IIB 
112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 491 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
APRIL 25, 2012 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
Resources 
AN ACT 
To modify the boundaries of Cibola National Forest in the 
State of New Mexico, to transfer certain Bureau of Land 
Management land for inclusion in the national forest, 
and for other purposes. 
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. BOUNDARY MODIFICATION AND TRANSFER OF 
ADMINISTRATIVE JURISDICTION, CIBOLA NA-
TIONAL FOREST, NEW MEXICO. 
(a) BOUNDARY MODIFICATION.— 
(1) MODIFICATION.—The boundaries of Cibola 
National Forest in the State of New Mexico, are 
modified to include the land depicted for such inclu-
sion on the Forest Service map titled ‘‘Crest of Mon-
tezuma Proposed Land Transfer’’ and dated October 
26, 2009. 
(2) AVAILABILITY AND CORRECTION OF MAP.— 
The map referred to in paragraph (1) shall be on 
file and available for public inspection in the appro-
priate offices of the Forest Service. The Chief of the 
Forest Service may make technical and clerical cor-
rections to the map. 
(b) TRANSFER OF BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT 
LAND.— 
(1) TRANSFER.—The Secretary of the Interior 
shall transfer to the administrative jurisdiction of 
the Secretary of the Agriculture, for inclusion in, 
and administration as part of, Cibola National For-
est, the public land administered by the Bureau of 
Land Management and identified as the ‘‘Crest of 
Montezuma’’ on the map referred to in subsection 
(a). 
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(2) EFFECT OF TRANSFER ON EXISTING PER-
MITS.—In the case of any permit or other land use 
authorization for public land transferred under para-
graph (1) that is still in effect as of the transfer 
date, the Secretary of Agriculture shall administer 
the permit or other land use authorization according 
to the terms of the permit or other land use author-
ization. Upon expiration of such a permit or author-
ization, the Secretary of Agriculture may reauthorize 
the use covered by the permit or authorization under 
authorities available to the Secretary on such terms 
and conditions as the Secretary considers in the 
public interest. 
(c) LAND ACQUISITION AUTHORITY.—Subject to the 
appropriation of funds to carry out this subsection and 
the consent of the owner of private land included within 
the boundaries of Cibola National Forest by subsection 
(a), the Secretary of Agriculture may acquire the private 
land. 
(d) MANAGEMENT OF ACQUIRED LAND.— 
(1) MANAGEMENT.—Any federally owned lands 
that have been or hereafter may be acquired for Na-
tional Forest System purposes within the boundaries 
of Cibola National Forest, as modified by subsection 
(a), shall be managed as lands acquired under the 
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Act of March 1, 1911 (commonly known as the 
Weeks Act; 16 U.S.C. 515 et seq.), and in accord-
ance with the other laws and regulations pertaining 
to the National Forest System. 
(2) WITHDRAWAL FROM MINING AND CERTAIN 
OTHER USES.—The land depicted on the map re-
ferred to in subsection (a) and acquired by the Sec-
retary of Agriculture is hereby withdrawn from— 
(A) all forms of entry, appropriation, or 
disposal under the public land laws; 
(B) location, entry, and patent under the 
public land mining laws; and 
(C) operation of the mineral leasing and 
geothermal leasing laws and the mineral mate-
rials laws. 
(e) 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. 460l– 
9), the boundaries of Cibola National Forest, as modified 
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by subsection (a), shall be considered to be boundaries of 
the Cibola National Forest as of January 1, 1965. 
Passed the House of Representatives April 24, 2012. 
Attest: 
KAREN L. HAAS, 
Clerk. 
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