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110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2632 

To establish the Sabinoso Wilderness Area in San Miguel County, New 

Mexico, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 7, 2007 

Mr. UDALL of New Mexico 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. 

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 ‘‘Sabinoso Wilderness 

5 Act of 2007’’. 

6 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

7 In this Act: 

8 (1) MAP.—The term ‘‘map’’ means the map ti9 tled ‘‘Sabinoso Wilderness’’ and dated May 10, 

10 2007. 

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

2 of New Mexico. 

3 (3) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

4 the Secretary of the Interior. 

5 SEC. 3. DESIGNATION OF THE SABINOSO WILDERNESS. 

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

7 the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), there is here8 by designated as wilderness, and, therefore, as a compo9 nent of the National Wilderness Preservation System, cer10 tain land under the jurisdiction of the Taos Field Office 

11 Bureau of Land Management, New Mexico, which com12 prises approximately 19,880 acres, as generally depicted 

13 on the map, and which shall be known as the ‘‘Sabinoso 

14 Wilderness’’. 

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

16 a legal description of the wilderness area designated by 

17 this Act shall— 

18 (1) be filed by the Secretary with the Com19 mittee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Sen20 ate and the Committee on Natural Resources of the 

21 House of Representatives as soon as practicable 

22 after the date of the enactment of this Act; 

23 (2) have the same force and effect as if in24 cluded in this Act, except that the Secretary may 

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1 correct clerical and typographical errors in the legal 

2 description and map; and 

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

4 in the appropriate offices of the Bureau of Land 

5 Management. 

6 (c) MANAGEMENT OF WILDERNESS.—Subject to 

7 valid existing rights, the wilderness areas designated by 

8 this Act shall be administered in accordance with the Wil9 derness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.) and this Act, except 

10 that with respect to the wilderness areas designated by 

11 this Act, any reference to the effective date of the Wilder12 ness Act shall be deemed to be a reference to the date 

13 of enactment of this Act and any reference in the Wilder14 ness Act to the Secretary of Agriculture shall be consid15 ered to be a reference to the Secretary of the Interior. 

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

17 or interest in land located inside the boundaries of the wil18 derness area designated by this Act that is acquired by 

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

20 shall become part of the wilderness area designated by this 

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

22 other applicable law. 

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

24 area designated by this Act, where established before the 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8 nothing in this section shall be construed as affecting the 

9 jurisdiction or responsibilities of the State with respect to 

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

11 hunting, fishing, and trapping, in the wilderness area des12 ignated by this Act. 

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

14 the wilderness area designated by this Act, is withdrawn 

15 from— 

16 (1) all forms of entry, appropriation, and dis17 posal under the public land laws; 

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

19 laws; and (3) operation of the mineral leasing, min20 eral materials, and geothermal leasing laws. 

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