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113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3606 
To permit certain activities to be conducted on Federal land within the 
Emigrant Wilderness of Stanislaus National Forest in the State of Cali-
fornia at the level at which such activities were conducted on such 
land before the wilderness designation, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 21, 2013 
Mr. MCCLINTOCK (for himself, Mr. STEWART, and Mr. NUNES) introduced 
the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To permit certain activities to be conducted on Federal land 
within the Emigrant Wilderness of Stanislaus National 
Forest in the State of California at the level at which 
such activities were conducted on such land before the 
wilderness designation, 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. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Emigrant Wilderness 
Historical Use Preservation Act of 2013’’. 
SEC. 2. PURPOSE. 
It is the purpose of this Act to ensure that— 
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(1) an increasing population within the vicinity 
of the Emigrant Wilderness of Stanislaus National 
Forest in the State of California does not cause the 
Emigrant Wilderness to lose its untrammeled and 
unimpaired wilderness character; 
(2) the Federal land comprising the Emigrant 
Wilderness retains the types of activities and level of 
access the land had when the land was designated 
as wilderness; and 
(3) future generations of Americans continue to 
have the opportunity for a true wilderness experience 
consistent with what existed when the Emigrant Wil-
derness was designated. 
SEC. 3. CONTINUATION OF HISTORICAL ACTIVITIES AND 
ACCESS TO FEDERAL LAND COMPRISING EM-
IGRANT 
WILDERNESS, 
STANISLAUS 
NA-
TIONAL FOREST, CALIFORNIA. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—This section modifies and supple-
ments the provisions of law otherwise applicable to the 
Emigrant Wilderness of Stanislaus National Forest in the 
State of California, as originally designated by section 
2(b) of Public Law 93–632 (88 Stat. 2154; 16 U.S.C. 
1132 note) and expanded by section 101(a)(9) of Public 
Law 98–425 (98 Stat. 1620; 16 U.S.C. 1132 note) (in 
this section referred to as the ‘‘Emigrant Wilderness’’). 
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(b) PRESERVATION OF HISTORICAL ACTIVITIES AND 
LEVEL OF USE.—The Secretary of Agriculture shall take 
such actions as may be necessary to ensure that, within 
the area designated as the Emigrant Wilderness, the level 
of use, allotted user days, and activities by commercial 
outfitters and guides within that area shall not rise above 
or be restricted below the historical level of use, allotted 
user days, and activities by commercial outfitters and 
guides within that area that existed as of the date of the 
original designation of the Emigrant Wilderness on Janu-
ary 3, 1975. 
(c) TYPES OF ACTIVITIES AND IMPACT.—The histor-
ical use and activities in the Emigrant Wilderness, includ-
ing commercial outfitting and guiding, camping, pack 
stock grazing, and campfires, are traditional uses that are 
consistent with and part of an unconfined recreational ex-
perience, and the signs of use created by these historical 
uses are to be considered substantially unnoticeable and 
acceptable as long as they do not exceed the level present 
at the time of wilderness designation. The Secretary of 
Agriculture shall take such actions to ensure that these 
traditional uses neither exceed nor are restricted below the 
level of use at the time the Emigrant Wilderness was des-
ignated, as required by subsection (b). 
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(d) COMMERCIAL PACK AND SADDLE STOCK USE.— 
Because commercial pack and saddle stock use existed at 
the time the Emigrant Wilderness was designated, the 
level of this use at the time of designation is the extent 
necessary for these traditional activities and will not be 
allowed to exceed or be reduced below the highest level 
of such use in the preceding 10 years. 
(e) HISTORICAL USE OF TRAILS, ROADS, PATHS, 
CAMPSITES, MEADOWS, AND CROSS-COUNTRY AREAS.— 
The historical use of trails, roads, paths, campsites, mead-
ows, and cross-country areas in the Emigrant Wilderness 
by recreational and commercial pack and saddle stock, in-
cluding horses, mules, donkeys, and ponies, shall be al-
lowed to continue. The uses include travel on designated 
system trails and historic user trails, as well as cross-coun-
try travel, grazing, camping, campsites, and campfires. 
(f) DRIFT FENCES.—The use of drift fences that are 
in existence as of the date of the enactment of this Act 
or were previously in existence at the time of designation 
of the Emigrant Wilderness shall be allowed and main-
tained. 
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