ordination of those activities with the State of Colorado 
or local agency. 
(g) REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS.—Noth-
ing in this section precludes the Secretary of Agriculture 
from authorizing, consistent with applicable laws (includ-
ing regulations), the use or lease of Federal land within 
the Tenmile Special Management Area for— 
(1) regional transportation projects, including 
highway widening or realignment and construction 
of multimodal transportation systems; and 
(2) infrastructure, activities, or safety measures 
associated with the implementation or utilization of 
those facilities. 
SEC. 6. PORCUPINE GULCH PROTECTION AREA. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—Certain Federal land located in 
the White River National Forest, comprising approxi-
mately 6,180 acres, as generally depicted on the map enti-
tled ‘‘Porcupine Gulch Protection Area’’ and dated Sep-
tember 2010, which is hereby designated as the Porcupine 
Gulch Protection Area (referred to in this section as the 
‘‘protection area’’). 
(b) MAPS AND LEGAL DESCRIPTIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—As soon as practicable after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
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Agriculture shall file a map and a legal description 
of the protection 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) FORCE OF LAW.—The map and legal de-
scription filed under paragraph (1) shall have the 
same force and effect as if included in this Act, ex-
cept that the Secretary may correct typographical 
errors in the map and legal description. 
(3) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—The map and legal 
description filed under paragraph (1) shall be on file 
and available for public inspection in the appropriate 
offices of the Forest Service. 
(c) ADMINISTRATION.—The Secretary of Agriculture 
shall administer the protection area— 
(1) in accordance with this section and any laws 
(including regulations) relating to the National For-
est System; and 
(2) except as provided in subsection (f), to 
maintain the area’s wilderness character and poten-
tial for inclusion in the National Wilderness Preser-
vation System. 
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(d) WITHDRAWAL.—Subject to valid existing rights, 
the Federal land in the protection area is withdrawn from 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. 
(e) PROHIBITED USES.—Except as provided in sub-
section (f), the following shall be prohibited on the Federal 
land within the protection area: 
(1) Permanent or temporary roads. 
(2) Permanent structures. 
(3) Commercial enterprises. 
(4) Timber harvesting. 
(5) Motorized and mechanized vehicles. 
(f) REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS.—Noth-
ing in this section precludes the Secretary from author-
izing, consistent with applicable laws (including regula-
tions), the use or lease of Federal land within the protec-
tion area for— 
(1) regional transportation projects, including 
highway widening or realignment and construction 
of multimodal transportation systems; and 
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(2) infrastructure, activities, or safety measures 
associated with the implementation or utilization of 
those facilities. 
(g) WILDFIRE, INSECT, AND DISEASE MANAGE-
MENT.—Consistent with this section, the Secretary of Ag-
riculture may take any measures that the Secretary deter-
mines to be necessary to control fire, insects, and diseases, 
including, as the Secretary determines appropriate, the co-
ordination of those activities with a State or local agency. 
(h) MILITARY OVERFLIGHTS.—Nothing in this sec-
tion restricts or precludes— 
(1) low-level overflights of military aircraft over 
the Porcupine Gulch area, including military over-
flights that can be seen or heard within the protec-
tion area; 
(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 protection area. 
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