Bonneville Shoreline Trail Advancement Act

Bill: 116-hr-7626
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Curtis, John R. [R-UT-3]
Introduced: 2020-07-16
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Forests, forestry, trees

Land use and conservation

Parks, recreation areas, trails

Utah

Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats
Latest action: action_date: 2020-08-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.

Summaries:
action_date: 2020-07-16
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Bonneville Shoreline Trail Advancement Act</b></p> <p>This bill modifies the wilderness designations of certain lands in the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest in Utah. </p> <p>The bill designates approximately 326.27 acres in the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest as part of the Mount Olympus Wilderness. </p> <p>The bill also removes the following lands in the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest from designation as wilderness:</p> <ul> <li>approximately 11.17 acres in the Mount Naomi Wilderness,</li> <li> approximately 197.4 acres in the Mount Olympus Wilderness,</li> <li> approximately 9.8 acres in the Twin Peaks Wilderness, and </li> <li> approximately 107.9 acres in the Lone Peak Wilderness Area.</li> </ul> <p>The lands removed from designation as wilderness shall be managed as part of the forest.</p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 7626 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 16, 2020 Mr. Curtis (for himself, Mr. Bishop of Utah , and Mr. Stewart ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources A BILL To designate and adjust certain lands in the State of Utah as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Bonneville Shoreline Trail Advancement Act . 2. Wilderness area included in Mount Olympus Wilderness Section 102(a) of the Utah Wilderness Act of 1984 ( Public Law 98–428 ; 98 Stat. 1657; 16 U.S.C. 1132 note) is amended— (1) in paragraph (11), by striking and at the end; (2) in paragraph (12), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and ; and (3) by adding at the end the following: (13) certain lands in the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest which comprise approximately 326.27 acres as generally depicted on a map entitled the Bonneville Shoreline Trail Legislative Map dated July 9, 2020, are, subject to valid existing rights, hereby incorporated as part of the Mount Olympus Wilderness designated under paragraph (3). . 3. Wilderness boundary adjustments (a) Mount Naomi Wilderness boundary adjustment (1) Adjustment Section 102 of the Utah Wilderness Act of 1984 ( Public Law 98–428 , 98 Stat. 1657, 16 U.S.C. 1132 note) is amended by adding at the end the following: (c) Mount Naomi Wilderness boundary adjustment Certain lands in the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest which comprise approximately 11.17 acres as generally depicted on a map entitled the Bonneville Shoreline Trail Legislative Map , dated July 9, 2020, are hereby removed from the Mount Naomi Wilderness designated under subsection (a)(1). . (2) Management The Mount Naomi Wilderness, as designated under section 102(a)(1) of the Utah Wilderness Act of 1984 ( Public Law 98–428 ; 98 Stat. 1658; 16 U.S.C. 1132 note) and adjusted under paragraph (1), effective beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act, shall be managed as part of the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest. (b) Mount Olympus Wilderness boundary adjustment (1) Adjustment Section 102 of the Utah Wilderness Act of 1984 ( Public Law 98–428 ; 98 Stat. 1657; 16 U.S.C. 1132 note), as amended by subsection (a), is further amended by adding the at the end the following: (d) Mount Olympus Wilderness boundary adjustment Certain lands in the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest which comprise approximately 197.4 acres as generally depicted on a map entitled the Bonneville Shoreline Trail Legislative Map , dated July 9, 2020, are hereby removed from the Mount Olympus Wilderness designated under subsection (a)(3). . (2) Management The Mount Olympus Wilderness, as designated under section 102(a)(3) of the Utah Wilderness Act of 1984 ( Public Law 98–428 ; 98 Stat. 1658; 16 U.S.C. 1132 note) and adjusted under paragraph (1), effective beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act, shall be managed as part of the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest. (c) Twin Peaks Wilderness boundary adjustment (1) Adjustment Section 102 of the Utah Wilderness Act of 1984 ( Public Law 98–428 , 98 Stat. 1657, 16 U.S.C. 1132 note), as amended by subsections (a) and (b), is further amended by adding at the end the following: (e) Twin Peaks Wilderness boundary adjustment Certain lands in the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest which comprise approximately 9.8 acres as generally depicted on a map entitled the Bonneville Shoreline Trail Legislative Map , dated July 9, 2020, are hereby removed from the Twin Peaks Wilderness designated under subsection (a)(4). . (2) Management The Twin Peaks Wilderness, as designated under section 102(a)(4) of the Utah Wilderness Act of 1984 ( Public Law 98–428 ; 98 Stat. 1658; 16 U.S.C. 1132 note) and adjusted under paragraph (1), effective beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act, shall be managed as part of the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest. (d) Lone Peak Wilderness boundary adjustment (1) Adjustment Section 2 of the Endangered American Wilderness Act of 1978 ( Public Law 95–237 ; 92 Stat. 42; 16 U.S.C. 1132 note) is amended— (A) in subsection (j), by striking and at the end; (B) in subsection (k), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and ; and (C) by adding at the end the following: (l) certain lands in the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest, Utah, which comprise approximately 107.9 acres as generally depicted on a map entitled the Bonneville Shoreline Trail Legislative Map , dated July 9, 2020, are hereby removed from the Lone Peak Wilderness Area designated under subsection (i). . (2) Management The Lone Peak Wilderness Area, as designated under section 2(i) of the Endangered American Wilderness Act of 1978 ( Public Law 95–237 ; 92 Stat. 42; 16 U.S.C. 1132 note) and adjusted under paragraph (1), effective beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act, shall be managed as part of the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest. 4. Rule of construction Nothing in this Act or the amendments made by this Act— (1) affects the use or allocation, in existence on the date of enactment of this Act, of any water, water right, or interest in water; (2) affects any water right (as defined by applicable State law) in existence on the date of enactment of this Act, including any water right held by the United States; (3) affects any interstate water compact in existence on the date of enactment of this Act; or (4) shall be considered to be a relinquishment or reduction of any water rights reserved or appropriated by the United States in the State on or before the date of enactment of this Act. 5. Map (a) Map on file The map entitled the Bonneville Shoreline Trail Legislative Map , dated July 9, 2020, shall be on file and available for inspection in the office of the Chief of the Forest Service. (b) Corrections The Secretary of Agriculture may make technical corrections to the map described in subsection (a).