I
111th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 921
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
February 9, 2009
Mr. Luján introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources
A BILL
To establish the Sabinoso Wilderness Area in San Miguel County, New Mexico, and for other purposes.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the
Sabinoso Wilderness Act of
2009
.
Definitions
In this Act:
State
The term State means the State of New Mexico.
Secretary
The term Secretary means the Secretary of the Interior.
Designation of the sabinoso wilderness
In General
In furtherance of the
purposes of the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), there is hereby
designated as wilderness, and, therefore, as a component of the National
Wilderness Preservation System, the approximately 15,995 acres of land under
the jurisdiction of the Taos Field Office Bureau of Land Management, New
Mexico, as generally depicted on the map titled Sabinoso
Wilderness
and dated May 7, 2008, and which shall be known as the
Sabinoso Wilderness
.
Map and Legal Description
The map and a legal description of the wilderness area designated by this Act shall—
be filed by the Secretary with the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate as soon as practicable after the date of the enactment of this Act;
have the same force and effect as if included in this Act, except that the Secretary may correct clerical and typographical errors in the legal description and map; and
be on file and available for public inspection in the appropriate offices of the Bureau of Land Management.
Management of Wilderness
Subject to valid existing rights, the wilderness areas designated by this Act shall be administered in accordance with the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.) and this Act, except that with respect to the wilderness areas designated by this Act, any reference to the effective date of the Wilderness Act shall be deemed to be a reference to the date of enactment of this Act and any reference in the Wilderness Act to the Secretary of Agriculture shall be considered to be a reference to the Secretary of the Interior.
Incorporation of Acquired Land
Any land or interest in land located inside the boundaries of the wilderness area designated by this Act that is acquired by the United States after the date of enactment of this Act shall become part of the wilderness area designated by this Act and shall be managed in accordance with this Act and other applicable law.
Grazing
Grazing of livestock in the wilderness area designated by this Act, where established before the date of enactment of this Act, shall be administered in accordance with the provisions of section 4(d)(4) of the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1133(d)(4)) and the guidelines set forth in Appendix A of the Report of the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs to accompany H.R. 2570 of the 101st Congress (H. Rept. 101–405).
Fish and Wildlife
As provided in section 4(d)(7) of the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1133(d)(7)), nothing in this section shall be construed as affecting the jurisdiction or responsibilities of the State with respect to fish and wildlife in the State, including the regulation of hunting, fishing, and trapping, in the wilderness area designated by this Act.
Withdrawal
Subject to valid existing rights, the wilderness area designated by this Act, is withdrawn from—
all forms of entry, appropriation, and disposal under the public land laws;
location, entry, and patent under the mining laws; and
operation of the mineral leasing, mineral materials, and geothermal leasing laws.
Access
Consistent with section 5(a) of the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), the Secretary shall continue to allow private landowners adequate access to inholdings in the Sabinoso Wilderness.
For access purposes, private lands within T. 16 N., R. 23 E. Sections 17, 20 and the north half of Section 21, N.M.M. shall be managed as if an inholding in the Sabinoso Wilderness.