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103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 38
To establish the Jemez National Recreation Area in the State of New Mexico,
and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 5, 1993
Mr. RICHARDSON introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Natural Resources
A BILL
To establish the Jemez National Recreation Area in the
State of New Mexico, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. ESTABLISHMENT.
(a) PURPOSE AND ESTABLISHMENT.—In order to
conserve, protect, and restore the recreational, ecological,
cultural, religious, and wildlife resource values of the
Jemez Mountains, there is hereby established the Jemez
National Recreational Area (hereinafter in this Act re-
ferred to as the ‘‘recreation area’’), to be administered by
the Secretary of Agriculture (hereinafter in this Act re-
ferred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’).
(b) AREA INCLUDED.—The recreation area shall be
comprised of approximately 57,000 acres of lands and in-
terests in lands within the Santa Fe National Forest as
generally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘Jemez National
Recreation Area—Proposed’’ and dated September 1992.
The map shall be on file and available for public inspection
in the offices of the Chief of the Forest Service, Depart-
ment of Agriculture, Washington, District of Columbia.
The Secretary may from time to time make minor revi-
sions in the boundary of the recreation area to promote
management effectiveness and efficiency in furtherance of
the purposes of this Act.
(c) MAP AND DESCRIPTION.—As soon as practicable
after enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall file a map
and legal description of the recreation area with the Com-
mittee on Natural Resources of the House of Representa-
tives and with the Committee on Energy and Natural Re-
sources of the Senate. Each such map and description
shall have the same force and effect as if included in this
Act, except that correction of clerical and typographical
errors in such legal description and map may be made.
Each such map and legal description shall be on file and
available for public inspection in the Office of the Chief
of the Forest Service, Department of Agriculture.
SEC. 2. ADMINISTRATION.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall administer
the recreation area in accordance with this Act and the
laws, rules, and regulations applicable to National Forest
System lands in a manner that will further the purposes
of the recreation area. Management of the natural re-
sources within the recreation area shall be permitted only
to the extent that such management is compatible with
and does not impair the purposes for which the recreation
area is established. Recreational activities within the
recreation area shall include (but not be limited to) hiking,
camping, hunting, fishing, skiing, backpacking, rock
climbing, and swimming.
(b) MANAGEMENT PLAN.—The Secretary shall, no
later than 5 years after the enactment of this Act, develop
a management plan for the recreation area, as an amend-
ment to the Santa Fe National Forest Land and Resource
Management Plan, to reflect the establishment of the
recreation area and to conform to the provisions of this
Act. Nothing in this Act shall require the Secretary to re-
vise the Santa Fe Forest Land and Resource Management
Plan pursuant to section 6 of the Forest and Rangeland
Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974. During devel-
opment of the management plan for the recreation area,
the Secretary shall study newly designated land within the
recreation area, and adjacent national forest land. The
Secretary shall, no later than 5 years after enactment of
this Act, submit recommendations with respect to future
boundaries for the recreation area.
(c) CULTURAL RESOURCES.—In administering the
recreation area, the Secretary shall give particular empha-
sis to the preservation, stabilization, and protection of cul-
tural resources located within the recreation area in fur-
therance of the Archaeological Resources Protection Act
of 1979 and the National Historic Preservation Act.
(d) NATIVE AMERICANS.—(1) In recognition of the
past use of portions of the recreation area by Indian peo-
ples for traditional cultural and religious purposes, the
Secretary shall protect religious and cultural sites and pro-
vide access from time to time to those sites by Indian peo-
ples for traditional cultural and religious purposes. Such
access shall be consistent with the purpose and intent of
the Act of August 11, 1978 (42 U.S.C. 1991) (commonly
referred to as the ‘‘American Indian Religious Freedom
Act’’). The Secretary, in accordance with such Act, upon
request of an Indian tribe or pueblo, may from time to
time temporarily close to general public use one or more
specific portions of the recreational area in order to pro-