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Calendar No. 314 

113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 2259 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MARCH 5, 2014 

Received; read twice and placed on the calendar 

AN ACT 

To withdraw certain Federal land and interests in that land 

from location, entry, and patent under the mining laws 

and disposition under the mineral and geothermal leasing 

laws and to preserve existing uses. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘North Fork Watershed 

5 Protection Act of 2014’’. 

6 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

7 In this Act: 

8 (1) ELIGIBLE FEDERAL LAND.—The term ‘‘eli9 gible Federal land’’ means— 


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1 (A) any federally owned land or interest in 

2 land depicted on the Map as within the North 

3 Fork Federal Lands Withdrawal Area; or 

4 (B) any land or interest in land located 

5 within the North Fork Federal Lands With6 drawal Area that is acquired by the Federal 

7 Government after the date of enactment of this 

8 Act. 

9 (2) MAP.—The term ‘‘Map’’ means the Bureau 

10 of Land Management map entitled ‘‘North Fork 

11 Federal Lands Withdrawal Area’’ and dated June 9, 

12 2010. 

13 SEC. 3. WITHDRAWAL. 

14 (a) WITHDRAWAL.—Subject to valid existing rights, 

15 the eligible Federal land is withdrawn from— 

16 (1) all forms of location, entry, and patent 

17 under the mining laws; and 

18 (2) disposition under all laws relating to min19 eral leasing and geothermal leasing. 

20 (b) AVAILABILITY OF MAP.—Not later than 30 days 

21 after the date of enactment of this Act, the Map shall be 

22 made available to the public at each appropriate office of 

23 the Bureau of Land Management. 

24 (c) EFFECT OF SECTION.—Nothing in this section 

25 violates the rights of existing leaseholders or prohibits the 


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1 Secretary of the Interior from taking any action necessary 

2 to complete any requirement under the National Environ3 mental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) or 

4 the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et 

5 seq.) required for permitting surface-disturbing activity to 

6 occur on any lease issued before the date of enactment 

7 of this Act. 

8 SEC. 4. EXISTING USES NOT AFFECTED. 

9 Except with respect to the withdrawal under section 

10 3, nothing in this Act restricts recreational uses, livestock 

11 management activities, or forest management activities al12 lowed on the date of the enactment of this Act on the eligi13 ble Federal land in accordance with applicable law. 

Passed the House of Representatives March 4, 

2014. 

Attest: KAREN L. HAAS, 

Clerk. 


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Calendar No. 314 

113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 2259 

AN ACT 

To withdraw certain Federal land and interests in 

existing uses. eral and geothermal leasing laws and to preserve the mining laws and disposition under the minthat land from location, entry, and patent under 

MARCH 5, 2014 

Received; read twice and placed on the calendar 


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