[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
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[S. 2524 Reported in Senate (RS)]

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                                                       Calendar No. 600
114th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2524

                          [Report No. 114-327]

To insure adequate use and access to the existing Bolts Ditch headgate 
  and ditch segment within the Holy Cross Wilderness in Eagle County, 
                   Colorado, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            February 9, 2016

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

                           September 6, 2016

              Reported by Ms. Murkowski, with an amendment
  [Omit the part struck through and insert the part printed in italic]

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                                 A BILL


 
To insure adequate use and access to the existing Bolts Ditch headgate 
  and ditch segment within the Holy Cross Wilderness in Eagle County, 
                   Colorado, 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 ``Bolts Ditch Access and Use Act''.

<DELETED>SEC. 2. FINDINGS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    Congress finds as follows:</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) Since about 1882, the existing Bolts Ditch 
        headgate and ditch have been used to fill Bolts Lake near 
        Minturn, Colorado, by gravitational means, without need for 
        pumping and the attendant cost and energy use of 
        pumping.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) When the Holy Cross Wilderness was designated 
        by Congress in 1980, the Bolts Ditch headgate, and an 
        approximate 450-foot segment of the Bolts Ditch, were 
        inadvertently included inside the Wilderness 
        boundary.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) The town of Minturn seeks to use its municipal 
        water rights to store water in Bolts Lake.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (4) Questions have arisen with respect to 
        continued use, maintenance, and repair of the headgate and 
        ditch segment within the Wilderness.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (5) Legislation is warranted to correct this 
        situation and authorize the continued use, access to, and 
        maintenance and repair of the Bolts Ditch headgate and small 
        portion of the Bolts Ditch that lie within the Wilderness 
        boundary.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 3. BOLTS DITCH ACCESS.</DELETED>

SEC. 2. BOLTS DITCH ACCESS.

    (a) Access Granted.--The Secretary of Agriculture shall permit by 
special use authorization nonmotorized access and use, in accordance 
with section 293.6 of title 36, Code of Federal Regulations, of the 
Bolts Ditch Headgate and the Bolts Ditch within the Holy Cross 
Wilderness, Colorado, as designated by Public Law 96-560, for the 
purposes of the diversion of water and use, maintenance, and repair of 
such ditch and headgate by the Town of Minturn, Colorado, a Colorado 
Home Rule Municipality.
    (b) Location of Facilities.--The Bolts Ditch headgate and ditch 
segment referenced in subsection (a) are as generally depicted on the 
map entitled ``Bolts Ditch headgate and Ditch Segment'', dated 
November, 2015.
                                                       Calendar No. 600

114th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                                S. 2524

                          [Report No. 114-327]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

To insure adequate use and access to the existing Bolts Ditch headgate 
  and ditch segment within the Holy Cross Wilderness in Eagle County, 
                   Colorado, and for other purposes.

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                           September 6, 2016

                       Reported with an amendment