[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 491 Referred in Senate (RFS)]

112th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 491


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 25, 2012

    Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and 
                           Natural Resources

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                                 AN ACT


 
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 national forest, 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 MODIFICATION AND TRANSFER OF ADMINISTRATIVE 
              JURISDICTION, CIBOLA NATIONAL FOREST, NEW MEXICO.

    (a) Boundary Modification.--
            (1) Modification.--The boundaries of Cibola National Forest 
        in the State of New Mexico, are modified to include the land 
        depicted for such inclusion on the Forest Service map titled 
        ``Crest of Montezuma Proposed Land Transfer'' and dated October 
        26, 2009.
            (2) Availability and correction of map.--The map referred 
        to in paragraph (1) shall be on file and available for public 
        inspection in the appropriate offices of the Forest Service. 
        The Chief of the Forest Service may make technical and clerical 
        corrections to the map.
    (b) Transfer of Bureau of Land Management Land.--
            (1) Transfer.--The Secretary of the Interior shall transfer 
        to the administrative jurisdiction of the Secretary of the 
        Agriculture, for inclusion in, and administration as part of, 
        Cibola National Forest, the public land administered by the 
        Bureau of Land Management and identified as the ``Crest of 
        Montezuma'' on the map referred to in subsection (a).
            (2) Effect of transfer on existing permits.--In the case of 
        any permit or other land use authorization for public land 
        transferred under paragraph (1) that is still in effect as of 
        the transfer date, the Secretary of Agriculture shall 
        administer the permit or other land use authorization according 
        to the terms of the permit or other land use authorization. 
        Upon expiration of such a permit or authorization, the 
        Secretary of Agriculture may reauthorize the use covered by the 
        permit or authorization under authorities available to the 
        Secretary on such terms and conditions as the Secretary 
        considers in the public interest.
    (c) Land Acquisition Authority.--Subject to the appropriation of 
funds to carry out this subsection and the consent of the owner of 
private land included within the boundaries of Cibola National Forest 
by subsection (a), the Secretary of Agriculture may acquire the private 
land.
    (d) Management of Acquired Land.--
            (1) Management.--Any federally owned lands that have been 
        or hereafter may be acquired for National Forest System 
        purposes within the boundaries of Cibola National Forest, as 
        modified by subsection (a), shall be managed as lands acquired 
        under the Act of March 1, 1911 (commonly known as the Weeks 
        Act; 16 U.S.C. 515 et seq.), and in accordance with the other 
        laws and regulations pertaining to the National Forest System.
            (2) Withdrawal from mining and certain other uses.--The 
        land depicted on the map referred to in subsection (a) and 
        acquired by the Secretary of Agriculture is hereby withdrawn 
        from--
                    (A) all forms of entry, appropriation, or disposal 
                under the public land laws;
                    (B) location, entry, and patent under the public 
                land mining laws; and
                    (C) operation of the mineral leasing and geothermal 
                leasing laws and the mineral materials laws.
    (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 Cibola National Forest, as modified


              

 by subsection (a), shall be considered to be boundaries of the Cibola 
National Forest as of January 1, 1965.

            Passed the House of Representatives April 24, 2012.

            Attest:

                                                 KAREN L. HAAS,

                                                                 Clerk.