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16 U.S.C. § 539q — Hermosa Creek watershed protection
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**(a) Definitions** In this section:
(1) **City** — The term “City” means the city of Durango, Colorado.
(2) **County** — The term “County” means La Plata County, Colorado.
(3) **Secretary** — The term “Secretary” means the Secretary of Agriculture.
(4) **Special Management Area** — The term “Special Management Area” means the Hermosa Creek Special Management Area designated by subsection (b)(1).
(5) **State** — The term “State” means the State of Colorado.
**(b) Designation of Hermosa Creek Special Management Area**
(1) **Designation** — Subject to valid existing rights, certain Federal land in the San Juan National Forest comprising approximately 70,650 acres, as generally depicted on the map entitled “Proposed Hermosa Creek Special Management Area and Proposed Hermosa Creek Wilderness Area” and dated November 12, 2014, is designated as the “Hermosa Creek Special Management Area”.
(2) **Purpose** — The purpose of the Special Management Area is to conserve and protect for the benefit of present and future generations the watershed, geological, cultural, natural, scientific, recreational, wildlife, riparian, historical, educational, and scenic resources of the Special Management Area.
(3) **Administration**
(A) *In general* — The Secretary shall administer the Special Management Area—
(i) in a manner that conserves, protects, and manages the resources of the Special Management Area described in paragraph (2); and
(ii) in accordance with—
(I) the National Forest Management Act of 1976 ([16 U.S.C. 1600](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section1600&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.);
(II) this Act; and
(III) any other applicable laws.
(B) *Uses*
(i) *In general* — The Secretary shall allow o
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**(a) Definitions** In this section:
(1) **City** — The term “City” means the city of Durango, Colorado.
(2) **County** — The term “County” means La Plata County, Colorado.
(3) **Secretary** — The term “Secretary” means the Secretary of Agriculture.
(4) **Special Management Area** — The term “Special Management Area” means the Hermosa Creek Special Management Area designated by subsection (b)(1).
(5) **State** — The term “State” means the State of Colorado.
**(b) Designation of Hermosa Creek Special Management Area**
(1) **Designation** — Subject to valid existing rights, certain Federal land in the San Juan National Forest comprising approximately 70,650 acres, as generally depicted on the map entitled “Proposed Hermosa Creek Special Management Area and Proposed Hermosa Creek Wilderness Area” and dated November 12, 2014, is designated as the “Hermosa Creek Special Management Area”.
(2) **Purpose** — The purpose of the Special Management Area is to conserve and protect for the benefit of present and future generations the watershed, geological, cultural, natural, scientific, recreational, wildlife, riparian, historical, educational, and scenic resources of the Special Management Area.
(3) **Administration**
(A) *In general* — The Secretary shall administer the Special Management Area—
(i) in a manner that conserves, protects, and manages the resources of the Special Management Area described in paragraph (2); and
(ii) in accordance with—
(I) the National Forest Management Act of 1976 ([16 U.S.C. 1600](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section1600&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.);
(II) this Act; and
(III) any other applicable laws.
(B) *Uses*
(i) *In general* — The Secretary shall allow only such uses of the Special Management Area as the Secretary determines would further the purposes 11 So in original. Probably should be “purpose”. described in paragraph (2).
(ii) *Motorized and mechanized vehicles*
(I) *In general* — Except as provided in subclause (II) and as needed for administrative purposes or to respond to an emergency, the use of motorized or mechanized vehicles in the Special Management Area shall be permitted only on roads and trails designated by the Secretary for use by those vehicles.
(II) *Oversnow vehicles* — The Secretary shall authorize the use of snowmobiles and other oversnow vehicles within the Special Management Area—
(aa) when there exists adequate snow coverage; and
(bb) subject to such terms and conditions as the Secretary may require.
(iii) *Grazing* — The Secretary shall permit grazing within the Special Management Area, if established before December 19, 2014, subject to all applicable laws (including regulations) and Executive orders.
(iv) *Prohibited activities* — Within the area of the Special Management Area identified as “East Hermosa Area” on the map entitled “Proposed Hermosa Creek Special Management Area and Proposed Hermosa Creek Wilderness Area” and dated November 12, 2014, the following activities shall be prohibited:
(I) New permanent or temporary road construction or the renovation of existing nonsystem roads, except as allowed under the final rule entitled “Special Areas; Roadless Area Conservation; Applicability to the National Forests in Colorado” (77 Fed. Reg. 39576 (July 3, 2012)).
(II) Projects undertaken for the purpose of harvesting commercial timber (other than activities relating to the harvest of merchantable products that are byproducts of activities conducted for ecological restoration or to further the purposes described in this section).
(4) **State and Federal water management** — Nothing in this subsection affects the potential for development, operation, or maintenance of a water storage reservoir at the site in the Special Management Area that is identified in—
(A) pages 17 through 20 of the Statewide Water Supply Initiative studies prepared by the Colorado Water Conservation Board and issued by the State in November 2004; and
(B) page 27 of the Colorado Dam Site Inventory prepared by the Colorado Water Conservation Board and dated August 1996.
(5) **Withdrawal**
(A) *In general* — Subject to valid rights in existence on December 19, 2014, and except as provided in subparagraph (B), the Federal land within the Special Management Area is withdrawn from—
(i) all forms of entry, appropriation, and disposal under the public land laws;
(ii) location, entry, and patent under the mining laws; and
(iii) operation of the mineral leasing, mineral materials, and geothermal leasing laws.
(B) *Exception* — The withdrawal under subparagraph (A) shall not apply to the areas identified as parcels A and B on the map entitled “Proposed Hermosa Creek Special Management Area and Proposed Hermosa Creek Wilderness Area” and dated November 12, 2014.
(6) **Winter skiing and related winter activities** — Nothing in this subsection alters or limits—
(A) a permit held by a ski area;
(B) the implementation of the activities governed by a ski area permit; or
(C) the authority of the Secretary to modify or expand an existing ski area permit.
(7) **Vegetation management** — Nothing in this subsection prevents the Secretary from conducting vegetation management projects within the Special Management Area—
(A) subject to—
(i) such reasonable regulations, policies, and practices as the Secretary determines to be appropriate; and
(ii) all applicable laws (including regulations); and
(B) in a manner consistent with—
(i) the purposes 1 described in paragraph (2); and
(ii) this subsection.
(8) **Wildfire, insect, and disease management** — In accordance with this subsection, the Secretary may—
(A) carry out any measures that the Secretary determines to be necessary to manage wildland fire and treat hazardous fuels, insects, and diseases in the Special Management Area; and
(B) coordinate those measures with the appropriate State or local agency, as the Secretary determines to be necessary.
(9) **Management plan** — Not later than 3 years after December 19, 2014, the Secretary shall develop a management plan for the long-term protection and management of the Special Management Area that—
(A) takes into account public input; and
(B) provides for recreational opportunities to occur within the Special Management Area, including skiing, biking, hiking, fishing, hunting, horseback riding, snowmobiling, motorcycle riding, off-highway vehicle use, snowshoeing, and camping.
(10) **Trail and open area snowmobile usage** — Nothing in this subsection affects the use or status of trails authorized for motorized or mechanized vehicle or open area snowmobile use on December 19, 2014.
(11) **State water rights** — Nothing in this subsection affects access to, use of, or allocation of any absolute or conditional water right that is—
(A) decreed under the laws of the State; and
(B) in existence on December 19, 2014.
**(c) Hermosa Creek Wilderness**
(1) **Omitted**
(2) **Effective date** — Any reference contained in the Wilderness Act ([16 U.S.C. 1131](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section1131&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.) to the effective date of that Act shall be considered to be a reference to December 19, 2014, for purposes of administering the wilderness area designated by section 2(a)(22) of the Colorado Wilderness Act of 1993 ([16 U.S.C. 1132](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section1132&num=0&edition=prelim) note; 107 Stat. 756; 114 Stat. 1955; 116 Stat. 1055) (as added by paragraph (1)).22 See Codification note below.
(3) **Fire, insects, and diseases** — In accordance with section 4(d)(1) of the Wilderness Act ([16 U.S.C. 1133(d)(1)](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section1133/d/1&num=0&edition=prelim)), within the wilderness areas designated by section 2(a)(22) of the Colorado Wilderness Act of 1993 ([16 U.S.C. 1132](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section1132&num=0&edition=prelim) note; 107 Stat. 756; 114 Stat. 1955; 116 Stat. 1055) (as added by paragraph (1)),2 the Secretary may carry out any measure that the Secretary determines to be necessary to control fire, insects, and diseases, subject to such terms and conditions as the Secretary determines to be appropriate.
**(d) Durango Area mineral withdrawal**
(1) **Withdrawal** — Subject to valid existing rights, the land and mineral interests described in paragraph (2) are withdrawn from all forms of—
(A) entry, appropriation, and disposal under the public land laws;
(B) location, entry, and patent under the mining laws; and
(C) disposition under all laws relating to mineral leasing, geothermal leasing, or mineral materials.
(2) **Description of land and mineral interests** — The land and mineral interests referred to in paragraph (1) are the Federal land and mineral interests generally depicted within the areas designated as “Withdrawal Areas” on the map entitled “Perins Peak & Animas City Mountain, Horse Gulch and Lake Nighthorse Mineral Withdrawal” and dated April 5, 2013.
(3) **Public purpose conveyance** — Notwithstanding paragraph (1), the Secretary of the Interior may convey any portion of the land described in paragraph (2) that is administered by the Bureau of Land Management to the City, the County, or the State—
(A) pursuant to the Act of June 14, 1926 (commonly known as the “Recreation and Public Purposes Act”) ([43 U.S.C. 869](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title43-section869&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.); or
(B) by exchange in accordance with applicable laws (including regulations).
**(e) Conveyance of Bureau of Land Management land to County**
(1) **In general** — On the expiration of the permit numbered COC 64651 (09) and dated February 24, 2009, on request and agreement of the County, the Secretary of the Interior shall convey to the County, without consideration and subject to valid existing rights, all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to the land described in paragraph (2), subject to—
(A) paragraph (3);
(B) the condition that the County shall pay all administrative and other costs associated with the conveyance; and
(C) such other terms and conditions as the Secretary of the Interior determines to be necessary.
(2) **Description of land** — The land referred to in paragraph (1) consists of approximately 82 acres of land managed by the Bureau of Land Management, Tres Rios District, Colorado, as generally depicted on the map entitled “La Plata County Grandview Conveyance” and dated May 5, 2014.
(3) **Use of conveyed land** — The Federal land conveyed pursuant to this subsection may be used by the County for any public purpose, in accordance with the Act of June 14, 1926 (commonly known as the “Recreation and Public Purposes Act”) ([43 U.S.C. 869](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title43-section869&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.).
(4) **Reversion** — If the County ceases to use a parcel of the Federal land conveyed pursuant to this subsection in accordance with paragraph (1), title to the parcel shall revert to the Secretary of the Interior, at the option of the Secretary of the Interior.
**(f) Molas Pass Recreation Area; Wilderness Study Area release; Wilderness Study Area transfer of administrative jurisdiction**
(1) **Molas Pass Recreation Area**
(A) *Designation* — The approximately 461 acres of land in San Juan County, Colorado, that is generally depicted as “Molas Pass Recreation Area” on the map entitled “Molas Pass Recreation Area and Molas Pass Wilderness Study Area” and dated November 13, 2014, is designated as the “Molas Pass Recreation Area”.
(B) *Use of snowmobiles* — The use of snowmobiles shall be authorized in the Molas Pass Recreation Area—
(i) during periods of adequate snow coverage;
(ii) in accordance with the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 ([43 U.S.C. 1701](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title43-section1701&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.) and other applicable laws (including regulations);
(iii) on designated trails for winter motorized travel and grooming;
(iv) in designated areas for open area motorized travel; and
(v) subject to such terms and conditions as the Secretary may require.
(C) *Other recreational opportunities* — In addition to the uses authorized under subparagraph (B), the Secretary may authorize other recreational uses in the Molas Pass Recreation Area.
(2) **Molas Pass Wilderness Study Area**
(A) *Transfer of administrative jurisdiction* — Administrative jurisdiction over the Federal land generally depicted as “Molas Pass Wilderness Study Area” on the map entitled “Molas Pass Recreation Area and Molas Pass Wilderness Study Area”, and dated November 13, 2014, is transferred from the Bureau of Land Management to the Forest Service.
(B) *Administration* — The Federal land described in subparagraph (A) shall—
(i) be known as the “Molas Pass Wilderness Study Area”; and
(ii) be administered by the Secretary, so as to maintain the wilderness character and potential of the Federal land for inclusion in the National Wilderness Preservation System.
(3) **Release**
(A) *Finding* — Congress finds that the land described in subparagraph (C) has been adequately studied for wilderness designation under section 603 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 ([43 U.S.C. 1782](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title43-section1782&num=0&edition=prelim)).
(B) *Release* — Effective beginning on December 19, 2014, the land described in subparagraph (C)—
(i) shall not be subject to section 603(c) of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 ([43 U.S.C. 1782(c)](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title43-section1782/c&num=0&edition=prelim));
(ii) shall be managed in accordance with land management plans adopted under section 202 of that Act ([43 U.S.C. 1712](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title43-section1712&num=0&edition=prelim)); and
(iii) shall not be subject to Secretarial Order 3310 issued on December 22, 2010.
(C) *Description of land* — The land referred to in subparagraphs (A) and (B) is the approximately 461 acres located in the West Needles Contiguous Wilderness Study Area of San Juan County, Colorado, that is generally depicted as “Molas Pass Recreation Area” on the map entitled “Molas Pass Recreation Area and Molas Pass Wilderness Study Area” and dated November 13, 2014.
**(g) General provisions**
(1) **Fish and wildlife** — Nothing in this section affects the jurisdiction or responsibility of the State with regard to fish and wildlife in the State.
(2) **Maps and legal descriptions**
(A) *In general* — As soon as practicable after December 19, 2014, the Secretary or the Secretary of the Interior, as appropriate, shall prepare maps and legal descriptions of—
(i) the Special Management Area;
(ii) the wilderness area designated by the amendment made by subsection (c)(1); 2
(iii) the withdrawal pursuant to subsection (d);
(iv) the conveyance pursuant to subsection (e);
(v) the recreation area designated by subsection (f)(1); and
(vi) the wilderness study area designated by subsection (f)(2)(B)(i).
(B) *Force of law* — The maps and legal descriptions prepared under subparagraph (A) shall have the same force and effect as if included in this section, except that the Secretary concerned may correct any clerical or typographical errors in the maps and legal descriptions.
(C) *Public availability* — The maps and legal descriptions prepared under subparagraph (A) shall be on file and available for public inspection in the appropriate offices of the Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management.
(3) **Adjacent management**
(A) *In general* — Nothing in this section establishes a protective perimeter or buffer zone around—
(i) the Special Management Area;
(ii) the wilderness area designated by an amendment made by subsection (c)(1); 2 or
(iii) the wilderness study area designated by subsection (f)(2)(B)(i).
(B) *Nonwilderness activities* — The fact that a nonwilderness activity or use can be seen or heard from areas within the wilderness area designated by an amendment made by subsection (c)(1) 2 or the wilderness study area designated by subsection (f)(2)(B)(i) shall not preclude the conduct of the activity or use outside the boundary of the wilderness area or wilderness study area.
(4) **Military overflights** — Nothing in this section restricts or precludes—
(A) any low-level overflight of military aircraft over an area designated as a wilderness area under an amendment made by this section,2 including military overflights that can be seen, heard, or detected within the wilderness area;
(B) flight testing or evaluation; or
(C) the designation or establishment of—
(i) new units of special use airspace; or
(ii) any military flight training route over a wilderness area described in subparagraph (A).
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**(a)** The Congress declares that it is the policy of the United States that—
(1) the public lands be retained in Federal ownership, unless as a result of the land use planning procedure provided for in this Act, it is determined that disposal of a particular parcel will serve the national interest;
(2) the national interest will be best realized if the public lands and their resources are periodically and systematically inventoried and their present and future use is projected through a land use planning process coordinated with other Federal and State planning efforts;
(3) public lands not previously designated for any specific use and all existing classifications of public lands that were effected by executive action or statute before October 21, 1976, be reviewed in accordance with the provisions of this Act;
(4) the Congress exercise its constitutional authority to withdraw or otherwise designate or dedicate Federal lands for specified purposes and that Congress delineate the extent to which the Executive may withdraw lands without legislative action;
(5) in administering public land statutes and exercising discretionary authority granted by them, the Secretary be required to establish comprehensive rules and regulations after considering the views of the general public; and to structure adjudication procedures to assure adequate third party participation, objective administrative review of initial decisions, and expeditious decisionmaking;
(6) judicial review of public land adjudication decisions be provided by law;
(7) goals and objectives be established by law as guidelines for public land use planning, and that management be on the basis of multiple use and sustained yield unless otherwise specified by law;
(8) the public lands be managed in a manner t
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**(a) Establishment; Congressional declaration of policy; wilderness areas; administration for public use and enjoyment, protection, preservation, and gathering and dissemination of information; provisions for designation as wilderness areas** In order to assure that an increasing population, accompanied by expanding settlement and growing mechanization, does not occupy and modify all areas within the United States and its possessions, leaving no lands designated for preservation and protection in their natural condition, it is hereby declared to be the policy of the Congress to secure for the American people of present and future generations the benefits of an enduring resource of wilderness. For this purpose there is hereby established a National Wilderness Preservation System to be composed of federally owned areas designated by Congress as “wilderness areas”, and these shall be administered for the use and enjoyment of the American people in such manner as will leave them unimpaired for future use and enjoyment as wilderness, and so as to provide for the protection of these areas, the preservation of their wilderness character, and for the gathering and dissemination of information regarding their use and enjoyment as wilderness; and no Federal lands shall be designated as “wilderness areas” except as provided for in this chapter or by a subsequent Act.
**(b) Management of area included in System; appropriations** The inclusion of an area in the National Wilderness Preservation System notwithstanding, the area shall continue to be managed by the Department and agency having jurisdiction thereover immediately before its inclusion in the National Wilderness Preservation System unless otherwise provided by Act of Congress. No appropriation shall be available for the p
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**(a) Designation of wilderness areas; filing of maps and descriptions with Congressional committees; correction of errors; public records; availability of records in regional offices** All areas within the national forests classified at least 30 days before September 3, 1964 by the Secretary of Agriculture or the Chief of the Forest Service as “wilderness”, “wild”, or “canoe” are hereby designated as wilderness areas. The Secretary of Agriculture shall—
(1) Within one year after September 3, 1964, file a map and legal description of each wilderness area with the Interior and Insular Affairs Committees of the United States Senate and the House of Representatives, and such descriptions shall have the same force and effect as if included in this chapter: Provided, however, That correction of clerical and typographical errors in such legal descriptions and maps may be made.
(2) Maintain, available to the public, records pertaining to said wilderness areas, including maps and legal descriptions, copies of regulations governing them, copies of public notices of, and reports submitted to Congress regarding pending additions, eliminations, or modifications. Maps, legal descriptions, and regulations pertaining to wilderness areas within their respective jurisdictions also shall be available to the public in the offices of regional foresters, national forest supervisors, and forest rangers.
**(b) Review by Secretary of Agriculture of classifications as primitive areas; Presidential recommendations to Congress; approval of Congress; size of primitive areas; Gore Range-Eagles Nest Primitive Area, Colorado** The Secretary of Agriculture shall, within ten years after September 3, 1964, review, as to its suitability or nonsuitability for preservation as wilderness, each area in th
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**(a) Application; conditions; classification; restoration if not applied for** The Secretary of the Interior upon application filed by a duly qualified applicant under [section 869–1 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title43-section869-1&num=0&edition=prelim) may, in the manner prescribed by sections 869 to 869–4 of this title, dispose of any public lands to a State, federally recognized Indian Tribe, Territory, county, municipality, or other State, Tribal, Territorial, or Federal instrumentality or political subdivision for any public purposes, or to a nonprofit corporation or nonprofit association for any recreational or any public purpose consistent with its articles of incorporation or other creating authority. Before the land may be disposed of under sections 869 to 869–4 of this title it must be shown to the satisfaction of the Secretary that the land is to be used for an established or definitely proposed project, that the land involved is not of national significance nor more than is reasonably necessary for the proposed use, and that for proposals of over 640 acres comprehensive land use plans and zoning regulations applicable to the area in which the public lands to be disposed of are located have been adopted by the appropriate State, Tribal, or local authority. The Secretary shall provide an opportunity for participation by affected citizens in disposals under sections 869 to 869–4 of this title, including public hearings or meetings where he deems it appropriate to provide public comments, and shall hold at least one public meeting on any proposed disposal of more than six hundred forty acres under sections 869 to 869–4 of this title. The Secretary may classify public lands in Alaska for disposition under sections
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**(a) Development, maintenance, and revision by Secretary** The Secretary shall, with public involvement and consistent with the terms and conditions of this Act, develop, maintain, and, when appropriate, revise land use plans which provide by tracts or areas for the use of the public lands. Land use plans shall be developed for the public lands regardless of whether such lands previously have been classified, withdrawn, set aside, or otherwise designated for one or more uses.
**(b) Coordination of plans for National Forest System lands with Indian land use planning and management programs for purposes of development and revision** In the development and revision of land use plans, the Secretary of Agriculture shall coordinate land use plans for lands in the National Forest System with the land use planning and management programs of and for Indian tribes by, among other things, considering the policies of approved tribal land resource management programs.
**(c) Criteria for development and revision** In the development and revision of land use plans, the Secretary shall—
(1) use and observe the principles of multiple use and sustained yield set forth in this and other applicable law;
(2) use a systematic interdisciplinary approach to achieve integrated consideration of physical, biological, economic, and other sciences;
(3) give priority to the designation and protection of areas of critical environmental concern;
(4) rely, to the extent it is available, on the inventory of the public lands, their resources, and other values;
(5) consider present and potential uses of the public lands;
(6) consider the relative scarcity of the values involved and the availability of alternative means (including recycling) and sites for realization of those values;
(7) weigh lo
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**(a) Lands subject to review and designation as wilderness** Within fifteen years after October 21, 1976, the Secretary shall review those roadless areas of five thousand acres or more and roadless islands of the public lands, identified during the inventory required by [section 1711(a) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title43-section1711/a&num=0&edition=prelim) as having wilderness characteristics described in the Wilderness Act of September 3, 1964 (78 Stat. 890; [16 U.S.C. 1131](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section1131&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.) and shall from time to time report to the President his recommendation as to the suitability or nonsuitability of each such area or island for preservation as wilderness: Provided, That prior to any recommendations for the designation of an area as wilderness the Secretary shall cause mineral surveys to be conducted by the United States Geological Survey and the United States Bureau of Mines to determine the mineral values, if any, that may be present in such areas: Provided further, That the Secretary shall report to the President by July 1, 1980, his recommendations on those areas which the Secretary has prior to November 1, 1975, formally identified as natural or primitive areas. The review required by this subsection shall be conducted in accordance with the procedure specified in section 3(d) of the Wilderness Act [[16 U.S.C. 1132(d)](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section1132/d&num=0&edition=prelim)].
**(b) Presidential recommendation for designation as wilderness** The President shall advise the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives of his recommendations with
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The Congress finds that—
(1) the management of the Nation’s renewable resources is highly complex and the uses, demand for, and supply of the various resources are subject to change over time;
(2) the public interest is served by the Forest Service, Department of Agriculture, in cooperation with other agencies, assessing the Nation’s renewable resources, and developing and preparing a national renewable resource program, which is periodically reviewed and updated;
(3) to serve the national interest, the renewable resource program must be based on a comprehensive assessment of present and anticipated uses, demand for, and supply of renewable resources from the Nation’s public and private forests and rangelands, through analysis of environmental and economic impacts, coordination of multiple use and sustained yield opportunities as provided in the Multiple-Use Sustained-Yield Act of 1960 (74 Stat. 215; [16 U.S.C. 528–531](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section528–531&num=0&edition=prelim)), and public participation in the development of the program;
(4) the new knowledge derived from coordinated public and private research programs will promote a sound technical and ecological base for effective management, use, and protection of the Nation’s renewable resources;
(5) inasmuch as the majority of the Nation’s forests and rangeland is under private, State, and local governmental management and the Nation’s major capacity to produce goods and services is based on these nonfederally managed renewable resources, the Federal Government should be a catalyst to encourage and assist these owners in the efficient long-term use and improvement of these lands and their renewable resources consistent with the principles of sustained yield and
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or of any person employed by, or assigned or de-
tailed to, the Commission.
(b) Payment; exemption of property from attach-
ment, execution, etc.
Any liability of the Commission shall be met
from funds of the Commission to the extent that
it is not covered by insurance, or otherwise.
Property belonging to the Commission shall be
exempt from attachment, execution, or other
process for satisfaction of claims, debts, or judg-
ments.
(c) Individual members of Commission
No liability of the Commission shall be im-
puted to any member of the Commission solely
on the basis that he occupies the position of
member of the Commission.
(Pub. L. 88–363, § 11, July 7, 1964, 78 Stat. 301.)
§ 1111. Exemption from taxation
The Commission shall not be subject to Fed-
eral, State, or municipal taxation in the United
States on any real or personal property held by
it or on any gift, bequest, or devise to it of any
personal or real property, or on its income,
whether from governmental appropriations, ad-
mission fees, concessions, or donations.
(Pub. L. 88–363, § 12, July 7, 1964, 78 Stat. 301.)
§ 1112. Tax treatment of any gift, devise or be-
quest to the Commission
For the purpose of Federal income, estate, and
gift taxes, any gift, devise, or bequest to or for
the use of the Commission, and accepted by the
Commission under authority of this chapter,
shall be deemed to be a gift, devise, or bequest
to or for the use of the United States, as the
case may be, if it is not deducted as a gift, de-
vise, or bequest to or for the use of the Govern-
ment of Canada under the income, estate, or gift
tax laws of the Government of Canada.
(Pub. L. 88–363, § 13, July 7, 1964, 78 Stat. 301.)
§ 1113. Authorization of appropriations
T
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sufficient size as to make practicable its preser-
vation and use in an unimpaired condition; and
(4) may also contain ecological, geological, or
other features of scientific, educational, scenic,
or historical value.
(Pub. L. 88–577, § 2, Sept. 3, 1964, 78 Stat. 890.)
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Pub. L. 88–577, § 1, Sept. 3, 1964, 78 Stat. 890, provided
that: ‘‘This Act [enacting this chapter] may be cited as
the ‘Wilderness Act’.’’
§ 1132. Extent of System
(a) Designation of wilderness areas; filing of
maps and descriptions with Congressional
committees;
correction
of
errors;
public
records; availability of records in regional of-
fices
All areas within the national forests classified
at least 30 days before September 3, 1964 by the
Secretary of Agriculture or the Chief of the For-
est Service as ‘‘wilderness’’, ‘‘wild’’, or ‘‘canoe’’
are hereby designated as wilderness areas. The
Secretary of Agriculture shall—
(1) Within one year after September 3, 1964,
file a map and legal description of each wilder-
ness area with the Interior and Insular Affairs
Committees of the United States Senate and
the House of Representatives, and such de-
scriptions shall have the same force and effect
as if included in this chapter: Provided, how-
ever, That correction of clerical and typo-
graphical errors in such legal descriptions and
maps may be made.
(2) Maintain, available to the public, records
pertaining to said wilderness areas, including
maps and legal descriptions, copies of regula-
tions governing them, copies of public notices
of, and reports submitted to Congress regard-
ing pending additions, eliminations, or modi-
fications. Maps, legal descriptions, and regula-
tions pertaining
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**(a) Purposes of national forests, national park system, and national wildlife refuge system; other provisions applicable to national forests, Superior National Forest, and national park system** The purposes of this chapter are hereby declared to be within and supplemental to the purposes for which national forests and units of the national park and national wildlife refuge systems are established and administered and—
(1) Nothing in this chapter shall be deemed to be in interference with the purpose for which national forests are established as set forth in the Act of June 4, 1897 (30 Stat. 11), and the Multiple-Use Sustained-Yield Act of June 12, 1960 (74 Stat. 215) [[16 U.S.C. 528–531](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section528–531&num=0&edition=prelim)].
(2) Nothing in this chapter shall modify the restrictions and provisions of the Shipstead-Nolan Act (Public Law 539, Seventy-first Congress, July 10, 1930; 46 Stat. 1020), the Thye-Blatnik Act (Public Law 733, Eightieth Congress, June 22, 1948; 62 Stat. 568), and the Humphrey-Thye-Blatnik-Andresen Act (Public Law 607, Eighty-Fourth Congress, June 22, 1956; 70 Stat. 326), as applying to the Superior National Forest or the regulations of the Secretary of Agriculture.
(3) Nothing in this chapter shall modify the statutory authority under which units of the national park system are created. Further, the designation of any area of any park, monument, or other unit of the national park system as a wilderness area pursuant to this chapter shall in no manner lower the standards evolved for the use and preservation of such park, monument, or other unit of the national park system in accordance with section 100101(b)(1), chapter 1003, and sections 100751(a), 100752, 100753, and 102101
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