[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5059 Introduced in House (IH)]







109th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5059

 To designate the Wild River Wilderness in the White Mountain National 
     Forest in the State of New Hampshire, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 30, 2006

Mr. Bass (for himself and Mr. Bradley of New Hampshire) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Resources, and 
    in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be 
subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration 
  of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee 
                               concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
 To designate the Wild River Wilderness in the White Mountain National 
     Forest in the State of New Hampshire, 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 ``New Hampshire Wilderness Act of 
2006''.

SEC. 2. DESIGNATION OF WILD RIVER WILDERNESS, WHITE MOUNTAIN NATIONAL 
              FOREST, NEW HAMPSHIRE.

    (a) Designation.--In accordance with the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 
1131 et seq.), certain National Forest System land in the White 
Mountain National Forest in the State of New Hampshire, comprising 
approximately 23,700 acres, as depicted on the map entitled ``Proposed 
Wild River Wilderness--White Mountain National Forest'', dated February 
6, 2006, is designated as wilderness and and as a component of the 
National Wilderness Preservation System, which shall be known as the 
``Wild River Wilderness''.
    (b) Map and Description.--As soon as practicable after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the 
Chief of the Forest Service (in this section referred to as the 
``Secretary''), shall file a map and a legal description of the Wild 
River Wilderness with the committees of appropriate jurisdiction in the 
Senate and the House of Representatives. The map and legal description 
shall have the same force and effect as if included in this Act, except 
that the Secretary may correct clerical and typographical errors in the 
map and legal description. The map and legal description shall be filed 
and made available for public inspection in the Office of the Chief of 
the Forest Service.
    (c) Administration.--Subject to valid existing rights, the 
Secretary shall administer the Wild River Wilderness in accordance with 
laws applicable to the White Mountain National Forest and the 
Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), except that, with respect to 
the Wild River Wilderness, any reference in the Wilderness Act to the 
effective date of the Wilderness Act shall be deemed to be a reference 
to the date of enactment of this Act.
    (d) Fish and Wildlife.--As provided in section 4(d)(7) of the 
Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1133(d)(7)), nothing in this section affects 
any jurisdiction or responsibility of the State of New Hampshire with 
respect to wildlife and fish in the State.
    (e) Withdrawal.--Subject to valid existing rights, all Federal land 
in the Wild River Wilderness are 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 the mineral leasing laws (including 
        geothermal leasing laws).
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