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2	2	119THCONGRESS
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4	4	STSESSION H. R. 2727
5	5	To withdraw certain Federal land in the Pecos Watershed area of the State
6	6	of New Mexico from mineral entry, and for other purposes.
7	7	IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
8	8	APRIL8, 2025
9	9	Ms. L
10	10	EGERFERNANDEZ(for herself and Ms. STANSBURY) introduced the
11	11	following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources
12	12	A BILL
13	13	To withdraw certain Federal land in the Pecos Watershed
14	14	area of the State of New Mexico from mineral entry,
15	15	and for other purposes.
16	16	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
17	17	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
18	18	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
19	19	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Pecos Watershed Pro-4
20	20	tection Act’’. 5
21	21	SEC. 2. WITHDRAWAL OF FEDERAL LAND IN PECOS WATER-6
22	22	SHED AREA, NEW MEXICO. 7
23	23	(a) D
24	24	EFINITION OFFEDERALLAND.—In this sec-8
25	25	tion, the term ‘‘Federal land’’ means the Federal land de-9
26	26	picted as ‘‘Pecos Withdrawal’’ on the map entitled ‘‘Pro-10
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30	30	posed Mineral Withdrawal Legislative Map’’ and dated 1
31	31	September 11, 2023. 2
32	32	(b) W
33	33	ITHDRAWAL.—Subject to valid rights in exist-3
34	34	ence on the date of enactment of this Act, the Federal 4
35	35	land is withdrawn from all forms of— 5
36	36	(1) entry, appropriation, or disposal under the 6
37	37	public land laws; 7
38	38	(2) location, entry, and patent under the mining 8
39	39	laws; and 9
40	40	(3) disposition under all laws pertaining to min-10
41	41	eral and geothermal leasing or mineral materials. 11
42	42	SEC. 3. DESIGNATION OF THOMPSON PEAK WILDERNESS 12
43	43	AREA, NEW MEXICO. 13
44	44	(a) D
45	45	EFINITIONS.—In this section: 14
46	46	(1) S
47	47	ECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 15
48	48	the Secretary of Agriculture. 16
49	49	(2) S
50	50	TATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means the State 17
51	51	of New Mexico. 18
52	52	(3) W
53	53	ILDERNESS AREA.—The term ‘‘wilderness 19
54	54	area’’ means the Thompson Peak Wilderness Area 20
55	55	designated by subsection (b). 21
56	56	(b) D
57	57	ESIGNATION.—In accordance with the Wilder-22
58	58	ness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), the approximately 23
59	59	11,599 acres of land managed by the Forest Service in 24
60	60	the State, as generally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘Pro-25
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64	64	posed Mineral Withdrawal Legislative Map’’ and dated 1
65	65	September 11, 2023, is designated as a wilderness area 2
66	66	and as a component of the National Wilderness Preserva-3
67	67	tion System, to be known as the ‘‘Thompson Peak Wilder-4
68	68	ness Area’’. 5
69	69	(c) M
70	70	AP ANDLEGALDESCRIPTION.— 6
71	71	(1) I
72	72	N GENERAL.—As soon as practicable after 7
73	73	the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary 8
74	74	shall file a map and legal description of the wilder-9
75	75	ness area with— 10
76	76	(A) the Committee on Energy and Natural 11
77	77	Resources of the Senate; and 12
78	78	(B) the Committee on Natural Resources 13
79	79	of the House of Representatives. 14
80	80	(2) E
81	81	FFECT.—The map and legal description 15
82	82	filed under paragraph (1) shall have the same force 16
83	83	and effect as if included in this Act, except that the 17
84	84	Secretary may correct clerical and typographical er-18
85	85	rors in the map and legal description. 19
86	86	(3) A
87	87	VAILABILITY.—The map and legal descrip-20
88	88	tion filed under paragraph (1) shall be on file and 21
89	89	available for public inspection in the Office of the 22
90	90	Chief of the Forest Service. 23
91	91	(d) A
92	92	DMINISTRATION.— 24
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96	96	(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to valid existing 1
97	97	rights, the wilderness area shall be administered by 2
98	98	the Secretary in accordance with the Wilderness Act 3
99	99	(16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), except that any reference 4
100	100	in that Act to the effective date of that Act shall be 5
101	101	considered to be a reference to the date of enact-6
102	102	ment of this Act. 7
103	103	(2) A
104	104	DJACENT MANAGEMENT .— 8
105	105	(A) N
106	106	O PROTECTIVE PERIMETERS OR 9
107	107	BUFFER ZONES.—Congress does not intend for 10
108	108	the designation of the wilderness area to create 11
109	109	a protective perimeter or buffer zone around 12
110	110	the wilderness area. 13
111	111	(B) N
112	112	ONWILDERNESS ACTIVITIES .—The 14
113	113	fact that nonwilderness activities or uses out-15
114	114	side of the wilderness area can be seen or heard 16
115	115	from an area within the wilderness area shall 17
116	116	not preclude the conduct of the nonwilderness 18
117	117	activities or uses outside the boundaries of the 19
118	118	wilderness area. 20
119	119	(3) F
120	120	ISH AND WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT .—In ac-21
121	121	cordance with section 4(d)(7) of the Wilderness Act 22
122	122	(16 U.S.C. 1133(d)(7)), nothing in this section af-23
123	123	fects the jurisdiction or responsibilities of the State 24
124	124	with respect to fish and wildlife management in the 25
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128	128	wilderness area (including the regulation of hunting, 1
129	129	fishing, and trapping). 2
130	130	(4) G
131	131	RAZING.—The Secretary shall allow the 3
132	132	continuation of the grazing of livestock in the wilder-4
133	133	ness area, if established before the date of enact-5
134	134	ment of this Act, in accordance with— 6
135	135	(A) section 4(d)(4) of the Wilderness Act 7
136	136	(16 U.S.C. 1133(d)(4)); and 8
137	137	(B) the guidelines set forth in Appendix A 9
138	138	of the report of the Committee on Interior and 10
139	139	Insular Affairs of the House of Representatives 11
140	140	accompanying H.R. 2570 of the 101st Congress 12
141	141	(H. Rept. 101–405). 13
142	142	(5) W
143	143	ILDFIRE, INSECT, AND DISEASE CON -14
144	144	TROL.—The Secretary may carry out measures in 15
145	145	the wilderness area that the Secretary determines to 16
146	146	be necessary to control fire, insects, or diseases, in 17
147	147	accordance with section 4(d)(1) of the Wilderness 18
148	148	Act (16 U.S.C. 1133(d)(1)). 19
149	149	(e) I
150	150	NCORPORATION OF ACQUIREDLAND ANDINTER-20
151	151	ESTS INLAND.—Any land or interest in land within the 21
152	152	boundaries of the wilderness area that is acquired by the 22
153	153	United States after the date of enactment of this Act shall 23
154	154	be added to and administered as part of the wilderness 24
155	155	area. 25
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159	159	(f) WITHDRAWAL.—Subject to valid existing rights, 1
160	160	the wilderness area is withdrawn from— 2
161	161	(1) entry, appropriation, or disposal under the 3
162	162	public land laws; 4
163	163	(2) location, entry, and patent under the mining 5
164	164	laws; and 6
165	165	(3) disposition under all laws relating to min-7
166	166	eral and geothermal leasing or mineral materials. 8
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