Protecting America’s Wilderness and Public Lands Act

IIB 117TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 803 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES MARCH 2 (legislative day, MARCH 1), 2021 Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources AN ACT To designate certain lands in the State of Colorado as com- ponents of the National Wilderness Preservation System, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:36 Mar 02, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H803.RFS H803 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 2 HR 803 RFS SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 1 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 2 ‘‘Protecting America’s Wilderness and Public Lands Act’’. 3 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 4 this Act is as follows: 5 Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. TITLE I—COLORADO WILDERNESS Sec. 101. Short title; definition. Sec. 102. Additions to National Wilderness Preservation System in the State of Colorado. Sec. 103. Administrative provisions. Sec. 104. Water. Sec. 105. Sense of Congress. Sec. 106. Department of defense study on impacts that the expansion of wilder- ness designations in the western united states would have on the readiness of the armed forces of the united states with re- spect to aviation training. TITLE II—NORTHWEST CALIFORNIA WILDERNESS, RECREATION, AND WORKING FORESTS Sec. 201. Short title. Sec. 202. Definitions. Subtitle A—Restoration and Economic Development Sec. 211. South Fork Trinity-Mad River Restoration Area. Sec. 212. Redwood National and State Parks restoration. Sec. 213. California Public Lands Remediation Partnership. Sec. 214. Trinity Lake visitor center. Sec. 215. Del Norte County visitor center. Sec. 216. Management plans. Sec. 217. Study; partnerships related to overnight accommodations. Subtitle B—Recreation Sec. 221. Horse Mountain Special Management Area. Sec. 222. Bigfoot National Recreation Trail. Sec. 223. Elk Camp Ridge Recreation Trail. Sec. 224. Trinity Lake Trail. Sec. 225. Trails study. Sec. 226. Construction of mountain bicycling routes. Sec. 227. Partnerships. Sec. 228. Ice Age National Scenic Trail. Subtitle C—Conservation Sec. 231. Designation of wilderness. Sec. 232. Administration of wilderness. Sec. 233. Designation of potential wilderness. VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:36 Mar 02, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6211 E:\BILLS\H803.RFS H803 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 3 HR 803 RFS Sec. 234. Designation of wild and scenic rivers. Sec. 235. Sanhedrin Special Conservation Management Area. Subtitle D—Miscellaneous Sec. 241. Maps and legal descriptions. Sec. 242. Updates to land and resource management plans. Sec. 243. Pacific Gas and Electric Company Utility facilities and rights-of-way. TITLE III—WILD OLYMPICS WILDERNESS AND WILD AND SCENIC RIVERS Sec. 301. Short title. Sec. 302. Designation of olympic national forest wilderness areas. Sec. 303. Wild and scenic river designations. Sec. 304. Existing rights and withdrawal. Sec. 305. Treaty rights. TITLE IV—CENTRAL COAST HERITAGE PROTECTION Sec. 401. Short title. Sec. 402. Definitions. Sec. 403. Designation of wilderness. Sec. 404. Designation of the Machesna Mountain Potential Wilderness. Sec. 405. Administration of wilderness. Sec. 406. Designation of Wild and Scenic Rivers. Sec. 407. Designation of the Fox Mountain Potential Wilderness. Sec. 408. Designation of scenic areas. Sec. 409. Condor National Scenic Trail. Sec. 410. Forest service study. Sec. 411. Nonmotorized recreation opportunities. Sec. 412. Use by members of Tribes. TITLE V—SAN GABRIEL MOUNTAINS FOOTHILLS AND RIVERS PROTECTION Sec. 501. Short title. Sec. 502. Definition of State. Subtitle A—San Gabriel National Recreation Area Sec. 511. Purposes. Sec. 512. Definitions. Sec. 513. San Gabriel National Recreation Area. Sec. 514. Management. Sec. 515. Acquisition of non-Federal land within Recreation Area. Sec. 516. Water rights; water resource facilities; public roads; utility facilities. Sec. 517. San Gabriel National Recreation Area Public Advisory Council. Sec. 518. San Gabriel National Recreation Area Partnership. Sec. 519. Visitor services and facilities. Subtitle B—San Gabriel Mountains Sec. 521. Definitions. Sec. 522. National Monument Boundary Modification. Sec. 523. Designation of Wilderness Areas and Additions. Sec. 524. Administration of Wilderness Areas and Additions. Sec. 525. Designation of Wild and Scenic Rivers. VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:36 Mar 02, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6211 E:\BILLS\H803.RFS H803 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 4 HR 803 RFS Sec. 526. Water rights. TITLE VI—RIM OF THE VALLEY CORRIDOR PRESERVATION Sec. 601. Short title. Sec. 602. Boundary adjustment; land acquisition; administration. TITLE VII—COLORADO OUTDOOR RECREATION AND ECONOMY Sec. 701. Short title. Sec. 702. Definition of State. Subtitle A—Continental Divide Sec. 711. Definitions. Sec. 712. Colorado Wilderness additions. Sec. 713. Williams Fork Mountains Wilderness. Sec. 714. Tenmile Recreation Management Area. Sec. 715. Porcupine Gulch Wildlife Conservation Area. Sec. 716. Williams Fork Mountains Wildlife Conservation Area. Sec. 717. Camp Hale National Historic Landscape. Sec. 718. White River National Forest boundary modification. Sec. 719. Rocky Mountain National Park Potential Wilderness boundary ad- justment. Sec. 720. Administrative provisions. Subtitle B—San Juan Mountains Sec. 731. Definitions. Sec. 732. Additions to National Wilderness Preservation System. Sec. 733. Special management areas. Sec. 734. Release of wilderness study areas. Sec. 735. Administrative provisions. Subtitle C—Thompson Divide Sec. 741. Purposes. Sec. 742. Definitions. Sec. 743. Thompson Divide Withdrawal and Protection Area. Sec. 744. Thompson Divide lease exchange. Sec. 745. Greater Thompson Divide Fugitive Coal Mine Methane Use Pilot Program. Sec. 746. Effect. Subtitle D—Curecanti National Recreation Area Sec. 751. Definitions. Sec. 752. Curecanti National Recreation Area. Sec. 753. Acquisition of land; boundary management. Sec. 754. General management plan. Sec. 755. Boundary survey. TITLE VIII—GRAND CANYON PROTECTION Sec. 801. Short title. Sec. 802. Withdrawal of Certain Federal land in the State of Arizona. TITLE IX—OUTDOORS FOR ALL ACT VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:36 Mar 02, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6211 E:\BILLS\H803.RFS H803 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 5 HR 803 RFS Sec. 901. Short title. Sec. 902. Definitions. Sec. 903. Grants authorized. Sec. 904. Eligible uses. Sec. 905. National park service requirements. Sec. 906. Reporting. TITLE X—MISCELLANEOUS Sec. 1001. Promoting health and wellness for veterans and servicemembers. TITLE XI—SOUTHWESTERN OREGON WATERSHED AND SALMON PROTECTION Sec. 1101. Short title. Sec. 1102. Withdrawal of Federal land, Curry County and Josephine County, Oregon. TITLE XII—ROSIE THE RIVETER/WORLD WAR II HOME FRONT NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK ADDITIONS Sec. 1201. Rosie the Riveter/World War II Home Front National Historical Park Additions. TITLE XIII—MISCELLANEOUS Sec. 1301. Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta National Heritage Area. TITLE XIV—MISCELLANEOUS Sec. 1401. Cape Cod National Seashore Advisory Commission. TITLE XV—SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS NATIONAL RECREATION AREA BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT STUDY ACT Sec. 1501. Short title. Sec. 1502. Resource study of the Los Angeles coastal area, California. TITLE XVI—GREAT DISMAL SWAMP NATIONAL HERITAGE AREA ACT Sec. 1601. Short title. Sec. 1602. Definitions. Sec. 1603. Study. Sec. 1604. Report. TITLE XVII—NATIONAL HERITAGE AREA Sec. 1701. Short title. Sec. 1702. Definitions. Sec. 1703. National Heritage Area System. Sec. 1704. National Heritage Area System management. Sec. 1705. Study areas. Sec. 1706. Local coordinating entities. Sec. 1707. Property owners and regulatory protections. Sec. 1708. Authorization of appropriations. Sec. 1709. Statutory Clarification. VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:36 Mar 02, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6211 E:\BILLS\H803.RFS H803 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 6 HR 803 RFS TITLE XVIII—CASA GRANDE RUINS NATIONAL MONUMENT BOUNDARY MODIFICATION Sec. 1801. Short title. Sec. 1802. Findings. Sec. 1803. Definitions. Sec. 1804. Acquisition and transfer of administrative jurisdiction over certain land. Sec. 1805. Administration of State trust land. TITLE XIX—SUNSET CRATER VOLCANO NATIONAL MONUMENT BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT Sec. 1901. Short title. Sec. 1902. Definitions. Sec. 1903. Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument boundary modification. TITLE XX—MISCELLANEOUS Sec. 2001. Fire, insects, and diseases. TITLE XXI—YORK RIVER WILD AND SCENIC RIVER Sec. 2101. Short title. Sec. 2102. Wild and scenic river designation. Sec. 2103. Management of York River, Maine segments. TITLE XXII—ST. CROIX NATIONAL HERITAGE AREA Sec. 2201. Short title. Sec. 2202. Definitions. Sec. 2203. St. Croix National Heritage Area. Sec. 2204. Administration. Sec. 2205. Management plan. Sec. 2206. Relationship to other Federal agencies. Sec. 2207. Private property and regulatory protections. Sec. 2208. Evaluation and report. Sec. 2209. Authorization of appropriations. Sec. 2210. Termination of authority. TITLE XXIII—ADDITIONS TO ROUGH MOUNTAIN AND RICH HOLE WILDERNESSES Sec. 2301. Additions to Rough Mountain and Rich Hole Wildernesses. TITLE XXIV—AGENCY REPORT ON DEPARTMENT OF THE INTE- RIOR SPECIAL RECREATION PERMITS BENEFITS TO ENVIRON- MENTAL JUSTICE COMMUNITIES Sec. 2401. Agency report on Department of the Interior special recreation per- mits benefits to environmental justice communities. TITLE XXV—RENEWABLE ENERGY INPUTS ACCESS STUDY Sec. 2501. Study. VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:36 Mar 02, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6211 E:\BILLS\H803.RFS H803 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 7 HR 803 RFS TITLE I—COLORADO 1 WILDERNESS 2 SEC. 101. SHORT TITLE; DEFINITION. 3 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This title may be cited as the 4 ‘‘Colorado Wilderness Act of 2021’’. 5 (b) SECRETARY DEFINED.—As used in this title, the 6 term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary of the Interior or 7 the Secretary of Agriculture, as appropriate. 8 SEC. 102. ADDITIONS TO NATIONAL WILDERNESS PRESER- 9 VATION SYSTEM IN THE STATE OF COLO- 10 RADO. 11 (a) ADDITIONS.—Section 2(a) of the Colorado Wil- 12 derness Act of 1993 (Public Law 103–77; 107 Stat. 756; 13 16 U.S.C. 1132 note) is amended by adding at the end 14 the following paragraphs: 15 ‘‘(23) Certain lands managed by the Colorado 16 River Valley Field Office of the Bureau of Land 17 Management, which comprise approximately 316 18 acres, as generally depicted on a map titled ‘Maroon 19 Bells Addition Proposed Wilderness’, dated July 20, 20 2018, which is hereby incorporated in and shall be 21 deemed to be a part of the Maroon Bells-Snowmass 22 Wilderness Area designated by Public Law 88–577. 23 ‘‘(24) Certain lands managed by the Gunnison 24 Field Office of the Bureau of Land Management, 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:36 Mar 02, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H803.RFS H803 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 8 HR 803 RFS which comprise approximately 38,217 acres, as gen- 1 erally depicted on a map titled ‘Redcloud & Handies 2 Peak Proposed Wilderness’, dated October 9, 2019, 3 which shall be known as the Redcloud Peak Wilder- 4 ness. 5 ‘‘(25) Certain lands managed by the Gunnison 6 Field Office of the Bureau of Land Management or 7 located in the Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre, and Gun- 8 nison National Forests, which comprise approxi- 9 mately 26,734 acres, as generally depicted on a map 10 titled ‘Redcloud & Handies Peak Proposed Wilder- 11 ness’, dated October 9, 2019, which shall be known 12 as the Handies Peak Wilderness. 13 ‘‘(26) Certain lands managed by the Royal 14 Gorge Field Office of the Bureau of Land Manage- 15 ment, which comprise approximately 16,481 acres, 16 as generally depicted on a map titled ‘Table Moun- 17 tain & McIntyre Hills Proposed Wilderness’, dated 18 November 7, 2019, which shall be known as the 19 McIntyre Hills Wilderness. 20 ‘‘(27) Certain lands managed by the Colorado 21 River Valley Field Office of the Bureau of Land 22 Management, which comprise approximately 10,282 23 acres, as generally depicted on a map titled ‘Grand 24 Hogback Proposed Wilderness’, dated October 16, 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:36 Mar 02, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00008 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H803.RFS H803 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 9 HR 803 RFS 2019, which shall be known as the Grand Hogback 1 Wilderness. 2 ‘‘(28) Certain lands managed by the Grand 3 Junction Field Office of the Bureau of Land Man- 4 agement, which comprise approximately 25,624 5 acres, as generally depicted on a map titled 6 ‘Demaree Canyon Proposed Wilderness’, dated Octo- 7 ber 9, 2019, which shall be known as the Demaree 8 Canyon Wilderness. 9 ‘‘(29) Certain lands managed by the Grand 10 Junction Field Office of the Bureau of Land Man- 11 agement, which comprise approximately 28,279 12 acres, as generally depicted on a map titled ‘Little 13 Books Cliff Proposed Wilderness’, dated October 9, 14 2019, which shall be known as the Little Bookcliffs 15 Wilderness. 16 ‘‘(30) Certain lands managed by the Colorado 17 River Valley Field Office of the Bureau of Land 18 Management, which comprise approximately 14,886 19 acres, as generally depicted on a map titled ‘Bull 20 Gulch & Castle Peak Proposed Wilderness’, dated 21 January 29, 2020, which shall be known as the Bull 22 Gulch Wilderness. 23 ‘‘(31) Certain lands managed by the Colorado 24 River Valley Field Office of the Bureau of Land 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:36 Mar 02, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00009 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H803.RFS H803 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 10 HR 803 RFS Management, which comprise approximately 12,016 1 acres, as generally depicted on a map titled ‘Bull 2 Gulch & Castle Peak Proposed Wilderness Areas’, 3 dated January 29, 2020, which shall be known as 4 the Castle Peak Wilderness.’’. 5 (b) FURTHER ADDITIONS.—The following lands in 6 the State of Colorado administered by the Bureau of Land 7 Management or the United States Forest Service are here- 8 by designated as wilderness and, therefore, as components 9 of the National Wilderness Preservation System: 10 (1) Certain lands managed by the Colorado 11 River Valley Field Office of the Bureau of Land 12 Management or located in the White River National 13 Forest, which comprise approximately 19,240 acres, 14 as generally depicted on a map titled ‘‘Assignation 15 Ridge Proposed Wilderness’’, dated November 12, 16 2019, which shal [Text truncated for display. 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