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109TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 2463 

To designate as wilderness certain National Forest System land in the State 

of New Hampshire. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MARCH 28, 2006 

Mr. SUNUNU (for himself and Mr. GREGG) introduced the following bill; which 

was read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, 

and Forestry 

A BILL 

To designate as wilderness certain National Forest System 

land in the State of New Hampshire. 

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 ‘‘New Hampshire Wil5 derness Act of 2006’’. 

6 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

7 In this Act: 

8 (1) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

9 the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the 

10 Chief of the Forest Service. 


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1 (2) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means the State 

2 of New Hampshire. 

3 SEC. 3. DESIGNATION OF WILDERNESS AREAS. 

4 In accordance with the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 

5 1131 et seq.), the following Federal land in the State is 

6 designated as wilderness and as components of the Na7 tional Wilderness Preservation System: 

8 (1) Certain Federal land managed by the For9 est Service, comprising approximately 23,700 acres, 

10 as generally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘Proposed 

11 Wild River Wilderness—White Mountain National 

12 Forest’’, dated February 6, 2006, which shall be 

13 known as the ‘‘Wild River Wilderness’’. 

14 (2) Certain Federal land managed by the For15 est Service, comprising approximately 10,800 acres, 

16 as generally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘Proposed 

17 Sandwich Range Wilderness Additions—White 

18 Mountain National Forest’’, dated February 6, 

19 2006, and which are incorporated in the Sandwich 

20 Range Wilderness, as designated by the New Hamp21 shire Wilderness Act of 1984 (Public Law 98–323; 

22 98 Stat. 259). 

23 SEC. 4. MAP AND DESCRIPTION. 

24 (a) IN GENERAL.—As soon as practicable after the 

25 date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall file a 


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1 map and a legal description of each wilderness area des2 ignated by section 3 with the committees of appropriate 

3 jurisdiction in the Senate and the House of Representa4 tives. 

5 (b) FORCE AND EFFECT.—A map and legal descrip6 tion filed under subsection (a) shall have the same force 

7 and effect as if included in this Act, except that the Sec8 retary may correct clerical and typographical errors in the 

9 map and legal description. 

10 (c) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—Each map and legal de11 scription filed under subsection (a) shall be filed and made 

12 available for public inspection in the Office of the Chief 

13 of the Forest Service. 

14 SEC. 5. ADMINISTRATION. 

15 (a) ADMINISTRATION.—Subject to valid existing 

16 rights, each wilderness area designated under this section 

17 shall be administered by the Secretary in accordance 

18 with— 

19 (1) the Federal Land Policy and Management 

20 Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.); and 

21 (2) the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et 

22 seq.). 

23 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE OF WILDERNESS ACT.—With 

24 respect to any wilderness area designated by this Act, any 

25 reference in the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.) 


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1 to the effective date of the Wilderness Act shall be deemed 

2 to be a reference to the date of enactment of this Act. 

3 (c) FISH AND WILDLIFE.—As provided in section 

4 4(d)(7) of the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1133(d)(7)), 

5 nothing in this Act affects any jurisdiction or responsi6 bility of the State with respect to wildlife and fish in the 

7 State. 

8 (d) WITHDRAWAL.—Subject to valid existing rights, 

9 all Federal land in the wilderness areas designated by sec10 tion 3 are withdrawn from— 

11 (1) all forms of entry, appropriation, or disposal 

12 under the public land laws; 

13 (2) location, entry, and patent under the mining 

14 laws; and 

15 (3) disposition under the mineral leasing laws 

16 (including geothermal leasing laws). 

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