I 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2044 
To designate as wilderness certain Federal portions of the red rock canyons 
of the Colorado Plateau and the Great Basin Deserts in the State 
of Utah for the benefit of present and future generations of people 
in the United States. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 6, 2017 
Mr. LOWENTHAL (for himself, Mr. BISHOP of Georgia, Mr. BLUMENAUER, 
Mr. BRENDAN F. BOYLE of Pennsylvania, Mr. CARTWRIGHT, Mr. CON-
YERS, Ms. DEGETTE, Ms. DELBENE, Ms. ESHOO, Mr. EVANS, Mr. FOS-
TER, Mr. GOTTHEIMER, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. HUFFMAN, Ms. JACKSON 
LEE, Mr. KHANNA, Mrs. LAWRENCE, Mr. LIPINSKI, Mr. MCNERNEY, 
Ms. MOORE, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. POCAN, Mr. RYAN of Ohio, Ms. SCHA-
KOWSKY, Ms. SPEIER, Mr. SWALWELL of California, Ms. TSONGAS, Mr. 
WALZ, Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, Mr. WELCH, and Mr. YARMUTH) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural 
Resources 
A BILL 
To designate as wilderness certain Federal portions of the 
red rock canyons of the Colorado Plateau and the Great 
Basin Deserts in the State of Utah for the benefit of 
present and future generations of people in the United 
States. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘America’s Red Rock Wilderness Act’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents of 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
Sec. 2. Definitions. 
TITLE I—DESIGNATION OF WILDERNESS AREAS 
Sec. 101. Great Basin Wilderness Areas. 
Sec. 102. Grand Staircase-Escalante Wilderness Areas. 
Sec. 103. Moab-La Sal Canyons Wilderness Areas. 
Sec. 104. Henry Mountains Wilderness Areas. 
Sec. 105. Glen Canyon Wilderness Areas. 
Sec. 106. San Juan-Anasazi Wilderness Areas. 
Sec. 107. Canyonlands Basin Wilderness Areas. 
Sec. 108. San Rafael Swell Wilderness Areas. 
Sec. 109. Book Cliffs and Uinta Basin Wilderness Areas. 
TITLE II—ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
Sec. 201. General provisions. 
Sec. 202. Administration. 
Sec. 203. State school trust land within wilderness areas. 
Sec. 204. Water. 
Sec. 205. Roads. 
Sec. 206. Livestock. 
Sec. 207. Fish and wildlife. 
Sec. 208. Management of newly acquired land. 
Sec. 209. Withdrawal. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Bu-
reau of Land Management. 
(2) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means the State 
of Utah. 
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TITLE I—DESIGNATION OF 
WILDERNESS AREAS 
SEC. 101. GREAT BASIN WILDERNESS AREAS. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that— 
(1) the Great Basin region of western Utah is 
comprised of starkly beautiful mountain ranges that 
rise as islands from the desert floor; 
(2) the Wah Wah Mountains in the Great 
Basin region are arid and austere, with massive cliff 
faces and leathery slopes speckled with pin˜on and ju-
niper; 
(3) the Pilot Range and Stansbury Mountains 
in the Great Basin region are high enough to draw 
moisture from passing clouds and support eco-
systems found nowhere else on earth; 
(4) from bristlecone pine, the world’s oldest liv-
ing organism, to newly flowered mountain meadows, 
mountains of the Great Basin region are islands of 
nature that— 
(A) support remarkable biological diversity; 
and 
(B) provide opportunities to experience the 
colossal silence of the Great Basin; and 
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(5) the Great Basin region of western Utah 
should be protected and managed to ensure the pres-
ervation of the natural conditions of the region. 
(b) DESIGNATION.—In accordance with the Wilder-
ness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), the following areas in 
the State are designated as wilderness areas and as com-
ponents of the National Wilderness Preservation System: 
(1) Antelope Range (approximately 17,000 
acres). 
(2) Barn Hills (approximately 20,000 acres). 
(3) Black Hills (approximately 9,000 acres). 
(4) Bullgrass Knoll (approximately 15,000 
acres). 
(5) Burbank Hills/Tunnel Spring (approxi-
mately 92,000 acres). 
(6) Conger Mountains (approximately 21,000 
acres). 
(7) Crater Bench (approximately 35,000 acres). 
(8) Crater and Silver Island Mountains (ap-
proximately 121,000 acres). 
(9) Cricket Mountains Cluster (approximately 
62,000 acres). 
(10) Deep Creek Mountains (approximately 
126,000 acres). 
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(11) Drum Mountains (approximately 39,000 
acres). 
(12) Dugway Mountains (approximately 24,000 
acres). 
(13) 
Essex 
Canyon 
(approximately 
1,300 
acres). 
(14) 
Fish 
Springs 
Range 
(approximately 
64,000 acres). 
(15) Granite Peak (approximately 19,000 
acres). 
(16) Grassy Mountains (approximately 23,000 
acres). 
(17) Grouse Creek Mountains (approximately 
15,000 acres). 
(18) House Range (approximately 201,000 
acres). 
(19) Keg Mountains (approximately 38,000 
acres). 
(20) Kern Mountains (approximately 15,000 
acres). 
(21) King Top (approximately 110,000 acres). 
(22) Ledger Canyon (approximately 9,000 
acres). 
(23) Little Goose Creek (approximately 1,200 
acres). 
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(24) Middle/Granite Mountains (approximately 
80,000 acres). 
(25) Mount Escalante (approximately 18,000 
acres). 
(26) Mountain Home Range (approximately 
90,000 acres). 
(27) Newfoundland Mountains (approximately 
22,000 acres). 
(28) Ochre Mountain (approximately 13,000 
acres). 
(29) Oquirrh Mountains (approximately 9,000 
acres). 
(30) Painted Rock Mountain (approximately 
26,000 acres). 
(31) Paradise/Steamboat Mountains (approxi-
mately 144,000 acres). 
(32) Pilot Range (approximately 45,000 acres). 
(33) Red Tops (approximately 28,000 acres). 
(34) Rockwell-Little Sahara (approximately 
21,000 acres). 
(35) San Francisco Mountains (approximately 
39,000 acres). 
(36) Sand Ridge (approximately 73,000 acres). 
(37) Simpson Mountains (approximately 42,000 
acres). 
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(38) Snake Valley (approximately 100,000 
acres). 
(39) Spring Creek Canyon (approximately 
4,000 acres). 
(40) Stansbury Island (approximately 10,000 
acres). 
(41) 
Stansbury 
Mountains 
(approximately 
24,000 acres). 
(42) Thomas Range (approximately 36,000 
acres). 
(43) 
Tule 
Valley 
(approximately 
159,000 
acres). 
(44) Wah Wah Mountains (approximately 
167,000 acres). 
(45) Wasatch/Sevier Plateaus (approximately 
29,000 acres). 
(46) White Rock Range (approximately 5,200 
acres). 
SEC. 102. GRAND STAIRCASE-ESCALANTE WILDERNESS 
AREAS. 
(a) GRAND STAIRCASE AREA.— 
(1) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that— 
(A) the area known as the Grand Staircase 
rises more than 6,000 feet in a series of great 
cliffs and plateaus from the depths of the 
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Grand Canyon to the forested rim of Bryce 
Canyon; 
(B) the Grand Staircase— 
(i) spans 6 major life zones, from the 
lower Sonoran Desert to the alpine forest; 
and 
(ii) encompasses geologic formations 
that 
display 
3,000,000,000 
years 
of 
Earth’s history; 
(C) land managed by the Secretary lines 
the intricate canyon system of the Paria River 
and forms a vital natural corridor connection to 
the deserts and forests of those national parks; 
(D) land described in paragraph (2) (other 
than East of Bryce, Upper Kanab Creek, 
Moquith 
Mountain, 
Bunting 
Point, 
and 
Vermillion Cliffs) is located within the Grand 
Staircase-Escalante National Monument; and 
(E) the Grand Staircase in Utah should be 
protected and managed as a wilderness area. 
(2) DESIGNATION.—In accordance with the 
Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), the fol-
lowing areas in the State are designated as wilder-
ness areas and as components of the National Wil-
derness Preservation System: 
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