I 
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 433 
To designate the Pine Forest Range Wilderness area in Humboldt County, 
Nevada. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 29, 2013 
Mr. AMODEI introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To designate the Pine Forest Range Wilderness area in 
Humboldt County, Nevada. 
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 
‘‘Pine Forest Range Recreation Enhancement Act of 
2013’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
Sec. 2. Findings. 
Sec. 3. Definitions. 
Sec. 4. Addition to National Wilderness Preservation System. 
Sec. 5. Administration. 
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Sec. 6. Adjacent management. 
Sec. 7. Military overflights. 
Sec. 8. Native American cultural and religious uses. 
Sec. 9. Release of wilderness study areas. 
Sec. 10. Wildlife management. 
Sec. 11. Wildfire, insect, and disease management. 
Sec. 12. Climatological data collection. 
Sec. 13. Land exchanges. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds that— 
(1) public land in the Pine Forest Range con-
tains unique and spectacular natural resources, in-
cluding— 
(A) priceless habitat for numerous species 
of plants and wildlife; and 
(B) thousands of acres of land that remain 
in a natural state; 
(2) continued preservation of the public land 
would benefit the County and the United States 
by— 
(A) ensuring the conservation of eco-
logically diverse habitat; 
(B) protecting prehistoric cultural re-
sources; 
(C) conserving primitive recreational re-
sources; and 
(D) protecting air and water quality; and 
(3) designation of the Pine Forest Range as a 
wilderness area is supported by the State, units of 
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local governments, and the surrounding commu-
nities. 
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) COUNTY.—The term ‘‘County’’ means 
Humboldt County, Nevada. 
(2) MAP.—The term ‘‘Map’’ means the map en-
titled ‘‘Pine Forest Range Wilderness’’ and dated 
ll, 2011. 
(3) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of the Interior. 
(4) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means the State 
of Nevada. 
SEC. 4. ADDITION TO NATIONAL WILDERNESS PRESERVA-
TION SYSTEM. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—Certain Federal land managed 
by the Bureau of Land Management, comprising approxi-
mately 26,000 acres, as generally depicted on the Map is 
designated as wilderness and as a component of the Na-
tional Wilderness Preservation System, to be known as the 
‘‘Pine Forest Range Wilderness’’. 
(b) BOUNDARY.— 
(1) ROAD ACCESS.—The boundary of any por-
tion of the wilderness area designated by subsection 
(a) that is bordered by a road shall be at least 100 
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feet away from the edge of the road to allow public 
access. 
(2) 
ROAD
ADJUSTMENTS.—The 
Secretary 
shall— 
(A) reroute the road running through 
Long Meadow to the west to remove the road 
from the riparian area; 
(B) reroute the road currently running 
through Rodeo Flat Meadow to the east to re-
move the road from the riparian area; and 
(C) close, except for administrative use, 
the road along Lower Alder Creek south of Bu-
reau of Land Management road #2083. 
(3) RESERVOIR ACCESS.—The boundary of the 
wilderness area designated by subsection (a) shall be 
at least 160 feet downstream from the dam at Little 
Onion Reservoir to allow public access. 
(c) MAP AND LEGAL DESCRIPTION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—As soon as practicable after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
shall file a map and legal description of the wilder-
ness area designated by subsection (a) with— 
(A) the Committee on Natural Resources 
of the House of Representatives; and 
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(B) the Committee on Energy and Natural 
Resources of the Senate. 
(2) EFFECT.—The map and legal description 
filed under paragraph (1) shall have the same force 
and effect as if included in this Act, except that the 
Secretary may correct clerical and typographical er-
rors in the map or legal description. 
(3) AVAILABILITY.—Each map and legal de-
scription filed under paragraph (1) shall be on file 
and available for public inspection in the appropriate 
offices of the Bureau of Land Management. 
(d) WITHDRAWAL.—Subject to valid existing rights, 
the wilderness area designated by subsection (a) is with-
drawn 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 
(3) disposition under all laws pertaining to min-
eral and geothermal leasing or mineral materials. 
SEC. 5. ADMINISTRATION. 
(a) MANAGEMENT.—Subject to valid existing rights, 
the land designated as wilderness by this Act shall be ad-
ministered by the Secretary in accordance with the Wilder-
ness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), except that— 
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(1) any reference in that Act to the effective 
date of that Act shall be considered to be a reference 
to the date of enactment of this Act; and 
(2) any reference in that Act to the Secretary 
of Agriculture shall be considered to be a reference 
to the Secretary. 
(b) LIVESTOCK.—Within the wilderness area des-
ignated by this Act, the grazing of livestock in areas ad-
ministered by the Bureau of Land Management in which 
grazing is established as of the date of enactment of this 
Act shall be allowed to continue— 
(1) subject to such reasonable regulations, poli-
cies, and practices as the Secretary considers to be 
necessary; and 
(2) consistent with section 4(d)(4) of the Wil-
derness Act (16 U.S.C. 1133(d)(4)), including the 
guidelines set forth in Appendix A of House Report 
101–405. 
(c) INCORPORATION OF ACQUIRED LAND AND INTER-
ESTS.—Any land or interest in land within the boundaries 
of the area designated as wilderness by this Act 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. 
(d) WATER RIGHTS.— 
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(1) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that— 
(A) the land designated as wilderness by 
this Act is located— 
(i) in the semiarid region of the Great 
Basin; and 
(ii) at the headwaters of the streams 
and rivers on land with respect to which 
there are few, if any— 
(I) actual or proposed water re-
source facilities located upstream; and 
(II) opportunities for diversion, 
storage, or other uses of water occur-
ring outside the land that would ad-
versely affect the wilderness values of 
the land; 
(B) the land designated as wilderness by 
this Act is generally not suitable for use or de-
velopment of new water resource facilities; and 
(C) because of the unique nature of the 
land designated as wilderness by this Act, it is 
possible to provide for proper management and 
protection of the wilderness and other values of 
land in ways different from those used in other 
laws. 
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(2) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this section is 
to protect the wilderness values of the land des-
ignated as wilderness by this Act by means other 
than a federally reserved water right. 
(3) STATUTORY
CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in 
this Act— 
(A) constitutes an express or implied res-
ervation by the United States of any water or 
water rights with respect to a wilderness des-
ignated by this Act; 
(B) affects any water rights in the State 
(including any water rights held by the United 
States) in existence on the date of enactment of 
this Act; 
(C) establishes a precedent with regard to 
any future wilderness designations; 
(D) affects the interpretation of, or any 
designation made under, any other Act; or 
(E) limits, alters, modifies, or amends any 
interstate compact or equitable apportionment 
decree that apportions water among and be-
tween the State and other States. 
(4) NEVADA WATER LAW.—The Secretary shall 
follow the procedural and substantive requirements 
of State law in order to obtain and hold any water 
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rights not in existence on the date of enactment of 
this Act with respect to the wilderness area des-
ignated by this Act. 
(5) NEW PROJECTS.— 
(A) DEFINITION OF WATER RESOURCE FA-
CILITY.— 
(i) IN GENERAL.—In this paragraph, 
the term ‘‘water resource facility’’ means 
irrigation and pumping facilities, res-
ervoirs, water conservation works, aque-
ducts, canals, ditches, pipelines, wells, hy-
dropower projects, transmission and other 
ancillary facilities, and other water diver-
sion, storage, and carriage structures. 
(ii) EXCLUSION.—In this paragraph, 
the term ‘‘water resource facility’’ does not 
include wildlife guzzlers. 
(B) RESTRICTION
ON
NEW
WATER
RE-
SOURCE FACILITIES.—Except as otherwise pro-
vided in this Act, on or after the date of 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 resource facility within a wilderness 
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area, any portion of which is located in the 
County. 
SEC. 6. ADJACENT MANAGEMENT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Congress does not intend for the 
designation of land as wilderness by this Act to create a 
protective perimeter or buffer zone around the wilderness 
area. 
(b) NONWILDERNESS ACTIVITIES.—The fact that 
nonwilderness activities or uses can be seen or heard from 
areas within the wilderness designated by this Act shall 
not preclude the conduct of the activities or uses outside 
the boundary of the wilderness area. 
SEC. 7. MILITARY OVERFLIGHTS. 
Nothing in this Act restricts or precludes— 
(1) low-level overflights of military aircraft over 
the area designated as wilderness by this Act, in-
cluding military overflights that can be seen or 
heard within the wilderness 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 wilderness area. 
SEC. 8. NATIVE AMERICAN CULTURAL AND RELIGIOUS 
USES. 
Nothing in this Act diminishes— 
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(1) the rights of any Indian tribe; or 
(2) tribal rights regarding access to Federal 
land for tribal activities, including spiritual, cultural, 
and traditional food-gathering activities. 
SEC. 9. RELEASE OF WILDERNESS STUDY AREAS. 
(a) FINDING.—Congress finds that, for the purposes 
of section 603 of the Federal Land Policy and Manage-
ment Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1782), the Bureau of Land 
Management land in any portion of the Blue Lakes and 
Alder Creek wilderness study areas not designated as wil-
derness by section 4(a) has been adequately studied for 
wilderness designation. 
(b) RELEASE.—Any public land described in sub-
section (a) that is not designated as wilderness by this 
Act— 
(1) is no longer subject to section 603(c) of the 
Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 
(43 U.S.C. 1782(c)); 
(2) shall be managed in accordance with— 
(A) land management plans adopted under 
section 202 of that Act (43 U.S.C. 1712); and 
(B) cooperative conservation agreements in 
existence on the date of enactment of this Act; 
and 
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(3) shall be subject to the Endangered Species 
Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.). 
SEC. 10. WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT. 
(a) IN
GENERAL.—In accordance with section 
4(d)(7) of the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1133(d)(7)), 
nothing in this Act affects or diminishes the jurisdiction 
of the State with respect to fish and wildlife management, 
including the regulation of hunting, fishing, and trapping, 
in the wilderness area designated by this Act. 
(b) MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES.—In furtherance of 
the purposes and principles of the Wilderness Act (16 
U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), management activities to maintain 
or restore fish and wildlife populations and the habitats 
to support the populations may be carried out within the 
wilderness area designated by this Act, if the activities are 
carried out— 
(1) consistent with relevant wilderness manage-
ment plans; and 
(2) in accordance with— 
(A) the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et 
seq.); and 
(B) appropriate policies, such as those set 
forth in Appendix B of House Report 101–405, 
including the occasional and temporary use of 
motorized vehicles if the use, as determined by 
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