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110TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 2632 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JUNE 10, 2008 

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

Resources 

AN ACT 

To establish the Sabinoso Wilderness Area in San Miguel 

County, New Mexico, and for other purposes. 

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


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Sabinoso Wilderness 

3 Act of 2008’’. 

4 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

5 In this Act: 

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

7 of New Mexico. 

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

9 the Secretary of the Interior. 

10 SEC. 3. DESIGNATION OF THE SABINOSO WILDERNESS. 

11 (a) IN GENERAL.—In furtherance of the purposes of 

12 the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), there is here13 by designated as wilderness, and, therefore, as a compo14 nent of the National Wilderness Preservation System, the 

15 approximately 15,995 acres of land under the jurisdiction 

16 of the Taos Field Office Bureau of Land Management, 

17 New Mexico, as generally depicted on the map titled 

18 ‘‘Sabinoso Wilderness’’ and dated May 7, 2008, and which 

19 shall be known as the ‘‘Sabinoso Wilderness’’. 

20 (b) MAP AND LEGAL DESCRIPTION.—The map and 

21 a legal description of the wilderness area designated by 

22 this Act shall— 

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1 ural Resources of the Senate as soon as practicable 

2 after the date of the enactment of this Act; 

3 (2) have the same force and effect as if in4 cluded in this Act, except that the Secretary may 

5 correct clerical and typographical errors in the legal 

6 description and map; and 

7 (3) be on file and available for public inspection 

8 in the appropriate offices of the Bureau of Land 

9 Management. 

10 (c) MANAGEMENT OF WILDERNESS.—Subject to 

11 valid existing rights, the wilderness areas designated by 

12 this Act shall be administered in accordance with the Wil13 derness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.) and this Act, except 

14 that with respect to the wilderness areas designated by 

15 this Act, any reference to the effective date of the Wilder16 ness Act shall be deemed to be a reference to the date 

17 of enactment of this Act and any reference in the Wilder18 ness Act to the Secretary of Agriculture shall be consid19 ered to be a reference to the Secretary of the Interior. 

20 (d) INCORPORATION OF ACQUIRED LAND.—Any land 

21 or interest in land located inside the boundaries of the wil22 derness area designated by this Act that is acquired by 

23 the United States after the date of enactment of this Act 

24 shall become part of the wilderness area designated by this 


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1 Act and shall be managed in accordance with this Act and 

2 other applicable law. 

3 (e) GRAZING.—Grazing of livestock in the wilderness 

4 area designated by this Act, where established before the 

5 date of enactment of this Act, shall be administered in 

6 accordance with the provisions of section 4(d)(4) of the 

7 Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1133(d)(4)) and the guidelines 

8 set forth in Appendix A of the Report of the Committee 

9 on Interior and Insular Affairs to accompany H.R. 2570 

10 of the 101st Congress (H. Rept. 101–405). 

11 (f) FISH AND WILDLIFE.—As provided in section 

12 4(d)(7) of the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1133(d)(7)), 

13 nothing in this section shall be construed as affecting the 

14 jurisdiction or responsibilities of the State with respect to 

15 fish and wildlife in the State, including the regulation of 

16 hunting, fishing, and trapping, in the wilderness area des17 ignated by this Act. 

18 (g) WITHDRAWAL.—Subject to valid existing rights, 

19 the wilderness area designated by this Act, is withdrawn 

20 from— 

21 (1) all forms of entry, appropriation, and dis22 posal under the public land laws; 

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

24 laws; and 


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1 (3) operation of the mineral leasing, mineral 

2 materials, and geothermal leasing laws. 

3 (h) ACCESS.— 

4 (1) Consistent with section 5(a) of the Wilder5 ness Act (16 U.S.C.1131 et seq.), the Secretary 

6 shall continue to allow private landowners adequate 

7 access to inholdings in the Sabinoso Wilderness. 

8 (2) For access purposes, private lands within T. 

9 16 N., R. 23 E. Sections 17, 20 and the north half 

10 of Section 21, N.M.M. shall be managed as if an 

11 inholding in the Sabinoso Wilderness. 

Passed the House of Representatives June 9, 2008. 

Attest: LORRAINE C. MILLER, 

Clerk. 


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