(1) the Forest Service map titled ‘‘Crest of 
Montezuma Proposed Land Transfer’’, dated Octo-
ber 26, 2009; and 
(2) the Bureau of Land Management map titled 
‘‘Manzano Wilderness Study Area’’, dated August 
13, 2009. 
(b) AVAILABILITY AND CORRECTION.—The maps re-
ferred to in subsection (a) shall be on file and available 
for public inspection in the appropriate offices of the For-
est Service. The Chief of the Forest Service may make 
minor corrections to the maps. 
(c) LAND ACQUISITION.—Subject to the appropria-
tion of funds to carry out this section and the consent 
of the owner of private land included within the bound-
aries of Cibola National Forest by subsection (a), the Sec-
retary of Agriculture may acquire the private land. 
(d) TRANSFER OF JURISDICTION.—The Secretary of 
the Interior shall transfer, without reimbursement, to the 
Chief of the Forest Service administrative jurisdiction over 
any land under the jurisdiction of the Secretary that is 
depicted on the maps referred to in subsection (a). 
(e) MANAGEMENT OF ACQUIRED LAND.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Any federally owned lands 
that have been or hereafter may be acquired for Na-
tional Forest System purposes within the boundaries 
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of the Cibola National Forest, as modified by sub-
section (a), shall be managed as lands acquired 
under the Act of March 1, 1911 (commonly known 
as the Weeks Act; 16 U.S.C. 515 et seq.), and in ac-
cordance with the other laws and regulations per-
taining to the National Forest System. 
(2) TREATMENT
OF
MANZANO
WILDERNESS 
STUDY AREA.—Upon its acquisition by the Forest 
Service, land depicted on the map referred to in sub-
section (a)(2) shall be— 
(A) designated as wilderness; 
(B) added to the Manzano Mountain Wil-
derness designated by section 2(f) of the En-
dangered American Wilderness Act of 1978 
(Public Law 95–237; 92 Stat. 42; 16 U.S.C. 
1132 note); and 
(C) administered in accordance with Wil-
derness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.). 
(f) FIRST RIGHT OF REFUSAL FOR ANY DISPOSAL 
OF LAND.— 
(1) CREST OF MONTEZUMA.— 
(A) TO LAND GRANT-MERCED.—If land de-
picted on the map referred to in subsection 
(a)(1) is acquired by the Forest Service, but is 
subsequently determined to be surplus to the 
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needs of the Federal Government, the Adminis-
trator of General Services shall extend a first 
right of refusal to purchase the surplus land to 
the San Antonio de Las Huertas Land Grant. 
(B) EXCEPTION FOR TRIBAL CLAIMS.—If 
the Forest Service determines, after consulta-
tion with an Indian tribe claiming an historical 
interest in a parcel of land otherwise subject to 
subparagraph (A), that the Indian tribe has 
such an historical interest in the parcel, the Ad-
ministrator of General Services shall extend the 
first right of refusal first to the Indian tribe 
and then to the San Antonio de Las Huertas 
Land Grant. 
(2) MANZANO WILDERNESS STUDY AREA.— 
(A) TO LAND GRANT-MERCED.—If land de-
picted on the map referred to in subsection 
(a)(2) is acquired by the Forest Service, but is 
subsequently determined to be surplus to the 
needs of the Federal Government, the Adminis-
trator of General Services shall extend a first 
right of refusal to purchase the surplus land to 
the Tome´ Land Grant. 
(B) EXCEPTION FOR TRIBAL CLAIMS.—If 
the Forest Service determines, after consulta-
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tion with an Indian tribe claiming an historical 
interest in a parcel of land otherwise subject to 
subparagraph (A), that the Indian tribe has 
such an historical interest in the parcel, the Ad-
ministrator of General Services shall extend the 
first right of refusal first to the Indian tribe 
and then to the Tome´ Land Grant. 
(3) DURATION OF RIGHT.—A first right of re-
fusal extended under paragraph (1) or (2) must be 
exercised within 180 days after the date on which 
the land grant-merced or Indian tribe, as the case 
may be, received notice of the availability of the 
land. 
(4) CONSIDERATION.—To exercise the first 
right of refusal extended under paragraph (1) or (2) 
with regard to a particular parcel of land, the land 
grant-merced or Indian tribe holding the right under 
such paragraph shall provide for the payment of 
consideration in an amount that is equal to the fair 
market value of the land, as determined by the Ad-
ministrator of General Services. The consideration 
may in cash or in kind, with the approval of the Ad-
ministrator of General Services. 
(g) WITHDRAWAL FROM MINING
AND CERTAIN 
OTHER USES.—The land depicted on the map referred to 
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in subsection (a)(1) and acquired by the Forest Service 
is hereby withdrawn from— 
(1) all forms of entry, appropriation, or disposal 
under the public land laws; 
(2) location, entry, and patent under the public 
land mining laws; and 
(3) operation of the mineral leasing and geo-
thermal leasing laws and the mineral materials laws. 
(h) ACCESS TO COMMUNITY OPERATED WATERWAYS 
USED FOR IRRIGATION.—The Secretary of Agriculture 
shall grant access to Las Placitas Acequia Association and 
San Antonio de Las Huertas Acequia Association to main-
tain those acequias located within the Cibola National 
Forest, as expanded by this section, that were in use prior 
to the addition of the land to the National Forest System. 
For acequias located within the Sandia Mountain Wilder-
ness, maintenance activities shall be conducted in a man-
ner consistent with laws applicable to the wilderness. 
(i) RELATION TO LAND AND WATER CONSERVATION 
FUND ACT.—For purposes of section 7 of the Land and 
Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 (16 U.S.C. 4601– 
9), the boundaries of the Cibola National Forest, as modi-
fied by subsection (a), shall be considered to be boundaries 
of the Cibola National Forest as of January 1, 1965. 
Æ 
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