[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3817 Introduced in House (IH)]







109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3817

 To withdraw the Valle Vidal Unit of the Carson National Forest in New 
Mexico from location, entry, and patent under the mining laws, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 15, 2005

   Mr. Udall of New Mexico introduced the following bill; which was 
                 referred to the Committee on Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
 To withdraw the Valle Vidal Unit of the Carson National Forest in New 
Mexico from location, entry, and patent under the mining laws, 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 ``Valle Vidal Protection Act of 
2005''.

SEC. 2. WITHDRAWAL OF VALLE VIDAL UNIT, CARSON NATIONAL FOREST, NEW 
              MEXICO, FROM MINING LAWS.

    (a) Withdrawal.--Subject to subsection (b), the Valle Vidal Unit of 
the Carson National Forest in New Mexico, which consists of 101,794 
acres and is identified as Management Area 21 in the land and resource 
management plan for the Carson National Forest, is hereby withdrawn 
from--
            (1) all forms of entry, appropriation, and disposal under 
        the public land laws;
            (2) location, entry, and patent under the mining laws; and
            (3) operation of the mineral leasing and geothermal leasing 
        laws and mineral materials laws.
    (b) Treatment of Existing Rights.--The withdrawal required by 
subsection (a) is subject to valid existing rights. If these existing 
rights are relinquished or otherwise acquired by the United States at 
any time after the date of the enactment of this Act, the lands that 
were subject to the rights shall be immediately withdrawn as provided 
in subsection (a).
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