I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 222 
To promote the economic development and recreational use of National Forest 
System lands and other public lands in central Idaho, to designate 
the Boulder-White Cloud Management Area to ensure the continued 
management of certain National Forest System lands and Bureau of 
Land Management lands for recreational and grazing use and conserva-
tion and resource protection, to add certain National Forest System 
lands and Bureau of Land Management lands in central Idaho to the 
National Wilderness Preservation System, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 4, 2007 
Mr. SIMPSON introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To promote the economic development and recreational use 
of National Forest System lands and other public lands 
in central Idaho, to designate the Boulder-White Cloud 
Management Area to ensure the continued management 
of certain National Forest System lands and Bureau 
of Land Management lands for recreational and grazing 
use and conservation and resource protection, to add 
certain National Forest System lands and Bureau of 
Land Management lands in central Idaho to the National 
Wilderness Preservation System, 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 AND TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Central Idaho Economic Development and Recreation 
Act’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title and table of contents. 
TITLE I—CENTRAL IDAHO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND 
RECREATION PROMOTION 
Sec. 101. Land conveyance, designated Sawtooth National Recreation Area 
land to Custer County, Idaho. 
Sec. 102. Land conveyance, designated Sawtooth National Forest and BLM 
land to Blaine County, Idaho. 
Sec. 103. Land conveyance, designated National Forest System land to City of 
Stanley, Idaho. 
Sec. 104. Land conveyance, designated BLM land to City of Clayton, Idaho. 
Sec. 105. Land conveyance, designated BLM land to City of Mackay, Idaho. 
Sec. 106. Land conveyance, designated BLM land to City of Challis, Idaho. 
Sec. 107. Land conveyance, designated BLM land to Custer County, Idaho. 
Sec. 108. Land conveyance authority, support for motorized and bicycle recre-
ation, public land in central Idaho. 
Sec. 109. Treatment of existing roads and trails. 
Sec. 110. Stanley-Redfish Lake bike and snowmobile trail and related parking 
lot. 
Sec. 111. Support for other trail construction and maintenance activities. 
Sec. 112. Support for outfitter and guide activities. 
Sec. 113. Grants to support sustainable economic development and recreation. 
Sec. 114. Expansion and improvement of Herd Lake Campground. 
TITLE II—CENTRAL IDAHO WILDERNESS AREAS 
Sec. 201. Additions to National Wilderness Preservation System. 
Sec. 202. General administration of wilderness areas. 
Sec. 203. Acquisition of mineral interests and lands from willing sellers. 
Sec. 204. Adjacent management. 
Sec. 205. Wildfire management. 
Sec. 206. Water rights. 
Sec. 207. Wildlife management. 
Sec. 208. Native American cultural and religious uses. 
Sec. 209. Military overflights. 
Sec. 210. Wilderness review. 
TITLE III—BOULDER-WHITE CLOUDS MANAGEMENT AREA 
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Sec. 301. Establishment of management area. 
Sec. 302. Land acquisition in management area. 
Sec. 303. Motorized and bicycle travel. 
Sec. 304. Support and use of Idaho Off Road Motor Vehicle Program. 
Sec. 305. Airports and landing strips. 
Sec. 306. Management of Railroad Ridge area, Sawtooth National Forest. 
TITLE IV—MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS 
Sec. 401. Grazing memorandum of understanding. 
TITLE I—CENTRAL IDAHO ECO-
NOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND 
RECREATION PROMOTION 
SEC. 101. LAND CONVEYANCE, DESIGNATED SAWTOOTH NA-
TIONAL RECREATION AREA LAND TO CUSTER 
COUNTY, IDAHO. 
(a) CONVEYANCE REQUIRED.—The Secretary of Ag-
riculture, acting through the Chief of the Forest Service, 
shall convey, without consideration, to Custer County, 
Idaho (in this section referred to as the ‘‘County’’), all 
right, title, and interest of the United States in and to 
certain Federal land in the Sawtooth National Recreation 
Area consisting of a total of approximately 86 acres, in-
cluding a road encompassing approximately 15 acres, ad-
joining the northern boundary of the City of Stanley, 
Idaho, and identified as Parcel B on the map entitled 
‘‘Custer County and City of Stanley Conveyances’’ and 
dated October 1, 2006. 
(b) SURVEY AND LEGAL DESCRIPTION.—The exact 
acreage and legal description of the land to be conveyed 
under subsection (a) shall be determined by a survey satis-
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factory to the Secretary. The cost of the survey shall be 
borne by the Secretary. The legal description shall be pre-
pared as soon as practicable after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act. 
(c) CONSERVATION
EASEMENT
AND
RIGHTS-OF- 
WAY.—In making the conveyance under subsection (a), 
the Secretary shall reserve to the United States a con-
servation easement and rights-of-way for the conveyed 
land as set out in the document entitled ‘‘Conservation 
Easement and Right-of-Way—Parcel B’’ and dated No-
vember 6, 2006. 
(d) ENFORCEMENT.—The Secretary of Agriculture 
shall have the authority to enforce the terms and condi-
tions set forth in the conservation easement reserved 
under subsection (c) and to ensure that public access is 
maintained on the rights-of-way reserved under such sub-
section. This authority is in addition to such other enforce-
ment authority as may be provided in the conservation 
easement and rights-of-way. 
(e) REVERSIONARY INTEREST.—If the Secretary de-
termines at any time that the County or any subsequent 
owner of any portion of land conveyed under subsection 
(a) is acting in violation of the conditions set forth in the 
conservation easement or rights-of-way reserved under 
subsection (c) and has failed to restore the property so 
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as to comply with such conditions within a reasonable 
time, all right, title, and interest in and to the portion 
of the land on which the violation occurred, including any 
improvements thereon, shall revert to the United States. 
Any determination of the Secretary under this subsection 
shall be made on the record after an opportunity for a 
hearing. 
(f) ADDITIONAL TERM AND CONDITIONS.—The Sec-
retary may require such additional terms and conditions 
in connection with the conveyance under subsection (a) as 
the Secretary considers appropriate to protect the inter-
ests of the United States. 
SEC. 102. LAND CONVEYANCE, DESIGNATED SAWTOOTH NA-
TIONAL FOREST AND BLM LAND TO BLAINE 
COUNTY, IDAHO. 
(a) CONVEYANCE REQUIRED.—The Secretary of Ag-
riculture, acting through the Chief of the Forest Service, 
and the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Di-
rector of the Bureau of Land Management, shall convey, 
without consideration, to Blaine County, Idaho (in this 
section referred to as the ‘‘County’’), all right, title, and 
interest of the United States in and to the parcels of Fed-
eral land in the Sawtooth National Forest and Sawtooth 
National Recreation Area and Bureau of Land Manage-
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ment land identified for conveyance under this section on 
the following maps: 
(1) A map entitled ‘‘Blaine County Conveyance- 
Smiley Creek’’ and dated October 1, 2006. 
(2) A map entitled ‘‘Blaine County Conveyance- 
Sawtooth City Well’’ and dated October 1, 2006. 
(3) A map entitled ‘‘Blaine County Conveyance- 
Eagle Creek’’ and dated October 1, 2006. 
(4) A map entitled ‘‘Blaine County Convey-
ances, Map #1’’ and dated September 13, 2006, ex-
cept that the conveyance is limited to the parcels A, 
B, and C depicted on that map. 
(5) A map entitled ‘‘Blaine County Convey-
ances, Map #2’’ and dated September 13, 2006, ex-
cept that the conveyance is limited to the parcels A 
and B depicted on that map. 
(b) SURVEY.—The exact acreage and legal descrip-
tion of the land to be conveyed under subsection (a) shall 
be determined by a survey satisfactory to the Secretary 
concerned. The cost of the survey shall be borne by the 
Secretary concerned. 
(c) ADDITIONAL TERM AND CONDITIONS.—The Sec-
retary concerned may require such additional terms and 
conditions in connection with the conveyance under sub-
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section (a) as the Secretary considers appropriate to pro-
tect the interests of the United States. 
SEC. 103. LAND CONVEYANCE, DESIGNATED NATIONAL 
FOREST SYSTEM LAND TO CITY OF STANLEY, 
IDAHO. 
(a) CONVEYANCE REQUIRED.—The Secretary of Ag-
riculture, acting through the Chief of the Forest Service, 
shall convey to the City of Stanley, Idaho (in this section 
referred to as the ‘‘City’’), all right, title, and interest of 
the United States in and to National Forest System land 
consisting of two parcels containing a total of approxi-
mately 8 acres adjoining the western boundary of the City 
and a total of approximately 68 acres, including roads and 
improvements, adjoining the northeastern boundary of the 
City, respectively, and identified as Parcels A and C on 
the map entitled ‘‘Custer County and City of Stanley Con-
veyances’’ and dated October 1, 2006. 
(b) CONSIDERATION.— 
(1) CONSIDERATION REQUIRED.—As consider-
ation for the conveyance under subsection (a), the 
City shall pay to the Secretary an amount equal to 
the amount originally expended by the United States 
to acquire the parcel of land identified as Parcel A 
on the map referred to in such subsection. The City 
shall provide the consideration not later than one 
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year after the date on which the City disposes of 
Parcel A after obtaining title of the parcel. 
(2) DISPOSITION AND USE OF PROCEEDS.—The 
amount received as consideration under this sub-
section shall be deposited and merged with funds ap-
propriated for the operation of the Sawtooth Na-
tional Recreation Area. Such funds shall be available 
to the Secretary, without further appropriation and 
until expended, for conservation activities in the 
recreation area. 
(c) SURVEY AND LEGAL DESCRIPTION.—The exact 
acreage and legal description of the land to be conveyed 
under subsection (a) shall be determined by a survey satis-
factory to the Secretary. The cost of the survey shall be 
borne by the Secretary. The legal description shall be pre-
pared as soon as practicable after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act. 
(d) CONSERVATION EASEMENT
AND RIGHTS-OF- 
WAY.—In making the conveyance under subsection (a), 
the Secretary shall reserve to the United States a con-
servation easement and rights-of-way for— 
(1) the parcel of land identified as Parcel A on 
the map referred to in such subsection as set out in 
the document entitled ‘‘Conservation Easement and 
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Right-of-Way—Parcel A’’ and dated November 6, 
2006; and 
(2) the parcel of land identified as Parcel C on 
such map as set out in the document entitled ‘‘Con-
servation Easement and Right-of-Way—Parcel C’’ 
and dated November 6, 2006. 
(e) ENFORCEMENT.—The Secretary of Agriculture 
shall have the authority to enforce the terms and condi-
tions set forth in the conservation easements reserved 
under subsection (d) and to ensure that public access is 
maintained on the rights-of-way reserved under such sub-
section. This authority is in addition to such other enforce-
ment authority as may be provided in the conservation 
easements and rights-of-way. 
(f) REVERSIONARY INTEREST.—If the Secretary de-
termines at any time that the City or any subsequent 
owner of any portion of land conveyed under subsection 
(a) is acting in violation of the conditions set forth in the 
applicable conservation easement or rights-of-way reserved 
under subsection (d) and has failed to restore the property 
so as to comply with such conditions within a reasonable 
time, all right, title, and interest in and to the portion 
of the land on which the violation occurred, including any 
improvements thereon, shall revert to the United States. 
Any determination of the Secretary under this subsection 
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shall be made on the record after an opportunity for a 
hearing. 
(g) ADDITIONAL TERM AND CONDITIONS.—The Sec-
retary may require such additional terms and conditions 
in connection with the conveyance under subsection (a) as 
the Secretary considers appropriate to protect the inter-
ests of the United States. 
SEC. 104. LAND CONVEYANCE, DESIGNATED BLM LAND TO 
CITY OF CLAYTON, IDAHO. 
(a) CONVEYANCE REQUIRED.—The Secretary of the 
Interior, acting through the Director of the Bureau of 
Land Management, shall convey, without consideration, to 
the City of Clayton, Idaho (in this section referred to as 
the ‘‘City’’), all right, title, and interest of the United 
States in and to parcels of Bureau of Land Management 
land, including roads thereon, identified as parcels A, B, 
C, and D on the map entitled ‘‘City of Clayton Convey-
ances’’ and dated September 13, 2006. 
(b) SURVEY.—The exact acreage and legal descrip-
tion of the land to be conveyed under subsection (a) shall 
be determined by a survey satisfactory to the Secretary. 
The cost of the survey shall be borne by the Secretary. 
(c) ROAD ACCESS.—In making the conveyance under 
subsection (a) to the City, the Secretary shall include a 
deed restriction requiring that the roads referred to in 
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