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HR 2632 EHRFS

June 10, 2008

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

To establish the Sabinoso Wilderness Area in San Miguel County, New Mexico, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ‘Sabinoso Wilderness Act of 2008’.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

In this Act:

(1) STATE- The term ‘State’ means the State of New Mexico.

(2) SECRETARY- The term ‘Secretary’ means the Secretary of the Interior.

SEC. 3. DESIGNATION OF THE SABINOSO WILDERNESS.

(a) 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’.

(b) Map and Legal Description- The map and a legal description of the wilderness area designated by this Act shall--

(1) 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;

(2) 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

(3) be on file and available for public inspection in the appropriate offices of the Bureau of Land Management.

(c) 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.

(d) 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.

(e) 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).

(f) 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.

(g) Withdrawal- Subject to valid existing rights, the wilderness area designated by this Act, is withdrawn from--

(1) all forms of entry, appropriation, and disposal under the public land laws;

(2) location, entry, and patent under the mining laws; and

(3) operation of the mineral leasing, mineral materials, and geothermal leasing laws.

(h) Access-

(1) 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.

(2) 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.

Passed the House of Representatives June 9, 2008.

Attest:

Clerk. LORRAINE C. MILLER,

110th CONGRESSClerk2d SessionH. R. 2632AN ACTTo establish the Sabinoso Wilderness Area in San Miguel County, New Mexico, and for other purposes.