H. R. 1138 
One Hundred Fourteenth Congress 
of the 
United States of America 
AT THE FIRST SESSION 
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday, 
the sixth day of January, two thousand and fifteen 
An Act 
To establish certain wilderness areas in central Idaho and to authorize various 
land conveyances involving National Forest System land and Bureau of Land 
Management land in central Idaho, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 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 ‘‘Sawtooth 
National Recreation Area and Jerry Peak Wilderness Additions 
Act’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for this Act 
is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
Sec. 2. Definitions. 
TITLE I—WILDERNESS DESIGNATIONS 
Sec. 101. Additions to National Wilderness Preservation System in the State of 
Idaho. 
Sec. 102. Administration. 
Sec. 103. Water rights. 
Sec. 104. Military overflights. 
Sec. 105. Adjacent management. 
Sec. 106. Native American cultural and religious uses. 
Sec. 107. Acquisition of land and interests in land. 
Sec. 108. Wilderness review. 
TITLE II—LAND CONVEYANCES FOR PUBLIC PURPOSES 
Sec. 201. Short title. 
Sec. 202. Blaine County, Idaho. 
Sec. 203. Custer County, Idaho. 
Sec. 204. City of Challis, Idaho. 
Sec. 205. City of Clayton, Idaho. 
Sec. 206. City of Stanley, Idaho. 
Sec. 207. Terms and conditions of permits or land conveyances. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means— 
(A) the Secretary of Agriculture, with respect to land 
administered by the Forest Service; or 
(B) the Secretary of the Interior, with respect to land 
administered by the Bureau of Land Management. 
(2) WILDERNESS AREA.—The term ‘‘wilderness area’’ means 
any of the areas designated as a component of the National 
Wilderness Preservation System by section 101.
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TITLE I—WILDERNESS DESIGNATIONS 
SEC. 101. ADDITIONS TO NATIONAL WILDERNESS PRESERVATION 
SYSTEM IN THE STATE OF IDAHO. 
(a) HEMINGWAY-BOULDERS WILDERNESS.—In accordance with 
the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), certain Federal lands 
in the Sawtooth and Challis National Forests in the State of Idaho, 
comprising approximately 67,998 acres, as generally depicted on 
the map entitled ‘‘Hemingway/Boulders Wilderness Area-Proposed’’ 
and dated February 25, 2015, are designated as wilderness and 
as a component of the National Wilderness Preservation System, 
which shall be known as the ‘‘Hemingway-Boulders Wilderness’’. 
(b) WHITE
CLOUDS
WILDERNESS.—In accordance with the 
Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), certain Federal lands 
in the Sawtooth and Challis National Forests in the State of Idaho, 
comprising approximately 90,769 acres, as generally depicted on 
the map entitled ‘‘White Clouds Wilderness Area-Proposed’’ and 
dated March 13, 2014, are designated as wilderness and as a 
component of the National Wilderness Preservation System, which 
shall be known as the ‘‘White Clouds Wilderness’’. 
(c) JIM MCCLURE-JERRY PEAK WILDERNESS.—In accordance 
with the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), certain Federal 
lands in the Challis National Forest and Challis District of the 
Bureau of Land Management in the State of Idaho, comprising 
approximately 116,898 acres, as generally depicted on the map 
entitled ‘‘Jim McClure-Jerry Peak Wilderness’’ and dated February 
21, 2015, are designated as wilderness and as a component of 
the National Wilderness Preservation System, which shall be known 
as the ‘‘Jim McClure-Jerry Peak Wilderness’’. 
(d) MAPS AND LEGAL DESCRIPTIONS.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—As soon as practicable after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the 
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate 
and the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Rep-
resentatives a map and legal description for each wilderness 
area. 
(2) EFFECT.—Each map and legal description submitted 
under paragraph (1) shall have the same force and effect as 
if included in this Act, except that the Secretary may correct 
minor errors in the map or legal description. 
(3) AVAILABILITY.—Each map and legal description sub-
mitted under paragraph (1) shall be available in the appropriate 
offices of the Forest Service or the Bureau of Land Management. 
SEC. 102. ADMINISTRATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to valid existing rights, each wilder-
ness area shall be administered by the Secretary in accordance 
with the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), except that— 
(1) any reference in that Act to the effective date shall 
be considered to be a reference to the date of enactment of 
this Act; and 
(2) with respect to wilderness areas that are administered 
by the Secretary of the Interior, any reference in the Wilderness 
Act to the Secretary of Agriculture shall be considered to be 
a reference to the Secretary of the Interior.
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(b) CONSISTENT INTERPRETATION.—The Secretary of Agriculture 
and the Secretary of the Interior shall seek to ensure that the 
wilderness areas are interpreted for the public as an overall complex 
linked by— 
(1) common location in the Boulder-White Cloud Moun-
tains; and 
(2) common identity with the natural and cultural history 
of the State of Idaho and the Native American and pioneer 
heritage of the State. 
(c) COMPREHENSIVE
WILDERNESS
MANAGEMENT
PLAN.—Not 
later than 3 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior shall 
collaboratively develop wilderness management plans for the wilder-
ness areas. 
(d) FIRE, INSECTS, AND DISEASE.—Within the wilderness areas, 
the Secretary may take such measures as the Secretary determines 
to be necessary for the control of fire, insects, and disease in 
accordance with section 4(d)(1) of the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 
1131(d)(1)). 
(e) LIVESTOCK.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Within the wilderness areas, the grazing 
of livestock in which grazing is established before the date 
of enactment of this Act shall be allowed to continue, subject 
to such reasonable regulations, policies, and practices as the 
Secretary determines to be necessary, in accordance with— 
(A) section 4(d)(4) of the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 
1131(d)(4)); 
(B) with respect to wilderness areas administered by 
the Secretary of Agriculture, the guidelines described in 
House Report 96–617 of the 96th Congress; and 
(C) with respect to wilderness areas administered by 
the Secretary of the Interior, the guidelines described in 
appendix A of House Report 101–405 of the 101st Congress. 
(2) DONATION OF GRAZING PERMITS AND LEASES.— 
(A) ACCEPTANCE BY SECRETARY.— 
(i) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall accept the 
donation of any valid existing leases or permits author-
izing grazing on public land or National Forest System 
land, all or a portion of which are within the area 
depicted as the ‘‘Boulder White Clouds Grazing Area’’ 
on the map entitled ‘‘Boulder White Clouds Grazing 
Area Map’’ and dated January 27, 2010. 
(ii) PARTIAL DONATION.—A person holding a valid 
grazing permit or lease for a grazing allotment par-
tially within the area described in clause (i) may elect 
to donate only the portion of the grazing permit or 
lease that is within the area. 
(B) TERMINATION.—With respect to each permit or 
lease donated under subparagraph (A), the Secretary 
shall— 
(i) terminate the grazing permit or lease or portion 
of the permit or lease; and 
(ii) except as provided in subparagraph (C), ensure 
a permanent end to grazing on the land covered by 
the permit or lease or portion of the permit or lease. 
(C) COMMON ALLOTMENTS.—
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(i) IN GENERAL.—If the land covered by a permit 
or lease donated under subparagraph (A) is also cov-
ered by another valid grazing permit or lease that 
is not donated, the Secretary shall reduce the author-
ized level on the land covered by the permit or lease 
to reflect the donation of the permit or lease under 
subparagraph (A). 
(ii) AUTHORIZED LEVEL.—To ensure that there is 
a permanent reduction in the level of grazing on the 
land covered by the permit or lease donated under 
subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall not allow grazing 
use to exceed the authorized level established under 
clause (i). 
(D) PARTIAL DONATION.—If a person holding a valid 
grazing permit or lease donates less than the full amount 
of grazing use authorized under the permit or lease, the 
Secretary shall— 
(i) reduce the authorized grazing level to reflect 
the donation; and 
(ii) modify the permit or lease to reflect the revised 
level or area of use. 
(f) OUTFITTING AND GUIDE ACTIVITIES.—In accordance with sec-
tion 4(d)(5) of the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1133(d)(5)), commercial 
services (including authorized outfitting and guide activities) within 
the wilderness areas are authorized to the extent necessary for 
activities which are proper for realizing the recreational or other 
wilderness purposes of the wilderness areas. 
(g) FISH AND WILDLIFE.—Nothing in this title affects the juris-
diction of the State of Idaho with respect to the management 
of fish and wildlife on public land in the State, including the 
regulation of hunting, fishing, and trapping within the wilderness 
areas. 
(h) ACCESS.—In accordance with section 5(a) of the Wilderness 
Act (16 U.S.C. 1134(a)), the Secretary shall provide the owner 
of State or private property within the boundary of a wilderness 
area adequate access to the property. 
SEC. 103. WATER RIGHTS. 
(a) STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this title— 
(1) shall constitute either an express or implied reservation 
by the United States of any water rights with respect to the 
wilderness areas designated by section 101; 
(2) affects any water rights— 
(A) in the State of Idaho existing on the date of enact-
ment of this Act, including any water rights held by the 
United States; or 
(B) decreed in the Snake River Basin Adjudication, 
including any stipulation approved by the court in such 
adjudication between the United States and the State of 
Idaho with respect to such water rights; or 
(3)(A) establishes a precedent with regard to any future 
wilderness designations; or 
(B) limits, alters, modifies, or amends section 9 of the 
Sawtooth National Recreation Area Act (16 U.S.C. 460aa–8). 
(b) NEW PROJECTS.— 
(1) PROHIBITION.—Except as otherwise provided in this Act, 
on and after the date of the enactment of this Act, neither
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the President nor any other officer, employee, or agent of the 
United States shall fund, assist, authorize, or issue a license 
or permit for the development of any new water resource facility 
inside any of the wilderness areas designated by section 101. 
(2) DEFINITION.—In this subsection, the term ‘‘water 
resource facility’’ means irrigation and pumping facilities, res-
ervoirs, water conservation works, aqueducts, canals, ditches, 
pipelines, wells, hydropower projects, and transmission and 
other ancillary facilities, and other water diversion, storage, 
and carriage structures. 
SEC. 104. MILITARY OVERFLIGHTS. 
Nothing in this title restricts or precludes— 
(1) low-level overflights of military aircraft over the wilder-
ness areas, including military overflights that can be seen 
or heard within the wilderness areas; 
(2) flight testing and evaluation; or 
(3) the designation or creation of new units of special 
use airspace, or the establishment of military flight training 
routes, over the wilderness areas. 
SEC. 105. ADJACENT MANAGEMENT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Nothing in this title creates a protective 
perimeter or buffer zone around a wilderness area. 
(b) ACTIVITIES OUTSIDE WILDERNESS AREA.—The fact that an 
activity or use on land outside a wilderness area can be seen 
or heard within the wilderness area shall not preclude the activity 
or use outside the boundary of the wilderness area. 
SEC. 106. NATIVE AMERICAN CULTURAL AND RELIGIOUS USES. 
Nothing in this title diminishes the treaty rights of any Indian 
tribe. 
SEC. 107. ACQUISITION OF LAND AND INTERESTS IN LAND. 
(a) ACQUISITION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may acquire any land or 
interest in land within the boundaries of the wilderness areas 
by donation, exchange, or purchase from a willing seller. 
(2) LAND
EXCHANGE.—Not later than 3 years after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall seek to 
complete an exchange for State land located within the bound-
aries of the wilderness areas designated by this title. 
(b) INCORPORATION IN WILDERNESS AREA.—Any land or interest 
in land located inside the boundary of a wilderness area that 
is acquired by the United States after the date of enactment of 
this Act shall be added to, and administered as part of the wilder-
ness area. 
SEC. 108. WILDERNESS REVIEW. 
(a) NATIONAL FOREST SYSTEM LAND.—Section 5 of Public Law 
92–400 (16 U.S.C. 460aa–4) is repealed. 
(b) PUBLIC LAND.— 
(1) FINDING.—Congress finds that, for purposes of section 
603 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 
(43 U.S.C. 1782), the public land administered by the Bureau 
of Land Management in the following wilderness study areas 
have been adequately studied for wilderness designation: 
(A) Jerry Peak Wilderness Study Area.
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(B) Jerry Peak West Wilderness Study Area. 
(C) Corral-Horse Basin Wilderness Study Area. 
(D) Boulder Creek Wilderness Study Area. 
(2) RELEASE.—Any public land within the areas described 
in paragraph (1) that is not designated as wilderness by this 
title— 
(A) shall not be subject to section 603(c) of the Federal 
Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 
1782(c)); and 
(B) shall be managed in accordance with land manage-
ment plans adopted under section 202 of that Act (43 
U.S.C. 1712). 
TITLE II—LAND CONVEYANCES FOR 
PUBLIC PURPOSES 
SEC. 201. SHORT TITLE. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Central Idaho Economic Develop-
ment and Recreation Act’’. 
SEC. 202. BLAINE COUNTY, IDAHO. 
The Secretary of Agriculture shall issue a special use permit 
or convey to Blaine County, Idaho, without consideration, not to 
exceed 1 acre of land for use as a school bus turnaround, as 
generally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘Blaine County Convey-
ance—Eagle Creek Parcel—Proposed’’ and dated October 1, 2006. 
SEC. 203. CUSTER COUNTY, IDAHO. 
(a) PARK
AND CAMPGROUND.—The Secretary of the Interior 
shall convey to Custer County, Idaho (in this section referred to 
as the ‘‘County’’), without consideration, approximately 114 acres 
of land depicted as ‘‘Parcel A’’ on the map entitled ‘‘Custer County 
and City of Mackay Conveyances’’ and dated April 6, 2010, for 
use as a public park and campground, consistent with uses allowed 
under the Act of June 14, 1926 (commonly known as the Recreation 
and Public Purposes Act; 43 U.S.C. 869 et seq.). 
(b) FIRE HALL.—The Secretary of the Interior shall convey 
to the County, without consideration, approximately 10 acres of 
land depicted as ‘‘Parcel B’’ on the map entitled ‘‘Custer County 
and City of Mackay Conveyances’’ and dated April 6, 2010, for 
use as a fire hall, consistent with uses allowed under the Act 
of June 14, 1926 (commonly known as the Recreation and Public 
Purposes Act; 43 U.S.C. 869 et seq.). 
(c) WASTE TRANSFER SITE.—The Secretary of the Interior shall 
convey to the County, without consideration, approximately 80 acres 
of land depicted as ‘‘Parcel C’’ on the map entitled ‘‘Custer County 
and City of Mackay Conveyances’’ and dated April 6, 2010, to 
be used for a waste transfer site, consistent with uses allowed 
under the Act of June 14, 1926 (commonly known as the Recreation 
and Public Purposes Act; 43 U.S.C. 869 et seq.). 
(d) FOREST SERVICE ROAD.— 
(1) CONVEYANCE.—The Secretary of Agriculture shall 
convey to the County, without consideration, the Forest Service 
road that passes through the parcel of National Forest System 
land to be conveyed to the City of Stanley, Idaho, under section 
206 from the junction of the road with Highway 75 to the
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junction with Valley Creek Road at the City of Stanley 
boundary. 
(2) RELOCATION.—The conveyance under paragraph (1) is 
subject to the condition that the County agree to relocate the 
portion of the road that passes through the section 206 convey-
ance parcel to the southeast along the boundary of the convey-
ance parcel. 
SEC. 204. CITY OF CHALLIS, IDAHO. 
The Secretary of the Interior shall convey to the City of Challis, 
Idaho, without consideration, approximately 460 acres of land 
within the area generally depicted as ‘‘Parcel B’’ on the map entitled 
‘‘Custer County and City of Challis Conveyances’’ and dated Feb-
ruary 2, 2010, to be used for public purposes consistent with uses 
allowed under the Act of June 14, 1926 (commonly known as the 
Recreation and Public Purposes Act; 43 U.S.C. 869 et seq.). 
SEC. 205. CITY OF CLAYTON, IDAHO. 
(a) CEMETERY.—The Secretary of the Interior shall convey to 
the City of Clayton, Idaho (in this section referred to as the ‘‘City’’), 
without consideration, approximately 23 acres of land depicted as 
‘‘Parcel A’’ on the map entitled ‘‘City of Clayton Conveyances’’ 
and dated April 6, 2010, for use as a public cemetery. 
(b) PARK.—The Secretary of the Interior shall convey to the 
City, without consideration, approximately 2 acres of land depicted 
as ‘‘Parcel B’’ on the map entitled ‘‘City of Clayton Conveyances’’ 
and dated April 6, 2010, for use as a public park or other public 
purpose consistent with uses allowed under the Act of June 14, 
1926 (commonly known as the Recreation and Public Purposes 
Act; 43 U.S.C. 869 et seq.). 
(c) WATER TOWER.—The Secretary of the Interior shall convey 
to the City, without consideration, approximately 2 acres of land 
depicted as ‘‘Parcel C’’ on the map entitled ‘‘City of Clayton Convey-
ances’’ and dated April 6, 2010, for location of a water tower, 
consistent with uses allowed under the Act of June 14, 1926 (com-
monly known as the Recreation and Public Purposes Act; 43 U.S.C. 
869 et seq.). 
(d) WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY.—The Secretary of the 
Interior shall convey to the City, without consideration, approxi-
mately 6 acres of land depicted as ‘‘Parcel D’’ on the map entitled 
‘‘City of Clayton Conveyances’’ and dated April 6, 2010 (including 
any necessary access right-of-way across the river), for use as a 
wastewater treatment facility, consistent with uses allowed under 
the Act of June 14, 1926 (commonly known as the Recreation 
and Public Purposes Act; 43 U.S.C. 869 et seq.). 
(e) FIRE HALL.—The Secretary of the Interior shall convey 
to the City, without consideration, approximately 2 acres of land 
depicted as ‘‘Parcel E’’ on the map entitled ‘‘City of Clayton Convey-
ances’’ and dated April 6, 2010, for use as a fire hall and related 
purposes, consistent with uses allowed under the Act of June 14, 
1926 (commonly known as the Recreation and Public Purposes 
Act; 43 U.S.C. 869 et seq.). 
SEC. 206. CITY OF STANLEY, IDAHO. 
(a) WORKFORCE HOUSING.—The Secretary of Agriculture shall 
convey to the City of Stanley, Idaho (in this section referred to 
as the ‘‘City’’), without consideration, a parcel of National Forest 
System land within the Sawtooth National Recreation Area, but
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outside the area managed by the Sawtooth Interpretative and 
Historical Association under special use permit with the Secretary, 
that consists of approximately 4 acres as indicated on the map 
entitled ‘‘Custer County and City of Stanley Conveyance Parcel- 
Proposed’’ and dated February 24, 2015, for the purpose of permit-
ting the City to develop the parcel to provide workforce housing 
for persons employed in the City or its environs. 
(b) NUMBER AND CONSTRUCTION OF HOUSING.—The City will 
construct up to 20 apartment units on the parcel conveyed under 
subsection (a). The actual design and configuration of the apartment 
units will be determined by the City in consultation with the 
Secretary and other interested parties, except that units may not 
exceed 2 stories and must be located near or against the hillside 
to blend in with the terrain. 
(c) RECREATION AREA PRIVATE LAND USE REGULATIONS.—The 
private land use regulations of the Sawtooth National Recreation 
Area shall not apply to the parcel conveyed under subsection (a), 
including with regard to the number and type of apartments units 
to be constructed on the parcel. 
(d) REMOVAL OF EXISTING STRUCTURE.—The Secretary shall 
be responsible for the removal of the barn located, as of the date 
of the enactment of this Act, on the parcel to be conveyed under 
subsection (a). The Secretary may remove the barn either before 
the conveyance of the parcel or at such later date as the City 
may request. 
(e) RELATION
TO REQUIRED REVERSIONARY INTEREST.—Con-
sistent with the reversionary interest required by section 207(b), 
the City may contract for the development and management of 
the apartment units constructed on the parcel conveyed under 
subsection (a) so long as the City retains ownership of the parcel 
in perpetuity. 
SEC. 207. TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF PERMITS OR LAND CONVEY-
ANCES. 
(a) TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—The issuance of a special use 
permit or the conveyance of land under this title shall be subject 
to any terms and conditions that the Secretary determines to be 
appropriate. 
(b) REVERSIONARY INTEREST.—If any parcel of land conveyed 
under this title ceases to be used for the public purpose for which 
the parcel was conveyed, the parcel shall, at the discretion of