United States HR 572: Restoring Access to Public Lands Act

Bill Text

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116THCONGRESS 
1STSESSION 
H. R. 572 
To release certain Federal land in California from wilderness study, and 
for other purposes. 
IN  THE  HOUSE  OF  REPRESENTATIVES  
JANUARY15, 2019 
Mr. L
AMALFA(for himself and Mr. MCCLINTOCK) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources 
A  BILL  
To release certain Federal land in California from wilderness 
study, and for other purposes. 
Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
This  Act  may  be  cited  as  the  ‘‘Restoring  Access  to  4
Public Lands Act’’. 5
SEC.  2.  RELEASE  OF  CERTAIN  LAND  FROM  WILDERNESS  6
STUDY. 7
(a)  F
INDING.—Congress  finds  that,  for  the  purposes  8
of section 603(c) of the Federal Land Policy and Manage-9
ment  Act  of  1976  (43  U.S.C.  1782(c)),  the  areas  de-10
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scribed  in  subsection  (c)  have  been  adequately  studied  for  1
wilderness designation. 2
(b)  R
ELEASE.—Each  area  described  in  subsection  3
(c)— 4
(1)  is  no  longer  subject  to  section  603(c)  of  the  5
Federal  Land  Policy  and  Management  Act  of  1976  6
(43 U.S.C. 1782(c)); and 7
(2)  shall  be  managed  in  accordance  with  land  8
management  plans  adopted  under  section  202  of  the  9
Federal  Land  Policy  and  Management  Act  of  1976  10
(43 U.S.C. 1712). 11
(c)  D
ESCRIPTION  OFAREAS.—The  areas  referred  to  12
in subsections (a) and (b) are the following: 13
(1)  The  approximately  646  acres  of  the  Yolla  14
Bolly  Wilderness  Study  Area  designated  as  ‘‘Non-  15
suitable’’  on  the  map  titled  ‘‘Yolla  Bolly  Contiguous  16
Wilderness   Study   Area   –   1991   Suitability   Rec-17
ommendation’’ and dated April 5, 2018. 18
(2)  The  approximately  17,896  acres  of  the  Tim-19
bered  Crater  Wilderness  Study  Area  designated  as  20
‘‘Non-suitable’’  on  the  map  titled  ‘‘Timbered  Crater  21
Wilderness   Study   Area   –   1991   Suitability   Rec-22
ommendation’’ and dated April 4, 2018. 23
(3) The approximately 10,770 acres of the Lava 24
Wilderness  Study  Area  designated  as  ‘‘Non-suitable’’  25
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on  the  map  titled  ‘‘Lava  Wilderness  Study  Area  –  1
1991  Suitability  Recommendation’’  and  dated  April  2
4, 2018. 3
(4)  The  approximately  4,281  acres  of  the  Pit  4
River  Canyon  Wilderness  Study  Area  designated  as  5
‘‘Non-suitable’’  on  the  map  titled  ‘‘Pit  River  Canyon  6
Wilderness   Study   Area   –   1991   Suitability   Rec-7
ommendation’’ and dated April 4, 2018. 8
(5)  The  approximately  16,998  acres  of  the  Tule  9
Mountain   Wilderness   Study   Area   designated   as   10
‘‘Non-suitable’’  on  the  map  titled  ‘‘Tule  Mountain  11
Wilderness   Study   Area   –   1991   Suitability   Rec-12
ommendation’’ and dated April 4, 2018. 13
(6)  The  approximately  3,169  acres  of  the  South  14
Warner   Contiguous   Wilderness   Study   Area   des-15
ignated  as  ‘‘Non-suitable’’  on  the  map  titled  ‘‘South  16
Warner  Contiguous  Wilderness  Study  Area  –  1991  17
Suitability   Recommendation’’   and   dated   April   5,   18
2018. 19
(7)    The    approximately    640    acres    of    the    20
Bitterbrush  Wilderness  Study  Area  designated  as  21
‘‘Non-suitable’’  on  the  map  titled  ‘‘Bitterbrush  Wil-22
derness Study Area – 1991 Suitability Recommenda-23
tion’’ and dated April 4, 2018. 24
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(8)  The  approximately  856  acres  of  the  Buffalo  1
Hills  Wilderness  Study  Area  designated  as  ‘‘Non-  2
suitable’’  on  the  map  titled  ‘‘Buffalo  Hills  Wilder-3
ness  Study  Area  –  1991  Suitability  Recommenda-4
tion’’ and dated April 5, 2018. 5
(9)   The   approximately   18,598   acres   of   the   6
Twin  Peaks  Wilderness  Study  Area  designated  as  7
‘‘Non-suitable’’  on  the  map  titled  ‘‘Twin  Peaks  Wil-8
derness Study Area – 1991 Suitability Recommenda-9
tion’’ and dated April 5, 2018. 10
(10)  The  approximately  49,206  acres  of  the  11
Five  Springs  Wilderness  Study  Area  designated  as  12
‘‘Non-suitable’’  on  the  map  titled  ‘‘Five  Springs  Wil-13
derness Study Area – 1991 Suitability Recommenda-14
tion’’ and dated April 5, 2018. 15
(11)  The  approximately  10,863  acres  of  the  16
Dry  Valley  Rim  Wilderness  Study  Area  designated  17
as  ‘‘Non-suitable’’  on  the  map  titled  ‘‘Dry  Valley  18
Rim  Wilderness  Stud