Arapaho National Forest Boundary Adjustment Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-475
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Neguse, Joe [D-CO-2]
Introduced: 2019-01-10
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Colorado

Forests, forestry, trees

Land transfers

Motor vehicles
Latest action: action_date: 2019-02-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-01-10
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Arapaho National Forest Boundary Adjustment Act of 2019</b></p> <p>This bill adjusts the boundary of the Arapaho National Forest in Colorado to incorporate approximately 92.95 acres of additional land. The Department of Agriculture shall include all federal land within the boundary in the Bowen Gulch Protection Area. </p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 475 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 10, 2019 Mr. Neguse (for himself, Mr. Lamborn , and Mr. Tipton ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources A BILL To adjust the boundary of the Arapaho National Forest, Colorado, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Arapaho National Forest Boundary Adjustment Act of 2019 . 2. Arapaho National Forest boundary adjustment (a) In general The boundary of the Arapaho National Forest in the State of Colorado is adjusted to incorporate the approximately 92.95 acres of land generally depicted as The Wedge on the map entitled Arapaho National Forest Boundary Adjustment and dated November 6, 2013, and described as lots three, four, eight, and nine of section 13, Township 4 North, Range 76 West, Sixth Principal Meridian, Colorado. A lot described in this subsection may be included in the boundary adjustment only after the Secretary of Agriculture obtains written permission for such action from the lot owner or owners. (b) Bowen Gulch Protection Area The Secretary of Agriculture shall include all Federal land within the boundary described in subsection (a) in the Bowen Gulch Protection Area established under section 6 of the Colorado Wilderness Act of 1993 ( 16 U.S.C. 539j ). (c) Land and Water Conservation Fund For purposes of section 200306(a)(2)(B)(i) of title 54, United States Code, the boundaries of the Arapaho National Forest, as modified under subsection (a), shall be considered to be the boundaries of the Arapaho National Forest as in existence on January 1, 1965. (d) Public motorized use Nothing in this Act opens privately owned lands within the boundary described in subsection (a) to public motorized use. (e) Access to non-Federal lands Notwithstanding the provisions of section 6(f) of the Colorado Wilderness Act of 1993 ( 16 U.S.C. 539j(f) ) regarding motorized travel, the owners of any non-Federal lands within the boundary described in subsection (a) who historically have accessed their lands through lands now or hereafter owned by the United States within the boundary described in subsection (a) shall have the continued right of motorized access to their lands across the existing roadway.