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4	4	STSESSION S. 764
5	5	To provide for the designation of certain wilderness areas, recreation manage-
6	6	ment areas, and conservation areas in the State of Colorado, and for
7	7	other purposes.
8	8	IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
9	9	FEBRUARY27, 2025
10	10	Mr. B
11	11	ENNET(for himself and Mr. HICKENLOOPER) introduced the following
12	12	bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and
13	13	Natural Resources
14	14	A BILL
15	15	To provide for the designation of certain wilderness areas,
16	16	recreation management areas, and conservation areas in
17	17	the State of Colorado, and for other purposes.
18	18	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
19	19	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
20	20	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 3
21	21	(a) S
22	22	HORTTITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 4
23	23	‘‘Colorado Outdoor Recreation and Economy Act’’. 5
24	24	(b) T
25	25	ABLE OFCONTENTS.—The table of contents for 6
26	26	this Act is as follows: 7
27	27	Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
28	28	Sec. 2. Definition of State.
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32	32	TITLE I—CONTINENTAL DIVIDE
33	33	Sec. 101. Definitions.
34	34	Sec. 102. Colorado Wilderness additions.
35	35	Sec. 103. Williams Fork Mountains potential wilderness.
36	36	Sec. 104. Porcupine Gulch Wildlife Conservation Area.
37	37	Sec. 105. Williams Fork Mountains Wildlife Conservation Area.
38	38	Sec. 106. Spraddle Creek Wildlife Conservation Area.
39	39	Sec. 107. Sandy Treat Overlook.
40	40	Sec. 108. White River National Forest boundary modification.
41	41	Sec. 109. Rocky Mountain National Park potential wilderness boundary adjust-
42	42	ment.
43	43	Sec. 110. Administrative provisions.
44	44	TITLE II—SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS
45	45	Sec. 201. Definitions.
46	46	Sec. 202. Additions to National Wilderness Preservation System.
47	47	Sec. 203. Special management areas.
48	48	Sec. 204. Release of wilderness study areas.
49	49	Sec. 205. Administrative provisions.
50	50	TITLE III—THOMPSON DIVIDE
51	51	Sec. 301. Purposes.
52	52	Sec. 302. Definitions.
53	53	Sec. 303. Thompson Divide Withdrawal and Protection Area.
54	54	Sec. 304. Thompson Divide lease credits.
55	55	Sec. 305. Greater Thompson Divide Fugitive Coal Mine Methane Use Pilot
56	56	Program.
57	57	Sec. 306. Effect.
58	58	TITLE IV—CURECANTI NATIONAL RECREATION AREA
59	59	Sec. 401. Definitions.
60	60	Sec. 402. Curecanti National Recreation Area.
61	61	Sec. 403. Acquisition of land; boundary management.
62	62	Sec. 404. General management plan.
63	63	Sec. 405. Boundary survey.
64	64	SEC. 2. DEFINITION OF STATE.
65	65	1
66	66	In this Act, the term ‘‘State’’ means the State of Col-2
67	67	orado. 3
68	68	TITLE I—CONTINENTAL DIVIDE 4
69	69	SEC. 101. DEFINITIONS. 5
70	70	In this title: 6
71	71	(1) C
72	72	OVERED AREA.—The term ‘‘covered area’’ 7
73	73	means any area designated as wilderness by the 8
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77	77	amendments to section 2(a) of the Colorado Wilder-1
78	78	ness Act of 1993 (16 U.S.C. 1132 note; Public Law 2
79	79	103–77) made by section 102(a). 3
80	80	(2) S
81	81	ECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 4
82	82	the Secretary of Agriculture. 5
83	83	(3) W
84	84	ILDLIFE CONSERVATION AREA .—The 6
85	85	term ‘‘Wildlife Conservation Area’’ means, as appli-7
86	86	cable— 8
87	87	(A) the Porcupine Gulch Wildlife Con-9
88	88	servation Area designated by section 104(a); 10
89	89	(B) the Williams Fork Mountains Wildlife 11
90	90	Conservation Area designated by section 12
91	91	105(a); and 13
92	92	(C) the Spraddle Creek Wildlife Conserva-14
93	93	tion Area designated by section 106(a). 15
94	94	SEC. 102. COLORADO WILDERNESS ADDITIONS. 16
95	95	(a) D
96	96	ESIGNATION.—Section 2(a) of the Colorado Wil-17
97	97	derness Act of 1993 (16 U.S.C. 1132 note; Public Law 18
98	98	103–77) is amended— 19
99	99	(1) in paragraph (18), by striking ‘‘1993,’’ and 20
100	100	inserting ‘‘1993, and certain Federal land within the 21
101	101	White River National Forest that comprises approxi-22
102	102	mately 6,896 acres, as generally depicted as ‘Pro-23
103	103	posed Ptarmigan Peak Wilderness Additions’ on the 24
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107	107	map entitled ‘Proposed Ptarmigan Peak Wilderness 1
108	108	Additions’ and dated June 24, 2019,’’; and 2
109	109	(2) by adding at the end the following: 3
110	110	‘‘(23) H
111	111	OLY CROSS WILDERNESS ADDITION .— 4
112	112	Certain Federal land within the White River Na-5
113	113	tional Forest that comprises approximately 3,866 6
114	114	acres, as generally depicted as ‘Proposed Megan 7
115	115	Dickie Wilderness Addition’ on the map entitled 8
116	116	‘Holy Cross Wilderness Addition Proposal’ and 9
117	117	dated June 24, 2019, which shall be incorporated 10
118	118	into, and managed as part of, the Holy Cross Wil-11
119	119	derness designated by section 102(a)(5) of Public 12
120	120	Law 96–560 (94 Stat. 3266). 13
121	121	‘‘(24) H
122	122	OOSIER RIDGE WILDERNESS .—Certain 14
123	123	Federal land within the White River National Forest 15
124	124	that comprises approximately 5,235 acres, as gen-16
125	125	erally depicted as ‘Proposed Hoosier Ridge Wilder-17
126	126	ness’ on the map entitled ‘Tenmile Proposal’ and 18
127	127	dated May 1, 2023, which shall be known as the 19
128	128	‘Hoosier Ridge Wilderness’. 20
129	129	‘‘(25) T
130	130	ENMILE WILDERNESS .—Certain Federal 21
131	131	land within the White River National Forest that 22
132	132	comprises approximately 7,624 acres, as generally 23
133	133	depicted as ‘Proposed Tenmile Wilderness’ on the 24
134	134	map entitled ‘Tenmile Proposal’ and dated May 1, 25
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138	138	2023, which shall be known as the ‘Tenmile Wilder-1
139	139	ness’. 2
140	140	‘‘(26) E
141	141	AGLES NEST WILDERNESS ADDI -3
142	142	TIONS.—Certain Federal land within the White 4
143	143	River National Forest that comprises approximately 5
144	144	7,634 acres, as generally depicted as ‘Proposed 6
145	145	Freeman Creek Wilderness Addition’ and ‘Proposed 7
146	146	Spraddle Creek Wilderness Addition’ on the map en-8
147	147	titled ‘Eagles Nest Wilderness Additions Proposal’ 9
148	148	and dated April 26, 2022, which shall be incor-10
149	149	porated into, and managed as part of, the Eagles 11
150	150	Nest Wilderness designated by Public Law 94–352 12
151	151	(90 Stat. 870).’’. 13
152	152	(b) A
153	153	PPLICABLELAW.—Any reference in the Wilder-14
154	154	ness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.) to the effective date 15
155	155	of that Act shall be considered to be a reference to the 16
156	156	date of enactment of this Act for purposes of admin-17
157	157	istering a covered area. 18
158	158	(c) F
159	159	IRE, INSECTS, ANDDISEASES.—In accordance 19
160	160	with section 4(d)(1) of the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 20
161	161	1133(d)(1)), the Secretary may carry out any activity in 21
162	162	a covered area that the Secretary determines to be nec-22
163	163	essary for the control of fire, insects, and diseases, subject 23
164	164	to such terms and conditions as the Secretary determines 24
165	165	to be appropriate. 25
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169	169	(d) GRAZING.—The grazing of livestock on a covered 1
170	170	area, if established before the date of enactment of this 2
171	171	Act, shall be permitted to continue subject to such reason-3
172	172	able regulations as are considered to be necessary by the 4
173	173	Secretary, in accordance with— 5
174	174	(1) section 4(d)(4) of the Wilderness Act (16 6
175	175	U.S.C. 1133(d)(4)); and 7
176	176	(2) the guidelines set forth in the report of the 8
177	177	Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs of the 9
178	178	House of Representatives accompanying H.R. 5487 10
179	179	of the 96th Congress (H. Rept. 96–617). 11
180	180	(e) C
181	181	OORDINATION.—For purposes of administering 12
182	182	the Federal land designated as wilderness by paragraph 13
183	183	(26) of section 2(a) of the Colorado Wilderness Act of 14
184	184	1993 (16 U.S.C. 1132 note; Public Law 103–77) (as 15
185	185	added by subsection (a)(2)), the Secretary shall, as deter-16
186	186	mined to be appropriate for the protection of watersheds, 17
187	187	coordinate the activities of the Secretary in response to 18
188	188	fires and flooding events with interested State and local 19
189	189	agencies. 20
190	190	SEC. 103. WILLIAMS FORK MOUNTAINS POTENTIAL WIL-21
191	191	DERNESS. 22
192	192	(a) D
193	193	ESIGNATION.—In furtherance of the purposes of 23
194	194	the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), certain Fed-24
195	195	eral land in the White River National Forest in the State, 25
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199	199	comprising approximately 8,036 acres, as generally de-1
200	200	picted as ‘‘Proposed Williams Fork Mountains Wilder-2
201	201	ness’’ on the map entitled ‘‘Williams Fork Mountains Pro-3
202	202	posal’’ and dated June 24, 2019, is designated as a poten-4
203	203	tial wilderness area. 5
204	204	(b) M
205	205	ANAGEMENT.—Subject to valid existing rights 6
206	206	and except as provided in subsection (d), the potential wil-7
207	207	derness area designated by subsection (a) shall be man-8
208	208	aged in accordance with— 9
209	209	(1) the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et 10
210	210	seq.); and 11
211	211	(2) this section. 12
212	212	(c) L
213	213	IVESTOCKUSE OFVACANTALLOTMENTS.— 13
214	214	(1) I
215	215	N GENERAL.—Not later than 3 years after 14
216	216	the date of enactment of this Act, in accordance 15
217	217	with applicable laws (including regulations), the Sec-16
218	218	retary shall publish a determination regarding 17
219	219	whether to authorize livestock grazing or other use 18
220	220	by livestock on the vacant allotments known as— 19
221	221	(A) the ‘‘Big Hole Allotment’’; and 20
222	222	(B) the ‘‘Blue Ridge Allotment’’. 21
223	223	(2) M
224	224	ODIFICATION OF ALLOTMENTS .—In pub-22
225	225	lishing a determination pursuant to paragraph (1), 23
226	226	the Secretary may modify or combine the vacant al-24
227	227	lotments referred to in that paragraph. 25
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231	231	(3) PERMIT OR OTHER AUTHORIZATION .—Not 1
232	232	later than 1 year after the date on which a deter-2
233	233	mination of the Secretary to authorize livestock 3
234	234	grazing or other use by livestock is published under 4
235	235	paragraph (1), if applicable, the Secretary shall 5
236	236	grant a permit or other authorization for that live-6
237	237	stock grazing or other use in accordance with appli-7
238	238	cable laws (including regulations). 8
239	239	(d) R
240	240	ANGEIMPROVEMENTS.— 9
241	241	(1) I
242	242	N GENERAL.—If the Secretary permits live-10
243	243	stock grazing or other use by livestock on the poten-11
244	244	tial wilderness area under subsection (c), the Sec-12
245	245	retary, or a third party authorized by the Secretary, 13
246	246	may use motorized or mechanized transport or 14
247	247	equipment for purposes of constructing or rehabili-15
248	248	tating such range improvements as are necessary to 16
249	249	obtain appropriate livestock management objectives 17
250	250	(including habitat and watershed restoration). 18
251	251	(2) T
252	252	ERMINATION OF AUTHORITY .—The au-19
253	253	thority provided by this subsection terminates on the 20
254	254	date that is 2 years after the date on which the Sec-21
255	255	retary publishes a positive determination under sub-22
256	256	section (c)(3). 23
257	257	(e) D
258	258	ESIGNATION ASWILDERNESS.— 24
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262	262	(1) DESIGNATION.—The potential wilderness 1
263	263	area designated by subsection (a) shall be designated 2
264	264	as wilderness, to be known as the ‘‘Williams Fork 3
265	265	Mountains Wilderness’’— 4
266	266	(A) effective not earlier than the date that 5
267	267	is 180 days after the date of enactment this 6
268	268	Act; and 7
269	269	(B) on the earliest of— 8
270	270	(i) the date on which the Secretary 9
271	271	publishes in the Federal Register a notice 10
272	272	that the construction or rehabilitation of 11
273	273	range improvements under subsection (d) 12
274	274	is complete; 13
275	275	(ii) the date described in subsection 14
276	276	(d)(2); and 15
277	277	(iii) the effective date of a determina-16
278	278	tion of the Secretary not to authorize live-17
279	279	stock grazing or other use by livestock 18
280	280	under subsection (c)(1). 19
281	281	(2) A
282	282	DMINISTRATION.—Subject to valid existing 20
283	283	rights, the Secretary shall manage the Williams 21
284	284	Fork Mountains Wilderness in accordance with the 22
285	285	Colorado Wilderness Act of 1993 (16 U.S.C. 1132 23
286	286	note; Public Law 103–77), except that any reference 24
287	287	in that Act to the effective date of that Act shall be 25
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291	291	considered to be a reference to the date on which the 1
292	292	Williams Fork Mountains Wilderness is designated 2
293	293	in accordance with paragraph (1). 3
294	294	SEC. 104. PORCUPINE GULCH WILDLIFE CONSERVATION 4
295	295	AREA. 5
296	296	(a) D
297	297	ESIGNATION.—Subject to valid existing rights, 6
298	298	the approximately 8,287 acres of Federal land located in 7
299	299	the White River National Forest, as generally depicted as 8
300	300	‘‘Proposed Porcupine Gulch Wildlife Conservation Area’’ 9
301	301	on the map entitled ‘‘Porcupine Gulch Wildlife Conserva-10
302	302	tion Area Proposal’’ and dated June 24, 2019, are des-11
303	303	ignated as the ‘‘Porcupine Gulch Wildlife Conservation 12
304	304	Area’’ (referred to in this section as the ‘‘Wildlife Con-13
305	305	servation Area’’). 14
306	306	(b) P
307	307	URPOSES.—The purposes of the Wildlife Con-15
308	308	servation Area are— 16
309	309	(1) to conserve and protect a wildlife migration 17
310	310	corridor over Interstate 70; and 18
311	311	(2) to conserve, protect, and enhance for the 19
312	312	benefit and enjoyment of present and future genera-20
313	313	tions the wildlife, scenic, roadless, watershed, and 21
314	314	ecological resources of the Wildlife Conservation 22
315	315	Area. 23
316	316	(c) M
317	317	ANAGEMENT.— 24
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321	321	(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall manage 1
322	322	the Wildlife Conservation Area— 2
323	323	(A) in a manner that conserves, protects, 3
324	324	and enhances the purposes described in sub-4
325	325	section (b); and 5
326	326	(B) in accordance with— 6
327	327	(i) the Forest and Rangeland Renew-7
328	328	able Resources Planning Act of 1974 (16 8
329	329	U.S.C. 1600 et seq.); 9
330	330	(ii) any other applicable laws (includ-10
331	331	ing regulations); and 11
332	332	(iii) this section. 12
333	333	(2) U
334	334	SES.— 13
335	335	(A) I
336	336	N GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 14
337	337	only allow such uses of the Wildlife Conserva-15
338	338	tion Area as the Secretary determines would 16
339	339	further the purposes described in subsection 17
340	340	(b). 18
341	341	(B) R
342	342	ECREATION.—The Secretary may 19
343	343	permit such recreational activities in the Wild-20
344	344	life Conservation Area that the Secretary deter-21
345	345	mines are consistent with the purposes de-22
346	346	scribed in subsection (b). 23
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350	350	(C) MOTORIZED VEHICLES AND MECHA -1
351	351	NIZED TRANSPORT ; NEW OR TEMPORARY 2
352	352	ROADS.— 3
353	353	(i) M
354	354	OTORIZED VEHICLES AND 4
355	355	MECHANIZED TRANSPORT .—Except as pro-5
356	356	vided in clause (iii), the use of motorized 6
357	357	vehicles and mechanized transport in the 7
358	358	Wildlife Conservation Area shall be prohib-8
359	359	ited. 9
360	360	(ii) N
361	361	EW OR TEMPORARY ROADS .— 10
362	362	Except as provided in clause (iii) and sub-11
363	363	section (e), no new or temporary road shall 12
364	364	be constructed within the Wildlife Con-13
365	365	servation Area. 14
366	366	(iii) E
367	367	XCEPTIONS.—Nothing in clause 15
368	368	(i) or (ii) prevents the Secretary from— 16
369	369	(I) authorizing the use of motor-17
370	370	ized vehicles or mechanized transport 18
371	371	for administrative purposes; 19
372	372	(II) constructing temporary 20
373	373	roads or permitting the use of motor-21
374	374	ized vehicles or mechanized transport 22
375	375	to carry out pre- or post-fire water-23
376	376	shed protection projects; 24
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380	380	(III) authorizing the use of mo-1
381	381	torized vehicles or mechanized trans-2
382	382	port to carry out activities described 3
383	383	in subsection (d) or (e); or 4
384	384	(IV) responding to an emergency. 5
385	385	(D) C
386	386	OMMERCIAL TIMBER.— 6
387	387	(i) I
388	388	N GENERAL.—Subject to clause 7
389	389	(ii), no project shall be carried out in the 8
390	390	Wildlife Conservation Area for the purpose 9
391	391	of harvesting commercial timber. 10
392	392	(ii) L
393	393	IMITATION.—Nothing in clause 11
394	394	(i) prevents the Secretary from harvesting 12
395	395	or selling a merchantable product that is a 13
396	396	byproduct of an activity authorized under 14
397	397	this section. 15
398	398	(d) F
399	399	IRE, INSECTS, ANDDISEASES.—The Secretary 16
400	400	may carry out any activity, in accordance with applicable 17
401	401	laws (including regulations), that the Secretary deter-18
402	402	mines to be necessary to manage wildland fire and treat 19
403	403	hazardous fuels, insects, and diseases in the Wildlife Con-20
404	404	servation Area, subject to such terms and conditions as 21
405	405	the Secretary determines to be appropriate. 22
406	406	(e) R
407	407	EGIONALTRANSPORTATIONPROJECTS.—Noth-23
408	408	ing in this section or section 110(f) precludes the Sec-24
409	409	retary from authorizing, in accordance with applicable 25
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413	413	laws (including regulations) and subject to valid existing 1
414	414	rights, the use of the subsurface of the Wildlife Conserva-2
415	415	tion Area to construct, realign, operate, or maintain re-3
416	416	gional transportation projects, including Interstate 70 and 4
417	417	the Eisenhower-Johnson Tunnels. 5
418	418	(f) W
419	419	ATER.—Section 3(e) of the James Peak Wilder-6
420	420	ness and Protection Area Act (Public Law 107–216; 116 7
421	421	Stat. 1058) shall apply to the Wildlife Conservation Area. 8
422	422	SEC. 105. WILLIAMS FORK MOUNTAINS WILDLIFE CON-9
423	423	SERVATION AREA. 10
424	424	(a) D
425	425	ESIGNATION.—Subject to valid existing rights, 11
426	426	the approximately 3,528 acres of Federal land in the 12
427	427	White River National Forest in the State, as generally de-13
428	428	picted as ‘‘Proposed Williams Fork Mountains Wildlife 14
429	429	Conservation Area’’ on the map entitled ‘‘Williams Fork 15
430	430	Mountains Proposal’’ and dated June 24, 2019, are des-16
431	431	ignated as the ‘‘Williams Fork Mountains Wildlife Con-17
432	432	servation Area’’ (referred to in this section as the ‘‘Wild-18
433	433	life Conservation Area’’). 19
434	434	(b) P
435	435	URPOSES.—The purposes of the Wildlife Con-20
436	436	servation Area are to conserve, protect, and enhance for 21
437	437	the benefit and enjoyment of present and future genera-22
438	438	tions the wildlife, scenic, roadless, watershed, recreational, 23
439	439	and ecological resources of the Wildlife Conservation Area. 24
440	440	(c) M
441	441	ANAGEMENT.— 25
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445	445	(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall manage 1
446	446	the Wildlife Conservation Area— 2
447	447	(A) in a manner that conserves, protects, 3
448	448	and enhances the purposes described in sub-4
449	449	section (b); and 5
450	450	(B) in accordance with— 6
451	451	(i) the Forest and Rangeland Renew-7
452	452	able Resources Planning Act of 1974 (16 8
453	453	U.S.C. 1600 et seq.); 9
454	454	(ii) any other applicable laws (includ-10
455	455	ing regulations); and 11
456	456	(iii) this section. 12
457	457	(2) U
458	458	SES.— 13
459	459	(A) I
460	460	N GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 14
461	461	only allow such uses of the Wildlife Conserva-15
462	462	tion Area as the Secretary determines would 16
463	463	further the purposes described in subsection 17
464	464	(b). 18
465	465	(B) M
466	466	OTORIZED VEHICLES.— 19
467	467	(i) I
468	468	N GENERAL.—Except as provided 20
469	469	in clause (iii), the use of motorized vehicles 21
470	470	in the Wildlife Conservation Area shall be 22
471	471	limited to designated roads and trails. 23
472	472	(ii) N
473	473	EW OR TEMPORARY ROADS .— 24
474	474	Except as provided in clause (iii), no new 25
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478	478	or temporary road shall be constructed in 1
479	479	the Wildlife Conservation Area. 2
480	480	(iii) E
481	481	XCEPTIONS.—Nothing in clause 3
482	482	(i) or (ii) prevents the Secretary from— 4
483	483	(I) authorizing the use of motor-5
484	484	ized vehicles for administrative pur-6
485	485	poses; 7
486	486	(II) authorizing the use of motor-8
487	487	ized vehicles to carry out activities de-9
488	488	scribed in subsection (d); or 10
489	489	(III) responding to an emer-11
490	490	gency. 12
491	491	(C) B
492	492	ICYCLES.—The use of bicycles in the 13
493	493	Wildlife Conservation Area shall be limited to 14
494	494	designated roads and trails. 15
495	495	(D) C
496	496	OMMERCIAL TIMBER.— 16
497	497	(i) I
498	498	N GENERAL.—Subject to clause 17
499	499	(ii), no project shall be carried out in the 18
500	500	Wildlife Conservation Area for the purpose 19
501	501	of harvesting commercial timber. 20
502	502	(ii) L
503	503	IMITATION.—Nothing in clause 21
504	504	(i) prevents the Secretary from harvesting 22
505	505	or selling a merchantable product that is a 23
506	506	byproduct of an activity authorized under 24
507	507	this section. 25
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511	511	(E) GRAZING.—The laws (including regu-1
512	512	lations) and policies followed by the Secretary 2
513	513	in issuing and administering grazing permits or 3
514	514	leases on land under the jurisdiction of the Sec-4
515	515	retary shall continue to apply with regard to 5
516	516	the land in the Wildlife Conservation Area, con-6
517	517	sistent with the purposes described in sub-7
518	518	section (b). 8
519	519	(d) F
520	520	IRE, INSECTS, ANDDISEASES.—The Secretary 9
521	521	may carry out any activity, in accordance with applicable 10
522	522	laws (including regulations), that the Secretary deter-11
523	523	mines to be necessary to manage wildland fire and treat 12
524	524	hazardous fuels, insects, and diseases in the Wildlife Con-13
525	525	servation Area, subject to such terms and conditions as 14
526	526	the Secretary determines to be appropriate. 15
527	527	(e) W
528	528	ATER.—Section 3(e) of the James Peak Wilder-16
529	529	ness and Protection Area Act (Public Law 107–216; 116 17
530	530	Stat. 1058) shall apply to the Wildlife Conservation Area. 18
531	531	SEC. 106. SPRADDLE CREEK WILDLIFE CONSERVATION 19
532	532	AREA. 20
533	533	(a) D
534	534	ESIGNATION.—Subject to valid existing rights, 21
535	535	the approximately 2,674 acres of Federal land in the 22
536	536	White River National Forest in the State, as generally de-23
537	537	picted as ‘‘Proposed Spraddle Creek Wildlife Conservation 24
538	538	Area’’ on the map entitled ‘‘Eagles Nest Wilderness Addi-25
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542	542	tions Proposal’’ and dated April 26, 2022, are designated 1
543	543	as the ‘‘Spraddle Creek Wildlife Conservation Area’’ (re-2
544	544	ferred to in this section as the ‘‘Wildlife Conservation 3
545	545	Area’’). 4
546	546	(b) P
547	547	URPOSES.—The purposes of the Wildlife Con-5
548	548	servation Area are to conserve, protect, and enhance for 6
549	549	the benefit and enjoyment of present and future genera-7
550	550	tions the wildlife, scenic, roadless, watershed, recreational, 8
551	551	and ecological resources of the Wildlife Conservation Area. 9
552	552	(c) M
553	553	ANAGEMENT.— 10
554	554	(1) I
555	555	N GENERAL.—The Secretary shall manage 11
556	556	the Wildlife Conservation Area— 12
557	557	(A) in a manner that conserves, protects, 13
558	558	and enhances the purposes described in sub-14
559	559	section (b); and 15
560	560	(B) in accordance with— 16
561	561	(i) the Forest and Rangeland Renew-17
562	562	able Resources Planning Act of 1974 (16 18
563	563	U.S.C. 1600 et seq.); 19
564	564	(ii) any other applicable laws (includ-20
565	565	ing regulations); and 21
566	566	(iii) this title. 22
567	567	(2) U
568	568	SES.— 23
569	569	(A) I
570	570	N GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 24
571	571	only allow such uses of the Wildlife Conserva-25
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575	575	tion Area as the Secretary determines would 1
576	576	further the purposes described in subsection 2
577	577	(b). 3
578	578	(B) M
579	579	OTORIZED VEHICLES AND MECHA -4
580	580	NIZED TRANSPORT .—Except as necessary for 5
581	581	administrative purposes or to respond to an 6
582	582	emergency, the use of motorized vehicles and 7
583	583	mechanized transport in the Wildlife Conserva-8
584	584	tion Area shall be prohibited. 9
585	585	(C) R
586	586	OADS.— 10
587	587	(i) I
588	588	N GENERAL.—Except as provided 11
589	589	in clause (ii), no road shall be constructed 12
590	590	in the Wildlife Conservation Area. 13
591	591	(ii) E
592	592	XCEPTIONS.—Nothing in clause 14
593	593	(i) prevents the Secretary from— 15
594	594	(I) constructing a temporary 16
595	595	road as the Secretary determines to 17
596	596	be necessary as a minimum require-18
597	597	ment for carrying out a vegetation 19
598	598	management project in the Wildlife 20
599	599	Conservation Area; or 21
600	600	(II) responding to an emergency. 22
601	601	(iii) D
602	602	ECOMMISSIONING OF TEM -23
603	603	PORARY ROADS.—Not later than 3 years 24
604	604	after the date on which the applicable 25
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608	608	vegetation management project is com-1
609	609	pleted, the Secretary shall decommission 2
610	610	any temporary road constructed under 3
611	611	clause (ii)(I) for the applicable vegetation 4
612	612	management project. 5
613	613	(D) C
614	614	OMMERCIAL TIMBER.— 6
615	615	(i) I
616	616	N GENERAL.—Subject to clause 7
617	617	(ii), no project shall be carried out in the 8
618	618	Wildlife Conservation Area for the purpose 9
619	619	of harvesting commercial timber. 10
620	620	(ii) L
621	621	IMITATION.—Nothing in clause 11
622	622	(i) prevents the Secretary from harvesting 12
623	623	or selling a merchantable product that is a 13
624	624	byproduct of an activity authorized in the 14
625	625	Wildlife Conservation Area under this sec-15
626	626	tion. 16
627	627	(d) F
628	628	IRE, INSECTS, ANDDISEASES.—The Secretary 17
629	629	may carry out any activity, in accordance with applicable 18
630	630	laws (including regulations), that the Secretary deter-19
631	631	mines to be necessary to manage wildland fire and treat 20
632	632	hazardous fuels, insects, and diseases in the Wildlife Con-21
633	633	servation Area, subject to such terms and conditions as 22
634	634	the Secretary determines to be appropriate. 23
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638	638	(e) WATER.—Section 3(e) of the James Peak Wilder-1
639	639	ness and Protection Area Act (Public Law 107–216; 116 2
640	640	Stat. 1058) shall apply to the Wildlife Conservation Area. 3
641	641	SEC. 107. SANDY TREAT OVERLOOK. 4
642	642	The interpretive site located beside United States 5
643	643	Route 24 within the Camp Hale-Continental Divide Na-6
644	644	tional Monument, at 39.431N 106.323W, is designated as 7
645	645	the ‘‘Sandy Treat Overlook’’. 8
646	646	SEC. 108. WHITE RIVER NATIONAL FOREST BOUNDARY 9
647	647	MODIFICATION. 10
648	648	(a) I
649	649	NGENERAL.—The boundary of the White River 11
650	650	National Forest is modified to include the approximately 12
651	651	120 acres comprised of the SW
652	652	1
653	653	⁄4, the SE
654	654	1
655	655	⁄4, and the 13
656	656	NE
657	657	1
658	658	⁄4of the SE
659	659	1
660	660	⁄4of sec. 1, T. 2 S., R. 80 W., 6th Prin-14
661	661	cipal Meridian, in Summit County in the State. 15
662	662	(b) L
663	663	AND ANDWATERCONSERVATIONFUND.—For 16
664	664	purposes of section 200306 of title 54, United States 17
665	665	Code, the boundaries of the White River National Forest, 18
666	666	as modified by subsection (a), shall be considered to be 19
667	667	the boundaries of the White River National Forest as in 20
668	668	existence on January 1, 1965. 21
669	669	SEC. 109. ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK POTENTIAL 22
670	670	WILDERNESS BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT. 23
671	671	(a) P
672	672	URPOSE.—The purpose of this section is to pro-24
673	673	vide for the ongoing maintenance and use of portions of 25
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677	677	the Trail River Ranch and the associated property located 1
678	678	within Rocky Mountain National Park in Grand County 2
679	679	in the State. 3
680	680	(b) B
681	681	OUNDARYADJUSTMENT.—Section 1952(b) of 4
682	682	the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 (Pub-5
683	683	lic Law 111–11; 123 Stat. 1070) is amended by adding 6
684	684	at the end the following: 7
685	685	‘‘(3) B
686	686	OUNDARY ADJUSTMENT .—The boundary 8
687	687	of the Potential Wilderness is modified to exclude 9
688	688	the area comprising approximately 15.5 acres of 10
689	689	land identified as ‘Potential Wilderness to Non-wil-11
690	690	derness’ on the map entitled ‘Rocky Mountain Na-12
691	691	tional Park Proposed Wilderness Area Amendment’ 13
692	692	and dated January 16, 2018.’’. 14
693	693	SEC. 110. ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS. 15
694	694	(a) F
695	695	ISH ANDWILDLIFE.—Nothing in this title af-16
696	696	fects the jurisdiction or responsibility of the State with 17
697	697	respect to fish and wildlife in the State. 18
698	698	(b) N
699	699	OBUFFERZONES.— 19
700	700	(1) I
701	701	N GENERAL.—Nothing in this title or an 20
702	702	amendment made by this title establishes a protec-21
703	703	tive perimeter or buffer zone around— 22
704	704	(A) a covered area; 23
705	705	(B) a wilderness area or potential wilder-24
706	706	ness area designated by section 103; or 25
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710	710	(C) a Wildlife Conservation Area. 1
711	711	(2) O
712	712	UTSIDE ACTIVITIES.—The fact that a non-2
713	713	wilderness activity or use on land outside of an area 3
714	714	described in paragraph (1) can be seen or heard 4
715	715	from within the applicable area described in para-5
716	716	graph (1) shall not preclude the activity or use out-6
717	717	side the boundary of the applicable area described in 7
718	718	paragraph (1). 8
719	719	(c) T
720	720	RIBALRIGHTS ANDUSES.— 9
721	721	(1) T
722	722	REATY RIGHTS.—Nothing in this title af-10
723	723	fects the treaty rights of an Indian Tribe. 11
724	724	(2) T
725	725	RADITIONAL TRIBAL USES .—Subject to 12
726	726	any terms and conditions that the Secretary deter-13
727	727	mines to be necessary and in accordance with appli-14
728	728	cable law, the Secretary shall allow for the continued 15
729	729	use of the areas described in subsection (b)(1) by 16
730	730	members of Indian Tribes— 17
731	731	(A) for traditional ceremonies; and 18
732	732	(B) as a source of traditional plants and 19
733	733	other materials. 20
734	734	(d) M
735	735	APS ANDLEGALDESCRIPTIONS.— 21
736	736	(1) I
737	737	N GENERAL.—As soon as practicable after 22
738	738	the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary 23
739	739	shall prepare maps and legal descriptions of each 24
740	740	area described in subsection (b)(1) with— 25
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744	744	(A) the Committee on Natural Resources 1
745	745	of the House of Representatives; and 2
746	746	(B) the Committee on Energy and Natural 3
747	747	Resources of the Senate. 4
748	748	(2) F
749	749	ORCE OF LAW.—Each map and legal de-5
750	750	scription prepared under paragraph (1) shall have 6
751	751	the same force and effect as if included in this title, 7
752	752	except that the Secretary may— 8
753	753	(A) correct any typographical errors in the 9
754	754	maps and legal descriptions; and 10
755	755	(B) in consultation with the State, make 11
756	756	minor adjustments to the boundaries of the 12
757	757	Porcupine Gulch Wildlife Conservation Area 13
758	758	designated by section 104(a) and the Williams 14
759	759	Fork Mountains Wildlife Conservation Area 15
760	760	designated by section 105(a) to account for po-16
761	761	tential highway or multimodal transportation 17
762	762	system construction, safety measures, mainte-18
763	763	nance, realignment, or widening. 19
764	764	(3) P
765	765	UBLIC AVAILABILITY.—Each map and 20
766	766	legal description prepared under paragraph (1) shall 21
767	767	be on file and available for public inspection in the 22
768	768	appropriate offices of the Forest Service. 23
769	769	(e) A
770	770	CQUISITION OFLAND.— 24
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774	774	(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may acquire 1
775	775	any land or interest in land within the boundaries of 2
776	776	an area described in subsection (b)(1) by donation, 3
777	777	purchase from a willing seller, or exchange. 4
778	778	(2) M
779	779	ANAGEMENT.—Any land or interest in 5
780	780	land acquired under paragraph (1) shall be incor-6
781	781	porated into, and administered as a part of, the wil-7
782	782	derness area or Wildlife Conservation Area, as appli-8
783	783	cable, in which the land or interest in land is lo-9
784	784	cated. 10
785	785	(f) W
786	786	ITHDRAWAL.—Subject to valid existing rights, 11
787	787	the areas described in subsection (b)(1) are withdrawn 12
788	788	from— 13
789	789	(1) entry, appropriation, and disposal under the 14
790	790	public land laws; 15
791	791	(2) location, entry, and patent under mining 16
792	792	laws; and 17
793	793	(3) operation of the mineral leasing, mineral 18
794	794	materials, and geothermal leasing laws. 19
795	795	(g) M
796	796	ILITARYOVERFLIGHTS.—Nothing in this title 20
797	797	or an amendment made by this title restricts or pre-21
798	798	cludes— 22
799	799	(1) any low-level overflight of military aircraft 23
800	800	over any area subject to this title or an amendment 24
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804	804	made by this title, including military overflights that 1
805	805	can be seen, heard, or detected within such an area; 2
806	806	(2) flight testing or evaluation over an area de-3
807	807	scribed in paragraph (1); or 4
808	808	(3) the use or establishment of— 5
809	809	(A) any new unit of special use airspace 6
810	810	over an area described in paragraph (1); or 7
811	811	(B) any military flight training or trans-8
812	812	portation over such an area. 9
813	813	(h) S
814	814	ENSE OFCONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-10
815	815	gress that military aviation training on Federal public 11
816	816	land in the State, including the training conducted at the 12
817	817	High-Altitude Army National Guard Aviation Training 13
818	818	Site, is critical to the national security of the United 14
819	819	States and the readiness of the Armed Forces. 15
820	820	TITLE II—SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS 16
821	821	SEC. 201. DEFINITIONS. 17
822	822	In this title: 18
823	823	(1) C
824	824	OVERED LAND.—The term ‘‘covered land’’ 19
825	825	means— 20
826	826	(A) land designated as wilderness under 21
827	827	paragraphs (27) through (29) of section 2(a) of 22
828	828	the Colorado Wilderness Act of 1993 (16 23
829	829	U.S.C. 1132 note; Public Law 103–77) (as 24
830	830	added by section 202); and 25
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834	834	(B) a Special Management Area. 1
835	835	(2) S
836	836	ECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 2
837	837	the Secretary of Agriculture. 3
838	838	(3) S
839	839	PECIAL MANAGEMENT AREA .—The term 4
840	840	‘‘Special Management Area’’ means each of— 5
841	841	(A) the Sheep Mountain Special Manage-6
842	842	ment Area designated by section 203(a)(1); and 7
843	843	(B) the Liberty Bell East Special Manage-8
844	844	ment Area designated by section 203(a)(2). 9
845	845	SEC. 202. ADDITIONS TO NATIONAL WILDERNESS PRESER-10
846	846	VATION SYSTEM. 11
847	847	Section 2(a) of the Colorado Wilderness Act of 1993 12
848	848	(16 U.S.C. 1132 note; Public Law 103–77) (as amended 13
849	849	by section 102(a)(2)) is amended by adding at the end 14
850	850	the following: 15
851	851	‘‘(27) L
852	852	IZARD HEAD WILDERNESS ADDITION .— 16
853	853	Certain Federal land in the Grand Mesa, 17
854	854	Uncompahgre, and Gunnison National Forests com-18
855	855	prising approximately 3,141 acres, as generally de-19
856	856	picted on the map entitled ‘Proposed Wilson, Sun-20
857	857	shine, Black Face and San Bernardo Additions to 21
858	858	the Lizard Head Wilderness’ and dated September 22
859	859	6, 2018, which is incorporated in, and shall be ad-23
860	860	ministered as part of, the Lizard Head Wilderness. 24
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864	864	‘‘(28) MOUNT SNEFFELS WILDERNESS ADDI -1
865	865	TIONS.— 2
866	866	‘‘(A) L
867	867	IBERTY BELL AND LAST DOLLAR 3
868	868	ADDITIONS.—Certain Federal land in the 4
869	869	Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre, and Gunnison Na-5
870	870	tional Forests comprising approximately 7,235 6
871	871	acres, as generally depicted on the map entitled 7
872	872	‘Proposed Liberty Bell and Last Dollar Addi-8
873	873	tions to the Mt. Sneffels Wilderness, Liberty 9
874	874	Bell East Special Management Area’ and dated 10
875	875	September 6, 2018, which is incorporated in, 11
876	876	and shall be administered as part of, the Mount 12
877	877	Sneffels Wilderness. 13
878	878	‘‘(B) W
879	879	HITEHOUSE ADDITIONS .—Certain 14
880	880	Federal land in the Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre, 15
881	881	and Gunnison National Forests comprising ap-16
882	882	proximately 12,465 acres, as generally depicted 17
883	883	on the map entitled ‘Proposed Whitehouse Ad-18
884	884	ditions to the Mt. Sneffels Wilderness’ and 19
885	885	dated September 6, 2018, which is incorporated 20
886	886	in, and shall be administered as part of, the 21
887	887	Mount Sneffels Wilderness. 22
888	888	‘‘(29) M
889	889	CKENNA PEAK WILDERNESS .—Certain 23
890	890	Federal land in the State of Colorado comprising ap-24
891	891	proximately 8,884 acres of Bureau of Land Manage-25
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895	895	ment land, as generally depicted on the map entitled 1
896	896	‘Proposed McKenna Peak Wilderness Area’ and 2
897	897	dated September 18, 2018, to be known as the 3
898	898	‘McKenna Peak Wilderness’.’’. 4
899	899	SEC. 203. SPECIAL MANAGEMENT AREAS. 5
900	900	(a) D
901	901	ESIGNATION.— 6
902	902	(1) S
903	903	HEEP MOUNTAIN SPECIAL MANAGEMENT 7
904	904	AREA.—The Federal land in the Grand Mesa, 8
905	905	Uncompahgre, and Gunnison and San Juan Na-9
906	906	tional Forests in the State comprising approximately 10
907	907	21,663 acres, as generally depicted on the map enti-11
908	908	tled ‘‘Proposed Sheep Mountain Special Manage-12
909	909	ment Area’’ and dated September 19, 2018, is des-13
910	910	ignated as the ‘‘Sheep Mountain Special Manage-14
911	911	ment Area’’. 15
912	912	(2) L
913	913	IBERTY BELL EAST SPECIAL MANAGE -16
914	914	MENT AREA.—The Federal land in the Grand Mesa, 17
915	915	Uncompahgre, and Gunnison National Forests in 18
916	916	the State comprising approximately 792 acres, as 19
917	917	generally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘Proposed 20
918	918	Liberty Bell and Last Dollar Additions to the Mt. 21
919	919	Sneffels Wilderness, Liberty Bell East Special Man-22
920	920	agement Area’’ and dated September 6, 2018, is 23
921	921	designated as the ‘‘Liberty Bell East Special Man-24
922	922	agement Area’’. 25
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926	926	(b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of the Special Manage-1
927	927	ment Areas is to conserve and protect for the benefit and 2
928	928	enjoyment of present and future generations the geologi-3
929	929	cal, cultural, archaeological, paleontological, natural, sci-4
930	930	entific, recreational, wilderness, wildlife, riparian, histor-5
931	931	ical, educational, and scenic resources of the Special Man-6
932	932	agement Areas. 7
933	933	(c) M
934	934	ANAGEMENT.— 8
935	935	(1) I
936	936	N GENERAL.—The Secretary shall manage 9
937	937	the Special Management Areas in a manner that— 10
938	938	(A) conserves, protects, and enhances the 11
939	939	resources and values of the Special Manage-12
940	940	ment Areas described in subsection (b); 13
941	941	(B) subject to paragraph (3), maintains or 14
942	942	improves the wilderness character of the Special 15
943	943	Management Areas and the suitability of the 16
944	944	Special Management Areas for potential inclu-17
945	945	sion in the National Wilderness Preservation 18
946	946	System; and 19
947	947	(C) is in accordance with— 20
948	948	(i) the National Forest Management 21
949	949	Act of 1976 (16 U.S.C. 1600 et seq.); 22
950	950	(ii) this title; and 23
951	951	(iii) any other applicable laws. 24
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955	955	(2) PROHIBITIONS.—The following shall be pro-1
956	956	hibited in the Special Management Areas: 2
957	957	(A) Permanent roads. 3
958	958	(B) Except as necessary to meet the min-4
959	959	imum requirements for the administration of 5
960	960	the Federal land, to provide access for aban-6
961	961	doned mine cleanup, and to protect public 7
962	962	health and safety— 8
963	963	(i) the use of motor vehicles, motor-9
964	964	ized equipment, or mechanical transport 10
965	965	(other than as provided in paragraph (3)); 11
966	966	and 12
967	967	(ii) the establishment of temporary 13
968	968	roads. 14
969	969	(3) A
970	970	UTHORIZED ACTIVITIES.— 15
971	971	(A) I
972	972	N GENERAL.—The Secretary may 16
973	973	allow any activities (including helicopter access 17
974	974	for recreation and maintenance and the com-18
975	975	petitive running event permitted since 1992) 19
976	976	that have been authorized by permit or license 20
977	977	as of the date of enactment of this Act to con-21
978	978	tinue within the Special Management Areas, 22
979	979	subject to such terms and conditions as the 23
980	980	Secretary may require. 24
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984	984	(B) PERMITTING.—The designation of the 1
985	985	Special Management Areas by subsection (a) 2
986	986	shall not affect the issuance of permits relating 3
987	987	to the activities covered under subparagraph 4
988	988	(A) after the date of enactment of this Act. 5
989	989	(C) B
990	990	ICYCLES.—The Secretary may permit 6
991	991	the use of bicycles in— 7
992	992	(i) the portion of the Sheep Mountain 8
993	993	Special Management Area identified as 9
994	994	‘‘Ophir Valley Area’’ on the map entitled 10
995	995	‘‘Proposed Sheep Mountain Special Man-11
996	996	agement Area’’ and dated September 19, 12
997	997	2018; and 13
998	998	(ii) the portion of the Liberty Bell 14
999	999	East Special Management Area identified 15
1000	1000	as ‘‘Liberty Bell Corridor’’ on the map en-16
1001	1001	titled ‘‘Proposed Liberty Bell and Last 17
1002	1002	Dollar Additions to the Mt. Sneffels Wil-18
1003	1003	derness, Liberty Bell East Special Manage-19
1004	1004	ment Area’’ and dated September 6, 2018. 20
1005	1005	(d) A
1006	1006	PPLICABLELAW.—Water and water rights in 21
1007	1007	the Special Management Areas shall be administered in 22
1008	1008	accordance with section 8 of the Colorado Wilderness Act 23
1009	1009	of 1993 (Public Law 103–77; 107 Stat. 762), except that, 24
1010	1010	for purposes of this title— 25
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1014	1014	(1) any reference contained in that section to 1
1015	1015	‘‘the lands designated as wilderness by this Act’’, 2
1016	1016	‘‘the Piedra, Roubideau, and Tabeguache areas iden-3
1017	1017	tified in section 9 of this Act, or the Bowen Gulch 4
1018	1018	Protection Area or the Fossil Ridge Recreation Man-5
1019	1019	agement Area identified in sections 5 and 6 of this 6
1020	1020	Act’’, or ‘‘the areas described in sections 2, 5, 6, and 7
1021	1021	9 of this Act’’ shall be considered to be a reference 8
1022	1022	to ‘‘the Special Management Areas’’; and 9
1023	1023	(2) any reference contained in that section to 10
1024	1024	‘‘this Act’’ shall be considered to be a reference to 11
1025	1025	‘‘the Colorado Outdoor Recreation and Economy 12
1026	1026	Act’’. 13
1027	1027	(e) S
1028	1028	HEEPMOUNTAINSPECIALMANAGEMENTAREA 14
1029	1029	N
1030	1030	ORDICSKISAFETYSTUDY.— 15
1031	1031	(1) I
1032	1032	N GENERAL.—Not later than 2 years after 16
1033	1033	the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary, in 17
1034	1034	consultation with interested parties, shall complete a 18
1035	1035	study on ensuring safe access for Nordic skiing in 19
1036	1036	the vicinity of the Sheep Mountain Special Manage-20
1037	1037	ment Area, consistent with the purposes of the 21
1038	1038	Sheep Mountain Special Management Area. 22
1039	1039	(2) R
1040	1040	EQUIREMENT.—In conducting the study 23
1041	1041	under paragraph (1), the Secretary, in coordination 24
1042	1042	with San Miguel County in the State, the State De-25
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1046	1046	partment of Transportation, and other interested 1
1047	1047	stakeholders, shall identify a range of reasonable ac-2
1048	1048	tions that could be taken by the Secretary to provide 3
1049	1049	or facilitate off-highway parking areas along State 4
1050	1050	Highway 145 to facilitate safe access for Nordic ski-5
1051	1051	ing in the vicinity of the Sheep Mountain Special 6
1052	1052	Management Area. 7
1053	1053	SEC. 204. RELEASE OF WILDERNESS STUDY AREAS. 8
1054	1054	(a) D
1055	1055	OMINGUEZ CANYONWILDERNESS STUDY 9
1056	1056	A
1057	1057	REA.—Subtitle E of title II of Public Law 111–11 is 10
1058	1058	amended— 11
1059	1059	(1) by redesignating section 2408 (16 U.S.C. 12
1060	1060	460zzz–7) as section 2409; and 13
1061	1061	(2) by inserting after section 2407 (16 U.S.C. 14
1062	1062	460zzz–6) the following: 15
1063	1063	‘‘SEC. 2408. RELEASE. 16
1064	1064	‘‘(a) I
1065	1065	NGENERAL.—Congress finds that, for the pur-17
1066	1066	poses of section 603(c) of the Federal Land Policy and 18
1067	1067	Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1782(c)), the por-19
1068	1068	tions of the Dominguez Canyon Wilderness Study Area 20
1069	1069	not designated as wilderness by this subtitle have been 21
1070	1070	adequately studied for wilderness designation. 22
1071	1071	‘‘(b) R
1072	1072	ELEASE.—Any public land referred to in sub-23
1073	1073	section (a) that is not designated as wilderness by this 24
1074	1074	subtitle— 25
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1078	1078	‘‘(1) is no longer subject to section 603(c) of 1
1079	1079	the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 2
1080	1080	1976 (43 U.S.C. 1782(c)); and 3
1081	1081	‘‘(2) shall be managed in accordance with this 4
1082	1082	subtitle and any other applicable laws.’’. 5
1083	1083	(b) M
1084	1084	CKENNAPEAKWILDERNESSSTUDYAREA.— 6
1085	1085	(1) I
1086	1086	N GENERAL.—Congress finds that, for the 7
1087	1087	purposes of section 603(c) of the Federal Land Pol-8
1088	1088	icy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 9
1089	1089	1782(c)), the portions of the McKenna Peak Wilder-10
1090	1090	ness Study Area in San Miguel County in the State 11
1091	1091	not designated as wilderness by paragraph (29) of 12
1092	1092	section 2(a) of the Colorado Wilderness Act of 1993 13
1093	1093	(16 U.S.C. 1132 note; Public Law 103–77) (as 14
1094	1094	added by section 202) have been adequately studied 15
1095	1095	for wilderness designation. 16
1096	1096	(2) R
1097	1097	ELEASE.—Any public land referred to in 17
1098	1098	paragraph (1) that is not designated as wilderness 18
1099	1099	by paragraph (29) of section 2(a) of the Colorado 19
1100	1100	Wilderness Act of 1993 (16 U.S.C. 1132 note; Pub-20
1101	1101	lic Law 103–77) (as added by section 202)— 21
1102	1102	(A) is no longer subject to section 603(c) 22
1103	1103	of the Federal Land Policy and Management 23
1104	1104	Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1782(c)); and 24
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1108	1108	(B) shall be managed in accordance with 1
1109	1109	applicable laws. 2
1110	1110	SEC. 205. ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS. 3
1111	1111	(a) F
1112	1112	ISH ANDWILDLIFE.—Nothing in this title af-4
1113	1113	fects the jurisdiction or responsibility of the State with 5
1114	1114	respect to fish and wildlife in the State. 6
1115	1115	(b) N
1116	1116	OBUFFERZONES.— 7
1117	1117	(1) I
1118	1118	N GENERAL.—Nothing in this title estab-8
1119	1119	lishes a protective perimeter or buffer zone around 9
1120	1120	covered land. 10
1121	1121	(2) A
1122	1122	CTIVITIES OUTSIDE WILDERNESS .—The 11
1123	1123	fact that a nonwilderness activity or use on land out-12
1124	1124	side of the covered land can be seen or heard from 13
1125	1125	within covered land shall not preclude the activity or 14
1126	1126	use outside the boundary of the covered land. 15
1127	1127	(c) T
1128	1128	RIBALRIGHTS ANDUSES.— 16
1129	1129	(1) T
1130	1130	REATY RIGHTS.—Nothing in this title af-17
1131	1131	fects the treaty rights of any Indian Tribe, including 18
1132	1132	rights under the Agreement of September 13, 1873, 19
1133	1133	ratified by the Act of April 29, 1874 (18 Stat. 36, 20
1134	1134	chapter 136). 21
1135	1135	(2) T
1136	1136	RADITIONAL TRIBAL USES .—Subject to 22
1137	1137	any terms and conditions as the Secretary deter-23
1138	1138	mines to be necessary and in accordance with appli-24
1139	1139	cable law, the Secretary shall allow for the continued 25
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1143	1143	use of the covered land by members of Indian 1
1144	1144	Tribes— 2
1145	1145	(A) for traditional ceremonies; and 3
1146	1146	(B) as a source of traditional plants and 4
1147	1147	other materials. 5
1148	1148	(d) M
1149	1149	APS ANDLEGALDESCRIPTIONS.— 6
1150	1150	(1) I
1151	1151	N GENERAL.—As soon as practicable after 7
1152	1152	the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary or 8
1153	1153	the Secretary of the Interior, as appropriate, shall 9
1154	1154	file a map and a legal description of each wilderness 10
1155	1155	area designated by paragraphs (27) through (29) of 11
1156	1156	section 2(a) of the Colorado Wilderness Act of 1993 12
1157	1157	(16 U.S.C. 1132 note; Public Law 103–77) (as 13
1158	1158	added by section 202) and the Special Management 14
1159	1159	Areas with— 15
1160	1160	(A) the Committee on Natural Resources 16
1161	1161	of the House of Representatives; and 17
1162	1162	(B) the Committee on Energy and Natural 18
1163	1163	Resources of the Senate. 19
1164	1164	(2) F
1165	1165	ORCE OF LAW.—Each map and legal de-20
1166	1166	scription filed under paragraph (1) shall have the 21
1167	1167	same force and effect as if included in this title, ex-22
1168	1168	cept that the Secretary or the Secretary of the Inte-23
1169	1169	rior, as appropriate, may correct any typographical 24
1170	1170	errors in the maps and legal descriptions. 25
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1174	1174	(3) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—Each map and 1
1175	1175	legal description filed under paragraph (1) shall be 2
1176	1176	on file and available for public inspection in the ap-3
1177	1177	propriate offices of the Bureau of Land Management 4
1178	1178	and the Forest Service. 5
1179	1179	(e) A
1180	1180	CQUISITION OFLAND.— 6
1181	1181	(1) I
1182	1182	N GENERAL.—The Secretary or the Sec-7
1183	1183	retary of the Interior, as appropriate, may acquire 8
1184	1184	any land or interest in land within the boundaries of 9
1185	1185	a Special Management Area or the wilderness des-10
1186	1186	ignated under paragraphs (27) through (29) of sec-11
1187	1187	tion 2(a) of the Colorado Wilderness Act of 1993 12
1188	1188	(16 U.S.C. 1132 note; Public Law 103–77) (as 13
1189	1189	added by section 202) by donation, purchase from a 14
1190	1190	willing seller, or exchange. 15
1191	1191	(2) M
1192	1192	ANAGEMENT.—Any land or interest in 16
1193	1193	land acquired under paragraph (1) shall be incor-17
1194	1194	porated into, and administered as a part of, the wil-18
1195	1195	derness or Special Management Area in which the 19
1196	1196	land or interest in land is located. 20
1197	1197	(f) G
1198	1198	RAZING.—The grazing of livestock on covered 21
1199	1199	land, if established before the date of enactment of this 22
1200	1200	Act, shall be permitted to continue subject to such reason-23
1201	1201	able regulations as are considered to be necessary by the 24
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1205	1205	Secretary with jurisdiction over the covered land, in ac-1
1206	1206	cordance with— 2
1207	1207	(1) section 4(d)(4) of the Wilderness Act (16 3
1208	1208	U.S.C. 1133(d)(4)); and 4
1209	1209	(2) the applicable guidelines set forth in Appen-5
1210	1210	dix A of the report of the Committee on Interior and 6
1211	1211	Insular Affairs of the House of Representatives ac-7
1212	1212	companying H.R. 2570 of the 101st Congress (H. 8
1213	1213	Rept. 101–405) or H.R. 5487 of the 96th Congress 9
1214	1214	(H. Rept. 96–617). 10
1215	1215	(g) F
1216	1216	IRE, INSECTS, ANDDISEASES.—In accordance 11
1217	1217	with section 4(d)(1) of the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 12
1218	1218	1133(d)(1)), the Secretary with jurisdiction over a wilder-13
1219	1219	ness area designated by paragraphs (27) through (29) of 14
1220	1220	section 2(a) of the Colorado Wilderness Act of 1993 (16 15
1221	1221	U.S.C. 1132 note; Public Law 103–77) (as added by sec-16
1222	1222	tion 202) may carry out any activity in the wilderness area 17
1223	1223	that the Secretary determines to be necessary for the con-18
1224	1224	trol of fire, insects, and diseases, subject to such terms 19
1225	1225	and conditions as the Secretary determines to be appro-20
1226	1226	priate. 21
1227	1227	(h) W
1228	1228	ITHDRAWAL.—Subject to valid existing rights, 22
1229	1229	the covered land and the approximately 6,590 acres gen-23
1230	1230	erally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘Proposed Naturita 24
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1234	1234	Canyon Mineral Withdrawal Area’’ and dated September 1
1235	1235	6, 2018, is withdrawn from— 2
1236	1236	(1) entry, appropriation, and disposal under the 3
1237	1237	public land laws; 4
1238	1238	(2) location, entry, and patent under mining 5
1239	1239	laws; and 6
1240	1240	(3) operation of the mineral leasing, mineral 7
1241	1241	materials, and geothermal leasing laws. 8
1242	1242	TITLE III—THOMPSON DIVIDE 9
1243	1243	SEC. 301. PURPOSES. 10
1244	1244	The purposes of this title are— 11
1245	1245	(1) subject to valid existing rights, to withdraw 12
1246	1246	certain Federal land in the Thompson Divide area 13
1247	1247	from mineral and other disposal laws in order to 14
1248	1248	protect the agricultural, ranching, wildlife, air qual-15
1249	1249	ity, recreation, ecological, and scenic values of the 16
1250	1250	area; and 17
1251	1251	(2) to promote the capture of fugitive methane 18
1252	1252	emissions that would otherwise be emitted into the 19
1253	1253	atmosphere. 20
1254	1254	SEC. 302. DEFINITIONS. 21
1255	1255	In this title: 22
1256	1256	(1) F
1257	1257	UGITIVE METHANE EMISSIONS .—The term 23
1258	1258	‘‘fugitive methane emissions’’ means methane gas 24
1259	1259	from the Federal land or interests in Federal land 25
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1263	1263	in Garfield, Gunnison, Delta, or Pitkin County in 1
1264	1264	the State, within the boundaries of the ‘‘Fugitive 2
1265	1265	Coal Mine Methane Use Pilot Program Area’’, as 3
1266	1266	generally depicted on the pilot program map, that 4
1267	1267	would leak or be vented into the atmosphere from— 5
1268	1268	(A) an active or inactive coal mine subject 6
1269	1269	to a Federal coal lease; or 7
1270	1270	(B) an abandoned underground coal mine 8
1271	1271	or the site of a former coal mine— 9
1272	1272	(i) that is not subject to a Federal 10
1273	1273	coal lease; and 11
1274	1274	(ii) with respect to which the Federal 12
1275	1275	interest in land includes mineral rights to 13
1276	1276	the methane gas. 14
1277	1277	(2) P
1278	1278	ILOT PROGRAM.—The term ‘‘pilot pro-15
1279	1279	gram’’ means the Greater Thompson Divide Fugitive 16
1280	1280	Coal Mine Methane Use Pilot Program established 17
1281	1281	by section 305(a)(1). 18
1282	1282	(3) P
1283	1283	ILOT PROGRAM MAP .—The term ‘‘pilot 19
1284	1284	program map’’ means the map entitled ‘‘Greater 20
1285	1285	Thompson Divide Fugitive Coal Mine Methane Use 21
1286	1286	Pilot Program Area’’ and dated April 29, 2022. 22
1287	1287	(4) S
1288	1288	ECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 23
1289	1289	the Secretary of the Interior. 24
1290	1290	(5) T
1291	1291	HOMPSON DIVIDE LEASE .— 25
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1295	1295	(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘Thompson 1
1296	1296	Divide lease’’ means any oil or gas lease in ef-2
1297	1297	fect on the date of enactment of this Act within 3
1298	1298	the Thompson Divide Withdrawal and Protec-4
1299	1299	tion Area. 5
1300	1300	(B) E
1301	1301	XCLUSIONS.—The term ‘‘Thompson 6
1302	1302	Divide lease’’ does not include any oil or gas 7
1303	1303	lease that— 8
1304	1304	(i) is associated with a Wolf Creek 9
1305	1305	Storage Field development right; or 10
1306	1306	(ii) before the date of enactment of 11
1307	1307	this Act, has expired, been cancelled, or 12
1308	1308	otherwise terminated. 13
1309	1309	(6) T
1310	1310	HOMPSON DIVIDE MAP .—The term 14
1311	1311	‘‘Thompson Divide map’’ means the map entitled 15
1312	1312	‘‘Greater Thompson Divide Legislative Boundary 16
1313	1313	Area Map’’ and dated September 19, 2023. 17
1314	1314	(7) T
1315	1315	HOMPSON DIVIDE WITHDRAWAL AND PRO -18
1316	1316	TECTION AREA.—The term ‘‘Thompson Divide With-19
1317	1317	drawal and Protection Area’’ means the Federal 20
1318	1318	land and minerals within the area generally depicted 21
1319	1319	as the ‘‘Thompson Divide Withdrawal and Protec-22
1320	1320	tion Area’’ on the Thompson Divide map. 23
1321	1321	(8) W
1322	1322	OLF CREEK STORAGE FIELD DEVELOP -24
1323	1323	MENT RIGHT.— 25
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1327	1327	(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘Wolf Creek 1
1328	1328	Storage Field development right’’ means a de-2
1329	1329	velopment right for any of the Federal mineral 3
1330	1330	leases numbered COC 0007496, COC 0007497, 4
1331	1331	COC 0007498, COC 0007499, COC 0007500, 5
1332	1332	COC 0007538, COC 0008128, COC 0015373, 6
1333	1333	COC 0128018, COC 0051645, and COC 7
1334	1334	0051646, as generally depicted on the Thomp-8
1335	1335	son Divide map as ‘‘Wolf Creek Storage Agree-9
1336	1336	ment’’. 10
1337	1337	(B) E
1338	1338	XCLUSIONS.—The term ‘‘Wolf Creek 11
1339	1339	Storage Field development right’’ does not in-12
1340	1340	clude any storage right or related activity with-13
1341	1341	in the area described in subparagraph (A). 14
1342	1342	SEC. 303. THOMPSON DIVIDE WITHDRAWAL AND PROTEC-15
1343	1343	TION AREA. 16
1344	1344	(a) W
1345	1345	ITHDRAWAL.—Subject to valid existing rights, 17
1346	1346	the Thompson Divide Withdrawal and Protection Area is 18
1347	1347	withdrawn from— 19
1348	1348	(1) entry, appropriation, and disposal under the 20
1349	1349	public land laws; 21
1350	1350	(2) location, entry, and patent under the mining 22
1351	1351	laws; and 23
1352	1352	(3) operation of the mineral leasing, mineral 24
1353	1353	materials, and geothermal leasing laws. 25
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1357	1357	(b) SURVEYS.—The exact acreage and legal descrip-1
1358	1358	tion of the Thompson Divide Withdrawal and Protection 2
1359	1359	Area shall be determined by surveys approved by the Sec-3
1360	1360	retary, in consultation with the Secretary of Agriculture. 4
1361	1361	(c) G
1362	1362	RAZING.—Nothing in this title affects the ad-5
1363	1363	ministration of grazing in the Thompson Divide With-6
1364	1364	drawal and Protection Area. 7
1365	1365	SEC. 304. THOMPSON DIVIDE LEASE CREDITS. 8
1366	1366	(a) I
1367	1367	NGENERAL.—In exchange for the relinquish-9
1368	1368	ment by a leaseholder of all Thompson Divide leases of 10
1369	1369	the leaseholder, the Secretary may issue to the leaseholder 11
1370	1370	credits for any bid, royalty, or rental payment due under 12
1371	1371	any Federal oil or gas lease on Federal land in the State, 13
1372	1372	in accordance with subsection (b). 14
1373	1373	(b) A
1374	1374	MOUNT OFCREDITS.— 15
1375	1375	(1) I
1376	1376	N GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), 16
1377	1377	the amount of the credits issued to a leaseholder of 17
1378	1378	a Thompson Divide lease relinquished under sub-18
1379	1379	section (a) shall— 19
1380	1380	(A) be equal to the sum of— 20
1381	1381	(i) the amount of the bonus bids paid 21
1382	1382	for the applicable Thompson Divide leases; 22
1383	1383	(ii) the amount of any rental paid for 23
1384	1384	the applicable Thompson Divide leases as 24
1385	1385	of the date on which the leaseholder sub-25
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1389	1389	mits to the Secretary a notice of the deci-1
1390	1390	sion to relinquish the applicable Thompson 2
1391	1391	Divide leases; and 3
1392	1392	(iii) the amount of any reasonable ex-4
1393	1393	penses incurred by the leaseholder of the 5
1394	1394	applicable Thompson Divide leases in the 6
1395	1395	preparation of any drilling permit, sundry 7
1396	1396	notice, or other related submission in sup-8
1397	1397	port of the development of the applicable 9
1398	1398	Thompson Divide leases as of January 28, 10
1399	1399	2019, including any expenses relating to 11
1400	1400	the preparation of any analysis under the 12
1401	1401	National Environmental Policy Act of 13
1402	1402	1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.); and 14
1403	1403	(B) require the approval of the Secretary. 15
1404	1404	(2) E
1405	1405	XCLUSION.—The amount of a credit 16
1406	1406	issued under subsection (a) shall not include any ex-17
1407	1407	penses paid by the leaseholder of a Thompson Divide 18
1408	1408	lease for— 19
1409	1409	(A) legal fees or related expenses for legal 20
1410	1410	work with respect to a Thompson Divide lease; 21
1411	1411	or 22
1412	1412	(B) any expenses incurred before the 23
1413	1413	issuance of a Thompson Divide lease. 24
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1417	1417	(c) CANCELLATION.—Effective on relinquishment 1
1418	1418	under this section, and without any additional action by 2
1419	1419	the Secretary, a Thompson Divide lease— 3
1420	1420	(1) shall be permanently cancelled; and 4
1421	1421	(2) shall not be reissued. 5
1422	1422	(d) C
1423	1423	ONDITIONS.— 6
1424	1424	(1) A
1425	1425	PPLICABLE LAW.—Except as otherwise 7
1426	1426	provided in this section, each exchange under this 8
1427	1427	section shall be conducted in accordance with— 9
1428	1428	(A) this title; and 10
1429	1429	(B) other applicable laws (including regu-11
1430	1430	lations). 12
1431	1431	(2) A
1432	1432	CCEPTANCE OF CREDITS .—The Secretary 13
1433	1433	shall accept credits issued under subsection (a) in 14
1434	1434	the same manner as cash for the payments described 15
1435	1435	in that subsection. 16
1436	1436	(3) A
1437	1437	PPLICABILITY.—The use of a credit issued 17
1438	1438	under subsection (a) shall be subject to the laws (in-18
1439	1439	cluding regulations) applicable to the payments de-19
1440	1440	scribed in that subsection, to the extent that the 20
1441	1441	laws are consistent with this section. 21
1442	1442	(4) T
1443	1443	REATMENT OF CREDITS .—All amounts in 22
1444	1444	the form of credits issued under subsection (a) ac-23
1445	1445	cepted by the Secretary shall be considered to be 24
1446	1446	amounts received for the purposes of— 25
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1450	1450	(A) section 35 of the Mineral Leasing Act 1
1451	1451	(30 U.S.C. 191); and 2
1452	1452	(B) section 20 of the Geothermal Steam 3
1453	1453	Act of 1970 (30 U.S.C. 1019). 4
1454	1454	(e) W
1455	1455	OLFCREEKSTORAGEFIELDDEVELOPMENT 5
1456	1456	R
1457	1457	IGHTS.— 6
1458	1458	(1) C
1459	1459	ONVEYANCE TO SECRETARY .—As a condi-7
1460	1460	tion precedent to the relinquishment of a Thompson 8
1461	1461	Divide lease under this section, any leaseholder with 9
1462	1462	a Wolf Creek Storage Field development right shall 10
1463	1463	permanently relinquish, transfer, and otherwise con-11
1464	1464	vey to the Secretary, in a form acceptable to the 12
1465	1465	Secretary, all Wolf Creek Storage Field development 13
1466	1466	rights of the leaseholder. 14
1467	1467	(2) C
1468	1468	REDITS.— 15
1469	1469	(A) I
1470	1470	N GENERAL.—In consideration for the 16
1471	1471	transfer of development rights under paragraph 17
1472	1472	(1), the Secretary may issue to a leaseholder 18
1473	1473	described in that paragraph credits for any rea-19
1474	1474	sonable expenses incurred by the leaseholder in 20
1475	1475	acquiring the Wolf Creek Storage Field develop-21
1476	1476	ment right or in the preparation of any drilling 22
1477	1477	permit, sundry notice, or other related submis-23
1478	1478	sion in support of the development right as of 24
1479	1479	January 28, 2019, including any reasonable ex-25
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1483	1483	penses relating to the preparation of any anal-1
1484	1484	ysis under the National Environmental Policy 2
1485	1485	Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.). 3
1486	1486	(B) A
1487	1487	PPROVAL.—Any credits for a transfer 4
1488	1488	of the development rights under paragraph (1), 5
1489	1489	shall be subject to— 6
1490	1490	(i) the exclusion described in sub-7
1491	1491	section (b)(2); 8
1492	1492	(ii) the conditions described in sub-9
1493	1493	section (d); and 10
1494	1494	(iii) the approval of the Secretary. 11
1495	1495	(3) L
1496	1496	IMITATION OF TRANSFER .—Development 12
1497	1497	rights acquired by the Secretary under paragraph 13
1498	1498	(1)— 14
1499	1499	(A) shall be held for as long as the parent 15
1500	1500	leases in the Wolf Creek Storage Field remain 16
1501	1501	in effect; and 17
1502	1502	(B) shall not be— 18
1503	1503	(i) transferred; 19
1504	1504	(ii) reissued; or 20
1505	1505	(iii) otherwise used for mineral extrac-21
1506	1506	tion. 22
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1510	1510	SEC. 305. GREATER THOMPSON DIVIDE FUGITIVE COAL 1
1511	1511	MINE METHANE USE PILOT PROGRAM. 2
1512	1512	(a) F
1513	1513	UGITIVECOALMINEMETHANEUSEPILOT 3
1514	1514	P
1515	1515	ROGRAM.— 4
1516	1516	(1) E
1517	1517	STABLISHMENT.—There is established in 5
1518	1518	the Bureau of Land Management a pilot program, 6
1519	1519	to be known as the ‘‘Greater Thompson Divide Fu-7
1520	1520	gitive Coal Mine Methane Use Pilot Program’’. 8
1521	1521	(2) P
1522	1522	URPOSE.—The purpose of the pilot pro-9
1523	1523	gram is to promote the capture, beneficial use, miti-10
1524	1524	gation, and sequestration of fugitive methane emis-11
1525	1525	sions— 12
1526	1526	(A) to reduce methane emissions; 13
1527	1527	(B) to promote economic development; 14
1528	1528	(C) to improve air quality; and 15
1529	1529	(D) to improve public safety. 16
1530	1530	(3) P
1531	1531	LAN.— 17
1532	1532	(A) I
1533	1533	N GENERAL.—Not later than 180 18
1534	1534	days after the date of enactment of this Act, 19
1535	1535	the Secretary shall develop a plan— 20
1536	1536	(i) to complete an inventory of fugitive 21
1537	1537	methane emissions in accordance with sub-22
1538	1538	section (b); 23
1539	1539	(ii) to provide for the leasing of fugi-24
1540	1540	tive methane emissions in accordance with 25
1541	1541	subsection (c); and 26
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1545	1545	(iii) to provide for the capping or de-1
1546	1546	struction of fugitive methane emissions in 2
1547	1547	accordance with subsection (d). 3
1548	1548	(B) C
1549	1549	OORDINATION.—In developing the 4
1550	1550	plan under this paragraph, the Secretary shall 5
1551	1551	coordinate with— 6
1552	1552	(i) the State; 7
1553	1553	(ii) Garfield, Gunnison, Delta, and 8
1554	1554	Pitkin Counties in the State; 9
1555	1555	(iii) lessees of Federal coal within the 10
1556	1556	counties referred to in clause (ii); 11
1557	1557	(iv) interested institutions of higher 12
1558	1558	education in the State; and 13
1559	1559	(v) interested members of the public. 14
1560	1560	(b) F
1561	1561	UGITIVEMETHANEEMISSIONSINVENTORY.— 15
1562	1562	(1) I
1563	1563	N GENERAL.—Not later than 2 years after 16
1564	1564	the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary 17
1565	1565	shall complete an inventory of fugitive methane 18
1566	1566	emissions. 19
1567	1567	(2) C
1568	1568	ONDUCT.— 20
1569	1569	(A) C
1570	1570	OLLABORATION.—The Secretary may 21
1571	1571	conduct the inventory under paragraph (1) 22
1572	1572	through, or in collaboration with— 23
1573	1573	(i) the Bureau of Land Management; 24
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1577	1577	(ii) the United States Geological Sur-1
1578	1578	vey; 2
1579	1579	(iii) the Environmental Protection 3
1580	1580	Agency; 4
1581	1581	(iv) the United States Forest Service; 5
1582	1582	(v) State departments or agencies; 6
1583	1583	(vi) Garfield, Gunnison, Delta, or 7
1584	1584	Pitkin County in the State; 8
1585	1585	(vii) the Garfield County Federal Min-9
1586	1586	eral Lease District; 10
1587	1587	(viii) institutions of higher education 11
1588	1588	in the State; 12
1589	1589	(ix) lessees of Federal coal within a 13
1590	1590	county referred to in subparagraph (F); 14
1591	1591	(x) the National Oceanic and Atmos-15
1592	1592	pheric Administration; 16
1593	1593	(xi) the National Center for Atmos-17
1594	1594	pheric Research; or 18
1595	1595	(xii) other interested entities, includ-19
1596	1596	ing members of the public. 20
1597	1597	(B) F
1598	1598	EDERAL SPLIT ESTATE.— 21
1599	1599	(i) I
1600	1600	N GENERAL.—In conducting the 22
1601	1601	inventory under paragraph (1) for Federal 23
1602	1602	minerals on split estate land, the Secretary 24
1603	1603	shall rely on available data. 25
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1607	1607	(ii) LIMITATION.—Nothing in this sec-1
1608	1608	tion requires or authorizes the Secretary to 2
1609	1609	enter or access private land to conduct the 3
1610	1610	inventory under paragraph (1). 4
1611	1611	(3) C
1612	1612	ONTENTS.—The inventory conducted 5
1613	1613	under paragraph (1) shall include— 6
1614	1614	(A) the general location and geographic co-7
1615	1615	ordinates of vents, seeps, or other sources pro-8
1616	1616	ducing significant fugitive methane emissions; 9
1617	1617	(B) an estimate of the volume and con-10
1618	1618	centration of fugitive methane emissions from 11
1619	1619	each source of significant fugitive methane 12
1620	1620	emissions, including details of measurements 13
1621	1621	taken and the basis for that emissions estimate; 14
1622	1622	(C) relevant data and other information 15
1623	1623	available from— 16
1624	1624	(i) the Environmental Protection 17
1625	1625	Agency; 18
1626	1626	(ii) the Mine Safety and Health Ad-19
1627	1627	ministration; 20
1628	1628	(iii) the Colorado Department of Nat-21
1629	1629	ural Resources; 22
1630	1630	(iv) the Colorado Public Utility Com-23
1631	1631	mission; 24
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1635	1635	(v) the Colorado Department of 1
1636	1636	Health and Environment; and 2
1637	1637	(vi) the Office of Surface Mining Rec-3
1638	1638	lamation and Enforcement; and 4
1639	1639	(D) such other information as may be use-5
1640	1640	ful in advancing the purposes of the pilot pro-6
1641	1641	gram. 7
1642	1642	(4) P
1643	1643	UBLIC PARTICIPATION; DISCLOSURE.— 8
1644	1644	(A) P
1645	1645	UBLIC PARTICIPATION .—The Sec-9
1646	1646	retary shall, as appropriate, provide opportuni-10
1647	1647	ties for public participation in the conduct of 11
1648	1648	the inventory under paragraph (1). 12
1649	1649	(B) A
1650	1650	VAILABILITY.—The Secretary shall 13
1651	1651	make the inventory conducted under paragraph 14
1652	1652	(1) publicly available. 15
1653	1653	(C) D
1654	1654	ISCLOSURE.—Nothing in this sub-16
1655	1655	section requires the Secretary to publicly re-17
1656	1656	lease information that— 18
1657	1657	(i) poses a threat to public safety; 19
1658	1658	(ii) is confidential business informa-20
1659	1659	tion; or 21
1660	1660	(iii) is otherwise protected from public 22
1661	1661	disclosure. 23
1662	1662	(5) I
1663	1663	MPACT ON COAL MINES SUBJECT TO 24
1664	1664	LEASE.— 25
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1668	1668	(A) IN GENERAL.—For the purposes of 1
1669	1669	conducting the inventory under paragraph (1), 2
1670	1670	for land subject to a Federal coal lease, the 3
1671	1671	Secretary shall use readily available methane 4
1672	1672	emissions data. 5
1673	1673	(B) E
1674	1674	FFECT.—Nothing in this section re-6
1675	1675	quires the holder of a Federal coal lease to re-7
1676	1676	port additional data or information to the Sec-8
1677	1677	retary. 9
1678	1678	(6) U
1679	1679	SE.—The Secretary shall use the inven-10
1680	1680	tory conducted under paragraph (1) in carrying 11
1681	1681	out— 12
1682	1682	(A) the leasing program under subsection 13
1683	1683	(c); and 14
1684	1684	(B) the capping or destruction of fugitive 15
1685	1685	methane emissions under subsection (d). 16
1686	1686	(c) F
1687	1687	UGITIVEMETHANEEMISSIONSLEASINGPRO-17
1688	1688	GRAM ANDSEQUESTRATION.— 18
1689	1689	(1) I
1690	1690	N GENERAL.—Subject to valid existing 19
1691	1691	rights and in accordance with this section, not later 20
1692	1692	than 1 year after the date of completion of the in-21
1693	1693	ventory required under subsection (b), the Secretary 22
1694	1694	shall carry out a program to encourage the use and 23
1695	1695	destruction of fugitive methane emissions. 24
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1699	1699	(2) FUGITIVE METHANE EMISSIONS FROM COAL 1
1700	1700	MINES SUBJECT TO LEASE .— 2
1701	1701	(A) I
1702	1702	N GENERAL.—The Secretary shall au-3
1703	1703	thorize the holder of a valid existing Federal 4
1704	1704	coal lease for a mine that is producing fugitive 5
1705	1705	methane emissions to capture for use or destroy 6
1706	1706	the fugitive methane emissions. 7
1707	1707	(B) C
1708	1708	ONDITIONS.—The authority under 8
1709	1709	subparagraph (A) shall be subject to— 9
1710	1710	(i) valid existing rights; and 10
1711	1711	(ii) such terms and conditions as the 11
1712	1712	Secretary may require. 12
1713	1713	(C) L
1714	1714	IMITATIONS.—The program carried 13
1715	1715	out under paragraph (1) shall only include fugi-14
1716	1716	tive methane emissions that can be captured for 15
1717	1717	use or destroyed in a manner that does not— 16
1718	1718	(i) endanger the safety of any coal 17
1719	1719	mine worker; or 18
1720	1720	(ii) unreasonably interfere with any 19
1721	1721	ongoing operation at a coal mine. 20
1722	1722	(D) C
1723	1723	OOPERATION.— 21
1724	1724	(i) I
1725	1725	N GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 22
1726	1726	work cooperatively with the holders of valid 23
1727	1727	existing Federal coal leases for mines that 24
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1731	1731	produce fugitive methane emissions to en-1
1732	1732	courage— 2
1733	1733	(I) the capture of fugitive meth-3
1734	1734	ane emissions for beneficial use, such 4
1735	1735	as generating electrical power, pro-5
1736	1736	ducing usable heat, transporting the 6
1737	1737	methane to market, or transforming 7
1738	1738	the fugitive methane emissions into a 8
1739	1739	different marketable material; or 9
1740	1740	(II) if the beneficial use of the 10
1741	1741	fugitive methane emissions is not fea-11
1742	1742	sible, the destruction of the fugitive 12
1743	1743	methane emissions. 13
1744	1744	(ii) G
1745	1745	UIDANCE.—In support of cooper-14
1746	1746	ative efforts with holders of valid existing 15
1747	1747	Federal coal leases to capture for use or 16
1748	1748	destroy fugitive methane emissions, not 17
1749	1749	later than 1 year after the date of enact-18
1750	1750	ment of this Act, the Secretary shall issue 19
1751	1751	guidance to the public for the implementa-20
1752	1752	tion of authorities and programs to encour-21
1753	1753	age the capture for use and destruction of 22
1754	1754	fugitive methane emissions, while mini-23
1755	1755	mizing impacts on natural resources or 24
1756	1756	other public interest values. 25
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1760	1760	(E) ROYALTIES.—The Secretary shall de-1
1761	1761	termine whether any fugitive methane emissions 2
1762	1762	used or destroyed pursuant to this paragraph 3
1763	1763	are subject to the payment of a royalty under 4
1764	1764	applicable law. 5
1765	1765	(3) F
1766	1766	UGITIVE METHANE EMISSIONS FROM LAND 6
1767	1767	NOT SUBJECT TO A FEDERAL COAL LEASE .— 7
1768	1768	(A) I
1769	1769	N GENERAL.—Except as otherwise 8
1770	1770	provided in this section, notwithstanding section 9
1771	1771	303 and subject to valid existing rights and any 10
1772	1772	other applicable law, the Secretary shall, for 11
1773	1773	land not subject to a Federal coal lease— 12
1774	1774	(i) authorize the capture for use or 13
1775	1775	destruction of fugitive methane emissions; 14
1776	1776	and 15
1777	1777	(ii) make available for leasing such fu-16
1778	1778	gitive methane emissions as the Secretary 17
1779	1779	determines to be in the public interest. 18
1780	1780	(B) S
1781	1781	OURCE.—To the extent practicable, 19
1782	1782	the Secretary shall offer for lease, individually 20
1783	1783	or in combination, each significant source of fu-21
1784	1784	gitive methane emissions on land not subject to 22
1785	1785	a Federal coal lease. 23
1786	1786	(C) B
1787	1787	ID QUALIFICATIONS.—A bid to lease 24
1788	1788	fugitive methane emissions under this para-25
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1792	1792	graph shall specify whether the prospective les-1
1793	1793	see intends— 2
1794	1794	(i) to capture the fugitive methane 3
1795	1795	emissions for beneficial use, such as gener-4
1796	1796	ating electrical power, producing usable 5
1797	1797	heat, transporting the methane to market, 6
1798	1798	or transforming the fugitive methane emis-7
1799	1799	sions into a different marketable material; 8
1800	1800	(ii) to destroy the fugitive methane 9
1801	1801	emissions; or 10
1802	1802	(iii) to employ a specific combination 11
1803	1803	of— 12
1804	1804	(I) capturing the fugitive meth-13
1805	1805	ane emissions for beneficial use; and 14
1806	1806	(II) destroying the fugitive meth-15
1807	1807	ane emissions. 16
1808	1808	(D) P
1809	1809	RIORITY.— 17
1810	1810	(i) I
1811	1811	N GENERAL.—If there is more 18
1812	1812	than 1 qualified bid for a lease under this 19
1813	1813	paragraph, the Secretary shall select the 20
1814	1814	bid that the Secretary determines is likely 21
1815	1815	to most significantly advance the public in-22
1816	1816	terest. 23
1817	1817	(ii) C
1818	1818	ONSIDERATIONS.—In deter-24
1819	1819	mining the public interest under clause (i), 25
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1823	1823	the Secretary shall take into consider-1
1824	1824	ation— 2
1825	1825	(I) the overall decrease in the fu-3
1826	1826	gitive methane emissions; 4
1827	1827	(II) the impacts to other natural 5
1828	1828	resource values, including wildlife, 6
1829	1829	water, and air; and 7
1830	1830	(III) other public interest values, 8
1831	1831	including scenic, economic, recreation, 9
1832	1832	and cultural values. 10
1833	1833	(E) L
1834	1834	EASE FORM.— 11
1835	1835	(i) I
1836	1836	N GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 12
1837	1837	develop and provide to prospective bidders 13
1838	1838	a lease form for leases issued under this 14
1839	1839	paragraph. 15
1840	1840	(ii) D
1841	1841	UE DILIGENCE.—The lease form 16
1842	1842	developed under clause (i) shall include 17
1843	1843	terms and conditions requiring the leased 18
1844	1844	fugitive methane emissions to be put to 19
1845	1845	beneficial use or destroyed by not later 20
1846	1846	than 3 years after the date of issuance of 21
1847	1847	the lease. 22
1848	1848	(F) R
1849	1849	OYALTY RATE.—The Secretary shall 23
1850	1850	develop a minimum bid, as the Secretary deter-24
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1854	1854	mines to be necessary, and royalty rate for 1
1855	1855	leases under this paragraph. 2
1856	1856	(d) S
1857	1857	EQUESTRATION.—If, by not later than 4 years 3
1858	1858	after the date of completion of the inventory under sub-4
1859	1859	section (b), any significant fugitive methane emissions are 5
1860	1860	not leased under subsection (c)(3), the Secretary shall, 6
1861	1861	subject to the availability of appropriations and in accord-7
1862	1862	ance with applicable law, take all reasonable measures— 8
1863	1863	(1) to provide incentives for new leases under 9
1864	1864	subsection (c)(3); 10
1865	1865	(2) to cap those fugitive methane emissions at 11
1866	1866	the source in any case in which the cap will result 12
1867	1867	in the long-term sequestration of all or a significant 13
1868	1868	portion of the fugitive methane emissions; or 14
1869	1869	(3) to destroy the fugitive methane emissions, if 15
1870	1870	incentivizing leases under paragraph (1) or seques-16
1871	1871	tration under paragraph (2) is not feasible, with pri-17
1872	1872	ority for locations that destroy the greatest quantity 18
1873	1873	of fugitive methane emissions at the lowest cost. 19
1874	1874	(e) R
1875	1875	EPORT TOCONGRESS.—Not later than 4 years 20
1876	1876	after the date of enactment of this Act the Secretary shall 21
1877	1877	submit to the Committee on Energy and Natural Re-22
1878	1878	sources of the Senate and the Committee on Natural Re-23
1879	1879	sources of the House of Representatives a report detail-24
1880	1880	ing— 25
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1884	1884	(1) the economic and environmental impacts of 1
1885	1885	the pilot program, including information on in-2
1886	1886	creased royalties and estimates of avoided green-3
1887	1887	house gas emissions; and 4
1888	1888	(2) any recommendations of the Secretary on 5
1889	1889	whether the pilot program could be expanded to in-6
1890	1890	clude— 7
1891	1891	(A) other significant sources of emissions 8
1892	1892	of fugitive methane located outside the bound-9
1893	1893	aries of the area depicted as ‘‘Fugitive Coal 10
1894	1894	Mine Methane Use Pilot Program Area’’ on the 11
1895	1895	pilot program map; and 12
1896	1896	(B) the leasing of natural methane seeps 13
1897	1897	under the activities authorized pursuant to sub-14
1898	1898	section (c)(3). 15
1899	1899	SEC. 306. EFFECT. 16
1900	1900	Except as expressly provided in this title, nothing in 17
1901	1901	this title— 18
1902	1902	(1) expands, diminishes, or impairs any valid 19
1903	1903	existing mineral leases, mineral interest, or other 20
1904	1904	property rights wholly or partially within the 21
1905	1905	Thompson Divide Withdrawal and Protection Area, 22
1906	1906	including access to the leases, interests, rights, or 23
1907	1907	land in accordance with applicable Federal, State, 24
1908	1908	and local laws (including regulations); 25
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1912	1912	(2) prevents the capture of methane from any 1
1913	1913	active, inactive, or abandoned coal mine covered by 2
1914	1914	this title, in accordance with applicable laws; or 3
1915	1915	(3) prevents access to, or the development of, 4
1916	1916	any new or existing coal mine or lease in Delta or 5
1917	1917	Gunnison County in the State. 6
1918	1918	TITLE IV—CURECANTI 7
1919	1919	NATIONAL RECREATION AREA 8
1920	1920	SEC. 401. DEFINITIONS. 9
1921	1921	In this title: 10
1922	1922	(1) M
1923	1923	AP.—The term ‘‘map’’ means the map en-11
1924	1924	titled ‘‘Curecanti National Recreation Area, Pro-12
1925	1925	posed Boundary’’, numbered 616/100,485D, and 13
1926	1926	dated April 25, 2022. 14
1927	1927	(2) N
1928	1928	ATIONAL RECREATION AREA .—The term 15
1929	1929	‘‘National Recreation Area’’ means the Curecanti 16
1930	1930	National Recreation Area established by section 17
1931	1931	402(a). 18
1932	1932	(3) S
1933	1933	ECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 19
1934	1934	the Secretary of the Interior. 20
1935	1935	SEC. 402. CURECANTI NATIONAL RECREATION AREA. 21
1936	1936	(a) E
1937	1937	STABLISHMENT.—Effective beginning on the 22
1938	1938	earlier of the date on which the Secretary approves a re-23
1939	1939	quest under subsection (c)(2)(B)(i)(I) and the date that 24
1940	1940	is 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, there 25
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1944	1944	shall be established as a unit of the National Park System 1
1945	1945	the Curecanti National Recreation Area, in accordance 2
1946	1946	with this Act, consisting of approximately 50,300 acres of 3
1947	1947	land in the State, as generally depicted on the map as 4
1948	1948	‘‘Curecanti National Recreation Area Proposed Bound-5
1949	1949	ary’’. 6
1950	1950	(b) A
1951	1951	VAILABILITY OFMAP.—The map shall be on file 7
1952	1952	and available for public inspection in the appropriate of-8
1953	1953	fices of the National Park Service. 9
1954	1954	(c) A
1955	1955	DMINISTRATION.— 10
1956	1956	(1) I
1957	1957	N GENERAL.—The Secretary shall admin-11
1958	1958	ister the National Recreation Area in accordance 12
1959	1959	with— 13
1960	1960	(A) this title; and 14
1961	1961	(B) the laws (including regulations) gen-15
1962	1962	erally applicable to units of the National Park 16
1963	1963	System, including section 100101(a), chapter 17
1964	1964	1003, and sections 100751(a), 100752, 18
1965	1965	100753, and 102101 of title 54, United States 19
1966	1966	Code. 20
1967	1967	(2) D
1968	1968	AM, POWER PLANT, AND RESERVOIR MAN -21
1969	1969	AGEMENT AND OPERATIONS .— 22
1970	1970	(A) I
1971	1971	N GENERAL.—Nothing in this title af-23
1972	1972	fects or interferes with the authority of the Sec-24
1973	1973	retary— 25
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1977	1977	(i) to operate the Uncompahgre Valley 1
1978	1978	Reclamation Project under the reclamation 2
1979	1979	laws; 3
1980	1980	(ii) to operate the Wayne N. Aspinall 4
1981	1981	Unit of the Colorado River Storage Project 5
1982	1982	under the Act of April 11, 1956 (com-6
1983	1983	monly known as the ‘‘Colorado River Stor-7
1984	1984	age Project Act’’) (43 U.S.C. 620 et seq.); 8
1985	1985	or 9
1986	1986	(iii) under the Federal Water Project 10
1987	1987	Recreation Act (16 U.S.C. 460l–12 et 11
1988	1988	seq.). 12
1989	1989	(B) R
1990	1990	ECLAMATION LAND.— 13
1991	1991	(i) S
1992	1992	UBMISSION OF REQUEST TO RE -14
1993	1993	TAIN ADMINISTRATIVE JURISDICTION .—If, 15
1994	1994	before the date that is 1 year after the 16
1995	1995	date of enactment of this Act, the Commis-17
1996	1996	sioner of Reclamation submits to the Sec-18
1997	1997	retary a request for the Commissioner of 19
1998	1998	Reclamation to retain administrative juris-20
1999	1999	diction over the minimum quantity of land 21
2000	2000	within the land identified on the map as 22
2001	2001	‘‘Lands withdrawn or acquired for Bureau 23
2002	2002	of Reclamation projects’’ that the Commis-24
2003	2003	sioner of Reclamation identifies as nec-25
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2007	2007	essary for the effective operation of Bu-1
2008	2008	reau of Reclamation water facilities, the 2
2009	2009	Secretary may— 3
2010	2010	(I) approve, approve with modi-4
2011	2011	fications, or disapprove the request; 5
2012	2012	and 6
2013	2013	(II) if the request is approved 7
2014	2014	under subclause (I), make any modi-8
2015	2015	fications to the map that are nec-9
2016	2016	essary to reflect that the Commis-10
2017	2017	sioner of Reclamation retains manage-11
2018	2018	ment authority over the minimum 12
2019	2019	quantity of land required to fulfill the 13
2020	2020	reclamation mission. 14
2021	2021	(ii) T
2022	2022	RANSFER OF LAND.— 15
2023	2023	(I) I
2024	2024	N GENERAL.—Administrative 16
2025	2025	jurisdiction over the land identified on 17
2026	2026	the map as ‘‘Lands withdrawn or ac-18
2027	2027	quired for Bureau of Reclamation 19
2028	2028	projects’’, as modified pursuant to 20
2029	2029	clause (i)(II), if applicable, shall be 21
2030	2030	transferred from the Commissioner of 22
2031	2031	Reclamation to the Director of the 23
2032	2032	National Park Service by not later 24
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2036	2036	than the date that is 1 year after the 1
2037	2037	date of enactment of this Act. 2
2038	2038	(II) A
2039	2039	CCESS TO TRANSFERRED 3
2040	2040	LAND.— 4
2041	2041	(aa) I
2042	2042	N GENERAL.—Subject 5
2043	2043	to item (bb), the Commissioner 6
2044	2044	of Reclamation shall retain ac-7
2045	2045	cess to the land transferred to 8
2046	2046	the Director of the National Park 9
2047	2047	Service under subclause (I) for 10
2048	2048	reclamation purposes, including 11
2049	2049	for the operation, maintenance, 12
2050	2050	and expansion or replacement of 13
2051	2051	facilities. 14
2052	2052	(bb) M
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2054	2054	DERSTANDING.—The terms of 16
2055	2055	the access authorized under item 17
2056	2056	(aa) shall be determined by a 18
2057	2057	memorandum of understanding 19
2058	2058	entered into between the Com-20
2059	2059	missioner of Reclamation and the 21
2060	2060	Director of the National Park 22
2061	2061	Service not later than 1 year 23
2062	2062	after the date of enactment of 24
2063	2063	this Act. 25
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2067	2067	(3) MANAGEMENT AGREEMENTS .— 1
2068	2068	(A) I
2069	2069	N GENERAL.—The Secretary may 2
2070	2070	enter into management agreements, or modify 3
2071	2071	management agreements in existence on the 4
2072	2072	date of enactment of this Act, relating to the 5
2073	2073	authority of the Director of the National Park 6
2074	2074	Service, the Commissioner of Reclamation, the 7
2075	2075	Director of the Bureau of Land Management, 8
2076	2076	or the Chief of the Forest Service to manage 9
2077	2077	Federal land within or adjacent to the boundary 10
2078	2078	of the National Recreation Area. 11
2079	2079	(B) S
2080	2080	TATE LAND.—The Secretary may 12
2081	2081	enter into cooperative management agreements 13
2082	2082	for any land administered by the State that is 14
2083	2083	within or adjacent to the National Recreation 15
2084	2084	Area, in accordance with the cooperative man-16
2085	2085	agement authority under section 101703 of title 17
2086	2086	54, United States Code. 18
2087	2087	(4) R
2088	2088	ECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES.— 19
2089	2089	(A) A
2090	2090	UTHORIZATION.—Except as provided 20
2091	2091	in subparagraph (B), the Secretary shall allow 21
2092	2092	boating, boating-related activities, hunting, and 22
2093	2093	fishing in the National Recreation Area in ac-23
2094	2094	cordance with applicable Federal and State 24
2095	2095	laws. 25
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2099	2099	(B) CLOSURES; DESIGNATED ZONES.— 1
2100	2100	(i) I
2101	2101	N GENERAL.—The Secretary, act-2
2102	2102	ing through the Superintendent of the Na-3
2103	2103	tional Recreation Area, may designate 4
2104	2104	zones in which, and establish periods dur-5
2105	2105	ing which, no boating, hunting, or fishing 6
2106	2106	shall be permitted in the National Recre-7
2107	2107	ation Area under subparagraph (A) for 8
2108	2108	reasons of public safety, administration, or 9
2109	2109	compliance with applicable laws. 10
2110	2110	(ii) C
2111	2111	ONSULTATION REQUIRED .—Ex-11
2112	2112	cept in the case of an emergency, any clo-12
2113	2113	sure proposed by the Secretary under 13
2114	2114	clause (i) shall not take effect until after 14
2115	2115	the date on which the Superintendent of 15
2116	2116	the National Recreation Area consults 16
2117	2117	with— 17
2118	2118	(I) the appropriate State agency 18
2119	2119	responsible for hunting and fishing 19
2120	2120	activities; and 20
2121	2121	(II) the Board of County Com-21
2122	2122	missioners in each county in which 22
2123	2123	the zone is proposed to be designated. 23
2124	2124	(5) L
2125	2125	ANDOWNER ASSISTANCE .—On the written 24
2126	2126	request of an individual that owns private land lo-25
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2130	2130	cated within the area generally depicted as ‘‘Con-1
2131	2131	servation Opportunity Area’’ on the map entitled 2
2132	2132	‘‘Preferred Alternative’’ in the document entitled 3
2133	2133	‘‘Report to Congress: Curecanti Special Resource 4
2134	2134	Study’’ and dated June 2009, the Secretary may 5
2135	2135	work in partnership with the individual to enhance 6
2136	2136	the long-term conservation of natural, cultural, rec-7
2137	2137	reational, and scenic resources in and around the 8
2138	2138	National Recreation Area— 9
2139	2139	(A) by acquiring all or a portion of the pri-10
2140	2140	vate land or interests in private land within the 11
2141	2141	Conservation Opportunity Area by purchase, ex-12
2142	2142	change, or donation, in accordance with section 13
2143	2143	403; 14
2144	2144	(B) by providing technical assistance to the 15
2145	2145	individual, including cooperative assistance; 16
2146	2146	(C) through available grant programs; and 17
2147	2147	(D) by supporting conservation easement 18
2148	2148	opportunities. 19
2149	2149	(6) I
2150	2150	NCORPORATION OF ACQUIRED LAND AND 20
2151	2151	INTERESTS.—Any land or interest in land acquired 21
2152	2152	by the United States under paragraph (5) shall— 22
2153	2153	(A) become part of the National Recre-23
2154	2154	ation Area; and 24
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2158	2158	(B) be managed in accordance with this 1
2159	2159	title. 2
2160	2160	(7) W
2161	2161	ITHDRAWAL.—Subject to valid existing 3
2162	2162	rights, all Federal land within the National Recre-4
2163	2163	ation Area, including land acquired pursuant to this 5
2164	2164	section, is withdrawn from— 6
2165	2165	(A) entry, appropriation, and disposal 7
2166	2166	under the public land laws; 8
2167	2167	(B) location, entry, and patent under the 9
2168	2168	mining laws; and 10
2169	2169	(C) operation of the mineral leasing, min-11
2170	2170	eral materials, and geothermal leasing laws. 12
2171	2171	(8) G
2172	2172	RAZING.— 13
2173	2173	(A) S
2174	2174	TATE LAND SUBJECT TO A STATE 14
2175	2175	GRAZING LEASE.— 15
2176	2176	(i) I
2177	2177	N GENERAL.—If State land ac-16
2178	2178	quired under this title is subject to a State 17
2179	2179	grazing lease in effect on the date of acqui-18
2180	2180	sition, the Secretary shall allow the grazing 19
2181	2181	to continue for the remainder of the term 20
2182	2182	of the lease, subject to the related terms 21
2183	2183	and conditions of user agreements, includ-22
2184	2184	ing permitted stocking rates, grazing fee 23
2185	2185	levels, access rights, and ownership and 24
2186	2186	use of range improvements. 25
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2190	2190	(ii) ACCESS.—A lessee of State land 1
2191	2191	may continue to use established routes 2
2192	2192	within the National Recreation Area to ac-3
2193	2193	cess State land for purposes of admin-4
2194	2194	istering the lease if the use was permitted 5
2195	2195	before the date of enactment of this Act, 6
2196	2196	subject to such terms and conditions as the 7
2197	2197	Secretary may require. 8
2198	2198	(B) S
2199	2199	TATE AND PRIVATE LAND .—The Sec-9
2200	2200	retary may, in accordance with applicable laws, 10
2201	2201	authorize grazing on land acquired from the 11
2202	2202	State or private landowners under section 403, 12
2203	2203	if grazing was established before the date of ac-13
2204	2204	quisition. 14
2205	2205	(C) P
2206	2206	RIVATE LAND.—On private land ac-15
2207	2207	quired under section 403 for the National 16
2208	2208	Recreation Area on which authorized grazing is 17
2209	2209	occurring before the date of enactment of this 18
2210	2210	Act, the Secretary, in consultation with the les-19
2211	2211	see, may allow the continuation and renewal of 20
2212	2212	grazing on the land based on the terms of ac-21
2213	2213	quisition or by agreement between the Secretary 22
2214	2214	and the lessee, subject to applicable law (includ-23
2215	2215	ing regulations). 24
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2219	2219	(D) FEDERAL LAND .—The Secretary 1
2220	2220	shall— 2
2221	2221	(i) allow, consistent with the grazing 3
2222	2222	leases, uses, and practices in effect as of 4
2223	2223	the date of enactment of this Act, the con-5
2224	2224	tinuation and renewal of grazing on Fed-6
2225	2225	eral land located within the boundary of 7
2226	2226	the National Recreation Area on which 8
2227	2227	grazing is allowed before the date of enact-9
2228	2228	ment of this Act, unless the Secretary de-10
2229	2229	termines that grazing on the Federal land 11
2230	2230	would present unacceptable impacts (as de-12
2231	2231	fined in section 1.4.7.1 of the National 13
2232	2232	Park Service document entitled ‘‘Manage-14
2233	2233	ment Policies 2006: The Guide to Man-15
2234	2234	aging the National Park System’’) to the 16
2235	2235	natural, cultural, recreational, and scenic 17
2236	2236	resource values and the character of the 18
2237	2237	land within the National Recreation Area; 19
2238	2238	and 20
2239	2239	(ii) retain all authorities to manage 21
2240	2240	grazing in the National Recreation Area. 22
2241	2241	(E) T
2242	2242	ERMINATION OF LEASES .—Within 23
2243	2243	the National Recreation Area, the Secretary 24
2244	2244	may— 25
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2248	2248	(i) accept the voluntary termination of 1
2249	2249	a lease or permit for grazing; or 2
2250	2250	(ii) in the case of a lease or permit va-3
2251	2251	cated for a period of 3 or more years, ter-4
2252	2252	minate the lease or permit. 5
2253	2253	(9) W
2254	2254	ATER RIGHTS.—Nothing in this title— 6
2255	2255	(A) affects any use or allocation in exist-7
2256	2256	ence on the date of enactment of this Act of 8
2257	2257	any water, water right, or interest in water; 9
2258	2258	(B) affects any vested absolute or decreed 10
2259	2259	conditional water right in existence on the date 11
2260	2260	of enactment of this Act, including any water 12
2261	2261	right held by the United States; 13
2262	2262	(C) affects any interstate water compact in 14
2263	2263	existence on the date of enactment of this Act; 15
2264	2264	(D) shall be considered to be a relinquish-16
2265	2265	ment or reduction of any water right reserved 17
2266	2266	or appropriated by the United States in the 18
2267	2267	State on or before the date of enactment of this 19
2268	2268	Act; or 20
2269	2269	(E) constitutes an express or implied Fed-21
2270	2270	eral reservation of any water or water rights 22
2271	2271	with respect to the National Recreation Area. 23
2272	2272	(10) F
2273	2273	ISHING EASEMENTS.— 24
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2277	2277	(A) IN GENERAL.—Nothing in this title di-1
2278	2278	minishes or alters the fish and wildlife program 2
2279	2279	for the Aspinall Unit developed under section 8 3
2280	2280	of the Act of April 11, 1956 (commonly known 4
2281	2281	as the ‘‘Colorado River Storage Project Act’’) 5
2282	2282	(70 Stat. 110, chapter 203; 43 U.S.C. 620g), 6
2283	2283	by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, 7
2284	2284	the Bureau of Reclamation, and the Colorado 8
2285	2285	Division of Wildlife (including any successor in 9
2286	2286	interest to that division) that provides for the 10
2287	2287	acquisition of public access fishing easements as 11
2288	2288	mitigation for the Aspinall Unit (referred to in 12
2289	2289	this paragraph as the ‘‘program’’). 13
2290	2290	(B) A
2291	2291	CQUISITION OF FISHING EASE -14
2292	2292	MENTS.—The Secretary shall continue to fulfill 15
2293	2293	the obligation of the Secretary under the pro-16
2294	2294	gram to acquire 26 miles of class 1 public fish-17
2295	2295	ing easements to provide to sportsmen access 18
2296	2296	for fishing within the Upper Gunnison Basin 19
2297	2297	upstream of the Aspinall Unit, subject to the 20
2298	2298	condition that no existing fishing access down-21
2299	2299	stream of the Aspinall Unit shall be counted to-22
2300	2300	ward the minimum mileage requirement under 23
2301	2301	the program. 24
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2305	2305	(C) PLAN.—Not later than 1 year after 1
2306	2306	the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary 2
2307	2307	shall develop a plan for fulfilling the obligation 3
2308	2308	of the Secretary described in subparagraph (B) 4
2309	2309	by the date that is 10 years after the date of 5
2310	2310	enactment of this Act. 6
2311	2311	(D) R
2312	2312	EPORTS.—Not later than each of 2 7
2313	2313	years, 5 years, and 8 years after the date of en-8
2314	2314	actment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit 9
2315	2315	to Congress a report that describes the progress 10
2316	2316	made in fulfilling the obligation of the Secretary 11
2317	2317	described in subparagraph (B). 12
2318	2318	(d) T
2319	2319	RIBALRIGHTS ANDUSES.— 13
2320	2320	(1) T
2321	2321	REATY RIGHTS.—Nothing in this title af-14
2322	2322	fects the treaty rights of any Indian Tribe. 15
2323	2323	(2) T
2324	2324	RADITIONAL TRIBAL USES .—Subject to 16
2325	2325	any terms and conditions as the Secretary deter-17
2326	2326	mines to be necessary and in accordance with appli-18
2327	2327	cable law, the Secretary shall allow for the continued 19
2328	2328	use of the National Recreation Area by members of 20
2329	2329	Indian Tribes— 21
2330	2330	(A) for traditional ceremonies; and 22
2331	2331	(B) as a source of traditional plants and 23
2332	2332	other materials. 24
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2336	2336	SEC. 403. ACQUISITION OF LAND; BOUNDARY MANAGE-1
2337	2337	MENT. 2
2338	2338	(a) A
2339	2339	CQUISITION.— 3
2340	2340	(1) I
2341	2341	N GENERAL.—The Secretary may acquire 4
2342	2342	any land or interest in land within the boundary of 5
2343	2343	the National Recreation Area. 6
2344	2344	(2) M
2345	2345	ANNER OF ACQUISITION.— 7
2346	2346	(A) I
2347	2347	N GENERAL.—Subject to subpara-8
2348	2348	graph (B), land described in paragraph (1) may 9
2349	2349	be acquired under this subsection by— 10
2350	2350	(i) donation; 11
2351	2351	(ii) purchase from willing sellers with 12
2352	2352	donated or appropriated funds; 13
2353	2353	(iii) transfer from another Federal 14
2354	2354	agency; or 15
2355	2355	(iv) exchange. 16
2356	2356	(B) S
2357	2357	TATE LAND.—Land or interests in 17
2358	2358	land owned by the State or a political subdivi-18
2359	2359	sion of the State may only be acquired by pur-19
2360	2360	chase, donation, or exchange. 20
2361	2361	(b) T
2362	2362	RANSFER OF ADMINISTRATIVE JURISDIC-21
2363	2363	TION.— 22
2364	2364	(1) F
2365	2365	OREST SERVICE LAND.— 23
2366	2366	(A) I
2367	2367	N GENERAL.—Administrative jurisdic-24
2368	2368	tion over the approximately 2,500 acres of land 25
2369	2369	identified on the map as ‘‘U.S. Forest Service 26
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2373	2373	proposed transfer to the National Park Service’’ 1
2374	2374	is transferred to the Secretary, to be adminis-2
2375	2375	tered by the Director of the National Park 3
2376	2376	Service as part of the National Recreation 4
2377	2377	Area. 5
2378	2378	(B) B
2379	2379	OUNDARY ADJUSTMENT .—The 6
2380	2380	boundary of the Gunnison National Forest shall 7
2381	2381	be adjusted to exclude the land transferred to 8
2382	2382	the Secretary under subparagraph (A). 9
2383	2383	(2) B
2384	2384	UREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT LAND .— 10
2385	2385	Administrative jurisdiction over the approximately 11
2386	2386	6,100 acres of land identified on the map as ‘‘Bu-12
2387	2387	reau of Land Management proposed transfer to Na-13
2388	2388	tional Park Service’’ is transferred from the Director 14
2389	2389	of the Bureau of Land Management to the Director 15
2390	2390	of the National Park Service, to be administered as 16
2391	2391	part of the National Recreation Area. 17
2392	2392	(3) W
2393	2393	ITHDRAWAL.—Administrative jurisdiction 18
2394	2394	over the land identified on the map as ‘‘Proposed for 19
2395	2395	transfer to the Bureau of Land Management, sub-20
2396	2396	ject to the revocation of Bureau of Reclamation 21
2397	2397	withdrawal’’ shall be transferred to the Director of 22
2398	2398	the Bureau of Land Management on relinquishment 23
2399	2399	of the land by the Bureau of Reclamation and rev-24
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2403	2403	ocation by the Bureau of Land Management of any 1
2404	2404	withdrawal as may be necessary. 2
2405	2405	(c) P
2406	2406	OTENTIALLANDEXCHANGE.— 3
2407	2407	(1) I
2408	2408	N GENERAL.—The withdrawal for reclama-4
2409	2409	tion purposes of the land identified on the map as 5
2410	2410	‘‘Potential exchange lands’’ shall be relinquished by 6
2411	2411	the Commissioner of Reclamation and revoked by 7
2412	2412	the Director of the Bureau of Land Management 8
2413	2413	and the land shall be transferred to the National 9
2414	2414	Park Service. 10
2415	2415	(2) E
2416	2416	XCHANGE; INCLUSION IN NATIONAL 11
2417	2417	RECREATION AREA .—On transfer of the land de-12
2418	2418	scribed in paragraph (1), the transferred land— 13
2419	2419	(A) may be exchanged by the Secretary for 14
2420	2420	private land described in section 402(c)(5)— 15
2421	2421	(i) subject to a conservation easement 16
2422	2422	remaining on the transferred land, to pro-17
2423	2423	tect the scenic resources of the transferred 18
2424	2424	land; and 19
2425	2425	(ii) in accordance with the laws (in-20
2426	2426	cluding regulations) and policies governing 21
2427	2427	National Park Service land exchanges; and 22
2428	2428	(B) if not exchanged under subparagraph 23
2429	2429	(A), shall be added to, and managed as a part 24
2430	2430	of, the National Recreation Area. 25
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2434	2434	(d) ADDITION TONATIONALRECREATIONAREA.— 1
2435	2435	Any land within the boundary of the National Recreation 2
2436	2436	Area that is acquired by the United States shall be added 3
2437	2437	to, and managed as a part of, the National Recreation 4
2438	2438	Area. 5
2439	2439	SEC. 404. GENERAL MANAGEMENT PLAN. 6
2440	2440	Not later than 3 years after the date on which funds 7
2441	2441	are made available to carry out this title, the Director of 8
2442	2442	the National Park Service, in consultation with the Com-9
2443	2443	missioner of Reclamation, shall prepare a general manage-10
2444	2444	ment plan for the National Recreation Area in accordance 11
2445	2445	with section 100502 of title 54, United States Code. 12
2446	2446	SEC. 405. BOUNDARY SURVEY. 13
2447	2447	The Secretary (acting through the Director of the 14
2448	2448	National Park Service) shall prepare a boundary survey 15
2449	2449	and legal description of the National Recreation Area. 16
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