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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION S. 1195 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To promote conservation, improve public land management, and provide for |
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| 6 | 6 | | sensible development in Pershing County, Nevada, and for other purposes. |
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| 7 | 7 | | IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES |
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| 8 | 8 | | MARCH27, 2025 |
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| 9 | 9 | | Ms. R |
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| 10 | 10 | | OSENintroduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred |
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| 11 | 11 | | to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources |
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| 12 | 12 | | A BILL |
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| 13 | 13 | | To promote conservation, improve public land management, |
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| 14 | 14 | | and provide for sensible development in Pershing County, |
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| 15 | 15 | | Nevada, and for other purposes. |
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| 16 | 16 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 17 | 17 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 18 | 18 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 3 |
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| 19 | 19 | | (a) S |
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| 20 | 20 | | HORTTITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 4 |
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| 21 | 21 | | ‘‘Pershing County Economic Development and Conserva-5 |
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| 22 | 22 | | tion Act’’. 6 |
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| 23 | 23 | | (b) T |
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| 24 | 24 | | ABLE OFCONTENTS.—The table of contents for 7 |
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| 25 | 25 | | this Act is as follows: 8 |
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| 26 | 26 | | Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. |
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| 27 | 27 | | Sec. 2. Definitions. |
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| 31 | 31 | | TITLE I—CHECKERBOARD LAND RESOLUTION |
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| 32 | 32 | | Sec. 101. Findings. |
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| 33 | 33 | | Sec. 102. Sale or exchange of eligible land. |
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| 34 | 34 | | Sec. 103. Sale of encumbered land. |
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| 35 | 35 | | Sec. 104. Disposition of proceeds. |
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| 36 | 36 | | TITLE II—WILDERNESS AREAS |
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| 37 | 37 | | Sec. 201. Additions to the National Wilderness Preservation System. |
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| 38 | 38 | | Sec. 202. Administration. |
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| 39 | 39 | | Sec. 203. Wildlife management. |
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| 40 | 40 | | Sec. 204. Release of wilderness study areas. |
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| 41 | 41 | | Sec. 205. Native American cultural and religious uses. |
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| 42 | 42 | | TITLE III—TRIBAL TRUST LAND |
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| 43 | 43 | | Sec. 301. Transfer of land to be held in trust for the Lovelock Paiute Tribe. |
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| 44 | 44 | | SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. |
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| 45 | 45 | | 1 |
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| 46 | 46 | | In this Act: 2 |
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| 47 | 47 | | (1) A |
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| 48 | 48 | | PPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT -3 |
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| 49 | 49 | | TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-4 |
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| 50 | 50 | | mittees’’ means— 5 |
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| 51 | 51 | | (A) the Committee on Energy and Natural 6 |
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| 52 | 52 | | Resources of the Senate; and 7 |
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| 53 | 53 | | (B) the Committee on Natural Resources 8 |
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| 54 | 54 | | of the House of Representatives. 9 |
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| 55 | 55 | | (2) C |
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| 56 | 56 | | OUNTY.—The term ‘‘County’’ means Per-10 |
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| 57 | 57 | | shing County, Nevada. 11 |
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| 58 | 58 | | (3) E |
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| 59 | 59 | | LIGIBLE LAND.—The term ‘‘eligible land’’ 12 |
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| 60 | 60 | | means any land administered by the Director of the 13 |
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| 61 | 61 | | Bureau of Land Management— 14 |
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| 62 | 62 | | (A) that is within the area identified on 15 |
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| 63 | 63 | | the Map as ‘‘Checkerboard Lands Resolution 16 |
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| 67 | 67 | | Area’’ that is designated for disposal by the 1 |
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| 68 | 68 | | Secretary through— 2 |
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| 69 | 69 | | (i) the Winnemucca Consolidated Re-3 |
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| 70 | 70 | | source Management Plan; or 4 |
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| 71 | 71 | | (ii) any subsequent amendment or re-5 |
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| 72 | 72 | | vision to the management plan that is un-6 |
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| 73 | 73 | | dertaken with full public involvement; 7 |
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| 74 | 74 | | (B) that is identified on the Map as ‘‘Addi-8 |
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| 75 | 75 | | tional Lands Eligible for Disposal’’; and 9 |
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| 76 | 76 | | (C) that is not encumbered land. 10 |
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| 77 | 77 | | (4) E |
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| 78 | 78 | | NCUMBERED LAND .—The term ‘‘encum-11 |
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| 79 | 79 | | bered land’’ means any land administered by the Di-12 |
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| 80 | 80 | | rector of the Bureau of Land Management within 13 |
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| 81 | 81 | | the area identified on the Map as ‘‘Checkerboard 14 |
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| 82 | 82 | | Lands Resolution Area’’ that is encumbered by min-15 |
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| 83 | 83 | | ing claims, millsites, or tunnel sites. 16 |
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| 84 | 84 | | (5) M |
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| 85 | 85 | | AP.—The term ‘‘Map’’ means the map en-17 |
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| 86 | 86 | | titled ‘‘Pershing County Checkerboard Lands Reso-18 |
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| 87 | 87 | | lution’’ and dated July 8, 2024. 19 |
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| 88 | 88 | | (6) Q |
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| 89 | 89 | | UALIFIED ENTITY.—The term ‘‘qualified 20 |
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| 90 | 90 | | entity’’ means, with respect to a portion of encum-21 |
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| 91 | 91 | | bered land— 22 |
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| 92 | 92 | | (A) the owner of a mining claim, millsite, 23 |
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| 93 | 93 | | or tunnel site located on a portion of the en-24 |
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| 97 | 97 | | cumbered land on the date of enactment of this 1 |
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| 98 | 98 | | Act; and 2 |
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| 99 | 99 | | (B) a successor in interest of an owner de-3 |
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| 100 | 100 | | scribed in subparagraph (A). 4 |
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| 101 | 101 | | (7) S |
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| 102 | 102 | | ECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 5 |
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| 103 | 103 | | the Secretary of the Interior. 6 |
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| 104 | 104 | | (8) S |
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| 105 | 105 | | TATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means the State 7 |
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| 106 | 106 | | of Nevada. 8 |
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| 107 | 107 | | (9) W |
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| 108 | 108 | | ILDERNESS AREA.—The term ‘‘wilderness 9 |
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| 109 | 109 | | area’’ means a wilderness area designated by section 10 |
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| 110 | 110 | | 201(a). 11 |
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| 111 | 111 | | TITLE I—CHECKERBOARD LAND 12 |
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| 112 | 112 | | RESOLUTION 13 |
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| 113 | 113 | | SEC. 101. FINDINGS. 14 |
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| 114 | 114 | | Congress finds that— 15 |
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| 115 | 115 | | (1) since the passage of the Act of July 1, 1862 16 |
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| 116 | 116 | | (12 Stat. 489, chapter 120) (commonly known as 17 |
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| 117 | 117 | | the ‘‘Pacific Railway Act of 1862’’), under which 18 |
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| 118 | 118 | | railroad land grants along the Union Pacific Rail-19 |
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| 119 | 119 | | road right-of-way created a checkerboard land pat-20 |
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| 120 | 120 | | tern of alternating public land and privately owned 21 |
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| 121 | 121 | | land, management of the land in the checkerboard 22 |
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| 122 | 122 | | area has been a constant source of frustration for 23 |
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| 123 | 123 | | the County government, private landholders in the 24 |
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| 124 | 124 | | County, and the Federal Government; 25 |
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| 128 | 128 | | (2) management of Federal land in the checker-1 |
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| 129 | 129 | | board area has been costly and difficult for the Fed-2 |
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| 130 | 130 | | eral land management agencies, creating a disincen-3 |
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| 131 | 131 | | tive to manage the land effectively; 4 |
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| 132 | 132 | | (3) parcels of land within the checkerboard area 5 |
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| 133 | 133 | | in the County will not vary significantly in appraised 6 |
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| 134 | 134 | | value by acre due to the similarity of highest and 7 |
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| 135 | 135 | | best use in the County; and 8 |
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| 136 | 136 | | (4) consolidation of appropriate land within the 9 |
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| 137 | 137 | | checkerboard area through sales and exchanges for 10 |
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| 138 | 138 | | development and Federal management will— 11 |
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| 139 | 139 | | (A) help improve the tax base of the Coun-12 |
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| 140 | 140 | | ty; and 13 |
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| 141 | 141 | | (B) simplify management for the Federal 14 |
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| 142 | 142 | | Government. 15 |
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| 143 | 143 | | SEC. 102. SALE OR EXCHANGE OF ELIGIBLE LAND. 16 |
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| 144 | 144 | | (a) A |
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| 145 | 145 | | UTHORIZATION OF CONVEYANCE.—Notwith-17 |
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| 146 | 146 | | standing sections 202, 203 (other than subsection (b) of 18 |
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| 147 | 147 | | that section), 206 (other than subsections (d) and (f) of 19 |
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| 148 | 148 | | that section), and 209 of the Federal Land Policy and 20 |
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| 149 | 149 | | Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1712, 1713, 1716, 21 |
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| 150 | 150 | | 1719), as soon as practicable after the date of enactment 22 |
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| 151 | 151 | | of this Act, the Secretary, in accordance with this Act and 23 |
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| 152 | 152 | | any other applicable law and subject to valid existing 24 |
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| 156 | 156 | | rights, shall conduct sales or exchanges of the eligible land 1 |
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| 157 | 157 | | as depicted on the Map. 2 |
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| 158 | 158 | | (b) J |
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| 159 | 159 | | OINTSELECTIONREQUIRED.—After providing 3 |
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| 160 | 160 | | public notice, the Secretary and the County shall jointly 4 |
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| 161 | 161 | | select parcels of eligible land to be offered for sale or ex-5 |
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| 162 | 162 | | change under subsection (a). 6 |
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| 163 | 163 | | (c) M |
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| 164 | 164 | | ETHOD OFSALE.—A sale of eligible land under 7 |
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| 165 | 165 | | subsection (a) shall be— 8 |
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| 166 | 166 | | (1) consistent with subsections (d) and (f) of 9 |
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| 167 | 167 | | section 203 of the Federal Land Policy and Manage-10 |
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| 168 | 168 | | ment Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1713); 11 |
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| 169 | 169 | | (2) conducted through a competitive bidding 12 |
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| 170 | 170 | | process, under which adjoining landowners are of-13 |
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| 171 | 171 | | fered the first option, unless the Secretary deter-14 |
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| 172 | 172 | | mines there are suitable and qualified buyers that 15 |
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| 173 | 173 | | are not adjoining landowners; and 16 |
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| 174 | 174 | | (3) for not less than fair market value, based 17 |
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| 175 | 175 | | on an appraisal in accordance with the Uniform 18 |
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| 176 | 176 | | Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice and 19 |
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| 177 | 177 | | this Act. 20 |
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| 178 | 178 | | (d) L |
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| 179 | 179 | | ANDEXCHANGES.— 21 |
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| 180 | 180 | | (1) I |
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| 181 | 181 | | N GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after 22 |
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| 182 | 182 | | the date of enactment of this Act and subject to the 23 |
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| 183 | 183 | | joint selection requirements under subsection (b), 24 |
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| 187 | 187 | | the Secretary shall offer to exchange all eligible land 1 |
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| 188 | 188 | | under this section for private land. 2 |
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| 189 | 189 | | (2) E |
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| 190 | 190 | | QUAL VALUE EXCHANGE .— 3 |
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| 191 | 191 | | (A) I |
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| 192 | 192 | | N GENERAL.—The value of the eligi-4 |
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| 193 | 193 | | ble land and private land to be exchanged under 5 |
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| 194 | 194 | | paragraph (1)— 6 |
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| 195 | 195 | | (i) shall be equal; or 7 |
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| 196 | 196 | | (ii) shall be made equal in accordance 8 |
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| 197 | 197 | | with subparagraph (B). 9 |
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| 198 | 198 | | (B) E |
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| 199 | 199 | | QUALIZATION.— 10 |
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| 200 | 200 | | (i) S |
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| 201 | 201 | | URPLUS OF ELIGIBLE LAND .— 11 |
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| 202 | 202 | | With respect to the eligible land and pri-12 |
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| 203 | 203 | | vate land to be exchanged under paragraph 13 |
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| 204 | 204 | | (1), if the value of the eligible land exceeds 14 |
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| 205 | 205 | | the value of the private land, the value of 15 |
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| 206 | 206 | | the eligible land and the private land shall 16 |
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| 207 | 207 | | be equalized by— 17 |
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| 208 | 208 | | (I) the owner of the private land 18 |
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| 209 | 209 | | making a cash equalization payment 19 |
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| 210 | 210 | | to the Secretary; 20 |
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| 211 | 211 | | (II) adding private land to the 21 |
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| 212 | 212 | | exchange; or 22 |
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| 213 | 213 | | (III) removing eligible land from 23 |
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| 214 | 214 | | the exchange. 24 |
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| 218 | 218 | | (ii) SURPLUS OF PRIVATE LAND .— 1 |
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| 219 | 219 | | With respect to the eligible land and pri-2 |
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| 220 | 220 | | vate land to be exchanged under paragraph 3 |
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| 221 | 221 | | (1), if the value of the private land exceeds 4 |
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| 222 | 222 | | the value of the eligible land, the value of 5 |
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| 223 | 223 | | the private land and the eligible land shall 6 |
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| 224 | 224 | | be equalized by— 7 |
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| 225 | 225 | | (I) the Secretary making a cash 8 |
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| 226 | 226 | | equalization payment to the owner of 9 |
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| 227 | 227 | | the private land, in accordance with 10 |
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| 228 | 228 | | section 206(b) of the Federal Land 11 |
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| 229 | 229 | | Policy and Management Act of 1976 12 |
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| 230 | 230 | | (43 U.S.C. 1716(b)); 13 |
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| 231 | 231 | | (II) adding eligible land to the 14 |
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| 232 | 232 | | exchange; or 15 |
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| 233 | 233 | | (III) removing private land from 16 |
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| 234 | 234 | | the exchange. 17 |
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| 235 | 235 | | (3) A |
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| 236 | 236 | | DJACENT LAND.—To the extent prac-18 |
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| 237 | 237 | | ticable, the Secretary shall seek to enter into agree-19 |
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| 238 | 238 | | ments with one or more owners of private land adja-20 |
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| 239 | 239 | | cent to the eligible land for the exchange of the pri-21 |
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| 240 | 240 | | vate land for the eligible land, if the Secretary deter-22 |
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| 241 | 241 | | mines that the exchange would consolidate Federal 23 |
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| 242 | 242 | | land ownership and facilitate improved Federal land 24 |
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| 243 | 243 | | management. 25 |
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| 247 | 247 | | (4) PRIORITY LAND EXCHANGES .—In acquiring 1 |
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| 248 | 248 | | private land under this subsection, the Secretary 2 |
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| 249 | 249 | | shall give priority to the acquisition of private land 3 |
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| 250 | 250 | | in higher-value natural resource areas in the County. 4 |
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| 251 | 251 | | (e) M |
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| 252 | 252 | | ASSAPPRAISALS.— 5 |
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| 253 | 253 | | (1) I |
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| 254 | 254 | | N GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after 6 |
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| 255 | 255 | | the date of enactment of this Act, and every 5 years 7 |
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| 256 | 256 | | thereafter, the Secretary shall— 8 |
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| 257 | 257 | | (A) conduct a mass appraisal of eligible 9 |
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| 258 | 258 | | land to be sold or exchanged under this section; 10 |
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| 259 | 259 | | (B) prepare an evaluation analysis for each 11 |
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| 260 | 260 | | land transaction under this section; and 12 |
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| 261 | 261 | | (C) make available to the public the results 13 |
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| 262 | 262 | | of the mass appraisals conducted under sub-14 |
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| 263 | 263 | | paragraph (A). 15 |
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| 264 | 264 | | (2) U |
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| 265 | 265 | | SE.—The Secretary may use mass ap-16 |
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| 266 | 266 | | praisals and evaluation analyses conducted under 17 |
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| 267 | 267 | | paragraph (1) to facilitate exchanges of eligible land 18 |
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| 268 | 268 | | for private land. 19 |
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| 269 | 269 | | (3) A |
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| 270 | 270 | | PPLICABLE LAW.—An appraisal under 20 |
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| 271 | 271 | | paragraph (1) shall be conducted in accordance with 21 |
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| 272 | 272 | | nationally recognized appraisal standards, including, 22 |
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| 273 | 273 | | as appropriate— 23 |
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| 274 | 274 | | (A) the Uniform Appraisal Standards for 24 |
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| 275 | 275 | | Federal Land Acquisitions; and 25 |
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| 279 | 279 | | (B) the Uniform Standards of Professional 1 |
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| 280 | 280 | | Appraisal Practice. 2 |
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| 281 | 281 | | (4) D |
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| 282 | 282 | | URATION.—An appraisal conducted under 3 |
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| 283 | 283 | | paragraph (1) shall remain valid for 5 years after 4 |
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| 284 | 284 | | the date on which the appraisal is approved by the 5 |
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| 285 | 285 | | Secretary. 6 |
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| 286 | 286 | | (f) D |
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| 287 | 287 | | EADLINE FOR SALE OREXCHANGE; EXCLU-7 |
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| 288 | 288 | | SIONS.— 8 |
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| 289 | 289 | | (1) D |
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| 290 | 290 | | EADLINE.—Not later than 90 days after 9 |
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| 291 | 291 | | the date on which the eligible land is jointly selected 10 |
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| 292 | 292 | | under subsection (b), the Secretary shall offer for 11 |
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| 293 | 293 | | sale or exchange the parcels of eligible land jointly 12 |
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| 294 | 294 | | selected under that subsection. 13 |
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| 295 | 295 | | (2) P |
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| 296 | 296 | | OSTPONEMENT OR EXCLUSION .—The Sec-14 |
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| 297 | 297 | | retary or the County may postpone, or exclude from, 15 |
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| 298 | 298 | | a sale or exchange of all or a portion of the eligible 16 |
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| 299 | 299 | | land jointly selected under subsection (b) for emer-17 |
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| 300 | 300 | | gency ecological or safety reasons. 18 |
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| 301 | 301 | | (g) W |
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| 302 | 302 | | ITHDRAWAL.— 19 |
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| 303 | 303 | | (1) I |
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| 304 | 304 | | N GENERAL.—Subject to valid existing 20 |
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| 305 | 305 | | rights and mining claims, millsites, and tunnel sites, 21 |
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| 306 | 306 | | effective on the date on which a parcel of eligible 22 |
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| 307 | 307 | | land is jointly selected under subsection (b) for sale 23 |
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| 308 | 308 | | or exchange, that parcel is withdrawn from— 24 |
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| 312 | 312 | | (A) all forms of entry and appropriation 1 |
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| 313 | 313 | | under the public land laws, including the min-2 |
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| 314 | 314 | | ing laws; 3 |
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| 315 | 315 | | (B) location, entry, and patent under the 4 |
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| 316 | 316 | | mining laws; and 5 |
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| 317 | 317 | | (C) operation of the mineral leasing and 6 |
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| 318 | 318 | | geothermal leasing laws. 7 |
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| 319 | 319 | | (2) T |
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| 320 | 320 | | ERMINATION.—The withdrawal of a parcel 8 |
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| 321 | 321 | | of eligible land under paragraph (1) shall termi-9 |
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| 322 | 322 | | nate— 10 |
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| 323 | 323 | | (A) on the date of sale or, in the case of 11 |
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| 324 | 324 | | exchange, the conveyance of title of the parcel 12 |
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| 325 | 325 | | of eligible land under this section; or 13 |
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| 326 | 326 | | (B) with respect to any parcel of eligible 14 |
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| 327 | 327 | | land selected for sale or exchange under sub-15 |
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| 328 | 328 | | section (b) that is not sold or exchanged, not 16 |
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| 329 | 329 | | later than 2 years after the date on which the 17 |
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| 330 | 330 | | parcel was offered for sale or exchange under 18 |
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| 331 | 331 | | this section. 19 |
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| 332 | 332 | | (h) M |
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| 333 | 333 | | APS ANDLEGALDESCRIPTIONS.— 20 |
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| 334 | 334 | | (1) I |
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| 335 | 335 | | N GENERAL.—As soon as practicable after 21 |
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| 336 | 336 | | the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary 22 |
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| 337 | 337 | | shall finalize maps and legal descriptions of the par-23 |
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| 338 | 338 | | cels of eligible land to be sold or exchanged under 24 |
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| 343 | 343 | | (2) AVAILABILITY.—The maps and legal de-1 |
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| 344 | 344 | | scriptions finalized under paragraph (1) shall be on 2 |
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| 345 | 345 | | file and available for public inspection in appropriate 3 |
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| 346 | 346 | | offices of the Bureau of Land Management. 4 |
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| 347 | 347 | | (3) C |
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| 348 | 348 | | ORRECTIONS.—The Secretary and the 5 |
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| 349 | 349 | | County may, by mutual agreement— 6 |
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| 350 | 350 | | (A) make minor boundary adjustments to 7 |
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| 351 | 351 | | the eligible land to be sold or exchanged under 8 |
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| 352 | 352 | | this section; and 9 |
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| 353 | 353 | | (B) correct any minor errors, including 10 |
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| 354 | 354 | | clerical and typographical errors, on the Map or 11 |
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| 355 | 355 | | any maps, acreage estimates, or legal descrip-12 |
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| 356 | 356 | | tions finalized under this subsection. 13 |
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| 357 | 357 | | SEC. 103. SALE OF ENCUMBERED LAND. 14 |
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| 358 | 358 | | (a) A |
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| 359 | 359 | | UTHORIZATION OF CONVEYANCE.—Notwith-15 |
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| 360 | 360 | | standing sections 202, 203, 206, and 209 of the Federal 16 |
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| 361 | 361 | | Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 17 |
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| 362 | 362 | | 1712, 1713, 1716, 1719), not later than 90 days after 18 |
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| 363 | 363 | | the date of enactment of this Act and subject to valid ex-19 |
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| 364 | 364 | | isting rights held by third parties, the Secretary shall offer 20 |
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| 365 | 365 | | to convey to qualified entities, for fair market value, the 21 |
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| 366 | 366 | | remaining right, title, and interest of the United States, 22 |
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| 367 | 367 | | in and to the encumbered land as depicted on the Map. 23 |
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| 368 | 368 | | (b) C |
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| 369 | 369 | | OSTS OFSALES TOQUALIFIEDENTITIES.—As 24 |
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| 370 | 370 | | a condition of each conveyance of encumbered land under 25 |
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| 375 | 375 | | to the conveyance of the encumbered land, including the 2 |
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| 376 | 376 | | costs of surveys and other administrative costs associated 3 |
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| 377 | 377 | | with the conveyance. 4 |
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| 378 | 378 | | (c) O |
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| 379 | 379 | | FFERTOCONVEY.— 5 |
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| 380 | 380 | | (1) I |
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| 381 | 381 | | N GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 6 |
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| 382 | 382 | | after the date on which the Secretary receives a fair 7 |
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| 383 | 383 | | market offer from a qualified entity for the convey-8 |
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| 384 | 384 | | ance of encumbered land, the Secretary shall accept 9 |
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| 385 | 385 | | the fair market value offer. 10 |
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| 386 | 386 | | (2) A |
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| 387 | 387 | | PPRAISAL.—Fair market value of the in-11 |
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| 388 | 388 | | terest of the United States in and to encumbered 12 |
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| 389 | 389 | | land shall be determined by an appraisal conducted 13 |
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| 390 | 390 | | in accordance with the Uniform Standards of Pro-14 |
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| 391 | 391 | | fessional Appraisal Practice. 15 |
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| 392 | 392 | | (d) C |
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| 393 | 393 | | ONVEYANCE.—Not later than 180 days after the 16 |
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| 394 | 394 | | date of acceptance by the Secretary of an offer from a 17 |
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| 395 | 395 | | qualified entity under subsection (c)(1) and completion of 18 |
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| 396 | 396 | | a sale for all or part of the applicable portion of encum-19 |
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| 397 | 397 | | bered land to the qualified entity, the Secretary, by deliv-20 |
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| 398 | 398 | | ery of an appropriate deed, patent, or other valid instru-21 |
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| 399 | 399 | | ment of conveyance, shall convey to the qualified entity 22 |
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| 400 | 400 | | all remaining right, title, and interest of the United States 23 |
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| 401 | 401 | | in and to the applicable portion of the encumbered land. 24 |
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| 406 | 406 | | by third parties, on delivery of the instrument of convey-2 |
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| 407 | 407 | | ance to the qualified entity under subsection (d), the prior 3 |
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| 408 | 408 | | interests in the locatable minerals and the right to use 4 |
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| 409 | 409 | | the surface for mineral purposes held by the qualified enti-5 |
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| 410 | 410 | | ty under a mining claim, millsite, tunnel site, or any other 6 |
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| 411 | 411 | | Federal land use authorization applicable to the encum-7 |
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| 412 | 412 | | bered land included in the instrument of conveyance, shall 8 |
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| 413 | 413 | | merge with all right, title, and interest conveyed to the 9 |
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| 414 | 414 | | qualified entity by the United States under this section 10 |
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| 415 | 415 | | to ensure that the qualified entity receives fee simple title 11 |
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| 416 | 416 | | to the purchased encumbered land. 12 |
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| 417 | 417 | | SEC. 104. DISPOSITION OF PROCEEDS. 13 |
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| 418 | 418 | | (a) D |
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| 419 | 419 | | ISPOSITION OFPROCEEDS.—Of the proceeds 14 |
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| 420 | 420 | | from the sale of land under this title— 15 |
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| 421 | 421 | | (1) 5 percent shall be disbursed to the State for 16 |
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| 422 | 422 | | use in the general education program of the State; 17 |
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| 423 | 423 | | (2) 10 percent shall be disbursed to the County 18 |
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| 424 | 424 | | for use as determined through normal County budg-19 |
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| 425 | 425 | | eting procedures; and 20 |
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| 426 | 426 | | (3) the remainder shall be deposited in a special 21 |
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| 427 | 427 | | account in the Treasury of the United States, to be 22 |
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| 428 | 428 | | known as the ‘‘Pershing County Special Account’’, 23 |
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| 429 | 429 | | which shall be available to the Secretary, in con-24 |
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| 430 | 430 | | sultation with the County, for— 25 |
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| 434 | 434 | | (A) the acquisition of land from willing 1 |
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| 435 | 435 | | sellers (including interests in land) in the Coun-2 |
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| 436 | 436 | | ty— 3 |
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| 437 | 437 | | (i) within a wilderness area; 4 |
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| 438 | 438 | | (ii) that protects other environ-5 |
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| 439 | 439 | | mentally significant land; 6 |
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| 440 | 440 | | (iii) that secures public access to Fed-7 |
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| 441 | 441 | | eral land for hunting, fishing, and other 8 |
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| 442 | 442 | | recreational purposes; or 9 |
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| 443 | 443 | | (iv) that improves management of 10 |
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| 444 | 444 | | Federal land within the area identified as 11 |
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| 445 | 445 | | ‘‘Checkerboard Lands Resolution Area’’ on 12 |
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| 446 | 446 | | the Map; and 13 |
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| 447 | 447 | | (B) the reimbursement of costs incurred by 14 |
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| 448 | 448 | | the Secretary in preparing for the sale or ex-15 |
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| 449 | 449 | | change of land under this title. 16 |
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| 450 | 450 | | (b) I |
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| 451 | 451 | | NVESTMENT OF SPECIALACCOUNT.—Any 17 |
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| 452 | 452 | | amounts deposited in the special account established 18 |
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| 453 | 453 | | under subsection (a)(3)— 19 |
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| 454 | 454 | | (1) shall earn interest in an amount determined 20 |
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| 455 | 455 | | by the Secretary of the Treasury, based on the cur-21 |
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| 456 | 456 | | rent average market yield on outstanding marketable 22 |
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| 457 | 457 | | obligations of the United States of comparable ma-23 |
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| 458 | 458 | | turities; and 24 |
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| 462 | 462 | | (2) may be expended by the Secretary in ac-1 |
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| 463 | 463 | | cordance with this section. 2 |
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| 464 | 464 | | (c) R |
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| 465 | 465 | | EPORTS.— 3 |
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| 466 | 466 | | (1) I |
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| 467 | 467 | | N GENERAL.—Not later than September 4 |
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| 468 | 468 | | 30 of the fifth fiscal year after the date of enact-5 |
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| 469 | 469 | | ment of this Act, and every 5 fiscal years thereafter, 6 |
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| 470 | 470 | | the Secretary shall submit to the State, the County, 7 |
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| 471 | 471 | | and the appropriate congressional committees a re-8 |
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| 472 | 472 | | port on the operation of the special account estab-9 |
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| 473 | 473 | | lished under subsection (a)(3) for the preceding 5 10 |
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| 474 | 474 | | fiscal years. 11 |
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| 475 | 475 | | (2) C |
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| 476 | 476 | | ONTENTS.—Each report submitted under 12 |
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| 477 | 477 | | paragraph (1) shall include, for the fiscal year cov-13 |
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| 478 | 478 | | ered by the report— 14 |
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| 479 | 479 | | (A) a statement of the amounts deposited 15 |
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| 480 | 480 | | into the special account; 16 |
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| 481 | 481 | | (B) a description of the expenditures made 17 |
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| 482 | 482 | | from the special account for the fiscal year, in-18 |
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| 483 | 483 | | cluding the purpose of the expenditures; 19 |
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| 484 | 484 | | (C) recommendations for additional au-20 |
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| 485 | 485 | | thorities to fulfill the purpose of the special ac-21 |
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| 486 | 486 | | count; and 22 |
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| 487 | 487 | | (D) a statement of the balance remaining 23 |
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| 488 | 488 | | in the special account at the end of the fiscal 24 |
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| 489 | 489 | | year. 25 |
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| 493 | 493 | | TITLE II—WILDERNESS AREAS 1 |
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| 494 | 494 | | SEC. 201. ADDITIONS TO THE NATIONAL WILDERNESS 2 |
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| 495 | 495 | | PRESERVATION SYSTEM. 3 |
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| 496 | 496 | | (a) A |
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| 497 | 497 | | DDITIONS.—In accordance with the Wilderness 4 |
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| 498 | 498 | | Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), the following parcels of Fed-5 |
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| 499 | 499 | | eral land in the State are designated as wilderness and 6 |
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| 500 | 500 | | as components of the National Wilderness Preservation 7 |
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| 501 | 501 | | System: 8 |
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| 502 | 502 | | (1) C |
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| 503 | 503 | | AIN MOUNTAIN WILDERNESS ADDITION .— 9 |
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| 504 | 504 | | Certain Federal land managed by the Bureau of 10 |
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| 505 | 505 | | Land Management, comprising approximately 11 |
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| 506 | 506 | | 12,339 acres, as generally depicted on the map enti-12 |
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| 507 | 507 | | tled ‘‘Proposed Cain Mountain Wilderness’’ and 13 |
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| 508 | 508 | | dated July 8, 2024, which is incorporated in, and 14 |
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| 509 | 509 | | considered to be a part of, the Cain Mountain Wil-15 |
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| 510 | 510 | | derness designated by sections 2905(b)(1)(C) and 16 |
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| 511 | 511 | | 2932(a)(1) of the James M. Inhofe National De-17 |
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| 512 | 512 | | fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (Pub-18 |
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| 513 | 513 | | lic Law 117–263; 136 Stat. 3040; 136 Stat. 3048). 19 |
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| 514 | 514 | | (2) B |
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| 515 | 515 | | LUEWING WILDERNESS .—Certain Federal 20 |
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| 516 | 516 | | land managed by the Bureau of Land Management, 21 |
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| 517 | 517 | | comprising approximately 24,900 acres, as generally 22 |
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| 518 | 518 | | depicted on the map entitled ‘‘Proposed Bluewing 23 |
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| 519 | 519 | | Wilderness’’ and dated July 8, 2024, which shall be 24 |
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| 520 | 520 | | known as the ‘‘Bluewing Wilderness’’. 25 |
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| 524 | 524 | | (3) SELENITE PEAK WILDERNESS .—Certain 1 |
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| 525 | 525 | | Federal land managed by the Bureau of Land Man-2 |
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| 526 | 526 | | agement, comprising approximately 22,822 acres, as 3 |
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| 527 | 527 | | generally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘Proposed 4 |
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| 528 | 528 | | Selenite Peak Wilderness’’ and dated July 8, 2024, 5 |
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| 529 | 529 | | which shall be known as the ‘‘Selenite Peak Wilder-6 |
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| 530 | 530 | | ness’’. 7 |
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| 531 | 531 | | (4) M |
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| 532 | 532 | | OUNT LIMBO WILDERNESS .—Certain Fed-8 |
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| 533 | 533 | | eral land managed by the Bureau of Land Manage-9 |
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| 534 | 534 | | ment, comprising approximately 11,855 acres, as 10 |
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| 535 | 535 | | generally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘Proposed 11 |
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| 536 | 536 | | Mt. Limbo Wilderness’’ and dated July 8, 2024, 12 |
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| 537 | 537 | | which shall be known as the ‘‘Mount Limbo Wilder-13 |
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| 538 | 538 | | ness’’. 14 |
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| 539 | 539 | | (5) N |
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| 540 | 540 | | ORTH SAHWAVE WILDERNESS .—Certain 15 |
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| 541 | 541 | | Federal land managed by the Bureau of Land Man-16 |
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| 542 | 542 | | agement, comprising approximately 13,875 acres, as 17 |
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| 543 | 543 | | generally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘Proposed 18 |
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| 544 | 544 | | North Sahwave Wilderness’’ and dated July 8, 2024, 19 |
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| 545 | 545 | | which shall be known as the ‘‘North Sahwave Wil-20 |
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| 546 | 546 | | derness’’. 21 |
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| 547 | 547 | | (6) G |
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| 548 | 548 | | RANDFATHERS WILDERNESS .—Certain 22 |
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| 549 | 549 | | Federal land managed by the Bureau of Land Man-23 |
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| 550 | 550 | | agement, comprising approximately 35,339 acres, as 24 |
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| 551 | 551 | | generally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘Proposed 25 |
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| 555 | 555 | | Grandfathers Wilderness’’ and dated July 8, 2024, 1 |
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| 556 | 556 | | which shall be known as the ‘‘Grandfathers Wilder-2 |
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| 557 | 557 | | ness’’. 3 |
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| 558 | 558 | | (7) F |
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| 559 | 559 | | ENCEMAKER WILDERNESS .—Certain Fed-4 |
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| 560 | 560 | | eral land managed by the Bureau of Land Manage-5 |
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| 561 | 561 | | ment, comprising approximately 14,942 acres, as 6 |
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| 562 | 562 | | generally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘Proposed 7 |
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| 563 | 563 | | Fencemaker Wilderness’’ and dated July 8, 2024, 8 |
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| 564 | 564 | | which shall be known as the ‘‘Fencemaker Wilder-9 |
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| 565 | 565 | | ness’’. 10 |
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| 566 | 566 | | (b) B |
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| 567 | 567 | | OUNDARY.—The boundary of any portion of a 11 |
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| 568 | 568 | | wilderness area that is bordered by a road shall be 100 12 |
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| 569 | 569 | | feet from the centerline of the road. 13 |
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| 570 | 570 | | (c) M |
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| 571 | 571 | | AP ANDLEGALDESCRIPTION.— 14 |
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| 572 | 572 | | (1) I |
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| 573 | 573 | | N GENERAL.—As soon as practicable after 15 |
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| 574 | 574 | | the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary 16 |
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| 575 | 575 | | shall file a map and legal description of each wilder-17 |
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| 576 | 576 | | ness area. 18 |
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| 577 | 577 | | (2) E |
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| 578 | 578 | | FFECT.—Each map and legal description 19 |
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| 579 | 579 | | prepared under paragraph (1) shall have the same 20 |
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| 580 | 580 | | force and effect as if included in this Act, except 21 |
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| 581 | 581 | | that the Secretary may correct clerical and typo-22 |
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| 582 | 582 | | graphical errors in the map or legal description. 23 |
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| 583 | 583 | | (3) A |
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| 584 | 584 | | VAILABILITY.—Each map and legal de-24 |
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| 585 | 585 | | scription prepared under paragraph (1) shall be on 25 |
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| 589 | 589 | | file and available for public inspection in the appro-1 |
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| 590 | 590 | | priate offices of the Bureau of Land Management. 2 |
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| 591 | 591 | | (4) W |
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| 592 | 592 | | ITHDRAWAL.—Subject to valid existing 3 |
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| 593 | 593 | | rights, the wilderness areas designated by subsection 4 |
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| 594 | 594 | | (a) are withdrawn from— 5 |
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| 595 | 595 | | (A) all forms of entry, appropriation, and 6 |
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| 596 | 596 | | disposal under the public land laws; 7 |
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| 597 | 597 | | (B) location, entry, and patent under the 8 |
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| 598 | 598 | | mining laws; and 9 |
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| 599 | 599 | | (C) disposition under all laws relating to 10 |
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| 600 | 600 | | mineral and geothermal leasing or mineral ma-11 |
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| 601 | 601 | | terials. 12 |
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| 602 | 602 | | SEC. 202. ADMINISTRATION. 13 |
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| 603 | 603 | | (a) M |
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| 604 | 604 | | ANAGEMENT.—Subject to valid existing rights, 14 |
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| 605 | 605 | | the wilderness areas shall be administered by the Sec-15 |
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| 606 | 606 | | retary in accordance with the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 16 |
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| 607 | 607 | | 1131 et seq.), except that with respect to the wilderness 17 |
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| 608 | 608 | | areas— 18 |
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| 609 | 609 | | (1) any reference in that Act to the effective 19 |
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| 610 | 610 | | date shall be considered to be a reference to the date 20 |
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| 611 | 611 | | of enactment of this Act; and 21 |
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| 612 | 612 | | (2) any reference in that Act to the Secretary 22 |
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| 613 | 613 | | of Agriculture shall be considered to be a reference 23 |
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| 614 | 614 | | to the Secretary. 24 |
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| 618 | 618 | | (b) LIVESTOCK.—The grazing of livestock in the wil-1 |
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| 619 | 619 | | derness areas, if established before the date of enactment 2 |
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| 620 | 620 | | of this Act, shall be allowed to continue, subject to such 3 |
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| 621 | 621 | | reasonable regulations, policies, and practices as the Sec-4 |
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| 622 | 622 | | retary considers to be necessary in accordance with— 5 |
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| 623 | 623 | | (1) section 4(d)(4) of the Wilderness Act (16 6 |
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| 624 | 624 | | U.S.C. 1133(d)(4)); and 7 |
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| 625 | 625 | | (2) the guidelines set forth in Appendix A of 8 |
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| 626 | 626 | | the report of the Committee on Interior and Insular 9 |
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| 627 | 627 | | Affairs of the House of Representatives accom-10 |
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| 628 | 628 | | panying H.R. 2570 of the 101st Congress (House 11 |
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| 629 | 629 | | Report 101–405). 12 |
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| 630 | 630 | | (c) I |
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| 631 | 631 | | NCORPORATION OF ACQUIREDLAND ANDINTER-13 |
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| 632 | 632 | | ESTS.—Any land or interest in land within the boundary 14 |
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| 633 | 633 | | of a wilderness area that is acquired by the United States 15 |
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| 634 | 634 | | after the date of enactment of this Act shall be added to 16 |
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| 635 | 635 | | and administered as part of the wilderness area. 17 |
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| 636 | 636 | | (d) A |
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| 637 | 637 | | DJACENTMANAGEMENT.— 18 |
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| 638 | 638 | | (1) I |
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| 639 | 639 | | N GENERAL.—Congress does not intend for 19 |
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| 640 | 640 | | the designation of the wilderness areas to create pro-20 |
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| 641 | 641 | | tective perimeters or buffer zones around the wilder-21 |
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| 642 | 642 | | ness areas. 22 |
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| 643 | 643 | | (2) N |
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| 644 | 644 | | ONWILDERNESS ACTIVITIES .—The fact 23 |
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| 645 | 645 | | that nonwilderness activities or uses can be seen or 24 |
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| 646 | 646 | | heard from areas within a wilderness area shall not 25 |
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| 651 | 651 | | side the boundary of the wilderness area. 2 |
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| 652 | 652 | | (e) M |
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| 653 | 653 | | ILITARYOVERFLIGHTS.—Nothing in this title 3 |
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| 654 | 654 | | restricts or precludes— 4 |
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| 655 | 655 | | (1) low-level overflights of military aircraft over 5 |
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| 656 | 656 | | the wilderness areas, including military overflights 6 |
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| 657 | 657 | | that can be seen or heard within the wilderness 7 |
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| 658 | 658 | | areas; 8 |
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| 659 | 659 | | (2) flight testing and evaluation; or 9 |
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| 660 | 660 | | (3) the designation or creation of new units of 10 |
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| 661 | 661 | | special use airspace, or the establishment of military 11 |
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| 662 | 662 | | flight training routes, over the wilderness areas. 12 |
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| 663 | 663 | | (f) W |
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| 664 | 664 | | ILDFIRE, INSECT, ANDDISEASEMANAGE-13 |
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| 665 | 665 | | MENT.—In accordance with section 4(d)(1) of the Wilder-14 |
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| 666 | 666 | | ness Act (16 U.S.C. 1133(d)(1)), the Secretary may take 15 |
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| 667 | 667 | | such measures in the wilderness areas as are necessary 16 |
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| 668 | 668 | | for the control of fire, insects, and diseases (including, as 17 |
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| 669 | 669 | | the Secretary determines to be appropriate, the coordina-18 |
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| 670 | 670 | | tion of the activities with a State or local agency). 19 |
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| 671 | 671 | | (g) C |
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| 672 | 672 | | LIMATOLOGICAL DATACOLLECTION.—In ac-20 |
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| 673 | 673 | | cordance with the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.) 21 |
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| 674 | 674 | | and subject to such terms and conditions as the Secretary 22 |
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| 675 | 675 | | may prescribe, the Secretary may authorize the installa-23 |
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| 676 | 676 | | tion and maintenance of hydrologic, meteorologic, or cli-24 |
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| 677 | 677 | | matological data collection devices in the wilderness areas 25 |
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| 681 | 681 | | if the Secretary determines that the facilities and access 1 |
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| 682 | 682 | | to the facilities are essential to flood warning, flood con-2 |
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| 683 | 683 | | trol, or water reservoir operation activities. 3 |
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| 684 | 684 | | (h) W |
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| 685 | 685 | | ATERRIGHTS.— 4 |
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| 686 | 686 | | (1) F |
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| 687 | 687 | | INDINGS.—Congress finds that— 5 |
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| 688 | 688 | | (A) the wilderness areas are located— 6 |
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| 689 | 689 | | (i) in the semiarid region of the Great 7 |
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| 690 | 690 | | Basin; and 8 |
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| 691 | 691 | | (ii) at the headwaters of the streams 9 |
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| 692 | 692 | | and rivers on land with respect to which 10 |
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| 693 | 693 | | there are few, if any— 11 |
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| 694 | 694 | | (I) actual or proposed water re-12 |
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| 695 | 695 | | source facilities located upstream; and 13 |
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| 696 | 696 | | (II) opportunities for diversion, 14 |
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| 697 | 697 | | storage, or other uses of water occur-15 |
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| 698 | 698 | | ring outside the land that would ad-16 |
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| 699 | 699 | | versely affect the wilderness values of 17 |
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| 700 | 700 | | the land; 18 |
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| 701 | 701 | | (B) the wilderness areas are generally not 19 |
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| 702 | 702 | | suitable for use or development of new water re-20 |
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| 703 | 703 | | source facilities; and 21 |
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| 704 | 704 | | (C) because of the unique nature of the 22 |
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| 705 | 705 | | wilderness areas, it is possible to provide for 23 |
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| 706 | 706 | | proper management and protection of the wil-24 |
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| 710 | 710 | | derness and other values of land in ways dif-1 |
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| 711 | 711 | | ferent from those used in other laws. 2 |
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| 712 | 712 | | (2) P |
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| 713 | 713 | | URPOSE.—The purpose of this section is 3 |
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| 714 | 714 | | to protect the wilderness values of the wilderness 4 |
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| 715 | 715 | | areas by means other than a federally reserved water 5 |
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| 716 | 716 | | right. 6 |
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| 717 | 717 | | (3) S |
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| 718 | 718 | | TATUTORY CONSTRUCTION .—Nothing in 7 |
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| 719 | 719 | | this title— 8 |
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| 720 | 720 | | (A) constitutes an express or implied res-9 |
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| 721 | 721 | | ervation by the United States of any water or 10 |
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| 722 | 722 | | water rights with respect to the wilderness 11 |
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| 723 | 723 | | areas; 12 |
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| 724 | 724 | | (B) affects any water rights in the State 13 |
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| 725 | 725 | | (including any water rights held by the United 14 |
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| 726 | 726 | | States) in existence on the date of enactment of 15 |
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| 727 | 727 | | this Act; 16 |
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| 728 | 728 | | (C) establishes a precedent with regard to 17 |
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| 729 | 729 | | any future wilderness designations; 18 |
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| 730 | 730 | | (D) affects the interpretation of, or any 19 |
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| 731 | 731 | | designation made under, any other Act; or 20 |
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| 732 | 732 | | (E) limits, alters, modifies, or amends any 21 |
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| 733 | 733 | | interstate compact or equitable apportionment 22 |
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| 734 | 734 | | decree that apportions water among and be-23 |
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| 735 | 735 | | tween the State and other States. 24 |
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| 739 | 739 | | (4) NEVADA WATER LAW .—The Secretary shall 1 |
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| 740 | 740 | | follow the procedural and substantive requirements 2 |
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| 741 | 741 | | of State law in order to obtain and hold any water 3 |
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| 742 | 742 | | rights not in existence on the date of enactment of 4 |
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| 743 | 743 | | this Act with respect to the wilderness areas. 5 |
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| 744 | 744 | | (5) N |
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| 745 | 745 | | EW PROJECTS.— 6 |
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| 746 | 746 | | (A) D |
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| 747 | 747 | | EFINITION OF WATER RESOURCE FA -7 |
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| 748 | 748 | | CILITY.— 8 |
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| 749 | 749 | | (i) I |
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| 750 | 750 | | N GENERAL.—In this paragraph, 9 |
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| 751 | 751 | | the term ‘‘water resource facility’’ means 10 |
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| 752 | 752 | | irrigation and pumping facilities, res-11 |
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| 753 | 753 | | ervoirs, water conservation works, aque-12 |
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| 754 | 754 | | ducts, canals, ditches, pipelines, wells, hy-13 |
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| 755 | 755 | | dropower projects, transmission and other 14 |
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| 756 | 756 | | ancillary facilities, and other water diver-15 |
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| 757 | 757 | | sion, storage, and carriage structures. 16 |
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| 758 | 758 | | (ii) E |
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| 759 | 759 | | XCLUSION.—In this paragraph, 17 |
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| 760 | 760 | | the term ‘‘water resource facility’’ does not 18 |
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| 761 | 761 | | include wildlife guzzlers. 19 |
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| 762 | 762 | | (B) R |
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| 763 | 763 | | ESTRICTION ON NEW WATER RE -20 |
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| 764 | 764 | | SOURCE FACILITIES.—Except as otherwise pro-21 |
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| 765 | 765 | | vided in this Act, on and after the date of en-22 |
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| 766 | 766 | | actment of this Act, neither the President nor 23 |
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| 767 | 767 | | any other officer, employee, or agent of the 24 |
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| 768 | 768 | | United States shall fund, assist, authorize, or 25 |
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| 772 | 772 | | issue a license or permit for the development of 1 |
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| 773 | 773 | | any new water resource facility within the wil-2 |
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| 774 | 774 | | derness areas. 3 |
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| 775 | 775 | | (i) T |
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| 776 | 776 | | EMPORARYTELECOMMUNICATIONS DEVICE.— 4 |
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| 777 | 777 | | (1) I |
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| 778 | 778 | | N GENERAL.—Nothing in this title pre-5 |
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| 779 | 779 | | vents the placement of a temporary telecommuni-6 |
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| 780 | 780 | | cations device for law enforcement or agency admin-7 |
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| 781 | 781 | | istrative purposes in the Selenite Peak Wilderness in 8 |
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| 782 | 782 | | accordance with paragraph (2). 9 |
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| 783 | 783 | | (2) A |
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| 784 | 784 | | DDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS .—Any tem-10 |
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| 785 | 785 | | porary telecommunications device authorized by the 11 |
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| 786 | 786 | | Secretary under paragraph (1) shall— 12 |
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| 787 | 787 | | (A) be carried out in accordance with— 13 |
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| 788 | 788 | | (i) the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 14 |
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| 789 | 789 | | 1131 et seq.); and 15 |
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| 790 | 790 | | (ii) all other applicable laws (including 16 |
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| 791 | 791 | | regulations); 17 |
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| 792 | 792 | | (B) to the maximum practicable, be located 18 |
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| 793 | 793 | | in such a manner as to minimize impacts on the 19 |
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| 794 | 794 | | recreational and other wilderness values of the 20 |
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| 795 | 795 | | area; and 21 |
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| 796 | 796 | | (C) be for a period of not longer than 7 22 |
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| 797 | 797 | | years. 23 |
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| 801 | 801 | | SEC. 203. WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT. 1 |
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| 802 | 802 | | (a) I |
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| 803 | 803 | | NGENERAL.—In accordance with section 2 |
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| 804 | 804 | | 4(d)(7) of the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1133(d)(7)), 3 |
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| 805 | 805 | | nothing in this title affects or diminishes the jurisdiction 4 |
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| 806 | 806 | | of the State with respect to fish and wildlife management, 5 |
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| 807 | 807 | | including the regulation of hunting, fishing, and trapping, 6 |
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| 808 | 808 | | in the wilderness areas. 7 |
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| 809 | 809 | | (b) M |
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| 810 | 810 | | ANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES.—In furtherance of 8 |
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| 811 | 811 | | the purposes and principles of the Wilderness Act (16 9 |
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| 812 | 812 | | U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), the Secretary may conduct any man-10 |
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| 813 | 813 | | agement activities in the wilderness areas that are nec-11 |
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| 814 | 814 | | essary to maintain or restore fish and wildlife populations 12 |
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| 815 | 815 | | and the habitats to support the populations, if the activi-13 |
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| 816 | 816 | | ties are carried out— 14 |
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| 817 | 817 | | (1) consistent with relevant wilderness manage-15 |
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| 818 | 818 | | ment plans; and 16 |
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| 819 | 819 | | (2) in accordance with— 17 |
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| 820 | 820 | | (A) the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et 18 |
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| 821 | 821 | | seq.); and 19 |
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| 822 | 822 | | (B) appropriate policies, such as those set 20 |
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| 823 | 823 | | forth in Appendix B of the report of the Com-21 |
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| 824 | 824 | | mittee on Interior and Insular Affairs of the 22 |
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| 825 | 825 | | House of Representatives accompanying H.R. 23 |
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| 826 | 826 | | 2570 of the 101st Congress (House Report 24 |
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| 827 | 827 | | 101–405), including noxious weed treatment 25 |
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| 828 | 828 | | and the occasional and temporary use of motor-26 |
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| 832 | 832 | | ized vehicles if the use, as determined by the 1 |
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| 833 | 833 | | Secretary, would promote healthy, viable, and 2 |
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| 834 | 834 | | more naturally distributed wildlife populations 3 |
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| 835 | 835 | | that would enhance wilderness values with the 4 |
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| 836 | 836 | | minimal impact necessary to reasonably accom-5 |
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| 837 | 837 | | plish those tasks. 6 |
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| 838 | 838 | | (c) E |
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| 839 | 839 | | XISTINGACTIVITIES.—In accordance with sec-7 |
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| 840 | 840 | | tion 4(d)(1) of the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1133(d)(1)) 8 |
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| 841 | 841 | | and in accordance with appropriate policies such as those 9 |
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| 842 | 842 | | set forth in Appendix B of the Committee on Interior and 10 |
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| 843 | 843 | | Insular Affairs of the House of Representatives accom-11 |
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| 844 | 844 | | panying H.R. 2570 of the 101st Congress (House Report 12 |
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| 845 | 845 | | 101–405), the State may continue to use aircraft, includ-13 |
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| 846 | 846 | | ing helicopters, to survey, capture, transplant, monitor, 14 |
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| 847 | 847 | | and provide water for wildlife populations. 15 |
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| 848 | 848 | | (d) W |
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| 849 | 849 | | ILDLIFEWATERDEVELOPMENTPROJECTS.— 16 |
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| 850 | 850 | | Subject to subsection (f), the Secretary shall authorize 17 |
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| 851 | 851 | | structures and facilities, including existing structures and 18 |
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| 852 | 852 | | facilities, for wildlife water development projects, including 19 |
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| 853 | 853 | | guzzlers, in the wilderness areas if— 20 |
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| 854 | 854 | | (1) the structures and facilities will, as deter-21 |
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| 855 | 855 | | mined by the Secretary, enhance wilderness values 22 |
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| 856 | 856 | | by promoting healthy, viable, and more naturally 23 |
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| 857 | 857 | | distributed wildlife populations; and 24 |
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| 861 | 861 | | (2) the visual impacts of the structures and fa-1 |
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| 862 | 862 | | cilities on the wilderness areas can reasonably be 2 |
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| 863 | 863 | | minimized. 3 |
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| 864 | 864 | | (e) H |
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| 865 | 865 | | UNTING, FISHING, ANDTRAPPING.— 4 |
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| 866 | 866 | | (1) I |
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| 867 | 867 | | N GENERAL.—The Secretary may des-5 |
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| 868 | 868 | | ignate areas in which, and establish periods during 6 |
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| 869 | 869 | | which, for reasons of public safety, administration, 7 |
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| 870 | 870 | | or compliance with applicable laws, no hunting, fish-8 |
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| 871 | 871 | | ing, or trapping will be permitted in the wilderness 9 |
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| 872 | 872 | | areas. 10 |
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| 873 | 873 | | (2) C |
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| 874 | 874 | | ONSULTATION.—Except in emergencies, 11 |
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| 875 | 875 | | the Secretary shall consult with the appropriate 12 |
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| 876 | 876 | | State agency and notify the public before taking any 13 |
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| 877 | 877 | | action under paragraph (1). 14 |
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| 878 | 878 | | (f) C |
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| 879 | 879 | | OOPERATIVEAGREEMENT.—The State, includ-15 |
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| 880 | 880 | | ing a designee of the State, may conduct wildlife manage-16 |
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| 881 | 881 | | ment activities in the wilderness areas— 17 |
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| 882 | 882 | | (1) in accordance with the terms and conditions 18 |
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| 883 | 883 | | specified in the cooperative agreement between the 19 |
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| 884 | 884 | | Secretary and the State entitled ‘‘Wildlife Manage-20 |
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| 885 | 885 | | ment in Nevada BLM Wilderness Areas’’ and signed 21 |
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| 886 | 886 | | September 2024, including any amendments to the 22 |
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| 887 | 887 | | cooperative agreement agreed to by the Secretary 23 |
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| 888 | 888 | | and the State; and 24 |
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| 892 | 892 | | (2) subject to all applicable laws (including reg-1 |
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| 893 | 893 | | ulations). 2 |
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| 894 | 894 | | SEC. 204. RELEASE OF WILDERNESS STUDY AREAS. 3 |
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| 895 | 895 | | (a) F |
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| 896 | 896 | | INDING.—Congress finds that, for the purposes 4 |
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| 897 | 897 | | of section 603(c) of the Federal Land Policy and Manage-5 |
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| 898 | 898 | | ment Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1782(c)), the approximately 6 |
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| 899 | 899 | | 48,600 acres of public land in the portions of the China 7 |
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| 900 | 900 | | Mountain, Mt. Limbo, Selenite Mountains, and Tobin 8 |
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| 901 | 901 | | Range wilderness study areas that have not been des-9 |
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| 902 | 902 | | ignated as wilderness by subsection (a) of section 201 and 10 |
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| 903 | 903 | | the portion of the Augusta Mountains wilderness study 11 |
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| 904 | 904 | | area within the County that has not been designated as 12 |
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| 905 | 905 | | wilderness by that subsection have been adequately stud-13 |
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| 906 | 906 | | ied for wilderness designation. 14 |
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| 907 | 907 | | (b) R |
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| 908 | 908 | | ELEASE.—The public land described in sub-15 |
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| 909 | 909 | | section (a)— 16 |
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| 910 | 910 | | (1) is no longer subject to section 603(c) of the 17 |
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| 911 | 911 | | Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 18 |
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| 912 | 912 | | (43 U.S.C. 1782(c)); and 19 |
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| 913 | 913 | | (2) shall be managed in accordance with the ap-20 |
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| 914 | 914 | | plicable land use plans adopted under section 202 of 21 |
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| 915 | 915 | | the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 22 |
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| 916 | 916 | | 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1712). 23 |
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| 921 | 921 | | USES. 2 |
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| 922 | 922 | | (a) I |
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| 923 | 923 | | NGENERAL.—Nothing in this title alters or di-3 |
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| 924 | 924 | | minishes the treaty rights of any Indian Tribe (as defined 4 |
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| 925 | 925 | | in section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Edu-5 |
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| 926 | 926 | | cation Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 5304)). 6 |
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| 927 | 927 | | (b) C |
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| 928 | 928 | | ULTURALUSES.—Nothing in this title precludes 7 |
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| 929 | 929 | | the traditional collection of pine nuts in a wilderness area 8 |
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| 930 | 930 | | for personal, noncommercial use consistent with the Wil-9 |
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| 931 | 931 | | derness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.). 10 |
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| 932 | 932 | | TITLE III—TRIBAL TRUST LAND 11 |
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| 933 | 933 | | SEC. 301. TRANSFER OF LAND TO BE HELD IN TRUST FOR 12 |
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| 934 | 934 | | THE LOVELOCK PAIUTE TRIBE. 13 |
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| 935 | 935 | | (a) I |
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| 936 | 936 | | NGENERAL.—Subject to valid existing rights, 14 |
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| 937 | 937 | | all right, title, and interest of the United States in and 15 |
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| 938 | 938 | | to the land described in subsection (b) shall be— 16 |
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| 939 | 939 | | (1) held in trust by the United States for the 17 |
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| 940 | 940 | | benefit of the Lovelock Paiute Tribe; and 18 |
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| 941 | 941 | | (2) part of the reservation of the Lovelock Pai-19 |
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| 942 | 942 | | ute Tribe. 20 |
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| 943 | 943 | | (b) D |
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| 944 | 944 | | ESCRIPTION OFLAND.—The land referred to in 21 |
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| 945 | 945 | | subsection (a) is the approximately 10 acres of land ad-22 |
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| 946 | 946 | | ministered by the Bureau of Land Management in the 23 |
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| 947 | 947 | | State, as depicted on the map prepared under subsection 24 |
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| 948 | 948 | | (d). 25 |
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| 952 | 952 | | (c) SURVEY.—Not later than 180 days after the date 1 |
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| 953 | 953 | | of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall complete a 2 |
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| 954 | 954 | | survey to establish the boundaries of the land taken into 3 |
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| 955 | 955 | | trust under subsection (a). 4 |
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| 956 | 956 | | (d) M |
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| 957 | 957 | | AP.—As soon as practicable after the date on 5 |
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| 958 | 958 | | which the Secretary completes the survey under subsection 6 |
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| 959 | 959 | | (c), the Secretary shall prepare a map that depicts the 7 |
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| 960 | 960 | | boundaries of the land established under that subsection. 8 |
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| 961 | 961 | | (e) G |
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| 962 | 962 | | AMINGPROHIBITED.—The land taken into trust 9 |
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| 963 | 963 | | under subsection (a) shall not be eligible, or considered 10 |
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| 964 | 964 | | to have been taken into trust, for class II gaming or class 11 |
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| 965 | 965 | | III gaming (as those terms are defined in section 4 of the 12 |
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| 966 | 966 | | Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (25 U.S.C. 2703)). 13 |
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