Title: Sangre de Cristo Wilderness Additions Act
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources

Summary:
Sangre de Cristo Wilderness Additions Act
This bill adds approximately 40,038 acres of land in the Rio Grande National Forest in Colorado to the Sangre de Cristo Wilderness.
The grazing of livestock on such land, where already established, shall be permitted to continue.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3320 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3320

 To designate as wilderness certain National Forest System land in the 
               State of Colorado, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           February 13, 2020

  Mr. Gardner introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
       referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
 To designate as wilderness certain National Forest System land in the 
               State of Colorado, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Sangre de Cristo Wilderness 
Additions Act''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of Agriculture.
            (2) Wilderness addition.--The term ``wilderness addition'' 
        means land added to the Sangre de Cristo Wilderness by the 
        amendment made by section 3.

SEC. 3. AMENDMENT TO THE COLORADO WILDERNESS ACT OF 1993.

    Section 2(a)(10) of the Colorado Wilderness Act of 1993 (16 U.S.C. 
1132 note; Public Law 103-77) is amended by striking ``1993,'' and 
inserting ``1993, and certain Federal land in the Rio Grande National 
Forest that comprises approximately 40,038 acres, as generally depicted 
as `Wilderness Additions' on the map entitled `Sangre de Cristo 
Wilderness Additions ' and dated March 21, 2019,''.

SEC. 4. MAP.

    (a) In General.--As soon as practicable after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary shall file with the appropriate committees 
of Congress a map and legal description of the wilderness additions.
    (b) Public Availability.--The map and legal description filed under 
subsection (a) shall be on file and available for public inspection in 
the office of the Chief of the Forest Service, the office of the 
Supervisor of the Rio Grande National Forest, and the office of the 
Supervisor of the San Isabel National Forest.
    (c) Force of Law.--The map and legal description filed under 
subsection (a) shall have the same force and effect as if included in 
this Act, except that the Secretary may correct typographical errors in 
the map and legal description.

SEC. 5. ADMINISTRATION OF WILDERNESS ADDITIONS.

    (a) In General.--Subject to valid existing rights, the Secretary 
shall manage the wilderness additions in accordance with the Wilderness 
Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.) and this Act, except that, with respect to 
a wilderness addition, any reference in the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 
1131 et seq.) to the effective date of that Act shall be considered to 
be a reference to the date of enactment of this Act.
    (b) Fire, Insects, and Diseases.--In accordance with section 
4(d)(1) of the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1133(d)(1)), within the 
wilderness additions, the Secretary may take such measures as are 
necessary to control fire, insects, and diseases, subject to such terms 
and conditions as the Secretary determines to be appropriate.
    (c) Recreational Climbing.--Nothing in this Act or an amendment 
made by this Act prohibits recreational rock climbing activities in the 
wilderness additions, such as the placement, use, and maintenance of 
fixed anchors, including any fixed anchor established before the date 
of enactment of this Act--
            (1) in accordance with the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 
        et seq.); and
            (2) subject to any terms and conditions determined to be 
        necessary by the Secretary.
    (d) Grazing.--The grazing of livestock in a wilderness addition, if 
established before the date of enactment of this Act, shall be 
permitted to continue, subject to such reasonable regulations as are 
determined to be necessary by the Secretary, in accordance with section 
4(d)(4) of the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1133(d)(4)).
    (e) Military Overflights.--Nothing in this Act restricts or 
precludes--
            (1) low-level overflights of military aircraft over the 
        wilderness additions, including military overflights that can 
        be seen or heard within the wilderness additions;
            (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 additions.
    (f) Commercial Services.--Commercial services (including authorized 
outfitting and guide activities) within the wilderness additions may be 
authorized to the extent necessary for activities that are appropriate 
for the recreational or other wilderness purposes of the wilderness 
additions, in accordance with section 4(d)(5) of the Wilderness Act (16 
U.S.C. 1133(d)(5)).
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