I 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4304 
To designate certain Federal lands in San Diego County, California, as 
wilderness, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 14, 2009 
Mr. ISSA introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To designate certain Federal lands in San Diego County, 
California, as wilderness, 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; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Beauty Mountain and Agua Tibia Wilderness Act of 
2009’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
TITLE I—DESIGNATION AND EXPANSION OF WILDERNESS AREAS 
Sec. 101. Definition of Secretary. 
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Sec. 102. Designation of wilderness, Cleveland National Forest and Bureau of 
Land Management land in San Diego County, California. 
Sec. 103. Administration of wilderness. 
TITLE II—LOCATION AND NATURE OF APPROPRIATE 
RECREATION FACILITIES 
Sec. 201. Recreational facilities. 
TITLE I—DESIGNATION AND EX-
PANSION 
OF 
WILDERNESS 
AREAS 
SEC. 101. DEFINITION OF SECRETARY. 
In this title, the term ‘‘Secretary’’ means— 
(1) with respect to land under the jurisdiction 
of the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of Ag-
riculture; and 
(2) with respect to land under the jurisdiction 
of the Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary of the 
Interior. 
SEC. 102. DESIGNATION OF WILDERNESS, CLEVELAND NA-
TIONAL FOREST AND BUREAU OF LAND MAN-
AGEMENT LAND IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY, 
CALIFORNIA. 
(a) AGUA TIBIA WILDERNESS ADDITIONS.—In ac-
cordance with the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et 
seq.), certain land in the Cleveland National Forest com-
prising approximately 7,796 acres, as generally depicted 
on the map titled ‘‘Agua Tibia Proposed Wilderness Addi-
tions’’, and dated May 18, 2009, is designated as wilder-
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ness and is incorporated in, and shall be deemed to be 
a part of, the Agua Tibia Wilderness. 
(b) BEAUTY MOUNTAIN WILDERNESS.—In accord-
ance with the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), 
certain land administered by the Bureau of Land Manage-
ment in San Diego County, California, comprising ap-
proximately 13,635 acres, as generally depicted on the 
map titled ‘‘Beauty Mountain Wilderness Additions’’, and 
dated December 11, 2009, is designated as wilderness and 
is incorporated in, and shall be deemed to be a part of, 
the Beauty Mountain Wilderness. 
(c) MAPS AND DESCRIPTIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—As soon as practicable after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
shall file a map and legal description of each wilder-
ness area and wilderness addition designated by this 
section with the Committee on Natural Resources of 
the House of Representatives and the Committee on 
Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate. 
(2) FORCE OF LAW.—A map and legal descrip-
tion filed under paragraph (1) shall have the same 
force and effect as if included in this title, except 
that the Secretary may correct errors in the map 
and legal description. 
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(3) PUBLIC
AVAILABILITY.—Each map and 
legal description filed under paragraph (1) shall be 
filed and made available for public inspection in the 
appropriate office of the Secretary. 
(d) UTILITY FACILITIES AND CORRIDORS.—Nothing 
in this section or the Wilderness Act shall be construed 
to prohibit construction, operation, and maintenance, 
using standard industry practices, of utility facilities lo-
cated, on the day before the date of the enactment of this 
Act, outside of the wilderness areas and wilderness addi-
tions designated by this section. 
SEC. 103. ADMINISTRATION OF WILDERNESS. 
(a) MANAGEMENT.—Subject to valid existing rights, 
the land designated as wilderness or as a wilderness addi-
tion by this title 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 of that Act shall be deemed to be a reference 
to the date of the enactment of this Act; and 
(2) any reference in that Act to the Secretary 
of Agriculture shall be deemed to be a reference to 
the Secretary that has jurisdiction over the land. 
(b) INCORPORATION OF ACQUIRED LAND AND IN-
TERESTS.—Any land within the boundaries of a wilderness 
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area or wilderness addition designated by this title that 
is acquired by the United States shall— 
(1) become part of the wilderness area in which 
the land is located; and 
(2) be managed in accordance with this title, 
the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), and 
any other applicable law. 
(c) WITHDRAWAL.—Subject to valid rights in exist-
ence on the date of enactment of this Act, the land des-
ignated as wilderness or wilderness addition by this title 
is withdrawn from all forms of— 
(1) entry, appropriation, or disposal under the 
public land laws; 
(2) location, entry, and patent under the mining 
laws; and 
(3) disposition under all laws pertaining to min-
eral and geothermal leasing or mineral materials. 
(d) FIRE MANAGEMENT
AND RELATED ACTIVI-
TIES.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary may take 
such measures in a wilderness area or wilderness ad-
dition designated by this Act as are necessary for 
the control and prevention of fire, insects, and dis-
eases in accordance with section 4(d)(1) of the Wil-
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