An Act to amend the boundary of Cibola National Forest, designate an intended wilderness area, and for other purposes.
PL 95-614 (S.553), enacted 11/08/1978

PUBLIC LAW 95-614—NOV. 8, 1978 
92 STAT. 3095 
Public Law 95-614 
95th Congress 
An Act 
To amend the boundary of the Cibola National Forest, designate an intended 
wilderness area, and for other purposes. 
Nov. 8, 1978 
[S. 553] 
Cibola National 
Forest, N. Mex. 
Boundary 
extension. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of RepreserUatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the exterior 
boundary of the Cibola National Forest in New Mexico be modified 
to include the following described lands: 
A tract of land containing that part of the land described in the 
Elena Gallegos Grant, illustrated on maps on file with the Chief of 
the Forest Service, Department of Agriculture and the Director of the 
Bureau of Land Management, Department of the Interior, lying east 
of a line described as beginning at the closing corner between sections 
35 and 36 of township 11 north, range 4 east on the south boundary 
of said grant and extending north 2,700 feet; thence east 1,515 feet; 
thence north 1,260 feet; thence east 755 feet; thence north 11,386 feet; 
thence south 89 degrees 56 minutes 15 seconds west, 2,286.41 feet; 
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thence north 0 degrees 3 minutes 45 seconds west, 4,164.89 feet to the 
closing corner between sections 13 and 14 on the north boundary of 
said grant of said township; thence south 81 degrees 30 minutes east, 
2,316.42 feet along the boundary of said grant to a point on the north 
boundary of said grant, which point lies north 81 degrees 30 minutes 
west, approximately 150 feet from the 7i/^-mile corner of said grant; 
consistmg of 7,461.34 acres, more or less: Provided, however^ That 
the tract of land described in this section shall not be included within 
the Cibola National Forest until the Secretary of Agriculture deter-
mines that the City of Albuquerque, New Mexico, has acquired a tract 
of land containing approximately 640 acres located immediately to 
the west of such tract for open space or city park use. 
SEC. 2. For the purposes of section 7 of the Act of September 3, 
1964 (78 Stat. 903, as amended; 16 U.S.C. 4601-9) the boundary of 16 USC 460/-9 
the Cibola National Forest, as modified by section 1 of this Act, shall 
be treated as if it were the boundary of that Forest on January 1,1965. 
92 STAT. 3096 
PUBLIC LAW 95-614—NOV. 8, 1978 
SEC. 3. (a) Subject to valid existing rights, lands owned by the 
United States in the tracts of land described in section 1 are hereby 
added to the Cibola National Forest and shall be administered in 
accordance with the laws, rules, and regulations applicable to the 
National Forest System. 
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(b) Land acquired by the Secretary of the Interior within the bound-
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aries of Cibola National Forest as extended by this Act shall be trans-
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ferred to the Secretary of Agriculture, shall be added to the Cibola 
National Forest, and shall be administered in accordance with the laws, 
rules, and regulations applicable to the National Forest System. 
Appropriation 
SEC. 4. Effective October 1, 1979, there are authorized to be appro-
audiorization. 
priated not more than $12,000,000 from the Land and Water Conserva-
tion Fund for the acquisition of lands added to the Cibola National 
Forest by section 1 of this Act. 
Approved November 8, 1978. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: 
HOUSE REPORT No. 95-1668 accompanying H.R. 10679 (Comm. on Interior and 
Insular Affairs). 
SENATE REPORT No. 95-516 (Comm. on Energy and Natural Resources). 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD: 
Vol. 123 (1977): Oct. 28, considered and passed Senate. 
Vol. 124 (1978): Oct. 3, H.R. 10679 considered and passed House; passage 
vacated, and S. 553, amended, passed in lieu. 
Oct. 13, Senate concurred in House amendment with an 
amendment. 
Oct. 15, House concurred in Senate amendment.