A bill to amend the Act of November 8, 1978 (92 Stat. 3095) to designate certain Cibola National Forest lands as additions to the Sandia Mountain Wilderness, New Mexico.
PL 96-248 (H.R.3928), enacted 05/23/1980

PUBLIC LAW 96-248—MAY 23, 1980 
94 STAT. 355 
Public Law 96-248 
96th Congress 
An Act 
To amend the Act of November 8, 1978 (92 Stat. 3095), to designate certain Cibola 
May 23, 1980 
National Forest lands as additions to the Sandia Mountain Wilderness, New 
[H.R. 3928] 
Mexico. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 3 of the 
Act of November 8, 1978 (92 Stat. 3096), is amended by adding the 
following new subsection at the end thereof: 
"(c) In furtherance of the purposes of the Wilderness Act of 1964 (78 
Stat. 890) and section 2(g) of the Endangered American Wilderness 
Act of 1978 (92 Stat. 42), the western exterior boundary of the Sandia 
Mountain Wilderness is extended to a line beginning at the closing 
corner between sections 35 and 36 of township 11 north, range 4 east, 
on the south boundary of the Elena Gallegos Grant and extending 
north 2,700 feet; thence east 1,515 feet; thence north 1,260 feet; thence 
east 3,160 feet; thence north 4,125 feet; thence north 42 degrees east, 
4,480 feet; thence north 1,710 feet; thence west 3,235 feet; thence 
north 19 degrees west, 2,350 feet; thence west 1,400 feet; thence north 
3,820 feet to a point on the north boundary of such grant; thence 
south 81 degrees 30 minutes east, 150 feet along the boundary of such 
grant to the 7y2-mile corner. Such boundary will enclose approxi-
mately 6,423 acres of the lands in the grant as it is described in 
section 1 of this Act. Such lands, upon acquisition by the United 
States, will be administered as a part of the Sandia Mountain 
Wilderness. Subject to valid existing rights, all lands within the 
Sandia Mountain Wilderness, including those lands added to such 
wilderness by operation of this Act, and all other lands in the grant 
described in section 1 of this Act which have been or may hereafter be 
acquired by the United States, are hereby withdrawn from all forms 
of entry or appropriation under the mining laws and from the 
operation of the mineral leasing laws of the United States. 
SEC. 2. Section 4 of the Act of November 8, 1978, is amended by 
changing "$12,000,000" to "$20,000,000". 
Cibola National 
Forest, N. Mex. 
Sandia 
Mountain 
Wilderness, 
boundary 
extension. 
16 u s e 1131 
note. 
16 u s e 1132 
note. 
Mining and 
mineral leasing 
laws. 
92 Stat. 3096. 
94 STAT. 356 
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Albuquerque, 
SBC. 3. The proviso in section 1 of the Act of November 8,1978, is 
mirchie option a^ciided to lead as follows: "Provided, That the tract of land 
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described in this section shall not be included within the exterior 
boundaries of the Cibola National Forest until the Secretary of 
Agriculture determines that the city of Albuquerque, New Mexico, 
hais acquired an option to purchase a tract of land containing 
approximately 640 acres located immediately to the west of 
such tract 
for open space or city park use: And provided further. That if such 
option is not exercised the tract of land described in this section shall 
no longer be included within the exterior boundaries of the Cibola 
National Forest.". 
Approved May 23, 1980. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: 
HOUSE REPORT No. 96-679 (Comm. on Interior and Insular Affairs). 
SENATE REPORT No. 96-666 (Comm. on Energy and Natural Resources). 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD: 
Vol. 125 (1979): Dec. 17, considered and passed House. 
Vol. 126 (1980): May 5, considered and passed Senate, amended. 
May 7, House concurred in Senate amendments.