PUBLIC LAW 98-603—OCT. 30, 1984
98 STAT. 3155
Public Law 98-603 98th Congress An Act Entitled: "The San Juan Basin Wilderness Protection Act of 1984".
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, TITLE I—SAN JUAN BASIN SEC. 101. This Act may be cited as the "San Juan Basin Wilderness Protection Act of 1984". SEC. 102. (a) In furtherance of the purposes of the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131-1136), the following lands are hereby designated as wilderness, and, therefore, as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System— (1) certain lands in the Albuquerque District Bureau of Land Management, New Mexico, which comprise approximately three thousand nine hundred and sixty-eight acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled "Bisti Wilderness—Proposed", dated June 1983, and which shall be known as the Bisti Wilderness; and (2) certain lands in the Albuquerque District of the Bureau of Land Management, New Mexico, which comprise approximately twenty-three thousand eight hundred and seventy-two acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled "De-na-zin Wilderness— Proposed", dated June 1983, and which shall be known as the De-na-zin Wilderness. (h) Subject to valid existing rights each wilderness area designated by this Act shall be administered by the Secretary of the Interior in accordance with the provisions of the Wilderness Act, except that any reference in such provisions to the effective date of the Wilderness Act (or any similar reference) shall be deemed to be a reference to the effective date of this Act, and any reference to the Secretary of Agriculture shall be deemed to be a reference to the Secretary of the Interior. (c) As soon as practicable after enactment of this Act, a map and a legal description of each wilderness area designated by this Act shall be filed by the Secretary of the Interior with the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the United States Senate and the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs of the House of Representatives. Each such map and description shall have the same force and effect as if included in this Act, except that correction of clerical and typographical errors in each such legal description and map may be made by the Secretary subsequent to such filings. Each such map and legal description shall be on file and available for public inspection in the Office of the Director of the Bureau of Land Management, Department of the Interior. (d) Within the wilderness areas designated by this Act, the gr;azing of livestock, where established prior to the date of enactment of this Act, shall be permitted to continue subject to such reasonable
Oct. 30, 1984 [H.R. 6296] San Juan Basin Wilderness Protection Act of 1984. National Wilderness Preservation System. National Forest System. 16 USC 1132 note.
16 USC 1132 note.
16 USC 1131 note.
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