[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2632 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2632

  To establish the Sabinoso Wilderness Area in San Miguel County, New 
                    Mexico, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              June 7, 2007

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

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                                 A BILL


 
  To establish the Sabinoso Wilderness Area in San Miguel County, New 
                    Mexico, 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 ``Sabinoso Wilderness Act of 2007''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Map.--The term ``map'' means the map titled ``Sabinoso 
        Wilderness'' and dated May 10, 2007.
            (2) State.--The term ``State'' means the State of New 
        Mexico.
            (3) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of the Interior.

SEC. 3. DESIGNATION OF THE SABINOSO WILDERNESS.

    (a) In General.--In furtherance of the purposes of the Wilderness 
Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), there is hereby designated as wilderness, 
and, therefore, as a component of the National Wilderness Preservation 
System, certain land under the jurisdiction of the Taos Field Office 
Bureau of Land Management, New Mexico, which comprises approximately 
19,880 acres, as generally depicted on the map, and which shall be 
known as the ``Sabinoso Wilderness''.
    (b) Map and Legal Description.--The map and a legal description of 
the wilderness area designated by this Act shall--
            (1) be filed by the Secretary with the Committee on Energy 
        and Natural Resources of the Senate and the Committee on 
        Natural Resources of the House of Representatives as soon as 
        practicable after the date of the enactment of this Act;
            (2) have the same force and effect as if included in this 
        Act, except that the Secretary may correct clerical and 
        typographical errors in the legal description and map; and
            (3) be on file and available for public inspection in the 
        appropriate offices of the Bureau of Land Management.
    (c) Management of Wilderness.--Subject to valid existing rights, 
the wilderness areas designated by this Act shall be administered in 
accordance with the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.) and this 
Act, except that with respect to the wilderness areas designated by 
this Act, any reference to the effective date of the Wilderness Act 
shall be deemed to be a reference to the date of enactment of this Act 
and any reference in the Wilderness Act to the Secretary of Agriculture 
shall be considered to be a reference to the Secretary of the Interior.
    (d) Incorporation of Acquired Land.--Any land or interest in land 
located inside the boundaries of the wilderness area designated by this 
Act that is acquired by the United States after the date of enactment 
of this Act shall become part of the wilderness area designated by this 
Act and shall be managed in accordance with this Act and other 
applicable law.
    (e) Grazing.--Grazing of livestock in the wilderness area 
designated by this Act, where established before the date of enactment 
of this Act, shall be administered in accordance with the provisions of 
section 4(d)(4) of the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1133(d)(4)) and the 
guidelines set forth in Appendix A of the Report of the Committee on 
Interior and Insular Affairs to accompany H.R. 2570 of the 101st 
Congress (H. Rept. 101-405).
    (f) 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 shall be 
construed as affecting the jurisdiction or responsibilities of the 
State with respect to fish and wildlife in the State, including the 
regulation of hunting, fishing, and trapping, in the wilderness area 
designated by this Act.
    (g) Withdrawal.--Subject to valid existing rights, the wilderness 
area designated by this Act, is 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, mineral materials, and 
        geothermal leasing laws.
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