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Union Calendar No. 173 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1138 
[Report No. 114–229] 
To establish certain wilderness areas in central Idaho and to authorize various 
land conveyances involving National Forest System land and Bureau 
of Land Management land in central Idaho, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 26, 2015 
Mr. SIMPSON introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Natural Resources 
JULY 27, 2015 
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 establish certain wilderness areas in central Idaho and 
to authorize various land conveyances involving National 
Forest System land and Bureau of Land Management 
land in central Idaho, and for other purposes. 
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Sawtooth National Recreation Area and Jerry Peak Wil-
derness Additions Act’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
Sec. 2. Definitions. 
TITLE I—WILDERNESS DESIGNATIONS 
Sec. 101. Additions to National Wilderness Preservation System in the State of 
Idaho. 
Sec. 102. Administration. 
Sec. 103. Water rights. 
Sec. 104. Military overflights. 
Sec. 105. Adjacent management. 
Sec. 106. Native American cultural and religious uses. 
Sec. 107. Acquisition of land and interests in land. 
Sec. 108. Wilderness review. 
TITLE II—LAND CONVEYANCES FOR PUBLIC PURPOSES 
Sec. 201. Short title. 
Sec. 202. Blaine County, Idaho. 
Sec. 203. Custer County, Idaho. 
Sec. 204. City of Challis, Idaho. 
Sec. 205. City of Clayton, Idaho. 
Sec. 206. City of Stanley, Idaho. 
Sec. 207. Terms and conditions of permits or land conveyances. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) 
SECRETARY.—The 
term 
‘‘Secretary’’ 
means— 
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(A) the Secretary of Agriculture, with re-
spect to land administered by the Forest Serv-
ice; or 
(B) the Secretary of the Interior, with re-
spect to land administered by the Bureau of 
Land Management. 
(2) WILDERNESS AREA.—The term ‘‘wilderness 
area’’ means any of the areas designated as a com-
ponent of the National Wilderness Preservation Sys-
tem by section 101. 
TITLE I—WILDERNESS 
DESIGNATIONS 
SEC. 101. ADDITIONS TO NATIONAL WILDERNESS PRESER-
VATION SYSTEM IN THE STATE OF IDAHO. 
(a) HEMINGWAY-BOULDERS WILDERNESS.—In ac-
cordance with the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et 
seq.), certain Federal lands in the Sawtooth and Challis 
National Forests in the State of Idaho, comprising ap-
proximately 67,998 acres, as generally depicted on the 
map entitled ‘‘Hemingway/Boulders Wilderness Area-Pro-
posed’’ and dated February 25, 2015, are designated as 
wilderness and as a component of the National Wilderness 
Preservation System, which shall be known as the ‘‘Hem-
ingway-Boulders Wilderness’’. 
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(b) WHITE CLOUDS WILDERNESS.—In accordance 
with the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), certain 
Federal lands in the Sawtooth and Challis National For-
ests in the State of Idaho, comprising approximately 
90,769 acres, as generally depicted on the map entitled 
‘‘White Clouds Wilderness Area-Proposed’’ and dated 
March 13, 2014, are designated as wilderness and as a 
component of the National Wilderness Preservation Sys-
tem, which shall be known as the ‘‘White Clouds Wilder-
ness’’. 
(c) JIM MCCLURE-JERRY PEAK WILDERNESS.—In 
accordance with the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et 
seq.), certain Federal lands in the Challis National Forest 
and Challis District of the Bureau of Land Management 
in the State of Idaho, comprising approximately 116,898 
acres, as generally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘Jim 
McClure-Jerry Peak Wilderness’’ and dated February 21, 
2015, are designated as wilderness and as a component 
of the National Wilderness Preservation System, which 
shall be known as the ‘‘Jim McClure-Jerry Peak Wilder-
ness’’. 
(d) MAPS AND LEGAL DESCRIPTIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—As soon as practicable after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
shall submit to the Committee on Energy and Nat-
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ural Resources of the Senate and the Committee on 
Natural Resources of the House of Representatives 
a map and legal description for each wilderness area. 
(2) EFFECT.—Each map and legal description 
submitted under paragraph (1) shall have the same 
force and effect as if included in this Act, except 
that the Secretary may correct minor errors in the 
map or legal description. 
(3) AVAILABILITY.—Each map and legal de-
scription submitted under paragraph (1) shall be 
available in the appropriate offices of the Forest 
Service or the Bureau of Land Management. 
SEC. 102. ADMINISTRATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to valid existing rights, 
each wilderness area shall be administered by the Sec-
retary in accordance with the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 
1131 et seq.), except that— 
(1) any reference in that Act to the effective 
date shall be considered to be a reference to the date 
of enactment of this Act; and 
(2) with respect to wilderness areas that are ad-
ministered by the Secretary of the Interior, any ref-
erence in the Wilderness Act to the Secretary of Ag-
riculture shall be considered to be a reference to the 
Secretary of the Interior. 
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(b) CONSISTENT INTERPRETATION.—The Secretary 
of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior shall seek 
to ensure that the wilderness areas are interpreted for the 
public as an overall complex linked by— 
(1) common location in the Boulder-White 
Cloud Mountains; and 
(2) common identity with the natural and cul-
tural history of the State of Idaho and the Native 
American and pioneer heritage of the State. 
(c) COMPREHENSIVE WILDERNESS MANAGEMENT 
PLAN.—Not later than 3 years after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary 
of the Interior shall collaboratively develop wilderness 
management plans for the wilderness areas. 
(d) FIRE, INSECTS, AND DISEASE.—Within the wil-
derness areas, the Secretary may take such measures as 
the Secretary determines to be necessary for the control 
of fire, insects, and disease in accordance with section 
4(d)(1) of the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131(d)(1)). 
(e) LIVESTOCK.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Within the wilderness areas, 
the grazing of livestock in which grazing is estab-
lished before the date of enactment of this Act shall 
be allowed to continue, subject to such reasonable 
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regulations, policies, and practices as the Secretary 
determines to be necessary, in accordance with— 
(A) section 4(d)(4) of the Wilderness Act 
(16 U.S.C. 1131(d)(4)); 
(B) with respect to wilderness areas ad-
ministered by the Secretary of Agriculture, the 
guidelines described in House Report 96–617 of 
the 96th Congress; and 
(C) with respect to wilderness areas ad-
ministered by the Secretary of the Interior, the 
guidelines described in appendix A of House 
Report 101–405 of the 101st Congress. 
(2) DONATION
OF
GRAZING
PERMITS
AND 
LEASES.— 
(A) ACCEPTANCE BY SECRETARY.— 
(i) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 
accept the donation of any valid existing 
leases or permits authorizing grazing on 
public land or National Forest System 
land, all or a portion of which are within 
the area depicted as the ‘‘Boulder White 
Clouds Grazing Area’’ on the map entitled 
‘‘Boulder White Clouds Grazing Area 
Map’’ and dated January 27, 2010. 
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(ii) PARTIAL
DONATION.—A person 
holding a valid grazing permit or lease for 
a grazing allotment partially within the 
area described in clause (i) may elect to 
donate only the portion of the grazing per-
mit or lease that is within the area. 
(B) TERMINATION.—With respect to each 
permit or lease donated under subparagraph 
(A), the Secretary shall— 
(i) terminate the grazing permit or 
lease or portion of the permit or lease; and 
(ii) except as provided in subpara-
graph (C), ensure a permanent end to 
grazing on the land covered by the permit 
or lease or portion of the permit or lease. 
(C) COMMON ALLOTMENTS.— 
(i) IN GENERAL.—If the land covered 
by a permit or lease donated under sub-
paragraph (A) is also covered by another 
valid grazing permit or lease that is not 
donated, the Secretary shall reduce the au-
thorized level on the land covered by the 
permit or lease to reflect the donation of 
the permit or lease under subparagraph 
(A). 
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(ii) AUTHORIZED LEVEL.—To ensure 
that there is a permanent reduction in the 
level of grazing on the land covered by the 
permit or lease donated under subpara-
graph (A), the Secretary shall not allow 
grazing use to exceed the authorized level 
established under clause (i). 
(D) PARTIAL
DONATION.—If a person 
holding a valid grazing permit or lease donates 
less than the full amount of grazing use author-
ized under the permit or lease, the Secretary 
shall— 
(i) reduce the authorized grazing level 
to reflect the donation; and 
(ii) modify the permit or lease to re-
flect the revised level or area of use. 
(f) OUTFITTING AND GUIDE ACTIVITIES.—In accord-
ance with section 4(d)(5) of the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 
1133(d)(5)), commercial services (including authorized 
outfitting and guide activities) within the wilderness areas 
are authorized to the extent necessary for activities which 
are proper for realizing the recreational or other wilder-
ness purposes of the wilderness areas. 
(g) FISH AND WILDLIFE.—Nothing in this title af-
fects the jurisdiction of the State of Idaho with respect 
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to the management of fish and wildlife on public land in 
the State, including the regulation of hunting, fishing, and 
trapping within the wilderness areas. 
(h) ACCESS.—In accordance with section 5(a) of the 
Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1134(a)), the Secretary shall 
provide the owner of State or private property within the 
boundary of a wilderness area adequate access to the prop-
erty. 
SEC. 103. WATER RIGHTS. 
(a) STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this 
title— 
(1) shall constitute either an express or implied 
reservation by the United States of any water rights 
with respect to the wilderness areas designated by 
section 101; 
(2) affects any water rights— 
(A) in the State of Idaho existing on the 
date of enactment of this Act, including any 
water rights held by the United States; or 
(B) decreed in the Snake River Basin Ad-
judication, including any stipulation approved 
by the court in such adjudication between the 
United States and the State of Idaho with re-
spect to such water rights; or 
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(3)(A) establishes a precedent with regard to 
any future wilderness designations; or 
(B) limits, alters, modifies, or amends section 9 
of the Sawtooth National Recreation Area Act (16 
U.S.C. 460aa–8). 
(b) NEW PROJECTS.— 
(1) PROHIBITION.—Except as otherwise pro-
vided in this Act, on and after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, neither the President nor any 
other officer, employee, or agent of the United 
States shall fund, assist, authorize, or issue a license 
or permit for the development of any new water re-
source facility inside any of the wilderness areas des-
ignated by section 101. 
(2) DEFINITION.—In this subsection, the term 
‘‘water resource facility’’ means irrigation and 
pumping facilities, reservoirs, water conservation 
works, aqueducts, canals, ditches, pipelines, wells, 
hydropower projects, and transmission and other an-
cillary facilities, and other water diversion, storage, 
and carriage structures. 
SEC. 104. MILITARY OVERFLIGHTS. 
Nothing in this title restricts or precludes— 
(1) low-level overflights of military aircraft over 
the wilderness areas, including military overflights 
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that can be seen or heard within the wilderness 
areas; 
(2) flight testing and evaluation; or 
(3) the designation or creation of new units of 
special use airspace, or the establishment of military 
flight training routes, over the wilderness areas. 
SEC. 105. ADJACENT MANAGEMENT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Nothing in this title creates a pro-
tective perimeter or buffer zone around a wilderness area. 
(b) ACTIVITIES OUTSIDE WILDERNESS AREA.—The 
fact that an activity or use on land outside a wilderness 
area can be seen or heard within the wilderness area shall 
not preclude the activity or use outside the boundary of 
the wilderness area. 
SEC. 106. NATIVE AMERICAN CULTURAL AND RELIGIOUS 
USES. 
Nothing in this title diminishes the treaty rights of 
any Indian tribe. 
SEC. 107. ACQUISITION OF LAND AND INTERESTS IN LAND. 
(a) ACQUISITION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may acquire 
any land or interest in land within the boundaries of 
the wilderness areas by donation, exchange, or pur-
chase from a willing seller. 
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(2) LAND EXCHANGE.—Not later than 3 years 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary shall seek to complete an exchange for State 
land located within the boundaries of the wilderness 
areas designated by this title. 
(b) INCORPORATION IN WILDERNESS AREA.—Any 
land or interest in land located inside the boundary of a 
wilderness area that is acquired by the United States after 
the date of enactment of this Act shall be added to, and 
administered as part of the, wilderness area. 
SEC. 108. WILDERNESS REVIEW. 
(a) NATIONAL FOREST SYSTEM LAND.—Section 5 of 
Public Law 92–400 (16 U.S.C. 460aa–4) is repealed. 
(b) PUBLIC LAND.— 
(1) FINDING.—Congress finds that, for pur-
poses of section 603 of the Federal Land Policy and 
Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1782), the 
public land administered by the Bureau of Land 
Management in the following wilderness study areas 
have been adequately studied for wilderness designa-
tion: 
(A) Jerry Peak Wilderness Study Area. 
(B) Jerry Peak West Wilderness Study 
Area. 
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(C) Corral-Horse Basin Wilderness Study 
Area. 
(D) Boulder Creek Wilderness Study Area. 
(2) RELEASE.—Any public land within the 
areas described in paragraph (1) that is not des-
ignated as wilderness by this title— 
(A) shall not be subject to section 603(c) 
of the Federal Land Policy and Management 
Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1782(c)); and 
(B) shall be managed in accordance with 
land management plans adopted under section 
202 of that Act (43 U.S.C. 1712). 
TITLE II—LAND CONVEYANCES 
FOR PUBLIC PURPOSES 
SEC. 201. SHORT TITLE. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Central Idaho Eco-
nomic Development and Recreation Act’’. 
SEC. 202. BLAINE COUNTY, IDAHO. 
The Secretary of Agriculture shall issue a special use 
permit or convey to Blaine County, Idaho, without consid-
eration, not to exceed one acre of land for use as a school 
bus turnaround, as generally depicted on the map entitled 
‘‘Blaine County Conveyance—Eagle Creek Parcel—Pro-
posed’’ and dated October 1, 2006. 
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SEC. 203. CUSTER COUNTY, IDAHO. 
(a) PARK AND CAMPGROUND.—The Secretary of the 
Interior shall convey to Custer County, Idaho (in this sec-
tion referred to as the ‘‘County’’), without consideration, 
approximately 114 acres of land depicted as ‘‘Parcel A’’ 
on the map entitled ‘‘Custer County and City of Mackay 
Conveyances’’ and dated April 6, 2010, for use as a public 
park and campground, consistent with uses allowed under 
the Act of June 14, 1926 (commonly known as the Recre-
ation and Public Purposes Act; 43 U.S.C. 869 et seq.). 
(b) FIRE HALL.—The Secretary of the Interior shall 
convey to the County, without consideration, approxi-
mately 10 acres of land depicted as ‘‘Parcel B’’ on the 
map entitled ‘‘Custer County and City of Mackay Convey-
ances’’ and dated April 6, 2010, for use as a fire hall, 
consistent with uses allowed under the Act of June 14, 
1926 (commonly known as the Recreation and Public Pur-
poses Act; 43 U.S.C. 869 et seq.). 
(c) WASTE TRANSFER SITE.—The Secretary of the 
Interior shall convey to the County, without consideration, 
approximately 80 acres of land depicted as ‘‘Parcel C’’ on 
the map entitled ‘‘Custer County and City of Mackay Con-
veyances’’ and dated April 6, 2010, to be used for a waste 
transfer site, consistent with uses allowed under the Act 
of June 14, 1926 (commonly known as the Recreation and 
Public Purposes Act; 43 U.S.C. 869 et seq.). 
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