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114TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION H. R. 5780

To provide greater conservation, recreation, economic development and local

management of Federal lands in Utah, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

JULY 14, 2016

Mr. BISHOP of Utah (for himself and Mr. CHAFFETZ) introduced the following

bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources

A BILL To provide greater conservation, recreation, economic devel-

opment and local management of Federal lands in Utah,

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

The Act may be cited as the ‘‘Utah Public Lands Ini-4

tiative Act’’. 5

SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS. 6

The table of contents for this Act is as follows: 7

Sec. 1. Short title.

Sec. 2. Table of contents.

Sec. 3. Definitions.

DIVISION A—CONSERVATION

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TITLE I—WILDERNESS

Sec. 101. Wilderness designations.

Sec. 102. Maps and legal descriptions.

Sec. 103. Wilderness administration.

Sec. 104. Water rights.

Sec. 105. Military overflights.

Sec. 106. Adjacent management.

Sec. 107. Indian rights.

Sec. 108. Acquisition of land and interests in land.

Sec. 109. Wilderness release.

Sec. 110. Airsheds.

TITLE II—NATIONAL CONSERVATION AREAS

Sec. 201. National Conservation Areas.

Sec. 202. Map and legal description.

Sec. 203. Administration of National Conservation Areas.

Sec. 204. General provisions.

Sec. 205. Additional purpose for Docs Valley, Stone Bridge Draw, Stuntz

Draw, Beach Draw, and Diamond Mountain National Con-

servation Areas.

Sec. 206. Additional purpose for Colorado River National Conservation Area.

TITLE III—WATERSHED MANAGEMENT AREAS

Sec. 301. Watershed Management Areas.

Sec. 302. Administration of Watershed Management Areas.


TITLE IV—SPECIAL MANAGEMENT AREAS

Sec. 401. High Uintas Special Management Area.

Sec. 402. High Uintas Special Management Area map and legal description.

Sec. 403. Administration of the High Uintas Special Management Area.

Sec. 404. High Uintas Special Management Area general provisions.

Sec. 405. Little West Fork Blacks Fork Special Management Area.

Sec. 406. Administration of Little West Fork Blacks Fork Special Management

Area.

Sec. 407. Little West Fork Blacks Fork Special Management Area general pro-

visions.

Sec. 408. Desolation Canyon, Nine Mile Canyon, White River and Books Cliffs

Sportsmen’s Special Management Areas.

Sec. 409. Desolation Canyon, Nine Mile Canyon, White River and Books Cliffs

Sportsmen’s Special Management Area map and legal descrip-

tion.

Sec. 410. Administration of the Desolation Canyon, Nine Mile Canyon, and

White River Special Management Areas.

Sec. 411. Desolation Canyon, Nine Mile Canyon, and White River Special Man-

agement Area general provisions.

Sec. 412. Book Cliffs Sportsmens Special Management Area additional provi-

sions.

Sec. 413. Book Cliffs Sportsmen’s Special Management Area Advisory Com-

mittee.

TITLE V—ARCHES NATIONAL PARK EXPANSION


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Sec. 501. Arches National Park expansion.

TITLE VI—JURASSIC NATIONAL MONUMENT

Sec. 601. Jurassic National Monument.

TITLE VII—WILD AND SCENIC RIVERS

Sec. 701. Wild and scenic rivers.

TITLE VIII—ASHLEY KARST NATIONAL GEOLOGIC AND

RECREATION AREA

Sec. 801. Ashley Karst National Geologic and Recreation Area.


Sec. 803. Administration.


DIVISION B—INNOVATIVE LAND MANAGEMENT, RECREATION

AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

TITLE I—SCHOOL TRUST LAND CONSOLIDATIONS

Sec. 101. Findings and purpose.


Sec. 103. Exchange of land; reservation of interests.

Sec. 104. Withdrawal of Federal lands prior to exchange.

Sec. 105. National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and Federal Land Policy

and Management Act of 1976 compliance.

Sec. 106. Status and management of land after exchange.

Sec. 107. Book Cliffs Conservation Area.

TITLE II—GOBLIN VALLEY STATE PARK

Sec. 201. Land conveyance.

Sec. 202. Cooperative Management of Goblin Valley.

TITLE III—PRICE CANYON STATE FOREST


Sec. 302. Exchange of land.

Sec. 303. Livestock grazing.

TITLE IV—DEER LODGE LAND EXCHANGE


Sec. 402. Land exchange.

TITLE V—SCOFIELD LAND TRANSFER

Sec. 501. Short title.


Sec. 503. Conveyance of Scofield Project Land.

TITLE VI—LAND CONVEYANCES

Sec. 601. Land conveyances.

TITLE VII—LAND DISPOSALS


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Sec. 701. Land disposals.

TITLE VIII—RECREATION ZONES

Sec. 801. Establishment.


Sec. 803. Goldbar Recreation Zone management.

Sec. 804. Monitor and Merrimac Recreation Zone management.

Sec. 805. Klondike Recreation Zone management.

Sec. 806. Big Flat Recreation Zone management.

Sec. 807. Mineral Canyon Recreation Zone management.

Sec. 808. Dee Pass and Utah Rims Recreation Zone management.

Sec. 809. Yellow Circle and Cameo Cliffs Recreation Zone management.

Sec. 810. Jensen Hills Recreation Zone additional provisions.

Sec. 811. Red Mountain Recreation Zone management.

Sec. 812. Devils Hole Recreation Zone management.

Sec. 813. Bourdette Draw Recreation Zone additional provisions.

Sec. 814. Red Wash Recreation Zone additional provisions.

Sec. 815. Hole-in-the-Rock Trail.

Sec. 816. Recapture Canyon.

Sec. 817. Big Burrito Non-Motorized Trail.

TITLE IX—RED ROCK COUNTRY OFF-HIGHWAY VEHICLE TRAIL


Sec. 902. Designation.

Sec. 903. Management.

TITLE X—LONG-TERM INDIAN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

CERTAINTY

Sec. 1001. Indian economic development in San Juan County, Utah.

Sec. 1002. Ute Indian Tribe Economic Development Area.

Sec. 1003. Water study for Uintah and Duchesne Counties.

TITLE XI—LONG-TERM ENERGY DEVELOPMENT CERTAINTY IN

UTAH

Sec. 1101. Sense of Congress.

Sec. 1102. Actions to expedite energy-related projects.

Sec. 1103. Permitting and regulatory programs.

Sec. 1104. Judicial review.

Sec. 1105. Completion of administrative land exchange process.

TITLE XII—LONG-TERM TRAVEL MANAGEMENT CERTAINTY

Sec. 1201. Rights-of-way for certain roads.

Sec. 1202. Grand County Council recommendations for certain roads.

Sec. 1203. Uintah County road certainty.

TITLE XIII—LONG-TERM GRAZING CERTAINTY

Sec. 1301. Current permitted use.

Sec. 1302. Bighorn sheep.

Sec. 1303. Protection of grazing lands.

DIVISION C—LOCAL PARTICIPATION


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TITLE I—LOCAL PARTICIPATION AND PLANNING

Sec. 101. Public Lands Initiative Planning and Implementation Advisory Com-

mittee.

DIVISION D—BEAR EARS NATIONAL CONSERVATION AREA

TITLE I—BEARS EARS NATIONAL CONSERVATION AREA

Sec. 101. Findings.

Sec. 102. Establishment.


Sec. 104. Administration of Bear Ears National Conservation Area.


Sec. 106. Cooperating agencies.

Sec. 107. Bears Ears Tribal Commission.

Sec. 108. Tribal employment.

Sec. 109. Tribal liaison.

Sec. 110. Bears Ears Advisory Committee.

SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 1

In this Act: 2

(1) FEDERAL LAND.—The term ‘‘Federal land’’ 3

means the lands or interests in land under the juris-4

diction of the Department of the Interior or the De-5

partment of Agriculture, except such term does not 6

include land the title to which is held in trust by the 7

United States for the benefit of a tribe or an indi-8

vidual or is held in fee by a tribe or individual sub-9

ject to a restriction by the United States against 10

alienation. 11

(2) TRIBE.—The term ‘‘Tribe’’ means a feder-12

ally recognized Indian tribe (including a pueblo). 13

(3) TRIBAL.—The term ‘‘Tribal’’ means of or 14

pertaining to a tribe. 15

(4) WATER RESOURCE FACILITIES.—The term 16

‘‘water resource facilities’’ means irrigation and 17


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pumping facilities, reservoirs, water conservation 1

works, aqueducts, canals, ditches, pipelines, wells, 2

hydropower projects, transmission and other ancil-3

lary facilities, and other water diversion, storage, 4

and carriage structures. 5

DIVISION A—CONSERVATION 6

TITLE I—WILDERNESS 7

SEC. 101. WILDERNESS DESIGNATIONS. 8

In furtherance of the purposes of the Wilderness Act, 9

and subject to valid existing rights, including the rights 10

of a tribe, the following areas of the State of Utah are 11

designated as wilderness and as components of the Na-12

tional Wilderness Preservation System pursuant to the 13

Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.). 14

(1) CANDLAND MOUNTAIN.—Certain Federal 15

land in Emery County managed by the United 16

States Forest Service comprising approximately 17

12,330 acres, as generally depicted on the Utah PLI 18

Wilderness Map dated June 30, 2016, which shall be 19

known as the ‘‘Candland Mountain Wilderness’’. 20

(2) DESOLATION CANYON.—Certain Federal 21

land in Duchesne, Uintah, Carbon, Emery, and 22

Grand Counties managed by the Bureau of Land 23

Management comprising approximately 458,413 24

acres, as generally depicted on the Utah PLI Wilder-25


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ness Map dated June 30, 2016, which shall be 1

known as the ‘‘Desolation Canyon Wilderness’’. 2

(3) HIGH UINTA.—Certain Federal land in 3

Duchesne, Summit, and Uintah Counties, managed 4

by the United States Forest Service comprising ap-5

proximately 28,293 acres, as generally depicted on 6

the Utah PLI Wilderness Map dated June 30, 2016, 7

which shall be known as the ‘‘High Uinta Wilder-8

ness’’. 9

(4) MANCOS MESA.—Certain Federal land in 10

San Juan County, managed by the Bureau of Land 11

Management and the National Park Service com-12

prising approximately 95,605 acres, as generally de-13

picted on the Utah PLI Wilderness Map dated June 14

30, 2016, which shall be known as the ‘‘Mancos 15

Mesa Wilderness’’. 16

(5) CHEESEBOX CANYON.—Certain Federal 17

land in San Juan County managed by the Bureau 18

of Land Management comprising approximately 19



known as the ‘‘Cheesebox Canyon Wilderness’’. 22

(6) BUTLER WASH.—Certain Federal land in 23

San Juan County managed by the Bureau of Land 24



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known as the ‘‘Butler Wash Wilderness’’. 3

(7) DARK CANYON.—Certain Federal land in 4





known as the ‘‘Dark Canyon Wilderness’’. 9

(8) BEHIND THE ROCKS.—Certain Federal land 10

in San Juan and Grand Counties managed by the 11

Bureau of Land Management comprising approxi-12

mately 13,024 acres, as generally depicted on the 13

Utah PLI Wilderness Map dated June 30, 2016, 14

which shall be known as the ‘‘Behind the Rocks Wil-15

derness’’. 16

(9) BRIDGER JACK MESA.—Certain Federal 17

land in San Juan County managed by the Bureau 18

of Land Management comprising approximately 19



known as the ‘‘Bridger Jack Mesa Wilderness’’. 22

(10) CEDAR MESA.—Certain Federal land in 23




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known as the ‘‘Cedar Mesa Wilderness’’. 3

(11) MIKES CANYON.—Certain Federal land in 4


Management and the National Park Service com-6



30, 2016, which shall be known as the ‘‘Mikes Can-9

yon Wilderness’’. 10

(12) MULE CANYON.—Certain Federal land in 11

San Juan County, Utah managed by the Bureau of 12

Land Management comprising approximately 5,858 13


ness Map and dated June 30, 2016, which shall be 15

known as the ‘‘Mule Canyon Wilderness’’. 16

(13) MARSH PEAK.—Certain Federal land in 17

Uintah County managed by the United States For-18

est Service comprising approximately 15,031 acres, 19

as generally depicted on the Utah PLI Wilderness 20

Map dated June 30, 2016, which shall be known as 21

the ‘‘Marsh Peak Wilderness’’. 22

(14) CLIFF PEAK.—Certain Federal land in 23

Uintah and Duchesne Counties managed by the 24

United States Forest Service comprising approxi-25


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which shall be known as the ‘‘Cliff Peak Wilder-3

ness’’. 4

(15) BULL CANYON.—Certain Federal land in 5

Uintah County, Utah managed by the Bureau of 6

Land Management comprising approximately 599 7



known as the ‘‘Bull Canyon Wilderness’’. 10

(16) WHITE CANYON.—Certain Federal land in 11





known as the ‘‘White Canyon Wilderness’’. 16

(17) MEXICAN MOUNTAIN.—Certain Federal 17

land in Emery County managed by the Bureau of 18




known as the ‘‘Mexican Mountain Wilderness’’. 22

(18) SIDS MOUNTAIN.—Certain Federal land in 23

Emery County managed by the Bureau of Land 24



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known as the ‘‘Sids Mountain Wilderness’’. 3

(19) MUDDY CREEK.—Certain Federal land in 4





known as the ‘‘Muddy Creek Wilderness’’. 9

(20) SAN RAFAEL REEF.—Certain Federal land 10

in Emery County managed by the Bureau of Land 11




known as the ‘‘San Rafael Reef Wilderness’’. 15

(21) CRACK CANYON WILDERNESS.—Certain 16

Federal land in Emery County managed by the Bu-17

reau of Land Management comprising approximately 18



known as the ‘‘Crack Canyon Wilderness’’. 21

(22) DEVILS CANYON.—Certain Federal land in 22


Management comprising approximately 8,652 acres, 24



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the ‘‘Devils Canyon Wilderness’’. 2

(23) NELSON MOUNTAIN.—Certain Federal 3

land in Emery County managed by the United 4




known as the ‘‘Nelson Mountain Wilderness’’. 8

(24) WILLIAM GRANSTAFF CANYON.—Certain 9

Federal land in Grand County managed by the Bu-10

reau of Land Management comprising approximately 11



known as the ‘‘William Granstaff Canyon Wilder-14

ness’’. 15

(25) MILL CREEK CANYON.—Certain Federal 16

land in Grand County managed by the Bureau of 17




known as the ‘‘Mill Creek Canyon Wilderness’’. 21

(26) LABYRINTH CANYON.—Certain Federal 22

land in Grand and Emery Counties managed by the 23

Bureau of Land Management comprising approxi-24



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which shall be known as the ‘‘Labyrinth Canyon 2

Wilderness’’. 3

(27) CANYONLANDS.—Certain Federal land in 4

San Juan County managed by the National Park 5

Service comprising approximately 257,606 acres, as 6

generally depicted on the Utah PLI Wilderness Map 7

dated June 30, 2016, which shall be known as the 8

‘‘Canyonlands Wilderness’’. 9

(28) ARCHES.—Certain Federal land in Grand 10

County managed by the National Park Service com-11



30, 2016, which shall be known as the ‘‘Arches Wil-14

derness’’. 15

(29) FISHER TOWERS.—Certain Federal land in 16

Grand County managed by the Bureau of Land 17

Management comprising approximately 1,190 acres, 18



the ‘‘Fisher Towers Wilderness’’. 21

(30) MARY JANE CANYON.—Certain Federal 22

land in Grand County managed by the Bureau of 23




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known as the ‘‘Mary Jane Canyon Wilderness’’. 2

(31) GRANITE CREEK.—Certain Federal land in 3





known as the ‘‘Granite Creek Wilderness’’. 8

(32) BOOK CLIFFS.—Certain Federal land in 9





known as the ‘‘Book Cliffs Wilderness’’. 14

(33) WESTWATER.—Certain Federal land in 15

Grand County, Utah managed by the Bureau of 16




known as the ‘‘Westwater Wilderness’’. 20

(34) BEAVER CREEK.—Certain Federal land in 21





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known as the ‘‘Beaver Creek Wilderness’’. 2

(35) MOUNT PEALE.—Certain Federal land in 3

San Juan County managed by the United States 4

Forest Service comprising approximately 4,302 5



known as the ‘‘Mount Peale Wilderness’’. 8

(36) HAMMOND CANYON.—Certain Federal 9

land in San Juan County managed by the United 10




known as the ‘‘Hammond Canyon Wilderness’’. 14

(37) ARCH CANYON.—Certain Federal land in 15





known as the ‘‘Arch Canyon Wilderness’’. 20

(38) DINOSAUR.—Certain Federal land in 21

Uintah County managed by the National Park Serv-22

ice comprising approximately 52,348 acres, as gen-23

erally depicted on the Utah PLI Wilderness Map 24


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dated June 30, 2016, which shall be known as the 1

‘‘Dinosaur Wilderness’’. 2

(39) CEDAR MOUNTAIN.—Certain Federal land 3

in Emery County managed by the Bureau of Land 4




known as the ‘‘Cedar Mountain Wilderness’’. 8

(40) INDIAN CREEK.—Certain Federal land in 9


Management and the United States Forest Service 11

comprising approximately 6,562 acres, as generally 12

depicted on the Utah PLI Wilderness Map dated 13

June 30, 2016, which shall be known as the ‘‘Indian 14

Creek Wilderness’’. 15

(41) STEER GULCH.—Certain Federal land in 16





known as the ‘‘Steer Gulch Wilderness’’. 21

SEC. 102. MAPS AND LEGAL DESCRIPTIONS. 22

(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than two years from the 23

date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior 24

and the Secretary of Agriculture as appropriate shall file 25


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a map and legal description of each of the wilderness areas 1

with the Committee on Natural Resources of the House 2

of Representatives and the Committee on Energy and 3

Natural Resources of the Senate. 4

(b) FORCE AND EFFECT.—Each map and legal de-5

scription submitted under this section shall have the same 6

force and effect as if included in this title, except that 7

the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agri-8

culture as appropriate may make any minor modifications 9

of any clerical or typographical errors in the map or legal 10

description provided that prior to any modifications, cler-11

ical or typographical changes, these changes are reported 12

to the State of Utah and the affected county. 13

(c) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—A copy of the map and 14

legal description shall be on file and available for public 15

inspection in the appropriate offices of the Bureau of In-16

dian Affairs, the Bureau of Land Management, the Na-17

tional Park Service, and the United States Forest Service. 18

SEC. 103. WILDERNESS ADMINISTRATION. 19

(a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to valid existing rights, 20

including the rights of a tribe, each wilderness area estab-21

lished under section 101 shall be administered by the Sec-22

retary of the Interior or the Secretary of Agriculture as 23

appropriate in accordance with the Wilderness Act (16 24

U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), except that— 25


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(1) any reference in that Act to the effective 1

date shall be considered to be a reference to the date 2

of enactment of this Act; and 3

(2) with respect to wilderness areas that are ad-4

ministered by the Secretary of the Interior, any ref-5

erence in the Wilderness Act to the Secretary of Ag-6

riculture shall be considered to be a reference to the 7

Secretary of the Interior. 8

(b) FIRE, INSECTS, AND DISEASE.—In accordance 9

with section 4(d)(1) of the Wilderness Act, the relevant 10

Secretary may take such measures in each wilderness area 11

necessary to control of fire, insects, and disease (including, 12

as the relevant Secretary determines to be appropriate, the 13

coordination of such activities with a State, tribe, or local 14

agency). 15

(c) WILDFIRE MANAGEMENT OPERATIONS.—Noth-16

ing in this title precludes a Federal, State, tribal, or local 17

agency from conducting wildfire management operations 18

(including operations using aircraft or mechanized equip-19

ment). 20

(d) LIVESTOCK.— 21

(1) GRAZING.—The grazing of livestock in each 22

wilderness area, if established before the date of en-23

actment of this Act, shall continue, subject to rea-24


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sonable rules and regulations as prescribed by the 1

relevant Secretary, in accordance with— 2

(A) section 4(d)(4) of the Wilderness Act 3

(16 U.S.C. 1133(d)(4)); and 4

(B) the guidelines set forth in Appendix A 5

of the report of the Committee on Interior and 6

Insular Affairs of the House of Representatives 7

accompanying H.R. 2570 of the 101st Congress 8

(House Report 101–405). 9

(2) UTAH DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND 10

FOOD.—In instances in which historic grazing areas, 11

access, or use is disputed by the grazing permittee, 12

data and information provided by the Utah Depart-13

ment of Agriculture shall be given consideration by 14

the relevant Secretary to establish historic grazing 15

areas, locations, or use. 16

(e) OUTFITTING AND GUIDE ACTIVITIES.—In accord-17

ance with section 4(d)(6) of the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 18

1133(d)(5)), commercial services (including authorized 19

outfitting and guide activities) within the wilderness areas 20

are authorized to the extent necessary to realize the rec-21

reational purposes of the areas. 22

(f) ACCESS.—In accordance with section 5(a) of the 23

Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1134(a)), the relevant Sec-24

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property within the boundary of a wilderness area access 1

to the property. 2

(g) WILDLIFE WATER DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS.— 3

The relevant Secretary shall allow existing water struc-4

tures and facilities for wildlife water development projects, 5

including guzzlers, in the wilderness areas designated by 6

this title. 7

(h) FISH AND WILDLIFE.—Nothing in this title af-8

fects the jurisdiction of the State of Utah with respect 9

to the management of fish and wildlife on Federal land 10

in the State, including the regulation of hunting, fishing, 11

and trapping within the wilderness areas. 12

(i) WITHDRAWALS.—Subject to valid existing rights, 13

all public land within the areas established as wilderness 14

under this title, including any land or interest in land that 15

is acquired by the United States within the wilderness 16

areas after the date of enactment of this Act, is withdrawn 17

from— 18

(1) entry, appropriation or disposal under the 19

public land laws; 20

(2) location, entry, and patent under the mining 21

laws; and 22

(3) operation of the mineral leasing, mineral 23

materials, and geothermal leasing laws. 24


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(j) TRAIL AND FENCE MAINTENANCE.—The relevant 1

Secretary shall maintain trails and fence lines located 2

within the wilderness areas designated by this title, in ac-3

cordance with the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et 4

seq.). 5

SEC. 104. WATER RIGHTS. 6

(a) STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this 7

title— 8

(1) shall constitute either an express or implied 9

reservation by the United States of any water rights 10

with respect to the wilderness areas designated by 11

section 101; 12

(2) affects any water rights in the State of 13

Utah existing on the date of enactment of this Act, 14

including any water rights held by the United 15

States; 16

(3) establishes a precedent with regard to any 17

future wilderness designations; or 18

(4) shall restrict or prohibit the upstream diver-19

sion of water rights held under Utah State law. 20

(b) EXISTING WATER INFRASTRUCTURE.—Nothing 21

in this title shall be construed to limit motorized access 22

and road maintenance by local municipalities, including ir-23

rigation districts, and other water right holders for main-24

tenance activities necessary to guarantee the continued vi-25


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ability of water resource facilities that currently exist or 1

which may be necessary in the future to prevent the deg-2

radation of the water supply in wilderness areas des-3

ignated by section 101. 4

SEC. 105. MILITARY OVERFLIGHTS. 5

Nothing in this title restricts or precludes— 6

(1) low-level overflights of military aircraft over 7

wilderness areas designated by section 101, includ-8

ing military overflights that can be seen or heard 9

within wilderness areas; 10

(2) flight testing and evaluation; or 11

(3) the designation or creation of new units of 12

special use airspace, or the establishment of military 13

flight training routes, over wilderness areas. 14

SEC. 106. ADJACENT MANAGEMENT. 15

(a) IN GENERAL.—Nothing in this title creates a pro-16

tective perimeter or buffer zone around a wilderness area 17

designated by section 101. 18

(b) ACTIVITIES OUTSIDE WILDERNESS AREA.—The 19

fact that an activity or use on land outside a wilderness 20

area can be seen, heard or smelled within the wilderness 21

area shall not preclude the activity or use outside the 22

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SEC. 107. INDIAN RIGHTS. 1

Nothing in this title diminishes the rights of any In-2

dian tribe. 3

SEC. 108. ACQUISITION OF LAND AND INTERESTS IN LAND. 4

(a) ACQUISITION.— 5

(1) IN GENERAL.—The relevant Secretary may 6

acquire land or interest in land within the bound-7

aries of the wilderness areas designated by section 8

101 only by donation, exchange, transfer from an-9

other Federal agency, or purchase from a willing 10

seller. 11

(2) LAND EXCHANGE.—At the request of the 12

State of Utah, not later than two years after the 13

date of enactment of this Act, the relevant Secretary 14

shall complete exchanges for State land located with-15

in the boundaries of the wilderness areas designated 16

by this title. 17

(3) NO CONDEMNATION.—Within the areas des-18

ignated as wilderness by this title, the use of emi-19

nent domain or condemnation shall be prohibited. 20

(b) INCORPORATION IN WILDERNESS AREA.—Any 21

land or interest in land located inside the boundary of a 22

wilderness area that is acquired by the United States after 23

the date of enactment of this Act, except land acquired 24

by the United States in trust for the benefit of a tribe, 25


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shall be added to, and administered as part of the wilder-1

ness area. 2

SEC. 109. WILDERNESS RELEASE. 3

(a) PUBLIC LAND.— 4

(1) FINDING.—Congress finds that, for pur-5

poses of section 603 of the Federal Land Policy and 6

Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1782), the 7

public land administered by the Bureau of Land 8

Management in the following wilderness study areas, 9

as depicted on the map entitled Utah PLI Wilder-10

ness map dated June 30, 2016, have been ade-11

quately studied for wilderness designation— 12

(A) the 43,322-acre area known as Winter 13

Ridge Wilderness Study Area; 14

(B) the 7,051-acre area known as Jack 15

Canyon Wilderness Study Area; 16

(C) the 6,557-acre area known as Squaw 17

and Papoose Wilderness Study Area; 18

(D) the 20,404-acre area known as Desola-19

tion Canyon Wilderness Study Area included 20

within the Desolation Canyon Special Manage-21

ment Area as designated by this title and as de-22

picted on the map; 23

(E) the 2,516-acre area known as Daniels 24

Canyon Wilderness Study Area; and 25


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(F) the 945-acre area known as Cross 1

Canyon Wilderness Study Area. 2

(2) RELEASE.—Any land managed by the Bu-3

reau of Land Management within the areas de-4

scribed in paragraph (1) that is not designated as 5

wilderness by this title— 6

(A) shall not be subject to section 603(c) 7

of the Federal Land Policy and Management 8

Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1782(c)); 9

(B) shall be managed in accordance with 10

land management plans adopted under section 11

202 of that Act (43 U.S.C. 1712); and 12

(C) shall no longer be subject to Secre-13

tarial Order No. 3310 issued by the Secretary 14

of the Interior on December 22, 2010. 15

SEC. 110. AIRSHEDS. 16

(a) DESIGNATIONS.—Except as provided in sub-17

section (b), it is the intent of Congress that wilderness 18

areas designated under section 101 shall not be designated 19

as Class I airsheds under the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 20

7401–7661) unless Class I status is agreed by the State 21

of Utah under existing authorities. 22

(b) EXCEPTIONS.—The lands within the wilderness 23

designated by section 101(K), (AA), and (BB) shall con-24

tinue to be managed as Class I airsheds. 25


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TITLE II—NATIONAL 1

CONSERVATION AREAS 2

SEC. 201. NATIONAL CONSERVATION AREAS. 3

Subject to valid existing rights, including the rights 4

of a tribe, the following areas in the State of Utah are 5

hereby established as National Conservation Areas: 6

(1) BEACH DRAW.—Certain Federal land, com-7

prising approximately 658 acres administered by the 8

Bureau of Land Management in Uintah County as 9

generally depicted on the map entitled Utah PLI 10

National Conservation Area Map dated June 30, 11

2016, to be known as the ‘‘Beach Draw National 12

Conservation Area’’. 13

(2) DIAMOND MOUNTAIN.—Certain Federal 14

land, comprising approximately 30,390 acres admin-15

istered by the Bureau of Land Management in 16

Uintah County as generally depicted on the map en-17

titled Utah PLI National Conservation Area Map 18

dated June 30, 2016, to be known as the ‘‘Diamond 19

Mountain National Conservation Area’’. 20

(3) DOCS VALLEY.—Certain Federal land, com-21

prising approximately 8,544 acres administered by 22

the Bureau of Land Management in Uintah County 23

as generally depicted on the map entitled Utah PLI 24

National Conservation Area Map dated June 30, 25


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2016, to be known as the ‘‘Docs Valley National 1

Conservation Area’’. 2

(4) STONE BRIDGE DRAW.—Certain Federal 3

land, comprising approximately 2,415 acres adminis-4

tered by the Bureau of Land Management in Uintah 5

County as generally depicted on the map entitled 6

Utah PLI National Conservation Area Map dated 7

June 30, 2016, to be known as the ‘‘Stone Bridge 8

Draw National Conservation Area’’. 9

(5) STUNTZ DRAW.—Certain Federal land, 10

comprising approximately 2,284 acres administered 11

by the Bureau of Land Management in Uintah 12



June 30, 2016, to be known as the ‘‘Stuntz Draw 15

National Conservation Area’’. 16

(6) SAN RAFAEL SWELL.—Certain Federal 17

land, comprising approximately 530,380 acres ad-18

ministered by the Bureau of Land Management in 19

Emery County as generally depicted on the map en-20


dated June 30, 2016, to be known as the ‘‘San 22

Rafael Swell National Conservation Area’’. 23

(7) LABYRINTH CANYON.—Certain Federal 24



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Emery County and Grand County as generally de-2

picted on the map entitled Utah PLI National Con-3

servation Area Map dated June 30, 2016, to be 4

known as the ‘‘Labyrinth Canyon National Con-5

servation Area’’. 6

(8) MUDDY CREEK.—Certain Federal land, 7

comprising approximately 53,804 acres administered 8

by the Bureau of Land Management in Emery 9

County, Utah, as generally depicted on the map en-10


and dated June 30, 2016, to be known as the 12

‘‘Muddy Creek National Conservation Area’’. 13

(9) COLORADO RIVER.—Certain Federal land, 14

comprising approximately 166,949 acres adminis-15

tered by the Bureau of Land Management in Grand 16



June 30, 2016, to be known as the ‘‘Colorado River 19

National Conservation Area’’. 20

(10) INDIAN CREEK.—Certain Federal land, 21

comprising approximately 434,354 acres adminis-22

tered by the Bureau of Land Management and 23

United States Forest Service in San Juan County, 24

Utah, as generally depicted on the map entitled 25


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Utah PLI National Conservation Area Map and 1

dated June 30, 2016, to be known as the ‘‘Indian 2

Creek National Conservation Area’’. 3

(11) SAN RAFAEL RIVER.—Certain Federal 4



Emery County as generally depicted on the map en-7


dated June 30, 2016, to be known as the ‘‘San 9

Rafael River National Conservation Area’’. 10

SEC. 202. MAP AND LEGAL DESCRIPTION. 11


date of enactment of this Act, the relevant Secretary shall 13

file a map and legal description of the National Conserva-14

tion Areas established by section 201 of this title with the 15

Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Rep-16

resentatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural 17

Resources of the Senate. 18




the relevant Secretary may make minor modifications of 22

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dian Affairs, the Bureau of Land Management, and the 6

United States Forest Service. 7

SEC. 203. ADMINISTRATION OF NATIONAL CONSERVATION 8

AREAS. 9

(a) PURPOSES.—In accordance with this title, the 10

Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 11

U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), and other applicable laws, the rel-12

evant Secretary shall manage the National Conservation 13

Areas established by section 201 in a manner that— 14

(1) protects, conserves, and enhances the 15

unique and nationally important historic, cultural, 16

scientific, scenic, recreational, archaeological, nat-17

ural, and educational resources of the Conservation 18

Area; 19

(2) maintains and enhances cooperative and in-20

novative management practices between resource 21

managers, private landowners, and the public in the 22

Conservation Area; and 23

(3) recognizes and maintains historic uses of 24

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(b) MANAGEMENT PLANS.— 1

(1) PLAN REQUIRED.—Not later than two years 2

after the date of enactment of this Act, the relevant 3

Secretary shall develop a management plan for the 4

long-term management of each Conservation Area. 5

(2) RECOMMENDATIONS AND CONSULTATION.— 6

The relevant Secretary shall prepare the manage-7

ment plan in consultation and coordination with 8

local and tribal governments, the public, and the 9

Public Lands Initiative Planning and Implementa-10

tion Advisory Committee established under Division 11

C of this Act. If the relevant Secretary does not in-12

corporate recommendations submitted by the State, 13

local governments, and Indian tribes into the man-14

agement plans, the relevant Secretary shall submit a 15

written explanation before the effective date of the 16

management plan to the House Committee on Nat-17

ural Resources and Senate Committee on Energy 18

and Natural Resources outlining the reasons for re-19

jecting the recommendations. 20

SEC. 204. GENERAL PROVISIONS. 21

(a) WITHDRAWALS.—Subject to valid existing rights, 22

all Federal land within the National Conservation Areas 23

established under section 201 including any land or inter-24

est in land that is acquired by the United States within 25


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the Conservation Areas after the date of enactment of this 1

Act, is withdrawn from— 2


public land laws; 4


laws; and 6




with this title, the relevant Secretary may take such meas-10

ures in each Conservation Area necessary to control fire, 11

insects, and disease (including the coordination of such ac-12

tivities with a State, tribal, or local agency). 13

(c) WILDLAND FIRE OPERATIONS.—Nothing in this 14

title precludes a Federal, State, tribal, or local agency 15

from conducting wildfire management operations (includ-16

ing operations using aircraft or mechanized equipment) in 17

Conservation Areas designated under section 201. 18


(1) IN GENERAL.—Within the Conservation 20

Areas established under section 201 the grazing of 21

livestock established before the date of enactment of 22

this Act shall continue subject to reasonable regula-23

tions as prescribed by the relevant Secretary. 24


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(2) PROTECTION OF EXISTING USES.—Existing 1

livestock grazing shall continue in accordance with 2

the following guidelines: 3

(A) There shall be no reductions of grazing 4

in the areas designated by this title simply be-5

cause an area is, or has been designated by this 6

title. 7

(B) The number of livestock permitted to 8

graze in areas designated by this title shall con-9

tinue at approximate stocking levels prescribed 10

in the grazing permit that existed on January 11

1, 2016, and additional or suspended animal 12

unit months shall be allowed to graze as range 13

conditions allow or if range treatments improve 14

conditions. Animal Unit Months shall only be 15

diminished as a result of revisions in the nor-16

mal grazing and land management planning 17

and policy setting process. 18

(C) The maintenance of existing grazing 19

supporting facilities in an area prior to its des-20

ignation by this title (including fences, place-21

ment of salt and minerals, line cabins, water 22

wells and pipelines, stock tanks and ponds), 23

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the use of off-highway vehicles or mechanized 1

tools and equipment. 2

(D) The construction of new grazing im-3

provements or replacement of deteriorated live-4

stock facilities in areas designated by this title 5

is authorized if in accordance with the applica-6

ble management plan. 7

(E) The use of off-highway vehicles for 8

emergency purposes such as care of sick ani-9

mals or the placement of feed and water in 10

emergency situations is authorized by the appli-11

cable grazing permit holder or an employee or 12

agent thereof. 13

(F) Access to historic and traditional water 14

sources for the purpose of watering livestock 15

shall be maintained. 16

(G) The trailing of domestic livestock shall 17

continue and shall not be limited by the des-18

ignations made under section 201. 19


FOOD.—In instances in which historic grazing areas, 21

access, or use is disputed by the grazing permittee, 22

data and information provided by the Utah Depart-23

ment of Agriculture shall be given consideration by 24


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the relevant Secretary to determine historic grazing 1

areas or use. 2

(e) EXISTING EASEMENTS AND RIGHTS-OF-WAY.— 3

Nothing in this title precludes the relevant Secretary from 4

renewing easements or rights-of-way in Conservation 5

Areas established under section 201 in existence on the 6

date of enactment of this Act, in accordance with this divi-7

sion and existing law. 8

(f) ADJACENT MANAGEMENT.— 9

(1) IN GENERAL.—Nothing in this title creates 10

a protective perimeter or buffer zone around a Con-11

servation Area designated by section 201. 12

(2) ACTIVITIES OUTSIDE CONSERVATION 13

AREA.—An activity or use on land outside of a Con-14

servation Area established under section 201 that 15

can be seen, heard, felt, or smelled within the Con-16

servation Area shall not preclude the activity or use 17

outside the boundary of the Conservation Area. 18

(g) OUTFITTING AND GUIDE ACTIVITIES.—Commer-19

cial services (including authorized outfitting and guide ac-20

tivities) within the Conservation Areas established under 21

section 201 are authorized to the extent necessary to real-22

ize the recreational purposes of the areas. 23

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and trapping and use of helicopters to maintain healthy 3

wildlife populations, within the Conservation Areas estab-4

lished under section 201. 5

(i) ACCESS.—The relevant Secretary shall provide the 6

owner of State, tribal or private property within the 7

boundary of a Conservation Area established under section 8

201 access to the property. 9

(j) WILDLIFE WATER DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS.— 10

Structures and facilities, including future and existing 11

structures and facilities, for wildlife water development 12

projects (including guzzlers) in the Conservation Areas es-13

tablished under section 201 are authorized. 14

(k) WATER RIGHTS.— 15

(1) STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in 16

this title— 17

(A) shall constitute either an express or 18

implied reservation by the United States of any 19

water rights with respect to the Conservation 20

Areas designated by this title; 21

(B) affects any water rights in the State of 22

Utah existing on the date of enactment of this 23

title, including any water rights held by the 24

United States; 25


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(C) establishes a precedent with regard to 1

any future National Conservation Area designa-2

tions; or 3

(D) shall restrict or prohibit the upstream 4

diversion of water rights held under Utah State 5

law. 6

(2) EXISTING WATER INFRASTRUCTURE.— 7

Nothing in this title shall be construed to limit mo-8

torized access and road maintenance by local munici-9

palities, including irrigation districts, and other 10

water right holders for maintenance activities nec-11

essary to guarantee the continued viability of water 12

resource facilities that currently exist or which may 13

be necessary in the future to prevent the degrada-14

tion of the water supply in Conservation Areas des-15

ignated by this title. 16

(l) WILDERNESS RELEASE.—Congress finds that the 17

Conservation Areas designated by section 201 have been 18

adequately studied for wilderness character and wilderness 19

designation pursuant to section 603 of the Federal Land 20

Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1782) 21

and are no longer subject to the requirement of subsection 22

(c) of such section pertaining to the management of wil-23

derness study areas in a manner that does not impair the 24

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(m) PROHIBITION.—The relevant Secretary may not 1

promulgate or issue any system-wide regulation, directive, 2

instruction memorandum or order that would direct man-3

agement of the Federal lands designated as Conservation 4

Areas by section 201 in a manner contrary to this title. 5

(n) VEGETATION MANAGEMENT.—Nothing in this 6

title prevents the relevant Secretary from conducting vege-7

tation management projects within the Conservation 8

Areas established under section 201 in a manner con-9

sistent with the purposes for the Conservation Area pursu-10

ant to section 203(a). 11

(o) OFF-HIGHWAY VEHICLES.— 12

(1) IN GENERAL.—Except in cases in which off- 13

highway vehicles are needed for administrative pur-14

poses, including project construction and mainte-15

nance, response to an emergency or as outlined in 16

section 204(d)(2), the use of off-highway vehicles 17

shall be permitted only on designated routes within 18

the Conservation Areas designated under section 19

201. 20

(2) DESIGNATED ROUTES FOR OFF-HIGHWAY 21

VEHICLES.— 22

(A) IN GENERAL.—The relevant Secretary 23

shall manage existing designated routes in a 24

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(i) is consistent with off-highway vehi-1

cle and mechanized use of the designated 2

routes that is authorized under the appli-3

cable travel management plan; 4

(ii) does not significantly damage des-5

ignated critical habitat or cultural re-6

sources; and 7

(iii) does not interfere with private 8

property or water rights. 9

(B) CLOSURE.—The relevant Secretary, in 10

consultation with the State and affected Coun-11

ty, may temporarily close or permanently re-12

route, subject to subparagraph (C), a route if 13

the relevant Secretary determines that— 14

(i) the route is significantly damaging 15

designated critical habitat or cultural re-16

sources; 17

(ii) the route threatens public safety; 18

(iii) closure of the route is necessary 19

to repair damage to the designated route; 20

or 21

(iv) closure of the route is necessary 22

to repair resource damage. 23

(C) REROUTING.—Portions of the des-24

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be permanently rerouted by utilizing a pre-1

viously closed route or constructing a new 2

route. 3

(D) NOTICE.—The relevant Secretary shall 4

provide information to the public regarding any 5

designated routes that are open, have been re-6

routed, or are temporarily or permanently 7

closed through— 8

(i) use of appropriate signage within 9

the Conservation Area; and 10

(ii) use of the Internet and Web re-11

sources. 12

(p) TEMPORARY ROAD CONSTRUCTION.—The rel-13

evant Secretary shall be permitted to construct temporary 14

passenger vehicle roads for administrative or emergency 15

purposes. The relevant Secretary shall decommission any 16

temporary road constructed under this paragraph not 17

later than three years after the date the project is com-18

pleted. 19

(q) NO EFFECT ON NON-FEDERAL LAND OR INTER-20

ESTS IN NON-FEDERAL LAND.—Nothing in this title af-21

fects ownership, management, or other rights relating to 22

non-Federal land or interests in non-Federal land. 23

(r) SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATIONS.—The relevant Sec-24

retary shall provide opportunities, including through part-25


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nerships with colleges, universities, schools, tribes, sci-1

entific institutions, nonprofit organizations, researchers, 2

and scientists to conduct research and provide educational 3

and interpretive services of the historical, cultural, sci-4

entific, archeological, and natural resources within the 5

Conservation Areas designated by section 201. Research 6

findings from the Conservation Areas may be used to de-7

velop land use solutions that meet human needs while 8

maintaining ecological and economic viability in the re-9

gion. 10

(s) RESEARCH AND INTERPRETIVE FACILITIES.— 11

(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Inte-12

rior and Secretary of Agriculture may establish fa-13

cilities for— 14

(A) the conduct of scientific research; and 15

(B) the interpretation of the historical, cul-16

tural, scientific, archeological, biological, nat-17

ural and educational resources of the Conserva-18

tion Areas designated under section 201. 19

(2) GRANTS AND COOPERATIVE AGREE-20

MENTS.—In carrying out subsection (r), the Sec-21

retary of the Interior and Secretary of Agriculture 22

may make grants to, or enter into cooperative agree-23

ments with the State of Utah, local governmental 24

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and private entities to conduct research, conduct sci-1

entific analyses, and carry out any other initiative 2

relating to the restoration or conservation of the 3

Conservation Areas. 4

(t) PARTNERSHIPS.—In carrying out subsections (r) 5

and (s) and in recognition of the value of collaboration 6

to foster innovation and enhance research and develop-7

ment efforts, the Secretary of the Interior and the Sec-8

retary of Agriculture shall encourage partnerships, includ-9

ing public-private partnerships, between and among Fed-10

eral, State, tribal and local agencies, academic institu-11

tions, nonprofit organizations and private entities. 12

(u) RECREATION.—The relevant Secretary shall con-13

tinue to authorize, maintain, and enhance the recreational 14

use of the Conservation Areas designated under section 15

201, including hunting, fishing, camping, hiking, back-16

packing, cross-country skiing, hang gliding, paragliding, 17

rock climbing, canyoneering, sightseeing, nature study, 18

horseback riding, mountain biking, rafting, off-highway 19

vehicle recreation on designated routes, and other rec-20

reational activities. 21

(v) ACQUISITION.— 22

(1) IN GENERAL.—The relevant Secretary may 23

acquire land or interest in land within the bound-24

aries of the Conservation Areas designated by sec-25


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tion 201 only by donation, exchange, transfer from 1

another Federal agency, or purchase from a willing 2

seller. 3


State, not later than two years after the date of en-5

actment of this Act, the relevant Secretary shall 6

complete exchanges for State land located within the 7

boundaries of the Conservation Areas designated by 8

section 201. 9

(3) NO CONDEMNATION.—Within the Conserva-10

tion Areas designated by section 201 the use of emi-11

nent domain or condemnation shall be prohibited. 12

(4) INCORPORATION IN NATIONAL CONSERVA-13

TION AREA.—Any land or interest in land located in-14

side the boundary of a Conservation Area designated 15

under section 201 that is acquired by the United 16

States after the date of enactment of this Act shall 17

be added to and administered as part of the Con-18

servation Area. 19

SEC. 205. ADDITIONAL PURPOSE FOR DOCS VALLEY, STONE 20

BRIDGE DRAW, STUNTZ DRAW, BEACH DRAW, 21

AND DIAMOND MOUNTAIN NATIONAL CON-22

SERVATION AREAS. 23

Nothing in this title shall effect existing or future 24

sage grouse conservation projects, including the manage-25


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ment of vegetation through mechanical means within the 1

Docs Valley, Stone Bridge Draw, Stuntz Draw, Beach 2

Draw, and Diamond Mountain National Conservation 3

Areas designated under section 201. 4

SEC. 206. ADDITIONAL PURPOSE FOR COLORADO RIVER 5

NATIONAL CONSERVATION AREA. 6

To provide for the management, development, protec-7

tion, and use of drinking water within the Colorado River 8

National Conservation Area. 9

TITLE III—WATERSHED 10

MANAGEMENT AREAS 11

SEC. 301. WATERSHED MANAGEMENT AREAS. 12

(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The following Watershed 13

Management Areas are hereby established in the State of 14

Utah, subject to valid existing rights: 15

(1) ASHLEY SPRING.—The ‘‘Ashley Spring Wa-16

tershed Management Area’’, consisting of approxi-17

mately 10,951 acres of the Ashley National Forest 18

in Uintah County as generally depicted on the map 19

entitled Utah PLI Special Management Area Map 20

dated June 30, 2016. 21

(2) DRY FORK.—The ‘‘Dry Fork Watershed 22

Management Area’’, consisting of approximately 23

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Utah PLI Special Management Area Map dated 1

June 30, 2016. 2

(3) CASTLE VALLEY.—The ‘‘Castle Valley Wa-3

tershed Management Area’’, consisting of approxi-4

mately 34,247 acres of the Manti-La Sal National 5

Forest in Grand County as generally depicted on the 6

map entitled Utah PLI Special Management Area 7

Map dated June 30, 2016. 8

(4) WIDDOP MOUNTAIN.—The ‘‘Widdop Moun-9

tain Watershed Management Area’’, consisting of 10

approximately 8,025 acres of the Ashley National 11

Forest in Summit County as generally depicted on 12

the map entitled Utah PLI Special Management 13

Area Map dated June 30, 2016. 14

(5) EAST FORK SMITHS FORK.—The ‘‘East 15

Fork Smiths Fork Watershed Management Area’’, 16

consisting of approximately 3,178 acres of the Ash-17

ley National Forest in Summit County as generally 18

depicted on the map entitled Utah PLI Special Man-19

agement Area Map dated June 30, 2016. 20

(b) MAP AND LEGAL DESCRIPTION.— 21

(1) IN GENERAL.—Two years after the date of 22

enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture 23

(hereinafter ‘‘Secretary’’ in this title) shall file a 24

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ment Areas with the Committee on Natural Re-1

sources of the House of Representatives and the 2

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the 3

Senate. 4

(2) EFFECT.—The map and legal description 5

prepared under paragraph (1) shall have the same 6

force and effect as if included in this title, except 7

that the Secretary of Agriculture may correct minor 8

errors in the map or legal description provided that 9

prior to any modifications, clerical or typographical 10

changes, these changes are reported to the State of 11

Utah and the affected county. 12

(3) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—A copy of the map 13

and legal description shall be on file and available 14

for public inspection in the appropriate offices of the 15

U.S. Forest Service and the Bureau of Indian Af-16

fairs. 17

SEC. 302. ADMINISTRATION OF WATERSHED MANAGEMENT 18

AREAS. 19

(a) PURPOSES.—The purposes of the Watershed 20

Management Areas are— 21

(1) to ensure the protection of the quality of 22

water in the Watershed Management Areas; 23


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(2) to allow visitors to enjoy the scenic, natural, 1

cultural, recreational, and wildlife values of the Wa-2

tershed Management Areas; 3

(3) to provide for the management, develop-4

ment, and use of drinking water within the Water-5

shed Management Areas; 6

(4) to allow for the reintroduction of beavers in 7

appropriate Watershed Management Areas; 8

(5) to allow for reintroduction of native flora 9

(land and aquatic), bird, fish and animal fauna in 10

Watershed Management Areas; 11

(6) to provide for the restoration of watersheds 12

and re-establish ecosystem health in areas damaged 13

or threatened by insects, disease or prior land use; 14

and 15

(7) to provide for the restoration of ecosystems 16

damaged or threatened by overpopulation of any 17

plant, aquatic or animal species. 18

(b) MANAGEMENT.—The Secretary shall manage the 19

Watershed Management Areas— 20

(1) in a manner consistent with the purposes 21

described in subsection (a); and 22

(2) in accordance with— 23

(A) the laws generally applicable to the 24

National Forest System; 25


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(B) this title; and 1

(C) any other applicable law. 2

(c) MANAGEMENT PLAN.— 3


after the date of enactment of this Act, the Sec-5

retary shall develop a management plan for the long- 6

term management of each Watershed Management 7

Area. 8


The Secretary shall prepare the management plan in 10

consultation and coordination with local and tribal 11

governments, the public, and the Public Lands Ini-12

tiative Planning and Implementation Advisory Com-13

mittee established under Division C of this Act. If 14

the Secretary does not incorporate recommendations 15

submitted by the State, local governments, and In-16

dian tribes into the management plans, the Sec-17

retary shall submit a written explanation before the 18

effective date of the management plan to the House 19

Committee on Natural Resources and Senate Com-20

mittee on Energy and Natural Resources outlining 21

the reasons for rejecting the recommendations. 22


(a) MOTORIZED VEHICLES.—Except in cases in 24

which motorized vehicles are needed for administrative 25


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purposes or to respond to an emergency, the use of motor-1

ized vehicles shall be permitted only on designated routes 2

within the Watershed Management Areas. 3

(b) NO EFFECT ON NON-FEDERAL LAND OR INTER-4




(c) ROAD CONSTRUCTION.—The Secretary shall be 8

permitted to construct roads for administrative or emer-9

gency purposes, or if a temporary road is needed to facili-10

tate forest management projects to protect or enhance wa-11

tersheds. The Secretary shall decommission any tem-12

porary road constructed under a project under this section 13

not later than three years after the date on which the for-14

est management project is completed. 15

(d) OVERSNOW VEHICLES.—Where permitted prior 16

to the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall 17

authorize the use of snowmobiles and other over snow ve-18

hicles within the Watershed Management Areas when 19

there is at least six inches of snow coverage. 20

(e) FIRE, INSECTS, AND DISEASE.—In accordance 21

with this title and in consultation with State, tribal, and 22

local government and water or irrigation districts who own 23

or control water resources within Watershed Management 24

Areas, the Secretary may carry out measures to prevent 25


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wildland fire and reduce hazardous fuels, insects, and dis-1

eases in the Watershed Management Areas to protect or 2

improve water quality or to maintain or restore the char-3

acteristics of ecosystem composition and structure. 4

(f) WILDLAND FIRE OPERATIONS.—Nothing in this 5

title precludes a Federal, State, or local agency from con-6

ducting wildfire management operations (including oper-7

ations using aircraft or mechanized equipment) in Water-8

shed Management Areas designated under section 301. 9

(g) POST-FIRE REHABILITATION.—The Secretary 10

may conduct post-fire rehabilitation in the Watershed 11

Management Areas, consistent with this title and in ac-12

cordance with applicable law. 13

(h) VEGETATION MANAGEMENT.—The Secretary 14

shall conduct vegetation management projects within the 15

Watershed Management Areas if projects protect or im-16

prove water quality or maintain or restore the characteris-17

tics of ecosystem composition and structure. 18

(i) FOREST MANAGEMENT.—Within the Watershed 19

Management Areas, timber harvesting may be used if the 20

primary purpose is to restore or improve forest health and 21

watershed function or to further the purposes described 22

in this title. 23

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(1) IN GENERAL.—Within the Watershed Man-1

agement Areas designated under section 301, the 2

grazing of livestock established before the date of 3

enactment of this Act shall continue subject to rea-4

sonable regulations as prescribed by the relevant 5

Secretary. 6







title. 13






unit months shall be authorized to graze as 19

range conditions allow or if range treatments 20

improve conditions. Animal Unit Months shall 21

only be diminished as a result of revisions in 22

the normal grazing and land management plan-23

ning and policy setting process. 24


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ignated by this title (including fences, place-3







provements or replacement of deteriorated fa-10

cilities in areas designated by this title is au-11

thorized if in accordance with the applicable 12

land management plan. 13






agent thereof. 19








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FOOD.—In instances in which historic grazing loca-2

tions, access, or use is disputed by the grazing per-3

mittee, data and information provided by the Utah 4

Department of Agriculture shall be given consider-5

ation by the Secretary to establish historic access, 6

locations, or use. 7

(k) EXISTING EASEMENTS AND RIGHTS-OF-WAY.— 8

Nothing in this title precludes the Secretary from renew-9

ing easements or rights-of-way in existence as of the date 10

of enactment of this Act, in accordance with this title and 11

existing law. 12

(l) ADJACENT MANAGEMENT.—Nothing in this title 13

creates a protective perimeter or buffer zone around a Wa-14

tershed Management Area designated by section 301. 15

(m) ACTIVITIES OUTSIDE WATERSHED MANAGE-16

MENT AREA.—The fact that an activity or use on land 17

outside a Watershed Management Area can be seen, 18

heard, felt or smelled within the Watershed Management 19

Area shall not preclude the activity or use outside the 20

boundary of the Watershed Management Area. 21

(n) OUTFITTING AND GUIDE ACTIVITIES.—Commer-22


tivities) within the Watershed Management Areas are au-24


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thorized to the extent necessary to realize the recreational 1

purposes of the areas. 2

(o) FISH AND WILDLIFE.—Nothing in this title af-3




and trapping within the Watershed Management Areas. 7

(p) ACCESS.—The Secretary shall provide the owner 8

of State, tribal or private property within the boundary 9

of a Watershed Management Areas access to the property. 10

(q) WILDLIFE WATER DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS.— 11



projects (including guzzlers) in the Watershed Manage-14

ment Areas are authorized. 15

(r) WATER RIGHTS.—Nothing in this title— 16

(1) shall constitute either an express or implied 17

reservation by the United States of any water rights 18

with respect to the Watershed Management Areas 19

designated by this title; 20

(2) affects any water rights in the State of 21

Utah existing on the date of enactment of this Act, 22

including any water rights held by the United 23

States; 24


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(3) establishes a precedent with regard to any 1

future Watershed Management Area designations; or 2

(4) shall restrict or prohibit the upstream diver-3

sion of water rights held under Utah State law. 4

(s) EXISTING WATER INFRASTRUCTURE.—Nothing 5

in this title shall be construed to limit motorized access 6

and road maintenance by local municipalities or irrigation 7

districts and other water right holders for those mainte-8

nance activities necessary to guarantee the continued via-9

bility of water resource facilities that currently exist or 10

which may be necessary in the future to prevent the deg-11

radation of the water supply in Watershed Management 12

Areas designated by section 301 subject to such reason-13

able regulations deemed necessary by the Secretary. 14

(t) WITHDRAWAL.—Subject to valid rights in exist-15

ence on the date of enactment of this title, the Federal 16

land within the Watershed Management Areas designated 17

by section 301 are withdrawn from— 18

(1) all forms of entry, appropriation, and dis-19

posal under the Federal land laws; 20


laws; and 22




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(u) ASHLEY SPRING AND DRY FORK.—The manage-1

ment plans for the Ashley Spring and Dry Fork manage-2

ment areas shall include provisions for the development 3

of containment ponds, water pipes, and other improve-4

ments to deliver water to the Ashley Valley should the flow 5

of Ashley Spring become diminished or impaired. 6

(v) WILDERNESS REVIEW.—The Secretary may not 7



agement of the Federal lands designated as Watershed 10

Management Areas in section 301 in a manner contrary 11

to this title. 12

TITLE IV—SPECIAL 13

MANAGEMENT AREAS 14

SEC. 401. HIGH UINTAS SPECIAL MANAGEMENT AREA. 15

(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Subject to valid existing 16

rights, the approximately 19,191 acres of the Ashley Na-17

tional Forest in Uintah and Duchesne County, Utah, as 18

generally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘Utah PLI High 19

Uintas Special Management Area Map’’ dated June 24, 20

2016, is established as the High Uintas Special Manage-21

ment Area. 22

(b) PURPOSES.—The purpose of the High Uintas 23

Special Management Area (hereinafter referred to in this 24

title as the ‘‘Area’’) are to maintain the natural values 25


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of the area and to allow for the continued use of oversnow 1

vehicles. 2

SEC. 402. HIGH UINTAS SPECIAL MANAGEMENT AREA MAP 3

AND LEGAL DESCRIPTION. 4

(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than two years after the 5

date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture 6

(hereinafter ‘‘Secretary’’ in this title) shall file a map and 7

legal description of the Area with the Committee on Nat-8

ural Resources of the House of Representatives and the 9

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Sen-10

ate. 11

(b) EFFECT.—The map and legal description pre-12

pared under paragraph (1) shall have the same force and 13

effect as if included in this title, except that the Secretary 14

may correct minor errors in the map or legal description 15

provided that prior to any modifications, clerical or typo-16

graphical changes, these changes are reported to the State 17

of Utah and the affected county. 18



inspection in the appropriate offices of the United States 21

Forest Service. 22


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SEC. 403. ADMINISTRATION OF THE HIGH UINTAS SPECIAL 1

MANAGEMENT AREA. 2

(a) ADMINISTRATION.—The Secretary shall admin-3

ister the Area in accordance with— 4

(1) the National Forest Management Act of 5

1976 (16 U.S.C. 1600 et seq.); 6

(2) this title; and 7

(3) other applicable laws. 8

(b) MANAGEMENT PLAN.— 9




term management of the Area. 13



consultation and coordination with State, local and 16

tribal governments, the public, and the Public Lands 17

Initiative Planning and Implementation Advisory 18

Committee established under Division C of this Act. 19

If the Secretary does not incorporate recommenda-20

tions submitted by the State, local governments, and 21

Indian tribes into the management plans, the Sec-22





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the reasons for rejecting the recommendations. 2

(3) USES.—The Secretary shall allow only such 3

uses of the Area that would further the purposes 4

outlined in subsection 401(b) and the following 5

guidelines: 6

(A) Maintain the existing, outstanding nat-7

ural values of the Area. 8

(B) Allow for the continued use and access 9

of oversnow vehicles, including snowmobiles. 10

(C) Allow for non-motorized recreational 11

opportunities to occur within the Area including 12

skiing, biking, hiking, fishing, hunting, horse-13

back riding, snowshoeing, and camping. 14

(D) Prohibit mineral development. 15

(E) Prohibit new permanent road construc-16

tion. 17

(F) Prohibit commercial timber harvesting. 18

SEC. 404. HIGH UINTAS SPECIAL MANAGEMENT AREA GEN-19

ERAL PROVISIONS. 20

(a) WITHDRAWALS.—Subject to valid existing rights, 21

all Federal land within the Area established under section 22

401 is withdrawn from— 23




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laws; and 2




with this title, the Secretary may take such measures in 6

the Area as are necessary for the control of fire, insects, 7

and disease (including the coordination of the activities 8

with a State or local agency). 9

(c) WILDLAND FIRE OPERATIONS.—Nothing in this 10



ations using aircraft or mechanized equipment) in the 13

Area designated under section 401. 14


(1) IN GENERAL.—Within the Area designated 16

under section 401, the grazing of livestock estab-17

lished before the date of enactment of this Act shall 18

continue subject to reasonable regulations as pre-19

scribed by the relevant Secretary. 20





in the areas designated by this section simply 25


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because an area is, or has been designated by 1

this title. 2














ignated by this section (including fences, place-16








cilities in areas designated by this section is au-24


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agent thereof. 8














(e) ADJACENT MANAGEMENT.— 22


a protective perimeter or buffer zone around the 24

Area. 25


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(2) ACTIVITIES OUTSIDE THE AREA.—The fact 1

that an activity or use on land outside the Area can 2

be seen, heard, felt or smelled within the Area shall 3

not preclude the activity or use outside the boundary 4

of the Area. 5

(f) OUTFITTING AND GUIDE ACTIVITIES.—Commer-6


tivities) within the Area are authorized to the extent nec-8

essary to realize the recreational purposes of the areas. 9

(g) FISH AND WILDLIFE.—Nothing in this section 10

affects the jurisdiction of the State of Utah with respect 11



and trapping and use of helicopters to maintain healthy 14

wildlife populations, within the Area. 15

(h) ACCESS.—The Secretary shall provide the owner 16

of State or private property within the boundary of the 17

Area. 18

(i) WILDLIFE WATER DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS.— 19



projects (including guzzlers) in the Area are authorized. 22

(j) WATER RIGHTS.— 23


this title— 25


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water rights with respect to the High Uintas 3

Special Management Area; 4


Utah existing on the date of enactment of this 6

Act; 7


any future special management areas designa-9

tions; or 10



law. 13

(2) UTAH WATER LAW.—The Secretary shall 14

follow the procedural and substantive requirements 15

of State law to obtain and hold any water rights not 16

in existence on the date of the enactment of this Act 17

with respect to the Area. 18

(3) EFFECTS ON STATE WATER RIGHTS.—The 19

Secretary shall not take any action that adversely 20

affects— 21

(A) any water rights granted by the State; 22

(B) the authority of the State in adjudi-23

cating water rights; 24


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(C) definitions established by the State 1

with respect to the term ‘‘beneficial use’’ or 2

‘‘priority of rights’’; 3

(D) terms and conditions for groundwater 4

withdrawal; 5

(E) the use of groundwater resources that 6

are in accordance with State law; or 7

(F) other rights or obligations of the State 8

as established under State law. 9


(A) Nothing in this title shall be construed 11

to limit off-highway vehicle access and road 12

maintenance by local municipalities, water dis-13

tricts or irrigation districts, for those mainte-14

nance activities necessary to guarantee the con-15

tinued viability of water resource facilities that 16

currently exist or which may be necessary in 17

the future to prevent the degradation of the 18

water supply in the Area. 19

(B) Nothing in this title shall be construed 20

to encumber, transfer, impair, or limit any 21

water right, or recognized beneficial use, includ-22

ing access to, development, and use of livestock 23

water rights as defined by State law. 24


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(k) PERMANENT ROAD CONSTRUCTION.—After the 1

date of enactment of this Act, except as necessary for ad-2

ministrative purposes or to respond to an emergency, the 3

Secretary shall not construct any permanent road within 4

the Area. 5

(l) TEMPORARY ROAD CONSTRUCTION.—The Sec-6

retary is authorized to construct temporary passenger ve-7

hicle roads for administrative or emergency purposes. The 8

Secretary shall decommission any temporary road con-9

structed under this subsection not later than 3 years after 10

the date the road is constructed. 11

(m) USE OF OFF-HIGHWAY OR MOTORIZED VEHI-12

CLES.—Except as necessary to meet the minimum require-13

ments for the administration of the Area and to protect 14

public health and safety, the use of off-highway vehicle 15

or motorized vehicles is prohibited. 16

(n) COMMERCIAL TIMBER HARVESTING.—Commer-17

cial timber harvesting within the Area is prohibited. 18

(o) OVERSNOW VEHICLES.—The Secretary of Agri-19

culture shall authorize the use of snowmobiles and other 20

oversnow vehicles within the High Uintas Special Manage-21

ment Area when there is at least six inches of snow cov-22

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SEC. 405. LITTLE WEST FORK BLACKS FORK SPECIAL MAN-1

AGEMENT AREA. 2


rights, the approximately 8,231 acres of the Wasatch 4

Cache National Forest in Summit County, Utah as gen-5

erally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘Utah PLI Little West 6

Fork Blacks Special Management Area Map’’ dated June 7

24, 2016, is established as the ‘‘Little West Fork Blacks 8

Fork Special Management Area’’. 9

(b) MAP AND LEGAL DESCRIPTION.— 10


enactment of this Act, the shall file a map and legal 12

description of the Little West Fork Blacks Fork 13

Special Management Area with the Committee on 14

Natural Resources of the House of Representatives 15

and the Committee on Energy and Natural Re-16

sources and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutri-17

tion, and Forestry of the Senate. 18




that the Secretary may correct minor errors in the 22

map or legal description provided that prior to any 23

modifications, clerical or typographical changes, 24

these changes are reported to the State of Utah and 25

the affected county. 26


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SEC. 406. ADMINISTRATION OF LITTLE WEST FORK BLACKS 5

FORK SPECIAL MANAGEMENT AREA. 6

(a) PURPOSE.—The purpose of the Little West Fork 7

Blacks Fork Special Management Area is to manage, 8

maintain, and restore watershed and ecosystem function 9

and aquatic habitat within the Area. 10

(b) ADMINISTRATION.—The Secretary shall admin-11

ister the Little West Fork Blacks Fork Special Manage-12

ment Area— 13

(1) in a manner that promotes, protects, and 14

manages the resources of the Little West Fork 15

Blacks Fork Special Management Area described in 16

subsection (a); and 17

(2) in accordance with— 18

(A) the National Forest Management Act 19

of 1976 (16 U.S.C. 1600 et seq.); 20


(C) other applicable laws. 22

(c) MANAGEMENT PLAN.— 23




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term management of the Little West Fork Blacks 2

Fork Special Management Area. 3



consultation and coordination with local and tribal 6

governments, the public, and the Public Lands Ini-7

tiative Planning and Implementation Advisory Com-8

mittee established under Division C of this Act. If 9

the Secretary of the Interior does not incorporate 10

recommendations submitted by the State, local gov-11

ernments, and Indian tribes into the management 12

plans, the Secretary shall submit a written expla-13

nation before the effective date of the management 14

plan to the House Committee on Natural Resources 15

and Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Re-16

sources outlining the reasons for rejecting the rec-17

ommendations of the State, local governments and 18

tribes. 19

(d) USES.—The Secretary shall allow only such uses 20

of the special management area that would further the 21

purposes outlined in subsection (a) and the following: 22

(1) Include skiing, biking, hiking, fishing, hunt-23

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riding, off-highway vehicle use, snowshoeing, and 1

camping. 2

(2) Allow for reintroduction of native flora 3

(land and aquatic), bird, fish and animal fauna in 4

Little West Fork Blacks Fork Special Management 5

Area. 6

(3) Restore watershed function and health and 7

re-establish ecosystem health in areas damaged or 8

threatened by insects and disease. 9

(4) Restore the balance of the ecosystem health 10

damaged or threatened by overpopulation of any 11

plant, aquatic or animal species. 12

(5) Allow hazardous fuels reduction and forest 13

health treatments to restore watershed and eco-14

system function, reduce hazardous fuels, and to pro-15

tect property in the wildland urban interface. 16

SEC. 407. LITTLE WEST FORK BLACKS FORK SPECIAL MAN-17

AGEMENT AREA GENERAL PROVISIONS. 18

(a) OFF-HIGHWAY VEHICLES.— 19

(1) IN GENERAL.—Except in cases in which off- 20

highway vehicles are needed for administrative pur-21

poses or to respond to an emergency, the use of off- 22

highway vehicles shall be permitted only on des-23

ignated routes within the Little West Fork Blacks 24

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(2) MANAGEMENT.—The Secretary shall man-1

age existing designated routes in a manner that— 2

(A) is consistent with off-highway vehicle 3

and mechanized use of the designated routes 4

authorized under the applicable travel manage-5

ment plan; 6

(B) does not significantly damage des-7

ignated critical habitat or cultural resources; 8

and 9

(C) does not interfere with private prop-10

erty or water rights. 11

(3) CLOSURE.—The Secretary, in consultation 12

with the State and affected County, may temporarily 13

close or permanently reroute, subject to paragraph 14

(4), a route if the Secretary determines that— 15

(A) the route is significantly damaging 16

designated critical habitat or cultural resources; 17

(B) the route threatens public safety; 18

(C) closure of the route is necessary to re-19

pair damage to the designated route; or 20

(D) closure of the route is necessary to re-21

pair resource damage. 22

(4) REROUTING.—Portions of the designated 23

route that are temporarily closed may be perma-24


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nently rerouted by utilizing a previously closed route 1

or constructing a new route. 2

(5) NOTICE.—The Secretary shall provide infor-3

mation to the public regarding any designated routes 4

that are open, have been rerouted, or are tempo-5

rarily or permanently closed through— 6

(A) use of appropriate signage within the 7


(B) use of the Internet and Web resources. 9

(b) NO EFFECT ON NON-FEDERAL LAND OR INTER-10

ESTS IN NON-FEDERAL LAND.—Nothing in this section 11

affects ownership, management, or other rights relating 12

to non-Federal land or interests in non-Federal land. 13

(c) PERMANENT ROAD CONSTRUCTION.—Except as 14

necessary for administrative purposes or to respond to an 15

emergency, the Secretary shall not construct any perma-16

nent roads within the Little West Fork Blacks Fork Spe-17

cial Management Area after the date of enactment of this 18

Act. 19

(d) TEMPORARY ROAD CONSTRUCTION.—The Sec-20

retary shall be permitted to construct temporary roads to 21

implement the purposes of the area, including constructing 22

temporary roads for fuel reduction, forest health treat-23

ments and prescribed burns. The Secretary shall decom-24

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under this section not later than three years after the date 1

on which the forest management project is completed. 2

(e) OVERSNOW VEHICLES.—The Secretary shall au-3

thorize the use of snowmobiles and other oversnow vehicles 4

within the Little West Fork Blacks Fork Special Manage-5

ment Area when there is at least six inches of snow cov-6

erage. 7

(f) FIRE, INSECTS, AND DISEASE.—In accordance 8

with this section, the Secretary may— 9

(1) carry out measures to manage wildland fire 10

and treat hazardous fuels, insects, and diseases in 11

the Little West Fork Blacks Fork Special Manage-12

ment Area; and 13

(2) coordinate those measures with the appro-14

priate State or local agency. 15

(g) WILDLAND FIRE OPERATIONS.—Nothing in this 16




Area designated under section 405. 20

(h) LIVESTOCK GRAZING.— 21

(1) IN GENERAL.—Within the Little West Fork 22

Blacks Fork Special Management Area, the grazing 23

of livestock in which grazing is established before 24

the date of enactment of this Act shall continue sub-25


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ject to reasonable regulations as prescribed by the 1

relevant Secretary. 2





in the areas designated by section 405 simply 7

because an area is or has been designated. 8


graze in areas designated by section 405 shall 10

continue at approximate stocking levels pre-11

scribed in the grazing permit that existed on 12

January 1, 2016, and additional or suspended 13

animal unit months shall be authorized to graze 14

as range conditions allow or if range treatments 15







ignated by section 405 (including fences, place-22





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cilities in areas designated by section 405 is au-5








agent thereof. 13













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(i) EXISTING EASEMENTS AND RIGHTS-OF-WAY.— 3


ing easements or rights-of-way in existence as of the date 5


existing law. 7

(j) ADJACENT MANAGEMENT.— 8


a protective perimeter or buffer zone around the Lit-10

tle West Fork Blacks Fork Special Management 11

Area designated by section 405. 12

(2) ACTIVITIES OUTSIDE SPECIAL MANAGE-13

MENT AREA.—The fact that an activity or use on 14

land outside the Little West Fork Blacks Fork Spe-15

cial Management Area can be seen, heard, felt or 16

smelled within the Little West Fork Blacks Fork 17

Special Management Area shall not preclude the ac-18

tivity or use outside the boundary of Little West 19

Fork Blacks Fork Special Management Area. 20

(k) OUTFITTING AND GUIDE ACTIVITIES.—As per-21

mitted as of January 1, 2016, commercial services (includ-22

ing authorized outfitting and guide activities) within the 23

Little West Fork Blacks Special Management Area are 24


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authorized to the extent necessary to realize the rec-1

reational purposes of the areas. 2

(l) FISH AND WILDLIFE.—Nothing in this section af-3




and trapping within the Little West Fork Blacks Fork 7

Special Management Area. 8

(m) ACCESS.—Consistent with the purposes of sec-9

tion 406(a), and as authorized as of the date of enactment 10

of this section, the Secretary shall provide the owner of 11

State, tribal, or private property within the boundary of 12

the Little West Fork Blacks Fork Special Management 13

Area access to the property. 14

(n) WATER RIGHTS.— 15


this title— 17



water rights with respect to the Little West 20

Fork Blacks Fork Special Management Areas 21

designated by section 405; 22


Utah; 24


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any future Special Management Areas designa-2

tions; or 3



law. 6





with respect to the Little West Fork Blacks Fork 11

Special Management Areas. 12



affects— 15








withdrawal; 23




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Nothing in this section shall be construed to— 4

(A) limit off-highway vehicle access and 5

road maintenance by local municipalities, irriga-6

tion districts, or water districts for those main-7

tenance activities necessary to guarantee the 8

continued viability of water resource facilities 9

that currently exist or which may be necessary 10

in the future to prevent the degradation of the 11

water supply in the Little West Fork Blacks 12

Fork Special Management Area designated by 13

section 405; and 14

(B) encumber, transfer, impair, or limit 15

any water right, or recognized beneficial use, in-16

cluding access to, development, and use of live-17

stock water rights as defined by State law. 18

(o) VEGETATION MANAGEMENT.—Consistent with 19

the purposes of the Little West Fork Blacks Fork Special 20

Management Area, nothing in this section prevents the 21

Secretary from conducting vegetation management 22

projects within the Little West Fork Blacks Fork Special 23

Management Area. 24


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(p) COMMERCIAL TIMBER HARVEST.—Consistent 1

with the purposes of the Little West Fork Blacks Fork 2

Special Management Area commercial timber harvest is 3

authorized if the primary purpose of harvest is to restore 4

or improve forest resiliency and watershed function or to 5

further the purposes described in section 405. 6

(q) WITHDRAWAL.—Subject to valid existing rights, 7

the Federal land within the Little West Fork Blacks Fork 8

Special Management Area designated by section 405 are 9

withdrawn from— 10




laws; and 14



SEC. 408. DESOLATION CANYON, NINE MILE CANYON, 17

WHITE RIVER AND BOOKS CLIFFS SPORTS-18

MEN’S SPECIAL MANAGEMENT AREAS. 19


rights, the following areas in the State of Utah are hereby 21

established as Special Management Areas: 22

(1) DESOLATION CANYON.—Certain Federal 23

land, comprising approximately 8,770 acres adminis-24

tered by the Bureau of Land Management in Carbon 25


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June 30, 2016, to be known as the ‘‘Desolation Can-3

yon Special Management Area’’. 4

(2) NINE MILE CANYON.—Certain Federal land, 5

comprising approximately 41,301 acres; 26,210 6

acres in Carbon County and 15,091 acres in 7

Duchesne County administered by the Bureau of 8

Land Management in Carbon County and Duchesne 9



June 30, 2016, to be known as the ‘‘Nine Mile Can-12

yon Special Management Area’’. 13

(3) WHITE RIVER.—Certain Federal land, com-14

prising approximately 15,790 acres administered by 15

the Bureau of Land Management in Uintah County 16

as generally depicted on the map entitled Utah PLI 17

Special Management Area Map dated June 30, 18

2016, to be known as the ‘‘White River Special 19

Management Area’’. 20

(4) BOOKS CLIFFS SPORTSMENS.—Certain Fed-21

eral land, comprising approximately 42,351 acres 22

administered by the Bureau of Land Management in 23


titled Utah PLI Special Management Area Map 25


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dated June 30, 2016, is established as ‘‘Book Cliffs 1

Sportsmens Special Management Area’’. 2

(b) PURPOSES.—The purposes of the Desolation 3

Canyon, Nine Mile Canyon, and White River Special Man-4

agement Areas (hereinafter referred to as the ‘‘Areas’’) 5

established under subsection (a) is to— 6

(1) protect, conserve, and enhance the unique 7

and nationally important historic, cultural, scientific, 8

scenic, recreational, archaeological, natural, and edu-9

cational resources of the Areas; 10

(2) maintain and enhance cooperative and inno-11

vative management practices between resource man-12

agers, private landowners, and the public in the 13

Areas; and 14

(3) recognize and maintains historic uses of the 15

Areas. 16

(c) BOOKS CLIFFS SPORTSMENS SPECIAL MANAGE-17

MENT AREA PURPOSES.—The purpose of the Book Cliffs 18

Sportsmens Special Management Area (hereinto referred 19

to as the ‘‘Book Cliffs Area’’) is to protect hunting and 20

fishing opportunities and habitat, manage and restore fish 21

and wildlife habitat, and facilitate hunting and fishing op-22

portunities in a natural environment. 23


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SEC. 409. DESOLATION CANYON, NINE MILE CANYON, 1

WHITE RIVER AND BOOKS CLIFFS SPORTS-2

MEN’S SPECIAL MANAGEMENT AREA MAP 3

AND LEGAL DESCRIPTION. 4


date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior 6

(hereinafter referred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’) shall file a 7

map and legal description of the Areas and the Books 8

Cliffs Area with the Committee on Natural Resources of 9

the House of Representatives and the Committee on En-10

ergy and Natural Resources of the Senate. 11


pared under subsection (a) shall have the same force and 13

effect as if included in this section, except that the Sec-14

retary may correct minor errors in the map or legal de-15

scription provided that prior to any modifications, clerical 16

or typographical changes, these changes are reported to 17

the State of Utah and the affected county. 18



inspection in the appropriate offices of the Bureau of 21

Land Management. 22


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SEC. 410. ADMINISTRATION OF THE DESOLATION CANYON, 1

NINE MILE CANYON, AND WHITE RIVER SPE-2

CIAL MANAGEMENT AREAS. 3

(a) PLAN REQUIRED.—Not later than two years after 4

the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall de-5

velop a management plan for the long-term management 6

of each of the Areas. 7

(b) RECOMMENDATIONS AND CONSULTATION.—The 8

Secretary shall prepare the management plans in consulta-9

tion and coordination with the State, local and tribal gov-10

ernments, the public, and the Public Lands Initiative 11

Planning and Implementation Advisory Committee estab-12

lished under Division C of this Act. If the Secretary does 13

not incorporate recommendations submitted by the State, 14

local, and Indian tribes into the management plans, the 15

Secretary shall submit a written explanation before the ef-16

fective date of the management plan to the House Com-17

mittee on Natural Resources and Senate Committee on 18

Energy and Natural Resources outlining the reasons for 19

rejecting the recommendations. 20

SEC. 411. DESOLATION CANYON, NINE MILE CANYON, AND 21

WHITE RIVER SPECIAL MANAGEMENT AREA 22

GENERAL PROVISIONS. 23

(a) APPLICABILITY.—The general provisions of sec-24

tion 204 shall apply to the Areas. 25


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(b) EXCEPTION.—The withdrawal provided by 204(a) 1

shall not apply to the Desolation Canyon Special Manage-2

ment Area, White River Special Management Area, and 3

the Nine Mile Canyon Special Management Area. 4

(c) OIL AND GAS LEASING.—The Secretary may 5

lease oil and gas resources in accordance with the Mineral 6

Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 181 et seq.) subject to the fol-7

lowing conditions: 8

(1) The minerals may be accessed only by direc-9

tional drilling from a lease held on the date of enact-10

ment of this Act and accessed through surface estate 11

that is adjacent to, and outside of, the Areas. 12

(2) The lease shall prohibit surface occupancy 13

and surface disturbance for any mineral activities 14

within the Areas. 15

(d) NINE MILE CANYON ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS.— 16

(1) Energy development, including access needs 17

for energy development, within the Nine Mile Can-18

yon Special Management Area shall be allowed 19

under the terms of the West Tavaputs Plateau 20

Project Final Environmental Impact Statement and 21

Record of Decision of July 2, 2010. 22

(2) Upon enactment of this section, the current 23

Area of Critical Environmental Concern designation 24

made under FLPMA (site) shall be permanently re-25


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moved from the Nine Mile Canyon Special Manage-1

ment Area. 2

SEC. 412. BOOK CLIFFS SPORTSMENS SPECIAL MANAGE-3

MENT AREA ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS. 4

(a) MANAGEMENT PLAN.—Not later than two years 5

after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 6

the Interior (hereinto referred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’) shall 7

develop a management plan for the long-term manage-8

ment of the Book Cliffs Area. 9


The Secretary of the Interior shall prepare the man-11

agement plan in consultation and coordination with 12

the Advisory Council described in subsection (d) 13

below. If the Secretary of the Interior does not in-14

corporate the recommendations submitted by the 15

Advisory Council into the management plan the Sec-16

retary of the Interior shall submit a written expla-17

nation before the effective date of the management 18

plan to the House Committee on Natural Resources 19

and Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Re-20

sources outlining the reasons for rejecting the rec-21

ommendations of the Advisory Council. 22

(2) REQUIREMENTS.—The management plan 23

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(3) USES.—The Secretary shall only allow such 1

uses of the Books Cliffs Area that would further the 2

purposes of the Books Cliffs Area. 3

(b) VEGETATION MANAGEMENT.—Within the Book 4

Cliffs Area, the Secretary may authorize vegetation man-5

agement, including mechanical treatments, to the extent 6

necessary to control fire, insects, or disease or to promote 7

and improve wildlife habitat and diversity as consistent 8

with the purposes of the Book Cliffs Area. 9

(c) MINERAL LEASING.—the Secretary may lease oil 10

and gas resources in accordance with the Mineral Leasing 11

Act (30 U.S.C. 181 et seq.) in the Books Cliffs Area sub-12

ject to the following conditions: 13

(1) The area may be accessed only by direc-14

tional drilling from a lease held on the date of enact-15

ment of this Act on surface estate that is adjacent 16

to, and outside of, the Books Cliffs Area. 17

(2) The Books Cliff Area may be accessed only 18

by directional drilling if the mineral lease entered 19

into includes a non-waivable stipulation prohibiting 20

surface occupancy and surface disturbance for any 21

mineral activities within the Books Cliffs Area. 22

(d) WILDERNESS REVIEW.—The Secretary may not 23




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agement of Federal lands designated under section 408 1

in a manner contrary to this title. 2

SEC. 413. BOOK CLIFFS SPORTSMEN’S SPECIAL MANAGE-3

MENT AREA ADVISORY COMMITTEE. 4

(a) ESTABLISHMENT AND PURPOSE OF THE BOOK 5

CLIFFS SPORTSMEN’S SPECIAL MANAGEMENT AREA AD-6

VISORY COMMITTEE.— 7

(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary of the In-8

terior shall establish and maintain the Book Cliffs 9

Sportsmen’s Special Management Area Advisory 10

Committee (referred to in this title as the ‘‘Book 11

Cliffs Advisory Committee’’) to perform the duties in 12

subsection (b). 13

(2) PURPOSE.—The purpose of the Book Cliffs 14

Advisory Committee is to advise the Secretary of the 15

Interior on the Book Cliffs Special Management 16

Area. 17

(b) DUTIES.—The Book Cliffs Advisory Committee 18

shall advise the Secretary of the Interior with regard to— 19

(1) implementation of the Book Cliffs Special 20

Management Area Management Plan; and 21

(2) administration of the Book Cliffs Special 22

Management Area. 23

(c) APPOINTMENT BY THE SECRETARY.— 24


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(1) APPOINTMENT AND TERM.—The Secretary 1

of the Interior shall appoint the members of the 2

Book Cliffs Advisory Committee for a term of 5 3

years beginning on the date of appointment. The 4

Secretary of the Interior may not reappoint mem-5

bers to more than three terms. 6

(2) BASIC REQUIREMENTS.—The Secretary of 7

the Interior shall ensure that the Book Cliffs Advi-8

sory Committee established meets the requirements 9

of subsection (d). 10

(3) INITIAL APPOINTMENT.—The Secretary of 11

the Interior shall make initial appointments to the 12

Book Cliffs Advisory Committee not later than 180 13

days after the date of the enactment of this Act. 14

(4) VACANCIES.—The Secretary of the Interior 15

shall make appointments to fill vacancies on the 16

Book Cliffs Advisory Committee as soon as prac-17

ticable after the vacancy has occurred. 18

(5) COMPENSATION.—Members of the Book 19

Cliffs Advisory Committee shall not receive any com-20

pensation. 21

(d) COMPOSITION OF BOOK CLIFFS ADVISORY COM-22

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(1) NUMBER.—The Book Cliffs Advisory Com-1

mittee shall be comprised of no more than 11 mem-2

bers. 3

(2) COMMUNITY INTERESTS REPRESENTED.— 4

Book Cliffs Advisory Committee members shall re-5

side in the State of Utah and be representative of 6

the following members: 7

(A) State Division of Wildlife Resources 8

Director or one designee. 9

(B) Game bird hunting organization. 10

(C) Wildlife conservation organization. 11

(D) Big game hunting organization. 12

(E) Cold water fishing organization. 13

(F) Tourism, outfitter, or guiding indus-14

try. 15

(G) Hunting or shooting equipment retail 16

industry. 17

(H) Ute Tribe. 18

(I) Forest or rangeland management spe-19

cialist. 20

(J) Ranching industry in Uintah County. 21

(K) Uintah County Commission Chairman 22

or designee. 23

(3) PRESERVATION OF PUBLIC ADVISORY STA-24

TUS.—No individual serving under section 402 may 25


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be an officer or employee of the Federal Government 1

or State of Utah Government. 2

(4) BALANCED REPRESENTATION.—In appoint-3

ing Book Cliffs Advisory Committee members from 4

the two categories in section 402, the Secretary of 5

the Interior shall provide for balanced and broad 6

representation from within each category. 7

(5) CHAIRPERSON.—The Secretary of the Inte-8

rior shall select the chairperson of the Book Cliffs 9

Advisory Committee for a term of 5 years beginning 10

on the date of appointment. 11

(e) ANNUAL BOOK CLIFFS ADVISORY COMMITTEE 12

REPORT.— 13

(1) REPORT SUBMISSION.—The Book Cliffs Ad-14

visory Committee shall submit a report no later than 15

September 30 of each year to the Secretary of the 16

Interior, the Committee on Natural Resources of the 17

House of Representatives, and the Committee on 18

Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate. 19

If the Book Cliffs Advisory Committee cannot meet 20

the September 30 deadline in any year, the Sec-21

retary of the Interior shall advise the Chair of each 22

such Committee of the reasons for such delay and 23

the date on which the submission of the report is an-24

ticipated. 25


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(2) CONTENTS.—The report required by para-1

graph (1) shall describe— 2

(A) the activities of the Book Cliffs Advi-3

sory Committee during the preceding year; 4

(B) the reports and recommendations 5

made by the Book Cliffs Advisory Committee to 6

the Secretary of the Interior during the pre-7

ceding year; and 8

(C) an accounting of actions taken by the 9

Secretary of the Interior as a result of the rec-10

ommendations. 11

(f) OTHER BOOK CLIFFS ADVISORY COMMITTEE AU-12

THORITIES AND REQUIREMENTS.— 13

(1) STAFF ASSISTANCE.—The Book Cliffs Advi-14

sory Committee may submit to the Secretary of the 15

Interior a request for periodic staff assistance from 16

Federal employees under the jurisdiction of the Sec-17

retary. 18

(2) MEETINGS.— 19

(A) FREQUENCY.—The Book Cliffs Advi-20

sory Committee shall meet at the call of the 21

Secretary of the Interior, the Chairperson, or a 22

majority of the members. Meetings shall be held 23

no fewer than 1 time a year. A majority must 24


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be present to constitute an official meeting of 1

the Book Cliffs Advisory Committee. 2

(B) OPEN MEETINGS.—All meetings of the 3

Book Cliffs Advisory Committee shall be an-4

nounced at least one week in advance in publi-5

cations of general circulation and shall be open 6

to the public. 7

(3) RECORDS.—The Book Cliffs Advisory Com-8

mittee shall maintain records of the meetings of the 9

Book Cliffs Advisory Committee and make the 10

records available for public inspection. 11

TITLE V—ARCHES NATIONAL 12

PARK EXPANSION 13

SEC. 501. ARCHES NATIONAL PARK EXPANSION. 14

Section 1 of Public Law 92–155 is amended— 15

(1) by inserting the following after paragraph 16

(2)— 17

‘‘(3) Effective on the date of enactment of the 18

Utah Public Lands Initiative Act, the boundary of 19

the park shall include the area consisting of approxi-20

mately 18,779 acres and depicted as Arches Expan-21

sion on the map entitled ‘Utah PLI Park and Monu-22

ment Map’ dated June 24, 2016.’’; 23

(2) by redesignating paragraph (3) as para-24

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(3) in paragraph (4), as so designated by para-1

graph (2) of this provision, by striking ‘‘(1) and (2)’’ 2

and inserting instead ‘‘(1), (2), and (3)’’. 3

TITLE VI—JURASSIC NATIONAL 4

MONUMENT 5

SEC. 601. JURASSIC NATIONAL MONUMENT. 6

(a) PURPOSES.—To conserve, interpret, and enhance 7

for the benefit of present and future generations the pale-8

ontological, scientific, educational, and recreational re-9

sources, there is established in Emery County, Utah, sub-10

ject to valid existing rights, the Jurassic National Monu-11

ment (hereinafter referred to in this title as the ‘‘Monu-12

ment’’). 13

(b) BOUNDARIES.—The Monument shall consist of 14

approximately 867 acres of Federal land in Emery Coun-15

ty, Utah as generally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘Utah 16

PLI Park and Monument Map’’ dated June 24, 2016, to 17

be known as the ‘‘Jurassic National Monument’’. 18

(c) MAP AND LEGAL DESCRIPTION.— 19


enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior 21

(hereinafter referred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’) shall file 22

a map and legal description of the Monument with 23

the Committee on Natural Resources of the House 24


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of Representatives and the Committee on Energy 1

and Natural Resources of the Senate. 2



force and effect as if included in this section, except 5

that the Secretary may correct minor errors in the 6

map or legal description provided that prior to any 7

modifications, clerical or typographical changes, 8

these changes are reported to the State of Utah and 9

the affected county. 10




Bureau of Land Management. 14

(d) ACQUISITION OF LAND.— 15

(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may acquire 16

land or interests in land within the boundaries of the 17

Monument only by donation, exchange, transfer 18

from another agency, or purchase from a willing sell-19

er. 20


State, not later than two years after the date of en-22

actment of this Act, the Secretary shall complete ex-23

changes for State land located within the boundaries 24

of the Monument designated by this title. 25


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(3) NO CONDEMNATION.—Within the Monu-1

ment designated by this section the use of eminent 2

domain or condemnation shall be prohibited. 3

(e) WITHDRAWALS.—Subject to valid existing rights, 4

any land within the Monument or any land or interest in 5

land that is acquired by the United States for inclusion 6

in the Monument after the date of enactment of this sec-7

tion is withdrawn from— 8

(1) entry, appropriation, or disposal under the 9

Federal land laws; 10


laws; and 12

(3) operation of the mineral leasing laws, geo-13

thermal leasing laws, and minerals materials laws. 14

(f) MANAGEMENT PLAN.— 15




term management of the Monument, including con-19

sideration of enhanced transportation routes, out-20

door recreation planning, and promotion of scientific 21

research. 22



consultation and coordination with State, local and 25


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tribal governments, the public, and the Public Lands 1

Initiative Planning and Implementation Advisory 2

Committee established under Division C of this Act. 3

If the Secretary does not incorporate recommenda-4

tions submitted by the State, local governments, and 5

Indian tribes into the management plans, the Sec-6





the reasons for rejecting the recommendations of the 11

State and local governments and tribes. 12

(3) USES.—The Secretary shall allow only such 13

uses of the Monument that would further the pur-14

poses outlined in subsection (a). 15

(g) ADMINISTRATION.—The Secretary shall admin-16

ister the Monument in accordance with— 17

(1) the management plan; and 18

(2) any other applicable laws. 19

(h) ADJACENT MANAGEMENT.— 20



Monument designated by this section. 23

(2) ACTIVITIES OUTSIDE MONUMENT.—The 24

fact that an activity or use on land outside the 25


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Monument can be seen, heard, felt or smelled within 1

the Monument shall not preclude the activity or use 2

outside the boundary of the Monument. 3

TITLE VII—WILD AND SCENIC 4

RIVERS 5

SEC. 701. WILD AND SCENIC RIVERS. 6

(a) ADDITIONS.—Section 3(a) of the Wild and Scenic 7

Rivers Act (16 U.S.C. 1274(a)) is amended by adding at 8

the end the following: 9

‘‘(213) COLORADO RIVER.—The following seg-10

ments in the State of Utah, to be administered by 11

the Secretary of the Interior as follows: 12

‘‘(A) The approximately 12.6 mile segment 13

in Grand County as generally depicted on the 14

Utah PLI Wild and Scenic River Map dated 15

July 11, 2016, as a wild river. 16

‘‘(B) The approximately 12.6 mile segment 17



June 11, 2016, as a scenic river. 20

‘‘(C) The approximately 52.2 mile segment 21



June 11, 2016, as a recreational river. 24


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‘‘(D) The approximately 27.1 mile segment 1




‘‘(214) DOLORES RIVER.—The following seg-5

ments in the State of Utah, to be administered by 6

the Secretary of the Interior as follows: 7

‘‘(A) The approximately 5.6 mile segment 8




‘‘(B) The approximately 5.8 mile segment 12




‘‘(C) The approximately 11.5 mile segment 16




‘‘(215) GREEN RIVER.—The following segments 20

in the State of Utah, to be administered by the Sec-21

retary of the Interior as follows: 22

‘‘(A) The approximately 69.5 mile river 23

segment in Uintah, Carbon, Emery, and Grand 24

Counties as generally depicted on the Utah PLI 25


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Wild and Scenic River Map dated June 11, 1

2016, as a as a scenic river. 2

‘‘(B) The approximately 19.2 mile river 3

segment in Emery and Grand Counties as gen-4

erally depicted on the Utah PLI Wild and Sce-5

nic River Map dated June 11, 2016, as a wild 6

river. 7

‘‘(C) The approximately 8.5 mile river seg-8

ment in Emery and Grand Counties as gen-9


nic River Map dated June 11, 2016, as a rec-11

reational river. 12

‘‘(D) The approximately 109.4 mile river 13

segment in Emery and Grand Counties as gen-14


nic River Map dated July 11, 2016, as a scenic 16

river. 17

‘‘(216) DARK CANYON.—The approximately 6.3 18

mile river segment in San Juan County as generally 19

depicted on the Utah PLI Wild and Scenic River 20

Map dated July 11, 2016, as a wild river. 21

‘‘(217) SAN JUAN RIVER.—The approximately 22

17.2 mile river segment in San Juan County as gen-23

erally depicted on the Utah PLI Wild and Scenic 24

River Map dated July 11, 2016, as a wild river.’’. 25


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(b) ADJACENT MANAGEMENT.— 1


a protective perimeter or buffer zone around a wild 3

and scenic river designated by this title. 4

(2) ACTIVITIES OUTSIDE WILD AND SCENIC 5

RIVER.—The fact that an activity or use on land 6

outside a wild and scenic river designated under this 7

title can be seen, heard, felt or smelled within the 8

wild and scenic river shall not preclude the activity 9

or use outside the boundary of the wild and scenic 10

river. 11

(c) ACQUISITION.—The Secretary of the Interior may 12

acquire land or interest in land within the boundaries of 13

the wild and scenic river areas designated by this title only 14

by donation, exchange, or transfer from another agency. 15

(d) NO CONDEMNATION.—Within the areas des-16

ignated by this title the use of eminent domain or con-17

demnation shall be prohibited. 18

(e) OUTFITTING AND GUIDE ACTIVITIES.—Commer-19


tivities) within the wild and scenic rivers designated by 21

this title are authorized to the extent necessary to realize 22

the recreational purposes of the areas. 23

(f) MAPS AND LEGAL DESCRIPTION.— 24


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(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than two years 1


retary of the Interior shall file a map and legal de-3

scription of the river segments designated by this 4

title with the Committee on Natural Resources of 5

the House of Representatives and the Committee on 6

Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate. 7




that the Secretary of the Interior may correct minor 11

errors in the map or legal description and provided 12

that prior to any modifications, clerical or typo-13

graphical changes, these changes are reported to the 14

State of Utah and the affected counties. 15




Bureau of Land Management. 19


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TITLE VIII—ASHLEY KARST NA-1

TIONAL GEOLOGIC AND REC-2

REATION AREA 3

SEC. 801. ASHLEY KARST NATIONAL GEOLOGIC AND REC-4

REATION AREA. 5


rights, including the rights of a tribe, the approximately 7

110,838 acres generally depicted on the map entitled Utah 8

PLI Special Management Area Map dated June 30, 2016, 9

are hereby established as the ‘‘Ashley Karst National Geo-10

logic and Recreation Area’’. 11

(b) PURPOSES.—The purposes of the Ashley Karst 12

National Geologic and Recreation Area (hereinto referred 13

to in this title as the ‘‘Area’’) are to provide recreational 14

opportunities, protection and management of water re-15

sources, utilization of commercial forest products and 16

withdrawal of minerals from development. 17



date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture 20

(hereinafter referred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’) shall file a 21

map and legal description of the Ashley Karst National 22

Geologic and Recreation Area (hereinafter referred to as 23

the ‘‘Area’’ with the Committee on Natural Resources of 24


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the House of Representatives and the Committee on En-1

ergy and Natural Resources of the Senate. 2


pared under subsection (a) shall have the same force and 4

effect as if included in this title, except that the Secretary 5

may correct minor errors in the map or legal description 6

and provided that prior to any modifications, clerical or 7

typographical changes, these changes are reported to the 8

State of Utah and the affected county. 9



inspection in the appropriate offices of the United States 12

Forest Service and Bureau of Indian Affairs. 13

SEC. 803. ADMINISTRATION. 14

(a) ADMINISTRATION.—The Secretary shall admin-15

ister the Area in accordance with— 16

(1) the National Forest Management Act of 17

1976 (16 U.S.C. 1600 et seq.); 18

(2) this title; and 19


(b) MANAGEMENT.—Not later than two years after 21

the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall de-22

velop a management plan for the long-term management 23

of the Area. 24


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(c) RECOMMENDATIONS AND CONSULTATION.—The 1

Secretary shall prepare the management plan in consulta-2

tion and coordination with local and tribal governments, 3

the public, and the Public Lands Initiative Planning and 4

Implementation Advisory Committee established under Di-5

vision C of this Act. If the Secretary does not incorporate 6

recommendations submitted by the State, local, and In-7

dian tribes into the management plans, the Secretary shall 8

submit a written explanation before the effective date of 9

the management plan to the House Committee on Natural 10

Resources and Senate Committee on Energy and Natural 11

Resources outlining the reasons for rejecting the rec-12

ommendations of the State, local and tribal governments. 13

(d) USES.—The Secretary shall allow only such uses 14

of the Area that would further the purposes outlined in 15

subsection 801(b) of this title and the following guidelines: 16

(1) Provide for recreational opportunities to 17

occur within the Area including skiing, biking, hik-18

ing, fishing, hunting, horseback riding, snowmobil-19

ing, designated trails for motorcycle riding and off- 20

highway vehicle use, snowshoeing, camping, and 21

other recreational activities consistent with this title. 22

(2) Provide for active forest management, uti-23

lizing commercial harvesting for hazardous fuels re-24


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duction, wildfire prevention, control of insects and 1

disease, and to improve watershed health. 2

(3) Prohibit mineral development. 3

(4) Promote the long-term protection and man-4

agement of the water resources and underground 5

karst system. 6


(a) OFF-HIGHWAY VEHICLE AND MOTORIZED VEHI-8

CLES.— 9

(1) IN GENERAL.—The use of off-highway vehi-10

cles and motorized vehicles shall be permitted within 11

the Area. 12

(2) MANAGEMENT.—The Secretary shall des-13

ignate existing routes in a manner that— 14

(A) uses Forest Service roads and routes 15

existing as of January 1, 2016, and also new 16

roads authorized by this title; 17

(B) does not significantly damage des-18


and 20

(C) does not interfere with private prop-21

erty or water rights. 22

(3) CLOSURE.—The Secretary, in consultation 23

with the State and affected County, may temporarily 24


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close or permanently reroute, subject to paragraph 1

(4), a route if the Secretary determines that— 2

(A) the route is significantly damaging 3

designated critical habitat or cultural resources; 4

(B) the route threatens public safety; 5

(C) closure of the route is necessary to re-6

pair damage to the designated route; or 7

(D) closure of the route is necessary to re-8

pair resource damage. 9

(4) REROUTING.—Portions of the designated 10

route that are temporarily closed may be perma-11

nently rerouted by utilizing a previously closed route 12

or constructing a new route. 13

(5) NOTICE.—The Secretary shall provide infor-14

mation to the public regarding any designated routes 15

that are open, have been rerouted, or are tempo-16

rarily or permanently closed through— 17

(A) use of appropriate signage within the 18


(B) use of the Internet and Web resources. 20

(b) PRIORITY ROUTES.—Marsh Peak South Road 21

and South Fork Road, as depicted on the Utah PLI Spe-22

cial Management Area Map, shall be open for off-highway 23

vehicle use. Administrative access to Whiterocks Lake for 24

general and emergency purposes shall be allowed for the 25


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United States Forest Service, State and local govern-1

ments, and applicable water user association or utility 2

company. 3

(c) ROUTE CONSTRUCTION.— 4

(1) FEASIBILITY STUDY.—Not later than 180 5

days after the date of enactment of this Act, the 6

Secretary shall study the feasibility and public inter-7

est of constructing new routes as needed to increase 8

or enhance hiking and motorized recreational oppor-9

tunities and purposes of the area. 10

(2) CONSTRUCTION.— 11

(A) CONSTRUCTION AUTHORIZED.—If the 12

Secretary determines that the construction of a 13

route is feasible the may construct the route. 14

(B) USE OF VOLUNTEER SERVICES AND 15

CONTRIBUTIONS.—A route authorized under 16

this subsection may be constructed by volun-17

teers, with volunteer services and contributions 18

from non-Federal sources. 19

(d) NO EFFECT ON NON-FEDERAL LAND OR INTER-20



non-Federal land or interests in non-Federal land located 23

within the Area. 24


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(e) OVERSNOW VEHICLES.—The Secretary shall au-1

thorize the use of snowmobiles and other oversnow vehicles 2

in the Area when there is at least six inches of snow cover. 3

(f) FIRE, INSECTS, AND DISEASE.—In accordance 4

with this title, the Secretary may— 5

(1) carry out any measures to manage wildland 6

fire and treat hazardous fuels, insects, and diseases 7

in the Area; and 8

(2) coordinate those measures with the appro-9

priate State, tribal, or local agency. 10

(g) WILDLAND FIRE OPERATIONS.—Nothing in this 11




Area designated under this title. 15

(h) LIVESTOCK GRAZING.—Within the Area des-16

ignated under section 801, the grazing of livestock estab-17

lished before the date of enactment of this Act shall con-18

tinue subject to reasonable regulations as prescribed by 19

the relevant Secretary. 20







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title. 2














ignated by this title (including fences, place-16








cilities in areas designated by this title is au-24


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agent thereof. 8






ignations made under section 801(b). 14








(i) EXISTING EASEMENTS AND RIGHTS-OF-WAY.— 22


ing easements or rights-of-way in existence on the date 24


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existing law. 2

(j) ADJACENT MANAGEMENT.— 3



Area designated by section 801. 6

(2) ACTIVITIES OUTSIDE AREA.—The fact that 7

an activity or use on land outside the Area can be 8

seen, heard, felt or smelled within the Area shall not 9

preclude the activity or use outside the boundary of 10

the Area. 11

(k) OUTFITTING AND GUIDE ACTIVITIES.—Commer-12


tivities) within the Area are authorized to the extent nec-14

essary to realize the recreational purposes of the areas. 15

(l) FISH AND WILDLIFE.—Nothing in this title af-16




and trapping within the Area. 20

(m) ACCESS.—The Secretary shall provide the owner 21

of State, tribal or private property owners within the 22

boundary of the Area access to the property. 23

(n) WILDLIFE WATER DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS.— 24



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projects (including guzzlers) in the Area are authorized. 2

(o) WATER RIGHTS.— 3


this title— 5



water rights with respect to the Area des-8

ignated by section 801; 9


Utah; 11


any future designations; or 13



law. 16





with respect to the Area. 21



affects— 24



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withdrawal; 7






(A) Nothing in this title shall be construed 13

to limit off-highway vehicle access and road 14

maintenance by local municipalities or water or 15

irrigation districts for those maintenance activi-16

ties necessary to guarantee the continued viabil-17

ity of water resource facilities that currently 18

exist or which may be necessary in the future 19

to prevent the degradation of the water supply 20

in the Area designated by section 801. 21

(B) Nothing in this title shall be construed 22

to encumber, transfer, impair, or limit any 23

water right, or recognized beneficial use, includ-24


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ing access to, development, and use of livestock 1

water rights as defined by State law. 2

(p) VEGETATION MANAGEMENT.—Nothing in this 3

title prevents the Secretary from conducting vegetation 4

management projects within the Area. 5

(q) WITHDRAWAL.—Subject to valid rights in exist-6

ence on the date of enactment of this Act the Federal land 7

within the Area is withdrawn from— 8




laws; and 12



(r) FEES.—Except for improved campgrounds, with-15

in the Area the United States Forest Service is prohibited 16

from the collecting or requiring fees for access or use. 17


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DIVISION B—INNOVATIVE LAND 1

MANAGEMENT, RECREATION 2

AND ECONOMIC DEVELOP-3

MENT 4

TITLE I—SCHOOL TRUST LAND 5

CONSOLIDATIONS 6

SEC. 101. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE. 7

(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that the land ex-8

change authorized and directed by this title furthers public 9

objectives referenced in section 206 of the Federal Land 10

Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1716) 11

including— 12

(1) promoting better management of Federal 13

conservation areas by removing inheld State trust 14

land sections; 15

(2) securing Federal ownership and protection 16

of land with significant wildlife, recreational, scenic, 17

cultural and other public values; 18

(3) assisting the State of Utah and local gov-19

ernments in economic development and community 20

expansion through the consolidation of State trust 21

lands in manageable blocks near several Utah com-22

munities; and 23

(4) advancing public education through in-24

creased opportunity for economic development of 25


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Utah school trust lands, in furtherance of the land 1

grants made under the Utah Enabling Act, Act of 2

July 16, 1894 (28 Stat. 107, chapter 138). 3

(b) PURPOSE.—It is the purpose of this title to au-4

thorize, direct, facilitate, and expedite the exchange of 5

land between the State of Utah and the United States. 6


In this title: 8


means the lands identified on the Map as ‘‘Federal 10

Land’’, ‘‘Federal Land—Minerals Only’’, and ‘‘Fed-11

eral Land—Surface Only’’ administered by the Bu-12

reau of Land Management located in Carbon, 13

Duchesne, Emery, Grand, San Juan and Uintah 14

Counties, Utah. 15

(2) MAP.—The term ‘‘Map’’ means the fol-16

lowing map prepared by the Bureau of Land Man-17

agement and entitled ‘‘State and Federal Land Ex-18

change Map’’ dated July 12, 2016. 19

(3) NON-FEDERAL LAND.—The term ‘‘non-Fed-20

eral land’’ means the lands identified on the Map as 21

‘‘State Trust Land Proposed for Transfer to United 22

States’’, ‘‘State Trust Lands—Surface Only Pro-23

posed for Transfer to United States’’ and ‘‘State 24

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to United States’’ located in Carbon, Duchesne, 1

Emery, Grand, San Juan and Uintah Counties, 2

Utah, as generally depicted on the Map. 3

(4) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 4

the Secretary of the Interior. 5

(5) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means the State 6

of Utah, acting as trustee under the Utah State 7

School and Institutional Trust Lands Management 8

Act (Utah Code Ann. 53C–1–101 et seq.) through 9

the Utah School and Institutional Trust Lands Ad-10

ministration. 11

SEC. 103. EXCHANGE OF LAND; RESERVATION OF INTER-12

ESTS. 13

(a) IN GENERAL.—If the State offers to convey to 14

the United States title to the non-Federal land, the Sec-15

retary shall, subject to the provisions of this title— 16

(1) accept the offer; and 17

(2) on receipt of the right, title, and interest of 18

the State in and to the non-Federal land, convey to 19

the State all right, title, and interest of the United 20

States in and to the Federal land. 21

(b) VALID EXISTING RIGHTS.—The exchange author-22

ized under subsection (a) shall be subject to valid existing 23

rights. 24


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(c) COSTS.—Costs of the land exchange shall be allo-1

cated in accordance with section 206(f)(2)(B) of the Fed-2

eral Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 3

1716(f)(2)(B)). 4

(d) TITLE APPROVAL.—Title to the Federal land and 5

non-Federal land to be exchanged under this section shall 6

be in a form acceptable to the Secretary and the State. 7

(e) RESERVATION OF INTEREST IN POTASH.— 8

(1) With respect to Federal land that contains 9

potash resources, the Secretary shall reserve an in-10

terest in all potash resources. 11

(2) The interest reserved by the United States 12

under paragraph (1) shall consist of— 13

(A) 50 percent of any bonus bid or other 14

payment received by the State as consideration 15

for securing any lease or authorization to de-16

velop potash resources; 17

(B) 50 percent of the amount that would 18

have been received by the Federal Government 19

under the royalty rate applicable on July 1, 20

2015, if the potash resources had been retained 21

in Federal ownership; and 22

(C) 50 percent of any other payment re-23

ceived by the State pursuant to any lease or au-24

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(3) Upon receipt of any funds from potash leas-1

ing and development on lands in which the Secretary 2

has reserved an interest, the State shall pay the Sec-3

retary amounts attributable to the reserved interest 4

of the United States in accordance with paragraph 5

(4). 6

(4)(A) Any amounts due under paragraph (3) 7

shall be paid by the State to the United States not 8

less than quarterly. 9

(B) The State may deduct an administrative fee 10

of three per cent from all payments due to the 11

United States under paragraph (2). 12

(5) NO OBLIGATION TO LEASE.—The State 13

shall not be obligated to lease or otherwise develop 14

potash resources in which the United States retains 15

an interest under this subsection. 16

(f) RESERVATION OF WELLBORE INTEREST IN OIL 17

AND GAS.— 18

(1) The Secretary shall reserve a wellbore inter-19

est in each oil and gas well on Federal land that has 20

been determined by the Secretary to be capable of 21

production in paying quantities as of the date of 22

conveyance. 23

(2) The wellbore interest reserved to the United 24

States under paragraph (1) shall consist of the 25


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amount of all royalties attributable to an oil and gas 1

well located on Federal land as of the date of con-2

veyance. 3

(3) Upon receipt of any funds attributable to 4

the reserved wellbore interest of the United States, 5

the State shall pay the Secretary all such amounts 6

in accordance with paragraph (4). 7

(4)(A) Any amounts due under paragraph (2) 8

shall be paid by the State to the United States not 9

less than quarterly. 10

(B) The State may deduct an administrative fee 11

of three per cent from all payments due to the 12

United States under paragraph (2). 13

(5) The reserved wellbore interests of the 14

United States in oil and gas under this section shall 15

automatically terminate on the date that is 10 years 16

after the enactment of this Act. 17

(6) The United States shall share all revenue 18

received with respect to its reserved wellbore mineral 19

interest in oil and gas with the State of Utah in ac-20

cordance with section 35(a) of the Mineral Leasing 21

Act (30 U.S.C. 191(a)). 22

(g) APPURTENANT WATER RIGHTS.—Any convey-23

ance of a parcel of Federal land or non-Federal land under 24


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this title shall include the conveyance of water rights ap-1

purtenant to the parcel conveyed. 2

(h) CONVEYANCE OF PARCELS IN STAGES.—Parcels 3

of Federal land and non-Federal land may be exchanged 4

in phases as mutually determined by the Secretary and 5

the State. 6

SEC. 104. WITHDRAWAL OF FEDERAL LANDS PRIOR TO EX-7

CHANGE. 8

Subject to valid existing rights, during the period be-9

ginning on the date of enactment of this Act and ending 10

on the date on which the Federal land is conveyed, the 11

Federal land is withdrawn from mineral location, entry or 12

patent under the mining laws, from leasing and entry 13

under the mineral leasing laws, and from mineral material 14

disposal. 15

SEC. 105. NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ACT OF 1969 16

AND FEDERAL LAND POLICY AND MANAGE-17

MENT ACT OF 1976 COMPLIANCE. 18

(a) PUBLIC INTEREST.—The land exchange author-19

ized and directed by this title is in the public interest. 20

(b) SCOPING AND ANALYSIS.—Notwithstanding any 21

other law, in preparing an environmental assessment or 22

environmental impact statement required under section 23

102 of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 24


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U.S.C. 4332) with respect to the land exchange con-1

templated by this title— 2

(1) the Secretary is not required to identify any 3

actions other than the proposed action and the no 4

action alternative; and 5

(2) the Secretary is not required to analyze the 6

environmental effects of alternative conveyances or 7

actions other than the offer submitted by the State 8

under subsection 103(a). 9

(c) PRESUMPTION OF PLAN ADEQUACY.—Convey-10

ances of Federal land to the State in accordance with this 11

title are presumed to comply with any land use plan en-12

acted under section 202 of the Federal Land Policy and 13

Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1712). 14

SEC. 106. STATUS AND MANAGEMENT OF LAND AFTER EX-15

CHANGE. 16

(a) ADMINISTRATION OF NON-FEDERAL LAND.—In 17

accordance with section 206(c) of the Federal Land Policy 18

and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1716(c)), the 19

non-Federal land acquired by the United States under this 20

title shall become part of, and be managed as part of, the 21

Federal administrative unit or area in which the land is 22

located. 23

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(1) If land conveyed under this title is subject 1

to a lease, permit, or contract for the grazing of do-2

mestic livestock in effect on the date of acquisition, 3

the entity acquiring the land shall allow the grazing 4

to continue for the remainder of the term of the 5

lease, permit, or contract, subject to the related 6

terms and conditions of user agreements, including 7

permitted stocking rates, grazing fee levels, access 8

rights, and ownership and use of range improve-9

ments. 10

(2) To the extent allowed by Federal or State 11

law, on expiration of any grazing lease, permit, or 12

contract described in paragraph (1), the holder of 13

the lease, permit, or contract shall be entitled to a 14

preference right to renew the lease, permit, or con-15

tract. 16

(3) If land conveyed by the State under this 17

title is used by a grazing permittee or lessee to meet 18

the base property requirements for a Federal graz-19

ing permit or lease, the land shall continue to qual-20

ify as a base property for the remaining term of the 21

lease or permit and the term of any renewal or ex-22

tension of the lease or permit. 23

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(1) The Secretary and the State shall make 1

available for review and inspection any record relat-2

ing to hazardous materials on the land to be ex-3

changed under this title. 4

(2) The costs of remedial actions relating to 5

hazardous materials on land acquired under this 6

title shall be paid by those entities responsible for 7

the costs under applicable law. 8

SEC. 107. BOOK CLIFFS CONSERVATION AREA. 9

Subject to valid existing rights, the mineral estate in 10

the non-Federal lands acquired by the United States 11

under this title, and the existing mineral estate in the Fed-12

eral land, located in Grand County, Utah, as depicted on 13

the Maps as ‘‘Book Cliffs Conservation Area’’ is with-14

drawn from location, entry and patent under the mining 15

laws and the operation of the mineral leasing, mineral ma-16

terials and geothermal leasing laws. 17

TITLE II—GOBLIN VALLEY 18

STATE PARK 19

SEC. 201. LAND CONVEYANCE. 20

At the request of the State of Utah, the Secretary 21

of the Interior shall convey, without consideration, the ap-22

proximately 9,995 acres of Bureau of Land Management 23

land identified as ‘‘Utah PLI Goblin Valley State Park 24

Map’’ on the map entitled Utah PLI Goblin Valley State 25


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Park Expansion Map and dated June 24, 2016, to the 1

Utah State Parks and Recreation Division of the Depart-2

ment of Natural Resources. 3

SEC. 202. COOPERATIVE MANAGEMENT OF GOBLIN VAL-4

LEY. 5

(a) IN GENERAL.—At the request of the State of 6

Utah, in accordance with this section, the Secretary of the 7

Interior shall enter into a cooperative agreement with the 8

State for the management of the Federal land described 9

in subsection (b) which shall be known as the ‘‘Goblin Val-10

ley Cooperative Management Area’’. 11

(b) DESCRIPTION OF LAND.—The area subject to the 12

cooperative agreement is Federal land managed by the 13

Bureau of Land Management in Emery County, Utah, 14

comprising approximately 152,678 acres, identified as 15

‘‘Goblin Valley Cooperative Management Area’’ on the 16

map entitled Utah PLI Goblin Valley State Park Map and 17

dated June 24, 2016. 18

(c) PURPOSE.—The purpose of the Goblin Valley Co-19

operative Management Area is to promote outdoor recre-20

ation, such as off-highway vehicle use, mountain biking, 21

rock climbing, and hiking. 22

(d) TERMS.—The cooperative agreement shall— 23

(1) clarify the roles, responsibilities, and limita-24

tions, of the Secretary of the Interior and the State 25


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of Utah with regard to recreation management with-1

in the Goblin Valley Cooperative Management Area; 2

(2) extend only to recreational activities, includ-3

ing off-highway vehicle and non-off-highway vehicle 4

use, within the Goblin Valley Cooperative Manage-5

ment Area, and shall not affect other land manage-6

ment within the Goblin Valley Cooperative Manage-7

ment Area, or recreational activities outside the 8

Goblin Valley Cooperative Management Area; 9

(3) require that recreational activities within 10

the Goblin Valley Cooperative Management Area 11

shall continue to be managed in accordance with— 12

(A) the San Rafael Swell National Con-13

servation Area and Crack Canyon Wilderness 14

established by this title; and 15

(B) applicable Federal laws; 16

(4) require new route and trail construction for 17

motorized and non-motorized use to further rec-18

reational opportunities and minimize resource con-19

flict; 20

(5) address the establishment, distribution, and 21

uses of, any revenues generated by recreational ac-22

tivities (including entrance fees) within the Goblin 23

Valley Cooperative Management Area; and 24


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(6) specify that the State agency administering 1

the Goblin Valley Cooperative Management Area 2

shall be the Utah State Parks and Recreation Divi-3

sion of the Department of Natural Resources. 4

TITLE III—PRICE CANYON STATE 5

FOREST 6


In this title: 8

(1) MAPS.—The term ‘‘Map’’ means the map 9

entitled Utah PLI Price Canyon State Forest Map 10

and dated July 1, 2016. 11


means the 13,321 acres identified as ‘‘BLM Lands 13

Proposed for Transfer to State Sovereign Land’’ lo-14

cated in Carbon County, Utah, as generally depicted 15

on the Map. 16


eral land’’ means the 14,939 acres identified on the 18

Map as ‘‘State Sovereign Land Proposed for Trans-19

fer to BLM’’ located in Grand and San Juan Coun-20

ties, Utah, as generally depicted on the Map. 21




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(5) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means the State 1

of Utah’s Division of Forestry, Fire, and State 2

Lands. 3

SEC. 302. EXCHANGE OF LAND. 4

(a) PURPOSE.—It is the purpose of this title to con-5

solidate intermingled State sovereign lands in an area of 6

Carbon County, Utah, to create the State of Utah’s first 7

State Forest. 8

(b) CONVEYANCE.—If the State offers to convey to 9

the United States title to the non-Federal land, the Sec-10

retary shall— 11

(1) accept the offer; and 12

(2) on receipt of the right, title, and interest of 13

the State in and to the non-Federal land, convey to 14

the State all right, title, and interest of the United 15

States in and to the Federal land. 16

(c) VALID EXISTING RIGHTS.—The exchange author-17

ized under subsection (a) shall be subject to valid existing 18

rights. 19

(d) TITLE APPROVAL.—Title to the Federal land and 20

non-Federal land to be exchanged under this section shall 21

be in a form acceptable to the Secretary and the State. 22

SEC. 303. LIVESTOCK GRAZING. 23

For lands acquired by the State under this title in 24

which grazing is established before the date of enactment 25


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of this Act, the grazing of livestock shall continue at levels 1

existing as of January 1, 2016. 2

TITLE IV—DEER LODGE LAND 3

EXCHANGE 4


In this title: 6

(1) ASSOCIATION.—The term ‘‘Association’’ 7

means the Deer Lodge Homeowners Association. 8


means the approximately 157 acres of National For-10

est System land in Daggett County, Utah, identified 11

as ‘‘Deer Lodge Cabin Site’’ on the map. 12

(3) MAP.—The term ‘‘map’’ means the map en-13

titled ‘‘Utah PLI Deer Lodge Land Exchange Map’’ 14

and dated June 24, 2016. 15


eral land’’ means the parcel of approximately 77 17

acres of private land located in Uintah County, 18

Utah, and identified as ‘‘Land to Be Acquired by 19

USFS’’ on the map. 20


the Secretary of Agriculture. 22

SEC. 402. LAND EXCHANGE. 23

(a) CONVEYANCE OF LAND.—No later than two years 24

after enactment of this title, if the Association offers to 25


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convey to the United States all right, title, and interest 1

of the Association in and to the non-Federal land, the Sec-2

retary shall convey to the Association, without consider-3

ation, all right, title, and interest of the United States in 4

and to the Federal land, subject to valid existing rights. 5

(b) COMPLIANCE WITH EXISTING LAW.—Except as 6

otherwise provided in this title, the Secretary shall carry 7

out the land exchange under this title in accordance with 8

section 206 of the Federal Land Policy and Management 9

Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1716). 10

(c) TITLE.—As a condition of the land exchange 11

under this title, title to the non-Federal land to be ac-12

quired by the Secretary shall be acceptable to the Sec-13

retary. 14

(d) CONDITION.—As a condition of the land exchange 15

under this title, the Association shall agree to retain as 16

undeveloped open space the approximately 40 acres of 17

meadow area identified as ‘‘Open Space’’ as generally de-18

picted on the map. 19

TITLE V—SCOFIELD LAND 20

TRANSFER 21

SEC. 501. SHORT TITLE. 22

This title may be cited as the ‘‘Scofield Land Trans-23

fer Act’’. 24


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In this title: 2

(1) CARBON COUNTY.—The term ‘‘Carbon 3

County’’ means Carbon County, Utah, within which 4

the Scofield Reservoir property is located. 5

(2) CLAIMANT.—The term ‘‘claimant’’ means 6

any person or entity (or a successor in interest to a 7

person or entity) that, according to the records in 8

the office of the Recorder for Carbon County, as of 9

the date of enactment of this Act, claims title to, or 10

an interest in, the Federal land. 11

(3) FEDERAL LAND.— 12

(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘Federal 13

land’’ means the land acquired by Price River 14

Water Conservation District and transferred to 15

the United States for use in the construction 16

and operation of the Scofield Dam and Res-17

ervoir located between the normal water surface 18

elevation and the property boundary elevation 19

in the Scofield Reservoir basin. 20

(B) EXCLUSIONS.—The term ‘‘Federal 21

land’’ does not include— 22

(i) any mineral or subsurface rights to 23

the land described in subparagraph (A); or 24

(ii) the 205 acres of land adjoining 25

the Scofield Reservoir, as adjudicated in 26


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the case styled United States v. Dunn (557 1

F.3d 1165 (10th Cir. 2009)). 2

(4) FLOOD SURCHARGE ELEVATION.—The term 3

‘‘flood surcharge elevation’’ means the elevation of 4

7640.3 in the North American Vertical Datum of 5

1988, which corresponds to the elevation of the crest 6

of Scofield Dam. 7

(5) FUND.—The term ‘‘Fund’’ means the Sco-8

field Reservoir Fund established by section 9

503(d)(9)(A). 10

(6) LIFE ESTATE.—The term ‘‘life estate’’ 11

means— 12

(A) if the claimant is a person, an interest 13

of the claimant in the Federal land that will re-14

vert to the United States on the date of the 15

death of the claimant; and 16

(B) if the claimant is an entity, an interest 17

in the Federal land of a person designated by 18

the claimant that will revert to the United 19

States on the date of the death of the des-20

ignated person. 21

(7) NORMAL WATER SURFACE ELEVATION.— 22

The term ‘‘normal water surface elevation’’ means 23

the contour elevation of 7621.8 in the North Amer-24

ican Vertical Datum of 1988, which corresponds to 25


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the elevation of the crest of the spillway of Scofield 1

Dam. 2

(8) PROPERTY BOUNDARY ELEVATION.—The 3

term ‘‘property boundary elevation’’ means the con-4

tour elevation 7630, as surveyed by McGonagle and 5

Ulrich, Land Surveyors, in 1926, which was trans-6

muted to the current elevation of 7638.9 in the 7

North American Vertical Datum of 1988 and which 8

corresponds to 1.4 vertical feet below the crest of 9

Scofield Dam. 10

(9) ROADS.—The term ‘‘Roads’’ means the 11

streets, improved and unimproved, as in existence on 12

the date of enactment of this Act, that— 13

(A) are located on the Federal land; 14

(B) are intended for public access via mo-15

torized vehicle to the Federal land claims of the 16

claimants; and 17

(C) extend to the shoreline of Scofield Res-18

ervoir. 19

(10) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ 20

means the Secretary of the Interior. 21

(11) STRUCTURE.— 22

(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘structure’’ 23

means any improvement located on the property 24


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of a claimant, as in existence on the date of en-1

actment of this Act, including— 2

(i) a residence; 3

(ii) a shed; 4

(iii) a workshop; 5

(iv) a garage; 6

(v) a carport; 7

(vi) a deck; 8

(vii) a boathouse; or 9

(viii) an incidental building. 10

(B) INCLUSION.—The term ‘‘structure’’ in-11

cludes any infrastructure associated with a resi-12

dence that is not owned by a public or private 13

utility, including water, power, sewer, and im-14

provements to Roads. 15

SEC. 503. CONVEYANCE OF SCOFIELD PROJECT LAND. 16

(a) SURVEY.— 17

(1) IN GENERAL.—To facilitate the conveyance 18

of the Federal land under this title, it shall be the 19

responsibility of Carbon County— 20

(A) to enter into an agreement with the 21

Secretary to pay the costs associated with a full 22

physical and title survey of the Federal land in 23

order to delineate the boundaries associated 24


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with the Federal land, Federal easements, or 1

other Federal interests in land; and 2

(B) subject to paragraph (2), to initiate 3

and complete a full physical survey of the 4

Roads and the parcels located within the Fed-5

eral land that are eligible to be conveyed to the 6

claimants, and, in any case in which a land de-7

scription or record of ownership in any record 8

of Carbon County conflicts with a claim of a 9

claimant with regard to an existing physical 10

feature or facility, propose boundaries and land 11

descriptions to resolve the dispute. 12

(2) UNRESOLVED DISPUTES.— 13

(A) IN GENERAL.—If a claim to a parcel 14

or portion of a parcel of Federal land cannot be 15

resolved in accordance with the applicable land 16

description in the records of Carbon County by 17

the applicable deadline for an election under 18

subsection (d)(6), the claimant shall stipulate 19

to, accept, and submit to the Secretary the land 20

description developed by Carbon County to re-21

solve the dispute in order to meet the election 22

requirement of subsection (d)(6) by not later 23

than 180 days after that deadline. 24


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(B) FAILURE TO STIPULATE AND AC-1

CEPT.—If a claimant fails to stipulate to and 2

accept the land description of Carbon County 3

by the date described in subparagraph (A), the 4

authority to convey the affected parcel or por-5

tion of a parcel of Federal land pursuant to this 6

section shall be terminated with respect to the 7

disputed claim. 8

(b) APPRAISAL.— 9

(1) IN GENERAL.—As a condition of the con-10

veyance under this section, Carbon County shall 11

enter into an agreement with the Secretary to pay 12

the costs associated with an appraisal of the fair 13

market value of each property interest requested by 14

a claimant relating to the conveyance by the Sec-15

retary under this title. 16

(2) DETERMINATION OF FAIR MARKET 17

VALUE.—The fair market value of a property inter-18

est under paragraph (1) shall be determined by the 19

Secretary in accordance with the Uniform Appraisal 20

Standards for Federal Land Acquisitions and the 21

Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Prac-22

tices. 23

(c) NOTIFICATION.—It shall be the responsibility of 24

Carbon County to notify each claimant of any trespass or 25


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encroachment by the applicable claimant on the Federal 1

land, including the existence of any trespassing or en-2

croaching structure of the claimant. 3

(d) AUTHORIZATION TO CONVEY FEDERAL LAND.— 4

(1) IN GENERAL.—To resolve the issues of tres-5

pass and encroachment on the Federal land by the 6

claimants, the Secretary may, in accordance with 7

paragraphs (5) and (6)— 8

(A) on an election by a claimant— 9

(i) subject to paragraph (2), convey to 10

the claimant fee interest in the claimed 11

portion of the Federal land that is located 12

above the normal water surface elevation, 13

as determined by the results of the survey 14

required under subsection (a), subject to 15

all valid rights-of-way, licenses, and ease-16

ments in existence on the date of enact-17

ment of this Act; or 18

(ii) subject to paragraph (3), grant to 19

the claimant a life estate permitting the 20

continued occupation of the claimed por-21

tion of the Federal land above the normal 22

water surface elevation, as determined by 23

the results of the survey required under 24

subsection (a), subject to all valid rights- 25


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of-way, licenses, and easements in exist-1

ence on the date of enactment of this Act; 2

or 3

(B) subject to paragraph (4), on an elec-4

tion by Carbon County, convey to Carbon Coun-5

ty fee interest in the Roads, as determined by 6

the survey required under subsection (a), sub-7

ject to all valid rights-of-way, licenses, and 8

easements in existence on the date of enactment 9

of this Act. 10

(2) CONVEYANCE REQUIREMENTS.—A convey-11

ance under paragraph (1)(A)(i) shall be subject to— 12

(A) the claimant paying to the Secretary 13

the fair market value of the fee interest in the 14

claimed portion of the Federal land, as deter-15

mined by the Secretary under subsection (b), 16

exclusive of the value of any structures; 17

(B) provisions under which the claimant 18

shall agree to indemnify and hold harmless the 19

United States for all claims by the claimant or 20

others arising from— 21

(i) the design, construction, operation, 22

maintenance, or replacement of the Sco-23

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(ii) the survey of claims, description of 1

claims, delineation of boundaries, convey-2

ance documents, conveyance process, and 3

recording of deeds associated with the con-4

veyance; and 5

(iii) any damages associated with any 6

structure or chattel of the claimant that 7

may be displaced in a flood event; 8

(C) the United States retaining a flood 9

easement as well as an access easement for pur-10

poses of monitoring and enforcing the require-11

ments of subparagraph (D) with respect to the 12

entire portion of Federal land conveyed; and 13

(D) deed restrictions requiring that— 14

(i) to prevent any structure on the 15

portion of the Federal land conveyed from 16

being displaced during a flood event, the 17

claimant shall— 18

(I) secure or tie down all existing 19

structures; and 20

(II) if replacing or rebuilding 21

such a structure, limit the replace-22

ment or rebuilding to the number and 23

type of structures in existence on the 24

date of enactment of this Act; and 25


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(ii) all activities carried out by the 1

claimant under clause (i) with respect to a 2

structure be carried out in accordance with 3

applicable standards for structures that 4

may be submerged, flooded, or inundated, 5

as contained in— 6

(I) the International Building 7

Code (as adopted by Utah Adminis-8

trative Code R156–56); or 9

(II) any other building code or 10

engineering standard that is— 11

(aa) similar to the Inter-12

national Building Code; 13

(bb) widely used; and 14

(cc) nationally recognized. 15

(3) LIFE ESTATE REQUIREMENTS.—A life es-16

tate granted under paragraph (1)(A)(ii) shall be 17

subject to— 18

(A) the claimant paying to the Secretary 19

the fair market value of the life estate on the 20

claimed portion of the Federal land, as deter-21

mined by the Secretary under subsection (b), 22

but excluding the value of any structures; 23

(B) provisions under which the claimant 24

agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the 25


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United States for all claims by the claimant or 1

others arising from— 2








veyance; and 10

(iii) any damages associated with any 11

structure or chattel of the claimant that 12

may be displaced in a flood event; and 13

(C) restrictions equivalent to the deed re-14

strictions described in clauses (i) and (ii) of 15

paragraph (2)(D), as applicable. 16

(4) CONVEYANCE OF ROADS REQUIREMENTS.— 17

A conveyance under paragraph (1)(B) shall be sub-18

ject to— 19

(A) Carbon County paying to the Secretary 20

a sum determined to be acceptable by the Sec-21

retary; 22

(B) provisions under which Carbon County 23

shall agree to indemnify and hold harmless the 24


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United States for all claims by Carbon County 1

or others arising from— 2








veyance; and 10

(iii) any damages associated with 11

structures or chattel of Carbon County 12

that may be displaced in a flood event; 13

(C) the United States retaining a flood 14

easement as well as an access easement for pur-15

poses of monitoring and enforcing the require-16

ments of subparagraph (D) with respect to the 17

entire portion of the Roads conveyed; and 18

(D) restrictions equivalent to the deed re-19

strictions described in clauses (i) and (ii) of 20

paragraph (2)(D), as applicable. 21

(5) COMPLIANCE WITH ENVIRONMENTAL 22

LAWS.— 23

(A) IN GENERAL.—Before conveying the 24

Federal land under paragraph (1)(A)(i) or the 25


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Roads under paragraph (1)(B) or granting a 1

life estate under paragraph (1)(A)(ii), the Sec-2

retary shall comply with all applicable require-3

ments under— 4

(i) the National Environmental Policy 5

Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.); 6

(ii) the Endangered Species Act of 7

1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.); and 8

(iii) any other applicable law. 9

(B) EFFECT.—Nothing in this title modi-10

fies or alters any obligations under— 11

(i) the National Environmental Policy 12

Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.); or 13

(ii) the Endangered Species Act of 14

1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.). 15

(C) COSTS.—Before the initiation of any 16

conveyance under this title, Carbon County 17

shall pay to the Secretary an amount equal to 18

the costs associated with achieving environ-19

mental compliance under this paragraph. 20

(6) DEADLINE FOR ELECTION.— 21

(A) CLAIMANTS.—Not later than 5 years 22

after the date of enactment of this Act, each 23

claimant shall notify the Secretary in writing 24

whether the claimant elects to receive— 25


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(i) a fee interest in the claimed por-1

tion of the Federal land, in accordance 2

with paragraph (1)(A)(i); or 3

(ii) a life estate in the claimed portion 4

of the Federal land, in accordance with 5

paragraph (1)(A)(ii). 6

(B) CARBON COUNTY.—Not later than 3 7

years after the date of enactment of this Act, 8

Carbon County shall notify the Secretary in 9

writing whether Carbon County elects to receive 10

a fee interest in the Roads, in accordance with 11

paragraph (1)(B). 12

(7) FAILURE TO NOTIFY SECRETARY OR COM-13

PLETE TRANSFER.— 14

(A) NOTICE OF ELECTION.—If a claimant 15

fails to submit to the Secretary a notice of an 16

election in accordance with paragraph (6)(A), 17

any future claim by the claimant with respect 18

to the Federal land shall be terminated. 19

(B) TRANSFER.— 20

(i) CLAIMANTS.—If, due to a failure 21

by the claimant to act in furtherance of 22

the transfer of fee interest or life estate 23

under this section, no transfer of the 24

claimed Federal Land has been recorded 25


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with the Recorder of Carbon County by the 1

date that is 7 years after the date of enact-2

ment of this Act, any claim by the claim-3

ant with respect to the Federal land shall 4

be terminated. 5

(ii) CARBON COUNTY.—If, due to a 6

failure by Carbon County to act in further-7

ance of the transfer of fee interest, no 8

transfer of the Roads has been recorded 9

with the Recorder of Carbon County by the 10

date that is 5 years after the date of enact-11

ment of this Act, the authority of the Sec-12

retary to convey the interest in the Roads 13

shall be terminated. 14

(C) QUIET TITLE.—On extinguishment of 15

a claim under subparagraph (A) or (B), the 16

Secretary shall take such action as is necessary 17

to quiet title to the applicable portion of the 18

Federal land, including removal of persons, en-19

tities, structures, and materials encumbering 20

the applicable portion of the Federal land. 21

(8) PAYMENTS IN LIEU OF TAXES.—Any Fed-22

eral land transferred to a claimant in fee under 23

paragraph (1)(A)(i) or to Carbon County under 24

paragraph (1)(B) shall not be included or taken into 25


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consideration in the allocation of any payment in 1

lieu of taxes under chapter 69 of title 31, United 2

States Code. 3

(9) TRUST FUND.— 4

(A) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is estab-5

lished in the Treasury of the United States a 6

fund, to be known as the ‘‘Scofield Reservoir 7

Fund’’, to be administered by the Secretary and 8

made available, without fiscal year limitation, 9

for— 10

(i) monitoring and enforcing the re-11

quirements of paragraphs (2)(C) and 12

(4)(C) regarding maintaining access to, 13

and eliminating encroachment and private 14

exclusive use of, the Federal land sur-15

rounding the Scofield Reservoir; and 16

(ii) providing enhanced public rec-17

reational opportunities at Scofield Res-18

ervoir. 19

(B) TRANSFERS TO FUND.—There shall be 20

deposited in the Fund any amounts received as 21

consideration for— 22

(i) a conveyance under subparagraph 23

(A)(i) or (B) of paragraph (1); or 24


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(ii) the granting of a life estate under 1

paragraph (1)(A)(ii). 2

TITLE VI—LAND CONVEYANCES 3

SEC. 601. LAND CONVEYANCES. 4

(a) IN GENERAL.—As outlined in the paragraphs 5

below, if requested by the specified entity, the Secretary 6

of the Interior or the Secretary of Agriculture, as appro-7

priate, shall convey the following Federal land to that enti-8

ty without consideration: 9

(1) CANYONLANDS FIELDS AIRPORT.—The ap-10

proximately 561 acres of land depicted as 11

‘‘Canyonlands Fields Airport’’, on the map entitled 12

Utah PLI Land Conveyances Map and dated June 13

30, 2016, to Grand County, Utah, for use as an air-14

port. 15

(2) MOAB TAILINGS PROJECT.—Upon comple-16

tion of the Moab Uranium Mill Tailings Remedial 17

Action Project, the approximately 474 acres of land 18

depicted as ‘‘UMTRA Conveyance’’, on the map en-19

titled Utah PLI Land Conveyances Map and dated 20

June 30, 2016, shall be conveyed to Grand County, 21

Utah. 22

(3) HUNTINGTON AIRPORT EXPANSION.—The 23

approximately 1,398 acres generally depicted on the 24

map entitled Utah PLI Land Conveyances Map and 25


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dated June 30, 2016, as ‘‘Huntington Airport’’, to 1

Emery County, Utah, for expansion of the Hun-2

tington Municipal Airport. 3

(4) EMERY COUNTY RECREATION AREA.—The 4

approximately 479 acres generally depicted on the 5


dated June 30, 2016, as ‘‘Emery County Recreation 7

Area’’, to Emery County, Utah, for public rec-8

reational purposes. 9

(5) EMERY COUNTY SHERIFFS SUBSTATION.— 10

The approximately 644 acres generally depicted on 11

the map entitled Utah PLI Land Conveyances Map 12

and dated June 30, 2016, as ‘‘Emery County Sher-13

iffs Substation’’, to Emery County, Utah, for a sub-14

station for the Emery County Sheriff’s Office. 15

(6) BLANDING OUTDOOR RECREATION AREA.— 16

The approximately 5,197 acres of land depicted on 17

the map entitled Utah PLI Land Conveyances Map 18

and dated June 30, 2016, as ‘‘Blanding Outdoor 19

Recreation Area’’, to Blanding City, Utah, for use as 20

an outdoor recreation area. 21

(7) CAL BLACK AIRPORT.—The approximately 22

1,917 acres generally depicted on the map entitled 23



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30, 2016, as ‘‘Cal Black Airport’’, to San Juan 1

County, Utah, for a municipal airport. 2

(8) BLUFF AIRPORT.—The approximately 403 3

acres generally depicted on the map entitled Utah 4

PLI Land Conveyances Map and dated June 30, 5

2016, as ‘‘Bluff Airport’’, to San Juan County, 6

Utah, for a municipal airport. 7

(9) MONTICELLO WATER STORAGE AND TREAT-8

MENT PLANT.—The approximately 165 acres gen-9

erally depicted on the map entitled Utah PLI Land 10

Conveyances Map and dated June 30, 2016, as 11

‘‘Monticello Water Storage and Treatment Plant’’, 12

to Monticello City, Utah, for a water storage and 13

treatment plant. 14

(10) BLANDING SHOOTING RANGE.—The ap-15

proximately 21 acres generally depicted on the map 16

entitled Utah PLI Land Conveyances Map and 17

dated June 30, 2016, as ‘‘Blanding Shooting 18

Range’’, to San Juan County, Utah, for a public 19

shooting range. 20

(11) PARK CITY CONVEYANCE I.—The approxi-21

mately 2.5 acres generally depicted on the map enti-22

tled Utah PLI Land Conveyances Map and dated 23

June 30, 2016, as ‘‘Park City Conveyance I’’, to 24


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Park City, Utah, for public recreation and open 1

space. 2

(12) PARK CITY CONVEYANCE II.—The approxi-3

mately 1 acre generally depicted on the map entitled 4


30, 2016, as ‘‘Park City Conveyance II’’, to Park 6

City, Utah, for public recreation and open space. 7

(13) LISBON VALLEY.—The approximately 398 8



2016, as ‘‘Lisbon Valley’’, to Utah State University 11

for education and research. 12

(14) WELLINGTON.—The approximately 645 13



2016, as ‘‘Wellington’’, to Utah State University for 16

education and research. 17

(15) RANGE CREEK RESEARCH STATION EX-18

PANSION.—The approximately 1,663 acres depicted 19

on the map entitled Utah PLI Land Conveyances 20

Map and dated June 30, 2016, as ‘‘Range Creek Re-21

search Station Expansion’’, to the University of 22

Utah for education and research. 23

(16) ASHLEY SPRING.—The approximately 24

1,103 acres generally depicted on the map entitled 25


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30, 2016, as ‘‘Ashley Spring’’, to Uintah County, 2

Utah, for use as open space and for watershed pro-3

tection and drinking water development. 4

(17) SEEP RIDGE UTILITY CORRIDOR.—The ap-5

proximately 2,633 acres in Uintah County generally 6

depicted on the map entitled Utah PLI Land Con-7

veyances Map and dated June 30, 2016, as ‘‘Seep 8

Ridge Utility Corridor’’, to the State of Utah, for 9

use as rights-of-way for public utilities. 10

(18) BLUFF RIVER RECREATION AREA.—The 11

approximately 177 acres generally depicted on the 12


dated June 30, 2016, as ‘‘Bluff River Recreation 14

Area’’, to Bluff Service Area, for use as recreation 15

and municipal facilities. 16

(19) EMERY INFORMATION CENTER.—The ap-17

proximately 80 acres generally depicted on the map 18

entitled Utah PLI Land Conveyances Map and 19

dated June 30, 2016, as ‘‘Emery County Informa-20

tion Center’’, to Emery County, Utah, for an infor-21

mation and visitor center to promote public lands. 22

(20) SUMMIT COUNTY CONVEYANCE.—The ap-23

proximately ll acres generally depicted on the 24



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dated June 30, 2016, as ‘‘Summit Conveyance’’, to 1

Summit County, Utah, for public recreation and 2

open space. 3

(b) MAP AND LEGAL DESCRIPTIONS.—Not later than 4

two years after the date of enactment of this Act, the rel-5

evant Secretary shall file a map and legal description of 6

each of the land conveyances authorized in subsection (a) 7

with the Committee on Natural Resources. 8

TITLE VII—LAND DISPOSALS 9

SEC. 701. LAND DISPOSALS. 10

Subject to valid existing rights, the Secretary of the 11

Interior shall within two years dispose of Federal lands 12

identified as ‘‘Lands for Disposal’’ on the map entitled 13

‘‘Utah PLI Land Disposal Map’’ dated June 25, 2016. 14

TITLE VIII—RECREATION ZONES 15

SEC. 801. ESTABLISHMENT. 16


rights, to enhance existing and future recreational oppor-18

tunities in Grand County, Uintah County, and San Juan 19

County, Utah, the following areas are hereby established 20

as Recreation Zones: 21

(1) GOLDBAR RECREATION ZONE.—Certain 22

Federal land, comprising approximately 23,051 23

acres administered by the Bureau of Land Manage-24

ment in Grand County, as generally depicted on the 25


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map entitled Utah PLI Recreation Zones Map dated 1

June 30, 2016, to be known as the ‘‘Goldbar Recre-2

ation Zone’’. 3

(2) MONITOR AND MERRIMAC RECREATION 4

ZONE.—Certain Federal land, comprising approxi-5

mately 17,371 acres administered by the Bureau of 6

Land Management in Grand County as generally de-7

picted on the map entitled Utah PLI Recreation 8

Zones Map dated June 30, 2016, to be known as the 9

‘‘Monitor and Merrimac Recreation Zone’’. 10

(3) KLONDIKE RECREATION ZONE.—Certain 11



ment in Grand County as generally depicted on the 14


June 30, 2016, to be known as the ‘‘Klondike Recre-16

ation Zone’’. 17

(4) BIG FLAT RECREATION ZONE.—Certain 18



ment in Grand County as generally depicted on the 21


June 30, 2016, to be known as the ‘‘Big Flat Recre-23

ation Zone’’. 24


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(5) MINERAL CANYON RECREATION ZONE.— 1

Certain Federal land, comprising approximately 2

20,423 acres administered by the Bureau of Land 3

Management in Grand County as generally depicted 4

on the map entitled Utah PLI Recreation Zones 5

Map dated June 30, 2016, to be known as the ‘‘Min-6

eral Canyon Recreation Zone’’. 7

(6) DEE PASS AND UTAH RIMS RECREATION 8

ZONE.—Certain Federal land, comprising approxi-9

mately 210,587 acres administered by the Bureau of 10

Land Management in Grand County as generally de-11

picted on the map entitled Utah PLI Recreation 12

Zones Map dated June 30, 2016, to be known as the 13

‘‘Dee Pass and Utah Rims Recreation Zone’’. 14

(7) YELLOW CIRCLE RECREATION ZONE.—Cer-15

tain Federal land, comprising approximately 7,436 16


ment in San Juan County as generally depicted on 18

the map entitled Utah PLI Recreation Zones Map 19

dated June 30, 2016, to be known as the ‘‘Yellow 20

Circle Recreation Zone’’. 21

(8) CAMEO CLIFFS RECREATION ZONE.—Cer-22



ment in San Juan County as generally depicted on 25


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the map entitled Utah PLI Recreation Zones Map 1

dated June 30, 2016, to be known as the ‘‘Cameo 2

Cliffs Recreation Zone’’. 3

(9) JENSEN HILLS RECREATION ZONE.—Cer-4



ment in Uintah County as generally depicted on the 7

map entitled Utah PLI Recreation Zones Map and 8

dated June 30, 2016, to be known as the ‘‘Jensen 9

Hills Recreation Zone’’. 10

(10) RED MOUNTAIN RECREATION ZONE.—Cer-11





June 30, 2016, to be known as the ‘‘Red Mountain 16

Recreation Zone’’. 17

(11) DEVILS HOLE RECREATION ZONE.—Cer-18

tain Federal land, comprising approximately 550 19




June 30, 2016, to be known as the ‘‘Devils Hole 23

Recreation Zone’’. 24


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(12) BOURDETTE DRAW RECREATION ZONE.— 1

Certain Federal land, comprising approximately 2

20,560 acres administered by the Bureau of Land 3

Management in Uintah County as generally depicted 4

on the map entitled Utah PLI Recreation Zones 5

Map dated June 30, 2016, to be known as the 6

‘‘Bourdette Draw Recreation Zone’’. 7

(13) RED WASH RECREATION ZONE.—Certain 8

Federal land, comprising approximately 1,916 acres 9

administered by the Bureau of Land Management in 10


titled Utah PLI Recreation Zones Map dated June 12

30, 2016, to be known as the ‘‘Red Wash Recreation 13

Zone’’. 14



date the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 17

the Interior (hereinafter in this title referred to as the 18

‘‘Secretary’’) shall file a map and legal description of each 19

of the Recreation Zones established by section 801 with 20

the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Rep-21



(b) FORCE AND EFFECT.—The maps and legal de-24

scriptions submitted under this section shall have the 25


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same force and effect as if included in this title, except 1

that the Secretary may make any minor modifications of 2


description and provided that prior to any modifications, 4

clerical or typographical changes, these changes are re-5

ported to the State of Utah and the affected counties. 6

(c) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—A copy of the maps and 7

legal descriptions shall be on file and available for public 8

inspection in the appropriate offices of the Bureau of 9

Land Management. 10

SEC. 803. GOLDBAR RECREATION ZONE MANAGEMENT. 11

(a) PURPOSES.—The purposes of the Goldbar Recre-12

ation Zone are to promote outdoor recreation (including 13

off-highway vehicle use, mountain biking, and hiking), 14

provide for the construction of new non-off-highway vehi-15

cle trails, prevent future energy and mineral development, 16

and conserve indigenous plants and animals. 17

(b) ADMINISTRATION.— 18

(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall admin-19

ister the Goldbar Recreation Zone in accordance 20

with— 21

(A) this title; 22

(B) the Federal Land Policy and Manage-23

ment Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.); and 24



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(2) USES.—Uses and management of the 1

Goldbar Recreation Zone shall— 2

(A) require coordination and consultation 3

with State and local governments; 4

(B) provide for recreational opportunities 5

including camping, biking, hiking, and off-high-6

way vehicle use (including motorcycling, all-ter-7

rain-vehicle riding, and four-wheeling); 8

(C) prohibit future mineral development; 9

(D) provide for new route and trail con-10

struction for non-off-highway vehicle use; and 11

(E) conserve indigenous plant and animal 12

species. 13

(3) MANAGEMENT OF OFF-HIGHWAY AND MO-14

TORIZED VEHICLES.—The Secretary shall manage 15

existing designated routes for off-highway and mo-16

torized vehicles in a manner that— 17

(A) is consistent with off-highway and mo-18

torized vehicle use of the routes designated in 19

the applicable travel management plan; 20

(B) allows for adjustment to the travel 21

management plan within the regular amend-22

ment process; and 23

(C) allows for the construction of new non- 24

off-highway vehicle trails. 25


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(4) WITHDRAWALS.—Subject to valid existing 1

rights, all public land within the Goldbar Recreation 2

Zone, including any land or interest in land that is 3

acquired by the United States within the Goldbar 4

Recreation Zone after the date of enactment of this 5

Act, is withdrawn from— 6

(A) entry, appropriation or disposal under 7

the public land laws; 8

(B) location, entry, and patent under the 9

mining laws; and 10

(C) operation of the mineral leasing, min-11

eral materials, and geothermal leasing laws. 12

SEC. 804. MONITOR AND MERRIMAC RECREATION ZONE 13

MANAGEMENT. 14

(a) PURPOSES.—The purposes of the Monitor and 15

Merrimac Recreation Zone are to promote outdoor recre-16

ation (including off-highway vehicle use, mountain biking, 17

rock climbing, and hiking), provide for the construction 18

of new off-highway vehicle and non-off-highway vehicle 19

trails and routes, and to prevent future mineral develop-20

ment. 21


ister the Monitor and Merrimac Recreation Zone in ac-23

cordance with— 24

(1) this title; 25


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(2) the Federal Land Policy and Management 1

Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.); and 2


(c) USES.—Uses and management of the Monitor 4

and Merrimac Recreation Zone shall— 5

(1) coordinate and consult with State and local 6

government; 7

(2) provide for recreational opportunities in-8

cluding, biking, hiking, rock climbing and off-high-9

way vehicle use (including motorcycling, all-terrain- 10

vehicle riding, and four-wheeling); 11

(3) prohibit future mineral and energy leasing; 12

and 13

(4) provide for new route and trail construction 14

for off-highway vehicle and non-off-highway vehicle 15

use. 16

(d) MANAGEMENT OF OFF-HIGHWAY VEHICLE AND 17

MOTORIZED VEHICLES.—The Secretary shall manage ex-18

isting designated off-highway vehicle routes in a manner 19

that— 20

(1) is consistent with off-highway and motor-21

ized vehicle use of the routes designated in the appli-22



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(2) allows for adjustment to the travel manage-1

ment plan within the regular amendment process; 2

and 3

(3) allows for the construction of new off-high-4

way and non-off-highway vehicle trails. 5


all public land within the Monitor and Merrimac Recre-7

ation Zone, including any land or interest in land that is 8

acquired by the United States within the Monitor and 9

Merrimac Recreation Zone after the date of enactment of 10

this Act, is withdrawn from— 11




laws; and 15



SEC. 805. KLONDIKE RECREATION ZONE MANAGEMENT. 18

(a) PURPOSES.—The purposes of the Klondike 19

Recreation Zone are to promote outdoor recreation (in-20

cluding off-highway vehicle use, mountain biking, rock 21

climbing, and hiking), provide for the construction of new 22

non-off-highway vehicle trails, and to prevent future min-23

eral development. 24


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ister the Klondike Recreation Zone in accordance with— 2

(1) this title; 3




(c) USES.—Uses and management of the Klondike 7

Recreation Zone shall— 8


government; 10


cluding biking, hiking, rock climbing, and off-high-12

way vehicle use (including motorcycling, all-terrain- 13

vehicle riding and four-wheeling); 14

(3) prohibit future mineral and energy leasing; 15


for off-highway and non-off-highway vehicle use; and 17

(5) provide managerial flexibility to route off- 18

highway vehicle trails in a way that minimizes con-19

flict with non-off-highway vehicle trails. 20

(d) MANAGEMENT OF OFF-HIGHWAY VEHICLE AND 21

MOTORIZED VEHICLES.—The Secretary shall manage ex-22

isting designated routes for off-highway vehicles and mo-23



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and 6

(3) allows for the construction of new non-off- 7

highway vehicle trails. 8


all public land within the Klondike Recreation Zone, in-10

cluding any land or interest in land that is acquired by 11

the United States within the Klondike Recreation Zone 12

after the date of enactment of this Act, is withdrawn 13

from— 14




laws; and 18



SEC. 806. BIG FLAT RECREATION ZONE MANAGEMENT. 21

(a) PURPOSES.—The purposes of the Big Flat Recre-22

ation Zone are to promote outdoor recreation (including 23

off-highway vehicle use, mountain biking, rock climbing 24


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and hiking), provide for new off-highway vehicle route con-1

struction and promote mineral development. 2


ister the Big Flat Recreation Zone in accordance with— 4

(1) this title; 5




(c) USES.—Uses and management of the Big Flat 9

Recreation Zone shall— 10


government; 12


cluding rock climbing, biking, hiking, off-highway ve-14

hicle use (including motorcycling, all-terrain-vehicle 15

riding, and four-wheeling); 16

(3) provide for future mineral leasing with no 17

surface occupancy stipulations; 18

(4) allow the continuation of existing mineral 19

leasing; and 20


for off-highway vehicle and non-off-highway vehicle 22

use. 23

(d) MANAGEMENT OF OFF-HIGHWAY AND MOTOR-24

IZED VEHICLES.—The Secretary shall manage existing 25


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designated routes for off-highway and motorized vehicles 1

in a manner that— 2






and 8

(3) allows for the construction of new non-off- 9

highway vehicle trails. 10

SEC. 807. MINERAL CANYON RECREATION ZONE MANAGE-11

MENT. 12

(a) PURPOSES.—The purposes of the Mineral Canyon 13

Recreation Zone are to promote non-motorized outdoor 14

recreation (including mountain biking, rock climbing, and 15

hiking), provide for new non-motorized route construction, 16

prevent future mineral development, maintain boating ac-17

cess, maintain airstrip access, and maintain access and 18

use of country borrow areas for unprocessed gravel. 19



ister the Mineral Canyon Recreation Zone in accord-22

ance with— 23

(A) this title; 24


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(2) USES.—Uses and management of the Min-4

eral Canyon Recreation Zone shall— 5

(A) coordinate and consult with State and 6

local government; 7

(B) provide for non-motorized recreational 8

opportunities including biking and hiking; 9

(C) prevent future mineral leasing or 10

claims; 11


struction for non-motorized vehicle use; 13

(E) maintain access for boating; 14

(F) maintain access for aircraft to the ex-15

isting airstrip; and 16

(G) maintain access to and use of the 17

county borrow areas for unprocessed gravel. 18









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ment process; and 3



(4) WITHDRAWALS.—Subject to valid existing 6

rights, all public land within the Mineral Canyon 7

Recreation Zone, including any land or interest in 8

land that is acquired by the United States within the 9

Mineral Canyon Recreation Zone after the date of 10

enactment of this Act, is withdrawn from— 11

(A) entry, appropriation or disposal under 12

the public land laws; 13

(B) location, entry, and patent under the 14

mining laws; and 15

(C) operation of the mineral leasing, min-16

eral materials, and geothermal leasing laws. 17

SEC. 808. DEE PASS AND UTAH RIMS RECREATION ZONE 18

MANAGEMENT. 19

(a) PURPOSES.—The purposes of the Dee Pass and 20

Utah Rims Recreation Zone are to promote off-highway 21

vehicle recreation, provide for the construction of new off- 22

highway vehicle trails and non-motorized trails, and allow 23

mineral development. 24



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ister the Dee Pass and Utah Rims Recreation Zone 2

in accordance with— 3

(A) this title; 4




(2) USES.—Uses and management of the Dee 8

Pass and Utah Rims Recreation Zone shall— 9


local government; 11


including rock climbing, biking, hiking, and off- 13

highway vehicle use (including motorcycling, all- 14

terrain vehicle riding, and four-wheeling); 15

(C) provide future mineral and energy 16

leasing and development in a manner that mini-17

mizes impacts to outdoor recreation; and 18


struction for motorized and non-motorized use. 20






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ment process; and 6

(C) allows for the construction of new off- 7

highway and non-off-highway vehicle trails. 8

(4) WHITE WASH CROSS COUNTRY TRAVEL 9

AREA.—The approximately llllacres identified 10

as the ‘‘White Wash Cross Country Travel Area’’, 11

located within the Dee Pass Recreation Zone, on the 12

map entitled ‘‘Utah PLI Recreation Zones Map’’ 13

and dated June 30, 2016, is open to cross country 14

off-highway vehicle travel. 15

SEC. 809. YELLOW CIRCLE AND CAMEO CLIFFS RECRE-16

ATION ZONE MANAGEMENT. 17

(a) PURPOSES.—The purposes of the Yellow Circle 18

Recreation Zone and Cameo Cliffs Recreation Zone are 19

to promote off-highway vehicle use, provide for the con-20

struction of new off-highway vehicle and non-motorized 21

trails, and allow energy and mineral leasing and develop-22

ment. 23



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ister the Yellow Circle Recreation Zone and Cameo 2

Cliffs Recreation Zone in accordance with— 3

(A) this title; 4


ment Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.); 6

(C) other applicable laws; and 7

(D) San Juan County Public Entry and 8

Access Rights. 9

(2) USES.—Uses and management of the Yel-10

low Circle Recreation Zone and Cameo Cliffs Recre-11

ation Zone shall— 12




including rock climbing, biking, hiking, and off- 16


terrain-vehicle riding, four-wheeling); 18

(C) provide future mineral and energy 19

leasing and development in a manner that con-20

siders impacts to outdoor recreation; and 21


struction for off-highway vehicle and non-mo-23

torized use. 24


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existing designated off-highway and motorized vehi-3

cle routes in a manner that— 4









SEC. 810. JENSEN HILLS RECREATION ZONE ADDITIONAL 13

PROVISIONS. 14

(a) PURPOSES.—The purposes of the Jensen Hills 15

Recreation Zone is to promote off-highway vehicle recre-16

ation, provide for the construction of new off-highway ve-17

hicle trails and non-motorized trails, and to promote en-18

ergy and mineral leasing and development. 19



ister the Jensen Hills Recreation Zone in accordance 22

with— 23

(A) this title; 24


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(C) other applicable laws; 3

(2) USES.—Uses and management of the Jen-4

sen Hills Recreation Zone shall— 5


local government; 7


including, biking, hiking, rock climbing and off- 9



(C) allow future mineral and energy leas-12

ing and development in a manner that mini-13

mizes impacts to outdoor recreation; 14



torized use to further recreational opportunities; 17

and 18

(E) allow cross country off-highway vehicle 19

travel where authorized under the applicable 20

travel management plan. 21



existing designated routes in a manner that— 24


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ment process; 6


off-highway vehicle trails; and 8

(D) allows for continued cross country off- 9

highway vehicle travel where authorized under 10

the travel management plan. 11

SEC. 811. RED MOUNTAIN RECREATION ZONE MANAGE-12

MENT. 13

(a) PURPOSES.—The purposes of the Red Mountain 14







ister the Red Mountain Recreation Zone in accord-21

ance with— 22

(A) this title; 23




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(2) USES.—Uses and management of the Red 2

Mountain Recreation Zone shall— 3


local government; 5







mizes impacts to outdoor recreation and sen-12

sitive plant and animal species; and 13



torized use. 16



existing designated routes in a manner that— 19








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highway vehicle and non-motorized routes and 2

trails. 3

SEC. 812. DEVILS HOLE RECREATION ZONE MANAGEMENT. 4

(a) PURPOSES.—The purposes of the Devils Hole 5


ation, the construction of new off-highway vehicle trails 7

and non-motorized trails and routes, and to promote en-8




rior shall administer the Devils Hole Recreation 12

Zone in accordance with— 13

(A) this title; 14




(2) USES.—Uses and management of the Devils 18

Hole Recreation Zone shall— 19








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(C) allows future mineral and energy leas-1

ing and development in a manner that considers 2

impacts to outdoor recreation; 3



torized use; and 6

(E) allows cross country off-highway vehi-7

cle travel where authorized by the applicable 8

travel management plan. 9


TORIZED VEHICLES.—The Secretary of the Interior 11

shall manage existing designated routes in a manner 12

that— 13






ment process; 19


highway vehicle and non-motorized trails; and 21


highway vehicle travel authorized under the ap-23

plicable travel management plan. 24


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SEC. 813. BOURDETTE DRAW RECREATION ZONE ADDI-1

TIONAL PROVISIONS. 2

(a) PURPOSES.—The purposes of the Bourdette 3

Draw Recreation Zone is to promote off-highway vehicle 4

recreation, provide for the construction of new off-highway 5

vehicle trails and non-motorized trails, and to promote en-6




rior shall administer the Bourdette Draw Recreation 10

Zone in accordance with— 11

(A) this title; 12




(2) USES.—Uses and management of the 16

Bourdette Draw Recreation Zone shall— 17










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mizes impacts to outdoor recreation and sen-1

sitive plant and animal species; 2



torized use; and 5


travel authorized under the applicable travel 7

management plan. 8




that— 12






ment process; 18





the applicable travel management plan. 23


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SEC. 814. RED WASH RECREATION ZONE ADDITIONAL PRO-1

VISIONS. 2

(a) PURPOSES.—The purposes of the Red Wash 3







rior shall administer the Red Wash Recreation Zone 10

in accordance with— 11

(A) this title; 12




(2) USES.—Uses and management of the Red 16

Wash Recreation Zone shall— 17









mizes impacts to outdoor recreation; 26


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torized use; and 3


travel authorized under the applicable travel 5

management plan. 6




that— 10






ment process; 16





the applicable travel management plan. 21

SEC. 815. HOLE-IN-THE-ROCK TRAIL. 22

(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF TRAIL.—Section 5(a) of the 23

National Trails System Act (16 U.S.C. 1244(a)) is 24

amended by adding at the end the following: 25


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‘‘(31) HOLE-IN-THE-ROCK TRAIL.— 1

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The corridor known 2

as the ‘Hole-in-the-Rock Trail’ as generally de-3

picted on the map titled ‘Utah PLI National 4

Conservation Area Map’ dated June 30, 2016. 5

‘‘(B) PURPOSES AND USE.— 6

‘‘(i) The purposes of the National 7

Hole-in-the-Rock Trail is to promote cul-8

tural, recreational, and historic values and 9

promote motorized and non-motorized 10

recreation. 11

‘‘(ii) The Hole-in-the-Rock Founda-12

tion shall be a cooperating agency regard-13

ing trail management. 14

‘‘(iii) The issuance of regulations re-15

garding group size and fee areas shall be 16

done in accordance with the cooperating 17

agencies. 18

‘‘(C) MANAGEMENT PLAN.— 19

‘‘(i) PLAN REQUIRED.—Not later than 20

2 years after the date of enactment of this 21

Act, the Secretary of the Interior shall de-22

velop a management plan for the long-term 23

management of the historic trail. 24


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‘‘(ii) RECOMMENDATIONS AND CON-1

SULTATION.—The Secretary of the Interior 2

shall prepare the management plan in con-3

sultation and coordination with local and 4

tribal governments, the public, and the 5

Public Lands Initiative Planning and Im-6

plementation Advisory Committee estab-7

lished under Division C of this Act. If the 8

Secretary of the Interior does not incor-9

porate recommendations submitted by the 10

State, local, and tribal governments into 11

the management plans, the Secretary of 12

the Interior shall submit a written expla-13

nation before the effective date of the man-14

agement plan to the House Committee on 15

Natural Resources and Senate Committee 16

on Energy and Natural Resources out-17

lining the reasons for rejecting the rec-18

ommendations of the State local govern-19

ments and tribes.’’. 20

SEC. 816. RECAPTURE CANYON. 21

(a) APPROVAL OF RIGHT-OF-WAY.—San Juan Coun-22

ty, Utah’s application for a Title V Right-of-Way, origi-23

nally submitted to the Bureau of Land Management Mon-24

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2006, and later amended on November 13, 2012, is ap-1

proved. 2

(b) PURPOSE OF RIGHT-OF-WAY.—The purposes of 3

the Title V Right-of-Way, as stated by the County’s appli-4

cation, is to perform routine maintenance to existing trails 5

and routes in an effort to encourage travel in the canyon 6

to remain on a single established route through the canyon 7

that minimizes impacts to the surrounding environment. 8

(c) APPLICABILITY OF OTHER LAWS.—In granting 9

the application, compliance with section 306108 of title 10

54, United States Code, and the Native American Graves 11

Protection and Repatriation Act shall apply to the right- 12

of-way to avoid adverse impact to archaeological sites. 13

SEC. 817. BIG BURRITO NON-MOTORIZED TRAIL. 14

The 9.3 mile proposed non-motorized trail within the 15

Sand Flats Recreation Area, approved by the Bureau of 16

Land Management Moab Field Office on December 18, 17

2016, and commonly known as the Big Burrito Non-Mo-18

torized Trail, shall not be subject to administrative or ju-19

dicial review. 20

TITLE IX—RED ROCK COUNTRY 21

OFF-HIGHWAY VEHICLE TRAIL 22


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(1) COUNTY.—The term ‘‘County’’ means 1

Grand and San Juan Counties, Utah. 2



(3) TRAIL.—The term ‘‘Trail’’ means the Red 5

Rock Country Off-Highway Vehicle Trail established 6

under section 902. 7


means land owned by the Bureau of Land Manage-9

ment as depicted on the Utah PLI Recreation Plans 10

Map and dated llll. 11

SEC. 902. DESIGNATION. 12

(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall des-13

ignate a trail system in the County— 14

(A) for use by off-highway vehicles; and 15

(B) to be known as the ‘‘Red Rock Coun-16

try Off-Highway Vehicle Trail’’. 17

(2) REQUIREMENTS.—In designating the trail, 18

the Secretary shall prioritize a long distance route 19

for off-highway vehicles that is generally depicted on 20

the Utah PLI Recreation Plans Map and dated June 21

30, 2016, that— 22

(A) connects the Federal land adjacent to 23

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Grand Junction, Colorado, through the Dee 1

Pass and Utah Rims Recreation Zone; 2

(B) connects the Federal land adjacent to 3


Green River, Utah, through the Dee Pass and 5

Utah Rims Recreation Zone; 6

(C) connects the Federal land adjacent to 7


Monticello, Utah, through the Cameo Cliffs 9

Recreation Zone; 10

(D) uses existing routes, where feasible, 11

which may include the Kokopelli Trail, the Or-12

ange Trail, and Trail 1; 13

(E) minimizes the use of graded roads; 14

and 15

(F) creates a recreational experience that 16

provides— 17

(i) opportunities for scenic vistas; 18

(ii) challenging terrain for off-highway 19

vehicle travel; 20

(iii) connections to other existing trail 21

systems or trails; 22

(iv) minimal conflicts between off- 23

highway vehicle and non-off-highway vehi-24

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(v) off-highway vehicle singletrack and 1

doubletrack options where feasible. 2

(3) MAP.—A map that depicts the Trail shall 3

be on file and available for public inspection in the 4

appropriate offices of the Bureau of Land Manage-5

ment. 6

SEC. 903. MANAGEMENT. 7

(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall manage fu-8

ture designated routes on the Trail in a manner that— 9

(1) is consistent with section 902; and 10

(2) does not interfere with private property or 11

water rights. 12

(b) CLOSURE.—The Secretary, in consultation with 13

the State and the County, may temporarily close or per-14

manently reroute, subject to subparagraph (C), a route 15

on the Trail if the Secretary determines that— 16

(1) the route is significantly damaging des-17


(2) the route threatens public safety; 19

(3) closure of the route is necessary to repair 20

damage to the Trail; or 21

(4) closure of the route is necessary to repair 22

resource damage. 23


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(c) REROUTING.—Portions of the route that are tem-1

porarily closed may be permanently rerouted by utilizing 2

a previously closed route or constructing a new route. 3

(d) NOTICE.—The Secretary shall provide informa-4

tion to the public regarding any designated routes on the 5

Trail that are open, have been relocated, or are tempo-6

rarily closed through— 7

(1) use of appropriate signage within the Trail; 8

and 9

(2) use of the Internet and Web resources. 10

(e) NO EFFECT ON NON-FEDERAL LAND OR INTER-11




(f) ADDITIONAL ROUTE CONSTRUCTION.— 15

(1) FEASIBILITY STUDY.—Not later than 180 16

days after the date of enactment of this Act, the 17

Secretary shall study the feasibility and public inter-18

est in constructing new routes as part of the Red 19

Rock County Off-Highway Vehicle Trail to further 20

off-highway vehicle recreational opportunities. 21

(2) CONSTRUCTION.— 22

(A) CONSTRUCTION AUTHORIZED.—If the 23

Secretary determines that the construction of a 24


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route on the Trail is feasible, construction is 1

authorized. 2

(B) USE OF VOLUNTEER SERVICES AND 3

CONTRIBUTIONS.—A route on the Trail may be 4

constructed under this subsection through the 5

acceptance of volunteer services and contribu-6

tions from non-Federal sources to eliminate the 7

need for Federal expenditures to construct the 8

route. 9

(3) COMPLIANCE.—In carrying out this sub-10

section, the Secretary shall comply with— 11

(A) the Federal Land Policy and Manage-12

ment Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.); 13


(C) other applicable law. 15

TITLE X—LONG-TERM INDIAN 16

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 17

CERTAINTY 18

SEC. 1001. INDIAN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN SAN JUAN 19

COUNTY, UTAH. 20

(a) MCCRAKEN MESA MINERAL TRANSFER.—All 21

right and interest in the Federal minerals located within 22

the McCraken Extension of the Navajo Nation shall be 23

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(b) USE OF ROYALTIES.—The Act of March 1, 1933 1

(47 Stat. 1418), is amended in the first section, by strik-2

ing ‘‘371⁄2’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘62.5’’. 3

SEC. 1002. UTE INDIAN TRIBE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 4

AREA. 5

(a) SPLIT ESTATE UNIFICATION.—With respect to 6

any land within the Uintah and Ouray Reservation, where 7

the United States holds title to the surface or mineral es-8

tate in trust for the Ute Tribe but a Federal agency owns 9

or manages the corresponding mineral or surface estate, 10

the title to interests owned or managed by the Federal 11

agency shall be held by the Secretary of the Interior in 12

trust for the benefit of the tribe in order to unify the sur-13

face and mineral estates for the benefit of the tribe. 14

(b) MINERALS TRANSFER.—The Bureau of Land 15

Management shall transfer title to the mineral estate of 16

public lands within the Hill Creek Extension (originally 17

established under the Act of March 11, 1948 (62 Stat. 18

72)) south of the south boundary of Township 11 South, 19

Salt Lake Base & Meridian, other than lands for which 20

selection applications have been filed by the State of Utah 21

with the Bureau of Land Management under authority of 22

the Hill Creek Cultural Preservation and Energy Develop-23

ment Act, Public Law 133–133, to the Bureau of Indian 24

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SEC. 1003. WATER STUDY FOR UINTAH AND DUCHESNE 1

COUNTIES. 2

The Secretary of the Interior, using existing authori-3

ties through the Bureau of Reclamation, shall undertake 4

a water study that includes a needs, opportunities and 5

constraints assessment in Uintah and Duchesne Counties 6

for storage of Ute tribal water and the use of water rights 7

currently held by the Ute Tribe. 8

TITLE XI—LONG-TERM ENERGY 9

DEVELOPMENT CERTAINTY 10

IN UTAH 11

SEC. 1101. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 12

Within Uintah, Carbon, Emery, Grand, Duchesne 13

and San Juan counties in the State of Utah, the increased 14

production and transmission of energy in a safe and envi-15

ronmentally sound manner is essential to the well-being 16

of the rural Utahns and the American people. It is the 17

sense of Congress that the Federal departments and agen-18

cies involved in energy development projects on Federal 19

lands in Utah shall take appropriate actions, including 20

Federal primacy delegation, to expedite projects that will 21

increase the production or development of energy and min-22

eral resources on Federal lands. 23

SEC. 1102. ACTIONS TO EXPEDITE ENERGY-RELATED 24

PROJECTS. 25

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(1) may establish a program covering the per-1

mitting processes, regulatory requirements, and any 2

other provisions by which the State would exercise 3

the rights of the State to develop and permit all 4

forms of energy resources on available Federal land 5

administered by the Price, Vernal, Moab, and Monti-6

cello Field Offices of the Bureau of Land Manage-7

ment; and 8

(2) shall submit, as a condition of certification 9

under section 1103(a), a declaration to the Depart-10

ment of the Interior that a program under para-11

graph (1) has been established or amended. 12

(b) AMENDMENT OF PROGRAMS.—The State of Utah 13

may amend a program developed and certified under this 14

subtitle at any time. 15

(c) CERTIFICATION OF AMENDED PROGRAMS.—Any 16

program amended under subsection (b) shall be certified 17

under section 1103(a). 18

SEC. 1103. PERMITTING AND REGULATORY PROGRAMS. 19

(a) FEDERAL CERTIFICATION AND TRANSFER OF 20

DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS.—Upon submission of a declara-21

tion by the State of Utah under section 1102(a)(2)— 22

(1) the program under section 1102(a)(1) shall 23

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(2) the State shall receive all rights from the 1

Federal Government to permit all forms of energy 2

resources covered by the program. 3

(b) ISSUANCE OF PERMITS.— 4

(1) No later than 60 days after the enactment 5

of this Act, the Governor of the State of Utah shall 6

make an election as to whether the State of Utah 7

will process permits for the development of any form 8

of energy resource on available Federal land within 9

the area covered by the Field Offices referenced in 10

section 1102(a)(1). In the event the Governor elects 11

to assume the permitting as set forth herein, he 12

shall notify the Secretary of the Interior of his deci-13

sion within 60 days. 14

(2) Upon an election to assume permitting as 15

set forth in paragraph (1), the process shall be in 16

accordance with Federal statutes and regulations. 17

SEC. 1104. JUDICIAL REVIEW. 18

(a) JURISDICTION.—The United States District 19

Court for the District of Utah shall have original and ex-20

clusive jurisdiction over any civil action brought pursuant 21

to this title. 22

(b) EXPEDITED CONSIDERATION.—The Court shall 23

set any civil action brought under this section for expe-24

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SEC. 1105. COMPLETION OF ADMINISTRATIVE LAND EX-1

CHANGE PROCESS. 2

The land exchange application, referred to as UTU– 3

78673 pending before the Moab Field Office, shall be con-4

sidered in the public interest and completed. 5

TITLE XII—LONG-TERM TRAVEL 6

MANAGEMENT CERTAINTY 7

SEC. 1201. RIGHTS-OF-WAY FOR CERTAIN ROADS. 8

(a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to valid existing rights 9

and consistent with this section, the Secretary of the Inte-10

rior shall acknowledge the State of Utah’s and its coun-11

ties’ ownership of, and shall forever disclaim all Federal 12

interest in, a right-of-way for public travel and access on 13

all roads claimed as Class B, that are paved as of January 14

1, 2016, and identified as rights-of-way in judicial actions 15

in the Federal court system as of January 1, 2016, in 16

Uintah, Duchesne, Carbon, Emery, Grand, and San Juan 17

counties, Utah. 18

(b) APPLICABLE LAW.—A right-of-way disclaimed 19

under subsection (a) shall constitute the United States ac-20

ceptance of the county’s and State’s RS 2477 ownership 21

and that all Federal ownership authority is extinguished. 22

The State and counties in return shall withdraw lawsuits 23

in the Federal court system affecting those individual dis-24

claimed roads. 25

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(1) Each right-of-way disclaimed by the Sec-1

retary of the Interior under the provisions covered 2

by subsection (b) of this title shall consist of the full 3

geographic extent authorized by Utah State law in 4

effect as of January 1, 2016. 5

(2) Each right-of-way disclaimed pursuant to 6

this title may be abandoned pursuant to Utah State 7

law. 8

(3) The right-of-way area of disturbance shall 9

generally remain the same as of January 1, 2016. 10

SEC. 1202. GRAND COUNTY COUNCIL RECOMMENDATIONS 11

FOR CERTAIN ROADS. 12

The recommendations of the Grand County Council, 13

as depicted on the map entitled ‘‘Grand County PLI Final 14

Map 4–17–2015’’ and dated April 17, 2015, for Hey Joe 15

Canyon, Tenmile Canyon, and Mineral Canyon roads shall 16

be implemented by the Secretary of the Interior, with the 17

seasonal closures beginning the Tuesday following Memo-18

rial Day through Labor Day. 19

SEC. 1203. UINTAH COUNTY ROAD CERTAINTY. 20

Not later than two years after the enactment of this 21

Act, and subject to valid existing rights and consistent 22

with this section, the Secretary of the Interior shall grant 23

a title V right-of-way to Uintah County for public travel 24

and access upon all Class D roads, as claimed by the 25


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Uintah County on its duly adopted 2016 transportation 1

map, and as described by GPS centerline description on 2

file with Uintah County as a January 1, 2016, and that 3

are also identified on the 2008 Vernal Resource Manage-4

ment Plan Transportation Plan. 5

TITLE XIII—LONG-TERM 6

GRAZING CERTAINTY 7

SEC. 1301. CURRENT PERMITTED USE. 8

Unless otherwise specified by this title, and pursuant 9

to existing permits, on Federal lands managed by the Sec-10

retary of Agriculture or the Secretary of the Interior in 11

Summit, Duchesne, Uintah, Grand, Emery, Carbon, and 12

San Juan Counties, the grazing of domestic livestock shall 13

continue and any adjustments in the numbers of livestock 14

permitted should be made as a result of revisions in the 15

normal grazing and land management planning and policy 16

setting process. 17

SEC. 1302. BIGHORN SHEEP. 18

On Federal lands managed by the Secretary of Agri-19

culture or the Secretary of the Interior in Summit, 20

Duchesne, Uintah, Grand, Emery, Carbon, and San Juan 21

Counties, the viability or existence of bighorn sheep shall 22

not be used to remove or alter the use of domestic sheep 23

or cattle where such use was permitted as of January 1, 24

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SEC. 1303. PROTECTION OF GRAZING LANDS. 1

To recognize the importance of public land grazing 2

to the economy and culture of rural Utah, and to the State 3

of Utah in general, it is the sense of Congress that this 4

title shall ensure public grazing lands, including areas out-5

side the areas designated in this title, not be reduced below 6

current permitted levels, except for cases of extreme range 7

conditions where water and forage is not available. The 8

areas of public land that have reduced or eliminated graz-9

ing shall be reviewed and managed to support grazing at 10

an economically viable level. 11

DIVISION C—LOCAL 12

PARTICIPATION 13

TITLE I—LOCAL PARTICIPATION 14

AND PLANNING 15

SEC. 101. PUBLIC LANDS INITIATIVE PLANNING AND IM-16

PLEMENTATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE. 17

(a) ESTABLISHMENT AND PURPOSE OF PUBLIC 18

LANDS INITIATIVE PLANNING AND IMPLEMENTATION AD-19

VISORY COMMITTEE.— 20


terior and Secretary of Agriculture shall jointly es-22

tablish and maintain the Public Lands Initiative 23

Planning and Implementation Advisory Committee 24

(in this title referred to as the ‘‘Advisory Com-25

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(2) PURPOSE.—The purpose of the Advisory 1

Committee is to advise the Secretaries of the Inte-2

rior and Agriculture on the implementation of the 3

Utah Public Lands Initiative Act. 4

(b) DUTIES.—The Advisory Committee shall advise 5

the relevant Secretary with regard to— 6

(1) implementation of this title; and 7

(2) policies or programs that encourage coordi-8

nation among the public, local elected officials, and 9

public lands stakeholders, and the State, tribes, and 10

the Federal Government. 11

(c) APPOINTMENT BY THE SECRETARIES.— 12

(1) APPOINTMENT AND TERM.—The Secretaries 13

of the Interior and Agriculture shall jointly appoint 14

the members of the Advisory Committee for a term 15

of 5 years beginning on the date of appointment. 16

The Secretaries of the Interior and Agriculture may 17

not reappoint members designated under subsection 18

(d)(2)(B) to more than 3 terms. 19

(2) BASIC REQUIREMENTS.—The Secretaries of 20

the Interior and Agriculture shall ensure that the 21

Advisory Committee established meets the require-22

ments of subsection (d). 23

(3) INITIAL APPOINTMENT.—The Secretaries of 24

the Interior and Agriculture shall make initial ap-25


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pointments to the Advisory Committee not later 1

than 180 days after the date of the enactment of 2

this Act. 3

(4) VACANCIES.—The Secretaries of the Inte-4

rior and Agriculture shall fill vacancies on the Advi-5

sory Committee as soon as practicable after the va-6

cancy has occurred. 7

(5) COMPENSATION.—Members of the Advisory 8

Committee shall not receive any compensation. 9

(d) COMPOSITION OF ADVISORY COMMITTEE.— 10

(1) NUMBER.—The Advisory Committee shall 11

be comprised of no more than 22 members. 12


Advisory Committee members shall reside in the 14

State of Utah and represent the following: 15

(A) GOVERNMENTAL INTERESTS.— 16

(i) The Utah State Director of the 17

Bureau of Land Management or a des-18

ignated representative of the Director. 19

(ii) The Regional Forester of Region 20

4 of the United States Forest Service or a 21

designated representative of the Forester. 22

(iii) A representative of the Bureau of 23

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(iv) A representative of the Bureau of 1

Indian Affairs Navajo Region. 2

(v) The Governor of the State of Utah 3

or a designated representative of the Gov-4

ernor. 5

(vi) The Director of the Utah Depart-6

ment of Natural Resources or a designated 7

representative of the Director. 8

(vii) The Chairperson of the Summit 9

County Council or a designated representa-10

tive of the Chairperson. 11

(viii) The Chairperson of the Uintah 12

County Commission or a designated rep-13

resentative of the Chairperson. 14

(ix) The Chairperson of the Duchesne 15



(x) The Chairperson of the Carbon 18



(xi) The Chairperson of the Emery 21




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(xii) The Chairperson of the Grand 1

County Council or a designated representa-2

tive of the Chairperson. 3

(xiii) The Chairperson of the San 4

Juan County Commission or a designated 5

representative of the Chairperson. 6

(B) COMMUNITY INTERESTS.— 7

(i) The grazing community. 8

(ii) The off-highway vehicle commu-9

nity. 10

(iii) The sportsmen or hunting com-11

munity. 12

(iv) The energy development industry. 13

(v) The guides and outfitters commu-14

nity. 15

(vi) The non-off-highway vehicle recre-16

ation community. 17

(vii) The conservation community. 18

(viii) Archaeological, cultural, and his-19

toric interests. 20

(ix) Biological interests. 21


TUS.—No individual serving under subparagraph 23

(2)(B) may be an officer or employee of the Federal 24

Government or State of Utah. 25


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ing Advisory Committee members from the two cat-2

egories in section 2, the Secretaries of the Interior 3

and Agriculture shall provide for balanced and broad 4

representation from within each category. 5

(5) CHAIRPERSON.—The Secretaries of the In-6

terior and Agriculture shall jointly select the chair-7

person of the Advisory Committee for a term of 5 8

years beginning on the date of appointment. 9

(e) ANNUAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE REPORT.— 10

(1) REPORT SUBMISSION.—The Advisory Com-11

mittee shall submit a report no later than September 12

30 of each year to the Secretaries of the Interior 13

and Agriculture, the Committee on Natural Re-14

sources of the House of Representatives, and the 15

Committees on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, 16

and Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate. If 17

the Advisory Committee cannot meet the September 18

30 deadline in any year, the Secretary of the Inte-19

rior or Secretary of Agriculture shall advise the 20

Chair of each such Committee of the reasons for 21

such delay and the date on which the submission of 22

the report is anticipated. 23




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(A) the activities of the Advisory Com-1

mittee during the preceding year; 2


made by the Advisory Committee to the Secre-4

taries of the Interior and Agriculture during the 5

preceding year; and 6


Secretaries of the Interior and Agriculture as a 8

result of the recommendations. 9

(f) OTHER ADVISORY COMMITTEE AUTHORITIES AND 10

REQUIREMENTS.— 11

(1) STAFF ASSISTANCE.—The Advisory Com-12

mittee may request and the Secretaries of the Inte-13

rior and Agriculture may provide periodic staff as-14

sistance from Federal employees under the jurisdic-15

tion of the relevant Secretary. 16

(2) MEETINGS.— 17

(A) FREQUENCY.—The Advisory Com-18

mittee shall meet at the call of the Secretaries 19

of the Interior or Agriculture, the Chairperson, 20

or a majority of the members. Meetings shall be 21

held no fewer than 1 time a year. A majority 22

constitutes a quorum for business of the Advi-23

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Advisory Committee shall be announced at least 2

one week in advance in publications of general 3

circulation and shall be open to the public. 4

(3) RECORDS.—The Advisory Committee shall 5

maintain records of the meetings of the Advisory 6

Committee and make the records available for public 7

inspection. 8

DIVISION D—BEAR EARS NA-9

TIONAL CONSERVATION AREA 10

TITLE I—BEAR EARS NATIONAL 11

CONSERVATION AREA 12

SEC. 101. FINDINGS. 13

Congress finds the following: 14

(1) The lands within Bears Ears National Con-15

servation Area have been used by Native Americans 16

for thousands of years. 17

(2) The unique, intact archaeological record 18

found throughout the Bears Ears National Con-19

servation Area is sacred to numerous Native Amer-20

ican tribes and Pueblos and is of great significance 21

to American history. 22

(3) Tribes and Pueblos maintain deep connec-23

tions and commitments to the lands within the 24

Bears Ears National Conservation Area and con-25


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tinue to rely on and use these lands for ceremonies, 1

spiritual rejuvenation, gathering herbs, firewood and 2

cedar poles, hunting for game, and caretaking of sa-3

cred places. 4

(4) Many local residents, many with early pio-5

neer heritage, have similarly strong attachments to 6

the land and associated lifestyles, both vocational 7

and avocational. 8

(5) Many visitors develop similar attachments 9

and appreciation for these landscapes. 10

SEC. 102. ESTABLISHMENT. 11

Certain Federal land, comprising of approximately 12

857,603 acres administered by the Bureau of Land Man-13

agement and U.S. Forest Service in San Juan County as 14

generally depicted on the map entitled Utah PLI National 15

Conservation Area Map dated June 30, 2016, to be known 16

as the ‘‘Bears Ears National Conservation Area’’. 17



date of enactment of this Act, the relevant Secretary shall 20

file a map and legal description of the National Conserva-21

tion Areas established by sections 201 of this title with 22

the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Rep-23




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the relevant Secretary may make minor modifications of 4








dian Affairs, the Bureau of Land Management, and the 12


SEC. 104. ADMINISTRATION OF BEAR EARS NATIONAL CON-14

SERVATION AREA. 15

(a) PURPOSES.—In accordance with this title, the 16

Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 17

U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), and other applicable laws, the rel-18

evant Secretary shall manage the Bears Ears National 19

Conservation Area (hereinafter referred to as ‘‘Bears 20

Ears’’) established by section 102 in a manner that— 21

(1) protects, conserves, and enhances the 22

unique and nationally important historic, cultural, 23

scientific, scenic, recreational, archaeological, nat-24

ural, and educational resources of Bears Ears; 25


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(2) maintains and enhances cooperative and in-1

novative management practices between resource 2

managers, private landowners, and the public in 3

Bears Ears; 4

(3) recognizes and maintains historic uses of 5

Bears Ears; 6

(4) provides for traditional access by indigenous 7

persons for culturally significant subsistence, includ-8

ing but not limited to traditional gathering, wood 9

cutting, hunting, and cultural and religious uses 10

within Bears Ears; 11

(5) consistent with the Native American Graves 12

Repatriation and Protection Act (Public Law 101– 13

601; 25 U.S.C. 3001 et seq.; 104 Stat. 3048), the 14

National Historic Preservation Act (Public Law 89– 15

665; 54 U.S.C. 300101 et seq.), and the Utah State 16

Antiquities Act (UCA 9–8–301–308) protects and 17

preserves and minimizes disturbance to Native 18

American archaeological sites, including human re-19

mains, from permitted uses of Bears Ears; and 20

(6) integrates Native American Traditional Ec-21

ological Knowledge as defined in 36 CFR 219.19 to 22

improve social, economic, and ecological sustain-23

ability in accordance with U.S. Forest Service 2016 24

Planning Rule regulations (36 C.F.R. 219). 25


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(b) MANAGEMENT PLANS.— 1

(1) PLAN REQUIRED.—Not later than 2 years 2

after the date of enactment of this Act, the relevant 3

Secretary shall develop a management plan for the 4

long-term management of each Conservation Area. 5


The relevant Secretary shall prepare the manage-7

ment plan in consultation and coordination with 8

local and tribal governments, the public, and the 9

Public Lands Initiative Planning and Implementa-10

tion Advisory Committee established under Division 11

C of this Act. If the relevant Secretary does not in-12

corporate recommendations submitted by the State, 13

local governments, and Indian tribes into the man-14

agement plans, the relevant Secretary shall submit a 15

written explanation before the effective date of the 16

management plan to the House Committee on Nat-17

ural Resources and Senate Committee on Energy 18

and Natural Resources outlining the reasons for re-19

jecting the recommendations. 20


The General Provisions in title II section 204 shall 22

apply to this title. 23


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SEC. 106. COOPERATING AGENCIES. 1

The Secretary of the Interior shall designate and in-2

volve as cooperating agencies interested tribes and Pueblos 3

that trace their culture and heritage to the lands within 4

the Bears Ears National Conservation Area in accordance 5

with the National Environmental Policy Act (42 U.S.C. 6

4321 et seq.). 7

SEC. 107. BEARS EARS TRIBAL COMMISSION. 8

(a) CREATION OF COMMISSION.—In preparing the 9

management plan subject to section 104(b) for the Bears 10

Ears, the Secretary of the Interior shall create a Commis-11

sion consisting of one representative from each tribe or 12

Pueblo that enters into cooperating agency status pursu-13

ant to section 106. The Secretary shall actively seek advice 14

and carefully and fully consider the views of the Commis-15

sion. 16

(b) STAKEHOLDER ADVISORY COUNCIL REPRESENT-17

ATIVE.—The Commission shall select either a representa-18

tive from the Commission or the Tribal Liaison to be the 19

tribal interest representative on the Advisory Council. 20

SEC. 108. TRIBAL EMPLOYMENT. 21

In employing individuals to perform any administra-22

tive, interpretation, construction, maintenance, or other 23

service in the Bears Ears National Conservation Area, the 24

Secretary of the Interior shall give priority consideration 25

to members of tribes that meet publically posted job quali-26


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fications and criteria consistent with standard Federal hir-1

ing practices. 2

SEC. 109. TRIBAL LIAISON. 3

The Secretary of the Interior shall appoint a liaison 4

to the tribes that enter into cooperating agency status pur-5

suant to section 106. The liaison shall work to ensure the 6

voice and perspectives of the cooperating tribal entities are 7

represented in the management of the Bears Ears Na-8

tional Conservation Area. 9

SEC. 110. BEARS EARS ADVISORY COMMITTEE. 10

(a) ESTABLISHMENT AND PURPOSE OF THE BEARS 11

EARS ADVISORY COMMITTEE.— 12


terior shall establish and maintain the Bears Ears 14

Advisory Committee to perform the duties in sub-15

section (b). 16

(2) PURPOSE.—The purpose of the Bears Ears 17

Advisory Committee is to advise the Secretary of the 18

Interior on the Bears Ears National Conservation 19

Area. 20

(b) DUTIES.—The Bears Ears Advisory Committee 21

shall advise the Secretary of the Interior with regard to— 22

(1) implementation of the Bears Ears National 23

Conservation Area Management Plan; and 24


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(2) administration of the Bears Ears National 1

Conservation Area. 2

(c) APPOINTMENT BY THE SECRETARY.— 3

(1) APPOINTMENT AND TERM.—The Secretary 4

of the Interior shall appoint the members of the 5

Bears Ears Advisory Committee for a term of five 6

years beginning on the date of appointment. The 7

Secretary of the Interior may not reappoint mem-8

bers to more than three terms. 9

(2) BASIC REQUIREMENTS.—The Secretary of 10

the Interior shall ensure that the Bears Ears Advi-11

sory Committee established meets the requirements 12

of subsection (d). 13

(3) INITIAL APPOINTMENT.—The Secretary of 14

the Interior shall make initial appointments to the 15

Bears Ears Advisory Committee not later than 180 16

days after the date of the enactment of this Act. 17

(4) VACANCIES.—The Secretary of the Interior 18

shall make appointments to fill vacancies on the 19

Bears Ears Advisory Committee as soon as prac-20

ticable after the vacancy has occurred. 21

(5) COMPENSATION.—Members of the Bears 22

Ears Advisory Committee shall not receive any com-23

pensation. 24


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(d) COMPOSITION OF BEARS EARS ADVISORY COM-1

MITTEE.— 2

(1) NUMBER.—The Bears Ears Advisory Com-3

mittee shall be comprised of no more than 10 mem-4

bers. 5


Bears Ears Advisory Committee members shall re-7

side in the State of Utah and be representative of 8

the following members: 9

(A) One representative with historical ex-10

pertise in the Hole-in-the-Rock Trail. 11

(B) One representative with paleontological 12

expertise. 13

(C) One representative with archaeological 14

or historic expertise. 15

(D) One representative of the off-highway 16

vehicle community. 17

(E) One representative of the non-off-high-18

way vehicle recreation community. 19

(F) One representative from the conserva-20

tion community. 21

(G) One representative from the sportsmen 22

community. 23

(H) One representative from the livestock 24

grazing community. 25


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(I) One representative of the San Juan 1

County commission. 2

(J) One representative of the Tribal Col-3

laboration Commission. 4


TUS.—No individual serving under section 2 may be 6

an officer or employee of the Federal Government or 7

State of Utah Government. 8


ing Bears Ears Advisory Committee members from 10

the two categories in section 2, the Secretary of the 11

Interior shall provide for balanced and broad rep-12

resentation from within each category. 13

(5) CHAIRPERSON.—The Secretary of the Inte-14

rior shall select the chairperson of the Bears Ears 15

Advisory Committee for a term of five years begin-16

ning on the date of appointment. 17

(e) ANNUAL BEARS EARS ADVISORY COMMITTEE 18

REPORT.— 19

(1) REPORT SUBMISSION.—The Bears Ears Ad-20

visory Committee shall submit a report no later than 21

September 30 of each year to the Secretary of the 22

Interior, the Committee on Natural Resources of the 23

House of Representatives, and the Committee on 24

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If the Bears Ears Advisory Committee cannot meet 1

the September 30 deadline in any year, the Sec-2

retary of the Interior shall advise the Chair of each 3

such Committee of the reasons for such delay and 4

the date on which the submission of the report is an-5

ticipated. 6



(A) the activities of the Bears Ears Advi-9

sory Committee during the preceding year; 10


made by the Bears Ears Advisory Committee to 12

the Secretary of the Interior during the pre-13

ceding year; and 14


Secretary of the Interior as a result of the rec-16

ommendations. 17

(f) OTHER BEARS EARS ADVISORY COMMITTEE AU-18

THORITIES AND REQUIREMENTS.— 19

(1) STAFF ASSISTANCE.—The Bears Ears Advi-20

sory Committee may submit to the Secretary of the 21

Interior a request for periodic staff assistance from 22

Federal employees under the jurisdiction of the Sec-23

retary. 24

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(A) FREQUENCY.—The Bears Ears Advi-1

sory Committee shall meet at the call of the 2

Secretary of the Interior, the Chairperson, or a 3

majority of the members. Meetings shall be held 4

no less than one time per year. A majority must 5

be present to constitute an official meeting of 6

the Bears Ears Advisory Committee. 7


Bears Ears Advisory Committee shall be an-9

nounced at least one week in advance in publi-10

cations of general circulation and shall be open 11

to the public. 12

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