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Calendar No. 1020 

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 

SEPTEMBER 16, 2008 

Reported by Mr. BINGAMAN, with an amendment 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

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, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

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

5 Act of 2008’’. 

6 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

7 In this Act: 

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

9 of New Mexico. 


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

2 the Secretary of the Interior. 

3 SEC. 3. DESIGNATION OF THE SABINOSO WILDERNESS. 

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

5 the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), there is here6 by designated as wilderness, and, therefore, as a compo7 nent of the National Wilderness Preservation System, the 

8 approximately 15,995 acres of land under the jurisdiction 

9 of the Taos Field Office Bureau of Land Management, 

10 New Mexico, as generally depicted on the map titled 

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

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

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

14 a legal description of the wilderness area designated by 

15 this Act shall— 

16 (1) be filed by the Secretary with the Com17 mittee on Natural Resources of the House of Rep18 resentatives and the Committee on Energy and Nat19 ural Resources of the Senate as soon as practicable 

20 after the date of the enactment of this Act; 

21 (2) have the same force and effect as if in22 cluded in this Act, except that the Secretary may 

23 correct clerical and typographical errors in the legal 

24 description and map; and 


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

2 in the appropriate offices of the Bureau of Land 

3 Management. 

4 (c) MANAGEMENT OF WILDERNESS.—Subject to 

5 valid existing rights, the wilderness areas designated by 

6 this Act shall be administered in accordance with the Wil7 derness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.) and this Act, except 

8 that with respect to the wilderness areas designated by 

9 this Act, any reference to the effective date of the Wilder10 ness Act shall be deemed to be a reference to the date 

11 of enactment of this Act and any reference in the Wilder12 ness Act to the Secretary of Agriculture shall be consid13 ered to be a reference to the Secretary of the Interior. 

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

15 or interest in land located inside the boundaries of the wil16 derness area designated by this Act that is acquired by 

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

18 shall become part of the wilderness area designated by this 

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

20 other applicable law. 

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

22 area designated by this Act, where established before the 

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

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

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


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

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

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

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

5 4(d)(7) of the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1133(d)(7)), 

6 nothing in this section shall be construed as affecting the 

7 jurisdiction or responsibilities of the State with respect to 

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

9 hunting, fishing, and trapping, in the wilderness area des10 ignated by this Act. 

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

12 the wilderness area designated by this Act, is withdrawn 

13 from— 

14 (1) all forms of entry, appropriation, and dis15 posal under the public land laws; 

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

17 laws; and 

18 (3) operation of the mineral leasing, mineral 

19 materials, and geothermal leasing laws. 

20 (h) ACCESS.— 

21 (1) Consistent with section 5(a) of the Wilder22 ness Act (16 U.S.C.1131 et seq.), the Secretary 

23 shall continue to allow private landowners adequate 

24 access to inholdings in the Sabinoso Wilderness. 


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

2 16 N., R. 23 E. Sections 17, 20 and the north half 

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

4 inholding in the Sabinoso Wilderness. 

5 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

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

7 of 2008’’. 

8 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

9 In this Act: 

10 (1) MAP.—The term ‘‘map’’ means the map enti11 tled ‘‘Sabinoso Wilderness’’ and dated September 8, 

12 2008. 

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

14 the Secretary of the Interior. 

15 (3) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means the State 

16 of New Mexico. 

17 SEC. 3. DESIGNATION OF THE SABINOSO WILDERNESS. 

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

19 the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), the approxi20 mately 16,030 acres of land under the jurisdiction of the 

21 Taos Field Office Bureau of Land Management, New Mex22 ico, as generally depicted on the map, is designated as wil23 derness and as a component of the National Wilderness 

24 Preservation System, to be known as the ‘‘Sabinoso Wilder25 ness’’. 


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1 (b) MAP AND LEGAL DESCRIPTION.— 

2 (1) IN GENERAL.—As soon as practicable after 

3 the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall 

4 file a map and a legal description of the Sabinoso 

5 Wilderness with— 

6 (A) the Committee on Energy and Natural 

7 Resources of the Senate; and 

8 (B) the Committee on Natural Resources of 

9 the House of Representatives. 

10 (2) FORCE OF LAW.—The map and legal descrip11 tion filed under paragraph (1) shall have the same 

12 force and effect as if included in this Act, except that 

13 the Secretary may correct any clerical and typo14 graphical errors in the map and legal description. 

15 (3) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—The map and legal 

16 description filed under paragraph (1) shall be on file 

17 and available for public inspection in the appropriate 

18 offices of the Bureau of Land Management. 

19 (c) ADMINISTRATION OF WILDERNESS.— 

20 (1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to valid existing 

21 rights, the Sabinoso Wilderness shall be administered 

22 by the Secretary in accordance with this Act and the 

23 Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), except that— 

24 (A) any reference in the Wilderness Act to 

25 the effective date of that Act shall be considered 


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1 to be a reference to the date of enactment of this 

2 Act; and 

3 (B) any reference in the Wilderness Act to 

4 the Secretary of Agriculture shall be considered 

5 to be a reference to the Secretary of the Interior. 

6 (2) INCORPORATION OF ACQUIRED LAND AND IN7 TERESTS.—Any land or interest in land within the 

8 boundary of the Sabinoso Wilderness that is acquired 

9 by the United States shall— 

10 (A) become part of the Sabinoso Wilderness; 

11 and 

12 (B) be managed in accordance with this Act 

13 and any other laws applicable to the Sabinoso 

14 Wilderness. 

15 (3) GRAZING.—The grazing of livestock in the 

16 Sabinoso Wilderness, if established before the date of 

17 enactment of this Act, shall be administered in ac18 cordance with— 

19 (A) section 4(d)(4) of the Wilderness Act (16 

20 U.S.C. 1133(d)(4)); and 

21 (B) the guidelines set forth in Appendix A 

22 of the report of the Committee on Interior and 

23 Insular Affairs of the House of Representatives 

24 accompanying H.R. 2570 of the 101st Congress 

25 (H. Rept. 101–405). 


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1 (4) FISH AND WILDLIFE.—In accordance with 

2 section 4(d)(7) of the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 

3 1133(d)(7)), nothing in this Act affects the jurisdic4 tion of the State with respect to fish and wildlife in 

5 the State. 

6 (5) ACCESS.— 

7 (A) IN GENERAL.—In accordance with sec8 tion 5(a) of the Wilderness Act (16 

9 U.S.C.1134(a)), the Secretary shall continue to 

10 allow private landowners adequate access to 

11 inholdings in the Sabinoso Wilderness. 

12 (B) CERTAIN LAND.—For access purposes, 

13 private land within T. 16 N., R. 23 E., secs. 17 

and 20 and the N1 14 ⁄2 of sec. 21, N.M.M., shall be 

15 managed as an inholding in the Sabinoso Wil16 derness. 

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

18 the land generally depicted on the map as ‘‘Lands With19 drawn From Mineral Entry’’ and ‘‘Lands Released From 

20 Wilderness Study Area & Withdrawn From Mineral 

21 Entry’’ is withdrawn from— 

22 (1) all forms of entry, appropriation, and dis23 posal under the public land laws, except disposal by 

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1 eral Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 

2 U.S.C. 1716); 

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

4 laws; and 

5 (3) operation of the mineral materials and geo6 thermal leasing laws. 


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Calendar No. 1020 

110TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 2632 

AN ACT 

To establish the Sabinoso Wilderness Area in San 

poses. Miguel County, New Mexico, and for other purSEPTEMBER 16, 2008 

Reported with an amendment 


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