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Calendar No. 177 

113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 341 

[Report No. 113–99] 

To designate certain lands in San Miguel, Ouray, and San Juan Counties, 

Colorado, as wilderness, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

FEBRUARY 14, 2013 

Mr. UDALL of Colorado (for himself and Mr. BENNET) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources 

SEPTEMBER 10, 2013 

Reported by Mr. WYDEN, with amendments 

[Omit the part struck through and insert the part printed in italic] 

A BILL 

To designate certain lands in San Miguel, Ouray, and San 

Juan Counties, Colorado, as 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. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘San Juan Mountains 

5 Wilderness Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

2 In this Act: 

3 (1) COVERED LAND.—The term ‘‘covered land’’ 

4 means— 

5 (A) land designated as wilderness under 

6 paragraphs (20) through (22) of section 2(a) of 

7 the Colorado Wilderness Act of 1993 (16 

8 U.S.C. 1132 note; Public Law 103–77; 107 

9 Stat. 756); and 

10 (B) land in the Special Management Area. 

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

12 the Secretary of Agriculture. 

13 (3) SPECIAL MANAGEMENT AREA.—The term 

14 ‘‘Special Management Area’’ means the Sheep 

15 Mountain Special Management Area designated by 

16 section 4(a). 

17 (4) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means the State 

18 of Colorado. 

19 SEC. 3. ADDITIONS TO THE NATIONAL WILDERNESS PRES20 ERVATION SYSTEM. 

21 Section 2(a) of the Colorado Wilderness Act of 1993 

22 (16 U.S.C. 1132 note; Public Law 103–77; 107 Stat. 756) 

23 is amended by adding at the end the following: 

24 ‘‘(20) LIZARD HEAD WILDERNESS ADDITION.— 

25 Certain Federal land in the Grand Mesa, 

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1 prising approximately 3,350 acres, as generally de2 picted on the map entitled ‘Proposed Wilson, Sun3 shine, Black Face and San Bernardo Additions to 

4 the Lizard Head Wilderness’ and dated December 1, 

5 2010, which is incorporated in, and shall be adminis6 tered as part of, the Lizard Head Wilderness. 

7 ‘‘(21) MOUNT SNEFFELS WILDERNESS ADDI8 TIONS.— 

9 ‘‘(A) LIBERTY BELL AND LAST DOLLAR

10 ADDITIONS.—Certain Federal land in the 

11 Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre, and Gunnison Na12 tional Forests comprising approximately 8,250 

13 7,438 acres, as generally depicted on the map 

14 entitled ‘Proposed Liberty Bell and Last Dollar 

15 Additions to the Mt. Sneffels Wilderness’ and 

16 dated December 1, 2010 June 11, 2013, which 

17 is incorporated in, and shall be administered as 

18 part of, the Mount Sneffels Wilderness. 

19 ‘‘(B) WHITEHOUSE ADDITIONS.—Certain 

20 Federal land in the Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre, 

21 and Gunnison National Forests comprising ap22 proximately 13,000 acres, as generally depicted 

23 on the map entitled ‘Proposed Whitehouse Ad24 ditions to the Mt. Sneffels Wilderness’ and 

25 dated December 1, 2010, which is incorporated 


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1 in, and shall be administered as part of, the 

2 Mount Sneffels Wilderness. 

3 ‘‘(22) MCKENNA PEAK WILDERNESS.—Certain 

4 Federal land in the State of Colorado comprising ap5 proximately 8,600 acres of Bureau of Land Manage6 ment land, as generally depicted on the map entitled 

7 ‘McKenna Peak Wilderness’ and dated November 

8 10, 2010, to be known as the ‘McKenna Peak Wil9 derness’.’’. 

10 SEC. 4. SHEEP MOUNTAIN SPECIAL MANAGEMENT AREA. 

11 (a) DESIGNATION.—Certain Federal land in the 

12 Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre, and Gunnison and San Juan 

13 National Forests comprising approximately 21,620 acres 

14 as generally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘Proposed Sheep 

15 Mountain Special Management Area’’ and dated Decem16 ber 2, 2010, is designated as the ‘‘Sheep Mountain Special 

17 Management Area’’. 

18 (b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of the Special Manage19 ment Area is to conserve and protect for the benefit and 

20 enjoyment of present and future generations the geologi21 cal, cultural, archaeological, paleontological, natural, sci22 entific, recreational, wilderness, wildlife, riparian, histor23 ical, educational, and scenic resources of the Special Man24 agement Area. 

25 (c) MANAGEMENT.— 


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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall manage 

2 the Special Management Area in a manner that— 

3 (A) conserves, protects, and enhances the 

4 resources and values of the Special Manage5 ment Area described in subsection (b); 

6 (B) maintains or improves the wilderness 

7 character of the Special Management Area and 

8 the suitability of the Special Management Area 

9 for potential inclusion in the National Wilder10 ness Preservation System; and 

11 (C) is in accordance with— 

12 (i) the National Forest Management 

13 Act of 1976 (16 U.S.C. 1600 et seq.); 

14 (ii) this Act; and 

15 (iii) any other applicable laws. 

16 (2) PROHIBITIONS.—The following shall be pro17 hibited in the Special Management Area: 

18 (A) Permanent roads. 

19 (B) Except as necessary to meet the min20 imum requirements for the administration of 

21 the Federal land and to protect public health 

22 and safety— 

23 (i) the use of motor vehicles, motor24 ized equipment, or mechanical transport 


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1 (other than provided in paragraph (3)); 

2 and 

3 (ii) the establishment of temporary 

4 roads. 

5 (3) AUTHORIZED ACTIVITIES.— 

6 (A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may 

7 allow any activities (including helicopter access 

8 for recreation and maintenance) that have been 

9 authorized by permit or license as of the date 

10 of enactment of this Act to continue within the 

11 Special Management Area, subject to such 

12 terms and conditions as the Secretary may re13 quire. 

14 (B) PERMITTING.—The designation of the 

15 Special Management Area by subsection (a) 

16 shall not affect the issuance of permits relating 

17 to the activities covered under subparagraph 

18 (A) after the date of enactment of this Act. 

19 (d) APPLICABLE LAW.—Water and water rights in 

20 the Special Management Area shall be administered in ac21 cordance with section 8 of the Colorado Wilderness Act 

22 of 1993 (Public Law 103–77; 107 Stat. 762), except 

23 that— 

24 (1) any reference in that section to ‘‘the lands 

25 designated as wilderness by this Act’’, ‘‘the Piedra, 


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1 Roubideau, and Tabeguache areas identified in sec2 tion 9 of this Act, or the Bowen Gulch Protection 

3 Area or the Fossil Ridge Recreation Management 

4 Area identified in sections 5 and 6 of this Act’’, or 

5 ‘‘the areas described in sections 2, 5, 6, and 9 of 

6 this Act’’ shall be considered to be a reference to the 

7 ‘‘the Special Management Area’’; and 

8 (2) any reference in that section to ‘‘this Act’’ 

9 shall be considered to be a reference to ‘‘the San 

10 Juan Mountains Wilderness Act’’. 

11 SEC. 5. ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS. 

12 (a) AUTHORIZED EVENTS.—The Secretary may con13 tinue to authorize the competitive running event permitted 

14 since 1992 in the vicinity of the Special Management 

15 Area, the Liberty Bell East Special Management Area, and 

16 the Liberty Bell addition to the Mount Sneffels Wilderness 

17 designated by section 2(a)(21) of the Colorado Wilderness 

18 Act of 1993 (as added by section 3) in a manner compat19 ible with the preservation of the areas as wilderness. 

20 (b) FISH AND WILDLIFE.—Nothing in this Act af21 fects the jurisdiction or responsibility of the State with 

22 respect to fish and wildlife in the State. 

23 (c) NO BUFFER ZONES.— 


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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—Nothing in this Act creates 

2 a protective perimeter or buffer zone around covered 

3 land. 

4 (2) ACTIVITIES OUTSIDE WILDERNESS.—The 

5 fact that a nonwilderness activity or use on land out6 side of the covered land can be seen or heard from 

7 within covered land shall not preclude the conduct of 

8 the activity or use outside the boundary of the cov9 ered land. 

10 (d) MAPS AND LEGAL DESCRIPTIONS.— 

11 (1) IN GENERAL.—As soon as practicable after 

12 the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary or 

13 the Secretary of the Interior, as appropriate, shall 

14 file a map and a legal description of each wilderness 

15 area designated by paragraphs (20) through (22) of 

16 section 2(a) of the Colorado Wilderness Act of 1993 

17 (as added by section 3) and the Special Management 

18 Area with— 

19 (A) the Committee on Natural Resources 

20 of the House of Representatives; and 

21 (B) the Committee on Energy and Natural 

22 Resources of the Senate. 

23 (2) FORCE OF LAW.—Each map and legal de24 scription filed under paragraph (1) shall have the 

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1 cept that the Secretary or the Secretary of the Inte2 rior, as appropriate, may correct clerical and typo3 graphical errors in each map and legal description. 

4 (3) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—Each map and 

5 legal description filed under paragraph (1) shall be 

6 on file and available for public inspection in the ap7 propriate offices of the Bureau of Land Management 

8 and the Forest Service. 

9 (e) ACQUISITION OF LAND.— 

10 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary or the Sec11 retary of the Interior, as appropriate, may acquire 

12 any land or interest in land within the boundaries of 

13 the Special Management Area or the wilderness des14 ignated under paragraphs (20) through (22) of sec15 tion 2(a) of the Colorado Wilderness Act of 1993 (as 

16 added by section 3) only through exchange, dona17 tion, or purchase from a willing seller. 

18 (2) MANAGEMENT.—Any land or interest in 

19 land acquired under paragraph (1) shall be incor20 porated into, and administered as a part of, the wil21 derness or Special Management Area in which the 

22 land or interest in land is located. 

23 (f) GRAZING.—The grazing of livestock on covered 

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1 able regulations as are considered necessary by the Sec2 retary with jurisdiction over the covered land, in accord3 ance with— 

4 (1) section 4(d)(4) of the Wilderness Act (16 

5 U.S.C. 1133(d)(4)); and 

6 (2) the guidelines set forth in Appendix A of 

7 the report of the Committee on Interior and Insular 

8 Affairs of the House of Representatives accom9 panying H.R. 2570 of the 101st Congress (H. Rept. 

10 101–405) and H.R. 5487 of the 96th Congress (H. 

11 Rept. 96–617). 

12 (g) WITHDRAWAL.—Subject to valid rights in exist13 ence on the date of enactment of this Act, the covered 

14 land, and the approximately 6,600 acres generally de15 picted on the map entitled ‘‘Proposed Naturita Canyon 

16 Mineral Withdrawal Area’’ and dated January 26, 2010, 

17 and the approximately 774 acres generally depicted on the 

18 map entitled ‘‘Proposed Liberty Bell East Special Manage19 ment Area’’ and dated June 11, 2013, is withdrawn from— 

20 (1) entry, appropriation, and disposal under the 

21 public land laws; 

22 (2) location, entry, and patent under mining 

23 laws; and 

24 (3) operation of the mineral leasing, mineral 

25 materials, and geothermal leasing laws. 


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1 (h) PROHIBITION ON MOTORIZED AND MECHANIZED

2 TRAVEL IN THE LIBERTY BELL EAST SPECIAL MANAGE3 MENT AREA.—Except as necessary to meet the minimum 

4 requirements for the administration of the covered land and 

5 to protect public health and safety, the use of motor vehicles, 

6 motorized equipment, or mechanical transport shall be pro7 hibited in the approximately 774 acres generally depicted 

8 on the map entitled ‘‘Proposed Liberty Bell East Special 

9 Management Area’’ and dated June 11, 2013. 

10 SEC. 6. TECHNICAL CORRECTION. 

11 Subtitle E of title II of Public Law 111–11 (16 

12 U.S.C. 460zzz et seq.) is amended— 

13 (1) by redesignating section 2408 (16 U.S.C. 

14 460zzz–7) as section 2409; and 

15 (2) by inserting after section 2407 (16 U.S.C. 

16 460zzz–6) the following: 

17 ‘‘SEC. 2408. RELEASE. 

18 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Congress finds that, for the pur19 poses of section 603(c) of the Federal Land Policy and 

20 Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1782(c)), the por21 tions of the Dominguez Canyon Wilderness Study Area 

22 not designated as wilderness by this subtitle have been 

23 adequately studied for wilderness designation. 


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1 ‘‘(b) RELEASE.—Any public land referred to in sub2 section (a) that is not designated as wilderness by this 

3 subtitle— 

4 ‘‘(1) is no longer subject to section 603(c) of 

5 the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 

6 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1782(c)); and 

7 ‘‘(2) shall be managed in accordance with this 

8 subtitle and any other applicable laws.’’. 


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Calendar No. 177 

113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 341 

[Report No. 113–99] 

A BILL 

To designate certain lands in San Miguel, Ouray, 

and for other purposes. and San Juan Counties, Colorado, as wilderness, 

SEPTEMBER 10, 2013 

Reported with amendments 


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