(3) WATER
RESOURCE
FACILITY.—Notwith-
standing any other provision of law, beginning on 
the date of enactment of this Act, neither the Presi-
dent nor any other officer, employee, or agent of the 
United States shall fund, assist, authorize, or issue 
a license or permit for development of any new irri-
gation and pumping facility, reservoir, water con-
servation work, aqueduct, canal, ditch, pipeline, well, 
hydropower project, transmission, other ancillary fa-
cility, or other water, diversion, storage, or carriage 
structure in the wilderness designated by section 
2(b). 
(c) ACCESS AND OPERATION.— 
(1) DEFINITION.—As used in this subsection, 
the term ‘‘water resource facility’’ means irrigation 
and pumping facilities, reservoirs, water conserva-
tion works, aqueducts, canals, ditches, pipelines, 
wells, hydropower projects, transmission and other 
ancillary facilities, and other water diversion, stor-
age, and carriage structures. 
(2) ACCESS
TO
WATER
RESOURCE
FACILI-
TIES.—Subject to the provisions of this subsection, 
the Secretary shall allow reasonable access to water 
resource facilities in existence on the date of enact-
ment of this Act within the areas described in sec-
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tions 2(b) and 2(c), including motorized access 
where necessary and customarily employed on routes 
existing as of the date of enactment of this Act. 
(3) ACCESS
ROUTES.—Existing access routes 
within such areas customarily employed as of the 
date of enactment of this Act may be used, main-
tained, repaired, and replaced to the extent nec-
essary to maintain their present function, design, 
and serviceable operation, so long as such activities 
have no increased adverse impacts on the resources 
and values of the areas described in sections 2(b) 
and 2(c) than existed as of the date of enactment of 
this Act. 
(4) USE OF WATER RESOURCE FACILITIES.— 
Subject to the provisions of this subsection and sub-
section (a)(4), the Secretary shall allow water re-
source facilities existing on the date of enactment of 
this Act within areas described in sections 2(b) and 
2(c) to be used, operated, maintained, repaired, and 
replaced to the extent necessary for the continued 
exercise, in accordance with Colorado State law, of 
vested water rights adjudicated for use in connection 
with such facilities by a court of competent jurisdic-
tion prior to the date of enactment of this Act. The 
impact of an existing facility on the water resources 
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and values of the area shall not be increased as a 
result of changes in the adjudicated type of use of 
such facility as of the date of enactment of this Act. 
(5) REPAIR
AND
MAINTENANCE.—Water re-
source facilities, and access routes serving such fa-
cilities, existing within the areas described in sec-
tions 2(b) and 2(c) on the date of enactment of this 
Act shall be maintained and repaired when and to 
the extent necessary to prevent increased adverse 
impacts on the resources and values of the areas de-
scribed in sections 2(b) and 2(c). 
SEC. 5. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 
It is the sense of Congress that military aviation 
training on Federal public lands in Colorado, including the 
training conducted at the High-Altitude Army National 
Guard Aviation Training Site, is critical to the national 
security of the United States and the readiness of the 
Armed Forces. 
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SEC. 6. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE STUDY ON IMPACTS 
THAT THE EXPANSION OF WILDERNESS DES-
IGNATIONS IN THE WESTERN UNITED STATES 
WOULD HAVE ON THE READINESS OF THE 
ARMED FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES 
WITH RESPECT TO AVIATION TRAINING. 
(a) STUDY REQUIRED.—The Secretary of Defense 
shall conduct a study on the impacts that the expansion 
of wilderness designations in the Western United States 
would have on the readiness of the Armed Forces of the 
United States with respect to aviation training. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit 
to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and 
House of Representatives a report on the study required 
under subsection (a). 
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