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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 1472 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To redesignate land within certain wilderness study areas in the State of |
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| 6 | 6 | | Wyoming, and for other purposes. |
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| 7 | 7 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 8 | 8 | | FEBRUARY21, 2025 |
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| 9 | 9 | | Ms. H |
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| 10 | 10 | | AGEMANintroduced the following bill; which was referred to the |
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| 11 | 11 | | Committee on Natural Resources |
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| 12 | 12 | | A BILL |
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| 13 | 13 | | To redesignate land within certain wilderness study areas |
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| 14 | 14 | | in the State of Wyoming, and for other purposes. |
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| 15 | 15 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 16 | 16 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 17 | 17 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 18 | 18 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Wyoming Public Lands 4 |
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| 19 | 19 | | Initiative Act of 2025’’. 5 |
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| 20 | 20 | | SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 6 |
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| 21 | 21 | | In this Act: 7 |
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| 22 | 22 | | (1) B |
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| 23 | 23 | | UREAU.—The term ‘‘Bureau’’ means the 8 |
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| 24 | 24 | | Bureau of Land Management. 9 |
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| 28 | 28 | | (2) RANGE IMPROVEMENT .—The term ‘‘range 1 |
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| 29 | 29 | | improvement’’ has the meaning given the term in 2 |
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| 30 | 30 | | section 3 of the Public Rangelands Improvement Act 3 |
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| 31 | 31 | | of 1978 (43 U.S.C. 1902). 4 |
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| 32 | 32 | | (3) S |
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| 33 | 33 | | ECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 5 |
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| 34 | 34 | | the Secretary of the Interior. 6 |
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| 35 | 35 | | (4) S |
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| 36 | 36 | | TATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means the State 7 |
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| 37 | 37 | | of Wyoming. 8 |
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| 38 | 38 | | (5) W |
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| 39 | 39 | | ILDERNESS AREA.—The term ‘‘wilderness 9 |
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| 40 | 40 | | area’’ means a wilderness area designated by section 10 |
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| 41 | 41 | | 3. 11 |
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| 42 | 42 | | SEC. 3. DESIGNATION OF WILDERNESS AREAS. 12 |
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| 43 | 43 | | In accordance with the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 13 |
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| 44 | 44 | | 1131 et seq.), the following areas in the State are des-14 |
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| 45 | 45 | | ignated as wilderness and as components of the National 15 |
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| 46 | 46 | | Wilderness Preservation System: 16 |
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| 47 | 47 | | (1) E |
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| 48 | 48 | | NCAMPMENT RIVER CANYON WILDER -17 |
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| 49 | 49 | | NESS.— 18 |
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| 50 | 50 | | (A) I |
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| 51 | 51 | | N GENERAL.—Certain Federal land 19 |
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| 52 | 52 | | administered by the Bureau in the State, com-20 |
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| 53 | 53 | | prising approximately 4,523.84 acres, as gen-21 |
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| 54 | 54 | | erally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘Proposed 22 |
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| 55 | 55 | | Encampment River Wilderness’’ and dated De-23 |
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| 56 | 56 | | cember 5, 2023, which shall be known as the 24 |
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| 57 | 57 | | ‘‘Encampment River Canyon Wilderness’’. 25 |
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| 61 | 61 | | (B) EXCLUDED LAND.—The following land 1 |
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| 62 | 62 | | is not included in the Encampment River Can-2 |
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| 63 | 63 | | yon Wilderness: 3 |
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| 64 | 64 | | (i) Any land in the NW |
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| 65 | 65 | | 1 |
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| 66 | 66 | | ⁄4NW |
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| 67 | 67 | | 1 |
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| 68 | 68 | | ⁄4NW |
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| 70 | 70 | | ⁄4 4 |
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| 71 | 71 | | sec. 24, T. 14 N., R. 84 W. 5 |
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| 72 | 72 | | (ii) Any land within 100 feet of the 6 |
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| 73 | 73 | | centerline of— 7 |
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| 74 | 74 | | (I) County Road 353; or 8 |
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| 75 | 75 | | (II) Water Valley Road. 9 |
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| 76 | 76 | | (2) P |
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| 77 | 77 | | ROSPECT MOUNTAIN WILDERNESS .— 10 |
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| 78 | 78 | | (A) I |
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| 79 | 79 | | N GENERAL.—Certain Federal land 11 |
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| 80 | 80 | | administered by the Bureau in the State, com-12 |
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| 81 | 81 | | prising approximately 1,099.76 acres, as gen-13 |
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| 82 | 82 | | erally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘Proposed 14 |
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| 83 | 83 | | Prospect Mountain Wilderness’’ and dated De-15 |
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| 84 | 84 | | cember 8, 2023, which shall be known as the 16 |
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| 85 | 85 | | ‘‘Prospect Mountain Wilderness’’. 17 |
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| 86 | 86 | | (B) E |
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| 87 | 87 | | XCLUDED LAND .—Any land within 18 |
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| 88 | 88 | | 100 feet of the centerline of Prospect Road is 19 |
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| 89 | 89 | | not included in the Prospect Mountain Wilder-20 |
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| 90 | 90 | | ness. 21 |
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| 91 | 91 | | (3) U |
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| 92 | 92 | | PPER SWEETWATER CANYON WILDER -22 |
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| 93 | 93 | | NESS.— 23 |
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| 94 | 94 | | (A) I |
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| 95 | 95 | | N GENERAL.—Certain Federal land 24 |
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| 96 | 96 | | administered by the Bureau in the State, com-25 |
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| 100 | 100 | | prising approximately 2,877.35 acres, as gen-1 |
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| 101 | 101 | | erally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘Proposed 2 |
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| 102 | 102 | | Upper Sweetwater Canyon Wilderness’’ and 3 |
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| 103 | 103 | | dated December 6, 2023, which shall be known 4 |
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| 104 | 104 | | as the ‘‘Upper Sweetwater Canyon Wilderness’’. 5 |
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| 105 | 105 | | (B) B |
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| 106 | 106 | | OUNDARY.— 6 |
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| 107 | 107 | | (i) I |
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| 108 | 108 | | N GENERAL.—Except as provided 7 |
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| 109 | 109 | | in clause (ii), the boundary of the Upper 8 |
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| 110 | 110 | | Sweetwater Canyon Wilderness shall con-9 |
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| 111 | 111 | | form to the boundary of the Sweetwater 10 |
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| 112 | 112 | | Canyon Wilderness Study Area. 11 |
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| 113 | 113 | | (ii) E |
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| 114 | 114 | | ASTERN BOUNDARY .—The east-12 |
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| 115 | 115 | | ern boundary of the Upper Sweetwater 13 |
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| 116 | 116 | | Canyon Wilderness shall be 100 feet from 14 |
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| 117 | 117 | | the western edge of the north-south road 15 |
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| 118 | 118 | | bisecting the Upper Sweetwater Canyon 16 |
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| 119 | 119 | | Wilderness and the Lower Sweetwater 17 |
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| 120 | 120 | | Canyon Wilderness, known as ‘‘Strawberry 18 |
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| 121 | 121 | | Creek Road’’. 19 |
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| 122 | 122 | | (iii) E |
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| 123 | 123 | | XCLUSION OF EXISTING 20 |
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| 124 | 124 | | ROADS.—Any established legal route with 21 |
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| 125 | 125 | | authorized motorized use in existence on 22 |
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| 126 | 126 | | the date of enactment of this Act that en-23 |
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| 127 | 127 | | ters the Upper Sweetwater Canyon Wilder-24 |
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| 128 | 128 | | ness in T. 28 N., R. 98 W., sec. 4, or the 25 |
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| 132 | 132 | | Lower Sweetwater Canyon Wilderness in 1 |
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| 133 | 133 | | T. 29 N., R. 97 W., sec. 33, is not in-2 |
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| 134 | 134 | | cluded in the Upper Sweetwater Canyon 3 |
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| 135 | 135 | | Wilderness. 4 |
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| 136 | 136 | | (4) L |
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| 137 | 137 | | OWER SWEETWATER CANYON WILDER -5 |
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| 138 | 138 | | NESS.— 6 |
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| 139 | 139 | | (A) I |
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| 140 | 140 | | N GENERAL.—Certain Federal land 7 |
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| 141 | 141 | | administered by the Bureau in the State, com-8 |
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| 142 | 142 | | prising approximately 5,665.19 acres, as gen-9 |
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| 143 | 143 | | erally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘Lower 10 |
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| 144 | 144 | | Sweetwater Canyon Wilderness’’ and dated De-11 |
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| 145 | 145 | | cember 5, 2023, which shall be known as the 12 |
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| 146 | 146 | | ‘‘Lower Sweetwater Canyon Wilderness’’. 13 |
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| 147 | 147 | | (B) B |
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| 148 | 148 | | OUNDARY.— 14 |
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| 149 | 149 | | (i) I |
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| 150 | 150 | | N GENERAL.—Except as provided 15 |
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| 151 | 151 | | in clause (ii), the boundary of the Lower 16 |
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| 152 | 152 | | Sweetwater Canyon Wilderness shall con-17 |
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| 153 | 153 | | form to the boundary of the Sweetwater 18 |
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| 154 | 154 | | Canyon Wilderness Study Area. 19 |
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| 155 | 155 | | (ii) W |
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| 156 | 156 | | ESTERN BOUNDARY .—The west-20 |
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| 157 | 157 | | ern boundary of the Lower Sweetwater 21 |
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| 158 | 158 | | Canyon Wilderness shall be 100 feet from 22 |
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| 159 | 159 | | the eastern edge of the north-south road 23 |
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| 160 | 160 | | bisecting the Upper Sweetwater Canyon 24 |
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| 161 | 161 | | Wilderness and the Lower Sweetwater 25 |
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| 165 | 165 | | Canyon Wilderness, known as ‘‘Strawberry 1 |
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| 166 | 166 | | Creek Road’’. 2 |
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| 167 | 167 | | (iii) E |
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| 168 | 168 | | XCLUSION OF EXISTING 3 |
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| 169 | 169 | | ROADS.—Any established legal route with 4 |
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| 170 | 170 | | authorized motorized use in existence on 5 |
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| 171 | 171 | | the date of enactment of this Act that en-6 |
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| 172 | 172 | | ters the Upper Sweetwater Canyon Wilder-7 |
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| 173 | 173 | | ness in T. 29 N., R. 98 W., sec. 4, or the 8 |
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| 174 | 174 | | Lower Sweetwater Canyon Wilderness in 9 |
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| 175 | 175 | | T. 29 N., R. 97 W., sec. 33, is not in-10 |
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| 176 | 176 | | cluded in the Lower Sweetwater Canyon 11 |
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| 177 | 177 | | Wilderness. 12 |
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| 178 | 178 | | (5) B |
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| 179 | 179 | | OBCAT DRAW WILDERNESS .—Certain Fed-13 |
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| 180 | 180 | | eral land administered by the Bureau in the State, 14 |
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| 181 | 181 | | comprising approximately 6,246.84 acres, as gen-15 |
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| 182 | 182 | | erally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘Proposed Bob-16 |
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| 183 | 183 | | cat Draw Wilderness’’ and dated December 8, 2023, 17 |
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| 184 | 184 | | which shall be known as the ‘‘Bobcat Draw Wilder-18 |
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| 185 | 185 | | ness’’. 19 |
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| 186 | 186 | | SEC. 4. ADMINISTRATION OF WILDERNESS AREAS. 20 |
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| 187 | 187 | | (a) I |
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| 188 | 188 | | NGENERAL.—Subject to valid existing rights, 21 |
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| 189 | 189 | | the Secretary shall administer the wilderness areas in ac-22 |
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| 190 | 190 | | cordance with this section and the Wilderness Act (16 23 |
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| 191 | 191 | | U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), except that— 24 |
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| 195 | 195 | | (1) any reference in that Act to the effective 1 |
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| 196 | 196 | | date of that Act shall be considered to be a reference 2 |
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| 197 | 197 | | to the date of enactment of this Act; and 3 |
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| 198 | 198 | | (2) any reference in that Act to the Secretary 4 |
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| 199 | 199 | | of Agriculture shall be considered to be a reference 5 |
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| 200 | 200 | | to the Secretary. 6 |
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| 201 | 201 | | (b) F |
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| 202 | 202 | | IREMANAGEMENT AND RELATEDACTIVI-7 |
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| 203 | 203 | | TIES.— 8 |
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| 204 | 204 | | (1) I |
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| 205 | 205 | | N GENERAL.—The Secretary may carry out 9 |
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| 206 | 206 | | any activities in a wilderness area as are necessary 10 |
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| 207 | 207 | | for the control of fire, insects, or disease in accord-11 |
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| 208 | 208 | | ance with section 4(d)(1) of the Wilderness Act (16 12 |
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| 209 | 209 | | U.S.C. 1133(d)(1)). 13 |
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| 210 | 210 | | (2) C |
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| 211 | 211 | | OORDINATION.—In carrying out para-14 |
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| 212 | 212 | | graph (1), the Secretary shall coordinate with— 15 |
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| 213 | 213 | | (A) the Wyoming Forestry Division; and 16 |
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| 214 | 214 | | (B) the applicable county in the State in 17 |
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| 215 | 215 | | which the wilderness area is located. 18 |
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| 216 | 216 | | (3) F |
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| 217 | 217 | | IRE MANAGEMENT PLAN .—Not later than 19 |
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| 218 | 218 | | 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the 20 |
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| 219 | 219 | | Secretary shall establish a fire management plan for 21 |
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| 220 | 220 | | the wilderness areas— 22 |
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| 221 | 221 | | (A) to ensure the timely and efficient con-23 |
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| 222 | 222 | | trol of fires, diseases, and insects in the wilder-24 |
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| 223 | 223 | | ness areas, in accordance with section 4(d)(1) 25 |
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| 227 | 227 | | of the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1133(d)(1)); 1 |
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| 228 | 228 | | and 2 |
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| 229 | 229 | | (B) to provide, to the maximum extent 3 |
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| 230 | 230 | | practicable, adequate protection from forest 4 |
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| 231 | 231 | | fires, disease outbreaks, and insect infestations 5 |
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| 232 | 232 | | to any Federal, State, or private land adjacent 6 |
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| 233 | 233 | | to the wilderness areas. 7 |
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| 234 | 234 | | (c) G |
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| 235 | 235 | | RAZING.—The grazing of livestock in a wilder-8 |
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| 236 | 236 | | ness area, if established before the date of enactment of 9 |
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| 237 | 237 | | this Act, shall be administered in accordance with— 10 |
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| 238 | 238 | | (1) section 4(d)(4) of the Wilderness Act (16 11 |
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| 239 | 239 | | U.S.C. 1133(d)(4)); and 12 |
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| 240 | 240 | | (2) the guidelines set forth in Appendix A of 13 |
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| 241 | 241 | | House Report 101–405, accompanying H.R. 2570 of 14 |
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| 242 | 242 | | the 101st Congress, for land under the jurisdiction 15 |
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| 243 | 243 | | of the Secretary of the Interior. 16 |
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| 244 | 244 | | (d) B |
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| 245 | 245 | | UFFERZONES.— 17 |
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| 246 | 246 | | (1) I |
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| 247 | 247 | | N GENERAL.—Nothing in this section es-18 |
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| 248 | 248 | | tablishes a protective perimeter or buffer zone 19 |
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| 249 | 249 | | around a wilderness area. 20 |
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| 250 | 250 | | (2) O |
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| 251 | 251 | | UTSIDE ACTIVITIES OR USES .—The fact 21 |
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| 252 | 252 | | that a nonwilderness activity or use can be seen or 22 |
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| 253 | 253 | | heard from within a wilderness area shall not pre-23 |
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| 254 | 254 | | clude the activity or use outside the boundary of the 24 |
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| 255 | 255 | | wilderness area. 25 |
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| 259 | 259 | | SEC. 5. RELEASE OF WILDERNESS STUDY AREAS. 1 |
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| 260 | 260 | | (a) F |
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| 261 | 261 | | INDING.—Congress finds that, for purposes of 2 |
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| 262 | 262 | | section 603(c) of the Federal Land Policy and Manage-3 |
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| 263 | 263 | | ment Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1782(c)), any portion of a 4 |
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| 264 | 264 | | wilderness study area described in subsection (b) that is 5 |
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| 265 | 265 | | not designated as a wilderness area by section 3 has been 6 |
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| 266 | 266 | | adequately studied for wilderness designation. 7 |
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| 267 | 267 | | (b) D |
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| 268 | 268 | | ESCRIPTION OFLAND.—The wilderness study 8 |
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| 269 | 269 | | areas referred to in subsections (a) and (c) are the fol-9 |
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| 270 | 270 | | lowing: 10 |
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| 271 | 271 | | (1) The Encampment River Canyon Wilderness 11 |
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| 272 | 272 | | Study Area. 12 |
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| 273 | 273 | | (2) The Prospect Mountain Wilderness Study 13 |
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| 274 | 274 | | Area. 14 |
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| 275 | 275 | | (3) The Bennett Mountains Wilderness Study 15 |
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| 276 | 276 | | Area. 16 |
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| 277 | 277 | | (4) The Sweetwater Canyon Wilderness Study 17 |
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| 278 | 278 | | Area. 18 |
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| 279 | 279 | | (5) The Lankin Dome Wilderness Study Area. 19 |
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| 280 | 280 | | (6) The Split Rock Wilderness Study Area. 20 |
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| 281 | 281 | | (7) The Savage Peak Wilderness Study Area. 21 |
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| 282 | 282 | | (8) The Miller Springs Wilderness Study Area. 22 |
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| 283 | 283 | | (9) The Dubois Badlands Wilderness Study 23 |
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| 284 | 284 | | Area. 24 |
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| 285 | 285 | | (10) The Copper Mountain Wilderness Study 25 |
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| 286 | 286 | | Area. 26 |
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| 290 | 290 | | (11) The Whiskey Mountain Wilderness Study 1 |
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| 291 | 291 | | Area. 2 |
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| 292 | 292 | | (12) The Fortification Creek Wilderness Study 3 |
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| 293 | 293 | | Area. 4 |
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| 294 | 294 | | (13) The Gardner Mountain Wilderness Study 5 |
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| 295 | 295 | | Area. 6 |
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| 296 | 296 | | (14) The North Fork Wilderness Study Area. 7 |
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| 297 | 297 | | (15) The portion of the Bobcat Draw Wilder-8 |
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| 298 | 298 | | ness Study Area located in Washakie County, Wyo-9 |
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| 299 | 299 | | ming. 10 |
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| 300 | 300 | | (16) The Cedar Mountain Wilderness Study 11 |
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| 301 | 301 | | Area. 12 |
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| 302 | 302 | | (17) The Honeycombs Wilderness Study Area. 13 |
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| 303 | 303 | | (c) R |
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| 304 | 304 | | ELEASE.—Any portion of a wilderness study 14 |
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| 305 | 305 | | area described in subsection (b) that is not designated as 15 |
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| 306 | 306 | | a wilderness area by section 3 is no longer subject to sec-16 |
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| 307 | 307 | | tion 603(c) of the Federal Land Policy and Management 17 |
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| 308 | 308 | | Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1782(c)). 18 |
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| 309 | 309 | | (d) M |
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| 310 | 310 | | ANAGEMENT OFRELEASEDLAND.— 19 |
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| 311 | 311 | | (1) I |
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| 312 | 312 | | N GENERAL.—The Secretary shall manage 20 |
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| 313 | 313 | | the portions of the wilderness study areas released 21 |
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| 314 | 314 | | under subsection (c) in accordance with— 22 |
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| 315 | 315 | | (A) the Federal Land Policy and Manage-23 |
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| 316 | 316 | | ment Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.); 24 |
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| 317 | 317 | | (B) applicable land management plans; 25 |
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| 321 | 321 | | (C) applicable management provisions 1 |
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| 322 | 322 | | under paragraph (2); and 2 |
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| 323 | 323 | | (D) any other applicable law. 3 |
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| 324 | 324 | | (2) S |
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| 325 | 325 | | PECIFIC MANAGEMENT PROVISIONS .— 4 |
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| 326 | 326 | | (A) B |
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| 327 | 327 | | ENNETT MOUNTAINS WILDERNESS 5 |
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| 328 | 328 | | STUDY AREA.—The Secretary shall manage the 6 |
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| 329 | 329 | | portion of the Bennett Mountains Wilderness 7 |
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| 330 | 330 | | Study Area released under subsection (c) in ac-8 |
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| 331 | 331 | | cordance with section 8(a). 9 |
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| 332 | 332 | | (B) D |
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| 333 | 333 | | UBOIS BADLANDS WILDERNESS 10 |
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| 334 | 334 | | STUDY AREA.— 11 |
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| 335 | 335 | | (i) D |
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| 336 | 336 | | IVISION.—The Secretary shall di-12 |
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| 337 | 337 | | vide the land within the Dubois Badlands 13 |
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| 338 | 338 | | Wilderness Study Area by authorizing the 14 |
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| 339 | 339 | | installation of a fence or the repair or relo-15 |
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| 340 | 340 | | cation of an existing fence in T. 41 N., R. 16 |
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| 341 | 341 | | 106 W., sec. 5, that— 17 |
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| 342 | 342 | | (I) follows existing infrastructure 18 |
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| 343 | 343 | | and natural barriers; 19 |
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| 344 | 344 | | (II) begins at an intersection 20 |
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| 345 | 345 | | with North Mountain View Road in 21 |
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| 346 | 346 | | the NE |
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| 362 | 362 | | subclause (III), proceeds southwest to 4 |
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| 367 | 367 | | ⁄4sec. 5, T. 5 |
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| 368 | 368 | | 41 N., R. 106 W., that intersects with 6 |
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| 369 | 369 | | the boundary of the Dubois Badlands 7 |
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| 370 | 370 | | Wilderness Study Area. 8 |
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| 371 | 371 | | (ii) M |
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| 372 | 372 | | ANAGEMENT.—The Secretary 9 |
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| 373 | 373 | | shall manage the portion of the Dubois 10 |
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| 374 | 374 | | Badlands Wilderness Study Area released 11 |
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| 375 | 375 | | under subsection (c) in accordance with— 12 |
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| 376 | 376 | | (I) paragraph (1); and 13 |
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| 377 | 377 | | (II) sections 6 and 7. 14 |
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| 378 | 378 | | (C) C |
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| 379 | 379 | | OPPER MOUNTAIN WILDERNESS 15 |
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| 380 | 380 | | STUDY AREA.— 16 |
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| 381 | 381 | | (i) I |
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| 382 | 382 | | N GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 17 |
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| 383 | 383 | | manage the portion of the Copper Moun-18 |
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| 384 | 384 | | tain Wilderness Study Area released under 19 |
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| 385 | 385 | | subsection (c) in accordance with para-20 |
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| 386 | 386 | | graph (1). 21 |
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| 387 | 387 | | (ii) M |
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| 388 | 388 | | INERAL LEASING.— 22 |
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| 389 | 389 | | (I) I |
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| 390 | 390 | | N GENERAL.—The Secretary 23 |
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| 391 | 391 | | may lease oil and gas resources within 24 |
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| 392 | 392 | | the land released from the Copper 25 |
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| 397 | 397 | | under subsection (c) if— 2 |
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| 398 | 398 | | (aa) the lease may only be 3 |
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| 399 | 399 | | accessed by directional drilling 4 |
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| 400 | 400 | | from a lease that is outside of 5 |
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| 401 | 401 | | the land released from the Cop-6 |
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| 402 | 402 | | per Mountain Wilderness Study 7 |
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| 403 | 403 | | Area; and 8 |
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| 404 | 404 | | (bb) the lease prohibits, 9 |
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| 405 | 405 | | without exception or waiver, sur-10 |
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| 406 | 406 | | face occupancy and surface dis-11 |
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| 407 | 407 | | turbance on the land released 12 |
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| 408 | 408 | | from the Copper Mountain Wil-13 |
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| 409 | 409 | | derness Study Area for any ac-14 |
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| 410 | 410 | | tivities, including activities relat-15 |
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| 411 | 411 | | ing to exploration, development, 16 |
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| 412 | 412 | | or production. 17 |
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| 413 | 413 | | (II) U |
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| 414 | 414 | | NDERGROUND RIGHTS -OF- 18 |
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| 415 | 415 | | WAY.—The Secretary may grant un-19 |
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| 416 | 416 | | derground rights-of-way for any min-20 |
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| 417 | 417 | | eral lease entered into under sub-21 |
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| 418 | 418 | | clause (I). 22 |
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| 419 | 419 | | (III) P |
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| 420 | 420 | | ROHIBITION OF CERTAIN 23 |
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| 421 | 421 | | LEASES.—Subject to valid rights in 24 |
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| 422 | 422 | | existence on the date of enactment of 25 |
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| 426 | 426 | | this Act, the Secretary shall not issue 1 |
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| 427 | 427 | | a new lease for a wind or solar 2 |
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| 428 | 428 | | project, an overhead transmission line, 3 |
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| 429 | 429 | | or a communication tower on the land 4 |
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| 430 | 430 | | released from the Copper Mountain 5 |
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| 431 | 431 | | Wilderness Study Area under sub-6 |
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| 432 | 432 | | section (c). 7 |
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| 433 | 433 | | (IV) A |
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| 434 | 434 | | UTHORITY TO EXCHANGE 8 |
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| 435 | 435 | | LAND.—In carrying out any land ex-9 |
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| 436 | 436 | | change involving any of the land re-10 |
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| 437 | 437 | | leased from the Copper Mountain Wil-11 |
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| 438 | 438 | | derness Study Area under subsection 12 |
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| 439 | 439 | | (c), the Secretary shall ensure that 13 |
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| 440 | 440 | | the exchange does not result in a net 14 |
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| 441 | 441 | | loss of Federal land. 15 |
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| 442 | 442 | | (D) W |
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| 443 | 443 | | HISKEY MOUNTAIN WILDERNESS 16 |
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| 444 | 444 | | STUDY AREA.—The Secretary shall manage the 17 |
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| 445 | 445 | | portion of the Whiskey Mountain Wilderness 18 |
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| 446 | 446 | | Study Area released under subsection (c) in ac-19 |
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| 447 | 447 | | cordance with— 20 |
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| 448 | 448 | | (i) paragraph (1); and 21 |
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| 449 | 449 | | (ii) the Whiskey Mountain Coopera-22 |
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| 450 | 450 | | tive Agreement between the Wyoming 23 |
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| 451 | 451 | | Game and Fish Commission, the Forest 24 |
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| 452 | 452 | | Service, and the Bureau, including any 25 |
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| 456 | 456 | | amendment to that agreement relating to 1 |
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| 457 | 457 | | the management of bighorn sheep. 2 |
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| 458 | 458 | | (E) B |
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| 459 | 459 | | OBCAT DRAW WILDERNESS STUDY 3 |
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| 460 | 460 | | AREA.— 4 |
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| 461 | 461 | | (i) T |
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| 462 | 462 | | RAVEL MANAGEMENT PLAN .— 5 |
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| 463 | 463 | | (I) I |
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| 464 | 464 | | N GENERAL.—Not later than 6 |
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| 465 | 465 | | 2 years after the date of enactment of 7 |
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| 466 | 466 | | this Act, the Secretary shall develop a 8 |
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| 467 | 467 | | travel management plan for the land 9 |
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| 468 | 468 | | released from the Bobcat Draw Wil-10 |
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| 469 | 469 | | derness Study Area under subsection 11 |
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| 470 | 470 | | (c). 12 |
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| 471 | 471 | | (II) R |
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| 472 | 472 | | EQUIREMENTS.—The travel 13 |
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| 473 | 473 | | management plan under subclause (I) 14 |
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| 474 | 474 | | shall— 15 |
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| 475 | 475 | | (aa) identify all existing 16 |
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| 476 | 476 | | roads and trails on the land re-17 |
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| 477 | 477 | | leased from the Bobcat Draw 18 |
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| 478 | 478 | | Wilderness Study Area under 19 |
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| 479 | 479 | | subsection (c); 20 |
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| 480 | 480 | | (bb) designate each road or 21 |
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| 481 | 481 | | trail available for— 22 |
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| 482 | 482 | | (AA) motorized or 23 |
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| 483 | 483 | | mechanized recreation; or 24 |
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| 488 | 488 | | tices; 2 |
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| 489 | 489 | | (cc) prohibit the construc-3 |
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| 490 | 490 | | tion of any new road or trail for 4 |
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| 491 | 491 | | motorized or mechanized recre-5 |
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| 492 | 492 | | ation use; and 6 |
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| 493 | 493 | | (dd) permit the continued 7 |
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| 494 | 494 | | use of nonmotorized trails. 8 |
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| 495 | 495 | | (ii) W |
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| 497 | 497 | | (I) I |
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| 498 | 498 | | N GENERAL.—Except as pro-10 |
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| 499 | 499 | | vided in subclause (II), subject to 11 |
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| 500 | 500 | | valid rights in existence on the date of 12 |
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| 501 | 501 | | enactment of this Act, the land re-13 |
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| 502 | 502 | | leased from the Bobcat Draw Wilder-14 |
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| 503 | 503 | | ness Study Area under subsection (c) 15 |
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| 504 | 504 | | is withdrawn from— 16 |
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| 505 | 505 | | (aa) all forms of appropria-17 |
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| 506 | 506 | | tion or disposal under the public 18 |
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| 507 | 507 | | land laws; 19 |
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| 508 | 508 | | (bb) location, entry, and 20 |
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| 509 | 509 | | patent under the mining laws; 21 |
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| 510 | 510 | | and 22 |
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| 511 | 511 | | (cc) disposition under laws 23 |
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| 512 | 512 | | relating to mineral and geo-24 |
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| 513 | 513 | | thermal leasing. 25 |
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| 517 | 517 | | (II) EXCEPTION.—The Secretary 1 |
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| 518 | 518 | | may lease oil and gas resources within 2 |
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| 519 | 519 | | the land released from the Bobcat 3 |
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| 520 | 520 | | Draw Wilderness Study Area under 4 |
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| 521 | 521 | | subsection (c) if— 5 |
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| 522 | 522 | | (aa) the lease may only be 6 |
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| 523 | 523 | | accessed by directional drilling 7 |
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| 524 | 524 | | from a lease that is outside of 8 |
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| 525 | 525 | | the land released from the Bob-9 |
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| 526 | 526 | | cat Draw Wilderness Study Area; 10 |
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| 527 | 527 | | and 11 |
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| 528 | 528 | | (bb) the lease prohibits, 12 |
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| 529 | 529 | | without exception or waiver, sur-13 |
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| 530 | 530 | | face occupancy and surface dis-14 |
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| 531 | 531 | | turbance on the land released 15 |
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| 532 | 532 | | from the Bobcat Draw Wilder-16 |
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| 533 | 533 | | ness Study Area for any activi-17 |
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| 534 | 534 | | ties, including activities related to 18 |
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| 535 | 535 | | exploration, development, or pro-19 |
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| 536 | 536 | | duction. 20 |
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| 537 | 537 | | SEC. 6. ESTABLISHMENT OF DUBOIS BADLANDS NATIONAL 21 |
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| 538 | 538 | | CONSERVATION AREA. 22 |
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| 539 | 539 | | (a) E |
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| 540 | 540 | | STABLISHMENT.—Subject to valid existing 23 |
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| 541 | 541 | | rights, there is established the Dubois Badlands National 24 |
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| 542 | 542 | | Conservation Area (referred to in this section as the ‘‘Con-25 |
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| 546 | 546 | | servation Area’’), comprising approximately 4,446.46 1 |
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| 547 | 547 | | acres of Federal land administered by the Bureau in the 2 |
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| 548 | 548 | | State, as generally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘Proposed 3 |
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| 549 | 549 | | Badlands National Conservation Area’’ and dated Novem-4 |
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| 550 | 550 | | ber 15, 2023. 5 |
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| 551 | 551 | | (b) P |
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| 552 | 552 | | URPOSE.—The purpose of the Conservation 6 |
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| 553 | 553 | | Area is to conserve, protect, and enhance for the benefit 7 |
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| 554 | 554 | | and enjoyment of present and future generations the eco-8 |
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| 555 | 555 | | logical, wildlife, recreational, scenic, cultural, historical, 9 |
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| 556 | 556 | | and natural resources of the Area. 10 |
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| 557 | 557 | | (c) M |
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| 558 | 558 | | ANAGEMENT.—Subject to valid rights in exist-11 |
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| 559 | 559 | | ence on the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary 12 |
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| 560 | 560 | | shall manage the Conservation Area— 13 |
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| 561 | 561 | | (1) in a manner that only allows uses of the 14 |
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| 562 | 562 | | Conservation Area that the Secretary determines 15 |
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| 563 | 563 | | would further the purpose of the Conservation Area 16 |
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| 564 | 564 | | described in subsection (b); and 17 |
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| 565 | 565 | | (2) in accordance with— 18 |
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| 566 | 566 | | (A) the Federal Land Policy and Manage-19 |
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| 567 | 567 | | ment Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.); 20 |
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| 568 | 568 | | (B) this section; and 21 |
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| 569 | 569 | | (C) any other applicable law. 22 |
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| 570 | 570 | | (d) M |
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| 572 | 572 | | (1) I |
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| 573 | 573 | | N GENERAL.—The use of motorized vehi-24 |
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| 574 | 574 | | cles in the Conservation Area shall be permitted only 25 |
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| 578 | 578 | | on existing roads, trails, and areas designated by the 1 |
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| 579 | 579 | | Secretary for use by such vehicles as of the date of 2 |
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| 580 | 580 | | enactment of this Act. 3 |
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| 581 | 581 | | (2) E |
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| 582 | 582 | | XCEPTIONS.—The Secretary may allow 4 |
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| 583 | 583 | | the use of motorized vehicles in the Conservation 5 |
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| 584 | 584 | | Area as needed for administrative purposes and 6 |
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| 585 | 585 | | emergency response. 7 |
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| 586 | 586 | | (e) G |
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| 587 | 587 | | RAZING.—Grazing of livestock in the Conserva-8 |
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| 588 | 588 | | tion Area shall be administered in accordance with the 9 |
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| 589 | 589 | | laws generally applicable to land under the jurisdiction of 10 |
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| 590 | 590 | | the Bureau. 11 |
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| 591 | 591 | | (f) W |
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| 592 | 592 | | ITHDRAWAL.—Subject to valid rights in exist-12 |
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| 593 | 593 | | ence on the date of enactment of this Act, the land within 13 |
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| 594 | 594 | | the boundaries of the Conservation Area is withdrawn 14 |
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| 595 | 595 | | from— 15 |
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| 596 | 596 | | (1) all forms of appropriation or disposal under 16 |
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| 597 | 597 | | the public land laws; 17 |
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| 598 | 598 | | (2) location, entry, and patent under the mining 18 |
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| 599 | 599 | | laws; and 19 |
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| 600 | 600 | | (3) disposition under laws relating to mineral 20 |
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| 601 | 601 | | and geothermal leasing. 21 |
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| 602 | 602 | | SEC. 7. ESTABLISHMENT OF DUBOIS MOTORIZED RECRE-22 |
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| 603 | 603 | | ATION AREA. 23 |
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| 604 | 604 | | (a) E |
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| 605 | 605 | | STABLISHMENT.—Subject to valid existing 24 |
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| 606 | 606 | | rights, there is established the Dubois Motorized Recre-25 |
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| 610 | 610 | | ation Area (referred to in this section as the ‘‘Recreation 1 |
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| 611 | 611 | | Area’’), comprising approximately 367.72 acres of Federal 2 |
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| 612 | 612 | | land administered by the Bureau in the State, as generally 3 |
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| 613 | 613 | | depicted on the map entitled ‘‘Proposed Dubois Motorized 4 |
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| 614 | 614 | | Recreation Area’’ and dated November 15, 2023. 5 |
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| 615 | 615 | | (b) M |
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| 616 | 616 | | ANAGEMENT.— 6 |
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| 617 | 617 | | (1) B |
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| 618 | 618 | | OUNDARY FENCE .—The Secretary shall 7 |
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| 619 | 619 | | authorize the construction of a fence along the west-8 |
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| 620 | 620 | | ern boundary of the Recreation Area on any Federal 9 |
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| 621 | 621 | | land that— 10 |
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| 622 | 622 | | (A) is managed by the Bureau; and 11 |
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| 623 | 623 | | (B) is west of North Mountain View Road. 12 |
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| 624 | 624 | | (2) T |
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| 625 | 625 | | RAVEL MANAGEMENT PLAN .—As soon as 13 |
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| 626 | 626 | | practicable after the date of completion of the fence 14 |
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| 627 | 627 | | described in paragraph (1), the Secretary shall es-15 |
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| 628 | 628 | | tablish a travel management plan for the Recreation 16 |
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| 629 | 629 | | Area that efficiently coordinates the use of motor-17 |
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| 630 | 630 | | ized off-road vehicles in the Recreation Area. 18 |
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| 631 | 631 | | SEC. 8. ESTABLISHMENT OF SPECIAL MANAGEMENT 19 |
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| 632 | 632 | | AREAS. 20 |
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| 633 | 633 | | (a) B |
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| 634 | 634 | | ENNETMOUNTAINSSPECIALMANAGEMENT 21 |
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| 636 | 636 | | REA.— 22 |
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| 637 | 637 | | (1) E |
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| 638 | 638 | | STABLISHMENT.—Subject to valid existing 23 |
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| 639 | 639 | | rights, there is established the Bennett Mountains 24 |
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| 640 | 640 | | Special Management Area (referred to in this sub-25 |
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| 644 | 644 | | section as the ‘‘Special Management Area’’), com-1 |
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| 645 | 645 | | prising approximately 6,165.05 acres of Federal 2 |
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| 646 | 646 | | land in the State administered by the Bureau, as 3 |
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| 647 | 647 | | generally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘Proposed 4 |
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| 648 | 648 | | Bennet Mountains Special Management Area’’ and 5 |
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| 649 | 649 | | dated November 15, 2023. 6 |
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| 650 | 650 | | (2) A |
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| 651 | 651 | | DMINISTRATION.—The Special Manage-7 |
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| 652 | 652 | | ment Area shall be administered by the Secretary. 8 |
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| 653 | 653 | | (3) P |
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| 654 | 654 | | URPOSE.—The purpose of the Special 9 |
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| 655 | 655 | | Management Area is to enhance the natural, his-10 |
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| 656 | 656 | | toric, scenic, and recreational, values of the area. 11 |
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| 657 | 657 | | (4) M |
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| 659 | 659 | | (A) I |
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| 660 | 660 | | N GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 13 |
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| 661 | 661 | | manage the Special Management Area— 14 |
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| 662 | 662 | | (i) in furtherance of the purpose de-15 |
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| 663 | 663 | | scribed in paragraph (3); and 16 |
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| 664 | 664 | | (ii) in accordance with— 17 |
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| 665 | 665 | | (I) the laws (including regula-18 |
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| 666 | 666 | | tions) generally applicable to the Bu-19 |
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| 667 | 667 | | reau; 20 |
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| 668 | 668 | | (II) this subsection; and 21 |
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| 669 | 669 | | (III) any other applicable law (in-22 |
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| 670 | 670 | | cluding regulations). 23 |
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| 671 | 671 | | (B) R |
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| 672 | 672 | | OADS; MOTORIZED VEHICLES .— 24 |
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| 676 | 676 | | (i) ROADS.—The construction of new 1 |
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| 677 | 677 | | permanent roads in the Special Manage-2 |
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| 678 | 678 | | ment Area shall not be allowed. 3 |
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| 679 | 679 | | (ii) M |
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| 680 | 680 | | OTORIZED VEHICLES .—Except 4 |
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| 681 | 681 | | as needed for administrative purposes, 5 |
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| 682 | 682 | | emergency response, fire management, for-6 |
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| 683 | 683 | | est health and restoration, weed and pest 7 |
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| 684 | 684 | | control, habitat management, livestock 8 |
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| 685 | 685 | | management, and range improvement, the 9 |
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| 686 | 686 | | use of motorized and mechanized vehicles 10 |
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| 687 | 687 | | in the Special Management Area shall be 11 |
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| 688 | 688 | | allowed only on existing roads and trails 12 |
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| 689 | 689 | | designated for the use of motorized or 13 |
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| 690 | 690 | | mechanized vehicles. 14 |
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| 691 | 691 | | (iii) T |
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| 692 | 692 | | RAVEL MANAGEMENT PLAN .— 15 |
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| 693 | 693 | | Not later than 2 years after the date of en-16 |
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| 694 | 694 | | actment of this Act, the Secretary shall es-17 |
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| 695 | 695 | | tablish a travel management plan for the 18 |
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| 696 | 696 | | Special Management Area. 19 |
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| 697 | 697 | | (C) G |
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| 698 | 698 | | RAZING.—Grazing of livestock in the 20 |
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| 699 | 699 | | Special Management Area shall be administered 21 |
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| 700 | 700 | | in accordance with the laws generally applicable 22 |
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| 701 | 701 | | to land under the jurisdiction of the Bureau. 23 |
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| 706 | 706 | | timber harvesting shall not be allowed in the 2 |
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| 707 | 707 | | Special Management Area. 3 |
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| 708 | 708 | | (5) W |
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| 709 | 709 | | ITHDRAWAL.— 4 |
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| 711 | 711 | | N GENERAL.—Subject to valid exist-5 |
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| 712 | 712 | | ing rights and subparagraph (B), the Special 6 |
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| 713 | 713 | | Management Area is withdrawn from— 7 |
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| 714 | 714 | | (i) all forms of appropriation or dis-8 |
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| 715 | 715 | | posal under the public land laws; 9 |
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| 716 | 716 | | (ii) location, entry, and patent under 10 |
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| 717 | 717 | | the mining laws; and 11 |
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| 718 | 718 | | (iii) disposition under laws relating to 12 |
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| 719 | 719 | | mineral and geothermal leasing. 13 |
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| 720 | 720 | | (B) E |
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| 721 | 721 | | XCEPTION.—The Secretary may 14 |
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| 722 | 722 | | lease oil and gas resources within the bound-15 |
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| 723 | 723 | | aries of the Special Management Area if— 16 |
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| 724 | 724 | | (i) the lease may only be accessed by 17 |
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| 725 | 725 | | directional drilling from a lease that is out-18 |
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| 726 | 726 | | side of the Special Management Area; and 19 |
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| 727 | 727 | | (ii) the lease prohibits, without excep-20 |
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| 728 | 728 | | tion or waiver, surface occupancy and sur-21 |
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| 729 | 729 | | face disturbance within the Special Man-22 |
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| 730 | 730 | | agement Area for any activities, including 23 |
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| 731 | 731 | | activities related to exploration, develop-24 |
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| 732 | 732 | | ment, or production. 25 |
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| 736 | 736 | | (b) BLACKCATSPECIALMANAGEMENTAREA.— 1 |
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| 737 | 737 | | (1) E |
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| 738 | 738 | | STABLISHMENT.—Subject to valid existing 2 |
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| 739 | 739 | | rights, there is established the Black Cat Special 3 |
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| 740 | 740 | | Management Area (referred to in this subsection as 4 |
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| 741 | 741 | | the ‘‘Special Management Area’’), comprising ap-5 |
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| 742 | 742 | | proximately 1,178 acres of Federal land in Carbon 6 |
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| 743 | 743 | | County, Wyoming, as generally depicted on the map 7 |
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| 744 | 744 | | entitled ‘‘Black Cat Special Management Area’’ and 8 |
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| 745 | 745 | | dated November 13, 2023. 9 |
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| 746 | 746 | | (2) A |
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| 747 | 747 | | DMINISTRATION.—The Special Manage-10 |
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| 748 | 748 | | ment Area shall be administered by the Secretary of 11 |
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| 749 | 749 | | Agriculture. 12 |
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| 750 | 750 | | (3) P |
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| 751 | 751 | | URPOSE.—The purpose of the Special 13 |
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| 752 | 752 | | Management Area is to enhance the natural, his-14 |
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| 753 | 753 | | toric, scenic, and recreational values of the area. 15 |
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| 754 | 754 | | (4) M |
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| 755 | 755 | | ANAGEMENT.— 16 |
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| 756 | 756 | | (A) I |
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| 757 | 757 | | N GENERAL.—The Secretary of Agri-17 |
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| 758 | 758 | | culture shall manage the Special Management 18 |
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| 759 | 759 | | Area— 19 |
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| 760 | 760 | | (i) in furtherance of the purpose de-20 |
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| 761 | 761 | | scribed in paragraph (3); and 21 |
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| 762 | 762 | | (ii) in accordance with— 22 |
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| 763 | 763 | | (I) the laws (including regula-23 |
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| 764 | 764 | | tions) generally applicable to National 24 |
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| 765 | 765 | | Forest System land; 25 |
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| 769 | 769 | | (II) this subsection; and 1 |
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| 770 | 770 | | (III) any other applicable law (in-2 |
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| 771 | 771 | | cluding regulations). 3 |
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| 772 | 772 | | (B) R |
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| 773 | 773 | | OADS; MOTORIZED VEHICLES .— 4 |
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| 774 | 774 | | (i) R |
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| 775 | 775 | | OADS.—The construction of new 5 |
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| 776 | 776 | | permanent roads in the Special Manage-6 |
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| 777 | 777 | | ment Area shall not be allowed. 7 |
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| 778 | 778 | | (ii) M |
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| 779 | 779 | | OTORIZED VEHICLES .—Except 8 |
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| 780 | 780 | | as needed for administrative purposes, 9 |
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| 781 | 781 | | emergency response, fire management, for-10 |
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| 782 | 782 | | est health and restoration, weed and pest 11 |
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| 783 | 783 | | control, habitat management, livestock 12 |
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| 784 | 784 | | management, and range improvement, the 13 |
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| 785 | 785 | | use of motorized and mechanized vehicles 14 |
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| 786 | 786 | | in the Special Management Area shall be 15 |
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| 787 | 787 | | allowed only on existing roads and trails 16 |
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| 788 | 788 | | designated for the use of motorized or 17 |
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| 789 | 789 | | mechanized vehicles. 18 |
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| 790 | 790 | | (iii) T |
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| 791 | 791 | | RAVEL MANAGEMENT PLAN .— 19 |
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| 792 | 792 | | Not later than 2 years after the date of en-20 |
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| 793 | 793 | | actment of this Act, the Secretary of Agri-21 |
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| 794 | 794 | | culture shall establish a travel management 22 |
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| 795 | 795 | | plan for the Special Management Area. 23 |
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| 796 | 796 | | (C) G |
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| 797 | 797 | | RAZING.—Grazing of livestock in the 24 |
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| 798 | 798 | | Special Management Area shall be administered 25 |
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| 802 | 802 | | in accordance with the laws generally applicable 1 |
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| 803 | 803 | | to grazing on National Forest System land. 2 |
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| 804 | 804 | | (D) T |
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| 805 | 805 | | IMBER HARVESTING .—Commercial 3 |
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| 806 | 806 | | timber harvesting shall not be allowed in the 4 |
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| 807 | 807 | | Special Management Area. 5 |
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| 808 | 808 | | (5) W |
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| 809 | 809 | | ITHDRAWAL.— 6 |
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| 810 | 810 | | (A) I |
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| 811 | 811 | | N GENERAL.—Subject to valid exist-7 |
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| 812 | 812 | | ing rights and subparagraph (B), the Special 8 |
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| 813 | 813 | | Management Area is withdrawn from— 9 |
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| 814 | 814 | | (i) all forms of appropriation or dis-10 |
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| 815 | 815 | | posal under the public land laws; 11 |
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| 816 | 816 | | (ii) location, entry, and patent under 12 |
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| 817 | 817 | | the mining laws; and 13 |
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| 818 | 818 | | (iii) disposition under laws relating to 14 |
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| 819 | 819 | | mineral and geothermal leasing. 15 |
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| 820 | 820 | | (B) E |
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| 821 | 821 | | XCEPTION.—The Secretary may, 16 |
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| 822 | 822 | | with the approval of the Secretary of Agri-17 |
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| 823 | 823 | | culture, lease oil and gas resources within the 18 |
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| 824 | 824 | | boundaries of the Special Management Area 19 |
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| 825 | 825 | | if— 20 |
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| 826 | 826 | | (i) the lease may only be accessed by 21 |
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| 827 | 827 | | directional drilling from a lease that is out-22 |
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| 828 | 828 | | side of the Special Management Area; and 23 |
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| 829 | 829 | | (ii) the lease prohibits, without excep-24 |
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| 830 | 830 | | tion or waiver, surface occupancy and sur-25 |
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| 834 | 834 | | face disturbance within the Special Man-1 |
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| 835 | 835 | | agement Area for any activities, including 2 |
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| 836 | 836 | | activities related to exploration, develop-3 |
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| 837 | 837 | | ment, or production. 4 |
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| 838 | 838 | | (c) S |
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| 839 | 839 | | WEETWATER ROCKSSPECIALMANAGEMENT 5 |
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| 840 | 840 | | A |
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| 841 | 841 | | REA.— 6 |
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| 842 | 842 | | (1) E |
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| 843 | 843 | | STABLISHMENT.—Subject to valid existing 7 |
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| 844 | 844 | | rights, there is established the Sweetwater Rocks 8 |
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| 845 | 845 | | Special Management Area (referred to in this sub-9 |
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| 846 | 846 | | section as the ‘‘Special Management Area’’), com-10 |
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| 847 | 847 | | prising approximately 34,347.79 acres of Federal 11 |
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| 848 | 848 | | land in Fremont and Natrona Counties, Wyoming, 12 |
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| 849 | 849 | | as generally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘Proposed 13 |
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| 850 | 850 | | Sweetwater Rocks Special Management Area’’ and 14 |
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| 851 | 851 | | dated November 15, 2023. 15 |
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| 852 | 852 | | (2) A |
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| 853 | 853 | | DMINISTRATION.—The Special Manage-16 |
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| 854 | 854 | | ment Area shall be administered by the Secretary. 17 |
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| 855 | 855 | | (3) P |
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| 856 | 856 | | URPOSE.—The purpose of the Special 18 |
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| 857 | 857 | | Management Area is to enhance the natural, his-19 |
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| 858 | 858 | | toric, scenic, and recreational, values of the area. 20 |
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| 859 | 859 | | (4) M |
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| 860 | 860 | | ANAGEMENT.— 21 |
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| 861 | 861 | | (A) I |
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| 862 | 862 | | N GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 22 |
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| 863 | 863 | | manage the Special Management Area— 23 |
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| 864 | 864 | | (i) in furtherance of the purpose de-24 |
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| 865 | 865 | | scribed in paragraph (3); and 25 |
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| 869 | 869 | | (ii) in accordance with— 1 |
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| 870 | 870 | | (I) the laws (including regula-2 |
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| 871 | 871 | | tions) generally applicable to the Bu-3 |
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| 872 | 872 | | reau; 4 |
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| 873 | 873 | | (II) this subsection; and 5 |
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| 874 | 874 | | (III) any other applicable law (in-6 |
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| 875 | 875 | | cluding regulations). 7 |
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| 876 | 876 | | (B) R |
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| 877 | 877 | | OADS; MOTORIZED VEHICLES .— 8 |
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| 878 | 878 | | (i) R |
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| 879 | 879 | | OADS.—The construction of new 9 |
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| 880 | 880 | | permanent roads in the Special Manage-10 |
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| 881 | 881 | | ment Area shall not be allowed. 11 |
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| 882 | 882 | | (ii) M |
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| 883 | 883 | | OTORIZED VEHICLES .—Except 12 |
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| 884 | 884 | | as needed for administrative purposes, 13 |
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| 885 | 885 | | emergency response, fire management, for-14 |
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| 886 | 886 | | est health and restoration, weed and pest 15 |
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| 887 | 887 | | control, habitat management, livestock 16 |
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| 888 | 888 | | management, and range improvement, the 17 |
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| 889 | 889 | | use of motorized and mechanized vehicles 18 |
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| 890 | 890 | | in the Special Management Area shall be 19 |
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| 891 | 891 | | allowed only on existing roads and trails 20 |
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| 892 | 892 | | designated for the use of motorized or 21 |
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| 893 | 893 | | mechanized vehicles. 22 |
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| 894 | 894 | | (iii) T |
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| 895 | 895 | | RAVEL MANAGEMENT PLAN .— 23 |
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| 896 | 896 | | Not later than 2 years after the date of en-24 |
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| 897 | 897 | | actment of this Act, the Secretary shall es-25 |
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| 901 | 901 | | tablish a travel management plan for the 1 |
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| 902 | 902 | | Special Management Area. 2 |
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| 903 | 903 | | (C) G |
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| 904 | 904 | | RAZING.—Grazing of livestock in the 3 |
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| 905 | 905 | | Special Management Area shall be administered 4 |
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| 906 | 906 | | in accordance with the laws generally applicable 5 |
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| 907 | 907 | | to the Bureau. 6 |
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| 908 | 908 | | (D) P |
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| 909 | 909 | | ROHIBITION OF CERTAIN OVERHEAD 7 |
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| 910 | 910 | | TOWERS.—No new overhead transmission or 8 |
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| 911 | 911 | | communications tower shall be constructed in 9 |
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| 912 | 912 | | the Special Management Area. 10 |
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| 913 | 913 | | (E) L |
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| 914 | 914 | | AND EXCHANGES .—The Secretary 11 |
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| 915 | 915 | | may propose to, and carry out with, an indi-12 |
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| 916 | 916 | | vidual or entity owning land in the vicinity of 13 |
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| 917 | 917 | | the Special Management Area any land ex-14 |
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| 918 | 918 | | change that— 15 |
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| 919 | 919 | | (i) increases access to the Special 16 |
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| 920 | 920 | | Management Area; and 17 |
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| 921 | 921 | | (ii) does not result in a net loss of 18 |
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| 922 | 922 | | Federal land. 19 |
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| 923 | 923 | | (F) U |
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| 924 | 924 | | NDERGROUND RIGHTS -OF-WAY.— 20 |
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| 925 | 925 | | Notwithstanding paragraph (5), the Secretary 21 |
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| 926 | 926 | | may expand any underground right-of-way in 22 |
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| 927 | 927 | | the Special Management Area that exists as of 23 |
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| 928 | 928 | | the date of enactment of this Act. 24 |
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| 929 | 929 | | (5) W |
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| 930 | 930 | | ITHDRAWAL.— 25 |
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| 934 | 934 | | (A) IN GENERAL.—Subject to valid exist-1 |
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| 935 | 935 | | ing rights and subparagraph (B), the Special 2 |
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| 936 | 936 | | Management Area is withdrawn from— 3 |
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| 937 | 937 | | (i) all forms of appropriation or dis-4 |
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| 938 | 938 | | posal under the public land laws; 5 |
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| 939 | 939 | | (ii) location, entry, and patent under 6 |
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| 940 | 940 | | the mining laws; and 7 |
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| 941 | 941 | | (iii) disposition under laws relating to 8 |
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| 942 | 942 | | mineral and geothermal leasing. 9 |
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| 943 | 943 | | (B) E |
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| 944 | 944 | | XCEPTION.—The Secretary may 10 |
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| 945 | 945 | | lease oil and gas resources within the bound-11 |
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| 946 | 946 | | aries of the Special Management Area if— 12 |
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| 947 | 947 | | (i) the lease may only be accessed by 13 |
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| 948 | 948 | | directional drilling from a lease that is out-14 |
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| 949 | 949 | | side of the Special Management Area; and 15 |
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| 950 | 950 | | (ii) the lease prohibits, without excep-16 |
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| 951 | 951 | | tion or waiver, surface occupancy and sur-17 |
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| 952 | 952 | | face disturbance within the Special Man-18 |
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| 953 | 953 | | agement Area for any activities, including 19 |
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| 954 | 954 | | activities related to exploration, develop-20 |
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| 955 | 955 | | ment, or production. 21 |
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| 956 | 956 | | (C) W |
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| 957 | 957 | | IND AND SOLAR ENERGY WITH -22 |
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| 958 | 958 | | DRAWAL.—Subject to valid rights in existence 23 |
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| 959 | 959 | | on the date of enactment of this Act, the land 24 |
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| 960 | 960 | | within the boundaries of the Special Manage-25 |
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| 964 | 964 | | ment Area is withdrawn from right-of-way leas-1 |
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| 965 | 965 | | ing and disposition under laws relating to wind 2 |
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| 966 | 966 | | or solar energy. 3 |
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| 967 | 967 | | (d) F |
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| 968 | 968 | | ORTIFICATIONCREEKSPECIALMANAGEMENT 4 |
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| 969 | 969 | | A |
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| 970 | 970 | | REA; FRAKERMOUNTAINSPECIALMANAGEMENTAREA; 5 |
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| 971 | 971 | | N |
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| 972 | 972 | | ORTHFORKSPECIALMANAGEMENTAREA.— 6 |
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| 973 | 973 | | (1) D |
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| 974 | 974 | | EFINITION OF SPECIAL MANAGEMENT 7 |
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| 975 | 975 | | AREA.—In this subsection, the term ‘‘Special Man-8 |
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| 976 | 976 | | agement Area’’ means a special management area 9 |
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| 977 | 977 | | established by paragraph (2). 10 |
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| 978 | 978 | | (2) E |
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| 979 | 979 | | STABLISHMENT OF SPECIAL MANAGEMENT 11 |
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| 980 | 980 | | AREAS.—Subject to valid existing rights there are 12 |
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| 981 | 981 | | established the following: 13 |
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| 982 | 982 | | (A) The Fortification Creek Special Man-14 |
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| 983 | 983 | | agement Area, comprising approximately 15 |
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| 984 | 984 | | 12,520.69 acres of Federal land administered in 16 |
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| 985 | 985 | | the State by the Bureau, as generally depicted 17 |
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| 986 | 986 | | on the map entitled ‘‘Proposed Fortification 18 |
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| 987 | 987 | | Creek Management Area’’ and dated November 19 |
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| 988 | 988 | | 15, 2023. 20 |
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| 989 | 989 | | (B) The Fraker Mountain Special Manage-21 |
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| 990 | 990 | | ment Area, comprising approximately 6,248.28 22 |
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| 991 | 991 | | acres of Federal land administered in the State 23 |
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| 992 | 992 | | by the Bureau, as generally depicted on the 24 |
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| 996 | 996 | | map entitled ‘‘Proposed Fraker Mountain Man-1 |
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| 997 | 997 | | agement Area’’ and dated November 15, 2023. 2 |
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| 998 | 998 | | (C) The North Fork Special Management 3 |
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| 999 | 999 | | Area, comprising approximately 10,026.15 4 |
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| 1000 | 1000 | | acres of Federal land administered in the State 5 |
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| 1001 | 1001 | | by the Bureau, as generally depicted on the 6 |
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| 1002 | 1002 | | map entitled ‘‘Proposed North Fork Manage-7 |
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| 1003 | 1003 | | ment Area’’ and dated November 15, 2023. 8 |
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| 1004 | 1004 | | (3) A |
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| 1005 | 1005 | | DMINISTRATION.—The Special Manage-9 |
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| 1006 | 1006 | | ment Areas shall be administered by the Secretary. 10 |
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| 1007 | 1007 | | (4) P |
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| 1008 | 1008 | | URPOSE.—The purpose of a Special Man-11 |
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| 1009 | 1009 | | agement Area is to enhance the natural, historic, 12 |
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| 1010 | 1010 | | scenic, recreational, wildlife habitat, forest health, 13 |
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| 1011 | 1011 | | watershed protection, and ecological and cultural 14 |
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| 1012 | 1012 | | values of the area. 15 |
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| 1013 | 1013 | | (5) M |
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| 1014 | 1014 | | ANAGEMENT.— 16 |
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| 1015 | 1015 | | (A) I |
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| 1016 | 1016 | | N GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 17 |
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| 1017 | 1017 | | manage each Special Management Area— 18 |
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| 1018 | 1018 | | (i) in furtherance of the purpose de-19 |
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| 1019 | 1019 | | scribed in paragraph (4); and 20 |
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| 1020 | 1020 | | (ii) in accordance with— 21 |
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| 1021 | 1021 | | (I) the laws (including regula-22 |
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| 1022 | 1022 | | tions) generally applicable to the Bu-23 |
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| 1023 | 1023 | | reau; 24 |
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| 1024 | 1024 | | (II) this subsection; and 25 |
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| 1029 | 1029 | | cluding regulations). 2 |
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| 1030 | 1030 | | (B) R |
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| 1031 | 1031 | | OADS; MOTORIZED VEHICLES .— 3 |
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| 1033 | 1033 | | OADS.—The construction of new 4 |
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| 1034 | 1034 | | permanent roads in a Special Management 5 |
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| 1035 | 1035 | | Area shall not be allowed. 6 |
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| 1037 | 1037 | | OTORIZED VEHICLES .—Except 7 |
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| 1038 | 1038 | | as needed for administrative purposes, 8 |
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| 1039 | 1039 | | emergency response, fire management, for-9 |
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| 1040 | 1040 | | est health and restoration, weed and pest 10 |
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| 1041 | 1041 | | control, habitat management, livestock 11 |
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| 1042 | 1042 | | management, and range improvement, the 12 |
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| 1043 | 1043 | | use of motorized and mechanized vehicles 13 |
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| 1044 | 1044 | | in a Special Management Area shall be al-14 |
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| 1045 | 1045 | | lowed only on existing roads and trails des-15 |
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| 1046 | 1046 | | ignated for the use of motorized or mecha-16 |
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| 1047 | 1047 | | nized vehicles. 17 |
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| 1048 | 1048 | | (iii) T |
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| 1049 | 1049 | | RAVEL MANAGEMENT PLAN .— 18 |
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| 1050 | 1050 | | Not later than 2 years after the date of en-19 |
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| 1051 | 1051 | | actment of this Act, the Secretary shall es-20 |
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| 1052 | 1052 | | tablish a travel management plan for each 21 |
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| 1053 | 1053 | | Special Management Area. 22 |
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| 1054 | 1054 | | (C) G |
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| 1055 | 1055 | | RAZING.—Grazing of livestock in a 23 |
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| 1060 | 1060 | | in accordance with the laws generally applicable 1 |
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| 1061 | 1061 | | to land under the jurisdiction of the Bureau. 2 |
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| 1062 | 1062 | | (D) P |
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| 1063 | 1063 | | ROHIBITION OF CERTAIN INFRA -3 |
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| 1064 | 1064 | | STRUCTURE.—The development, construction, 4 |
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| 1065 | 1065 | | or installation of infrastructure for recreational 5 |
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| 1066 | 1066 | | use shall not be allowed in— 6 |
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| 1067 | 1067 | | (i) the Fraker Mountain Special Man-7 |
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| 1068 | 1068 | | agement Area; or 8 |
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| 1069 | 1069 | | (ii) the North Fork Special Manage-9 |
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| 1070 | 1070 | | ment Area. 10 |
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| 1071 | 1071 | | (6) W |
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| 1072 | 1072 | | ITHDRAWAL.— 11 |
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| 1073 | 1073 | | (A) I |
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| 1074 | 1074 | | N GENERAL.—Subject to valid exist-12 |
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| 1075 | 1075 | | ing rights and subparagraph (B), the Special 13 |
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| 1076 | 1076 | | Management Areas are withdrawn from— 14 |
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| 1077 | 1077 | | (i) all forms of appropriation or dis-15 |
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| 1078 | 1078 | | posal under the public land laws; 16 |
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| 1079 | 1079 | | (ii) location, entry, and patent under 17 |
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| 1080 | 1080 | | the mining laws; and 18 |
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| 1081 | 1081 | | (iii) disposition under laws relating to 19 |
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| 1082 | 1082 | | mineral and geothermal leasing. 20 |
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| 1083 | 1083 | | (B) E |
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| 1084 | 1084 | | XCEPTION.—The Secretary may 21 |
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| 1085 | 1085 | | lease oil and gas resources within the bound-22 |
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| 1086 | 1086 | | aries of a Special Management Area if— 23 |
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| 1090 | 1090 | | (i) the lease may only be accessed by 1 |
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| 1091 | 1091 | | directional drilling from a lease that is out-2 |
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| 1092 | 1092 | | side of the Special Management Area; and 3 |
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| 1093 | 1093 | | (ii) the lease prohibits, without excep-4 |
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| 1094 | 1094 | | tion or waiver, surface occupancy and sur-5 |
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| 1095 | 1095 | | face disturbance within the Special Man-6 |
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| 1096 | 1096 | | agement Area for any activities, including 7 |
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| 1097 | 1097 | | activities related to exploration, develop-8 |
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| 1098 | 1098 | | ment, or production. 9 |
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| 1099 | 1099 | | (e) C |
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| 1100 | 1100 | | EDARMOUNTAINSPECIALMANAGEMENT 10 |
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| 1101 | 1101 | | A |
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| 1102 | 1102 | | REA.— 11 |
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| 1103 | 1103 | | (1) E |
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| 1104 | 1104 | | STABLISHMENT.—Subject to valid existing 12 |
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| 1105 | 1105 | | rights, there is established the Cedar Mountain Spe-13 |
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| 1106 | 1106 | | cial Management Area (referred to in this subsection 14 |
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| 1107 | 1107 | | as the ‘‘Special Management Area’’), comprising ap-15 |
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| 1108 | 1108 | | proximately 20,745.73 acres of Federal land in the 16 |
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| 1109 | 1109 | | State administered by the Bureau, as generally de-17 |
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| 1110 | 1110 | | picted on the map entitled ‘‘Proposed Cedar Moun-18 |
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| 1111 | 1111 | | tain Special Management Area’’ and dated Novem-19 |
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| 1112 | 1112 | | ber 15, 2023. 20 |
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| 1113 | 1113 | | (2) A |
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| 1114 | 1114 | | DMINISTRATION.—The Special Manage-21 |
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| 1115 | 1115 | | ment Area shall be administered by the Secretary. 22 |
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| 1116 | 1116 | | (3) P |
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| 1117 | 1117 | | URPOSE.—The purpose of the Special 23 |
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| 1118 | 1118 | | Management Area is to enhance the natural, his-24 |
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| 1122 | 1122 | | toric, scenic, recreational, ecological, wildlife, and 1 |
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| 1123 | 1123 | | livestock production values of the area. 2 |
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| 1124 | 1124 | | (4) M |
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| 1125 | 1125 | | ANAGEMENT.— 3 |
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| 1126 | 1126 | | (A) I |
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| 1127 | 1127 | | N GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 4 |
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| 1128 | 1128 | | manage the Special Management Area— 5 |
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| 1129 | 1129 | | (i) in furtherance of the purpose de-6 |
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| 1130 | 1130 | | scribed in paragraph (3); and 7 |
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| 1131 | 1131 | | (ii) in accordance with— 8 |
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| 1132 | 1132 | | (I) the laws (including regula-9 |
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| 1133 | 1133 | | tions) generally applicable to the Bu-10 |
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| 1134 | 1134 | | reau; 11 |
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| 1135 | 1135 | | (II) this subsection; and 12 |
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| 1136 | 1136 | | (III) any other applicable law (in-13 |
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| 1137 | 1137 | | cluding regulations). 14 |
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| 1138 | 1138 | | (B) R |
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| 1139 | 1139 | | OADS; MOTORIZED VEHICLES .— 15 |
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| 1140 | 1140 | | (i) R |
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| 1141 | 1141 | | OADS.—The construction of new 16 |
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| 1142 | 1142 | | permanent roads in the Special Manage-17 |
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| 1143 | 1143 | | ment Area shall not be allowed. 18 |
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| 1144 | 1144 | | (ii) M |
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| 1145 | 1145 | | OTORIZED VEHICLES .—Except 19 |
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| 1146 | 1146 | | as needed for administrative purposes, 20 |
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| 1147 | 1147 | | emergency response, fire management, for-21 |
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| 1148 | 1148 | | est health and restoration, weed and pest 22 |
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| 1149 | 1149 | | control, habitat management, livestock 23 |
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| 1150 | 1150 | | management, and range improvement, the 24 |
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| 1151 | 1151 | | use of motorized and mechanized vehicles 25 |
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| 1155 | 1155 | | in the Special Management Area shall be 1 |
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| 1156 | 1156 | | allowed only on existing roads and trails 2 |
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| 1157 | 1157 | | designated for the use of motorized or 3 |
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| 1158 | 1158 | | mechanized vehicles. 4 |
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| 1159 | 1159 | | (iii) T |
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| 1160 | 1160 | | RAVEL MANAGEMENT PLAN .— 5 |
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| 1161 | 1161 | | Not later than 2 years after the date of en-6 |
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| 1162 | 1162 | | actment of this Act, the Secretary shall es-7 |
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| 1163 | 1163 | | tablish a travel management plan for the 8 |
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| 1164 | 1164 | | Special Management Area. 9 |
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| 1165 | 1165 | | (C) G |
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| 1166 | 1166 | | RAZING.—Grazing of livestock in the 10 |
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| 1167 | 1167 | | Special Management Area shall be administered 11 |
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| 1168 | 1168 | | in accordance with the laws generally applicable 12 |
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| 1169 | 1169 | | to land under the jurisdiction of the Bureau. 13 |
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| 1170 | 1170 | | (5) W |
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| 1171 | 1171 | | ITHDRAWAL.— 14 |
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| 1172 | 1172 | | (A) I |
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| 1173 | 1173 | | N GENERAL.—Subject to valid exist-15 |
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| 1174 | 1174 | | ing rights, the Special Management Area is 16 |
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| 1175 | 1175 | | withdrawn from— 17 |
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| 1176 | 1176 | | (i) all forms of appropriation or dis-18 |
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| 1177 | 1177 | | posal under the public land laws; 19 |
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| 1178 | 1178 | | (ii) location, entry, and patent under 20 |
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| 1179 | 1179 | | the mining laws; and 21 |
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| 1180 | 1180 | | (iii) disposition under laws relating to 22 |
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| 1181 | 1181 | | mineral and geothermal leasing. 23 |
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| 1185 | 1185 | | (B) EXCEPTION.—The Secretary may 1 |
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| 1186 | 1186 | | lease oil and gas resources within the bound-2 |
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| 1187 | 1187 | | aries of the Special Management Area if— 3 |
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| 1188 | 1188 | | (i) the lease may only be accessed by 4 |
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| 1189 | 1189 | | directional drilling from a lease that is out-5 |
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| 1190 | 1190 | | side of the Special Management Area; and 6 |
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| 1191 | 1191 | | (ii) the lease prohibits, without excep-7 |
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| 1192 | 1192 | | tion or waiver, surface occupancy and sur-8 |
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| 1193 | 1193 | | face disturbance within the Special Man-9 |
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| 1194 | 1194 | | agement Area for any activities, including 10 |
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| 1195 | 1195 | | activities related to exploration, develop-11 |
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| 1196 | 1196 | | ment, or production. 12 |
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| 1197 | 1197 | | SEC. 9. LANDER SLOPE AREA OF CRITICAL ENVIRON-13 |
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| 1198 | 1198 | | MENTAL CONCERN AND RED CANYON AREA 14 |
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| 1199 | 1199 | | OF CRITICAL ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERN. 15 |
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| 1200 | 1200 | | (a) D |
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| 1201 | 1201 | | EFINITION OFCOUNTY.—In this section, the 16 |
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| 1202 | 1202 | | term ‘‘County’’ means Fremont County, Wyoming. 17 |
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| 1203 | 1203 | | (b) L |
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| 1204 | 1204 | | ANDERSLOPEAREA OFCRITICALENVIRON-18 |
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| 1205 | 1205 | | MENTALCONCERN ANDREDCANYONAREA OFCRITICAL 19 |
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| 1206 | 1206 | | E |
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| 1207 | 1207 | | NVIRONMENTAL CONCERN.— 20 |
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| 1208 | 1208 | | (1) T |
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| 1209 | 1209 | | RANSFERS.—The Secretary shall pursue 21 |
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| 1210 | 1210 | | transfers in which land managed by the Bureau in 22 |
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| 1211 | 1211 | | the County is exchanged for land owned by the State 23 |
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| 1212 | 1212 | | that is within the boundaries of— 24 |
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| 1216 | 1216 | | (A) the Lander Slope Area of Critical En-1 |
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| 1217 | 1217 | | vironmental Concern; or 2 |
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| 1218 | 1218 | | (B) the Red Canyon Area of Critical Envi-3 |
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| 1219 | 1219 | | ronmental Concern. 4 |
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| 1220 | 1220 | | (2) R |
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| 1221 | 1221 | | EQUIREMENTS.—A transfer under para-5 |
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| 1222 | 1222 | | graph (1) shall— 6 |
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| 1223 | 1223 | | (A) comply with all requirements of law, 7 |
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| 1224 | 1224 | | including any required analysis; and 8 |
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| 1225 | 1225 | | (B) be subject to appropriation. 9 |
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| 1226 | 1226 | | (c) S |
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| 1227 | 1227 | | TUDY.— 10 |
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| 1228 | 1228 | | (1) I |
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| 1229 | 1229 | | N GENERAL.—The Secretary shall carry 11 |
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| 1230 | 1230 | | out a study to evaluate the potential for the develop-12 |
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| 1231 | 1231 | | ment of special motorized recreation areas in the 13 |
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| 1232 | 1232 | | County. 14 |
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| 1233 | 1233 | | (2) R |
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| 1234 | 1234 | | EQUIREMENTS.—The study under para-15 |
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| 1235 | 1235 | | graph (1) shall evaluate— 16 |
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| 1236 | 1236 | | (A) the potential for the development of 17 |
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| 1237 | 1237 | | special motorized recreation areas on all land 18 |
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| 1238 | 1238 | | managed by the Bureau in the County except— 19 |
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| 1239 | 1239 | | (i) any land in T. 40 N., R. 94 W., 20 |
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| 1240 | 1240 | | secs. 15, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 27, 28, 21 |
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| 1241 | 1241 | | 29, and the N |
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| 1242 | 1242 | | 1 |
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| 1243 | 1243 | | ⁄2sec. 34; and 22 |
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| 1244 | 1244 | | (ii) any land that is subject to a re-23 |
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| 1245 | 1245 | | striction on the use of off-road vehicles 24 |
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| 1246 | 1246 | | under any Federal law, including this Act; 25 |
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| 1250 | 1250 | | (B) the suitability of the land evaluated 1 |
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| 1251 | 1251 | | under subparagraph (A) for off-road vehicles, 2 |
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| 1252 | 1252 | | including rock crawlers; and 3 |
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| 1253 | 1253 | | (C) the parking, staging, and camping nec-4 |
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| 1254 | 1254 | | essary to accommodate special motorized recre-5 |
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| 1255 | 1255 | | ation. 6 |
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| 1256 | 1256 | | (3) R |
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| 1257 | 1257 | | EPORT.—Not later than 2 years after the 7 |
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| 1258 | 1258 | | date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall 8 |
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| 1259 | 1259 | | submit to the Committee on Energy and Natural 9 |
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| 1260 | 1260 | | Resources of the Senate and the Committee on Nat-10 |
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| 1261 | 1261 | | ural Resources of the House of Representatives a re-11 |
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| 1262 | 1262 | | port describing the findings of the study under para-12 |
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| 1263 | 1263 | | graph (1). 13 |
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| 1264 | 1264 | | (d) F |
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| 1265 | 1265 | | REMONTCOUNTYIMPLEMENTATION TEAM.— 14 |
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| 1266 | 1266 | | (1) E |
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| 1267 | 1267 | | STABLISHMENT.—Not later than 90 days 15 |
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| 1268 | 1268 | | after the date of enactment of this Act, the Sec-16 |
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| 1269 | 1269 | | retary shall establish a team, to be known as the 17 |
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| 1270 | 1270 | | ‘‘Fremont County Implementation Team’’ (referred 18 |
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| 1271 | 1271 | | to in this subsection as the ‘‘Team’’) to advise and 19 |
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| 1272 | 1272 | | assist the Secretary with respect to the implementa-20 |
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| 1273 | 1273 | | tion of the management requirements described in 21 |
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| 1274 | 1274 | | this section that are applicable to land in the Coun-22 |
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| 1275 | 1275 | | ty. 23 |
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| 1276 | 1276 | | (2) M |
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| 1277 | 1277 | | EMBERSHIP.—The Team shall consist 24 |
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| 1278 | 1278 | | of— 25 |
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| 1283 | 1283 | | Secretary); and 2 |
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| 1284 | 1284 | | (B) 1 or more individuals appointed by the 3 |
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| 1285 | 1285 | | Board of County Commissioners of the County. 4 |
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| 1286 | 1286 | | (3) N |
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| 1287 | 1287 | | ONAPPLICABILITY OF THE FEDERAL ADVI -5 |
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| 1288 | 1288 | | SORY COMMITTEE ACT .—The Team shall not be sub-6 |
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| 1289 | 1289 | | ject to the requirements of chapter 10 of title 5, 7 |
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| 1290 | 1290 | | United States Code (commonly referred to as the 8 |
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| 1291 | 1291 | | ‘‘Federal Advisory Committee Act’’). 9 |
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| 1292 | 1292 | | SEC. 10. STUDY OF LAND IN HOT SPRINGS AND WASHAKIE 10 |
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| 1293 | 1293 | | COUNTIES. 11 |
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| 1294 | 1294 | | (a) D |
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| 1295 | 1295 | | EFINITION OFCOUNTIES.—In this section, the 12 |
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| 1296 | 1296 | | term ‘‘Counties’’ means each of the following counties in 13 |
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| 1297 | 1297 | | the State: 14 |
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| 1298 | 1298 | | (1) Hot Springs County. 15 |
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| 1299 | 1299 | | (2) Washakie County. 16 |
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| 1300 | 1300 | | (b) S |
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| 1301 | 1301 | | TUDY.— 17 |
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| 1302 | 1302 | | (1) I |
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| 1303 | 1303 | | N GENERAL.—The Secretary shall carry 18 |
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| 1304 | 1304 | | out a study to evaluate the potential for the develop-19 |
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| 1305 | 1305 | | ment of new special motorized recreation areas in 20 |
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| 1306 | 1306 | | the Counties. 21 |
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| 1307 | 1307 | | (2) R |
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| 1308 | 1308 | | EQUIREMENTS.— 22 |
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| 1309 | 1309 | | (A) L |
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| 1310 | 1310 | | AND INCLUDED.—The study under 23 |
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| 1311 | 1311 | | paragraph (1) shall evaluate the potential for 24 |
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| 1312 | 1312 | | the development of new special motorized recre-25 |
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| 1317 | 1317 | | Bureau in the Counties except any land that is 2 |
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| 1318 | 1318 | | subject to a restriction on the use of motorized 3 |
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| 1319 | 1319 | | or mechanized vehicles under any Federal law, 4 |
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| 1320 | 1320 | | including this Act. 5 |
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| 1321 | 1321 | | (B) P |
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| 1322 | 1322 | | UBLIC INPUT; COLLABORATION.—In 6 |
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| 1323 | 1323 | | carrying out the study under paragraph (1), the 7 |
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| 1324 | 1324 | | Secretary shall— 8 |
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| 1325 | 1325 | | (i) offer opportunities for public input; 9 |
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| 1326 | 1326 | | and 10 |
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| 1327 | 1327 | | (ii) collaborate with— 11 |
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| 1328 | 1328 | | (I) State parks, historic sites, 12 |
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| 1329 | 1329 | | and trails; and 13 |
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| 1330 | 1330 | | (II) the Counties. 14 |
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| 1331 | 1331 | | (3) R |
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| 1332 | 1332 | | EPORT.—Not later than 2 years after the 15 |
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| 1333 | 1333 | | date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall 16 |
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| 1334 | 1334 | | submit to the Committee on Energy and Natural 17 |
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| 1335 | 1335 | | Resources of the Senate and the Committee on Nat-18 |
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| 1336 | 1336 | | ural Resources of the House of Representatives a re-19 |
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| 1337 | 1337 | | port describing the findings of the study under para-20 |
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| 1338 | 1338 | | graph (1). 21 |
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