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111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 921 
To establish the Sabinoso Wilderness Area in San Miguel County, New 
Mexico, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 9, 2009 
Mr. LUJA´N introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To establish the Sabinoso Wilderness Area in San Miguel 
County, New Mexico, 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. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Sabinoso Wilderness 
Act of 2009’’. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means the State 
of New Mexico. 
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(2) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of the Interior. 
SEC. 3. DESIGNATION OF THE SABINOSO WILDERNESS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—In furtherance of the purposes of 
the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), there is here-
by designated as wilderness, and, therefore, as a compo-
nent of the National Wilderness Preservation System, the 
approximately 15,995 acres of land under the jurisdiction 
of the Taos Field Office Bureau of Land Management, 
New Mexico, as generally depicted on the map titled 
‘‘Sabinoso Wilderness’’ and dated May 7, 2008, and which 
shall be known as the ‘‘Sabinoso Wilderness’’. 
(b) MAP AND LEGAL DESCRIPTION.—The map and 
a legal description of the wilderness area designated by 
this Act shall— 
(1) be filed by the Secretary with the Com-
mittee on Natural Resources of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Committee on Energy and Nat-
ural Resources of the Senate as soon as practicable 
after the date of the enactment of this Act; 
(2) have the same force and effect as if in-
cluded in this Act, except that the Secretary may 
correct clerical and typographical errors in the legal 
description and map; and 
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(3) be on file and available for public inspection 
in the appropriate offices of the Bureau of Land 
Management. 
(c) MANAGEMENT
OF WILDERNESS.—Subject to 
valid existing rights, the wilderness areas designated by 
this Act shall be administered in accordance with the Wil-
derness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.) and this Act, except 
that with respect to the wilderness areas designated by 
this Act, any reference to the effective date of the Wilder-
ness Act shall be deemed to be a reference to the date 
of enactment of this Act and any reference in the Wilder-
ness Act to the Secretary of Agriculture shall be consid-
ered to be a reference to the Secretary of the Interior. 
(d) INCORPORATION OF ACQUIRED LAND.—Any land 
or interest in land located inside the boundaries of the wil-
derness area designated by this Act that is acquired by 
the United States after the date of enactment of this Act 
shall become part of the wilderness area designated by this 
Act and shall be managed in accordance with this Act and 
other applicable law. 
(e) GRAZING.—Grazing of livestock in the wilderness 
area designated by this Act, where established before the 
date of enactment of this Act, shall be administered in 
accordance with the provisions of section 4(d)(4) of the 
Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1133(d)(4)) and the guidelines 
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set forth in Appendix A of the Report of the Committee 
on Interior and Insular Affairs to accompany H.R. 2570 
of the 101st Congress (H. Rept. 101–405). 
(f) FISH AND WILDLIFE.—As provided in section 
4(d)(7) of the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1133(d)(7)), 
nothing in this section shall be construed as affecting the 
jurisdiction or responsibilities of the State with respect to 
fish and wildlife in the State, including the regulation of 
hunting, fishing, and trapping, in the wilderness area des-
ignated by this Act. 
(g) WITHDRAWAL.—Subject to valid existing rights, 
the wilderness area designated by this Act, is withdrawn 
from— 
(1) all forms of entry, appropriation, and dis-
posal 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. 
(h) ACCESS.— 
(1) Consistent with section 5(a) of the Wilder-
ness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), the Secretary 
shall continue to allow private landowners adequate 
access to inholdings in the Sabinoso Wilderness. 
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(2) For access purposes, private lands within T. 
16 N., R. 23 E. Sections 17, 20 and the north half 
of Section 21, N.M.M. shall be managed as if an 
inholding in the Sabinoso Wilderness. 
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