112TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 491 

AN ACT 

To modify the boundaries of Cibola National Forest in the 

State of New Mexico, to transfer certain Bureau of Land 

Management land for inclusion in the national forest, 

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. BOUNDARY MODIFICATION AND TRANSFER OF 

2 ADMINISTRATIVE JURISDICTION, CIBOLA NA3 TIONAL FOREST, NEW MEXICO. 

4 (a) BOUNDARY MODIFICATION.— 

5 (1) MODIFICATION.—The boundaries of Cibola 

6 National Forest in the State of New Mexico, are 

7 modified to include the land depicted for such inclu8 sion on the Forest Service map titled ‘‘Crest of Mon9 tezuma Proposed Land Transfer’’ and dated October 

10 26, 2009. 

11 (2) AVAILABILITY AND CORRECTION OF MAP.— 

12 The map referred to in paragraph (1) shall be on 

13 file and available for public inspection in the appro14 priate offices of the Forest Service. The Chief of the 

15 Forest Service may make technical and clerical cor16 rections to the map. 

17 (b) TRANSFER OF BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT

18 LAND.— 

19 (1) TRANSFER.—The Secretary of the Interior 

20 shall transfer to the administrative jurisdiction of 

21 the Secretary of the Agriculture, for inclusion in, 

22 and administration as part of, Cibola National For23 est, the public land administered by the Bureau of 

24 Land Management and identified as the ‘‘Crest of 

25 Montezuma’’ on the map referred to in subsection 

26 (a). 
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1 (2) EFFECT OF TRANSFER ON EXISTING PER2 MITS.—In the case of any permit or other land use 

3 authorization for public land transferred under para4 graph (1) that is still in effect as of the transfer 

5 date, the Secretary of Agriculture shall administer 

6 the permit or other land use authorization according 

7 to the terms of the permit or other land use author8 ization. Upon expiration of such a permit or author9 ization, the Secretary of Agriculture may reauthorize 

10 the use covered by the permit or authorization under 

11 authorities available to the Secretary on such terms 

12 and conditions as the Secretary considers in the 

13 public interest. 

14 (c) LAND ACQUISITION AUTHORITY.—Subject to the 

15 appropriation of funds to carry out this subsection and 

16 the consent of the owner of private land included within 

17 the boundaries of Cibola National Forest by subsection 

18 (a), the Secretary of Agriculture may acquire the private 

19 land. 

20 (d) MANAGEMENT OF ACQUIRED LAND.— 

21 (1) MANAGEMENT.—Any federally owned lands 

22 that have been or hereafter may be acquired for Na23 tional Forest System purposes within the boundaries 

24 of Cibola National Forest, as modified by subsection 

25 (a), shall be managed as lands acquired under the 
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1 Act of March 1, 1911 (commonly known as the 

2 Weeks Act; 16 U.S.C. 515 et seq.), and in accord3 ance with the other laws and regulations pertaining 

4 to the National Forest System. 

5 (2) WITHDRAWAL FROM MINING AND CERTAIN

6 OTHER USES.—The land depicted on the map re7 ferred to in subsection (a) and acquired by the Sec8 retary of Agriculture is hereby withdrawn from— 

9 (A) all forms of entry, appropriation, or 

10 disposal under the public land laws; 

11 (B) location, entry, and patent under the 

12 public land mining laws; and 

13 (C) operation of the mineral leasing and 

14 geothermal leasing laws and the mineral mate15 rials laws. 

16 (e) RELATION TO LAND AND WATER CONSERVATION

17 FUND ACT.—For purposes of section 7 of the Land and 

18 Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 (16 U.S.C. 460l– 

19 9), the boundaries of Cibola National Forest, as modified 
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1 by subsection (a), shall be considered to be boundaries of 

2 the Cibola National Forest as of January 1, 1965. 

Passed the House of Representatives April 24, 2012. 

Attest: 

Clerk. 
112TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 491 

AN ACT 

To modify the boundaries of Cibola National Forest 

in the national forest, and for other purposes. Bureau of Land Management land for inclusion in the State of New Mexico, to transfer certain