Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 116 Part 2.djvu/277

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PUBLIC LAW 107-216—AUG. 21, 2002 116 STAT. 1059 (3) WATER INFRASTRUCTURE.— Nothing in this Act (including the provisions related to establishment or management of the Protection Area) shall giffect, impede, interfere with, or diminish the operation, existence, access, maintenance, improvement, or construction of water facilities and infrastructure, rights-of-way, or other water-related property, interests, and uses, (including the use of motorized vehicles and equipment existing or located on lands within the Protection Area) on any lands except those lands managed under the management prescription referred to in subsection (d)(1)(F). SEC. 4. INHOLDINGS. 16 USC 539/-1. (a) STATE LAND BOARD LANDS.— If the Colorado State Land Board informs the Secretary that the Board is willing to transfer to the United States some or all of the lands owned by the Board located within the Protection Area, the Secretary shall promptly seek to reach agreement with the Board regsirding terms and conditions for acquisition of such lands by the United States by purchase or exchange. (b) JIM CREEK INHOLDING.— (1) ACQUISITION OF LANDS.—The Secretary shall enter into negotiations with the owner of lands located within the portion of the Jim Creek drainage within the Protection Area for the purpose of acquiring the lands by purchase or exchange, but the United States shall not acquire such lemds without the consent of the owner of the lands. (2) LANDOWNER RIGHTS. —Nothing in this Act shall affect any rights of the owner of lands located within the Jim Creek drainage within the Protection Area, including any right to reasonable access to such lands by motorized or other means as determined by the Forest Service and the landowner consistent with applicable law and relevant and appropriate rules and regulations governing such access. (c) REPORT.— (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Resources of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate a report concerning any agreement or the status of negotiations conducted pursuant to— (A) subsection (a), upon conclusion of an agreement for acquisition by the United States of lands referred to in subsection (a), or 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, whichever occurs first; and (B) subsection (b), upon conclusion of an agreement for acquisition by the United States of lands referred to in subsection (b), or 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, whichever occurs first. (2) FUNDING INFORMATION. —The report required by this subsection shall indicate to what extent funds are avedlable to the Secretary as of the date of the report for the acquisition of the relevant lands and whether additional funds need to be appropriated or otherwise made available to the Secretary for such purpose. (d) MANAGEMENT OF ACQUISITIONS. —-Any lands within the James Peeik Wilderness or the Protection Area acquired by the United States after the date of the enactment of this Act shall