tributes of the lands designated as wilderness or 
Special Management Area by this Act. 
(2) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this section is 
to protect the wilderness values of the lands des-
ignated as wilderness or Special Management Area 
by this Act by means other than those based on a 
Federal reserved water right. 
(3) DEFINITION.—As used in this section, the 
term ‘‘water resource facility’’ means irrigation and 
pumping facilities, reservoirs, water conservation 
works, aqueducts, canals, ditches, pipelines, wells, 
hydropower projects, and transmission and other an-
cillary facilities, and other water diversion, storage, 
and carriage structures. 
(b) RESTRICTIONS ON RIGHTS AND DISCLAIMER OF 
EFFECT.— 
(1) WATER RIGHTS CLAIMS.—Neither the Sec-
retary of Agriculture nor the Secretary of the Inte-
rior, nor any other officer, employee, representative, 
or agent of the United States, nor any other person, 
shall assert in any court or agency, nor shall any 
court or agency consider, any claim to or for water 
or water rights in the State of Colorado, which is 
based on any construction of any portion of this Act, 
or the designation of any lands as wilderness or Spe-
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cial Management Area by this Act, as constituting 
an express or implied reservation of water or water 
rights. 
(2) NO AFFECT ON WATER RIGHTS.—Nothing 
in this Act shall be construed as a creation, recogni-
tion, disclaimer, relinquishment, or reduction of any 
water rights of the United States in the State of 
Colorado existing before the date of enactment of 
this Act. 
(3) NO INTERPRETATION OR DESIGNATION.— 
Except as provided in subsection (g), nothing in this 
Act shall be construed as constituting an interpreta-
tion of any other Act or any designation made by or 
pursuant thereto. 
(4) NO PRECEDENT.—Nothing in this section 
shall be construed as establishing a precedent with 
regard to any future wilderness designations. 
(c) NEW
OR
EXPANDED
PROJECTS.—Notwith-
standing any other provision of law, on and after the date 
of enactment of this Act neither the President nor any 
other officer, employee, or agent of the United States shall 
fund, assist, authorize, or issue a license or permit for the 
development of any new water resource facility within the 
areas described in sections 3 and 4 or the enlargement 
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of any water resource facility within the areas described 
in sections 3 and 4. 
(d) ACCESS AND OPERATION.— 
(1) 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-
tions 3 and 4, including motorized access where nec-
essary and customarily employed on routes existing 
as of the date of enactment of this Act. 
(2) 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 3 and 
4 than existed as of the date of enactment of this 
Act. 
(3) USE OF WATER RESOURCE FACILITIES.— 
Subject to the provisions of subsections (c) and (d), 
the Secretary shall allow water resource facilities ex-
isting on the date of enactment of this Act within 
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areas described in sections 3 and 4 to be used, oper-
ated, maintained, repaired, and replaced to the ex-
tent necessary for the continued exercise, in accord-
ance with Colorado State law, of vested water rights 
adjudicated for use in connection with such facilities 
by a court of competent jurisdiction prior to the date 
of enactment of this Act. The impact of an existing 
facility on the water resources 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. 
(4) REPAIR
AND
MAINTAINENCE.—Water re-
source facilities, and access routes serving such fa-
cilities, existing within the areas described in sec-
tions 3 and 4 on the date of enactment of this Act 
shall be maintained and repaired when and to the 
extent necessary to prevent increased adverse im-
pacts on the resources and values of the areas de-
scribed in sections 3 and 4. 
(e) EXISTING PROJECTS.—Except as provided in 
subsections (c) and (d), the provisions of this Act related 
to the areas described in sections 3 and 4, and the inclu-
sion in the National Wilderness Preservation System of 
the areas described in section 3 and 4, shall not be con-
strued to affect or limit the use, operation, maintenance, 
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repair, modification, or replacement of water resources fa-
cilities in existence on the date of enactment of this Act 
within the boundaries of the areas described in sections 
3 and 4. 
(f) MONITORING AND IMPLEMENTATION.—The Sec-
retaries of Agriculture and the Interior shall monitor the 
operation of and access to water resource facilities within 
the areas described in sections 3 and 4 and take all steps 
necessary to implement the provisions of this section. 
(g) INTERSTATE COMPACTS.—Nothing in this Act, 
and nothing in any previous Act designating any lands as 
wilderness, shall be construed as limiting, altering, modi-
fying, or amending any of the interstate compacts or equi-
table apportionment decrees that apportion water among 
and between the State of Colorado and other States. Ex-
cept as expressly provided in this section, nothing in this 
Act shall affect or limit the development or use by existing 
and future holders of vested water rights of Colorado’s full 
apportionment of such waters. 
SEC. 7. NATURITA CANYON MANAGEMENT PROVISIONS. 
(a) WITHDRAWAL.—Subject to valid rights in exist-
ence on the date of the enactment of this Act, land de-
scribed in subsection (b) is withdrawn from all forms of— 
(1) entry, appropriation, or disposal under pub-
lic land laws; 
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