FLO13336 S.L.C.
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CONGRESS1
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ESSION
 
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To establish the Columbine-Hondo Wilderness in the State of New Mexico,to provide for the conveyance of certain parcels of National ForestSystem land in the State, and for other purposes.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
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Mr. U
DALL
of New Mexico (for himself and Mr. H
EINRICH
) introduced thefollowing bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on
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A BILL
To establish the Columbine-Hondo Wilderness in the Stateof New Mexico, to provide for the conveyance of certainparcels of National Forest System land in the State,and for other purposes.
 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
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tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
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(a) S
HORT
T
ITLE
.—This Act may be cited as the
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‘‘Columbine-Hondo Wilderness Act’’.
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(b) T
 ABLE OF
C
ONTENTS
.—The table of contents for
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this Act is as follows:
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Sec.1.Short title; table of contents.
 
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FLO13336 S.L.C.Sec.2.Definitions.TITLE I—ADDITION TO THE NATIONAL WILDERNESSPRESERVATION SYSTEMSec.101.Designation of the Columbine-Hondo Wilderness.Sec.102.Wheeler Peak Wilderness boundary modification.Sec.103.Authorization of appropriations.TITLE II—LAND CONVEYANCES AND SALES.Sec.201.Town of Red River land conveyance.Sec.202.Village of Taos Ski Valley land conveyance.Sec.203.Authorization of sale of certain National Forest System land.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
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In this Act:
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(1) R
ED RIVER CONVEYANCE MAP
.—The term
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‘‘Red River Conveyance Map’’ means the map enti-
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tled ‘‘Town of Red River Town Site Act Proposal’’
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and dated April 19, 2012.
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(2) S
ECRETARY 
.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means
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the Secretary of Agriculture.
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(3) S
TATE
.—The term ‘‘State’’ means the State
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of New Mexico.
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(4) T
OWN
.—The term ‘‘Town’’ means the town
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of Red River, New Mexico.
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(5) V 
ILLAGE
.—The term ‘‘Village’’ means the
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 village of Taos Ski Valley, New Mexico.
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(6) W 
ILDERNESS
.—The term ‘‘Wilderness’’
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means the Columbine-Hondo Wilderness designated
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 by section 101(a).
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(7) W 
ILDERNESS MAP
.—The term ‘‘Wilderness
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Map’’ means the map entitled ‘‘Columbine-Hondo,
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FLO13336 S.L.C.
 Wheeler Peak Wilderness’’ and dated April 25,
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2012.
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TITLE I—ADDITION TO THE NA-
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TIONAL WILDERNESS PRES-
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ERVATION SYSTEM
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SEC. 101. DESIGNATION OF THE COLUMBINE-HONDO WIL-
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DERNESS.
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(a) I
N
G
ENERAL
.—In accordance with the Wilderness
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 Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), the approximately 45,000
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acres of land in the Carson National Forest in the State,
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as generally depicted on the Wilderness Map, is designated
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as wilderness and as a component of the National Wilder-
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ness Preservation System, which shall be known as the
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‘‘Columbine-Hondo Wilderness’’.
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(b) M
 ANAGEMENT
.—Subject to valid existing rights,
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the Wilderness shall be administered by the Secretary in
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accordance with this Act and the Wilderness Act (16
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U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), except that any reference in that
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 Act to the effective date of that Act shall be considered
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to be a reference to the date of enactment of this Act.
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(c) I
NCORPORATION OF
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CQUIRED
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 AND AND
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NTER
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ESTS IN
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 AND
.—Any land or interest in land that is with-
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in the boundary of the Wilderness that is acquired by the
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United States shall—
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(1) become part of the Wilderness; and
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