I 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3193 
To designate as wilderness certain lands within the Rocky Mountain National 
Park in the State of Colorado. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 30, 2005 
Mr. UDALL of Colorado introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
the Committee on Resources 
A BILL 
To designate as wilderness certain lands within the Rocky 
Mountain National Park in the State of Colorado. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE AND PURPOSE. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Rocky Mountain National Park Wilderness Act’’. 
(b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this Act is to include 
in the National Wilderness Preservation System certain 
lands within the Rocky Mountain National Park, Colo-
rado, in order to protect the enduring scenic and historic 
wilderness character and unique wildlife values of the
lands as well as the scientific, educational, inspirational, 
and recreational resources, values, and opportunities of 
the lands. 
SEC. 2. DESIGNATION OF ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL 
PARK WILDERNESS. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—In furtherance of the purposes of 
the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), certain lands 
within the Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado, 
which comprise approximately llll acres, as gen-
erally depicted on the map titled ‘‘Rocky Mountain Na-
tional Park, Colorado Wilderness Boundaries’’ and dated 
June 2005, are hereby designated as wilderness and, 
therefore, as a component of the National Wilderness 
Preservation System. The designated lands shall be known 
as the Rocky Mountain National Park Wilderness. 
(b) MAP AND DESCRIPTION.— 
(1) PREPARATION AND SUBMISSION.—As soon 
as practicable after the date of the enactment of this 
Act, the Secretary of the Interior shall prepare a 
map and a boundary description of the Rocky Moun-
tain National Park Wilderness designated by sub-
section (a) and file the map and boundary descrip-
tion with the Committee on Resources of the House 
of Representatives and the Committee on Energy 
and Natural Resources of the Senate. The map and
boundary description shall be on file and available 
for public inspection in the office of the Director of 
the National Park Service, Department of the Inte-
rior. 
(2) TREATMENT.—The map and boundary de-
scription prepared under paragraph (1) shall have 
the same force and effect as if included in this Act. 
The Secretary of the Interior may correct clerical 
and typographical errors in the map and description. 
(c) POTENTIAL WILDERNESS LANDS.— 
(1) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term 
‘‘potential wilderness lands’’ means— 
(A) lands identified as potential wilderness 
on the map referred to in subsection (a); and 
(B) lands and interests therein acquired by 
the United States on or after the date of the 
enactment of this Act that are located within 
the boundaries of the Rocky Mountain National 
Park and are contiguous with lands designated 
as wilderness by this Act. 
(2) INCLUSION IN WILDERNESS.—Upon publi-
cation in the Federal Register of a notice by the 
Secretary of the Interior that all uses of a parcel of 
potential wilderness lands inconsistent with the Wil-
derness Act have ceased, the parcel shall be included
in the Rocky Mountain National Park Wilderness 
designated by subsection (a) and managed as pro-
vided in section 3. The Secretary of the Interior 
shall modify the map and boundary description pre-
pared under subsection (b) to reflect the inclusion of 
the parcel in the Rocky Mountain National Park 
Wilderness. 
(d) EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN LANDS.—The bound-
aries of the Rocky Mountain National Park Wilderness 
and the potential wilderness lands specifically exclude the 
following: 
(1) The Grand Ditch (including both the main 
canal of the Grand Ditch and a branch thereof 
known as the specimen Ditch) and its right-of-way 
as well as associated appurtenances, structures, 
buildings, camps, and work sites in existence as of 
June 1, 1998. 
(2) Lands owned by the St. Vrain & Left Hand 
Water Conservancy District, including Copeland 
Reservoir and the Inlet Ditch to such reservoir from 
the North St. Vrain Creek, amounting to approxi-
mately 35.38 acres. 
(3) Lands owned by the Wincentsen-Harms 
Trust, amounting to approximately 2.75 acres.
(e) RELATION TO LANDS OUTSIDE WILDERNESS.— 
Nothing in this Act shall affect the management or use 
of any lands not included within the boundaries of the 
Rocky Mountain National Park Wilderness or the poten-
tial wilderness lands. 
SEC. 3. MANAGEMENT OF ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL 
PARK WILDERNESS. 
(a) MANAGEMENT GENERALLY.—Subject to valid ex-
isting rights, lands designated as wilderness by section 
2(a) or subsequently included in the Rocky Mountain Na-
tional Park Wilderness by section 2(c) shall be managed 
by the Secretary of the Interior in accordance with the 
Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.) and this Act. 
With respect to the lands designated as wilderness by sec-
tion 2(a), any reference in the Wilderness Act to the effec-
tive date of the Wilderness Act shall be deemed to be a 
reference to the date of the enactment of this Act. With 
respect to the lands subsequently included in the Rocky 
Mountain National Park Wilderness by section 2(c), any 
reference in the Wilderness Act to the effective date of 
the Wilderness Act shall be deemed to be a reference to 
the date on which the lands were included in the wilder-
ness area. 
(b) WATER RIGHTS.—