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Union Calendar No. 438 
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 2632 
[Report No. 110–695] 
To establish the Sabinoso Wilderness Area in San Miguel County, New 
Mexico, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 7, 2007 
Mr. UDALL of New Mexico introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on Natural Resources 
JUNE 5, 2008 
Additional sponsor: Ms. LEE 
JUNE 5, 2008 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on June 7, 2007] 
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, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Sabinoso Wilderness Act 
of 2008’’. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means the State 
of New Mexico. 
(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 hereby 
designated as wilderness, and, therefore, as a component of 
the National Wilderness Preservation System, the approxi-
mately 15,995 acres of land under the jurisdiction of the 
Taos Field Office Bureau of Land Management, New Mex-
ico, as generally depicted on the map titled ‘‘Sabinoso Wil-
derness’’ 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 Committee 
on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives 
and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources 
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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 included 
in this Act, except that the Secretary may correct 
clerical and typographical errors in the legal descrip-
tion and map; and 
(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 Wilderness Act 
(16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.) and this Act, except that with re-
spect to the wilderness areas designated by this Act, any 
reference to the effective date of the Wilderness Act shall be 
deemed to be a reference to the date of enactment of this 
Act and any reference in the Wilderness Act to the Secretary 
of Agriculture shall be considered 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 
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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 ac-
cordance with the provisions of section 4(d)(4) of the Wil-
derness Act (16 U.S.C. 1133(d)(4)) and the guidelines set 
forth in Appendix A of the Report of the Committee on Inte-
rior 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)), noth-
ing in this section shall be construed as affecting the juris-
diction or responsibilities of the State with respect to fish 
and wildlife in the State, including the regulation of hunt-
ing, 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 
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(3) operation of the mineral leasing, mineral 
materials, and geothermal leasing laws. 
(h) ACCESS.— 
(1) Consistent with section 5(a) of the Wilderness 
Act (16 U.S.C.1131 et seq.), the Secretary shall con-
tinue to allow private landowners adequate access to 
inholdings in the Sabinoso Wilderness. 
(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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