Restoring Access to Public Lands Act

I 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 572 To release certain Federal land in California from wilderness study, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES JANUARY 15, 2019 Mr. LAMALFA (for himself and Mr. MCCLINTOCK) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources A BILL To release certain Federal land in California from wilderness study, 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 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Restoring Access to 4 Public Lands Act’’. 5 SEC. 2. RELEASE OF CERTAIN LAND FROM WILDERNESS 6 STUDY. 7 (a) FINDING.—Congress finds that, for the purposes 8 of section 603(c) of the Federal Land Policy and Manage- 9 ment Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1782(c)), the areas de- 10 VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:05 Jan 29, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H572.IH H572 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 2 •HR 572 IH scribed in subsection (c) have been adequately studied for 1 wilderness designation. 2 (b) RELEASE.—Each area described in subsection 3 (c)— 4 (1) is no longer subject to section 603(c) of the 5 Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 6 (43 U.S.C. 1782(c)); and 7 (2) shall be managed in accordance with land 8 management plans adopted under section 202 of the 9 Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 10 (43 U.S.C. 1712). 11 (c) DESCRIPTION OF AREAS.—The areas referred to 12 in subsections (a) and (b) are the following: 13 (1) The approximately 646 acres of the Yolla 14 Bolly Wilderness Study Area designated as ‘‘Non- 15 suitable’’ on the map titled ‘‘Yolla Bolly Contiguous 16 Wilderness Study Area – 1991 Suitability Rec- 17 ommendation’’ and dated April 5, 2018. 18 (2) The approximately 17,896 acres of the Tim- 19 bered Crater Wilderness Study Area designated as 20 ‘‘Non-suitable’’ on the map titled ‘‘Timbered Crater 21 Wilderness Study Area – 1991 Suitability Rec- 22 ommendation’’ and dated April 4, 2018. 23 (3) The approximately 10,770 acres of the Lava 24 Wilderness Study Area designated as ‘‘Non-suitable’’ 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:05 Jan 29, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H572.IH H572 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 3 •HR 572 IH on the map titled ‘‘Lava Wilderness Study Area – 1 1991 Suitability Recommendation’’ and dated April 2 4, 2018. 3 (4) The approximately 4,281 acres of the Pit 4 River Canyon Wilderness Study Area designated as 5 ‘‘Non-suitable’’ on the map titled ‘‘Pit River Canyon 6 Wilderness Study Area – 1991 Suitability Rec- 7 ommendation’’ and dated April 4, 2018. 8 (5) The approximately 16,998 acres of the Tule 9 Mountain Wilderness Study Area designated as 10 ‘‘Non-suitable’’ on the map titled ‘‘Tule Mountain 11 Wilderness Study Area – 1991 Suitability Rec- 12 ommendation’’ and dated April 4, 2018. 13 (6) The approximately 3,169 acres of the South 14 Warner Contiguous Wilderness Study Area des- 15 ignated as ‘‘Non-suitable’’ on the map titled ‘‘South 16 Warner Contiguous Wilderness Study Area – 1991 17 Suitability Recommendation’’ and dated April 5, 18 2018. 19 (7) The approximately 640 acres of the 20 Bitterbrush Wilderness Study Area designated as 21 ‘‘Non-suitable’’ on the map titled ‘‘Bitterbrush Wil- 22 derness Study Area – 1991 Suitability Recommenda- 23 tion’’ and dated April 4, 2018. 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:05 Jan 29, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H572.IH H572 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 4 •HR 572 IH (8) The approximately 856 acres of the Buffalo 1 Hills Wilderness Study Area designated as ‘‘Non- 2 suitable’’ on the map titled ‘‘Buffalo Hills Wilder- 3 ness Study Area – 1991 Suitability Recommenda- 4 tion’’ and dated April 5, 2018. 5 (9) The approximately 18,598 acres of the 6 Twin Peaks Wilderness Study Area designated as 7 ‘‘Non-suitable’’ on the map titled ‘‘Twin Peaks Wil- 8 derness Study Area – 1991 Suitability Recommenda- 9 tion’’ and dated April 5, 2018. 10 (10) The approximately 49,206 acres of the 11 Five Springs Wilderness Study Area designated as 12 ‘‘Non-suitable’’ on the map titled ‘‘Five Springs Wil- 13 derness Study Area – 1991 Suitability Recommenda- 14 tion’’ and dated April 5, 2018. 15 (11) The approximately 10,863 acres of the 16 Dry Valley Rim Wilderness Study Area designated 17 as ‘‘Non-suitable’’ on the map titled ‘‘Dry Valley 18 Rim Wilderness Study Area – 1991 Suitability Rec- 19 ommendation’’ and dated April 5, 2018. 20 (12) The approximately 24,366 acres of the 21 Skedaddle Wilderness Study Area designated as 22 ‘‘Non-suitable’’ on the map titled ‘‘Skedaddle Wil- 23 derness Study Area – 1991 Suitability Recommenda- 24 tion’’ and dated April 4, 2018. 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:05 Jan 29, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H572.IH H572 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 5 •HR 572 IH (13) The approximately 11,995 acres of the 1 Tunnison Mountain Wilderness Study Area des- 2 ignated as ‘‘Non-suitable’’ on the map titled 3 ‘‘Tunnison Mountain Wilderness Study Area – 1991 4 Suitability Recommendation’’ and dated April 4, 5 2018. 6 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:05 Jan 29, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H572.IH H572 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS