(g) MINERAL RESOURCES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Nothing in this Act shall 
prevent within the Wilderness the conduct of any ac-
tivity, including prospecting, for the purpose of gath-
ering information about mineral or other resources, 
if the activity is carried on in a manner compatible 
with the preservation of the Wilderness environment. 
(2) SURVEYS.—In accordance with any pro-
gram that the Secretary develops and conducts in 
consultation with the Secretary of Agriculture— 
(A) areas within the Wilderness shall be 
surveyed on a planned, recurring basis con-
sistent with the concept of wilderness preserva-
tion by the United States Geological Survey and 
the United States Bureau of Mines to deter-
mine the mineral values, if any, that may be 
present in the Wilderness; and 
(B) the results of such surveys shall be— 
(i) made available to the public; and 
(ii) submitted to the President and 
Congress. 
(h) COMMERCIAL SERVICES.—Commercial services 
may be performed within the Wilderness to the extent nec-
essary for activities that are proper for realizing the rec-
reational or other wilderness purposes of the Wilderness. 
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(i) STATE AND PRIVATE LAND WITHIN THE WIL-
DERNESS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—In any case in which State 
or private land is completely surrounded by the Wil-
derness— 
(A) the State or private landowner shall be 
given any rights that may be necessary to en-
sure adequate access to the State or private 
land by the State or private landowner and any 
successors in interest; or 
(B) subject to paragraph (2), the State 
land or private land shall be exchanged for Fed-
eral land in the State of approximately equal 
value under authorities available to the Sec-
retary. 
(2) LIMITATION.—The United States shall not 
transfer to the State or private landowner under 
paragraph (1)(B) any mineral interests unless the 
State or private landowner relinquishes or causes to 
be relinquished to the United States the mineral in-
terest in the surrounded land. 
(j) ACQUISITION OF LAND.—Subject to the avail-
ability of appropriations, the Secretary may acquire pri-
vate land within the perimeter of the Wilderness if the 
owner consents to the acquisition. 
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(k) GIFTS, BEQUESTS AND CONTRIBUTIONS.— 
(1) GIFTS OR BEQUESTS OF LAND.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may ac-
cept gifts or bequests of land within the Wilder-
ness for inclusion in the Wilderness. 
(B) INCLUSION
IN
WILDERNESS.—Any 
land accepted by the Secretary under subpara-
graph (A) shall become part of the Wilderness. 
(C) REGULATIONS.—Regulations with re-
gard to any land accepted under subparagraph 
(B) may be in accordance with such agree-
ments, consistent with the policy of this Act, as 
are made at the time of such gift, or such con-
ditions, consistent with such policy, as may be 
included in, and accepted with, the bequest. 
(2) OTHER GIFTS AND CONTRIBUTIONS.—The 
Secretary may accept private contributions and gifts 
to be used to further the purposes of this Act. 
(l) LIABILITY FOR WATER INFRASTRUCTURE.—The 
owner or operator of any water infrastructure located in 
the Wilderness on the date of enactment of this Act shall 
not be subject to Public Law 101–337 (16 U.S.C. 19jj 
et seq.), except in a case in which the destruction of, loss 
of, or injuries to a park system resource are caused by 
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the negligence of the owner or operator of the water infra-
structure. 
SEC. 4. WATER PROJECT DEVELOPMENT. 
If authorized by the Secretary or the President, water 
projects may be developed and maintained in the Wilder-
ness, including projects that involve the construction and 
use of roads in the Wilderness. 
SEC. 5. GRAND RIVER DITCH OPERATIONS. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that— 
(1) the Grand River Ditch was structured be-
fore the establishment of the Park; 
(2) portions of the Grand River Ditch are lo-
cated within and outside the boundaries of the Park; 
and 
(3) the Grand River Ditch has been operated in 
accordance with Federal and State laws. 
(b) LIABILITY.—Notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, on and after the date of enactment of this Act, 
no entity or person who owns, controls, or operates the 
Grand River Ditch shall be held liable for any personal 
injury or property damage resulting from any cause or 
event (including, but not limited to, water escaping from 
the Grand River Ditch by overflow or as a result of the 
failure or partial failure of the Grand River Ditch) unless 
the same has been proximately caused by the negligence 
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of that entity or person. To the extent that any previous 
or existing law imposes liability other than as set forth 
above in this section, such law shall be, retroactively as 
of the date of enactment of this Act, and on and after 
that date, of no force and effect as to the Grand River 
Ditch, or upon or as to any entity or person that owns, 
controls, or operates the Grand River Ditch. Any provision 
in any stipulation concerning the Grand River Ditch, that 
imposes or seeks to impose liability other than as set forth 
above in this section on such entity or person, including 
specifically paragraphs (5) and (6) of the stipulation exe-
cuted by the Water Supply and Storage Company on 
March 21, 1907, and approved June 28, 1907, by the 
United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, 
shall be, as of the date of enactment of this Act, and on 
and after that date, waived by the United States and not 
claimed or enforced by it. 
(c) ACTIVITIES ON WILDERNESS LAND RELATED TO 
GRAND RIVER DITCH.—Activities on, under, or affecting 
the land designated as wilderness by section 2, or potential 
wilderness land, or those excluded land recited in section 
2(c)(1), relating to the monitoring, operation, mainte-
nance, repair, replacement, improvement, and use of the 
Grand River Ditch, including activities that become nec-
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essary because of emergencies or catastrophic events, shall 
be authorized and allowed and not be affected by this Act. 
SEC. 6. AUTHORITY TO LEASE LEIFFER PROPERTY. 
Section 3(k) of Public Law 91–383 (16 U.S.C. 1a– 
2(k)) shall apply to the tract of land near the eastern 
boundary of Rocky Mountain National Park in Larimer 
County, Colorado, administered by the National Park 
Service and known as the ‘‘Leiffer tract’’ to the same ex-
tent as if such property was part of the National Park 
System. 
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