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Union Calendar No. 438 

110TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 2632 

[Report No. 110–695] 

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 

JUNE 5, 2008 

Additional sponsor: Ms. LEE

JUNE 5, 2008 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 

House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 

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

[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on June 7, 2007] 

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, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

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

3 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 hereby 

13 designated as wilderness, and, therefore, as a component of 

14 the National Wilderness Preservation System, the approxi15 mately 15,995 acres of land under the jurisdiction of the 

16 Taos Field Office Bureau of Land Management, New Mex17 ico, as generally depicted on the map titled ‘‘Sabinoso Wil18 derness’’ and dated May 7, 2008, and which shall be known 

19 as the ‘‘Sabinoso Wilderness’’. 

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

21 legal description of the wilderness area designated by this 

22 Act shall— 

23 (1) be filed by the Secretary with the Committee 

24 on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives 

25 and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources 


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1 of the Senate as soon as practicable after the date of 

2 the enactment of this Act; 

3 (2) have the same force and effect as if included 

4 in this Act, except that the Secretary may correct 

5 clerical and typographical errors in the legal descrip6 tion 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 valid 

11 existing rights, the wilderness areas designated by this Act 

12 shall be administered in accordance with the Wilderness Act 

13 (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.) and this Act, except that with re14 spect to the wilderness areas designated by this Act, any 

15 reference to the effective date of the Wilderness Act shall be 

16 deemed to be a reference to the date of enactment of this 

17 Act and any reference in the Wilderness Act to the Secretary 

18 of Agriculture shall be considered to be a reference to the 

19 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 the 

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

24 become part of the wilderness area designated by this Act 


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

2 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 ac6 cordance with the provisions of section 4(d)(4) of the Wil7 derness Act (16 U.S.C. 1133(d)(4)) and the guidelines set 

8 forth in Appendix A of the Report of the Committee on Inte9 rior and Insular Affairs to accompany H.R. 2570 of the 

10 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)), noth13 ing in this section shall be construed as affecting the juris14 diction or responsibilities of the State with respect to fish 

15 and wildlife in the State, including the regulation of hunt16 ing, 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 Wilderness 

5 Act (16 U.S.C.1131 et seq.), the Secretary shall con6 tinue to allow private landowners adequate access to 

7 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. 


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Union Calendar No. 438 

110TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 2632 

[Report No. 110

–695] 

A BILL 

To establish the Sabinoso Wilderness Area in San 

poses. Miguel County, New Mexico, and for other purJUNE 5, 2008 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Comand ordered to be printed mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 


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