[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 119 (Tuesday, July 23, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Page S5240]
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  SA 2968. Mr. HEINRICH submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 4638, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2025 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of subtitle H of title X, add the following:

     SEC. 1095. WITHDRAWAL OF FEDERAL LAND IN PECOS WATERSHED 
                   AREA, NEW MEXICO.

       (a) Definition of Federal Land.--In this section, the term 
     ``Federal land'' means the Federal land depicted as ``Pecos 
     Withdrawal'' on the map entitled ``Proposed Mineral 
     Withdrawal Legislative Map'' and dated September 11, 2023.
       (b) Withdrawal.--Subject to valid rights in existence on 
     the date of enactment of this Act, the Federal land is 
     withdrawn from all forms of--
       (1) entry, appropriation, or disposal under the public land 
     laws;
       (2) location, entry, and patent under the mining laws; and
       (3) disposition under all laws pertaining to mineral and 
     geothermal leasing or mineral materials.

     SEC. 1096. DESIGNATION OF THOMPSON PEAK WILDERNESS AREA, NEW 
                   MEXICO.

       (a) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
     of Agriculture.
       (2) State.--The term ``State'' means the State of New 
     Mexico.
       (3) Wilderness area.--The term ``wilderness area'' means 
     the Thompson Peak Wilderness Area designated by subsection 
     (b).
       (b) Designation.--In accordance with the Wilderness Act (16 
     U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), the approximately 11,599 acres of land 
     managed by the Forest Service in the State, as generally 
     depicted on the map entitled ``Proposed Mineral Withdrawal 
     Legislative Map'' and dated September 11, 2023, is designated 
     as a wilderness area and as a component of the National 
     Wilderness Preservation System, to be known as the ``Thompson 
     Peak Wilderness Area''.
       (c) Map and Legal Description.--
       (1) In general.--As soon as practicable after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall file a map and 
     legal description of the wilderness area with--
       (A) the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the 
     Senate; and
       (B) the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of 
     Representatives.
       (2) Effect.--The map and legal description filed under 
     paragraph (1) shall have the same force and effect as if 
     included in this section, except that the Secretary may 
     correct clerical and typographical errors in the map and 
     legal description.
       (3) Availability.--The map and legal description filed 
     under paragraph (1) shall be on file and available for public 
     inspection in the Office of the Chief of the Forest Service.
       (d) Administration.--
       (1) In general.--Subject to valid existing rights, the 
     wilderness area shall be administered by the Secretary in 
     accordance with the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), 
     except that any reference in that Act to the effective date 
     of that Act shall be considered to be a reference to the date 
     of enactment of this Act.
       (2) Adjacent management.--
       (A) No protective perimeters or buffer zones.--Congress 
     does not intend for the designation of the wilderness area to 
     create a protective perimeter or buffer zone around the 
     wilderness area.
       (B) Nonwilderness activities.--The fact that nonwilderness 
     activities or uses outside of the wilderness area can be seen 
     or heard from an area within the wilderness area shall not 
     preclude the conduct of the nonwilderness activities or uses 
     outside the boundaries of the wilderness area.
       (3) Fish and wildlife management.--In accordance with 
     section 4(d)(7) of the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1133(d)(7)), 
     nothing in this section affects the jurisdiction or 
     responsibilities of the State with respect to fish and 
     wildlife management in the wilderness area (including the 
     regulation of hunting, fishing, and trapping).
       (4) Grazing.--The Secretary shall allow the continuation of 
     the grazing of livestock in the wilderness area, if 
     established before the date of enactment of this Act, in 
     accordance with--
       (A) section 4(d)(4) of the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 
     1133(d)(4)); and
       (B) 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).
       (5) Wildfire, insect, and disease control.--The Secretary 
     may carry out measures in the wilderness area that the 
     Secretary determines to be necessary to control fire, 
     insects, or diseases, in accordance with section 4(d)(1) of 
     the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1133(d)(1)).
       (e) Incorporation of Acquired Land and Interests in Land.--
     Any land or interest in land within the boundaries of the 
     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.
       (f) Withdrawal.--Subject to valid existing rights, the 
     wilderness area is withdrawn from--
       (1) entry, appropriation, or disposal under the public land 
     laws;
       (2) location, entry, and patent under the mining laws; and
       (3) disposition under all laws relating to mineral and 
     geothermal leasing or mineral materials.
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