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Union Calendar No. 345 
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 3914 
[Report No. 111–600] 
To designate certain lands in San Miguel, Ouray, and San Juan Counties, 
Colorado, as wilderness, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 22, 2009 
Mr. SALAZAR introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Natural Resources 
SEPTEMBER 16, 2010 
Additional sponsors: Ms. MARKEY of Colorado and Ms. DEGETTE 
SEPTEMBER 16, 2010 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on October 22, 2009] 
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A BILL 
To designate certain lands in San Miguel, Ouray, and San 
Juan Counties, Colorado, as wilderness, 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. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘San Juan Mountains 
Wilderness Act of 2010’’. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) COVERED LAND.—The term ‘‘covered land’’ 
means— 
(A) lands designated as wilderness under 
section 3 or section 4; and 
(B) lands designated as a special manage-
ment area under section 4. 
(2) NONCONFORMING USE.—The term ‘‘noncon-
forming use’’ means any commercial helicopter-as-
sisted skiing or snowboarding activities within the 
lands designated as a special management area under 
section 4 that have been authorized by the Secretary 
as of the date of enactment of this Act. 
(3) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of Agri-
culture, as appropriate. 
(4) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means the State 
of Colorado. 
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SEC. 3. ADDITIONS TO THE WILDERNESS PRESERVATION 
SYSTEM. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—In accordance with the Wilderness 
Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), the following areas in the State 
are designated as wilderness areas and as components of 
the National Wilderness Preservation System: 
(1) 
Certain 
lands 
in 
the 
Grand 
Mesa, 
Uncompahgre, and Gunnison National Forests com-
prising approximately 3,170 acres, as generally de-
picted on a map titled ‘‘Proposed Wilson, Sunshine, 
Black Face and San Bernardo Additions to the Liz-
ard Head Wilderness’’, dated January 26, 2010, and 
which are hereby incorporated into the Lizard Head 
Wilderness area. 
(2) 
Certain 
lands 
in 
the 
Grand 
Mesa, 
Uncompahgre, and Gunnison National Forests com-
prising approximately 8,375 acres, as generally de-
picted on a map titled ‘‘Proposed Liberty Bell and 
Last Dollar Additions to the Mt. Sneffels Wilderness’’, 
dated January 26, 2010, and which are hereby incor-
porated into the Mt. Sneffels Wilderness area. 
(3) 
Certain 
lands 
in 
the 
Grand 
Mesa, 
Uncompahgre, and Gunnison National Forests com-
prising approximately 13,224 acres, as generally de-
picted on a map titled ‘‘Whitehouse Additions to the 
Mt. Sneffels Wilderness’’, dated January 26, 2010, 
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and which are hereby incorporated into the Mt. 
Sneffels Wilderness area. 
(4)(A) Certain lands in the San Juan Resource 
Area of the Bureau of Land Management comprising 
approximately 8,614 acres, as generally depicted on a 
map titled ‘‘McKenna Peak Wilderness’’, dated April 
15, 2010, and which shall be known as the McKenna 
Peak Wilderness. 
(B) The lands designated under subparagraph 
(A) shall be administered as a component of the Na-
tional Landscape Conservation System. 
(b) MAP AND DESCRIPTION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—As soon as practicable after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
shall file a map and a legal description of each wil-
derness area designated by this Act with— 
(A) the Committee on Natural Resources of 
the House of Representatives; and 
(B) the Committee on Energy and Natural 
Resources of the Senate. 
(2) FORCE OF LAW.—A map and legal descrip-
tion filed under paragraph (1) shall have the same 
force and effect as if included in this Act, except that 
the Secretary may correct clerical and typographical 
errors in the map and legal description. 
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