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[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 503 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 503

Designating certain land in the San Isabel National Forest in the State 
            of Colorado as the ``Spanish Peaks Wilderness''.

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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 2, 1999

  Mr. Allard introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
       referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL

 
Designating certain land in the San Isabel National Forest in the State 
            of Colorado as the ``Spanish Peaks Wilderness''.

    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 ``Spanish Peaks Wilderness Act of 
1999''.

SEC. 2. DESIGNATION OF SPANISH PEAKS WILDERNESS.

    (a) Colorado Wilderness Act.--Section 2(a) of the Colorado 
Wilderness Act of 1993 (Public Law 103-77; 107 Stat. 756; 16 U.S.C. 
1132 note) is amended by adding at the end the following:
            ``(20) Spanish peaks wilderness.--Certain land in the San 
        Isabel National Forest that--
                    ``(A) comprises approximately 18,000 acres, as 
                generally depicted on a map entitled `Proposed Spanish 
                Peaks Wilderness', dated February 10, 1999; and
                    ``(B) shall be known as the `Spanish Peaks 
                Wilderness'.''.
    (b) Map; Boundary Description.--
            (1) Filing.--As soon as practicable after the date of 
        enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture (referred 
        to in this Act as the ``Secretary''), shall file a map and 
        boundary description of the area designated under subsection 
        (a) with--
                    (A) the Committee on Resources of the House of 
                Representatives; and
                    (B) the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources 
                of the Senate.
            (2) Force and effect.--The map and boundary description 
        under paragraph (1) shall have the same force and effect as if 
        included in the Colorado Wilderness act of 1993 (Public Law 
        103-77; 107 Stat. 756), except that the Secretary may correct 
        clerical and typographical errors in the map and boundary 
        description.
            (3) Availability.--The map and boundary description under 
        paragraph (1) shall be on file and available for public 
        inspection in the Office of the Chief of the Forest Service.

SEC. 3. ACCESS.

    Within the Spanish Peaks Wilderness designated under section 2--
            (1) the Secretary shall allow the continuation of historic 
        uses of the Bulls Eye Mine Road established prior to the date 
        of enactment of this Act, subject to such terms and conditions 
        as the Secretary may provide; and
            (2) access to any privately owned land within the 
        wilderness areas designated under section 2 shall be provided 
        in accordance with section 5 of the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 
        1134 et seq.).

SEC. 4. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.

    Section 10 of the Colorado Wilderness Act of 1993 (Public Law 103-
77; 107 Stat. 756; 16 U.S.C. 1132 note) is repealed.
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