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119THCONGRESS
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STSESSION H. R. 1472
To redesignate land within certain wilderness study areas in the State of
Wyoming, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY21, 2025
Ms. H
AGEMANintroduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Natural Resources
A BILL
To redesignate land within certain wilderness study areas
in the State of Wyoming, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Wyoming Public Lands 4
Initiative Act of 2025’’. 5
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 6
In this Act: 7
(1) B
UREAU.—The term ‘‘Bureau’’ means the 8
Bureau of Land Management. 9
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(2) RANGE IMPROVEMENT .—The term ‘‘range 1
improvement’’ has the meaning given the term in 2
section 3 of the Public Rangelands Improvement Act 3
of 1978 (43 U.S.C. 1902). 4
(3) S
ECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 5
the Secretary of the Interior. 6
(4) S
TATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means the State 7
of Wyoming. 8
(5) W
ILDERNESS AREA.—The term ‘‘wilderness 9
area’’ means a wilderness area designated by section 10
3. 11
SEC. 3. DESIGNATION OF WILDERNESS AREAS. 12
In accordance with the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 13
1131 et seq.), the following areas in the State are des-14
ignated as wilderness and as components of the National 15
Wilderness Preservation System: 16
(1) E
NCAMPMENT RIVER CANYON WILDER -17
NESS.— 18
(A) I
N GENERAL.—Certain Federal land 19
administered by the Bureau in the State, com-20
prising approximately 4,523.84 acres, as gen-21
erally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘Proposed 22
Encampment River Wilderness’’ and dated De-23
cember 5, 2023, which shall be known as the 24
‘‘Encampment River Canyon Wilderness’’. 25
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(B) EXCLUDED LAND.—The following land 1
is not included in the Encampment River Can-2
yon Wilderness: 3
(i) Any land in the NW
1
⁄4NW
1
⁄4NW
1
⁄4 4
sec. 24, T. 14 N., R. 84 W. 5
(ii) Any land within 100 feet of the 6
centerline of— 7
(I) County Road 353; or 8
(II) Water Valley Road. 9
(2) P
ROSPECT MOUNTAIN WILDERNESS .— 10
(A) I
N GENERAL.—Certain Federal land 11
administered by the Bureau in the State, com-12
prising approximately 1,099.76 acres, as gen-13
erally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘Proposed 14
Prospect Mountain Wilderness’’ and dated De-15
cember 8, 2023, which shall be known as the 16
‘‘Prospect Mountain Wilderness’’. 17
(B) E
XCLUDED LAND .—Any land within 18
100 feet of the centerline of Prospect Road is 19
not included in the Prospect Mountain Wilder-20
ness. 21
(3) U
PPER SWEETWATER CANYON WILDER -22
NESS.— 23
(A) I
N GENERAL.—Certain Federal land 24
administered by the Bureau in the State, com-25
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prising approximately 2,877.35 acres, as gen-1
erally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘Proposed 2
Upper Sweetwater Canyon Wilderness’’ and 3
dated December 6, 2023, which shall be known 4
as the ‘‘Upper Sweetwater Canyon Wilderness’’. 5
(B) B
OUNDARY.— 6
(i) I
N GENERAL.—Except as provided 7
in clause (ii), the boundary of the Upper 8
Sweetwater Canyon Wilderness shall con-9
form to the boundary of the Sweetwater 10
Canyon Wilderness Study Area. 11
(ii) E
ASTERN BOUNDARY .—The east-12
ern boundary of the Upper Sweetwater 13
Canyon Wilderness shall be 100 feet from 14
the western edge of the north-south road 15
bisecting the Upper Sweetwater Canyon 16
Wilderness and the Lower Sweetwater 17
Canyon Wilderness, known as ‘‘Strawberry 18
Creek Road’’. 19
(iii) E
XCLUSION OF EXISTING 20
ROADS.—Any established legal route with 21
authorized motorized use in existence on 22
the date of enactment of this Act that en-23
ters the Upper Sweetwater Canyon Wilder-24
ness in T. 28 N., R. 98 W., sec. 4, or the 25
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Lower Sweetwater Canyon Wilderness in 1
T. 29 N., R. 97 W., sec. 33, is not in-2
cluded in the Upper Sweetwater Canyon 3
Wilderness. 4
(4) L
OWER SWEETWATER CANYON WILDER -5
NESS.— 6
(A) I
N GENERAL.—Certain Federal land 7
administered by the Bureau in the State, com-8
prising approximately 5,665.19 acres, as gen-9
erally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘Lower 10
Sweetwater Canyon Wilderness’’ and dated De-11
cember 5, 2023, which shall be known as the 12
‘‘Lower Sweetwater Canyon Wilderness’’. 13
(B) B
OUNDARY.— 14
(i) I
N GENERAL.—Except as provided 15
in clause (ii), the boundary of the Lower 16
Sweetwater Canyon Wilderness shall con-17
form to the boundary of the Sweetwater 18
Canyon Wilderness Study Area. 19
(ii) W
ESTERN BOUNDARY .—The west-20
ern boundary of the Lower Sweetwater 21
Canyon Wilderness shall be 100 feet from 22
the eastern edge of the north-south road 23
bisecting the Upper Sweetwater Canyon 24
Wilderness and the Lower Sweetwater 25
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Canyon Wilderness, known as ‘‘Strawberry 1
Creek Road’’. 2
(iii) E
XCLUSION OF EXISTING 3
ROADS.—Any established legal route with 4
authorized motorized use in existence on 5
the date of enactment of this Act that en-6
ters the Upper Sweetwater Canyon Wilder-7
ness in T. 29 N., R. 98 W., sec. 4, or the 8
Lower Sweetwater Canyon Wilderness in 9
T. 29 N., R. 97 W., sec. 33, is not in-10
cluded in the Lower Sweetwater Canyon 11
Wilderness. 12
(5) B
OBCAT DRAW WILDERNESS .—Certain Fed-13
eral land administered by the Bureau in the State, 14
comprising approximately 6,246.84 acres, as gen-15
erally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘Proposed Bob-16
cat Draw Wilderness’’ and dated December 8, 2023, 17
which shall be known as the ‘‘Bobcat Draw Wilder-18
ness’’. 19
SEC. 4. ADMINISTRATION OF WILDERNESS AREAS. 20
(a) I
NGENERAL.—Subject to valid existing rights, 21
the Secretary shall administer the wilderness areas in ac-22
cordance with this section and the Wilderness Act (16 23
U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), except that— 24
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(1) any reference in that Act to the effective 1
date of that Act shall be considered to be a reference 2
to the date of enactment of this Act; and 3
(2) any reference in that Act to the Secretary 4
of Agriculture shall be considered to be a reference 5
to the Secretary. 6
(b) F
IREMANAGEMENT AND RELATEDACTIVI-7
TIES.— 8
(1) I
N GENERAL.—The Secretary may carry out 9
any activities in a wilderness area as are necessary 10
for the control of fire, insects, or disease in accord-11
ance with section 4(d)(1) of the Wilderness Act (16 12
U.S.C. 1133(d)(1)). 13
(2) C
OORDINATION.—In carrying out para-14
graph (1), the Secretary shall coordinate with— 15
(A) the Wyoming Forestry Division; and 16
(B) the applicable county in the State in 17
which the wilderness area is located. 18
(3) F
IRE MANAGEMENT PLAN .—Not later than 19
180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the 20
Secretary shall establish a fire management plan for 21
the wilderness areas— 22
(A) to ensure the timely and efficient con-23
trol of fires, diseases, and insects in the wilder-24
ness areas, in accordance with section 4(d)(1) 25
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of the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1133(d)(1)); 1
and 2
(B) to provide, to the maximum extent 3
practicable, adequate protection from forest 4
fires, disease outbreaks, and insect infestations 5
to any Federal, State, or private land adjacent 6
to the wilderness areas. 7
(c) G
RAZING.—The grazing of livestock in a wilder-8
ness area, if established before the date of enactment of 9
this Act, shall be administered in accordance with— 10
(1) section 4(d)(4) of the Wilderness Act (16 11
U.S.C. 1133(d)(4)); and 12
(2) the guidelines set forth in Appendix A of 13
House Report 101–405, accompanying H.R. 2570 of 14
the 101st Congress, for land under the jurisdiction 15
of the Secretary of the Interior. 16
(d) B
UFFERZONES.— 17
(1) I
N GENERAL.—Nothing in this section es-18
tablishes a protective perimeter or buffer zone 19
around a wilderness area. 20
(2) O
UTSIDE ACTIVITIES OR USES .—The fact 21
that a nonwilderness activity or use can be seen or 22
heard from within a wilderness area shall not pre-23
clude the activity or use outside the boundary of the 24
wilderness area. 25
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SEC. 5. RELEASE OF WILDERNESS STUDY AREAS. 1
(a) F
INDING.—Congress finds that, for purposes of 2
section 603(c) of the Federal Land Policy and Manage-3
ment Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1782(c)), any portion of a 4
wilderness study area described in subsection (b) that is 5
not designated as a wilderness area by section 3 has been 6
adequately studied for wilderness designation. 7
(b) D
ESCRIPTION OFLAND.—The wilderness study 8
areas referred to in subsections (a) and (c) are the fol-9
lowing: 10
(1) The Encampment River Canyon Wilderness 11
Study Area. 12
(2) The Prospect Mountain Wilderness Study 13
Area. 14
(3) The Bennett Mountains Wilderness Study 15
Area. 16
(4) The Sweetwater Canyon Wilderness Study 17
Area. 18
(5) The Lankin Dome Wilderness Study Area. 19
(6) The Split Rock Wilderness Study Area. 20
(7) The Savage Peak Wilderness Study Area. 21
(8) The Miller Springs Wilderness Study Area. 22
(9) The Dubois Badlands Wilderness Study 23
Area. 24
(10) The Copper Mountain Wilderness Study 25
Area. 26
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(11) The Whiskey Mountain Wilderness Study 1
Area. 2
(12) The Fortification Creek Wilderness Study 3
Area. 4
(13) The Gardner Mountain Wilderness Study 5
Area. 6
(14) The North Fork Wilderness Study Area. 7
(15) The portion of the Bobcat Draw Wilder-8
ness Study Area located in Washakie County, Wyo-9
ming. 10
(16) The Cedar Mountain Wilderness Study 11
Area. 12
(17) The Honeycombs Wilderness Study Area. 13
(c) R
ELEASE.—Any portion of a wilderness study 14
area described in subsection (b) that is not designated as 15
a wilderness area by section 3 is no longer subject to sec-16
tion 603(c) of the Federal Land Policy and Management 17
Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1782(c)). 18
(d) M
ANAGEMENT OFRELEASEDLAND.— 19
(1) I
N GENERAL.—The Secretary shall manage 20
the portions of the wilderness study areas released 21
under subsection (c) in accordance with— 22
(A) the Federal Land Policy and Manage-23
ment Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.); 24
(B) applicable land management plans; 25
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(C) applicable management provisions 1
under paragraph (2); and 2
(D) any other applicable law. 3
(2) S
PECIFIC MANAGEMENT PROVISIONS .— 4
(A) B
ENNETT MOUNTAINS WILDERNESS 5
STUDY AREA.—The Secretary shall manage the 6
portion of the Bennett Mountains Wilderness 7
Study Area released under subsection (c) in ac-8
cordance with section 8(a). 9
(B) D
UBOIS BADLANDS WILDERNESS 10
STUDY AREA.— 11
(i) D
IVISION.—The Secretary shall di-12
vide the land within the Dubois Badlands 13
Wilderness Study Area by authorizing the 14
installation of a fence or the repair or relo-15
cation of an existing fence in T. 41 N., R. 16
106 W., sec. 5, that— 17
(I) follows existing infrastructure 18
and natural barriers; 19
(II) begins at an intersection 20
with North Mountain View Road in 21
the NE
1
⁄4NW
1
⁄4sec. 5, T. 41 N., R. 22
106 W.; 23
(III) from the point described in 24
subclause (II), proceeds southeast to a 25
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point near the midpoint of the NE
1
⁄4 1
sec. 5, T. 41 N., R. 106 W.; and 2
(IV) from the point described in 3
subclause (III), proceeds southwest to 4
a point in the SW
1
⁄4NE
1
⁄4sec. 5, T. 5
41 N., R. 106 W., that intersects with 6
the boundary of the Dubois Badlands 7
Wilderness Study Area. 8
(ii) M
ANAGEMENT.—The Secretary 9
shall manage the portion of the Dubois 10
Badlands Wilderness Study Area released 11
under subsection (c) in accordance with— 12
(I) paragraph (1); and 13
(II) sections 6 and 7. 14
(C) C
OPPER MOUNTAIN WILDERNESS 15
STUDY AREA.— 16
(i) I
N GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 17
manage the portion of the Copper Moun-18
tain Wilderness Study Area released under 19
subsection (c) in accordance with para-20
graph (1). 21
(ii) M
INERAL LEASING.— 22
(I) I
N GENERAL.—The Secretary 23
may lease oil and gas resources within 24
the land released from the Copper 25
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Mountain Wilderness Study Area 1
under subsection (c) if— 2
(aa) the lease may only be 3
accessed by directional drilling 4
from a lease that is outside of 5
the land released from the Cop-6
per Mountain Wilderness Study 7
Area; and 8
(bb) the lease prohibits, 9
without exception or waiver, sur-10
face occupancy and surface dis-11
turbance on the land released 12
from the Copper Mountain Wil-13
derness Study Area for any ac-14
tivities, including activities relat-15
ing to exploration, development, 16
or production. 17
(II) U
NDERGROUND RIGHTS -OF- 18
WAY.—The Secretary may grant un-19
derground rights-of-way for any min-20
eral lease entered into under sub-21
clause (I). 22
(III) P
ROHIBITION OF CERTAIN 23
LEASES.—Subject to valid rights in 24
existence on the date of enactment of 25
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this Act, the Secretary shall not issue 1
a new lease for a wind or solar 2
project, an overhead transmission line, 3
or a communication tower on the land 4
released from the Copper Mountain 5
Wilderness Study Area under sub-6
section (c). 7
(IV) A
UTHORITY TO EXCHANGE 8
LAND.—In carrying out any land ex-9
change involving any of the land re-10
leased from the Copper Mountain Wil-11
derness Study Area under subsection 12
(c), the Secretary shall ensure that 13
the exchange does not result in a net 14
loss of Federal land. 15
(D) W
HISKEY MOUNTAIN WILDERNESS 16
STUDY AREA.—The Secretary shall manage the 17
portion of the Whiskey Mountain Wilderness 18
Study Area released under subsection (c) in ac-19
cordance with— 20
(i) paragraph (1); and 21
(ii) the Whiskey Mountain Coopera-22
tive Agreement between the Wyoming 23
Game and Fish Commission, the Forest 24
Service, and the Bureau, including any 25
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amendment to that agreement relating to 1
the management of bighorn sheep. 2
(E) B
OBCAT DRAW WILDERNESS STUDY 3
AREA.— 4
(i) T
RAVEL MANAGEMENT PLAN .— 5
(I) I
N GENERAL.—Not later than 6
2 years after the date of enactment of 7
this Act, the Secretary shall develop a 8
travel management plan for the land 9
released from the Bobcat Draw Wil-10
derness Study Area under subsection 11
(c). 12
(II) R
EQUIREMENTS.—The travel 13
management plan under subclause (I) 14
shall— 15
(aa) identify all existing 16
roads and trails on the land re-17
leased from the Bobcat Draw 18
Wilderness Study Area under 19
subsection (c); 20
(bb) designate each road or 21
trail available for— 22
(AA) motorized or 23
mechanized recreation; or 24
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(BB) agriculture prac-1
tices; 2
(cc) prohibit the construc-3
tion of any new road or trail for 4
motorized or mechanized recre-5
ation use; and 6
(dd) permit the continued 7
use of nonmotorized trails. 8
(ii) W
ITHDRAWAL.— 9
(I) I
N GENERAL.—Except as pro-10
vided in subclause (II), subject to 11
valid rights in existence on the date of 12
enactment of this Act, the land re-13
leased from the Bobcat Draw Wilder-14
ness Study Area under subsection (c) 15
is withdrawn from— 16
(aa) all forms of appropria-17
tion or disposal under the public 18
land laws; 19
(bb) location, entry, and 20
patent under the mining laws; 21
and 22
(cc) disposition under laws 23
relating to mineral and geo-24
thermal leasing. 25
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(II) EXCEPTION.—The Secretary 1
may lease oil and gas resources within 2
the land released from the Bobcat 3
Draw Wilderness Study Area under 4
subsection (c) if— 5
(aa) the lease may only be 6
accessed by directional drilling 7
from a lease that is outside of 8
the land released from the Bob-9
cat Draw Wilderness Study Area; 10
and 11
(bb) the lease prohibits, 12
without exception or waiver, sur-13
face occupancy and surface dis-14
turbance on the land released 15
from the Bobcat Draw Wilder-16
ness Study Area for any activi-17
ties, including activities related to 18
exploration, development, or pro-19
duction. 20
SEC. 6. ESTABLISHMENT OF DUBOIS BADLANDS NATIONAL 21
CONSERVATION AREA. 22
(a) E
STABLISHMENT.—Subject to valid existing 23
rights, there is established the Dubois Badlands National 24
Conservation Area (referred to in this section as the ‘‘Con-25
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servation Area’’), comprising approximately 4,446.46 1
acres of Federal land administered by the Bureau in the 2
State, as generally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘Proposed 3
Badlands National Conservation Area’’ and dated Novem-4
ber 15, 2023. 5
(b) P
URPOSE.—The purpose of the Conservation 6
Area is to conserve, protect, and enhance for the benefit 7
and enjoyment of present and future generations the eco-8
logical, wildlife, recreational, scenic, cultural, historical, 9
and natural resources of the Area. 10
(c) M
ANAGEMENT.—Subject to valid rights in exist-11
ence on the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary 12
shall manage the Conservation Area— 13
(1) in a manner that only allows uses of the 14
Conservation Area that the Secretary determines 15
would further the purpose of the Conservation Area 16
described in subsection (b); and 17
(2) in accordance with— 18
(A) the Federal Land Policy and Manage-19
ment Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.); 20
(B) this section; and 21
(C) any other applicable law. 22
(d) M
OTORIZEDVEHICLES.— 23
(1) I
N GENERAL.—The use of motorized vehi-24
cles in the Conservation Area shall be permitted only 25
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on existing roads, trails, and areas designated by the 1
Secretary for use by such vehicles as of the date of 2
enactment of this Act. 3
(2) E
XCEPTIONS.—The Secretary may allow 4
the use of motorized vehicles in the Conservation 5
Area as needed for administrative purposes and 6
emergency response. 7
(e) G
RAZING.—Grazing of livestock in the Conserva-8
tion Area shall be administered in accordance with the 9
laws generally applicable to land under the jurisdiction of 10
the Bureau. 11
(f) W
ITHDRAWAL.—Subject to valid rights in exist-12
ence on the date of enactment of this Act, the land within 13
the boundaries of the Conservation Area is withdrawn 14
from— 15
(1) all forms of appropriation or disposal under 16
the public land laws; 17
(2) location, entry, and patent under the mining 18
laws; and 19
(3) disposition under laws relating to mineral 20
and geothermal leasing. 21
SEC. 7. ESTABLISHMENT OF DUBOIS MOTORIZED RECRE-22
ATION AREA. 23
(a) E
STABLISHMENT.—Subject to valid existing 24
rights, there is established the Dubois Motorized Recre-25
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ation Area (referred to in this section as the ‘‘Recreation 1
Area’’), comprising approximately 367.72 acres of Federal 2
land administered by the Bureau in the State, as generally 3
depicted on the map entitled ‘‘Proposed Dubois Motorized 4
Recreation Area’’ and dated November 15, 2023. 5
(b) M
ANAGEMENT.— 6
(1) B
OUNDARY FENCE .—The Secretary shall 7
authorize the construction of a fence along the west-8
ern boundary of the Recreation Area on any Federal 9
land that— 10
(A) is managed by the Bureau; and 11
(B) is west of North Mountain View Road. 12
(2) T
RAVEL MANAGEMENT PLAN .—As soon as 13
practicable after the date of completion of the fence 14
described in paragraph (1), the Secretary shall es-15
tablish a travel management plan for the Recreation 16
Area that efficiently coordinates the use of motor-17
ized off-road vehicles in the Recreation Area. 18
SEC. 8. ESTABLISHMENT OF SPECIAL MANAGEMENT 19
AREAS. 20
(a) B
ENNETMOUNTAINSSPECIALMANAGEMENT 21
A
REA.— 22
(1) E
STABLISHMENT.—Subject to valid existing 23
rights, there is established the Bennett Mountains 24
Special Management Area (referred to in this sub-25
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section as the ‘‘Special Management Area’’), com-1
prising approximately 6,165.05 acres of Federal 2
land in the State administered by the Bureau, as 3
generally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘Proposed 4
Bennet Mountains Special Management Area’’ and 5
dated November 15, 2023. 6
(2) A
DMINISTRATION.—The Special Manage-7
ment Area shall be administered by the Secretary. 8
(3) P
URPOSE.—The purpose of the Special 9
Management Area is to enhance the natural, his-10
toric, scenic, and recreational, values of the area. 11
(4) M
ANAGEMENT.— 12
(A) I
N GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 13
manage the Special Management Area— 14
(i) in furtherance of the purpose de-15
scribed in paragraph (3); and 16
(ii) in accordance with— 17
(I) the laws (including regula-18
tions) generally applicable to the Bu-19
reau; 20
(II) this subsection; and 21
(III) any other applicable law (in-22
cluding regulations). 23
(B) R
OADS; MOTORIZED VEHICLES .— 24
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(i) ROADS.—The construction of new 1
permanent roads in the Special Manage-2
ment Area shall not be allowed. 3
(ii) M
OTORIZED VEHICLES .—Except 4
as needed for administrative purposes, 5
emergency response, fire management, for-6
est health and restoration, weed and pest 7
control, habitat management, livestock 8
management, and range improvement, the 9
use of motorized and mechanized vehicles 10
in the Special Management Area shall be 11
allowed only on existing roads and trails 12
designated for the use of motorized or 13
mechanized vehicles. 14
(iii) T
RAVEL MANAGEMENT PLAN .— 15
Not later than 2 years after the date of en-16
actment of this Act, the Secretary shall es-17
tablish a travel management plan for the 18
Special Management Area. 19
(C) G
RAZING.—Grazing of livestock in the 20
Special Management Area shall be administered 21
in accordance with the laws generally applicable 22
to land under the jurisdiction of the Bureau. 23
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(D) TIMBER HARVESTING .—Commercial 1
timber harvesting shall not be allowed in the 2
Special Management Area. 3
(5) W
ITHDRAWAL.— 4
(A) I
N GENERAL.—Subject to valid exist-5
ing rights and subparagraph (B), the Special 6
Management Area is withdrawn from— 7
(i) all forms of appropriation or dis-8
posal under the public land laws; 9
(ii) location, entry, and patent under 10
the mining laws; and 11
(iii) disposition under laws relating to 12
mineral and geothermal leasing. 13
(B) E
XCEPTION.—The Secretary may 14
lease oil and gas resources within the bound-15
aries of the Special Management Area if— 16
(i) the lease may only be accessed by 17
directional drilling from a lease that is out-18
side of the Special Management Area; and 19
(ii) the lease prohibits, without excep-20
tion or waiver, surface occupancy and sur-21
face disturbance within the Special Man-22
agement Area for any activities, including 23
activities related to exploration, develop-24
ment, or production. 25
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(b) BLACKCATSPECIALMANAGEMENTAREA.— 1
(1) E
STABLISHMENT.—Subject to valid existing 2
rights, there is established the Black Cat Special 3
Management Area (referred to in this subsection as 4
the ‘‘Special Management Area’’), comprising ap-5
proximately 1,178 acres of Federal land in Carbon 6
County, Wyoming, as generally depicted on the map 7
entitled ‘‘Black Cat Special Management Area’’ and 8
dated November 13, 2023. 9
(2) A
DMINISTRATION.—The Special Manage-10
ment Area shall be administered by the Secretary of 11
Agriculture. 12
(3) P
URPOSE.—The purpose of the Special 13
Management Area is to enhance the natural, his-14
toric, scenic, and recreational values of the area. 15
(4) M
ANAGEMENT.— 16
(A) I
N GENERAL.—The Secretary of Agri-17
culture shall manage the Special Management 18
Area— 19
(i) in furtherance of the purpose de-20
scribed in paragraph (3); and 21
(ii) in accordance with— 22
(I) the laws (including regula-23
tions) generally applicable to National 24
Forest System land; 25
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(II) this subsection; and 1
(III) any other applicable law (in-2
cluding regulations). 3
(B) R
OADS; MOTORIZED VEHICLES .— 4
(i) R
OADS.—The construction of new 5
permanent roads in the Special Manage-6
ment Area shall not be allowed. 7
(ii) M
OTORIZED VEHICLES .—Except 8
as needed for administrative purposes, 9
emergency response, fire management, for-10
est health and restoration, weed and pest 11
control, habitat management, livestock 12
management, and range improvement, the 13
use of motorized and mechanized vehicles 14
in the Special Management Area shall be 15
allowed only on existing roads and trails 16
designated for the use of motorized or 17
mechanized vehicles. 18
(iii) T
RAVEL MANAGEMENT PLAN .— 19
Not later than 2 years after the date of en-20
actment of this Act, the Secretary of Agri-21
culture shall establish a travel management 22
plan for the Special Management Area. 23
(C) G
RAZING.—Grazing of livestock in the 24
Special Management Area shall be administered 25
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in accordance with the laws generally applicable 1
to grazing on National Forest System land. 2
(D) T
IMBER HARVESTING .—Commercial 3
timber harvesting shall not be allowed in the 4
Special Management Area. 5
(5) W
ITHDRAWAL.— 6
(A) I
N GENERAL.—Subject to valid exist-7
ing rights and subparagraph (B), the Special 8
Management Area is withdrawn from— 9
(i) all forms of appropriation or dis-10
posal under the public land laws; 11
(ii) location, entry, and patent under 12
the mining laws; and 13
(iii) disposition under laws relating to 14
mineral and geothermal leasing. 15
(B) E
XCEPTION.—The Secretary may, 16
with the approval of the Secretary of Agri-17
culture, lease oil and gas resources within the 18
boundaries of the Special Management Area 19
if— 20
(i) the lease may only be accessed by 21
directional drilling from a lease that is out-22
side of the Special Management Area; and 23
(ii) the lease prohibits, without excep-24
tion or waiver, surface occupancy and sur-25
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face disturbance within the Special Man-1
agement Area for any activities, including 2
activities related to exploration, develop-3
ment, or production. 4
(c) S
WEETWATER ROCKSSPECIALMANAGEMENT 5
A
REA.— 6
(1) E
STABLISHMENT.—Subject to valid existing 7
rights, there is established the Sweetwater Rocks 8
Special Management Area (referred to in this sub-9
section as the ‘‘Special Management Area’’), com-10
prising approximately 34,347.79 acres of Federal 11
land in Fremont and Natrona Counties, Wyoming, 12
as generally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘Proposed 13
Sweetwater Rocks Special Management Area’’ and 14
dated November 15, 2023. 15
(2) A
DMINISTRATION.—The Special Manage-16
ment Area shall be administered by the Secretary. 17
(3) P
URPOSE.—The purpose of the Special 18
Management Area is to enhance the natural, his-19
toric, scenic, and recreational, values of the area. 20
(4) M
ANAGEMENT.— 21
(A) I
N GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 22
manage the Special Management Area— 23
(i) in furtherance of the purpose de-24
scribed in paragraph (3); and 25
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(ii) in accordance with— 1
(I) the laws (including regula-2
tions) generally applicable to the Bu-3
reau; 4
(II) this subsection; and 5
(III) any other applicable law (in-6
cluding regulations). 7
(B) R
OADS; MOTORIZED VEHICLES .— 8
(i) R
OADS.—The construction of new 9
permanent roads in the Special Manage-10
ment Area shall not be allowed. 11
(ii) M
OTORIZED VEHICLES .—Except 12
as needed for administrative purposes, 13
emergency response, fire management, for-14
est health and restoration, weed and pest 15
control, habitat management, livestock 16
management, and range improvement, the 17
use of motorized and mechanized vehicles 18
in the Special Management Area shall be 19
allowed only on existing roads and trails 20
designated for the use of motorized or 21
mechanized vehicles. 22
(iii) T
RAVEL MANAGEMENT PLAN .— 23
Not later than 2 years after the date of en-24
actment of this Act, the Secretary shall es-25
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tablish a travel management plan for the 1
Special Management Area. 2
(C) G
RAZING.—Grazing of livestock in the 3
Special Management Area shall be administered 4
in accordance with the laws generally applicable 5
to the Bureau. 6
(D) P
ROHIBITION OF CERTAIN OVERHEAD 7
TOWERS.—No new overhead transmission or 8
communications tower shall be constructed in 9
the Special Management Area. 10
(E) L
AND EXCHANGES .—The Secretary 11
may propose to, and carry out with, an indi-12
vidual or entity owning land in the vicinity of 13
the Special Management Area any land ex-14
change that— 15
(i) increases access to the Special 16
Management Area; and 17
(ii) does not result in a net loss of 18
Federal land. 19
(F) U
NDERGROUND RIGHTS -OF-WAY.— 20
Notwithstanding paragraph (5), the Secretary 21
may expand any underground right-of-way in 22
the Special Management Area that exists as of 23
the date of enactment of this Act. 24
(5) W
ITHDRAWAL.— 25
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(A) IN GENERAL.—Subject to valid exist-1
ing rights and subparagraph (B), the Special 2
Management Area is withdrawn from— 3
(i) all forms of appropriation or dis-4
posal under the public land laws; 5
(ii) location, entry, and patent under 6
the mining laws; and 7
(iii) disposition under laws relating to 8
mineral and geothermal leasing. 9
(B) E
XCEPTION.—The Secretary may 10
lease oil and gas resources within the bound-11
aries of the Special Management Area if— 12
(i) the lease may only be accessed by 13
directional drilling from a lease that is out-14
side of the Special Management Area; and 15
(ii) the lease prohibits, without excep-16
tion or waiver, surface occupancy and sur-17
face disturbance within the Special Man-18
agement Area for any activities, including 19
activities related to exploration, develop-20
ment, or production. 21
(C) W
IND AND SOLAR ENERGY WITH -22
DRAWAL.—Subject to valid rights in existence 23
on the date of enactment of this Act, the land 24
within the boundaries of the Special Manage-25
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ment Area is withdrawn from right-of-way leas-1
ing and disposition under laws relating to wind 2
or solar energy. 3
(d) F
ORTIFICATIONCREEKSPECIALMANAGEMENT 4
A
REA; FRAKERMOUNTAINSPECIALMANAGEMENTAREA; 5
N
ORTHFORKSPECIALMANAGEMENTAREA.— 6
(1) D
EFINITION OF SPECIAL MANAGEMENT 7
AREA.—In this subsection, the term ‘‘Special Man-8
agement Area’’ means a special management area 9
established by paragraph (2). 10
(2) E
STABLISHMENT OF SPECIAL MANAGEMENT 11
AREAS.—Subject to valid existing rights there are 12
established the following: 13
(A) The Fortification Creek Special Man-14
agement Area, comprising approximately 15
12,520.69 acres of Federal land administered in 16
the State by the Bureau, as generally depicted 17
on the map entitled ‘‘Proposed Fortification 18
Creek Management Area’’ and dated November 19
15, 2023. 20
(B) The Fraker Mountain Special Manage-21
ment Area, comprising approximately 6,248.28 22
acres of Federal land administered in the State 23
by the Bureau, as generally depicted on the 24
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map entitled ‘‘Proposed Fraker Mountain Man-1
agement Area’’ and dated November 15, 2023. 2
(C) The North Fork Special Management 3
Area, comprising approximately 10,026.15 4
acres of Federal land administered in the State 5
by the Bureau, as generally depicted on the 6
map entitled ‘‘Proposed North Fork Manage-7
ment Area’’ and dated November 15, 2023. 8
(3) A
DMINISTRATION.—The Special Manage-9
ment Areas shall be administered by the Secretary. 10
(4) P
URPOSE.—The purpose of a Special Man-11
agement Area is to enhance the natural, historic, 12
scenic, recreational, wildlife habitat, forest health, 13
watershed protection, and ecological and cultural 14
values of the area. 15
(5) M
ANAGEMENT.— 16
(A) I
N GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 17
manage each Special Management Area— 18
(i) in furtherance of the purpose de-19
scribed in paragraph (4); and 20
(ii) in accordance with— 21
(I) the laws (including regula-22
tions) generally applicable to the Bu-23
reau; 24
(II) this subsection; and 25
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(III) any other applicable law (in-1
cluding regulations). 2
(B) R
OADS; MOTORIZED VEHICLES .— 3
(i) R
OADS.—The construction of new 4
permanent roads in a Special Management 5
Area shall not be allowed. 6
(ii) M
OTORIZED VEHICLES .—Except 7
as needed for administrative purposes, 8
emergency response, fire management, for-9
est health and restoration, weed and pest 10
control, habitat management, livestock 11
management, and range improvement, the 12
use of motorized and mechanized vehicles 13
in a Special Management Area shall be al-14
lowed only on existing roads and trails des-15
ignated for the use of motorized or mecha-16
nized vehicles. 17
(iii) T
RAVEL MANAGEMENT PLAN .— 18
Not later than 2 years after the date of en-19
actment of this Act, the Secretary shall es-20
tablish a travel management plan for each 21
Special Management Area. 22
(C) G
RAZING.—Grazing of livestock in a 23
Special Management Area shall be administered 24
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in accordance with the laws generally applicable 1
to land under the jurisdiction of the Bureau. 2
(D) P
ROHIBITION OF CERTAIN INFRA -3
STRUCTURE.—The development, construction, 4
or installation of infrastructure for recreational 5
use shall not be allowed in— 6
(i) the Fraker Mountain Special Man-7
agement Area; or 8
(ii) the North Fork Special Manage-9
ment Area. 10
(6) W
ITHDRAWAL.— 11
(A) I
N GENERAL.—Subject to valid exist-12
ing rights and subparagraph (B), the Special 13
Management Areas are withdrawn from— 14
(i) all forms of appropriation or dis-15
posal under the public land laws; 16
(ii) location, entry, and patent under 17
the mining laws; and 18
(iii) disposition under laws relating to 19
mineral and geothermal leasing. 20
(B) E
XCEPTION.—The Secretary may 21
lease oil and gas resources within the bound-22
aries of a Special Management Area if— 23
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(i) the lease may only be accessed by 1
directional drilling from a lease that is out-2
side of the Special Management Area; and 3
(ii) the lease prohibits, without excep-4
tion or waiver, surface occupancy and sur-5
face disturbance within the Special Man-6
agement Area for any activities, including 7
activities related to exploration, develop-8
ment, or production. 9
(e) C
EDARMOUNTAINSPECIALMANAGEMENT 10
A
REA.— 11
(1) E
STABLISHMENT.—Subject to valid existing 12
rights, there is established the Cedar Mountain Spe-13
cial Management Area (referred to in this subsection 14
as the ‘‘Special Management Area’’), comprising ap-15
proximately 20,745.73 acres of Federal land in the 16
State administered by the Bureau, as generally de-17
picted on the map entitled ‘‘Proposed Cedar Moun-18
tain Special Management Area’’ and dated Novem-19
ber 15, 2023. 20
(2) A
DMINISTRATION.—The Special Manage-21
ment Area shall be administered by the Secretary. 22
(3) P
URPOSE.—The purpose of the Special 23
Management Area is to enhance the natural, his-24
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toric, scenic, recreational, ecological, wildlife, and 1
livestock production values of the area. 2
(4) M
ANAGEMENT.— 3
(A) I
N GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 4
manage the Special Management Area— 5
(i) in furtherance of the purpose de-6
scribed in paragraph (3); and 7
(ii) in accordance with— 8
(I) the laws (including regula-9
tions) generally applicable to the Bu-10
reau; 11
(II) this subsection; and 12
(III) any other applicable law (in-13
cluding regulations). 14
(B) R
OADS; MOTORIZED VEHICLES .— 15
(i) R
OADS.—The construction of new 16
permanent roads in the Special Manage-17
ment Area shall not be allowed. 18
(ii) M
OTORIZED VEHICLES .—Except 19
as needed for administrative purposes, 20
emergency response, fire management, for-21
est health and restoration, weed and pest 22
control, habitat management, livestock 23
management, and range improvement, the 24
use of motorized and mechanized vehicles 25
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in the Special Management Area shall be 1
allowed only on existing roads and trails 2
designated for the use of motorized or 3
mechanized vehicles. 4
(iii) T
RAVEL MANAGEMENT PLAN .— 5
Not later than 2 years after the date of en-6
actment of this Act, the Secretary shall es-7
tablish a travel management plan for the 8
Special Management Area. 9
(C) G
RAZING.—Grazing of livestock in the 10
Special Management Area shall be administered 11
in accordance with the laws generally applicable 12
to land under the jurisdiction of the Bureau. 13
(5) W
ITHDRAWAL.— 14
(A) I
N GENERAL.—Subject to valid exist-15
ing rights, the Special Management Area is 16
withdrawn from— 17
(i) all forms of appropriation or dis-18
posal under the public land laws; 19
(ii) location, entry, and patent under 20
the mining laws; and 21
(iii) disposition under laws relating to 22
mineral and geothermal leasing. 23
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(B) EXCEPTION.—The Secretary may 1
lease oil and gas resources within the bound-2
aries of the Special Management Area if— 3
(i) the lease may only be accessed by 4
directional drilling from a lease that is out-5
side of the Special Management Area; and 6
(ii) the lease prohibits, without excep-7
tion or waiver, surface occupancy and sur-8
face disturbance within the Special Man-9
agement Area for any activities, including 10
activities related to exploration, develop-11
ment, or production. 12
SEC. 9. LANDER SLOPE AREA OF CRITICAL ENVIRON-13
MENTAL CONCERN AND RED CANYON AREA 14
OF CRITICAL ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERN. 15
(a) D
EFINITION OFCOUNTY.—In this section, the 16
term ‘‘County’’ means Fremont County, Wyoming. 17
(b) L
ANDERSLOPEAREA OFCRITICALENVIRON-18
MENTALCONCERN ANDREDCANYONAREA OFCRITICAL 19
E
NVIRONMENTAL CONCERN.— 20
(1) T
RANSFERS.—The Secretary shall pursue 21
transfers in which land managed by the Bureau in 22
the County is exchanged for land owned by the State 23
that is within the boundaries of— 24
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(A) the Lander Slope Area of Critical En-1
vironmental Concern; or 2
(B) the Red Canyon Area of Critical Envi-3
ronmental Concern. 4
(2) R
EQUIREMENTS.—A transfer under para-5
graph (1) shall— 6
(A) comply with all requirements of law, 7
including any required analysis; and 8
(B) be subject to appropriation. 9
(c) S
TUDY.— 10
(1) I
N GENERAL.—The Secretary shall carry 11
out a study to evaluate the potential for the develop-12
ment of special motorized recreation areas in the 13
County. 14
(2) R
EQUIREMENTS.—The study under para-15
graph (1) shall evaluate— 16
(A) the potential for the development of 17
special motorized recreation areas on all land 18
managed by the Bureau in the County except— 19
(i) any land in T. 40 N., R. 94 W., 20
secs. 15, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 27, 28, 21
29, and the N
1
⁄2sec. 34; and 22
(ii) any land that is subject to a re-23
striction on the use of off-road vehicles 24
under any Federal law, including this Act; 25
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(B) the suitability of the land evaluated 1
under subparagraph (A) for off-road vehicles, 2
including rock crawlers; and 3
(C) the parking, staging, and camping nec-4
essary to accommodate special motorized recre-5
ation. 6
(3) R
EPORT.—Not later than 2 years after the 7
date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall 8
submit to the Committee on Energy and Natural 9
Resources of the Senate and the Committee on Nat-10
ural Resources of the House of Representatives a re-11
port describing the findings of the study under para-12
graph (1). 13
(d) F
REMONTCOUNTYIMPLEMENTATION TEAM.— 14
(1) E
STABLISHMENT.—Not later than 90 days 15
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Sec-16
retary shall establish a team, to be known as the 17
‘‘Fremont County Implementation Team’’ (referred 18
to in this subsection as the ‘‘Team’’) to advise and 19
assist the Secretary with respect to the implementa-20
tion of the management requirements described in 21
this section that are applicable to land in the Coun-22
ty. 23
(2) M
EMBERSHIP.—The Team shall consist 24
of— 25
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(A) the Secretary (or a designee of the 1
Secretary); and 2
(B) 1 or more individuals appointed by the 3
Board of County Commissioners of the County. 4
(3) N
ONAPPLICABILITY OF THE FEDERAL ADVI -5
SORY COMMITTEE ACT .—The Team shall not be sub-6
ject to the requirements of chapter 10 of title 5, 7
United States Code (commonly referred to as the 8
‘‘Federal Advisory Committee Act’’). 9
SEC. 10. STUDY OF LAND IN HOT SPRINGS AND WASHAKIE 10
COUNTIES. 11
(a) D
EFINITION OFCOUNTIES.—In this section, the 12
term ‘‘Counties’’ means each of the following counties in 13
the State: 14
(1) Hot Springs County. 15
(2) Washakie County. 16
(b) S
TUDY.— 17
(1) I
N GENERAL.—The Secretary shall carry 18
out a study to evaluate the potential for the develop-19
ment of new special motorized recreation areas in 20
the Counties. 21
(2) R
EQUIREMENTS.— 22
(A) L
AND INCLUDED.—The study under 23
paragraph (1) shall evaluate the potential for 24
the development of new special motorized recre-25
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ation areas on Federal land managed by the 1
Bureau in the Counties except any land that is 2
subject to a restriction on the use of motorized 3
or mechanized vehicles under any Federal law, 4
including this Act. 5
(B) P
UBLIC INPUT; COLLABORATION.—In 6
carrying out the study under paragraph (1), the 7
Secretary shall— 8
(i) offer opportunities for public input; 9
and 10
(ii) collaborate with— 11
(I) State parks, historic sites, 12
and trails; and 13
(II) the Counties. 14
(3) R
EPORT.—Not later than 2 years after the 15
date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall 16
submit to the Committee on Energy and Natural 17
Resources of the Senate and the Committee on Nat-18
ural Resources of the House of Representatives a re-19
port describing the findings of the study under para-20
graph (1). 21
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