I 
112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6609 
To expand the Pajarita Wilderness and designate the Tumacacori Highlands 
Wilderness in Coronado National Forest, Arizona, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 28, 2012 
Mr. GRIJALVA introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To expand the Pajarita Wilderness and designate the 
Tumacacori Highlands Wilderness in Coronado National 
Forest, Arizona, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Tumacacori Highlands 
Wilderness Act’’. 
SEC. 2. EXPANSION OF PAJARITA WILDERNESS, CORONADO 
NATIONAL FOREST, ARIZONA. 
(a) EXPANSION.—Section 101(a)(17) of the Arizona 
Wilderness Act of 1984 (Public Law 98–406; 98 Stat. 
1487; 16 U.S.C. 1132 note) is amended by inserting after 
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‘‘1984,’’ the following: ‘‘and which comprise approximately 
13,300 acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled ‘Pro-
posed Tumacacori Highlands Wilderness and Pajarita 
Wilderness Addition’ and dated February 18, 2009,’’. 
(b) MAP AND LEGAL DESCRIPTION.—As soon as 
practicable after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
the Secretary of Agriculture shall submit a copy of the 
map referred to in the amendment made by subsection (a) 
and a legal description of the National Forest System land 
included in the Pajarita Wilderness by the amendment 
with the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of 
the Senate and the Committee on Natural Resources of 
the House of Representatives. The map and legal descrip-
tion shall have the same force and effect as if included 
in the Arizona Wilderness Act of 1984, except that the 
Secretary may correct clerical and typographical errors in 
the map and legal description. The map and legal descrip-
tion shall be on file and available for public inspection in 
the appropriate offices of the Forest Service. 
SEC. 3. DESIGNATION OF TUMACACORI HIGHLANDS WIL-
DERNESS, CORONADO NATIONAL FOREST, 
ARIZONA. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—In furtherance of the purposes of 
the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), certain lands 
in the Coronado National Forest, Arizona, which comprise 
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approximately 70,000 acres, as generally depicted on a 
map entitled ‘‘Proposed Tumacacori Highlands Wilder-
ness and Pajarita Wilderness Addition’’ and dated Feb-
ruary 18, 2009, are hereby designated as wilderness and, 
therefore, as a component of the National Wilderness 
Preservation System, which shall be known as the 
‘‘Tumacacori Highlands Wilderness’’. 
(b) MAP AND LEGAL DESCRIPTION.—As soon as 
practicable after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
the Secretary of Agriculture shall submit a copy of the 
map referred to in subsection (a) and a legal description 
of the Tumacacori Highlands Wilderness with the Com-
mittee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate 
and the Committee on Natural Resources of the House 
of Representatives. The map and legal description shall 
have the same force and effect as if included in this Act, 
except that the Secretary may correct clerical and typo-
graphical errors in the map and legal description. The 
map and legal description shall be on file and available 
for public inspection in the appropriate offices of the For-
est Service. 
SEC. 4. ADMINISTRATION OF WILDERNESS AREAS. 
(a) COVERED WILDERNESS AREAS.—In this section, 
the term ‘‘covered wilderness area’’ means— 
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(1) the National Forest System land included in 
the Pajarita Wilderness by the amendment made by 
section 2(a); and 
(2) the Tumacacori Highlands Wilderness des-
ignated by section 3(a). 
(b) ADMINISTRATION.—The Secretary of Agriculture 
shall manage the covered wilderness area in accordance 
with the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.) and this 
section, except that, with respect to a covered wilderness 
area, any reference in the Wilderness Act to the effective 
date of the Wilderness Act shall be deemed to be a ref-
erence to the date of the enactment of this Act. 
(c) VALID EXISTING RIGHTS.—Nothing in this sec-
tion shall affect any valid existing right. 
(d) BUFFER ZONES.—As provided in section 101(d) 
of the Arizona Wilderness Act of 1984 (Public Law 98– 
406; 98 Stat. 1488), Congress does not intend that des-
ignation of a covered wilderness area lead to the creation 
of protective perimeters or buffer zones around the cov-
ered wilderness area. The fact that nonwilderness activi-
ties or uses can be seen or heard from areas within a cov-
ered wilderness area shall not, of itself, preclude such ac-
tivities or uses up to the boundary of the covered wilder-
ness area. 
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(e) GRAZING.—Grazing of livestock and maintenance 
of existing facilities related to grazing in a covered wilder-
ness area, where established before the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, shall be permitted to continue in accord-
ance with— 
(1) section 4(d)(4) of the Wilderness Act (16 
U.S.C. 1133(d)(4)); and 
(2) the guidelines set forth in House Report 
96–617 to accompany H.R. 5487 of the 96th Con-
gress. 
(f) HUNTING, FISH AND WILDLIFE.— 
(1) HUNTING.—Nothing in this section or the 
Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.) shall affect 
hunting, under applicable State and Federal laws 
and regulations, within a covered wilderness area. 
(2) JURISDICTION.—As provided in section 
4(d)(7) 
of 
the 
Wilderness 
Act 
(16 
U.S.C. 
1133(d)(7)), nothing in this section or the Wilder-
ness Act shall be construed as affecting the jurisdic-
tion or responsibilities of the State of Arizona with 
respect to fish and wildlife in the State. 
(3) WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT.—Management ac-
tivities to maintain or restore fish and wildlife popu-
lations and the habitats to support such populations 
may be carried out within a covered wilderness area, 
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where consistent with the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 
1131 et seq.) and other applicable laws. 
(4) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT.—The Secretary 
shall enter into a cooperative agreement with the 
State of Arizona for management of fish and wildlife 
within a covered wilderness area. The cooperative 
agreement shall specify the terms and conditions 
under which the State or a designee of the State 
may use wildlife management activities in a covered 
wilderness area consistent with the Wilderness Act 
(16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), and other applicable laws. 
(g) PROTECTION OF TRIBAL RIGHTS.—Nothing in 
this section shall be construed to diminish the existing 
rights of any Indian tribe. Nothing in this section shall 
be construed to diminish tribal rights regarding access to 
Federal lands for tribal activities, including spiritual, cul-
tural, and traditional food gathering activities. 
(h) MILITARY ACTIVITIES.—Nothing in this section 
shall preclude low level overflights of military aircraft, the 
designation of new units of special airspace, or the use 
or establishment of military flight training routes over a 
covered wilderness area. 
(i) BORDER ENFORCEMENT AND DRUG INTERDIC-
TION.—Because of the proximity of the covered wilderness 
areas to the United States-Mexico international border, 
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drug interdiction and border enforcement operations are 
common management actions throughout the area encom-
passing the covered wilderness areas. This Act recognizes 
the need to continue such management actions so long as 
such management actions are conducted in accordance 
with the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.) and ex-
isting inter-agency agreements. 
(j) MAINTENANCE OF EXISTING COMMUNICATIONS 
FACILITIES.—The provisions of the Wilderness Act shall 
not be construed to prevent— 
(1) the maintenance of communications facili-
ties, in existence on the date of the enactment of 
this Act and located in a covered wilderness area; or 
(2) limited motorized access to such facilities 
when nonmotorized access means are not reasonably 
available or when time is of the essence, subject to 
such conditions as the Secretary of Agriculture con-
siders to be desirable. 
Æ 
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