[Senate Report 117-153]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]


                                                     Calendar No. 496
117th Congress      }                             {         Report
                                 SENATE
 2d Session         }                             {         117-153

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               BONNEVILLE SHORELINE TRAIL ADVANCEMENT ACT

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               September 21, 2022.--Ordered to be printed

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         Mr. Manchin, from the Committee on Energy and Natural 
                   Resources, submitted the following

                              R E P O R T

                         [To accompany S. 1222]

      [Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]

    The Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, to which was 
referred the bill (S. 1222), to designate and adjust certain 
lands in the State of Utah as components of the National 
Wilderness Preservation System, and for other purposes, having 
considered the same, reports favorably thereon without 
amendment and recommends that the bill do pass.

                                Purpose

    The purpose of S. 1222 is to remove certain lands in the 
State of Utah as components of the National Wilderness 
Preservation System to allow for expanded uses of the 
Bonneville Shoreline Trail, and to designate an equal amount of 
land for addition to the Mount Olympus Wilderness in Utah.

                          Background and Need

    The Bonneville Shoreline Trail (BST) is a non-contiguous, 
mixed-use trail in Utah supported by the Bonneville Shoreline 
Trail Coalition, the City Council and Planning Commission of 
Salt Lake City, and other local entities. Beginning in 1990, 
local stakeholders developed the BST concept for a heavily used 
mountain biking, hiking, and jogging pathway that is envisioned 
to eventually span about 280 miles from the Idaho-Utah border 
to Nephi, Utah. About 107 miles of the BST are complete with 
trail segments running along the slopes of the Wasatch Range, 
Salt Lake City, and the ancient glacial Lake Bonneville, which 
combined are home to about 75 percent of the state's residents.
    Trail alignment work on and access to some segments of the 
BST by mountain bikers are restricted because the trail winds 
into four Wilderness areas located in the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache 
National Forest. The bill proposes to remove from Wilderness 
status approximately 326 acres of currently designated 
Wilderness areas that are located along the outer edges of the 
Wilderness areas and neighbor urban development. To offset the 
loss of Wilderness acreage, the bill designates approximately 
326 acres of new wilderness contiguous to the Mount Olympus 
Wilderness within the same national forest.

                          Legislative History

    S. 1222 was introduced by Senators Romney and Lee on April 
20, 2021. The Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining 
held a hearing on the bill on June 16, 2021. A companion bill, 
H.R. 2551, was introduced by Representative Curtis on April 15, 
2021. H.R. 2551 was ordered to be reported by the House Natural 
Resources Committee on January 19, 2022.
    Senators Romney and Lee introduced similar legislation in 
the 116th Congress, S. 4215, and the Subcommittee on Public 
Lands, Forests, and Mining held a hearing on this bill on 
November 18, 2020 (S. Hrg. 116-382). Representative Curtis 
introduced a companion bill, H.R. 7626 on July 16, 2020. No 
further action was taken on either bill in the 116th Congress.

                        Committee Recommendation

    The Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, in 
open business session on May 3, 2022, by a voice vote of a 
quorum present, recommends that the Senate pass S. 1222.

                      Section-by-Section Analysis


Section 1. Short title

    Section 1 provides the short title of the bill, the 
``Bonneville Shoreline Trail Advancement Act.''

Section 2. Wilderness area included in Mount Olympus Wilderness

    Section 2 amends the Utah Wilderness Act of 1984 (P.L. 98-
428) to incorporate 326.27 acres of the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache 
National Forest as part of the Mount Olympus Wilderness.

Section 3. Wilderness boundary adjustment

    Section 3 amends the Utah Wilderness Act of 1984 to remove 
from wilderness status 11.17 acres of the Mount Naomi 
Wilderness; 197.4 acres of the Mount Olympus Wilderness; 9.8 
acres of the Twin Peaks Wilderness; and 107.9 acres of the Lone 
Peak Wilderness Area.

Section 4. Rule of construction

    Section 4 provides a savings clause for water rights.

Section 5. Map

    Section 5 directs that the referenced map be kept on file 
with the office of the Chief of the Forest Service and allows 
the Secretary of Agriculture to make technical corrections to 
the map.

                   Cost and Budgetary Considerations

    The following estimate of costs of this measure has been 
provided by the Congressional Budget Office.

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    S. 1222 would designate roughly 330 acres of federal land 
in the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest in Utah as 
wilderness and would remove an equal amount of acreage from 
existing wilderness areas within the forest.
    Based on the costs of similar tasks, CBO estimates that any 
costs incurred by the Forest Service to implement S. 1222 would 
be insignificant; any spending would be subject to the 
availability of appropriated funds.
    Land designated as wilderness would be withdrawn from 
availability for income-generating activities, such as mineral 
leasing, timber production, and other uses. Using information 
from the Forest Service, CBO expects that, under the bill, the 
federal government would not forego any receipts, which are 
recorded as offsets to direct spending, from such activities on 
that land.
    On April 28, 2022, CBO transmitted a cost estimate for H.R. 
2551, the Bonneville Shoreline Trail Advancement Act, as 
ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on 
January 19, 2022. The two bills are similar, and CBO's 
estimates of their budgetary effects are the same.
    The CBO staff contact for this estimate is Janani 
Shankaran. The estimate was reviewed by H. Samuel Papenfuss, 
Deputy Director of Budget Analysis.

                      Regulatory Impact Evaluation

    In compliance with paragraph 11(b) of rule XXVI of the 
Standing Rules of the Senate, the Committee makes the following 
evaluation of the regulatory impact which would be incurred in 
carrying out S. 1222. The bill is not a regulatory measure in 
the sense of imposing Government-established standards or 
significant economic responsibilities on private individuals 
and businesses. No personal information would be collected in 
administering the program. Therefore, there would be no impact 
on personal privacy. Little, if any, additional paperwork would 
result from the enactment of S. 1222, as ordered reported.

                   Congressionally Directed Spending

    S. 1222, as ordered reported, does not contain any 
congressionally directed spending items, limited tax benefits, 
or limited tariff benefits as defined in rule XLIV of the 
Standing Rules of the Senate.

                        Executive Communications

    The testimony provided by the U.S. Forest Service at the 
June 16, 2021, hearing on S. 1222 follows:

 Statement of Chris French, Deputy Chief, National Forest System, U.S. 
             Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture

    Chairman Cortez Masto, Ranking Member Lee and members of 
the subcommittee, thank you for the opportunity to appear 
before you today to present the views of the U.S. Department of 
Agriculture (USDA) on several public land bills.
S. 1222: Bonneville Shoreline Trail Advancement Act
    USDA Supports S. 1222 which would designate parcels of 
National Forest System lands on the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache 
National Forest (Forest) in Utah as components of the National 
Wilderness Preservation System, and makes boundary adjustments 
to existing wilderness areas on the Forest, thereby removing 
these components from the National Wilderness Preservation 
System.
    Section 2 of the bill would add approximately 326 acres of 
National Forest System lands to the Mount Olympus Wilderness. 
While the acres included in the proposed additions to the Mount 
Olympus Wilderness have not yet been evaluated for wilderness 
characteristics through the land management planning process, 
the Forest Service finds that these additions contain 
wilderness attributes and will not detract from existing 
wilderness areas.
    Section 3 of S. 1222 makes boundary adjustments to existing 
wilderness components on the Forest, identifying approximately 
326 acres for removal from the National Wilderness Preservation 
System. The bill stipulates that acres removed from the 
National Wilderness Preservation System shall be managed as 
part of the Forest. As depicted on the ``Bonneville Shoreline 
Trail Legislative Map'' dated July 9, 2020, the bill makes the 
following adjustments: approximately 10 acres are removed from 
Twin Peaks Wilderness; approximately 109 acres are removed from 
Lone Peak Wilderness; approximately 11 acres are removed from 
Mount Naomi Wilderness; and approximately 197 acres are removed 
from Mount Olympus Wilderness. The proposed removal of these 
parcels from the National Wilderness Preservation System will 
advance completion of the Bonneville Shoreline Trail.

                        Changes in Existing Law

    In compliance with paragraph 12 of rule XXVI of the 
Standing Rules of the Senate, changes in existing law made by 
the bill S. 1222, as ordered reported, are shown as follows 
(existing law proposed to be omitted is enclosed in black 
brackets, new matter is printed in italic, existing law in 
which no change is proposed is shown in roman):

                           Public Law 98-428


                             98th Congress


 AN ACT To designate certain national forest system lands in the State 
of Utah for inclusion in the National Wilderness Preservation System to 
 release other forest lands for multiple use management, and for other 
                                purposes

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
the United States of America in Congress assembled, That this 
Act may be cited as the ``Utah Wilderness Act of 1984''.

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    Sec. 102. (a) In furtherance of the purpose of the 
Wilderness Act (78 Stat. 890), the following national forest 
system lands in the State of Utah are hereby designated as 
wilderness, and, therefore, as components of the National 
Wilderness Preservation System:

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          (11) certain lands in the Dixie National Forest which 
        comprise approximately fifty thousand acres as 
        generally depicted on a map entitled ``Pine Valley 
        Mountain Wilderness--Proposed'', dated June 1984, and 
        which shall be known as the Pine Valley Mountain 
        Wilderness; [and]
          (12) certain lands in the Wasatch National Forest 
        which comprise approximately twenty-five thousand five 
        hundred acres as generally depicted on a map entitled 
        ``Deseret Peak Wilderness--Proposed'', dated June 1984, 
        and which shall be known as the Deseret Peak 
        Wilderness[.]; and
          (13) certain lands in the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache 
        National Forest which comprise approximately 326.27 
        acres as generally depicted on a map entitled the 
        ``Bonneville Shoreline Trail Legislative Map'' dated 
        July 9, 2020, are, subject to valid existing rights, 
        hereby incorporated as part of the Mount Olympus 
        Wilderness designated under paragraph (3).
    (b) The previous classifications are hereby abolished: the 
Mount Timpanogos Scenic Area and the High Uintas Primitive 
Area.
    (c) Mount Naomi Wilderness Boundary Adjustment.--Certain 
lands in the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest which comprise 
approximately 11.17 acres as generally depicted on a map 
entitled the ``Bonneville Shoreline Trail Legislative Map'', 
dated July 9, 2020, are hereby removed from the Mount Naomi 
Wilderness designated under subsection (a)(1).
    (d) Mount Olympus Wilderness Boundary Adjustment.--Certain 
lands in the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest which comprise 
approximately 197.4 acres as generally depicted on a map 
entitled the ``Bonneville Shoreline Trail Legislative Map'', 
dated July 9, 2020, are hereby removed from the Mount Olympus 
Wilderness designated under subsection (a)(3).
    (e) Twin Peaks Wilderness Boundary Adjustment.--Certain 
lands in the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest which comprise 
approximately 9.8 acres as generally depicted on a map entitled 
the ``Bonneville Shoreline Trail Legislative Map'', dated July 
9, 2020, are hereby removed from the Twin Peaks Wilderness 
designated under subsection (a)(4).

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                           Public Law 95-237


                             95th Congress


AN ACT To designate certain endangered public lands for preservation as 
                   wilderness, and for other purposes

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
the United States of America in the United States of America in 
Congress assembled, That this Act may be cited as the 
``Endangered American Wilderness Act of 1978''.

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    Sec. 2. In furtherance of the purposes of the Wilderness 
Act, the following lands (hereinafter referred to as 
``wilderness areas''), as generally depicted on maps 
appropriately referenced, dated January 1978, are hereby 
designated as wilderness and, therefore, as components of the 
National Wilderness Preservation System--
    (j) certain lands in the Medicine Bow National Forest, 
Wyoming, which comprise about fourteen thousand nine hundred 
and forty acres, are generally depicted on a map entitled 
``Savage Run Wilderness Area-Proposed'', and shall be known as 
the Savage Run Wilderness; [and]
    (k) certain lands in Lolo National Forest, Montana, which 
comprise approximately twenty-eight thousand four hundred and 
forty acres are generally depicted on a map entitled ``Welcome 
Creek Wilderness Area-Proposed'', and shall be known as the 
Welcome Creek Wilderness[.]; and
    (l) certain lands in the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National 
Forest, Utah, which comprise approximately 107.9 acres as 
generally depicted on a map entitled the ``Bonneville Shoreline 
Trail Legislative Map'', dated July 9, 2020, are hereby removed 
from the Lone Peak Wilderness Area designated under subsection 
(i).

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