain Federal and non-Federal lands in Box Elder 
        County and Tooele County, Utah, which comprise approximately 
        35,302 acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled ``Silver 
        Island Mountains Wilderness'' and dated ____, and which shall 
        be known as the Silver Island Mountains Wilderness.
            (27) Certain Federal and non-Federal lands in Iron County, 
        Utah, which comprise approximately 4,168 acres, as generally 
        depicted on a map entitled ``Spring Creek Canyon Wilderness'' 
        and dated ____, and which shall be known as the Spring Creek 
        Canyon Wilderness.
            (28) Certain Federal and non-Federal lands in Iron County, 
        Utah, which comprise approximately 46,077 acres, as generally 
        depicted on a map entitled ``Steamboat Mountain Wilderness'' 
        and dated ____, and which shall be known as the Steamboat 
        Mountain Wilderness.
            (29) Certain Federal and non-Federal lands in Millard 
        County, Utah, which comprise approximately 93,537 acres, as 
        generally depicted on a map entitled ``Swasey Mountain 
        Wilderness'' and dated ____, and which shall be known as the 
        Swasey Mountain Wilderness.
            (30) Certain Federal and non-Federal lands in Washington 
        County, Utah, which comprise approximately 14 acres, as 
        generally depicted on a map entitled ``Taylor Creek Canyon 
        Wilderness'' and dated ____, and which shall be known as the 
        Taylor Canyon Wilderness.
            (31) Certain Federal and non-Federal lands in Washington 
        County, Utah, which comprise approximately 605 acres, as 
        generally depicted on a map entitled ``The Watchman 
        Wilderness'' and dated ____, and which shall be known as the 
        Watchman Wilderness.
    (b) Map and Description.--As soon as practicable after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior (in this title 
referred to as the ``Secretary'') shall file a map and legal 
description of the area designated as wilderness by subsection (b) with 
the Committee on Resources of the House of Representatives and the 
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate. Such map and 
description shall have the same force and effect as if included in this 
title, except that the Secretary may correct clerical and typographical 
errors in such map and legal descriptions. The map and legal 
description shall be on file and available for public inspection in the 
office of the Director of the Bureau of Land Management, and the office 
of the State Director of the Bureau of Land Management in the State of 
Utah, Department of the Interior.

SEC. 202. ADMINISTRATION OF WILDERNESS AREAS.

    (a) In General.--Subject to valid existing rights and this title, 
each wilderness area designated under this title shall be administered 
by the Secretary in accordance with the provisions of the Wilderness 
Act, except that any reference in such provisions to the effective date 
of the Wilderness Act (or any similar reference) shall be deemed to be 
a reference to the effective date of this title.
    (b) Incorporation of Acquired Lands and Interests.--Any lands or 
interest in lands within the boundaries of an area designated as 
wilderness by this title that is acquired by the United States after 
the date of the enactment of this Act shall be added to and 
administered as part of the wilderness area within which the acquired 
lands or interest in lands are located.
    (c) State Fish and Wildlife.--As provided in section 4(d)(7) of the 
Wilderness Act, nothing in this title shall be construed as affecting 
the jurisdiction or responsibilities of the State of Utah with respect 
to wildlife and fish on the public lands located in that State.
    (d) Land Acquisition by Purchase for Exchange.--The Secretary shall 
offer to acquire from non-governmental entities lands and interest in 
lands located within or adjacent to areas designated as wilderness by 
this title. Lands may be acquired under this subsection by exchange, 
donation, or purchase from willing sellers.
    (e) Wildlife Management.--In furtherance of the purposes and 
principles of the Wilderness Act, management activities to maintain or 
restore fish and wildlife populations and the habitats to support such 
populations may be carried out within wilderness areas where consistent 
with relevant wilderness management plans, in accordance with 
appropriate policies and guidelines such as those set forth in appendix 
B of the Report of the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs to 
accompany H.R. 2570 of the One Hundred First Congress (H. Rept. 101-
405).
    (f) National Defense Lands.--
            (1) Findings.--The Congress finds that:
                    (A) The testing and development of military weapons 
                systems and the training of military forces are 
                critical to ensuring the national security of the 
                United States.
                    (B) The Utah Test and Training Range and Dugway 
                Proving Ground are unique and irreplaceable national 
                assets at the core of the Department of Defense's test 
                and training mission.
                    (C) Some wilderness areas designated by this title 
                lie in close proximity to lands withdrawn for military 
                use and beneath special use airspace critical to the 
                support of military test and training missions on the 
                Utah Test and Training Range and Dugway Proving Ground.
                    (D) Continued unrestricted access to the special 
                use airspace and lands which comprise the Utah Test and 
                Training Range and Dugway Proving Ground is a national 
                security priority and is not incompatible with the 
                protection and proper management of the natural, 
                environmental, cultural, and other resources of the 
                Federal lands designated as wilderness under this 
                title.
            (2) Overflights.--(A) Nothing in this title, the Wilderness 
        Act, or other land management laws generally applicable to the 
        new units of the Wilderness Preservation System designated by 
        this title, shall restrict or preclude low-level overflights, 
        low-level military overflights and operations of military 
        aircraft, helicopters, unmanned aerial military overflights or 
        military overflights and operations that can be seen or heard 
        within such units. This prohibition shall preclude any 
        restriction to altitude or airspeed, noise level, supersonic 
        flight, route of flight, time of flight, seasonal usage, or 
        numbers of flights of any military aircraft, helicopters, 
        unmanned aerial vehicles, missiles, aerospace vehicles and 
        other military weapons systems over such units. As used in this 
        paragraph, the term ``low level'' includes any flight down to 
        and including 10 feet above ground level.
            (B) Nothing in this title, the Wilderness Act, or other 
        land management laws generally applicable to the new units of 
        the Wilderness Preservation System designated by this title, 
        shall restrict or preclude the designation of new units of 
        special use airspace, the expansion of existing units of 
        special use airspace, or the use or establishment of military 
        training routes over such new wilderness units.
            (3) Communications and tracking systems.--Nothing in this 
        title, the Wilderness Act, or other land management laws 
        generally applicable to the new units of the Wilderness 
        Preservation System designated by this title, shall be 
        construed to require the removal of existing communications, 
        instrumentation or electronic tracking systems from areas 
        designated as new units of wilderness by this title, or to 
        prevent any required maintenance of such systems, or to prevent 
        the installation of new communication, instrumentation or other 
        equipment necessary for effective testing and training to meet 
        military requirements so long as the installation and 
        maintenance of such systems does not require construction of 
        any permanent roads.
            (4) Emergency access and response.--Nothing in this title, 
        the Wilderness Act, or other land management laws generally 
        applicable to the new units of the Wilderness Preservation 
        System designated by this title, shall restrict or preclude 
        timely access to any area necessary to respond to emergency 
        situations. Immediate access, including access for emergency 
        and rescue vehicles and equipment, shall not be restricted if 
        human life or health may be in jeopardy. The Secretary of the 
        Air Force and Secretary of the Interior shall enter into a 
        formal memorandum of understanding within 90 days after 
enactment of this Act formalizing procedures for access to new 
wilderness areas beneath the Utah Test and Training Range airspace 
which may be necessary to respond to emergency situations, to rescue 
downed aircrew, to investigate accident locations, to recover military 
aircraft or other weapons systems, and to restore accident locations. 
Military operations on the Dugway Proving Ground and with the Utah Test 
and Training Range shall not be limited or restricted in any way 
pending completion of the memorandum of understanding.
            (5) Control or restriction of public access.--When required 
        by national security or public safety, public access to new 
        units of the wilderness preservation system designated by this 
        title may be controlled or restricted entirely. Such controls 
        or restrictions shall remain in force for the minimum duration 
        necessary. The Secretary of the Air Force shall provide notice 
        of such controls or restrictions to the Department of the 
        Interior and shall enter into a formal memorandum of 
        understanding within 90 days after the enactment of this Act 
        prescribing procedures for implementing such controls or 
        restrictions. Military operations on the Dugway Proving Ground 
        and within the Utah Test and Training Range shall not be 
        limited or restricted in any way pending completion of the 
        memorandum of understanding.
    (g) Livestock.--Within the wilderness areas designated under 
section 201, the grazing of livestock, where established prior to the 
date of enactment of this Act, shall be permitted to continue subject 
to such reasonable regulations, policies, and practices as the 
Secretary deems necessary, as long as such regulations, policies, and 
practices fully conform with and implement the intent of Congress 
regarding grazing in such areas as such intent is expressed in the 
Wilderness Act, section 101(f) of Public Law 101-628, and House Report 
101-405, Appendix A.
    (h) Water Rights.--Congress finds that there are unique 
circumstances with respect to the water-related resources within the 
wilderness areas designated by this title. The Congress recognizes that 
there is little or no water or water-related resources in the areas 
which could be affected by Wilderness designations. For that reason, 
nothing in this title, nor any action taken pursuant thereto, shall 
constitute either an expressed or implied reservation of water. Nothing 
in this title shall affect any valid existing water right, including 
any federal reserved water right, in effect on the date of enactment or 
any water right hereinafter approved pursuant to the laws of the State 
of Utah, and nothing in this section shall constitute a precedent for 
any other wilderness designation legislation Congress may enact in the 
future.

SEC. 203. WILDERNESS RELEASE.

    The Congress hereby finds and directs that lands in the Box Elder, 
Tooele, Juab, Millard, Beaver, Iron and Washington counties in the 
State of Utah, not designated as wilderness by this title have been 
adequately studied for wilderness designation pursuant to section 
603(c) of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976, and are 
no longer subject to the requirement of section 603(c) of the Federal 
Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 pertaining to the management of 
wilderness study areas in a manner that does not impair the suitability 
of such areas for preservation as wilderness. The Secretary shall not 
continue the plan amendment process initiated pursuant to Section 202 
of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act and identified by Federal 
Register notice dated March 18, 1999, page 13439 within Box Elder, 
Tooele, Juab, Millard, Beaver, Iron and Washington counties in the 
State of Utah.

SEC. 204. ADJACENT MANAGEMENT.

    The Congress does not intend for the designation of wilderness 
areas in the State of Utah pursuant to this title to lead to the 
creation of protective perimeters or buffer zones around any such 
wilderness area. The fact that nonwilderness activities or uses can be 
seen or heard from areas within a wilderness shall not, of itself, 
preclude such activities or uses up to the boundary of the wilderness 
area.

SEC. 205. WITHDRAWAL.

    Subject to valid existing rights, the Federal lands designated as 
wilderness under this title are hereby withdrawn from all forms of 
entry, appropriation, or disposal under the public land laws; and from 
location, entry, and patent under the United States mining laws; and 
from disposition under all laws pertaining to mineral and geothermal 
leasing, and mineral materials, and all amendments thereto.

SEC. 206. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    There is authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be 
necessary to carry out this title.
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