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111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 921 

To establish the Sabinoso Wilderness Area in San Miguel County, New 

Mexico, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 9, 2009 

Mr. LUJA ́N introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 

on Natural Resources 

A BILL 

To establish the Sabinoso Wilderness Area in San Miguel 

County, New Mexico, 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 ‘‘Sabinoso Wilderness 

5 Act of 2009’’. 

6 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

7 In this Act: 

8 (1) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means the State 

9 of New Mexico. 


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1 (2) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

2 the Secretary of the Interior. 

3 SEC. 3. DESIGNATION OF THE SABINOSO WILDERNESS. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—In furtherance of the purposes of 

5 the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), there is here6 by designated as wilderness, and, therefore, as a compo7 nent of the National Wilderness Preservation System, the 

8 approximately 15,995 acres of land under the jurisdiction 

9 of the Taos Field Office Bureau of Land Management, 

10 New Mexico, as generally depicted on the map titled 

11 ‘‘Sabinoso Wilderness’’ and dated May 7, 2008, and which 

12 shall be known as the ‘‘Sabinoso Wilderness’’. 

13 (b) MAP AND LEGAL DESCRIPTION.—The map and 

14 a legal description of the wilderness area designated by 

15 this Act shall— 

16 (1) be filed by the Secretary with the Com17 mittee on Natural Resources of the House of Rep18 resentatives and the Committee on Energy and Nat19 ural Resources of the Senate as soon as practicable 

20 after the date of the enactment of this Act; 

21 (2) have the same force and effect as if in22 cluded in this Act, except that the Secretary may 

23 correct clerical and typographical errors in the legal 

24 description and map; and 


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1 (3) be on file and available for public inspection 

2 in the appropriate offices of the Bureau of Land 

3 Management. 

4 (c) MANAGEMENT OF WILDERNESS.—Subject to 

5 valid existing rights, the wilderness areas designated by 

6 this Act shall be administered in accordance with the Wil7 derness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.) and this Act, except 

8 that with respect to the wilderness areas designated by 

9 this Act, any reference to the effective date of the Wilder10 ness Act shall be deemed to be a reference to the date 

11 of enactment of this Act and any reference in the Wilder12 ness Act to the Secretary of Agriculture shall be consid13 ered to be a reference to the Secretary of the Interior. 

14 (d) INCORPORATION OF ACQUIRED LAND.—Any land 

15 or interest in land located inside the boundaries of the wil16 derness area designated by this Act that is acquired by 

17 the United States after the date of enactment of this Act 

18 shall become part of the wilderness area designated by this 

19 Act and shall be managed in accordance with this Act and 

20 other applicable law. 

21 (e) GRAZING.—Grazing of livestock in the wilderness 

22 area designated by this Act, where established before the 

23 date of enactment of this Act, shall be administered in 

24 accordance with the provisions of section 4(d)(4) of the 

25 Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1133(d)(4)) and the guidelines 


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1 set forth in Appendix A of the Report of the Committee 

2 on Interior and Insular Affairs to accompany H.R. 2570 

3 of the 101st Congress (H. Rept. 101–405). 

4 (f) FISH AND WILDLIFE.—As provided in section 

5 4(d)(7) of the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1133(d)(7)), 

6 nothing in this section shall be construed as affecting the 

7 jurisdiction or responsibilities of the State with respect to 

8 fish and wildlife in the State, including the regulation of 

9 hunting, fishing, and trapping, in the wilderness area des10 ignated by this Act. 

11 (g) WITHDRAWAL.—Subject to valid existing rights, 

12 the wilderness area designated by this Act, is withdrawn 

13 from— 

14 (1) all forms of entry, appropriation, and dis15 posal under the public land laws; 

16 (2) location, entry, and patent under the mining 

17 laws; and 

18 (3) operation of the mineral leasing, mineral 

19 materials, and geothermal leasing laws. 

20 (h) ACCESS.— 

21 (1) Consistent with section 5(a) of the Wilder22 ness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), the Secretary 

23 shall continue to allow private landowners adequate 

24 access to inholdings in the Sabinoso Wilderness. 


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1 (2) For access purposes, private lands within T. 

2 16 N., R. 23 E. Sections 17, 20 and the north half 

3 of Section 21, N.M.M. shall be managed as if an 

4 inholding in the Sabinoso Wilderness. 

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