(f) ADDITIONAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—The Sec-
retary may require such additional terms and conditions 
for the land exchange as the Secretary considers to be ap-
propriate to protect the interests of the United States. 
SEC. 4. LESSER PRAIRIE CHICKEN NATIONAL HABITAT 
PRESERVATION AREA. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT; PURPOSES.—There is estab-
lished in the County the Lesser Prairie Chicken National 
Habitat Preservation Area to protect, conserve, and enhance 
habitat for the Lesser Prairie Chicken. 
(b) BOUNDARIES.—The Preservation Area shall consist 
of approximately 28,168 acres of public land and 9,402 
acres of land acquired under section 3 of this Act, as gen-
erally depicted on the map. 
(c) MAPS AND LEGAL DESCRIPTION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
shall submit to Congress a map and legal description 
of the Preservation Area. 
(2) FORCE AND EFFECT.—The map and legal de-
scription submitted under paragraph (1) shall have 
the same force and effect as if included in this Act, 
except that the Secretary may correct clerical and ty-
pographical errors in the map and legal description. 
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(3) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—Copies of the map 
and legal description submitted under paragraph (1) 
shall be on file and available for public inspection 
in— 
(A) the Office of the Director of the Bureau 
of Land Management; 
(B) the Office of the State Director; 
(C) the Office of the Pecos District Manager 
of the Bureau of Land Management; and 
(D) the Office of the County Clerk in 
Roswell, New Mexico. 
SEC. 5. MANAGEMENT OF THE PRESERVATION AREA. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall manage the 
Preservation Area— 
(1) in a manner that protects, conserves, and en-
hances the habitat for the Lesser Prairie Chicken; and 
(2) in accordance with— 
(A) this Act; 
(B) the Federal Land Policy and Manage-
ment Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.); and 
(C) any other applicable laws. 
(b) USES.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary shall allow 
only uses of the Preservation Area that the Secretary 
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determines will further the purposes for which the 
Preservation Area is established. 
(2) USE OF MOTORIZED VEHICLES.—Except as 
needed for administrative purposes or to respond to 
an emergency, the use of motorized vehicles or mecha-
nized transport in the Preservation Area shall be al-
lowed only on roads and trails designated for vehic-
ular use under the management plan so long as such 
use is in conformance with the purposes of this Act. 
(c) WITHDRAWALS.—Subject to valid existing rights, 
all land managed by the Bureau of Land Management 
within the Preservation Area and any land and interests 
in land acquired for the Preservation Area by the United 
States after the date of the enactment of this Act are with-
drawn from— 
(1) all forms of entry, appropriation, or disposal 
under the public land laws; 
(2) location, entry, and patent under the mining 
laws; and 
(3) disposal under the mineral leasing, mineral 
materials, and geothermal leasing laws. 
(d) HUNTING AND TRAPPING.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), 
hunting and trapping shall be allowed in the Preser-
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vation Area to the extent consistent with the protec-
tion and conservation of the Lesser Prairie Chicken. 
(2) LIMITATIONS.— 
(A) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary may 
designate by regulation areas in which, and es-
tablish periods during which, for reasons of pub-
lic safety, administration, or compliance with 
applicable laws, no hunting or trapping will be 
permitted in the Preservation Area. 
(B) 
CONSULTATION.—Except 
in 
emer-
gencies, the Secretary shall consult with the ap-
propriate State agency before promulgating reg-
ulations under subparagraph (A) that close a 
portion of the Preservation Area to hunting and 
trapping. 
(e) GRAZING.—The Secretary may allow grazing solely 
for the purpose of vegetative management to enhance Lesser 
Prairie Chicken habitat. 
(f) ACTIVITIES OUTSIDE PRESERVATION AREA.—The 
fact that an activity or use of land is not permitted on 
land within the Preservation Area shall not preclude the 
activity or use outside the boundary of the Preservation 
Area or on private land within the Preservation Area, con-
sistent with other applicable law. 
(g) ACQUISITION OF LAND.— 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may acquire 
land in the Preservation Area only— 
(A) from a willing seller; and 
(B) through purchase, exchange, or dona-
tion. 
(2) MANAGEMENT.—Land acquired under para-
graph (1) shall be managed as part of the Preserva-
tion Area in accordance with this Act. 
(h) INTERPRETATIVE SITES.—The Secretary may es-
tablish sites in the Preservation Area to permit the interpre-
tation of the historical, cultural, scientific, archaeological, 
natural, and education resources of the Preservation Area. 
SEC. 6. MANAGEMENT PLAN. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall develop a 
comprehensive plan for the long-range protection and man-
agement of the Preservation Area. 
(b) CONTENTS.—The management plan shall— 
(1) describe the appropriate uses and manage-
ment of the Preservation Area in accordance with— 
(A) this Act; 
(B) the Federal Land Policy and Manage-
ment Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.); and 
(C) other applicable laws; 
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(2) incorporate, as appropriate, decisions in any 
other management or activity plan for the land with-
in or adjacent to the Preservation Area; and 
(3) take into consideration— 
(A) any information developed in studies of 
the land within or adjacent to the Preservation 
Area; and 
(B) the historical involvement of the local 
community in the interpretation and protection 
of the resources of the Preservation Area. 
Amend the title so as to read: ‘‘A bill to provide for 
a land exchange involving State land and Bureau of Land 
Management land in Chaves and Dona Ana Counties, 
New Mexico, and to establish the Lesser Prairie Chicken 
National Habitat Preservation Area, and for other pur-
poses.’’. 
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Union Calendar No. 394 
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 3930 
[Report No. 110–632] 
A BILL 
To provide for a land exchange involving State land 
and Bureau of Land Management land in Chavez 
and Dona Ana Counties, New Mexico, and to es-
tablish the Lesser Prairie Chicken National 
Habitat Preservation Area, and for other pur-
poses. 
MAY 13, 2008 
Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee 
of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and or-
dered to be printed 
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