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[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2632 Reported in House (RH)]

                                                 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.

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                    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]

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                                 A BILL

 
  To establish the Sabinoso Wilderness Area in San Miguel County, New 
                    Mexico, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Sabinoso Wilderness Act of 2008''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) State.--The term ``State'' means the State of New 
        Mexico.
            (2) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of the Interior.

SEC. 3. DESIGNATION OF THE SABINOSO WILDERNESS.

    (a) In General.--In furtherance of the purposes of the Wilderness 
Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), there is hereby designated as wilderness, 
and, therefore, as a component of the National Wilderness Preservation 
System, the approximately 15,995 acres of land under the jurisdiction 
of the Taos Field Office Bureau of Land Management, New Mexico, as 
generally depicted on the map titled ``Sabinoso Wilderness'' and dated 
May 7, 2008, and which shall be known as the ``Sabinoso Wilderness''.
    (b) Map and Legal Description.--The map and a legal description of 
the wilderness area designated by this Act shall--
            (1) be filed by the Secretary with the Committee on Natural 
        Resources of the House of Representatives and the Committee on 
        Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate as soon as 
        practicable after the date of the enactment of this Act;
            (2) have the same force and effect as if included in this 
        Act, except that the Secretary may correct clerical and 
        typographical errors in the legal description and map; and
            (3) be on file and available for public inspection in the 
        appropriate offices of the Bureau of Land Management.
    (c) Management of Wilderness.--Subject to valid existing rights, 
the wilderness areas designated by this Act shall be administered in 
accordance with the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.) and this 
Act, except that with respect to the wilderness areas designated by 
this Act, any reference to the effective date of the Wilderness Act 
shall be deemed to be a reference to the date of enactment of this Act 
and any reference in the Wilderness Act to the Secretary of Agriculture 
shall be considered to be a reference to the Secretary of the Interior.
    (d) Incorporation of Acquired Land.--Any land or interest in land 
located inside the boundaries of the wilderness area designated by this 
Act that is acquired by the United States after the date of enactment 
of this Act shall become part of the wilderness area designated by this 
Act and shall be managed in accordance with this Act and other 
applicable law.
    (e) Grazing.--Grazing of livestock in the wilderness area 
designated by this Act, where established before the date of enactment 
of this Act, shall be administered in accordance with the provisions of 
section 4(d)(4) of the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1133(d)(4)) and the 
guidelines set forth in Appendix A of the Report of the Committee on 
Interior and Insular Affairs to accompany H.R. 2570 of the 101st 
Congress (H. Rept. 101-405).
    (f) Fish and Wildlife.--As provided in section 4(d)(7) of the 
Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1133(d)(7)), nothing in this section shall be 
construed as affecting the jurisdiction or responsibilities of the 
State with respect to fish and wildlife in the State, including the 
regulation of hunting, fishing, and trapping, in the wilderness area 
designated by this Act.
    (g) Withdrawal.--Subject to valid existing rights, the wilderness 
area designated by this Act, is withdrawn from--
            (1) all forms of entry, appropriation, and disposal under 
        the public land laws;
            (2) location, entry, and patent under the mining laws; and
            (3) operation of the mineral leasing, mineral materials, 
        and geothermal leasing laws.
    (h) Access.--
            (1) Consistent with section 5(a) of the Wilderness Act (16 
        U.S.C.1131 et seq.), the Secretary shall continue to allow 
        private landowners adequate access to inholdings in the 
        Sabinoso Wilderness.
            (2) For access purposes, private lands within T. 16 N., R. 
        23 E. Sections 17, 20 and the north half of Section 21, N.M.M. 
        shall be managed as if an inholding in the Sabinoso Wilderness.
                                                 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 Miguel County, New 
                    Mexico, and for other purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

                              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
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