I 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 163 
To establish certain wilderness areas in central Idaho and to authorize various 
land conveyances involving National Forest System land and Bureau 
of Land Management land in central Idaho. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 5, 2011 
Mr. SIMPSON introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To establish certain wilderness areas in central Idaho and 
to authorize various land conveyances involving National 
Forest System land and Bureau of Land Management 
land in central Idaho. 
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 
‘‘Central Idaho Economic Development and Recreation 
Act’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows: 
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Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
Sec. 2. Definitions. 
TITLE I—WILDERNESS DESIGNATIONS 
Sec. 101. Additions to the National Wilderness Preservation System. 
Sec. 102. Administration. 
Sec. 103. Water rights. 
Sec. 104. Military overflights. 
Sec. 105. Adjacent management. 
Sec. 106. Native American cultural and religious uses. 
Sec. 107. Acquisition of land and interests in land. 
Sec. 108. Wilderness review. 
TITLE II—LAND CONVEYANCES FOR PUBLIC PURPOSES 
Sec. 201. Blaine County, Idaho. 
Sec. 202. Custer County, Idaho. 
Sec. 203. City of Clayton, Idaho. 
Sec. 204. Terms and conditions of permits or land conveyances. 
TITLE III—TRAVEL MANAGEMENT 
Sec. 301. Trail management. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) 
SECRETARY.—The 
term 
‘‘Secretary’’ 
means— 
(A) the Secretary of Agriculture, with re-
spect to land administered by the Forest Serv-
ice; or 
(B) the Secretary of the Interior, with re-
spect to land administered by the Bureau of 
Land Management. 
(2) WILDERNESS AREA.—The term ‘‘wilderness 
area’’ means any of the areas designated as a com-
ponent of the National Wilderness Preservation Sys-
tem by section 101(a). 
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TITLE I—WILDERNESS 
DESIGNATIONS 
SEC. 101. ADDITIONS TO THE NATIONAL WILDERNESS 
PRESERVATION SYSTEM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—In accordance with the Wilderness 
Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), the following areas in the 
State of Idaho are designated as wilderness areas and as 
components of the National Wilderness Preservation Sys-
tem: 
(1) 
HEMINGWAY-BOULDERS
WILDERNESS.— 
Certain Federal land in the Sawtooth and Challis 
National Forests, comprising approximately 110,370 
acres, as generally depicted on the map entitled 
‘‘Hemingway-Boulders Proposed Wilderness’’ and 
dated October 20, 2008, which shall be known as 
the ‘‘Hemingway-Boulders Wilderness’’. 
(2) WHITE
CLOUDS
WILDERNESS.—Certain 
Federal land in the Sawtooth and Challis National 
Forests, comprising approximately 90,888 acres, as 
generally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘White 
Clouds Proposed Wilderness’’ and dated October 20, 
2008, which shall be known as the ‘‘White Clouds 
Wilderness’’. 
(3) JERRY PEAK WILDERNESS.—Certain Fed-
eral land in the Challis National Forest and Challis 
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District of the Bureau of Land Management, com-
prising approximately 131,670 acres, as generally 
depicted on the map entitled ‘‘Jerry Peak Wilder-
ness’’ and dated August 30, 2006, which shall be 
known as the ‘‘Jerry Peak Wilderness’’. 
(b) MAPS AND LEGAL DESCRIPTIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—As soon as practicable after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
shall submit to the Committee on Energy and Nat-
ural Resources of the Senate and the Committee on 
Natural Resources of the House of Representatives 
a map and legal description for each wilderness area. 
(2) EFFECT.—Each map and legal description 
submitted under paragraph (1) shall have the same 
force and effect as if included in this Act, except 
that the Secretary may correct minor errors in the 
map or legal description. 
(3) AVAILABILITY.—Each map and legal de-
scription submitted under paragraph (1) shall be 
available in the appropriate offices of the Forest 
Service or the Bureau of Land Management. 
(c) INCLUSION IN NATIONAL LANDSCAPE CONSERVA-
TION SYSTEM.—Land administered by the Bureau of 
Land Management which is designated as wilderness by 
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this section shall be included in the National Landscape 
Conservation System. 
SEC. 102. ADMINISTRATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to valid existing rights, 
each wilderness area shall be administered by the Sec-
retary 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 shall be considered to be a reference to the date 
of enactment of this Act; and 
(2) with respect to wilderness areas that are ad-
ministered by the Secretary of the Interior, any ref-
erence in the Wilderness Act to the Secretary of Ag-
riculture shall be considered to be a reference to the 
Secretary of the Interior. 
(b) CONSISTENT INTERPRETATION.—The Secretary 
of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior shall seek 
to ensure that the wilderness areas are interpreted for the 
public as an overall complex linked by— 
(1) common location in the Boulder-White 
Cloud Mountains; and 
(2) common identity with the natural and cul-
tural history of the State of Idaho and the Native 
American and pioneer heritage of the State. 
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(c) COMPREHENSIVE WILDERNESS MANAGEMENT 
PLAN.—Not later than 3 years after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary 
of the Interior shall collaboratively develop wilderness 
management plans for the wilderness areas. 
(d) FIRE, INSECTS, AND DISEASE.—Within the wil-
derness areas, the Secretary may take such measures as 
the Secretary determines to be necessary for the control 
of fire, insects, and disease in accordance with section 
4(d)(1) of the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131(d)(1)). 
(e) LIVESTOCK.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Within the wilderness areas, 
the grazing of livestock in which grazing is estab-
lished before the date of enactment of this Act shall 
be allowed to continue, subject to such reasonable 
regulations, policies, and practices as the Secretary 
determines to be necessary, in accordance with— 
(A) section 4(d)(4) of the Wilderness Act 
(16 U.S.C. 1131(d)(4)); 
(B) with respect to wilderness areas ad-
ministered by the Secretary of Agriculture, the 
guidelines described in House Report 96–617 of 
the 96th Congress; and 
(C) with respect to wilderness areas ad-
ministered by the Secretary of the Interior, the 
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guidelines described in appendix A of House 
Report 101–405 of the 101st Congress. 
(2) DONATION
OF
GRAZING
PERMITS
AND 
LEASES.— 
(A) ACCEPTANCE BY SECRETARY.— 
(i) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 
accept the donation of any valid existing 
leases or permits authorizing grazing on 
public land or National Forest System 
land, all or a portion of which are within 
the area depicted as the ‘‘Boulder White 
Clouds Grazing Area’’ on the map entitled 
‘‘Boulder White Clouds Grazing Area 
Map’’ and dated January 27, 2010. 
(ii) PARTIAL
DONATION.—A person 
holding a valid grazing permit or lease for 
a grazing allotment partially within the 
area described in clause (i) may elect to 
donate only the portion of the grazing per-
mit or lease that is within the area. 
(B) TERMINATION.—With respect to each 
permit or lease donated under subparagraph 
(A), the Secretary shall— 
(i) terminate the grazing permit or 
lease or portion of the permit or lease; and 
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(ii) except as provided in subpara-
graph (C), ensure a permanent end to 
grazing on the land covered by the permit 
or lease or portion of the permit or lease. 
(C) COMMON ALLOTMENTS.— 
(i) IN GENERAL.—If the land covered 
by a permit or lease donated under sub-
paragraph (A) is also covered by another 
valid grazing permit or lease that is not 
donated, the Secretary shall reduce the au-
thorized level on the land covered by the 
permit or lease to reflect the donation of 
the permit or lease under subparagraph 
(A). 
(ii) AUTHORIZED LEVEL.—To ensure 
that there is a permanent reduction in the 
level of grazing on the land covered by the 
permit or lease donated under subpara-
graph (A), the Secretary shall not allow 
grazing use to exceed the authorized level 
established under clause (i). 
(D) PARTIAL
DONATION.—If a person 
holding a valid grazing permit or lease donates 
less than the full amount of grazing use author-
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ized under the permit or lease, the Secretary 
shall— 
(i) reduce the authorized grazing level 
to reflect the donation; and 
(ii) modify the permit or lease to re-
flect the revised level or area of use. 
(f) OUTFITTING AND GUIDE ACTIVITIES.—In accord-
ance with section 4(d)(5) of the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 
1133(d)(5)), commercial services (including authorized 
outfitting and guide activities) within the wilderness areas 
are authorized to the extent necessary for activities which 
are proper for realizing the recreational or other wilder-
ness purposes of the wilderness areas. 
(g) FISH AND WILDLIFE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Nothing in this title affects 
the jurisdiction of the State of Idaho with respect to 
the management of fish and wildlife on public land 
in the State, including the regulation of hunting, 
fishing, and trapping within the wilderness areas. 
(2) LIMITATIONS.—The Secretary, in consulta-
tion with the appropriate State agency (except in an 
emergency), may designate areas in which, and es-
tablish periods during which, no hunting, fishing, or 
trapping is permitted within the wilderness areas for 
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reasons of public safety, administration, or compli-
ance with existing laws. 
(h) ACCESS.—In accordance with section 5(a) of the 
Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1134(a)), the Secretary shall 
provide the owner of State or private property within the 
boundary of a wilderness area adequate access to the prop-
erty. 
SEC. 103. WATER RIGHTS. 
(a) STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this 
title— 
(1) shall constitute either an express or implied 
reservation by the United States of any water rights 
with respect to the wilderness areas designated by 
section 101; 
(2) affects any water rights— 
(A) in the State of Idaho existing on the 
date of enactment of this Act, including any 
water rights held by the United States; or 
(B) decreed in the Snake River Basin Ad-
judication, including any stipulation approved 
by the court in such adjudication between the 
United States and the State of Idaho with re-
spect to such water rights; or 
(3)(A) establishes a precedent with regard to 
any future wilderness designations; or 
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(B) limits, alters, modifies, or amends section 9 
of the Sawtooth National Recreation Area Act (16 
U.S.C. 460aa–8). 
(b) NEW PROJECTS.— 
(1) PROHIBITION.—Except as otherwise pro-
vided in this Act, on and after the date of the enact-
ment 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 re-
source facility inside any of the wilderness areas des-
ignated by section 101. 
(2) DEFINITION.—In this subsection, 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. 
SEC. 104. MILITARY OVERFLIGHTS. 
Nothing in this title restricts or precludes— 
(1) low-level overflights of military aircraft over 
the wilderness areas, including military overflights 
that can be seen or heard within the wilderness 
areas; 
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(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 wilderness areas. 
SEC. 105. ADJACENT MANAGEMENT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Nothing in this title creates a pro-
tective perimeter or buffer zone around a wilderness area. 
(b) ACTIVITIES OUTSIDE WILDERNESS AREA.—The 
fact that an activity or use on land outside a wilderness 
area can be seen or heard within the wilderness area shall 
not preclude the activity or use outside the boundary of 
the wilderness area. 
SEC. 106. NATIVE AMERICAN CULTURAL AND RELIGIOUS 
USES. 
Nothing in this title diminishes the treaty rights of 
any Indian tribe. 
SEC. 107. ACQUISITION OF LAND AND INTERESTS IN LAND. 
(a) ACQUISITION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may acquire 
any land or interest in land within the boundaries of 
the wilderness areas by donation, exchange, or pur-
chase from a willing seller. 
(2) LAND EXCHANGE.—Not later than 3 years 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary shall seek to complete an exchange for State 
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land located within the boundaries of the wilderness 
areas designated by this title. 
(b) INCORPORATION IN WILDERNESS AREA.—Any 
land or interest in land located inside the boundary of a 
wilderness area that is acquired by the United States after 
the date of enactment of this Act shall be added to, and 
administered as part of, the wilderness area. 
SEC. 108. WILDERNESS REVIEW. 
(a) NATIONAL FOREST SYSTEM LAND.—Section 5 of 
Public Law 92–400 (16 U.S.C. 460aa–4) is repealed. 
(b) PUBLIC LAND.— 
(1) FINDING.—Congress finds that, for pur-
poses of section 603 of the Federal Land Policy and 
Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1782), the 
public land administered by the Bureau of Land 
Management in the following wilderness study areas 
have been adequately studied for wilderness designa-
tion: 
(A) Jerry Peak Wilderness Study Area. 
(B) Jerry Peak West Wilderness Study 
Area. 
(C) Corral-Horse Basin Wilderness Study 
Area. 
(D) Boulder Creek Wilderness Study Area. 
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(2) RELEASE.—Any public land within the 
areas described in paragraph (1) that is not des-
ignated as wilderness by this title— 
(A) shall not be subject to section 603(c) 
of the Federal Land Policy and Management 
Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1782(c)); and 
(B) shall be managed in accordance with 
land management plans adopted under section 
202 of that Act (43 U.S.C. 1712). 
TITLE II—LAND CONVEYANCES 
FOR PUBLIC PURPOSES 
SEC. 201. BLAINE COUNTY, IDAHO. 
(a) SMILEY CREEK RURAL FIRE PROTECTION DIS-
TRICT.— 
(1) FIRE STATION.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Agri-
culture (referred to in this subsection as the 
‘‘Secretary’’), in consultation with the Smiley 
Creek Rural Fire Protection District, shall 
identify an appropriate site (not to exceed 2 
acres) in the vicinity of the Smiley Creek com-
munity, for construction and use of a fire sta-
tion for the Smiley Creek Rural Fire Protection 
District. 
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(B) USE.—The Secretary may provide for 
the use of the site identified under subpara-
graph (A) through a special use permit or con-
veyance to the Smiley Creek Rural Fire Protec-
tion District, without consideration. 
(2) WELL SITE.—The Secretary may issue a 
special use permit to the Smiley Creek Rural Fire 
Protection District for development of a well to be 
used for fire protection and other public purposes on 
land identified by the Secretary and the Fire Protec-
tion District as appropriate for development of a 
well. 
(b) SCHOOL BUS TURNAROUND.—The Secretary of 
Agriculture shall issue a special use permit or convey, 
without consideration, to Blaine County, Idaho, not to ex-
ceed 1 acre of land for use as a school bus turnaround, 
as generally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘Blaine County 
Conveyance—Eagle Creek Parcel—Proposed’’ and dated 
October 1, 2006. 
SEC. 202. CUSTER COUNTY, IDAHO. 
(a) PARK AND CAMPGROUND.—The Secretary of the 
Interior shall convey to Custer County, Idaho, without 
consideration, approximately 114 acres of land depicted 
as ‘‘Parcel A’’ on the map entitled ‘‘Custer County and 
City of Mackay Conveyances’’ and dated April 6, 2010, 
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for use as a public park and campground, consistent with 
uses allowed under the Act of June 14, 1926 (commonly 
known as the ‘‘Recreation and Public Purposes Act’’), (43 
U.S.C. 869 et seq.). 
(b) FIRE HALL.—The Secretary of the Interior shall 
convey to Custer County, Idaho, without consideration, 
approximately 10 acres of land depicted as ‘‘Parcel B’’ 
on the map entitled ‘‘Custer County and City of Mackay 
Conveyances’’ and dated April 6, 2010, for use as a fire 
hall, consistent with uses allowed under the Act of June 
14, 1926 (commonly known as the ‘‘Recreation and Public 
Purposes Act’’), (43 U.S.C. 869 et seq.). 
(c) SHOOTING RANGE.—The Secretary of the Inte-
rior shall convey to Custer County, Idaho, without consid-
eration, approximately 201 acres of land depicted as ‘‘Par-
cel A’’ on the map entitled ‘‘Custer County and City of 
Challis Conveyances’’ and dated February 2, 2010, to be 
used for a public shooting range, consistent with uses al-
lowed under the Act of June 14, 1926 (commonly known 
as the ‘‘Recreation and Public Purposes Act’’), (43 U.S.C. 
869 et seq.). 
(d) WASTE TRANSFER SITE.—The Secretary of the 
Interior shall convey to Custer County, Idaho, without 
consideration, approximately 80 acres of land depicted as 
‘‘Parcel C’’ on the map entitled ‘‘Custer County and City 
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of Mackay Conveyances’’ and dated April 6, 2010, to be 
used for a waste transfer site, consistent with uses allowed 
under the Act of June 14, 1926 (commonly known as the 
‘‘Recreation and Public Purposes Act’’), (43 U.S.C. 869 
et seq.). 
(e) PUBLIC PURPOSES.—The Secretary of the Inte-
rior shall convey to the City of Challis, Idaho, without con-
sideration, approximately 460 acres of land within the 
area generally depicted as ‘‘Parcel B’’ on the map entitled 
‘‘Custer County and City of Challis Conveyances’’ and 
dated February 2, 2010, to be used for public purposes 
consistent with uses allowed under the Act of June 14, 
1926 (commonly known as the ‘‘Recreation and Public 
Purposes Act’’), (43 U.S.C. 869 et seq.). 
SEC. 203. CITY OF CLAYTON, IDAHO. 
(a) CEMETERY.—The Secretary of the Interior shall 
convey to the City of Clayton, Idaho, without consider-
ation, approximately 23 acres of land depicted as ‘‘Parcel 
A’’ on the map entitled ‘‘City of Clayton Conveyances’’ 
and dated April 6, 2010, for use as a public cemetery. 
(b) PARK.—The Secretary of the Interior shall con-
vey to the City of Clayton, Idaho, without consideration, 
approximately 2 acres of land depicted as ‘‘Parcel B’’ on 
the map entitled ‘‘City of Clayton Conveyances’’ and dated 
April 6, 2010, for use as a public park or other public 
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