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2	2	119THCONGRESS
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4	4	STSESSION S. 1319
5	5	To withdraw certain Federal land in the Pecos Watershed area of the State
6	6	of New Mexico from mineral entry, and for other purposes.
7	7	IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
8	8	APRIL8, 2025
9	9	Mr. H
10	10	EINRICH(for himself and Mr. LUJA´N) introduced the following bill;
11	11	which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Nat-
12	12	ural Resources
13	13	A BILL
14	14	To withdraw certain Federal land in the Pecos Watershed
15	15	area of the State of New Mexico from mineral entry,
16	16	and for other purposes.
17	17	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
18	18	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
19	19	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
20	20	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Pecos Watershed Pro-4
21	21	tection Act’’. 5
22	22	SEC. 2. WITHDRAWAL OF FEDERAL LAND IN PECOS WATER-6
23	23	SHED AREA, NEW MEXICO. 7
24	24	(a) D
25	25	EFINITION OFFEDERALLAND.—In this sec-8
26	26	tion, the term ‘‘Federal land’’ means the Federal land de-9
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29	29	•S 1319 IS
30	30	picted as ‘‘Pecos Withdrawal’’ on the map entitled ‘‘Pro-1
31	31	posed Mineral Withdrawal Legislative Map’’ and dated 2
32	32	September 11, 2023. 3
33	33	(b) W
34	34	ITHDRAWAL.—Subject to valid rights in exist-4
35	35	ence on the date of enactment of this Act, the Federal 5
36	36	land is withdrawn from all forms of— 6
37	37	(1) entry, appropriation, or disposal under the 7
38	38	public land laws; 8
39	39	(2) location, entry, and patent under the mining 9
40	40	laws; and 10
41	41	(3) disposition under all laws pertaining to min-11
42	42	eral and geothermal leasing or mineral materials. 12
43	43	SEC. 3. DESIGNATION OF THOMPSON PEAK WILDERNESS 13
44	44	AREA, NEW MEXICO. 14
45	45	(a) D
46	46	EFINITIONS.—In this section: 15
47	47	(1) S
48	48	ECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 16
49	49	the Secretary of Agriculture. 17
50	50	(2) S
51	51	TATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means the State 18
52	52	of New Mexico. 19
53	53	(3) W
54	54	ILDERNESS AREA.—The term ‘‘wilderness 20
55	55	area’’ means the Thompson Peak Wilderness Area 21
56	56	designated by subsection (b). 22
57	57	(b) D
58	58	ESIGNATION.—In accordance with the Wilder-23
59	59	ness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), the approximately 24
60	60	11,599 acres of land managed by the Forest Service in 25
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63	63	•S 1319 IS
64	64	the State, as generally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘Pro-1
65	65	posed Mineral Withdrawal Legislative Map’’ and dated 2
66	66	September 11, 2023, is designated as a wilderness area 3
67	67	and as a component of the National Wilderness Preserva-4
68	68	tion System, to be known as the ‘‘Thompson Peak Wilder-5
69	69	ness Area’’. 6
70	70	(c) M
71	71	AP ANDLEGALDESCRIPTION.— 7
72	72	(1) I
73	73	N GENERAL.—As soon as practicable after 8
74	74	the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary 9
75	75	shall file a map and legal description of the wilder-10
76	76	ness area with— 11
77	77	(A) the Committee on Energy and Natural 12
78	78	Resources of the Senate; and 13
79	79	(B) the Committee on Natural Resources 14
80	80	of the House of Representatives. 15
81	81	(2) E
82	82	FFECT.—The map and legal description 16
83	83	filed under paragraph (1) shall have the same force 17
84	84	and effect as if included in this Act, except that the 18
85	85	Secretary may correct clerical and typographical er-19
86	86	rors in the map and legal description. 20
87	87	(3) A
88	88	VAILABILITY.—The map and legal descrip-21
89	89	tion filed under paragraph (1) shall be on file and 22
90	90	available for public inspection in the Office of the 23
91	91	Chief of the Forest Service. 24
92	92	(d) A
93	93	DMINISTRATION.— 25
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97	97	(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to valid existing 1
98	98	rights, the wilderness area shall be administered by 2
99	99	the Secretary in accordance with the Wilderness Act 3
100	100	(16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), except that any reference 4
101	101	in that Act to the effective date of that Act shall be 5
102	102	considered to be a reference to the date of enact-6
103	103	ment of this Act. 7
104	104	(2) A
105	105	DJACENT MANAGEMENT .— 8
106	106	(A) N
107	107	O PROTECTIVE PERIMETERS OR 9
108	108	BUFFER ZONES.—Congress does not intend for 10
109	109	the designation of the wilderness area to create 11
110	110	a protective perimeter or buffer zone around 12
111	111	the wilderness area. 13
112	112	(B) N
113	113	ONWILDERNESS ACTIVITIES .—The 14
114	114	fact that nonwilderness activities or uses out-15
115	115	side of the wilderness area can be seen or heard 16
116	116	from an area within the wilderness area shall 17
117	117	not preclude the conduct of the nonwilderness 18
118	118	activities or uses outside the boundaries of the 19
119	119	wilderness area. 20
120	120	(3) F
121	121	ISH AND WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT .—In ac-21
122	122	cordance with section 4(d)(7) of the Wilderness Act 22
123	123	(16 U.S.C. 1133(d)(7)), nothing in this section af-23
124	124	fects the jurisdiction or responsibilities of the State 24
125	125	with respect to fish and wildlife management in the 25
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129	129	wilderness area (including the regulation of hunting, 1
130	130	fishing, and trapping). 2
131	131	(4) G
132	132	RAZING.—The Secretary shall allow the 3
133	133	continuation of the grazing of livestock in the wilder-4
134	134	ness area, if established before the date of enact-5
135	135	ment of this Act, in accordance with— 6
136	136	(A) section 4(d)(4) of the Wilderness Act 7
137	137	(16 U.S.C. 1133(d)(4)); and 8
138	138	(B) the guidelines set forth in Appendix A 9
139	139	of the report of the Committee on Interior and 10
140	140	Insular Affairs of the House of Representatives 11
141	141	accompanying H.R. 2570 of the 101st Congress 12
142	142	(H. Rept. 101–405). 13
143	143	(5) W
144	144	ILDFIRE, INSECT, AND DISEASE CON -14
145	145	TROL.—The Secretary may carry out measures in 15
146	146	the wilderness area that the Secretary determines to 16
147	147	be necessary to control fire, insects, or diseases, in 17
148	148	accordance with section 4(d)(1) of the Wilderness 18
149	149	Act (16 U.S.C. 1133(d)(1)). 19
150	150	(e) I
151	151	NCORPORATION OF ACQUIREDLAND ANDINTER-20
152	152	ESTS INLAND.—Any land or interest in land within the 21
153	153	boundaries of the wilderness area that is acquired by the 22
154	154	United States after the date of enactment of this Act shall 23
155	155	be added to and administered as part of the wilderness 24
156	156	area. 25
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160	160	(f) WITHDRAWAL.—Subject to valid existing rights, 1
161	161	the wilderness area is withdrawn from— 2
162	162	(1) entry, appropriation, or disposal under the 3
163	163	public land laws; 4
164	164	(2) location, entry, and patent under the mining 5
165	165	laws; and 6
166	166	(3) disposition under all laws relating to min-7
167	167	eral and geothermal leasing or mineral materials. 8
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