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[H.R. 1138 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        H.R.1138

                     One Hundred Fourteenth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE FIRST SESSION

          Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,
           the sixth day of January, two thousand and fifteen


                                 An Act


 
To establish certain wilderness areas in central Idaho and to authorize 
   various land conveyances involving National Forest System land and 
Bureau of Land Management land in central Idaho, 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; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
    (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Sawtooth National 
Recreation Area and Jerry Peak Wilderness Additions Act''.
    (b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this Act is as 
follows:

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Definitions.

                    TITLE I--WILDERNESS DESIGNATIONS

Sec. 101. Additions to National Wilderness Preservation System in the 
          State of Idaho.
Sec. 102. Administration.
Sec. 103. Water rights.
Sec. 104. Military overflights.
Sec. 105. Adjacent management.
Sec. 106. Native American cultural and religious uses.
Sec. 107. Acquisition of land and interests in land.
Sec. 108. Wilderness review.

             TITLE II--LAND CONVEYANCES FOR PUBLIC PURPOSES

Sec. 201. Short title.
Sec. 202. Blaine County, Idaho.
Sec. 203. Custer County, Idaho.
Sec. 204. City of Challis, Idaho.
Sec. 205. City of Clayton, Idaho.
Sec. 206. City of Stanley, Idaho.
Sec. 207. Terms and conditions of permits or land conveyances.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
    In this Act:
        (1) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means--
            (A) the Secretary of Agriculture, with respect to land 
        administered by the Forest Service; or
            (B) the Secretary of the Interior, with respect to land 
        administered by the Bureau of Land Management.
        (2) Wilderness area.--The term ``wilderness area'' means any of 
    the areas designated as a component of the National Wilderness 
    Preservation System by section 101.

                    TITLE I--WILDERNESS DESIGNATIONS

    SEC. 101. ADDITIONS TO NATIONAL WILDERNESS PRESERVATION SYSTEM IN 
      THE STATE OF IDAHO.
    (a) Hemingway-Boulders Wilderness.--In accordance with the 
Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), certain Federal lands in the 
Sawtooth and Challis National Forests in the State of Idaho, comprising 
approximately 67,998 acres, as generally depicted on the map entitled 
``Hemingway/Boulders Wilderness Area-Proposed'' and dated February 25, 
2015, are designated as wilderness and as a component of the National 
Wilderness Preservation System, which shall be known as the 
``Hemingway-Boulders Wilderness''.
    (b) White Clouds Wilderness.--In accordance with the Wilderness Act 
(16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), certain Federal lands in the Sawtooth and 
Challis National Forests in the State of Idaho, comprising 
approximately 90,769 acres, as generally depicted on the map entitled 
``White Clouds Wilderness Area-Proposed'' and dated March 13, 2014, are 
designated as wilderness and as a component of the National Wilderness 
Preservation System, which shall be known as the ``White Clouds 
Wilderness''.
    (c) Jim McClure-Jerry Peak Wilderness.--In accordance with the 
Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), certain Federal lands in the 
Challis National Forest and Challis District of the Bureau of Land 
Management in the State of Idaho, comprising approximately 116,898 
acres, as generally depicted on the map entitled ``Jim McClure-Jerry 
Peak Wilderness'' and dated February 21, 2015, are designated as 
wilderness and as a component of the National Wilderness Preservation 
System, which shall be known as the ``Jim McClure-Jerry Peak 
Wilderness''.
    (d) Maps and Legal Descriptions.--
        (1) In general.--As soon as practicable after the date of 
    enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee 
    on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate and the Committee on 
    Natural Resources of the House of Representatives a map and legal 
    description for each wilderness area.
        (2) Effect.--Each map and legal description submitted under 
    paragraph (1) shall have the same force and effect as if included 
    in this Act, except that the Secretary may correct minor errors in 
    the map or legal description.
        (3) Availability.--Each map and legal description submitted 
    under paragraph (1) shall be available in the appropriate offices 
    of the Forest Service or the Bureau of Land Management.
    SEC. 102. ADMINISTRATION.
    (a) In General.--Subject to valid existing rights, each wilderness 
area shall be administered by the Secretary in accordance with the 
Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), except that--
        (1) any reference in that Act to the effective date shall be 
    considered to be a reference to the date of enactment of this Act; 
    and
        (2) with respect to wilderness areas that are administered by 
    the Secretary of the Interior, any reference in the Wilderness Act 
    to the Secretary of Agriculture shall be considered to be a 
    reference to the Secretary of the Interior.
    (b) Consistent Interpretation.--The Secretary of Agriculture and 
the Secretary of the Interior shall seek to ensure that the wilderness 
areas are interpreted for the public as an overall complex linked by--
        (1) common location in the Boulder-White Cloud Mountains; and
        (2) common identity with the natural and cultural history of 
    the State of Idaho and the Native American and pioneer heritage of 
    the State.
    (c) Comprehensive Wilderness Management Plan.--Not later than 3 
years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior shall collaboratively 
develop wilderness management plans for the wilderness areas.
    (d) Fire, Insects, and Disease.--Within the wilderness areas, the 
Secretary may take such measures as the Secretary determines to be 
necessary for the control of fire, insects, and disease in accordance 
with section 4(d)(1) of the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131(d)(1)).
    (e) Livestock.--
        (1) In general.--Within the wilderness areas, the grazing of 
    livestock in which grazing is established before the date of 
    enactment of this Act shall be allowed to continue, subject to such 
    reasonable regulations, policies, and practices as the Secretary 
    determines to be necessary, in accordance with--
            (A) section 4(d)(4) of the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 
        1131(d)(4));
            (B) with respect to wilderness areas administered by the 
        Secretary of Agriculture, the guidelines described in House 
        Report 96-617 of the 96th Congress; and
            (C) with respect to wilderness areas administered by the 
        Secretary of the Interior, the guidelines described in appendix 
        A of House Report 101-405 of the 101st Congress.
        (2) Donation of grazing permits and leases.--
            (A) Acceptance by secretary.--
                (i) In general.--The Secretary shall accept the 
            donation of any valid existing leases or permits 
            authorizing grazing on public land or National Forest 
            System land, all or a portion of which are within the area 
            depicted as the ``Boulder White Clouds Grazing Area'' on 
            the map entitled ``Boulder White Clouds Grazing Area Map'' 
            and dated January 27, 2010.
                (ii) Partial donation.--A person holding a valid 
            grazing permit or lease for a grazing allotment partially 
            within the area described in clause (i) may elect to donate 
            only the portion of the grazing permit or lease that is 
            within the area.
            (B) Termination.--With respect to each permit or lease 
        donated under subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall--
                (i) terminate the grazing permit or lease or portion of 
            the permit or lease; and
                (ii) except as provided in subparagraph (C), ensure a 
            permanent end to grazing on the land covered by the permit 
            or lease or portion of the permit or lease.
            (C) Common allotments.--
                (i) In general.--If the land covered by a permit or 
            lease donated under subparagraph (A) is also covered by 
            another valid grazing permit or lease that is not donated, 
            the Secretary shall reduce the authorized level on the land 
            covered by the permit or lease to reflect the donation of 
            the permit or lease under subparagraph (A).
                (ii) Authorized level.--To ensure that there is a 
            permanent reduction in the level of grazing on the land 
            covered by the permit or lease donated under subparagraph 
            (A), the Secretary shall not allow grazing use to exceed 
            the authorized level established under clause (i).
            (D) Partial donation.--If a person holding a valid grazing 
        permit or lease donates less than the full amount of grazing 
        use authorized under the permit or lease, the Secretary shall--
                (i) reduce the authorized grazing level to reflect the 
            donation; and
                (ii) modify the permit or lease to reflect the revised 
            level or area of use.
    (f) Outfitting and Guide Activities.--In accordance with section 
4(d)(5) of the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1133(d)(5)), commercial 
services (including authorized outfitting and guide activities) within 
the wilderness areas are authorized to the extent necessary for 
activities which are proper for realizing the recreational or other 
wilderness purposes of the wilderness areas.
    (g) Fish and Wildlife.--Nothing in this title affects the 
jurisdiction of the State of Idaho with respect to the management of 
fish and wildlife on public land in the State, including the regulation 
of hunting, fishing, and trapping within the wilderness areas.
    (h) Access.--In accordance with section 5(a) of the Wilderness Act 
(16 U.S.C. 1134(a)), the Secretary shall provide the owner of State or 
private property within the boundary of a wilderness area adequate 
access to the property.
    SEC. 103. WATER RIGHTS.
    (a) Statutory Construction.--Nothing in this title--
        (1) shall constitute either an express or implied reservation 
    by the United States of any water rights with respect to the 
    wilderness areas designated by section 101;
        (2) affects any water rights--
            (A) in the State of Idaho existing on the date of enactment 
        of this Act, including any water rights held by the United 
        States; or
            (B) decreed in the Snake River Basin Adjudication, 
        including any stipulation approved by the court in such 
        adjudication between the United States and the State of Idaho 
        with respect to such water rights; or
        (3)(A) establishes a precedent with regard to any future 
    wilderness designations; or
        (B) limits, alters, modifies, or amends section 9 of the 
    Sawtooth National Recreation Area Act (16 U.S.C. 460aa-8).
    (b) New Projects.--
        (1) Prohibition.--Except as otherwise provided in this Act, on 
    and after the date of the 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 water resource facility inside any 
    of the wilderness areas designated by section 101.
        (2) Definition.--In this subsection, the term ``water resource 
    facility'' means irrigation and pumping facilities, reservoirs, 
    water conservation works, aqueducts, canals, ditches, pipelines, 
    wells, hydropower projects, and transmission and other ancillary 
    facilities, and other water diversion, storage, and carriage 
    structures.
    SEC. 104. MILITARY OVERFLIGHTS.
    Nothing in this title restricts or precludes--
        (1) low-level overflights of military aircraft over the 
    wilderness areas, including military overflights that can be seen 
    or heard within the wilderness areas;
        (2) flight testing and evaluation; or
        (3) the designation or creation of new units of special use 
    airspace, or the establishment of military flight training routes, 
    over the wilderness areas.
    SEC. 105. ADJACENT MANAGEMENT.
    (a) In General.--Nothing in this title creates a protective 
perimeter or buffer zone around a wilderness area.
    (b) Activities Outside Wilderness Area.--The fact that an activity 
or use on land outside a wilderness area can be seen or heard within 
the wilderness area shall not preclude the activity or use outside the 
boundary of the wilderness area.
    SEC. 106. NATIVE AMERICAN CULTURAL AND RELIGIOUS USES.
    Nothing in this title diminishes the treaty rights of any Indian 
tribe.
    SEC. 107. ACQUISITION OF LAND AND INTERESTS IN LAND.
    (a) Acquisition.--
        (1) In general.--The Secretary may acquire any land or interest 
    in land within the boundaries of the wilderness areas by donation, 
    exchange, or purchase from a willing seller.
        (2) Land exchange.--Not later than 3 years after the date of 
    enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall seek to complete an 
    exchange for State land located within the boundaries of the 
    wilderness areas designated by this title.
    (b) Incorporation in Wilderness Area.--Any land or interest in land 
located inside the boundary of a wilderness area that is acquired by 
the United States after the date of enactment of this Act shall be 
added to, and administered as part of the wilderness area.
    SEC. 108. WILDERNESS REVIEW.
    (a) National Forest System Land.--Section 5 of Public Law 92-400 
(16 U.S.C. 460aa-4) is repealed.
    (b) Public Land.--
        (1) Finding.--Congress finds that, for purposes of section 603 
    of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 
    1782), the public land administered by the Bureau of Land 
    Management in the following wilderness study areas have been 
    adequately studied for wilderness designation:
            (A) Jerry Peak Wilderness Study Area.
            (B) Jerry Peak West Wilderness Study Area.
            (C) Corral-Horse Basin Wilderness Study Area.
            (D) Boulder Creek Wilderness Study Area.
        (2) Release.--Any public land within the areas described in 
    paragraph (1) that is not designated as wilderness by this title--
            (A) shall not be subject to section 603(c) of the Federal 
        Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1782(c)); and
            (B) shall be managed in accordance with land management 
        plans adopted under section 202 of that Act (43 U.S.C. 1712).

             TITLE II--LAND CONVEYANCES FOR PUBLIC PURPOSES

    SEC. 201. SHORT TITLE.
    This title may be cited as the ``Central Idaho Economic Development 
and Recreation Act''.
    SEC. 202. BLAINE COUNTY, IDAHO.
    The Secretary of Agriculture shall issue a special use permit or 
convey to Blaine County, Idaho, without consideration, not to exceed 1 
acre of land for use as a school bus turnaround, as generally depicted 
on the map entitled ``Blaine County Conveyance--Eagle Creek Parcel--
Proposed'' and dated October 1, 2006.
    SEC. 203. CUSTER COUNTY, IDAHO.
    (a) Park and Campground.--The Secretary of the Interior shall 
convey to Custer County, Idaho (in this section referred to as the 
``County''), without consideration, approximately 114 acres of land 
depicted as ``Parcel A'' on the map entitled ``Custer County and City 
of Mackay Conveyances'' and dated April 6, 2010, for use as a public 
park and campground, consistent with uses allowed under the Act of June 
14, 1926 (commonly known as the Recreation and Public Purposes Act; 43 
U.S.C. 869 et seq.).
    (b) Fire Hall.--The Secretary of the Interior shall convey to the 
County, without consideration, approximately 10 acres of land depicted 
as ``Parcel B'' on the map entitled ``Custer County and City of Mackay 
Conveyances'' and dated April 6, 2010, for use as a fire hall, 
consistent with uses allowed under the Act of June 14, 1926 (commonly 
known as the Recreation and Public Purposes Act; 43 U.S.C. 869 et 
seq.).
    (c) Waste Transfer Site.--The Secretary of the Interior shall 
convey to the County, without consideration, approximately 80 acres of 
land depicted as ``Parcel C'' on the map entitled ``Custer County and 
City of Mackay Conveyances'' and dated April 6, 2010, to be used for a 
waste transfer site, consistent with uses allowed under the Act of June 
14, 1926 (commonly known as the Recreation and Public Purposes Act; 43 
U.S.C. 869 et seq.).
    (d) Forest Service Road.--
        (1) Conveyance.--The Secretary of Agriculture shall convey to 
    the County, without consideration, the Forest Service road that 
    passes through the parcel of National Forest System land to be 
    conveyed to the City of Stanley, Idaho, under section 206 from the 
    junction of the road with Highway 75 to the junction with Valley 
    Creek Road at the City of Stanley boundary.
        (2) Relocation.--The conveyance under paragraph (1) is subject 
    to the condition that the County agree to relocate the portion of 
    the road that passes through the section 206 conveyance parcel to 
    the southeast along the boundary of the conveyance parcel.
    SEC. 204. CITY OF CHALLIS, IDAHO.
    The Secretary of the Interior shall convey to the City of Challis, 
Idaho, without consideration, approximately 460 acres of land within 
the area generally depicted as ``Parcel B'' on the map entitled 
``Custer County and City of Challis Conveyances'' and dated February 2, 
2010, to be used for public purposes consistent with uses allowed under 
the Act of June 14, 1926 (commonly known as the Recreation and Public 
Purposes Act; 43 U.S.C. 869 et seq.).
    SEC. 205. CITY OF CLAYTON, IDAHO.
    (a) Cemetery.--The Secretary of the Interior shall convey to the 
City of Clayton, Idaho (in this section referred to as the ``City''), 
without consideration, approximately 23 acres of land depicted as 
``Parcel A'' on the map entitled ``City of Clayton Conveyances'' and 
dated April 6, 2010, for use as a public cemetery.
    (b) Park.--The Secretary of the Interior shall convey to the City, 
without consideration, approximately 2 acres of land depicted as 
``Parcel B'' on the map entitled ``City of Clayton Conveyances'' and 
dated April 6, 2010, for use as a public park or other public purpose 
consistent with uses allowed under the Act of June 14, 1926 (commonly 
known as the Recreation and Public Purposes Act; 43 U.S.C. 869 et 
seq.).
    (c) Water Tower.--The Secretary of the Interior shall convey to the 
City, without consideration, approximately 2 acres of land depicted as 
``Parcel C'' on the map entitled ``City of Clayton Conveyances'' and 
dated April 6, 2010, for location of a water tower, consistent with 
uses allowed under the Act of June 14, 1926 (commonly known as the 
Recreation and Public Purposes Act; 43 U.S.C. 869 et seq.).
    (d) Wastewater Treatment Facility.--The Secretary of the Interior 
shall convey to the City, without consideration, approximately 6 acres 
of land depicted as ``Parcel D'' on the map entitled ``City of Clayton 
Conveyances'' and dated April 6, 2010 (including any necessary access 
right-of-way across the river), for use as a wastewater treatment 
facility, consistent with uses allowed under the Act of June 14, 1926 
(commonly known as the Recreation and Public Purposes Act; 43 U.S.C. 
869 et seq.).
    (e) Fire Hall.--The Secretary of the Interior shall convey to the 
City, without consideration, approximately 2 acres of land depicted as 
``Parcel E'' on the map entitled ``City of Clayton Conveyances'' and 
dated April 6, 2010, for use as a fire hall and related purposes, 
consistent with uses allowed under the Act of June 14, 1926 (commonly 
known as the Recreation and Public Purposes Act; 43 U.S.C. 869 et 
seq.).
    SEC. 206. CITY OF STANLEY, IDAHO.
    (a) Workforce Housing.--The Secretary of Agriculture shall convey 
to the City of Stanley, Idaho (in this section referred to as the 
``City''), without consideration, a parcel of National Forest System 
land within the Sawtooth National Recreation Area, but outside the area 
managed by the Sawtooth Interpretative and Historical Association under 
special use permit with the Secretary, that consists of approximately 4 
acres as indicated on the map entitled ``Custer County and City of 
Stanley Conveyance Parcel-Proposed'' and dated February 24, 2015, for 
the purpose of permitting the City to develop the parcel to provide 
workforce housing for persons employed in the City or its environs.
    (b) Number and Construction of Housing.--The City will construct up 
to 20 apartment units on the parcel conveyed under subsection (a). The 
actual design and configuration of the apartment units will be 
determined by the City in consultation with the Secretary and other 
interested parties, except that units may not exceed 2 stories and must 
be located near or against the hillside to blend in with the terrain.
    (c) Recreation Area Private Land Use Regulations.--The private land 
use regulations of the Sawtooth National Recreation Area shall not 
apply to the parcel conveyed under subsection (a), including with 
regard to the number and type of apartments units to be constructed on 
the parcel.
    (d) Removal of Existing Structure.--The Secretary shall be 
responsible for the removal of the barn located, as of the date of the 
enactment of this Act, on the parcel to be conveyed under subsection 
(a). The Secretary may remove the barn either before the conveyance of 
the parcel or at such later date as the City may request.
    (e) Relation to Required Reversionary Interest.--Consistent with 
the reversionary interest required by section 207(b), the City may 
contract for the development and management of the apartment units 
constructed on the parcel conveyed under subsection (a) so long as the 
City retains ownership of the parcel in perpetuity.
    SEC. 207. TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF PERMITS OR LAND CONVEYANCES.
    (a) Terms and Conditions.--The issuance of a special use permit or 
the conveyance of land under this title shall be subject to any terms 
and conditions that the Secretary determines to be appropriate.
    (b) Reversionary Interest.--If any parcel of land conveyed under 
this title ceases to be used for the public purpose for which the 
parcel was conveyed, the parcel shall, at the discretion of the 
Secretary, based on a determination that reversion is in the best 
interests of the United States, revert to the United States.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.