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119THCONGRESS
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STSESSION H. R. 2734
To amend the Colorado Wilderness Act of 1993 to add certain land to
the Sarvis Creek Wilderness, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
APRIL8, 2025
Mr. N
EGUSEintroduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Natural Resources
A BILL
To amend the Colorado Wilderness Act of 1993 to add
certain land to the Sarvis Creek Wilderness, and for
other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Sarvis Creek Wilder-4
ness Completion Act’’. 5
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 6
In this Act: 7
(1) S
ARVIS CREEK WILDERNESS ADDITION .— 8
The term ‘‘Sarvis Creek Wilderness Addition’’ 9
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means the land added to the Sarvis Wilderness by 1
the amendment made by section 3(a). 2
(2) S
ECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 3
the Secretary of Agriculture. 4
SEC. 3. DESIGNATION OF SARVIS CREEK WILDERNESS AD-5
DITION. 6
(a) D
ESIGNATION.—Section 2(a)(11) of the Colorado 7
Wilderness Act of 1993 (16 U.S.C. 1132 note; Public Law 8
103–77) is amended by striking ‘‘1993,’’ and inserting 9
‘‘1993, and certain land within the Routt National Forest 10
that comprises approximately 6,817 acres, as generally de-11
picted as ‘Sarvis Creek Wilderness Addition Proposal’ on 12
the map entitled ‘Sarvis Creek Wilderness Addition Pro-13
posal’ and dated February 26, 2024,’’. 14
(b) A
PPLICABLELAW.—The reference in section 15
4(d)(4) of the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1133(d)(4)) to 16
the effective date of that Act shall be considered to be 17
a reference to the date of enactment of this Act for pur-18
poses of administering the Sarvis Creek Wilderness Addi-19
tion. 20
SEC. 4. ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS. 21
(a) T
RIBALRIGHTS ANDUSE.— 22
(1) T
REATY RIGHTS.—Nothing in this Act af-23
fects the treaty rights of any Indian Tribe. 24
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(2) TRADITIONAL TRIBAL USES .—The Sec-1
retary may, in accordance with applicable law, per-2
mit Indian Tribes access to, and use of, the Sarvis 3
Creek Wilderness Addition for traditional, religious, 4
and cultural purposes. 5
(b) F
IRE, INSECTS, ANDDISEASES.—In accordance 6
with section 4(d)(1) of the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 7
1133(d)(1)), the Secretary may carry out any activity in 8
the Sarvis Creek Wilderness Addition that the Secretary 9
determines to be necessary for the control of fire, insects, 10
and diseases, subject to such terms and conditions as the 11
Secretary determines to be appropriate. 12
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