[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1295 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
114th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 1295
To adjust the boundary of the Arapaho National Forest, Colorado, and
for other purposes.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
May 12, 2015
Mr. Bennet (for himself and Mr. Gardner) introduced the following bill;
which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and
Natural Resources
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A BILL
To adjust the boundary of the Arapaho National Forest, Colorado, and
for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Arapaho National Forest Boundary
Adjustment Act of 2015''.
SEC. 2. ARAPAHO NATIONAL FOREST BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT.
(a) In General.--
(1) Boundary adjustment.--The boundary of the Arapaho
National Forest in the State of Colorado is adjusted to
incorporate the approximately 92.95 acres of land generally
depicted as ``The Wedge'' on the map entitled ``Arapaho
National Forest Boundary Adjustment'' and dated November 6,
2013, and described as lots 3, 4, 8, and 9 of section 13,
Township 4 North, Range 76 West, Sixth Principal Meridian,
Colorado.
(2) Limitation.--A lot described in paragraph (1) may be
included in the boundary adjustment only after the Secretary of
Agriculture obtains written permission for the inclusion from
the lot owner or owners.
(b) Bowen Gulch Protection Area.--The Secretary of Agriculture
shall include all Federal land within the boundary described in
subsection (a) in the Bowen Gulch Protection Area established under
section 6 of the Colorado Wilderness Act of 1993 (16 U.S.C. 539j).
(c) Land and Water Conservation Fund.--For purposes of section
200306(a)(2)(B)(i) of title 54, United States Code, the boundaries of
the Arapaho National Forest, as modified under subsection (a), shall be
considered to be the boundaries of the Arapaho National Forest as in
existence on January 1, 1965.
(d) Public Motorized Use.--Nothing in this Act opens privately
owned land within the boundary described in subsection (a) to public
motorized use.
(e) Access to Non-Federal Land.--
(1) Definition of covered access point.--In this
subsection, the term ``covered access point'' means land within
the boundary described in subsection (a)--
(A) owned by the United States on or after the date
of enactment of this Act; and
(B) historically used by owners of any non-Federal
land within the boundary described in subsection (a) to
access that non-Federal land.
(2) Motorized access authorized.--Notwithstanding the
provisions of section 6(f) of the Colorado Wilderness Act of
1993 (16 U.S.C. 539j(f)) regarding motorized travel, owners of
non-Federal land within the boundary described in subsection
(a) shall have the continued right of motorized access to that
non-Federal land across covered access points.
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