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 
‘‘Emery County Public Land Management Act of 2018’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
Sec. 2. Definitions. 
Sec. 3. Administration. 
TITLE I—SAN RAFAEL SWELL WESTERN HERITAGE AND HISTORIC 
MINING NATIONAL RECREATION AREA 
Sec. 101. Establishment of Recreation Area. 
Sec. 102. Management of Recreation Area. 
Sec. 103. San Rafael Swell Western Heritage and Historic Mining National 
Recreation Area Advisory Council. 
TITLE II—WILDERNESS AREAS 
Sec. 201. Additions to the National Wilderness Preservation System. 
Sec. 202. Administration. 
Sec. 203. Fish and wildlife management. 
Sec. 204. Release of land for nonwilderness use. 
TITLE III—WILD AND SCENIC RIVER DESIGNATION 
Sec. 301. Green River wild and scenic river designation. 
TITLE IV—LAND MANAGEMENT AND CONVEYANCES 
Sec. 401. Goblin Valley State Park recreation and public purpose agreement. 
Sec. 402. Jurassic National Monument. 
Sec. 403. Public land disposal and acquisition. 
Sec. 404. Public purpose conveyances. 
Sec. 405. School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration land. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) COUNCIL.—The term ‘‘Council’’ means the 
San Rafael Swell Western Heritage and Historic 
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Mining National Recreation Area Advisory Council 
established under section 103(a). 
(2) COUNTY.—The term ‘‘County’’ means Emery 
County in the State. 
(3) MANAGEMENT
PLAN.—The term ‘‘Manage-
ment Plan’’ means the management plan for the 
Recreation Area developed under section 102(b). 
(4) MAP.—The term ‘‘Map’’ means the map enti-
tled ‘‘Emery County Public Land Management Act of 
2018 Overview Map’’ and dated September 14, 2018. 
(5) RECREATION AREA.—The term ‘‘Recreation 
Area’’ means the San Rafael Swell Western Heritage 
and Historic Mining National Recreation Area estab-
lished by section 101(a)(1). 
(6) 
SECRETARY.—The 
term 
‘‘Secretary’’ 
means— 
(A) in title I, the Secretary of the Interior, 
acting through the Director of the Bureau of 
Land Management; 
(B) in titles II and III— 
(i) the Secretary of the Interior, acting 
through the Director of the Bureau of Land 
Management, with respect to public land; 
and 
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(ii) the Secretary of Agriculture, acting 
through the Chief of the Forest Service, with 
respect to National Forest System land (as 
defined in section 103 of the Federal Land 
Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 
U.S.C. 1702)); and 
(C) in title IV, the Secretary of the Interior. 
(7) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means the State 
of Utah. 
(8) WILDERNESS AREA.—The term ‘‘wilderness 
area’’ means a wilderness area designated by section 
201(a). 
SEC. 3. ADMINISTRATION. 
Nothing in this Act affects or modifies any right of 
any federally recognized Indian Tribe or any obligation of 
the United States. 
TITLE 
I—SAN 
RAFAEL 
SWELL 
WESTERN HERITAGE AND HIS-
TORIC 
MINING 
NATIONAL 
RECREATION AREA 
SEC. 101. ESTABLISHMENT OF RECREATION AREA. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Subject to valid existing 
rights, there is established the San Rafael Swell West-
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ern Heritage and Historic Mining National Recre-
ation Area in the State. 
(2) AREA INCLUDED.—The Recreation Area shall 
consist of approximately 340,906 acres of certain Fed-
eral land managed by the Bureau of Land Manage-
ment, as generally depicted on the Map. 
(b) PURPOSES.—The purposes of the Recreation Area 
are to provide for the protection, conservation, and enhance-
ment of the recreational (including non-motorized and mo-
torized), cultural, natural, scenic, wildlife, ecological, his-
torical, and educational resources of the Recreation Area. 
(c) MAP AND LEGAL DESCRIPTION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—As soon as practicable after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall 
file a map and legal description of the Recreation 
Area with the Committee on Natural Resources of the 
House of Representatives and the Committee on En-
ergy and Natural Resources of the Senate. 
(2) EFFECT.—The map and legal description 
filed under paragraph (1) 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 the map and legal description. 
(3) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—A copy of the map 
and legal description filed under paragraph (1) shall 
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be on file and available for public inspection in the 
appropriate offices of the Bureau of Land Manage-
ment. 
SEC. 102. MANAGEMENT OF RECREATION AREA. 
(a) USES.—The Secretary shall allow only such uses 
of the Recreation Area as the Secretary determines would 
further the purposes of the Recreation Area. 
(b) MANAGEMENT PLAN.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 5 years after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall 
develop a comprehensive management plan for the 
long-term protection and management of the Recre-
ation Area. 
(2) REQUIREMENTS.—The Management Plan 
shall— 
(A) describe the appropriate uses and man-
agement of the Recreation Area; 
(B) be developed with extensive public 
input; 
(C) take into consideration any information 
developed in studies of the land within the Recre-
ation Area; and 
(D) be developed fully consistent with the 
settlement agreement entered into on January 
13, 2017, in the case in the United States Dis-
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trict Court for the District of Utah styled 
‘‘Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance, et al. v. 
U.S. Department of the Interior, et al.’’ and 
numbered 2:12–cv–257 DAK. 
(c) OUTFITTING AND GUIDE ACTIVITIES.—Commercial 
services (including authorized outfitting and guide activi-
ties) within the Recreation Area may be authorized to the 
extent necessary for activities that fulfill the recreational 
or other purposes of the Recreation Area. 
(d) MOTORIZED VEHICLES; NEW ROADS.— 
(1) MOTORIZED
VEHICLES.—Except as needed 
for emergency response or administrative purposes, 
the use of motorized vehicles in the Recreation Area 
shall be permitted only on roads and motorized routes 
designated in the Management Plan for the use of mo-
torized vehicles. 
(2) NEW ROADS.—No new roads or motorized ve-
hicle routes shall be built within the Recreation Area 
after the date of enactment of this Act. 
(e) GRAZING.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The grazing of livestock in the 
Recreation Area, if established before the date of en-
actment of this Act, shall be allowed to continue, sub-
ject to such reasonable regulations, policies, and prac-
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tices as the Secretary considers to be necessary in ac-
cordance with— 
(A) applicable law (including regulations); 
(B) the guidelines set forth in Appendix A 
of the report of the Committee on Interior and 
Insular Affairs of the House of Representatives 
accompanying H.R. 2570 of the 101st Congress 
(House Report 101–405); and 
(C) the purposes of the Recreation Area. 
(2) INVENTORY.—Not later than 2 years after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary, in col-
laboration with any willing affected grazing per-
mittee, shall— 
(A) carry out an inventory of facilities and 
improvements associated with grazing activities 
in the Recreation Area; and 
(B) incorporate into the Management Plan 
a list of any facilities and improvements inven-
toried under subparagraph (A). 
(f) COLD WAR SITES.—The Secretary shall manage 
the Recreation Area in a manner that ensures the preserva-
tion of Cold War sites, including the Morrison Knudson 
tunnels, various Department of Defense projects sites, and 
hundreds of historical uranium mine sites in the Recreation 
Area subject to such reasonable regulations, policies, and 
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practices as the Secretary considers necessary to protect 
public health and safety. 
(g) WILDFIRE MANAGEMENT.—Nothing in this section 
prohibits the Secretary, in cooperation with other Federal, 
State, and local agencies, as appropriate, from conducting 
wildland fire operations in the Recreation Area, consistent 
with the purposes of the Recreation Area. 
(h) INCORPORATION OF ACQUIRED LAND AND INTER-
ESTS.—Any land or interest in land located within the 
boundary of the Recreation Area that is acquired by the 
United States after the date of enactment of this Act shall— 
(1) become part of the Recreation Area; and 
(2) be managed as provided in this section. 
(i) WITHDRAWALS.—Subject to valid existing rights, 
all public land within the Recreation Area, including any 
land or interest in land that is acquired by the United 
States within the Recreation Area after the date of enact-
ment of this Act, is withdrawn from— 
(1) entry, appropriation or disposal under the 
public land laws; 
(2) location, entry, and patent under the mining 
laws; and 
(3) operation of the mineral leasing, mineral 
materials, and geothermal leasing laws. 
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(j) NONMOTORIZED RECREATION OPPORTUNITIES.— 
Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this 
Act, the Secretary, in consultation with interested parties, 
shall conduct a study of nonmotorized recreation trail op-
portunities within the Recreation Area. 
(k) EFFECT.—Nothing in this Act diminishes the au-
thority of the Secretary under Public Law 92–195 (com-
monly known as the ‘‘Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Bur-
ros Act’’) (16 U.S.C. 1331 et seq.). 
(l) WATER RIGHTS.—Nothing in this title— 
(1) affects the use or allocation, in existence on 
the date of enactment of this Act, of any water, water 
right, or interest in water; 
(2) affects any vested absolute or decreed condi-
tional water right in existence on the date of enact-
ment of this Act, including any water right held by 
the United States; 
(3) affects any interstate water compact in exist-
ence on the date of enactment of this Act; 
(4) authorizes or imposes any new reserved Fed-
eral water rights; or 
(5) shall be considered to be a relinquishment or 
reduction of any water rights reserved or appro-
priated by the United States in the State on or before 
the date of enactment of this Act. 
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SEC. 103. SAN RAFAEL SWELL WESTERN HERITAGE AND 
HISTORIC MINING NATIONAL RECREATION 
AREA ADVISORY COUNCIL. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 180 days after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall estab-
lish an advisory council, to be known as the ‘‘San Rafael 
Swell Western Heritage and Historic Mining National 
Recreation Area Advisory Council’’. 
(b) DUTIES.—The Council shall advise the Secretary 
with respect to the preparation and implementation of the 
Management Plan, including budgetary matters, for the 
Recreation Area. 
(c) APPLICABLE LAW.—The Council shall be subject 
to— 
(1) the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 
U.S.C. App.); and 
(2) the Federal Land Policy and Management 
Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.). 
(d) MEMBERS.—The Council shall include 12 mem-
bers, to be appointed by the Secretary, of whom, to the max-
imum extent practicable— 
(1) 1 member shall be appointed after consid-
ering the recommendations of the Emery County 
Commission; 
(2) 1 member shall be appointed from the motor-
ized recreational community; 
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(3) 1 member shall be appointed from the non-
motorized recreational community; 
(4) 1 member shall be appointed after consid-
ering the recommendations of the permittees holding 
grazing allotments within the Recreation Area or wil-
derness areas; 
(5) 1 member shall be appointed from the local 
conservation advocacy community; 
(6) 1 member shall have expertise in the histor-
ical uses of the Recreation Area; 
(7) 1 member shall be appointed from the elected 
leadership of a federally recognized Indian Tribe that 
has significant cultural or historical connections to, 
and expertise in, the landscape, archeological sites, or 
cultural sites within the County; and 
(8) 5 members shall— 
(A) reside in, or within reasonable prox-
imity to, the County; and 
(B) have a background that reflects— 
(i) the purposes for which the Recre-
ation Area or wilderness areas are estab-
lished; and 
(ii) the interests of the stakeholders 
that are affected by the planning and man-
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agement of the Recreation Area and wilder-
ness areas. 
(e) REPRESENTATION.—The Secretary shall ensure 
that the membership of the Council is fairly balanced in 
terms of the points of view represented and the functions 
to be performed by the Council. 
TITLE II—WILDERNESS AREAS 
SEC. 201. ADDITIONS TO THE NATIONAL WILDERNESS 
PRESERVATION SYSTEM. 
(a) ADDITIONS.—In accordance with the Wilderness 
Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), the following parcels of Federal 
land in the State are designated as wilderness and as com-
ponents of the National Wilderness Preservation System: 
(1) CANDLAND
MOUNTAIN.—Certain Federal 
land managed by the Forest Service, comprising ap-
proximately 11,521 acres, as generally depicted on the 
Map, which shall be known as the ‘‘Candland Moun-
tain Wilderness’’. 
(2) COLD WASH.—Certain Federal land man-
aged by the Bureau of Land Management, comprising 
approximately 11,162 acres, as generally depicted on 
the Map, which shall be known as the ‘‘Cold Wash 
Wilderness’’. 
(3) CRACK CANYON.—Certain Federal land man-
aged by the Bureau of Land Management, comprising 
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(13) SID’S
MOUNTAIN.—Certain Federal land 
managed by the Bureau of Land Management, com-
prising approximately 49,115 acres, as generally de-
picted on the Map, which shall be known as the ‘‘Sid’s 
Mountain Wilderness’’. 
(14) TURTLE
CANYON.—Certain Federal land 
managed by the Bureau of Land Management, com-
prising approximately 29,029 acres, as generally de-
picted on the Map, which shall be known as the ‘‘Tur-
tle Canyon Wilderness’’. 
(b) MAP AND LEGAL DESCRIPTION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—As soon as practicable after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall 
file a map and legal description of each wilderness 
area with— 
(A) the Committee on Natural Resources of 
the House of Representatives; and 
(B) the Committee on Energy and Natural 
Resources of the Senate. 
(2) EFFECT.—Each map and legal description 
filed under paragraph (1) shall have the same force 
and effect as if included in this Act, except that the 
Secretary may correct clerical and typographical er-
rors in the maps and legal descriptions. 
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(3) AVAILABILITY.—Each map and legal descrip-
tion filed under paragraph (1) shall on file and avail-
able for public inspection in the appropriate office of 
the Secretary. 
SEC. 202. ADMINISTRATION. 
(a) MANAGEMENT.—Subject to valid existing rights, 
the wilderness areas 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 en-
actment of this Act; and 
(2) any reference in that Act to the Secretary of 
Agriculture shall be considered to be a reference to the 
Secretary. 
(b) RECREATIONAL CLIMBING.—Nothing in this Act 
prohibits recreational rock climbing activities in the wilder-
ness areas designated by this Act, such as the placement, 
use and maintenance of fixed anchors, including those es-
tablished before the date of the enactment of this Act— 
(1) in accordance with the Wilderness Act (16 
U.S.C. 1131 et seq.); and 
(2) subject to any terms and conditions deter-
mined to be necessary by the Secretary. 
(c) TRAIL PLAN; STUDY.— 
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(1) PLAN.—After providing opportunities for 
public comment, the Secretary shall establish a trail 
plan that addresses hiking and equestrian trails on 
the wilderness areas in a manner consistent with the 
Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.). 
(2) REPORT.—Not later than 2 years after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall sub-
mit to Congress a report that describes the implemen-
tation of the trail plan established under paragraph 
(1). 
(d) LIVESTOCK.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The grazing of livestock in the 
wilderness areas, if established before the date of en-
actment of this Act, shall be allowed to continue, sub-
ject to such reasonable regulations, policies, and prac-
tices as the Secretary considers to be necessary in ac-
cordance with— 
(A) section 4(d)(4) of the Wilderness Act (16 
U.S.C. 1133(d)(4)); and 
(B) the guidelines set forth in Appendix A 
of the report of the Committee on Interior and 
Insular Affairs of the House of Representatives 
accompanying H.R. 2570 of the 101st Congress 
(House Report 101–405). 
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(2) INVENTORY.—With respect to each wilderness 
area in which grazing of livestock is allowed to con-
tinue under paragraph (1), not later than 2 years 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary, 
in collaboration with any affected grazing permittee, 
shall— 
(A) carry out an inventory of facilities and 
improvements associated with grazing activities 
in the wilderness area; and 
(B) review and revise the applicable allot-
ment management plan and grazing permit in-
formation. 
(e) WILDFIRE, INSECT, AND DISEASE MANAGEMENT.— 
In accordance with section 4(d)(1) of the Wilderness Act 
(16 U.S.C. 1133(d)(1)) and the report of the Committee on 
Interior and Insular Affairs of the House of Representatives 
accompanying H.R. 1437 of the 98th Congress (House Re-
port 98–40), the Secretary may take such measures in the 
wilderness areas as are necessary for the control of fire, in-
sects, and diseases, including, as the Secretary determines 
to be appropriate, the coordination of the activities with 
the State or a local agency. 
(f) ADJACENT MANAGEMENT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Congress does not intend for 
the designation of the wilderness areas to create pro-
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tective perimeters or buffer zones around the wilder-
ness areas. 
(2) NONWILDERNESS ACTIVITIES.—The fact that 
nonwilderness activities or uses can be seen or heard 
from areas within a wilderness area shall not pre-
clude the conduct of those activities or uses outside the 
boundary of the wilderness area. 
(g) MILITARY OVERFLIGHTS.—Nothing in this title re-
stricts or precludes— 
(1) low-level overflights of military aircraft over 
the wilderness 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. 
(h) OUTFITTING AND GUIDE ACTIVITIES.—Commer-
cial services (including authorized outfitting and guide ac-
tivities) within the wilderness areas may be authorized to 
the extent necessary for activities that fulfill the recreational 
or other wilderness purposes of the wilderness areas. 
(i) LAND ACQUISITION AND INCORPORATION OF AC-
QUIRED LAND AND INTERESTS.— 
(1) ACQUISITION
AUTHORITY.—The Secretary 
may acquire land and interests in land within the 
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