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112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 490 

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 Manzano Mountain Wilderness, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 26, 2011 

Mr. HEINRICH introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Natural Resources 

A BILL 

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 Manzano Mountain 

Wilderness, 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. BOUNDARY EXPANSION AND TRANSFER OF AD4 MINISTRATIVE JURISDICTION, MANZANO 

5 MOUNTAIN WILDERNESS, CIBOLA NATIONAL 

6 FOREST, NEW MEXICO. 

7 (a) BOUNDARY EXPANSION.—The boundaries of 

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1 ico, are hereby modified to include the land depicted for 

2 such inclusion on the Bureau of Land Management map 

3 entitled ‘‘Manzano Wilderness Study Area’’, dated August 

4 31, 2009. 

5 (b) AVAILABILITY AND CORRECTION OF MAP.—The 

6 map referred to in subsection (a) shall be on file and avail7 able for public inspection in the appropriate offices of the 

8 Forest Service. The Chief of the Forest Service is author9 ized to make technical and clerical corrections to the map. 

10 (c) TRANSFER OF JURISDICTION.—Administrative 

11 jurisdiction over any land under the jurisdiction of the 

12 Secretary of the Interior that is depicted on the map re13 ferred to in subsection (a) is hereby transferred to the Sec14 retary of Agriculture, and such lands shall be subject to 

15 the laws and regulations pertaining to the National Forest 

16 System. 

17 (d) MANZANO MOUNTAIN WILDERNESS ADDITION.— 

18 (1) DESIGNATION.—The land depicted as the 

19 Manzano Wilderness Study Area on the map re20 ferred to in subsection (a)— 

21 (A) is hereby designated as wilderness; and 

22 (B) is added to the Manzano Mountain 

23 Wilderness designated by section 2(f) of the 

24 Endangered American Wilderness Act of 1978 


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1 (Public Law 95–237; 92 Stat. 42; 16 U.S.C. 

2 1132 note). 

3 (2) ADMINISTRATION.—The lands designated as 

4 wilderness in paragraph (1) shall be administered by 

5 the Secretary of Agriculture in accordance with Wil6 derness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), except that 

7 any reference in the Wilderness Act to the effective 

8 date of such Act shall be considered to be a ref9 erence to the date of enactment of this Act. 

10 (e) RELATION TO LAND AND WATER CONSERVATION

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

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

13 9), the boundaries of the Cibola National Forest, as modi14 fied by subsection (a), shall be considered to be boundaries 

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

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