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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 3035
To designate certain lands in the State of Utah as wilderness, and for
other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
OCTOBER 7, 1999
Mr. HANSEN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Resources
A BILL
To designate certain lands in the State of Utah as
wilderness, 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; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the
‘‘Utah National Parks and Public Lands Wilderness Act’’.
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents of
this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
TITLE I—WILDERNESS AREAS IN UTAH NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM
LANDS
Sec. 101. Findings.
Sec. 102. Designation of wilderness areas.
Sec. 103. Administration.
Sec. 104. Water rights.
Sec. 105. Adjacent management.
Sec. 106. Overflights.
Sec. 107. Authorization of appropriations.
TITLE II—PUBLIC LAND WILDERNESS
Sec. 201. Designation of wilderness.
Sec. 202. Administration of wilderness areas.
Sec. 203. Wilderness release.
Sec. 204. Adjacent management.
Sec. 205. Withdrawal.
Sec. 206. Authorization of appropriations.
TITLE I—WILDERNESS AREAS IN
UTAH NATIONAL PARK SYS-
TEM LANDS
SEC. 101. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds that the National Parks of Utah
contain unique and spectacular natural resources. These
areas contain priceless habitat for numerous species of
wildlife, thousands of acres of pristine lands that remain
in their natural state. Continued preservation of these
areas would benefit both Utah and all of the United States
by ensuring the protection of ecologically diverse habitat
and by conserving valuable resources for primitive recre-
ation.
SEC. 102. DESIGNATION OF WILDERNESS AREAS.
(a) ARCHES NATIONAL PARK.—In furtherance of the
purposes of the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.),
certain Federal lands within Arches National Park in the
State of Utah, totaling approximately 63,591 acres as gen-
erally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘Arches National Park
Wilderness Plan’’, dated ll, are hereby designated as
wilderness and therefore as components of the National
Wilderness Preservation System. The lands shall be known
as the Arches National Park Wilderness.
(b) BRYCE CANYON NATIONAL PARK.—In further-
ance of the purposes of the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C.
1131 et seq.), certain Federal lands within Bryce Canyon
National Park in the State of Utah, totaling approxi-
mately 24,159 acres as generally depicted on the map enti-
tled ‘‘Bryce Canyon National Park Wilderness Plan’’,
dated ll, are hereby designated as wilderness and
therefore components of the National Wilderness Preser-
vation System. The lands shall be known as the Bryce
Canyon National Park Wilderness.
(c) CANYONLANDS NATIONAL PARK.—In furtherance
of the purposes of the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131
et seq.), certain Federal lands within Canyonlands Na-
tional Park in the State of Utah, totaling approximately
308,492 acres as generally depicted on the map entitled
‘‘Canyonlands National Park Wilderness Plan’’, dated
ll, are hereby designated as wilderness and therefore
as components of the National Wilderness Preservation
System. The lands shall be known as the Canyonlands Na-
tional Park Wilderness.
(d) CAPITOL REEF NATIONAL PARK.—In further-
ance of the purposes of the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C.
1131 et seq.), certain Federal lands within the Capitol
Reef National Park in the State of Utah, totaling approxi-
mately 162,637 acres as generally depicted on the map
entitled ‘‘Capitol Reef National Park Wilderness Plan’’,
dated ll, are hereby designated as wilderness and
therefore as components of the National Wilderness Pres-
ervation system. The lands shall be known as the Capitol
Reef National Park Wilderness.
(e) CEDAR BREAKS NATIONAL MONUMENT.—In fur-
therance of the purposes of the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C.
1131 et seq.), certain Federal lands within the Cedar
Breaks National Monument in the State of Utah, totaling
approximately 4,818 acres as generally depicted on the
map entitled ‘‘Cedar Breaks National Monument Wilder-
ness Plan’’, dated ll, are hereby designated as wilder-
ness and therefore as components of the National Wilder-
ness Preservation System. The lands shall be known as
the Cedar Breaks National Monument Wilderness.
(f) DINOSAUR NATIONAL MONUMENT.—In further-
ance of the purposes of the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C.
1131 et seq.), certain Federal lands within Dinosaur Na-
tional Monument in the State of Utah, totaling approxi-
mately 37,277 acres as generally depicted on the map enti-
tled ‘‘Dinosaur National Monument Wilderness Plan’’,
dated ll, are hereby designated as wilderness and
therefore as components of the National Wilderness Pres-
ervation System. The lands shall be known as the Dino-
saur National Monument Wilderness.
(g) 
GLEN
CANYON
NATIONAL
RECREATION
AREAS.—In furtherance of the purposes of the Wilderness
Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), certain Federal lands within
the Glen Canyon National Recreation Area in the State
of Utah, totaling approximately 590,905 acres as gen-
erally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘Glen Canyon National
Recreation Area Wilderness Plan’’, dated ll, are hereby
designated as wilderness and therefore as components of
the National Wilderness Preservation System. The lands
shall be known as the Glen Canyon National Recreation
Area Wilderness.
(h) ZION NATIONAL PARK.—In furtherance of the
purposes of the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.),
certain Federal lands within Zion National Park in the
State of Utah, totaling approximately 138,421 acres as
generally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘Zion National
Park Wilderness Plan’’, dated ll, are hereby designated
as wilderness and therefore as components of the National
Wilderness Preservation System. The lands shall be known
as the Zion National Park Wilderness.
SEC. 103. ADMINISTRATION.
(a) WILDERNESS AREA ADMINISTRATION.—Subject
to valid existing rights, each area designated as wilderness
by this title shall be administered by the Secretary of the
Interior (in this title referred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’) in
accordance with the management plan of the unit of the
National Park System in which the area is located and
with the provisions of the Wilderness Act governing areas
designated by that Act as wilderness, except that any ref-
erence in such provision to the effective date shall be
deemed to be a reference to the date of the enactment
of this Act.
(b) MAP AND DESCRIPTION.—As soon as practicable
after enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall file a map
and a legal description of each wilderness area designated
by this title with the Committee on Resources of the
House of Representatives and with the Committee on En-
ergy and Natural Resources of the Senate. Each map and
description shall have the same force and effect as if in-
cluded in this title, except that correction of clerical and
typographical errors in a map or legal description may be
made. Each map and legal description shall be on file and
available for public inspection in the Office of the Director
of the National Park Service, Department of the Interior.
(c) MAINTENANCE OF ACTIVITIES.—Nothing in this
title shall be construed in any way to terminate or other-
wise affect the exercise of any valid right or privilege exist-
ing as of the date of enactment of this Act. In the exercise
of such rights or privileges, traditional access shall be al-
lowed where necessary or historically employed on existing
routes.
(d) LIVESTOCK.—Within the wilderness areas des-
ignated under section 102, the grazing of livestock, where
established prior to the date of enactment of this Act, shall
be permitted to continue subject to such reasonable regu-
lations, policies, and practices as the Secretary deems nec-
essary, as long as such regulations, policies, and practices
fully conform with and implement the intent of Congress
regarding grazing in such areas as such intent is expressed
in the Wilderness Act, section 101(f) of Public Law 101–
628, and House Report 101–405, Appendix A.
(e) INCORPORATION OF ACQUIRED LANDS AND IN-
TERESTS.—Any lands or interest in lands within the
boundaries of an area designated as wilderness by this
title that is acquired by the United States after the date
of the enactment of this Act shall be added to and admin-
istered as part of the wilderness area within which the
acquired lands or interest in lands are located.
SEC. 104. WATER RIGHTS.
Nothing in this title, nor any action taken pursuant
thereto, shall constitute either an expressed or implied res-
ervation of water. Nothing in this title shall affect any
valid existing water right, including any federal reserved
water right, in effect on the date of enactment or any
water right hereinafter approved pursuant to the laws of
the State of Utah, and nothing in this section shall con-
stitute a precedent for any other wilderness designation
legislation Congress may enact in the future.
SEC. 105. ADJACENT MANAGEMENT.
The Congress does not intend for the designation of
wilderness areas in the State of Utah pursuant to this title
to lead to the creation of protective perimeters or buffer
zones around any such wilderness area. The fact that non-
wilderness activities or uses can be seen or heard from
areas within a wilderness shall not preclude such activities
or uses up to the boundary of the wilderness area.
SEC. 106. OVERFLIGHTS.
Nothing in this title shall be construed to restrict or
preclude overflights, including low-level overflights, over
the areas designated as wilderness by this title, including
military overflights that can be seen or heard within the
wilderness areas. Nothing in this title shall be construed
to restrict or preclude the designation or creation of new
units of special use airspace or the establishment of mili-
tary flight training routes over the wilderness areas.
SEC. 107. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
There is authorized to be appropriated such sums as
may be necessary to carry out this title.
TITLE II—PUBLIC LAND
WILDERNESS
SEC. 201. DESIGNATION OF WILDERNESS.
(a) DESIGNATION.—In furtherance of the purposes of
the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), the following
public lands are hereby designated as wilderness and
therefore, as components of the National Wilderness Pres-
ervation System:
(1) Certain Federal and non-Federal lands in
Millard County, Utah, which comprise approximately
25,609 acres, as generally depicted on a map enti-
tled ‘‘Barn Hills Wilderness’’ and dated ll, and
which shall be known as the Barn Hills Wilderness.
(2) Certain Federal and non-Federal lands in
Washington County, Utah, which comprise approxi-
mately 30 acres, as generally depicted on a map en-
titled ‘‘Beartrap Canyon Wilderness’’ and dated
ll, and which shall be known as the Beartrap
Canyon Wilderness.
(3) Certain Federal and non-Federal lands in
Washington County, Utah, which comprise approxi-
mately 21,812 acres, as generally depicted on a map
entitled ‘‘Black Ridge Wilderness’’ and dated ll,
and which shall be known as the Black Ridge Wil-
derness.
(4) Certain Federal and non-Federal lands in
Beaver County, Utah, which comprise approximately
58,425 acres, as generally depicted on a map enti-
tled ‘‘Central Wah Wah Mountains Wilderness’’ and
dated ll, and which shall be known as the Cen-
tral Wah Wah Mountains Wilderness.
(5) Certain Federal and non-Federal lands in
Washington County, Utah, which comprise approxi-
mately 52,348 acres, as generally depicted on a map
entitled ‘‘Central Wah Wah Mountains Wilderness’’
and dated ll, and which shall be known as the
Central Wah Wah Mountains Wilderness.
(6) Certain Federal and non-Federal lands in
Tooele County, Utah, which comprise approximately
60,922 acres, as generally depicted on a map enti-
tled ‘‘Cedar Mountains Wilderness’’ and dated ll,
and which shall be known as the Cedar Mountains
Wilderness.
(7) Certain Federal and non-Federal lands in
Washington County, Utah, which comprise approxi-
mately 11,195 acres, as generally depicted on a map
entitled ‘‘Cottonwood Canyon Wilderness’’ and dated
ll, and which shall be known as the Cottonwood
Canyon Wilderness.
(8) Certain Federal and non-Federal lands in
Washington County, Utah, which comprise approxi-
mately 10,357 acres, as generally depicted on a map
entitled ‘‘Cougar Canyon Wilderness’’ and dated
ll, and which shall be known as the Cougar Can-
yon Wilderness.
(9) Certain Federal and non-Federal lands in
Tooele County, Utah, which comprise approximately
61,201 acres, as generally depicted on a map enti-
tled ‘‘Crater Island Wilderness’’ and dated ll,
and which shall be known as the Crater Island Wil-
derness.
(10) Certain Federal and non-Federal lands in
Washington County, Utah, which comprise approxi-
mately 7,015 acres, as generally depicted on a map
entitled ‘‘Deep Creek Wilderness’’ and dated ll,
and which shall be known as the Deep Creek Wilder-
ness.
(11) Certain Federal and non-Federal lands in
Tooele County and Juab County, Utah, which com-
prise approximately 102,577 acres, as generally de-
picted on a map entitled ‘‘Deep Creek Wilderness’’
and dated ll, and which shall be known as the
Deep Creek Wilderness.
(12) Certain Federal and non-Federal lands in
Juab County, Utah, which comprise approximately
62,192 acres, as generally depicted on a map enti-
tled ‘‘Fish Spring Wilderness’’ and dated ll, and
which shall be known as the Fish Spring Wilderness.
(13) Certain Federal and non-Federal lands in
Washington County, Utah, which comprise approxi-
mately 99 acres, as generally depicted on a map en-
titled ‘‘Goose Creek Canyon Wilderness’’ and dated
ll, and which shall be known as the Goose Creek
Canyon Wilderness.
(14) Certain Federal and non-Federal lands in
Millard County, Utah, which comprise approximately
18,248 acres, as generally depicted on a map enti-
tled ‘‘Granite Peak Wilderness’’ and dated ll,
and which shall be known as the Granite Peak Wil-
derness.
(15) Certain Federal and non-Federal lands in
Millard County, Utah, which comprise approximately
28,908 acres, as generally depicted on a map enti-
tled ‘‘Howell Peak Wilderness’’ and dated ll, and
which shall be known as the Howell Peak Wilder-
ness.
(16) Certain Federal and non-Federal lands in
Box Elder County, Utah, which comprise approxi-
mately 37,333 acres, as generally depicted on a map
entitled ‘‘Pilot Range Wilderness’’ and dated ll,
and which shall be known as the Pilot Range Wil-
derness.
(17) Certain Federal and non-Federal lands in
Millard County, Utah, which comprise approximately
95,303 acres, as generally depicted on a map enti-
tled ‘‘King Top Wilderness’’ and dated ll, and
which shall be known as the King Top Wilderness.
(18) Certain Federal and non-Federal lands in
Washington County, Utah, which comprise approxi-
mately 423 acres, as generally depicted on a map
entitled ‘‘La Verkin Creek Wilderness’’ and dated
ll, and which shall be known as the La Verkin
Creek Wilderness.
(19) Certain Federal and non-Federal lands in
Millard County, Utah, which comprise approximately
63,561 acres, as generally depicted on a map enti-
tled ‘‘North Wah Wah Mountains Wilderness’’ and
dated ll, and which shall be known as the North
Wah Wah Mountains Wilderness.
(20) Certain Federal and non-Federal lands in
Millard County, Utah, which comprise approximately
69,912 acres, as generally depicted on a map enti-
tled ‘‘Notch Peak Wilderness’’ and dated ll, and
which shall be known as the Notch Peak Wilderness.
(21) Certain Federal and non-Federal lands in
Juab County, Utah, which comprise approximately
44,081 acres, as generally depicted on a map enti-
tled ‘‘Painted Rock Wilderness’’ and dated ll,
and which shall be known as the Painted Rock Wil-
derness.
(22) Certain Federal and non-Federal lands in
Washington County, Utah, which comprise approxi-
mately 20,968 acres, as generally depicted on a map
entitled ‘‘Wilderness’’ and dated ll, and which
shall be known as the Red Mountain Wilderness.
(23) Certain Federal and non-Federal lands in
Juab County, Utah, which comprise approximately
32,193 acres, as generally depicted on a map enti-
tled ‘‘Red Top Wilderness’’ and dated ll, and
which shall be known as the Red Top Wilderness.
(24) Certain Federal and non-Federal lands in
Washington County, Utah, which comprise approxi-
mately 847 acres, as generally depicted on a map
entitled ‘‘Red Butte Wilderness’’ and dated ll,
and which shall be known as the Red Butte Wilder-
ness.
(25) Certain Federal and non-Federal lands in
Washington County, Utah, which comprise approxi-
mately 18,599 acres, as generally depicted on a map
entitled ‘‘Scarecrow Peak Wilderness’’ and dated
ll, and which shall be known as the Scarecrow
Peak Wilderness.
(26) Certain Federal and non-Federal lands in
Box Elder County and Tooele County, Utah, which
comprise approximately 35,302 acres, as generally
depicted on a map entitled ‘‘Silver Island Mountains
Wilderness’’ and dated ll, and which shall be
known as the Silver Island Mountains Wilderness.
(27) Certain Federal and non-Federal lands in
Iron County, Utah, which comprise approximately
4,168 acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled
‘‘Spring Creek Canyon Wilderness’’ and dated ll,
and which shall be known as the Spring Creek Can-
yon Wilderness.
(28) Certain Federal and non-Federal lands in
Iron County, Utah, which comprise approximately
46,077 acres, as generally depicted on a map enti-
tled ‘‘Steamboat Mountain Wilderness’’ and dated
ll, and which shall be known as the Steamboat
Mountain Wilderness.
(29) Certain Federal and non-Federal lands in
Millard County, Utah, which comprise approximately
93,537 acres, as generally depicted on a map enti-
tled ‘‘Swasey Mountain Wilderness’’ and dated ll,
and which shall be known as the Swasey Mountain
Wilderness.
(30) Certain Federal and non-Federal lands in
Washington County, Utah, which comprise approxi-
mately 14 acres, as generally depicted on a map en-
titled ‘‘Taylor Creek Canyon Wilderness’’ and dated
ll, and which shall be known as the Taylor Can-
yon Wilderness.
(31) Certain Federal and non-Federal lands in
Washington County, Utah, which comprise approxi-
mately 605 acres, as generally depicted on a map
entitled ‘‘The Watchman Wilderness’’ and dated
ll, and which shall be known as the Watchman
Wilderness.
(b) MAP AND DESCRIPTION.—As soon as practicable
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary
of the Interior (in this title referred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’)
shall file a map and legal description of the area des-
ignated as wilderness by subsection (b) with the Com-
mittee on Resources of the House of Representatives and
the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the
Senate. Such map and description shall have the same
force and effect as if included in this title, except that
the Secretary may correct clerical and typographical er-
rors in such map and legal descriptions. The map and
legal description shall be on file and available for public
inspection in the office of the Director of the Bureau of
Land Management, and the office of the State Director
of the Bureau of Land Management in the State of Utah,
Department of the Interior.
SEC. 202. ADMINISTRATION OF WILDERNESS AREAS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to valid existing rights
and this title, each wilderness area designated under this
title shall be administered by the Secretary in accordance
with the provisions of the Wilderness Act, except that any
reference in such provisions to the effective date of the
Wilderness Act (or any similar reference) shall be deemed
to be a reference to the effective date of this title.
(b) INCORPORATION OF ACQUIRED LANDS AND IN-
TERESTS.—Any lands or interest in lands within the
boundaries of an area designated as wilderness by this
title that is acquired by the United States after the date
of the enactment of this Act shall be added to and admin-
istered as part of the wilderness area within which the
acquired lands or interest in lands are located.
(c) STATE FISH AND WILDLIFE.—As provided in sec-
tion 4(d)(7) of the Wilderness Act, nothing in this title
shall be construed as affecting the jurisdiction or respon-
sibilities of the State of Utah with respect to wildlife and
fish on the public lands located in that State.
(d) LAND ACQUISITION
BY PURCHASE
FOR EX-
CHANGE.—The Secretary shall offer to acquire from non-
governmental entities lands and interest in lands located
within or adjacent to areas designated as wilderness by
this title. Lands may be acquired under this subsection
by exchange, donation, or purchase from willing sellers.
(e) WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT.—In furtherance of the
purposes and principles of the Wilderness Act, manage-
ment activities to maintain or restore fish and wildlife pop-
ulations and the habitats to support such populations may
be carried out within wilderness areas where consistent
with relevant wilderness management plans, in accordance
with appropriate policies and guidelines such as those set
forth in appendix B of the Report of the Committee on
Interior and Insular Affairs to accompany H.R. 2570 of
the One Hundred First Congress (H. Rept. 101–405).
(f) NATIONAL DEFENSE LANDS.—
(1) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds that:
(A) The testing and development of mili-
tary weapons systems and the training of mili-
tary forces are critical to ensuring the national
security of the United States.
(B) The Utah Test and Training Range
and Dugway Proving Ground are unique and ir-
replaceable national assets at the core of the
Department of Defense’s test and training mis-
sion.
(C) Some wilderness areas designated by
this title lie in close proximity to lands with-
drawn for military use and beneath special use
airspace critical to the support of military test
and training missions on the Utah Test and
Training Range and Dugway Proving Ground.
(D) Continued unrestricted access to the
special use airspace and lands which comprise
the Utah Test and Training Range and
Dugway Proving Ground is a national security
priority and is not incompatible with the protec-
tion and proper management of the natural, en-
vironmental, cultural, and other resources of
the Federal lands designated as wilderness
under this title.
(2) OVERFLIGHTS.—(A) Nothing in this title,
the Wilderness Act, or other land management laws
generally applicable to the new units of the Wilder-
ness Preservation System designated by this title,
shall restrict or preclude low-level overflights, low-
level military overflights and operations of military
aircraft, helicopters, unmanned aerial military over-
flights or military overflights and operations that
can be seen or heard within such units. This prohibi-
tion shall preclude any restriction to altitude or air-
speed, noise level, supersonic flight, route of flight,
time of flight, seasonal usage, or numbers of flights
of any military aircraft, helicopters, unmanned aerial
vehicles, missiles, aerospace vehicles and other mili-
tary weapons systems over such units. As used in
this paragraph, the term ‘‘low level’’ includes any
flight down to and including 10 feet above ground
level.
(B) Nothing in this title, the Wilderness Act, or
other land management laws generally applicable to
the new units of the Wilderness Preservation System
designated by this title, shall restrict or preclude the
designation of new units of special use airspace, the
expansion of existing units of special use airspace, or
the use or establishment of military training routes
over such new wilderness units.
(3) COMMUNICATIONS
AND
TRACKING
SYS-
TEMS.—Nothing in this title, the Wilderness Act, or
other land management laws generally applicable to
the new units of the Wilderness Preservation System
designated by this title, shall be construed to require
the removal of existing communications, instrumen-
tation or electronic tracking systems from areas des-
ignated as new units of wilderness by this title, or
to prevent any required maintenance of such sys-
tems, or to prevent the installation of new commu-
nication, instrumentation or other equipment nec-
essary for effective testing and training to meet mili-
tary requirements so long as the installation and
maintenance of such systems does not require con-
struction of any permanent roads.
(4) EMERGENCY
ACCESS
AND
RESPONSE.—
Nothing in this title, the Wilderness Act, or other
land management laws generally applicable to the
new units of the Wilderness Preservation System
designated by this title, shall restrict or preclude
timely access to any area necessary to respond to
emergency situations. Immediate access, including
access for emergency and rescue vehicles and equip-
ment, shall not be restricted if human life or health
may be in jeopardy. The Secretary of the Air Force
and Secretary of the Interior shall enter into a for-
mal memorandum of understanding within 90 days
after enactment of this Act formalizing procedures
for access to new wilderness areas beneath the Utah
Test and Training Range airspace which may be
necessary to respond to emergency situations, to res-
cue downed aircrew, to investigate accident loca-
tions, to recover military aircraft or other weapons
systems, and to restore accident locations. Military
operations on the Dugway Proving Ground and with
the Utah Test and Training Range shall not be lim-
ited or restricted in any way pending completion of
the memorandum of understanding.
(5) CONTROL OR RESTRICTION OF PUBLIC AC-
CESS.—When required by national security or public
safety, public access to new units of the wilderness
preservation system designated by this title may be
controlled or restricted entirely. Such controls or re-
strictions shall remain in force for the minimum du-
ration necessary. The Secretary of the Air Force
shall provide notice of such controls or restrictions
to the Department of the Interior and shall enter
into a formal memorandum of understanding within
90 days after the enactment of this Act prescribing
procedures for implementing such controls or restric-
tions. Military operations on the Dugway Proving
Ground and within the Utah Test and Training
Range shall not be limited or restricted in any way
pending completion of the memorandum of under-
standing.
(g) LIVESTOCK.—Within the wilderness areas des-
ignated under section 201, the grazing of livestock, where
established prior to the date of enactment of this Act, shall
be permitted to continue subject to such reasonable regu-
lations, policies, and practices as the Secretary deems nec-
essary, as long as such regulations, policies, and practices
fully conform with and implement the intent of Congress
regarding grazing in such areas as such intent is expressed
in the Wilderness Act, section 101(f) of Public Law 101–
628, and House Report 101–405, Appendix A.
(h) WATER RIGHTS.—Congress finds that there are
unique circumstances with respect to the water-related re-
sources within the wilderness areas designated by this
title. The Congress recognizes that there is little or no
water or water-related resources in the areas which could
be affected by Wilderness designations. For that reason,
nothing in this title, nor any action taken pursuant there-
to, shall constitute either an expressed or implied reserva-
tion of water. Nothing in this title shall affect any valid
existing water right, including any federal reserved water
right, in effect on the date of enactment or any water right
hereinafter approved pursuant to the laws of the State of
Utah, and nothing in this section shall constitute a prece-
dent for any other wilderness designation legislation Con-
gress may enact in the future.
SEC. 203. WILDERNESS RELEASE.
The Congress hereby finds and directs that lands in
the Box Elder, Tooele, Juab, Millard, Beaver, Iron and
Washington counties in the State of Utah, not designated
as wilderness by this title have been adequately studied
for wilderness designation pursuant to section 603(c) of
the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976,
and are no longer subject to the requirement of section
603(c) of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act
of 1976 pertaining to the management of wilderness study
areas in a manner that does not impair the suitability of
such areas for preservation as wilderness. The Secretary
shall not continue the plan amendment process initiated
pursuant to Section 202 of the Federal Land Policy and
Management Act and identified by Federal Register notice
dated March 18, 1999, page 13439 within Box Elder,
Tooele, Juab, Millard, Beaver, Iron and Washington coun-
ties in the State of Utah.
SEC. 204. ADJACENT MANAGEMENT.
The Congress does not intend for the designation of
wilderness areas in the State of Utah pursuant to this title
to lead to the creation of protective perimeters or buffer
zones around any such wilderness area. The fact that non-
wilderness activities or uses can be seen or heard from
areas within a wilderness shall not, of itself, preclude such
activities or uses up to the boundary of the wilderness
area.
SEC. 205. WITHDRAWAL.
Subject to valid existing rights, the Federal lands
designated as wilderness under this title are hereby with-
drawn from all forms of entry, appropriation, or disposal
under the public land laws; and from location, entry, and
patent under the United States mining laws; and from dis-
position under all laws pertaining to mineral and geo-
thermal leasing, and mineral materials, and all amend-
ments thereto.
SEC. 206. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
There is authorized to be appropriated such sums as
may be necessary to carry out this title.
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