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Union Calendar No. 302 

112TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 491 

[Report No. 112–435] 

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. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 26, 2011 

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

Committee on Natural Resources 

APRIL 16, 2012 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 

and ordered to be printed 


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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 national forest, 

and for other purposes. 


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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 MODIFICATION AND TRANSFER OF 

4 ADMINISTRATIVE JURISDICTION, CIBOLA NA5 TIONAL FOREST, NEW MEXICO. 

6 (a) BOUNDARY MODIFICATION.— 

7 (1) MODIFICATION.—The boundaries of Cibola 

8 National Forest in the State of New Mexico, are 

9 modified to include the land depicted for such inclu10 sion on the Forest Service map titled ‘‘Crest of Mon11 tezuma Proposed Land Transfer’’ and dated October 

12 26, 2009. 

13 (2) AVAILABILITY AND CORRECTION OF MAP.— 

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

15 file and available for public inspection in the appro16 priate offices of the Forest Service. The Chief of the 

17 Forest Service may make technical and clerical cor18 rections to the map. 

19 (b) TRANSFER OF BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT

20 LAND.— 

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

22 shall transfer to the administrative jurisdiction of 

23 the Secretary of the Agriculture, for inclusion in, 

24 and administration as part of, Cibola National For25 est, the public land administered by the Bureau of 


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1 Land Management and identified as the ‘‘Crest of 

2 Montezuma’’ on the map referred to in subsection 

3 (a). 

4 (2) EFFECT OF TRANSFER ON EXISTING PER5 MITS.—In the case of any permit or other land use 

6 authorization for public land transferred under para7 graph (1) that is still in effect as of the transfer 

8 date, the Secretary of Agriculture shall administer 

9 the permit or other land use authorization according 

10 to the terms of the permit or other land use author11 ization. Upon expiration of such a permit or author12 ization, the Secretary of Agriculture may reauthorize 

13 the use covered by the permit or authorization under 

14 authorities available to the Secretary on such terms 

15 and conditions as the Secretary considers in the 

16 public interest. 

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

18 appropriation of funds to carry out this subsection and 

19 the consent of the owner of private land included within 

20 the boundaries of Cibola National Forest by subsection 

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

22 land. 

23 (d) MANAGEMENT OF ACQUIRED LAND.— 

24 (1) MANAGEMENT.—Any federally owned lands 

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1 tional Forest System purposes within the boundaries 

2 of Cibola National Forest, as modified by subsection 

3 (a), shall be managed as lands acquired under the 

4 Act of March 1, 1911 (commonly known as the 

5 Weeks Act; 16 U.S.C. 515 et seq.), and in accord6 ance with the other laws and regulations pertaining 

7 to the National Forest System. 

8 (2) WITHDRAWAL FROM MINING AND CERTAIN

9 OTHER USES.—The land depicted on the map re10 ferred to in subsection (a) and acquired by the Sec11 retary of Agriculture is hereby withdrawn from— 

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

13 disposal under the public land laws; 

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

15 public land mining laws; and 

16 (C) operation of the mineral leasing and 

17 geothermal leasing laws and the mineral mate18 rials laws. 

19 (e) RELATION TO LAND AND WATER CONSERVATION

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

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

22 9), the boundaries of Cibola National Forest, as modified 

23 by subsection (a), shall be considered to be boundaries of 

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


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Union Calendar No. 302 

112TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 491 

[Report No. 112–435] 

A BILL 

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 

APRIL 16, 2012 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 

State of the Union and ordered to be printed 


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