[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 490 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 490

To modify the boundaries of Cibola National Forest in the State of New 
    Mexico, to transfer certain Bureau of Land Management land for 
 inclusion in the Manzano Mountain Wilderness, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 26, 2011

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

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                                 A BILL


 
To modify the boundaries of Cibola National Forest in the State of New 
    Mexico, to transfer certain Bureau of Land Management land for 
 inclusion in the Manzano Mountain 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. BOUNDARY EXPANSION AND TRANSFER OF ADMINISTRATIVE 
              JURISDICTION, MANZANO MOUNTAIN WILDERNESS, CIBOLA 
              NATIONAL FOREST, NEW MEXICO.

    (a) Boundary Expansion.--The boundaries of Cibola National Forest, 
located in the State of New Mexico, are hereby modified to include the 
land depicted for such inclusion on the Bureau of Land Management map 
entitled ``Manzano Wilderness Study Area'', dated August 31, 2009.
    (b) Availability and Correction of Map.--The map referred to in 
subsection (a) shall be on file and available for public inspection in 
the appropriate offices of the Forest Service. The Chief of the Forest 
Service is authorized to make technical and clerical corrections to the 
map.
    (c) Transfer of Jurisdiction.--Administrative jurisdiction over any 
land under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior that is 
depicted on the map referred to in subsection (a) is hereby transferred 
to the Secretary of Agriculture, and such lands shall be subject to the 
laws and regulations pertaining to the National Forest System.
    (d)  Manzano Mountain Wilderness Addition.--
            (1) Designation.--The land depicted as the Manzano 
        Wilderness Study Area on the map referred to in subsection 
        (a)--
                    (A) is hereby designated as wilderness; and
                    (B) is added to the Manzano Mountain Wilderness 
                designated by section 2(f) of the Endangered American 
                Wilderness Act of 1978 (Public Law 95-237; 92 Stat. 42; 
                16 U.S.C. 1132 note).
            (2) Administration.--The lands designated as wilderness in 
        paragraph (1) shall be administered by the Secretary of 
        Agriculture in accordance with Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 
        et seq.), except that any reference in the Wilderness Act to 
        the effective date of such Act shall be considered to be a 
        reference to the date of enactment of this Act.
    (e) Relation to Land and Water Conservation Fund Act.--For purposes 
of section 7 of the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 (16 
U.S.C. 460l-9), the boundaries of the Cibola National Forest, as 
modified by subsection (a), shall be considered to be boundaries of the 
Cibola National Forest as of January 1, 1965.
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