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114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1295 

To adjust the boundary of the Arapaho National Forest, Colorado, and 

for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MAY 12, 2015 

Mr. BENNET (for himself and Mr. GARDNER) introduced the following bill; 

which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources 

A BILL 

To adjust the boundary of the Arapaho National Forest, 

Colorado, 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. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Arapaho National For5 est Boundary Adjustment Act of 2015’’. 

6 SEC. 2. ARAPAHO NATIONAL FOREST BOUNDARY ADJUST7 MENT. 

8 (a) IN GENERAL.— 

9 (1) BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT.—The boundary 

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1 rado is adjusted to incorporate the approximately 

2 92.95 acres of land generally depicted as ‘‘The 

3 Wedge’’ on the map entitled ‘‘Arapaho National 

4 Forest Boundary Adjustment’’ and dated November 

5 6, 2013, and described as lots 3, 4, 8, and 9 of sec6 tion 13, Township 4 North, Range 76 West, Sixth 

7 Principal Meridian, Colorado. 

8 (2) LIMITATION.—A lot described in paragraph 

9 (1) may be included in the boundary adjustment 

10 only after the Secretary of Agriculture obtains writ11 ten permission for the inclusion from the lot owner 

12 or owners. 

13 (b) BOWEN GULCH PROTECTION AREA.—The Sec14 retary of Agriculture shall include all Federal land within 

15 the boundary described in subsection (a) in the Bowen 

16 Gulch Protection Area established under section 6 of the 

17 Colorado Wilderness Act of 1993 (16 U.S.C. 539j). 

18 (c) LAND AND WATER CONSERVATION FUND.—For 

19 purposes of section 200306(a)(2)(B)(i) of title 54, United 

20 States Code, the boundaries of the Arapaho National For21 est, as modified under subsection (a), shall be considered 

22 to be the boundaries of the Arapaho National Forest as 

23 in existence on January 1, 1965. 


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1 (d) PUBLIC MOTORIZED USE.—Nothing in this Act 

2 opens privately owned land within the boundary described 

3 in subsection (a) to public motorized use. 

4 (e) ACCESS TO NON-FEDERAL LAND.— 

5 (1) DEFINITION OF COVERED ACCESS POINT.— 

6 In this subsection, the term ‘‘covered access point’’ 

7 means land within the boundary described in sub8 section (a)— 

9 (A) owned by the United States on or after 

10 the date of enactment of this Act; and 

11 (B) historically used by owners of any non12 Federal land within the boundary described in 

13 subsection (a) to access that non-Federal land. 

14 (2) MOTORIZED ACCESS AUTHORIZED.—Not15 withstanding the provisions of section 6(f) of the 

16 Colorado Wilderness Act of 1993 (16 U.S.C. 

17 539j(f)) regarding motorized travel, owners of non18 Federal land within the boundary described in sub19 section (a) shall have the continued right of motor20 ized access to that non-Federal land across covered 

21 access points. 

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