acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled ‘‘West
Big Hole Wilderness—Proposed’’, dated June 1993,
and which shall be known as the West Big Hole
Unit of the Great Divide Wilderness.
(5) Certain lands in the Bitterroot, Deerlodge,
and Lolo National Forests, which comprise approxi-
mately 64,800 acres, as generally depicted on a map
entitled ‘‘Stony Mountain Wilderness—Proposed’’,
dated June 1993, and which shall be known as the
Stony Mountain Wilderness.
(6) Certain lands in the Bitterroot and Lolo
National Forests, which comprise approximately
55,600 acres, as generally depicted on maps entitled
‘‘Selway-Bitterroot 
Wilderness 
Additions—Pro-
posed’’, dated June 1993, and which are hereby in-
corporated in and shall be deemed to be a part of
the Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness.
(7) Certain lands in the Custer National For-
est, which comprise approximately 9,400 acres, as
generally depicted on a map entitled ‘‘Lost Water
Canyon Wilderness—Proposed’’, dated June 1993,
and which shall be known as the Lost Water Canyon
Wilderness.
(8) Certain lands in the Custer National For-
est, which comprise approximately 28,000 acres, as
generally depicted on a map entitled ‘‘Custer Absa-
roka Beartooth Wilderness Additions—Proposed’’
(Burnt Mountain, Timberline Creek, Stateline, Line
Creek Plateau, and Mystic Lake), dated June 1993,
and which are hereby incorporated in and shall be
deemed to be a part of the Absaroka Beartooth Wil-
derness.
(9) Certain lands in the Deerlodge and Helena
National Forests, which comprise approximately
19,000 acres, as generally depicted on a map enti-
tled ‘‘Blackfoot Meadow-Electric Peak Wilderness—
Proposed’’, dated June 1993, and which shall be
known as the Blackfoot Meadow Unit of the Great
Divide Wilderness.
(10) Certain lands in the Flathead and
Kootenai National Forests, which comprise approxi-
mately 118,000 acres, as generally depicted on a
map entitled ‘‘North Fork Wilderness—Proposed
(Tuchuck, Thompson-Seton, and Mount Hefty)’’,
dated June 1993, and which shall be known as the
North Fork Wilderness.
(11) Certain lands in the Flathead, Helena,
Lolo, and Lewis and Clark National Forests, which
comprise approximately 254,600 acres, as generally
depicted on maps entitled ‘‘Arnold Bolle Additions to
the Bob Marshall Wilderness—Proposed’’ (Silver
King-Falls Creek, Renshaw, Clearwater-Monture,
Deep Creek, Teton High Peak, Volcano Reef, Slip-
pery Bill, Limestone Cave, Choteau Mountain, and
Crown Mountain), dated June 1993, which shall be
known as the Arnold Bolle-Bob Marshall Wilderness
Additions and are incorporated in and shall be
deemed to be a part of the Bob Marshall Wilderness.
(12) Certain lands in the Flathead National
Forest, which comprise approximately 960 acres, as
generally depicted on a map entitled ‘‘Mission Moun-
tains Wilderness Additions—Proposed’’, dated June
1993, and which are hereby incorporated in and
shall be deemed to be a part of the Mission Moun-
tain Wilderness.
(13) Certain lands in the Flathead and Lolo
National Forests, comprising approximately 175,500
acres, as generally depicted on maps entitled ‘‘Jewel
Basin/Swan Wilderness—Proposed’’, dated June
1993. Those lands contiguous to the west slope of
the Bob Marshall Wilderness referred to in this
paragraph are hereby incorporated in and shall be
deemed to be a part of the Bob Marshall Wilderness,
while the remaining lands shall be known as the
Swan Crest Wilderness.
(14) Certain lands in the Gallatin National
Forest, which comprise approximately 14,440 acres,
as generally depicted on a map entitled ‘‘Gallatin
Absaroka Beartooth Wilderness Additions—Pro-
posed’’ (Dexter Point, Tie Creek and Mt. Rae),
dated June 1993, and which are hereby incorporated
in and shall be deemed to be a part of the Absaroka
Beartooth Wilderness.
(15) Certain lands in the Gallatin and Beaver-
head National Forests, which comprise approxi-
mately 20,100 acres, as generally depicted on a map
entitled ‘‘Lee Metcalf Cowboys Heaven Addition—
Proposed’’, dated June 1993, and which are hereby
incorporated in and shall be deemed to be a part of
the Lee Metcalf Wilderness.
(16) Certain lands in the Gallatin National
Forest, which comprise approximately 18,300 acres,
as generally depicted on a map entitled ‘‘Earthquake
Wilderness—Proposed’’, dated June 1993, and
which shall be known as the Earthquake Unit of the
Great Divide Wilderness.
(17) Certain lands in the Helena National For-
est, which comprise approximately 19,900 acres, as
generally depicted on a map entitled ‘‘Camas Creek
Wilderness—Proposed’’, dated June 1993, and
which shall be known as the Camas Creek Wilder-
ness.
(18) Certain lands in the Helena National For-
est, which comprise approximately 15,000 acres, as
generally depicted on a map entitled ‘‘Mount Baldy
Wilderness—Proposed’’, dated June 1993, and
which shall be known as the Mount Baldy Wilder-
ness.
(19) Certain lands in the Helena National For-
est, Montana, which comprise approximately 10,000
acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled
‘‘Gates of the Mountains Wilderness Additions—
Proposed’’ (Big Log), dated June 1993, and which
are hereby incorporated in and shall be deemed to
be part of the Gates of the Mountain Wilderness.
(20) Certain lands in the Helena National For-
est, which comprise approximately 10,700 acres, as
generally depicted on a map entitled ‘‘Black Moun-
tain Wilderness—Proposed’’, dated June 1993, and
which shall be known as the Black Mountain Unit
of the Great Divide Wilderness.
(21) Certain lands in the Kootenai National
Forest, which comprise approximately 34,840 acres,
as generally depicted on a map entitled ‘‘Cabinet
Mountains Wilderness Additions—Proposed’’, dated
June 1993, and which are hereby incorporated in
and shall be deemed to be part of the Cabinet Moun-
tains Wilderness.
(22) Certain lands in the Kaniksu and Kootenai
National Forest, which comprise approximately
50,000 acres, as generally depicted on a map enti-
tled ‘‘Scotchman Peaks Wilderness—Proposed’’,
dated June 1993, which shall be known as the
Scotchman Peaks Wilderness.
(23) Certain lands in the Kootenai National
Forest which comprise approximately 22,000 acres,
as generally depicted on a map entitled ‘‘Yaak Wil-
derness—Proposed’’ (Roderick Mountain), dated
June 1993, which shall be known as the Yaak Wil-
derness.
(24) Certain lands in the Kootenai and Lolo
National Forests, which comprise approximately
17,900 acres, as generally depicted on a map enti-
tled ‘‘Catarack Peak Wilderness—Proposed’’, dated
June 1993, which shall be known as the Cataract
Peak Wilderness.
(25) Certain lands in the Lolo National Forest,
which comprise approximately 17,900 acres, as gen-
erally depicted on a map entitled ‘‘Cube Iron/Mount
Silcox Wilderness—Proposed’’, dated June 1993,
which shall be known as the Cube Iron/Mount Silcox
Wilderness.
(26) Certain lands in the Lolo National Forest,
which comprise approximately 94,700 acres, as gen-
erally depicted on a map entitled ‘‘Great Burn Wil-
derness—Proposed’’, dated June 1993, which shall
be known as the Great Burn Wilderness.
(27) Certain lands in the Lolo National Forest,
which comprise approximately 60,100 acres, as gen-
erally depicted on a map entitled ‘‘Quigg Peak Wil-
derness—Proposed’’, dated June 1993, which shall
be known as the Quigg Peak Wilderness.
(28) Certain lands in the Kootenai National
Forest, which comprise approximately 25,000 acres,
as generally depicted on a map entitled ‘‘Trout
Creek Wilderness—Proposed’’, dated June 1993,
and which shall be known as the Trout Creek Wil-
derness.
(29) Certain lands in the Helena National For-
est, which comprise approximately 19,000 acres, as
generally depicted on a map entitled ‘‘Nevada Moun-
tain Wilderness—Proposed’’, dated June 1993, and
which shall be known as the Nevada Mountain Unit
of the Great Divide Wilderness.
(30) Certain lands in the Helena National For-
est, which comprise approximately 44,900 acres, as
generally depicted on a map entitled ‘‘Elkhorn Wil-
derness—Proposed’’, dated June 1993, and which
shall be known as the Elkhorn Wilderness.
(31) Certain lands in the Gallatin National
Forest, which comprise approximately 500 acres, as
generally depicted on a map entitled ‘‘North Absa-
roka 
Wilderness 
Addition—Proposed 
(Republic
Mountain)’’, dated June 1993, and which are hereby
incorporated in and shall be deemed a part of the
North Absaroka Wilderness.
(32) Certain lands in the Beaverhead National
Forest, which comprises approximately 90,000 acres,
as generally depicted on a map entitled ‘‘Snowcrest
Wilderness—Proposed’’, dated June 1993 and shall
be known as the Snowcrest Wilderness.
(33) Certain lands in the Beaverhead National
Forest, which comprise approximately 4,700 acres,
as generally depicted on a map entitled ‘‘Mount Jef-
ferson Wilderness—Proposed’’, dated June 1993
and shall be known as the Mount Jefferson Unit of
the Great Divide Wilderness.
(34) Certain lands in the Deerlodge National
Forest which comprise about 30,300 acres, as gen-
erally, depicted on a map entitled ‘‘Flint Creek Wil-
derness—Proposed’’, dated June 1993 and shall be
known as the Flint Creek Wilderness.
(35) Certain lands in the Gallatin and Lewis
and Clark National Forests, which comprise approxi-
mately 35,000 acres, as generally depicted on a map
entitled ‘‘Crazy Mountain Wilderness—Proposed’’,
dated June 1993 and shall be known as the Crazy
Mountain Wilderness.
(b) MAPS AND LEGAL DESCRIPTIONS.—(1) The Sec-
retary of Agriculture (hereinafter referred to as the ‘‘Sec-
retary’’) shall file the maps referred to in this section and
legal descriptions of each wilderness area designated by
this section with the Committee on Energy and Natural
Resources of the United States Senate and the Committee
on Interior and Insular Affairs of the United States House
of Representatives, and each such map and legal descrip-
tion shall have the same force and effect as if included
in this Act.
(2) The Secretary may correct clerical and typo-
graphical errors in the maps and the legal descriptions
submitted pursuant to this section.
(3) Each map and legal description referred to in this
section shall be on file and available for public inspection
in the office of the Chief of the Forest Service, Washing-
ton, D.C. and at the office of the Regional Forester of
the Northern Region.
(c) ADMINISTRATION.—Subject to valid existing
rights, each wilderness area designated by this section
shall be administered by the Secretary of Agriculture in
accordance with the provisions of the Wilderness Act of
1964, except that, with respect to any area designated in
this section, any reference to the effective date of the Wil-
derness Act shall be deemed to be a reference to the date
of enactment of this Act.
(d) WILDERNESS
AREA
PERIMETERS.—Congress
does not intend that the designation of wilderness areas
in this section will lead to the creation of protective perim-
eters or buffer zones around such areas. The fact that
nonwilderness activities or uses can be seen or heard from
areas within a wilderness area shall not, of itself, preclude
such activities or uses up to the boundary of the wilder-
ness area.
(e) GRAZING.—The grazing of livestock, where estab-
lished prior to the date of enactment of this Act, in wilder-
ness areas designated in this section shall be administered
in accordance with section 4(d)(4) of the Wilderness Act
of 1964 and section 108 of an Act entitled ‘‘An Act to
designate certain National Forest System Lands in the
States of Colorado, South Dakota, Missouri, South Caro-
lina, and Louisiana for inclusion in the National Wilder-
ness Preservation System, and for other purposes’’ (94
Stat. 3271; 16 U.S.C. 1133 note).
(f) STATE FISH AND GAME AUTHORITY.—In accord-
ance with section 4(d)(7) of the Wilderness Act of 1964,
nothing in this Act shall be construed as affecting the ju-
risdiction or responsibilities of the State of Montana with
respect to wildlife and fish in the national forests of Mon-
tana.
(g) HUNTING.—Nothing in this Act or the Wilder-
ness Act of 1964 shall be construed to prohibit hunting
within the wilderness areas designated in this section.
(h) COLLECTION DEVICES.—(1) Within the wilder-
ness areas designated in this section, the installation and
maintenance of essential hydrological, meteorological, or
climatological collection devices and ancillary facilities is
permitted, subject to such conditions as the Secretary
deems desirable.
(2) Access to the devices and facilities described in
paragraph (1) shall be by the means historically used, if
that method is the least intrusive practicable means avail-
able. Access, installation, and maintenance shall be com-
patible with the provisions of the Wilderness Act.
(i) The provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee
Act not withstanding, the wilderness managing agencies
are hereby authorized to use citizen advisory groups, task
forces, and ad hoc committees among the public involve-
ment techniques employed to assist the agencies in the de-
velopment of wilderness management direction.
SEC. 4. WATER.
(a) FINDINGS, PURPOSE, AND DEFINITIONS.—(1)
Congress finds that—
(A) the lands designated as wilderness by this
Act are located at the headwaters of the streams
and rivers on those lands, with no actual or pro-
posed water resource facilities located upstream
from such lands and no opportunities for diversion,
storage, or other uses of water occurring outside
such lands that would adversely affect the wilderness
values of such lands;
(B) the lands designated as wilderness by this
Act are not suitable for use for development of new
water resource facilities, or for the expansion of ex-
isting facilities; and
(C) therefore, it is possible to provide for prop-
er management and protection of the water-related
wilderness values of such lands in ways different
from those utilized in other legislation designated as
wilderness lands not sharing the attributes of the
lands designated as wilderness by this Act.
(2) The purpose of this section is to protect the
water-related wilderness values of the lands designated as
wilderness by this Act by means other than those based
on a Federal reserved water right.
(3) As used in this section—
(A) the term ‘‘water resource facility’’ means ir-
rigation and pumping facilities, reservoirs, water
conservation works, aqueducts, canals, ditches, pipe-
lines, wells, hydropower projects, and transmission
and other ancillary facilities, and other water diver-
sion, storage, and carriage structures; and
(B) the term ‘‘historic’’, used with reference to
rates of flow, quantities of use, or timing of use of
water, means the pattern of actual use or operation
of a facility over a representative period of time to
the date of enactment of this Act.
(b) RESTRICTION ON RIGHTS AND DISCLAIMER OF
EFFECT.—(1) Neither the Secretary nor any other officer,
employee, or agent of the United States shall assert any
claim, and no court or agency of the United States shall
consider any claim asserted by any other person, to any
right with respect to any waters in the State of Montana
based on any construction of any portion of this Act or
the designation of any lands as wilderness by this Act as
constituting an express or implied reservation of water or
water rights.
(2)(A) Nothing in this Act shall be construed as a
creation, recognition, disclaimer, relinquishment, or reduc-
tion of any water rights of the United States in the State
of Montana existing before the date of enactment of this
Act.
(B) Nothing in this Act shall be construed as con-
stituting an interpretation of any other Act or any des-
ignation made by or pursuant thereto.
(C) Nothing in this section shall be construed as es-
tablishing a precedent with regard to any future wilder-
ness designations.
(c) NEW OR EXPANDED PROJECTS.—Notwithstand-
ing 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—
(1) the development of any new water resource
facility within the lands designated as wilderness by
this Act; or
(2) the enlargement of a water resource facility
or the expansion of the historic rate of diversion,
quantity of use, or timing of use of a water resource
facility within the lands designated as wilderness by
this Act.
Except as provided in subsection (d) of this section, noth-
ing in this Act shall be construed to affect or limit oper-
ation, maintenance, repair, modification, or replacement
of water resource facilities in existence on the date of en-
actment of this Act within the boundaries of the lands des-
ignated as wilderness by this Act.
(d) ACCESS AND OPERATION.—(1) Subject to the
provisions of this subsection, the Secretary shall allow rea-
sonable access to water resource facilities in existence on
the date of enactment of this Act within lands designated
as wilderness by this Act, including motorized access
where necessary and customarily employed on routes exist-
ing as of the date of enactment of this Act.
(2) Subject to the provisions of this subsection, the
Secretary shall allow the present diversion, carriage, and
storage capacity of water resource facilities existing on the
date of enactment of this Act within wilderness areas des-
ignated by this Act, and access routes to such facilities
existing and customarily employed as of such date, to be
operated, maintained, repaired, and replaced as necessary
to maintain the present function, design, and serviceable
operation of the facilities, so long as such activities have
no greater adverse impacts on wilderness values than as
of the date of enactment of this Act.
(3) Water resource facilities, and access routes serv-
ing such facilities, existing on the date of enactment of
this Act shall be maintained and repaired when and to
the extent necessary to prevent increased adverse impacts
on wilderness values.
(4) The historic rate of diversion, quantity of use, or
timing of use of water resource facilities existing on the
date of enactment of this Act within lands designated as
wilderness by this Act shall not be increased.
(e) MONITORING AND IMPLEMENTATION.—The Sec-
retaries of Agriculture and the Interior shall monitor the
operation of and access to water resource facilities within
the boundaries of the lands designated as wilderness by
this Act and take all steps necessary to implement the pro-
visions of this section.
SEC. 5. SPECIAL MANAGEMENT AREAS.
(a) DESIGNATIONS.—For the purposes of conserving,
protecting and enhancing the exceptional scenic, fish and
wildlife, biological, educational and recreational values of
certain National Forest System lands in the State of Mon-
tana, the following designations are made:
(1) The Mount Helena National Education and
Recreation Area located in the Helena National For-
est, comprising approximately 5,120 acres, as gen-
erally depicted on a map entitled ‘‘Mount Helena
National Education and Recreation Area—Pro-
posed’’, dated September 1992.
(2) The Hyalite National Education and Recre-
ation Area located in the Gallatin National Forest,
comprising approximately 18,900 acres, as generally
depicted on a map entitled ‘‘Hyalite National Edu-
cation and Recreation Area—Proposed’’, dated Sep-
tember 1992.
(3) The Northwest Peak National Recreation
Area located in the Kaniksu and Kootenai National
Forests, comprising approximately 16,700 acres, as
generally depicted on a map entitled ‘‘Northwest
Peak National Recreation and Scenic Area—Pro-
posed’’, dated September 1991.
(4) The Buckhorn Ridge National Recreation
Area located in the Kaniksu and Kootenai National
Forests, comprising approximately 20,000 acres, as
generally depicted on a map entitled ‘‘Buckhorn
Ridge National Recreation Area—Proposed’’, dated
September 1991.
(5) The West Big Hole National Recreation
Area located in the Beaverhead National Forest,
comprising approximately 90,000 acres, as generally
depicted on a map entitled ‘‘West Big Hole National
Recreation 
Area—Proposed’’, 
dated 
September
1992, and which shall be known as the West Big
Hole National Recreation Area.
(6) The LeBeau Natural Area located on the
Kootenai and Flathead National Forests comprising
approximately 6,000 acres, as generally depicted on
a map entitled ‘‘LeBeau Natural Area—Proposed’’,
dated June 1993.
(7) The Ross Creek Cedars Natural Area lo-
cated on the Kootenai National Forest comprising
approximately 600 acres, as generally depicted on a
map entitled ‘‘Ross Creek Cedars Natural Area—
Proposed’’, dated June 1993.
(b) MAPS.—The Secretary shall file the maps re-
ferred to in this section with the Committee on Energy
and Natural Resources, United States Senate, and the
Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, United States
House of Representatives, and each such map shall have
the same force and effect as if included in this Act: Pro-
vided, That correction of clerical and typographical errors
in such maps may be made. Each such map shall be on
file and available for public inspection in the office of the
Chief of the Forest Service and the office of the Regional
Forester of the Northern Region.
(c) MANAGEMENT.—(1) Except as otherwise may be
provided in this subsection, the Secretary shall administer
the areas designated in subsection (a) so as to achieve the
purposes of their designation and in accordance with the
laws and regulations applicable to the National Forest
System.
(2) Subject to valid existing rights, all federally
owned lands within the areas designated in subsection (a)
are hereby withdrawn from all forms of entry, appropria-
tion and disposal under the mining and public land laws,
and disposition under the geothermal and mineral leasing
laws.
(3) Commercial timber harvesting is prohibited in the
areas designated by this section with the following excep-
tions:
(A) Nothing in this Act shall preclude such
measures which the Secretary, in his discretion,
deems necessary in the event of fire, or infestation
of insects or disease.
(B) Fuel wood, post and pole gathering may be
permitted.
(C) Commercial timber harvesting may be per-
mitted in the Hyalite National Recreation and Edu-
cation Area, but must be compatible with the pur-
poses of its designation.
(4) Where the Secretary determines that such use is
compatible with the purposes for which an area is des-
ignated, the use of motorized equipment may be permitted
in the areas subject to applicable law and applicable land
and resource management plans.
(5) The grazing of livestock, where established prior
to the date of enactment of this Act may be permitted
to continue subject to applicable law and regulations of
the Secretary.
(d) NATIONAL RECREATION AREAS AND NATURAL
AREAS.—(1) The Secretary shall manage the Mount Hel-
ena and Hyalite National Education and Recreation Areas
with a focus on education. All management activities shall
be conducted in a manner that provides the public with
an opportunity to become better informed about natural
resource protection and management.
(2) The Secretary shall manage the LeBeau and Ross
Creek Cedars Natural areas for the enhancement of
biodiversity and scientific study. These forests’ unique
natural qualities are to be the focus of the area’s manage-
ment.
(e) LAND AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT PLANS.—
Those areas established pursuant to subsection (a) shall
be administered as components of the national forests
wherein they are located. Land and resource management
plans for the affected national forests prepared in accord-
ance with the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources
Planning Act, as amended by the National Forest Man-
agement Act, shall achieve the purposes for which the
areas are designated. The provisions of the national forest
land and resource management plan, relating to each area
designated by this section, shall also be available to the
public in a document separate from the rest of the forest
plan.
SEC. 6. WILDERNESS STUDY AREAS.
(a) DESIGNATION.—The following areas are hereby
designated as wilderness study areas and shall be man-
aged in accordance with the provisions of this section:
(1) Certain lands on the Gallatin National For-
est, comprising approximately 21,500 acres, as gen-
erally depicted on a map entitled ‘‘Sawtooth Moun-
tain Wilderness Study Area—Proposed’’, dated Sep-
tember 1992.
(2) Certain lands in the Lolo National Forest
which comprise approximately 22,000 acres, as gen-
erally depicted on a map entitled ‘‘Sheep Mountain
Wilderness Study Area—Proposed’’, dated Novem-
ber 1991.
(3) Certain lands in the Lewis and Clark and
Gallatin National Forests, which comprise approxi-
mately 115,000 acres, as generally depicted on a
map entitled ‘‘Crazy Mountain Wilderness Study
Area—Proposed’’, dated October 1992. The Forest
Service shall complete a study of public and private
land consolidation alternatives for this area which
shall be submitted to the appropriate committees of
Congress 2 years after the date of the enactment of
this Act.
(4) Certain lands in the Gallatin National For-
est, which comprise approximately 4,500 acres, as
generally depicted on a map entitled ‘‘South Cotton-
wood Wilderness Study Area—Proposed,’’ dated
September, 1992, and shall be managed as part of
the Gallatin Wilderness Study Area in accordance
with Public Law 95–150.
(b) REPORT.—When the forest plans are revised, the
Secretary shall submit a report to the Committee on En-
ergy and Natural Resources of the United States Senate
and the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs of the
United States House of Representatives containing rec-
ommendations as to whether the areas designated in sub-
section (a) should be added as components of the National
Wilderness Preservation System.
(c) MANAGEMENT.—Subject to valid existing rights,
the wilderness study areas designated in subsection (a)
shall be managed to protect their suitability for inclusion
in the National Wilderness Preservation System.
(d) MAPS.—The Secretary shall file the maps re-
ferred to in this section with the Committee on Interior
and Insular Affairs, United States House of Representa-
tives, and the Committee on Energy and Natural Re-
sources, United States Senate, and each such map shall
have the same force and effect as if included in this Act:
Provided, That correction of clerical and typographical er-
rors in these maps may be made. Each map shall be on
file and available for public inspection in the office of the
Chief of the Forest Service and the Regional Forester of
the Northern Region.
SEC. 7. BADGER-TWO MEDICINE AREA.
(a) WITHDRAWAL.—(1) Subject to valid existing
rights including rights held by the Blackfeet nation under
existing treaties and statute, all federally owned lands as
depicted on a map entitled ‘‘Badger-Two Medicine Area’’,
dated September 1991, comprising approximately 116,600
acres, are withdrawn from all forms of entry, appropria-
tion, and disposal under the mining and public land laws
and from disposition under the geothermal and mineral
leasing laws. Until otherwise directed by Congress, the
Secretary shall manage this area so as to protect its wil-
derness qualities.
(2) Nothing in this section shall preclude the gather-
ing of timber by the Blackfeet Tribe (the ‘‘Tribe’’) in exer-
cise of valid treaty rights within the Badger-Two Medicine
Area.
(3)(A) With respect to oil and gas leases on Federal
lands within the Badger-Two Medicine Area, no surface
disturbance shall be permitted pursuant to such leases
until Congress determines otherwise.
(B) Notwithstanding any other law, the term of any
oil and gas lease subject to the limitations imposed by this
section shall be extended for a period of time equal to the
term that such limitation remains in effect.
(b) REVIEW.—The Secretary shall conduct a review
of the area referred to in subsection (a) in accordance with
the Wilderness Act of 1964 and the provisions of this sub-
section. Not later than 5 years after the date of enactment
of this Act, the Secretary shall report to Congress. In con-
ducting this review:
(1) The Secretary shall establish a committee
composed of 1 representative each from the Black-
feet Tribal Business Council, the Blackfeet Tribal
traditionalists, and the National Park Service, as
well as at least one representative of various con-
cerned user groups, including proportional represen-
tation for environmental groups and industry
groups. The Committee shall not exceed eleven mem-
bers. The Blackfeet Tribal Business Council shall
choose the 2 Tribal representatives. The Blackfeet
Tribal Business Council shall conduct a public meet-
ing to receive recommendations of the community re-
garding the selection of these members. The commit-
tee shall regularly advise the Secretary during the
preparation of the report required in this subsection
and submit its findings to Congress concurrently
with those of the Secretary.
(2) Special consideration shall be given to the
religious, wilderness and wildlife uses of the area,
taking into account any treaties the United States
has entered into with the Blackfeet Nation.
(3) In consultation with the committee, the Sec-
retary shall establish a process to provide informa-
tion to the Tribe and interested public about options
for future designation of the Badger-Two Medicine
Area.
(c) RIGHTS.—Nothing in this section shall be con-
strued to diminish, prejudice, add to, or otherwise affect
the treaty rights of the Blackfeet Tribe or the rights of
the United States.
SEC. 8. LANDS ADMINISTERED BY BUREAU OF LAND MAN-
AGEMENT.
(a) FINDINGS.—(1) The Congress has reviewed the
suitability of a portion of the Axolotl Lakes Wilderness
Study Area (MT–076–069, BLM Wilderness Study Num-
ber) as generally depicted on a map entitled ‘‘Released
portion of Axolotl Lakes WSA’’, dated September 1992,
for wilderness designation and finds that this portion has
been sufficiently studied for wilderness pursuant to section
603 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of
1976 (43 U.S.C. 1782).
(2) The Congress has reviewed the suitability of the
Bitter Creek Wilderness Study Area (MT–BLM Wilder-
ness Study Number) as generally depicted on a map enti-
tled ‘‘Bitter Creek WSA’’, dated June 1993, for wilderness
pursuant to section 603 of the Federal Land Management
and Policy Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1782).
(b) DIRECTION.—The area described in subsection
(a) shall no longer be subject to the requirement of section
603(c) of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act
of 1976 pertaining to management in a manner that does
not impair suitability for preservation as wilderness.
(c) ADMINISTRATIVE JURISDICTION.—Those lands
designated as wilderness pursuant to paragraphs (3) and
(27) of section 3(a) of this Act, which, as of the date of
enactment of this Act, are administered by the Secretary
of the Interior as public lands (as defined in the Federal
Land Policy and Management Act of 1976), are hereby
transferred to the jurisdiction of the Secretary of Agri-
culture, and shall be added to and managed as part of
the National Forest System, and the boundaries of the
adjacent National Forests are hereby modified to include
such lands.
(d) LAND AND WATER CONSERVATION FUND.—For
purposes of section 7 of the Land and Water Conservation
Fund Act of 1965 (16 U.S.C. 4601–9), the boundaries
of affected National Forests, as modified by this section,
shall be considered to be the boundaries of such National
Forests as if they were the boundaries of the National
Forests as of January 1, 1965. Money appropriated from
the Land and Water Conservation Fund shall be available
for the acquisition of lands, waters, and interests therein
in furtherance of the purposes of this Act.
SEC. 9. MONTANA ECOSYSTEM AND ECONOMICS STUDY.
(a) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this section is to pro-
tect and enhance ecological values of the Northern Rockies
Ecosystem within the State of Montana and to assure that
disruptions to communities and local economies are mini-
mized through the sustainable use of the natural resources
in the State of Montana: Provided, That the scope of the
study shall be limited to the State of Montana. To accom-
plish the purpose, the Secretary shall—
(1) assess current environmental and economic
conditions in the Montana ecosystem;
(2) evaluate the recent and likely trends in
those conditions under current management;
(3) determine sustainable environmental condi-
tions and economies dependent thereon; and
(4) identify opportunities and requirements to
achieve and improve sustainability of the natural re-
sources and the economy.
(b) STUDY.—(1) The Secretary of Agriculture, acting
through the Forest Service Research Branch, shall under-
take a Montana Ecosystem and Economics Study
(‘‘Study’’). In conducting the study, the Forest Service
shall draw from expertise throughout the Research Branch
and cooperate with other Federal agencies, relevant State
agencies, local governments, Tribal governments, and the
relevant departments (such as biology, ecology, forestry,
range, wildlife and fish, recreation, business, economics,
law, etc.) of public universities in the State of Montana.
(2) The Secretary of Agriculture shall establish an
Advisory Panel consistent with the Federal Advisory Com-
mittee Act to meet to review and comment on: (A) the
study plan; (B) contractor, background, and interim re-
ulations of animals for consumptive and
nonconsumptive uses; wilderness areas; dis-
persed recreation opportunities and developed
recreation facilities.
(D) Opportunities to improve environmental
conditions that could permit an expansion of the
sustainable contribution of commodity and non-com-
modity uses and outputs of natural resources. The
assessment shall identify the financial and non-fi-
nancial costs for the various opportunities, and the
likely or possible incidence of those costs. Opportuni-
ties shall include each of the following:
(i) Increasing desirable natural vegetative
growth including: reforestation with native spe-
cies, thinning and other timber stand modifica-
tions, prescribed burning, and seeding or plant-
ing native grasses, forbs, and shrubs.
(ii) Improving the quality of other biologi-
cal resources (such as species diversity and ani-
mal populations), including: habitat restoration,
extended timber rotations, alternative timber
harvesting systems and grazing regimes, re-
serves to protect and improve connectivity
among isolated ecosystems, and different stand-
ards and methods for road construction, main-
tenance, closure, and eradication.
(iii) Enhancing the quality of non-biologi-
cal resources (such as recreation trails and fa-
cilities, wilderness areas, and watersheds and
streams), including: site restoration and reha-
bilitation, demand management (user regulation
and enforcement, marketing to shift timing and
location of uses, etc.) and different standards
and methods for road construction, mainte-
nance, closure, and eradication.
(E) Recommendations on investments and prac-
tices for agencies responsible for natural resource
management.
(c) SCHEDULE.—(1) The study plan shall be ready
for review by the Advisory Panel within one year after the
enactment of this Act.
(2) Contractor, background, and interim reports shall
be presented to the Advisory Panel as they are completed.
(3) The draft report shall be ready for review by the
Advisory Panel within 2 years after the Panel’s meeting
to review the study plan. With Advisory Committee input,
the Secretary shall arrange peer review of the draft report
among appropriate independent experts in the relevant
fields.
(4) The final report shall be presented to the Com-
mittee on Interior and Insular Affairs of the United States
House of Representatives, the Committee on Energy and
Natural Resources of the United States Senate, to the
Chief of the Forest Service, and to the heads of other Fed-
eral and State agencies who have jurisdiction over wild
land management or are responsible for regulating man-
agement practices or impacts in the State of Montana.
SEC. 10. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS.
(a) REDESIGNATION.—(1) Those lands comprising
the Rattlesnake National Recreation Area and Wilderness,
as designated in Public Law 96–476 are hereby redesig-
nated as the ‘‘Rattlesnake National Education and Recre-
ation Area and Wilderness’’.
(2) Those lands comprising 200 acres, as generally
depicted on a map entitled ‘‘West Pioneers Study Dele-
tion—Proposed’’, are hereby released from study under
Public Law 95–150.
(b) WITHDRAWAL.—Those lands comprising approxi-
mately 27,000 acres, as generally depicted on a map enti-
tled ‘‘Gibson Reservoir Mineral Withdrawal Area—Pro-
posed’’, dated October 1992, are hereby withdrawn from
all forms of entry, appropriation and disposal under the
mining and public land laws, and disposition under the
geothermal and mineral leasing laws.
(c) ACREAGES.—All acreages cited in this Act are ap-
proximate and in the event of discrepancies between cited
acreage and the lands depicted on referenced maps, the
maps shall control.
(d) ACCESS.—It is the policy of Congress that the
Forest Service acquire and maintain reasonable public ac-
cess to National Forest System lands in the State of Mon-
tana.
(e) SCAPEGOAT
AND GREAT BEAR WILDERNESS
NAMES.—In order to consolidate existing contiguous wil-
derness areas, those lands comprising the Great Bear Wil-
derness Area designated by Public Law 95–946 and any
amendments thereto and the Scapegoat Wilderness Area
designated by Public Law 92–395 and any amendments
thereto are hereby incorporated in and deemed to be a
part of the Bob Marshall Wilderness. The designations of
the Great Bear Wilderness and Scapegoat Wilderness
shall refer to units within the Bob Marshall Wilderness.
SEC. 11. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
There are authorized to be appropriated—
(1) such sums as are necessary for the develop-
ment of a wilderness education and ranger training
complex at the Ninemile Ranger Station, Lolo Na-
tional Forest, Montana; and
(2) such sums as are necessary to carry out this
Act.
SEC. 12. WILDERNESS REVIEW.
(a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds that—
(1) the Department of Agriculture has studied
the suitability of roadless areas for inclusion in the
National Wilderness Preservation System; and
(2) the Congress has made its own review and
examination of National Forest System roadless
areas in the State of Montana and the environ-
mental impacts associated with alternative alloca-
tions of such areas.
(b) RELEASE.—Those National Forest System lands
in the State of Montana which were not designated as wil-
derness, special management, national recreation, or wil-
derness study areas by this Act shall be managed for mul-
tiple use in accordance with land and resource manage-
ment plans developed pursuant to section 6 of the forest
and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of
1974, as amended by the National Forest Management
Act of 1976, and other applicable law, and those areas
need not be managed for the purpose of protecting their
suitability for wilderness designation prior to or during re-
vision of the land and resource management plans.
(c) PLAN REVISIONS.—In the event that revised land
management plans in the State of Montana are imple-
mented pursuant to section 6 of the Forest and Rangeland
Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974, as amended
by the National Forest Management Act of 1976, and
other applicable law, areas not recommended for wilder-
ness designation, need not be managed for the purpose
of protecting their suitability for wilderness designation
prior to or during revision of such plans, and areas rec-
ommended for wilderness designation shall be managed for
the purpose of protecting their suitability for wilderness
designation.
(d) FURTHER REVIEW.—Unless expressly authorized
by Congress, the Department of Agriculture shall not con-
duct any further statewide roadless area review and eval-
uation of National Forest System lands in the State of
Montana for the purpose of determining their suitability
for inclusion in the National Wilderness Preservation Sys-
tem.
(e) PREVIOUS PLANS.—Except as specifically pro-
vided in sections 3, 5, 6, and 7 of this Act and in Public
Law 95–150, with respect to the National Forest System
lands in the State of Montana which were reviewed by the
Department of Agriculture under Public Law 94–557, the
unit plans that were in effect prior to completion of RARE
II, the 1978 Forest Plan for the Beaverhead National
Forest, that such reviews shall be deemed an adequate
consideration of the suitability of such lands for inclusion
in the National Wilderness Preservation System, and the
Department of Agriculture shall not be required to review
the wilderness option prior to the revision of the Land and
Resource Management Plans.
(f) REVISIONS.—As used in this section, and as pro-
vided in section 6 of the Forest and Rangeland Renewable
Resources Planning Act, as amended by the National For-
eign Management Act, the term ‘‘revision’’ shall not in-
clude an amendment to a land and resource management
plan.
(g) SIZE.—The provisions of this section shall apply
to those National Forest System roadless lands in the
State of Montana which are less than 5,000 acres in size.
(h) WILDERNESS SUITABILITY REVIEW.—Except as
provided in Public Law 95–150, the wilderness suitability
review and evaluation of national forest system lands in
the State of Montana completed as a part of Land and
Resource Management Plans that were completed prior to
the enactment of this Act, constitute an adequate consid-
eration of the suitability of such lands for inclusion in the
National Wilderness Preservation System and the Depart-
ment of Agriculture shall not be required to review the