[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
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[S. 1635 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1635

To designate certain lands in San Miguel, Ouray, and San Juan Counties, 
            Colorado, as wilderness, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 26, 2011

   Mr. Udall of Colorado (for himself and Mr. Bennet) introduced the 
 following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 
                      Energy and Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
To designate certain lands in San Miguel, Ouray, and San Juan Counties, 
            Colorado, as 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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``San Juan Mountains Wilderness Act of 
2011''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Covered land.--The term ``covered land'' means--
                    (A) land designated as wilderness under paragraphs 
                (20) through (22) of section 2(a) of the Colorado 
                Wilderness Act of 1993 (16 U.S.C. 1132 note; Public Law 
                103-77; 107 Stat. 756); and
                    (B) land in the Special Management Area.
            (2) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of Agriculture.
            (3) Special management area.--The term ``Special Management 
        Area'' means the Sheep Mountain Special Management Area 
        designated by section 4(a).
            (4) State.--The term ``State'' means the State of Colorado.

SEC. 3. ADDITIONS TO THE NATIONAL WILDERNESS PRESERVATION SYSTEM.

    Section 2(a) of the Colorado Wilderness Act of 1993 (16 U.S.C. 1132 
note; Public Law 103-77; 107 Stat. 756) is amended by adding at the end 
the following:
            ``(20) Lizard head wilderness addition.--Certain Federal 
        land in the Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre, and Gunnison National 
        Forests comprising approximately 3,350 acres, as generally 
        depicted on the map entitled `Proposed Wilson, Sunshine, Black 
        Face and San Bernardo Additions to the Lizard Head Wilderness' 
        and dated December 1, 2010, which is incorporated in, and shall 
        be administered as part of, the Lizard Head Wilderness.
            ``(21) Mount sneffels wilderness additions.--
                    ``(A) Liberty bell and last dollar additions.--
                Certain Federal land in the Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre, 
                and Gunnison National Forests comprising approximately 
                8,250 acres, as generally depicted on the map entitled 
                `Proposed Liberty Bell and Last Dollar Additions to the 
                Mt. Sneffels Wilderness' and dated December 1, 2010, 
                which is incorporated in, and shall be administered as 
                part of, the Mount Sneffels Wilderness.
                    ``(B) Whitehouse additions.--Certain Federal land 
                in the Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre, and Gunnison National 
                Forests comprising approximately 13,000 acres, as 
                generally depicted on the map entitled `Proposed 
                Whitehouse Additions to the Mt. Sneffels Wilderness' 
                and dated December 1, 2010, which is incorporated in, 
                and shall be administered as part of, the Mount 
                Sneffels Wilderness.
            ``(22) Mckenna peak wilderness.--Certain Federal land in 
        the State of Colorado comprising approximately 8,600 acres of 
        Bureau of Land Management land, as generally depicted on the 
        map entitled `McKenna Peak Wilderness' and dated November 10, 
        2010, to be known as the `McKenna Peak Wilderness'.''.

SEC. 4. SHEEP MOUNTAIN SPECIAL MANAGEMENT AREA.

    (a) Designation.--Certain Federal land in the Grand Mesa, 
Uncompahgre, and Gunnison and San Juan National Forests comprising 
approximately 21,620 acres as generally depicted on the map entitled 
``Proposed Sheep Mountain Special Management Area'' and dated December 
2, 2010, is designated as the ``Sheep Mountain Special Management 
Area''.
    (b) Purpose.--The purpose of the Special Management Area is to 
conserve and protect for the benefit and enjoyment of present and 
future generations the geological, cultural, archaeological, 
paleontological, natural, scientific, recreational, wilderness, 
wildlife, riparian, historical, educational, and scenic resources of 
the Special Management Area.
    (c) Management.--
            (1) In general.--The Secretary shall manage the Special 
        Management Area in a manner that--
                    (A) conserves, protects, and enhances the resources 
                and values of the Special Management Area described in 
                subsection (b);
                    (B) maintains or improves the wilderness character 
                of the Special Management Area and the suitability of 
                the Special Management Area for potential inclusion in 
                the National Wilderness Preservation System; and
                    (C) is in accordance with--
                            (i) the National Forest Management Act of 
                        1976 (16 U.S.C. 1600 et seq.);
                            (ii) this Act; and
                            (iii) any other applicable laws.
            (2) Prohibitions.--The following shall be prohibited in the 
        Special Management Area:
                    (A) Permanent roads.
                    (B) Except as necessary to meet the minimum 
                requirements for the administration of the Federal land 
                and to protect public health and safety--
                            (i) the use of motor vehicles, motorized 
                        equipment, or mechanical transport (other than 
                        provided in paragraph (3)); and
                            (ii) the establishment of temporary roads.
            (3) Authorized activities.--
                    (A) In general.--The Secretary may allow any 
                activities (including helicopter access for recreation 
                and maintenance) that have been authorized by permit or 
                license as of the date of enactment of this Act to 
                continue within the Special Management Area, subject to 
                such terms and conditions as the Secretary may require.
                    (B) Permitting.--The designation of the Special 
                Management Area by subsection (a) shall not affect the 
                issuance of permits relating to the activities covered 
                under subparagraph (A) after the date of enactment of 
                this Act.
    (d) Water.--
            (1) Effect.--Nothing in this section--
                    (A) affects the use or allocation, in existence on 
                the date of enactment of this Act, of any water, water 
                right, or interest in water;
                    (B) affects any vested absolute or decreed 
                conditional water right in existence on the date of 
                enactment of this Act, including any water right held 
                by the United States;
                    (C) affects any interstate water compact in 
                existence on the date of enactment of this Act;
                    (D) authorizes or imposes any new reserved Federal 
                water rights; or
                    (E) shall be considered to be a relinquishment or 
                reduction of any water rights reserved or appropriated 
                by the United States in the State on or before the date 
                of enactment of this Act.
            (2) State water law.--The Secretary shall follow the 
        procedural requirements of State law in order to obtain and 
        hold any water rights not in existence on the date of enactment 
        of this Act with respect to the covered land.
            (3) New or expanded projects.--Notwithstanding any other 
        provision of law, beginning on the date of enactment of this 
        Act, neither the President nor any other officer, employee, or 
        agent of the United States shall fund, assist, authorize, or 
        issue a license or permit for the development of any new 
        irrigation and pumping facility, reservoir, water conservation 
        work, aqueduct, canal, ditch, pipeline, well, hydropower 
        project, transmission, other ancillary facility, or other 
        water, diversion, storage, or carriage structure in the covered 
        land.

SEC. 5. ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS.

    (a) Authorized Events.--The Secretary may continue to authorize the 
competitive running event permitted since 1992 in the vicinity of the 
Special Management Area and the Liberty Bell addition to the Mount 
Sneffels Wilderness designated by section 2(a)(21) of the Colorado 
Wilderness Act of 1993 (as added by section 3) in a manner compatible 
with the preservation of the areas as wilderness.
    (b) Fish and Wildlife.--Nothing in this Act affects the 
jurisdiction or responsibility of the State with respect to fish and 
wildlife in the State.
    (c) No Buffer Zones.--
            (1) In general.--Nothing in this Act creates a protective 
        perimeter or buffer zone around covered land.
            (2) Activities outside wilderness.--The fact that a 
        nonwilderness activity or use on land outside of the covered 
        land can be seen or heard from within covered land shall not 
        preclude the conduct of the activity or use outside the 
        boundary of the covered land.
    (d) Maps and Legal Descriptions.--
            (1) In general.--As soon as practicable after the date of 
        enactment of this Act, the Secretary or the Secretary of the 
        Interior, as appropriate, shall file a map and a legal 
        description of each wilderness area designated by paragraphs 
        (20) through (22) of section 2(a) of the Colorado Wilderness 
        Act of 1993 (as added by section 3) and the Special Management 
        Area with--
                    (A) the Committee on Natural Resources of the House 
                of Representatives; and
                    (B) the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources 
                of the Senate.
            (2) Force of law.--Each map and legal description filed 
        under paragraph (1) shall have the same force and effect as if 
        included in this Act, except that the Secretary or the 
        Secretary of the Interior, as appropriate, may correct clerical 
        and typographical errors in each map and legal description.
            (3) Public availability.--Each map and legal description 
        filed under paragraph (1) shall be on file and available for 
        public inspection in the appropriate offices of the Bureau of 
        Land Management and the Forest Service.
    (e) Acquisition of Land.--
            (1) In general.--The Secretary or the Secretary of the 
        Interior, as appropriate, may acquire any land or interest in 
        land within the boundaries of the Special Management Area or 
        the wilderness designated under paragraphs (20) through (22) of 
        section 2(a) of the Colorado Wilderness Act of 1993 (as added 
        by section 3) only through exchange, donation, or purchase from 
        a willing seller.
            (2) Management.--Any land or interest in land acquired 
        under paragraph (1) shall be incorporated into, and 
        administered as a part of, the wilderness or Special Management 
        Area in which the land or interest in land is located.
    (f) Grazing.--The grazing of livestock on covered land, if 
established before the date of enactment of this Act, shall be 
permitted to continue subject to such reasonable regulations as are 
considered necessary by the Secretary with jurisdiction over the 
covered land, in accordance with--
            (1) section 4(d)(4) of the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 
        1133(d)(4)); and
            (2) the guidelines set forth in Appendix A of the report of 
        the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs of the House of 
        Representatives accompanying H.R. 2570 of the 101st Congress 
        (H. Rept. 101-405) and H.R. 5487 of the 96th Congress (H. Rept. 
        96-617).
    (g) Withdrawal.--Subject to valid rights in existence on the date 
of enactment of this Act, the covered land and the approximately 6,600 
acres generally depicted on the map entitled ``Proposed Naturita Canyon 
Mineral Withdrawal Area'' and dated January 26, 2010, is withdrawn 
from--
            (1) entry, appropriation, and disposal under the public 
        land laws;
            (2) location, entry, and patent under mining laws; and
            (3) operation of the mineral leasing, mineral materials, 
        and geothermal leasing laws.

SEC. 6. TECHNICAL CORRECTION.

    Subtitle E of title II of Public Law 111-11 (16 U.S.C. 460zzz et 
seq.) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating section 2408 (16 U.S.C. 460zzz-7) as 
        section 2409; and
            (2) by inserting after section 2407 (16 U.S.C. 460zzz-6) 
        the following:

``SEC. 2408. RELEASE.

    ``(a) In General.--Congress finds that, for the purposes of section 
603(c) of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 
1782(c)), the portions of the Dominguez Canyon Wilderness Study Area 
not designated as wilderness by this subtitle have been adequately 
studied for wilderness designation.
    ``(b) Release.--Any public land referred to in subsection (a) that 
is not designated as wilderness by this subtitle--
            ``(1) is no longer subject to section 603(c) of the Federal 
        Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1782(c)); and
            ``(2) shall be managed in accordance with this subtitle and 
        any other applicable laws.''.
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