Owyhee Wilderness Areas Boundary Modifications Act

Owyhee Wilderness Areas Boundary Modifications Act

Adjusts the boundaries of the North Fork Owyhee Wilderness, the Owyhee River Wilderness, and the Pole Creek Wilderness in Idaho to exclude certain land.

Amends the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 to allow motor vehicles to continue to be used for livestock monitoring, herding, and gathering in the Big Jacks Creek Wilderness, Bruneau-Jarbidge Rivers Wilderness, Little Jacks Creek Wilderness, North Fork Owyhee Wilderness, Owyhee River Wilderness, and Pole Creek Wilderness.

Requires the Department of the Interior to: (1) report to Congress on all livestock grazing management activities that were authorized in such wilderness areas on the day before they were designated as wilderness, and (2) use the report to assist in the management of livestock grazing in those areas.

[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2171 Introduced in House (IH)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2171

To modify the boundaries of the Pole Creek Wilderness, the Owyhee River 
 Wilderness, and the North Fork Owyhee Wilderness and to authorize the 
continued use of motorized vehicles for livestock monitoring, herding, 
     and grazing in certain wilderness areas in the State of Idaho.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 30, 2015

 Mr. Labrador introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                     Committee on Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
To modify the boundaries of the Pole Creek Wilderness, the Owyhee River 
 Wilderness, and the North Fork Owyhee Wilderness and to authorize the 
continued use of motorized vehicles for livestock monitoring, herding, 
     and grazing in certain wilderness areas in the State of Idaho.

    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 ``Owyhee Wilderness Areas Boundary 
Modifications Act''.

SEC. 2. OWYHEE WILDERNESS AREAS BOUNDARY MODIFICATIONS.

    (a) Boundary Modifications.--
            (1) North fork owyhee wilderness.--The boundary of the 
        North Fork Owyhee Wilderness established by section 
        1503(a)(1)(D) of the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 
        (Public Law 111-11; 123 Stat. 1033) is modified to exclude 
        certain land, as depicted on--
                    (A) the Bureau of Land Management map entitled 
                ``North Fork Owyhee and Pole Creek Wilderness Aerial'' 
                and dated October 15, 2014; and
                    (B) the Bureau of Land Management map entitled 
                ``North Fork Owyhee Wilderness Big Springs Camp Zoom 
                Aerial'' and dated October 15, 2014.
            (2) Owyhee river wilderness.--The boundary of the Owyhee 
        River Wilderness established by section 1503(a)(1)(E) of the 
        Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-11; 
        123 Stat. 1033) is modified to exclude certain land, as 
        depicted on--
                    (A) the Bureau of Land Management map entitled 
                ``North Fork Owyhee Wilderness, Pole Creek Wilderness 
                and Owyhee River Wilderness Aerial'' and dated November 
                10, 2014;
                    (B) the Bureau of Land Management map entitled 
                ``Owyhee River Wilderness Kincaid Reservoir Zoom 
                Aerial'' and dated October 15, 2014; and
                    (C) the Bureau of Land Management map entitled 
                ``Owyhee River Wilderness Dickshooter Road Zoom 
                Aerial'' and dated October 15, 2014.
            (3) Pole creek wilderness.--The boundary of the Pole Creek 
        Wilderness established by section 1503(a)(1)(F) of the Omnibus 
        Public Land Management Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-11; 123 
        Stat. 1033) is modified to exclude certain land, as depicted 
        on--
                    (A) the Bureau of Land Management map entitled 
                ``North Fork Owyhee Wilderness, Pole Creek Wilderness 
                and Owyhee River Wilderness Aerial'' and dated November 
                10, 2014; and
                    (B) the Bureau of Land Management map entitled 
                ``Pole Creek Wilderness Pullout Zoom Aerial'' and dated 
                October 15, 2014.
    (b) Maps.--
            (1) Effect.--The maps referred to in subsection (a) shall 
        have the same force and effect as if included in this Act, 
        except that the Secretary of the Interior may correct minor 
        errors in the maps.
            (2) Availability.--The maps referred to in subsection (a) 
        shall be available in the appropriate offices of the Bureau of 
        Land Management.

SEC. 3. USE OF MOTORIZED VEHICLES FOR LIVESTOCK MONITORING, HERDING, 
              AND GRAZING.

    Section 1503(b)(3)(A) of the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 
2009 (Public Law 111-11; 123 Stat. 1034) is amended by inserting 
``(including the use of motor vehicles for livestock monitoring, 
herding, and gathering in those areas)'' before ``shall be allowed''.

SEC. 4. REPORT ON LIVESTOCK GRAZING MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior shall submit to the 
appropriate Committees of Congress a report describing all livestock 
grazing management activities that were authorized in the areas 
designated as wilderness by section 1503 of the Omnibus Public Land 
Management Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-11; 123 Stat. 1032) on the day 
before the date on which those wilderness areas were designated.
    (b) Use.--The Secretary shall use the report submitted under 
subsection (a) to assist in the management of livestock grazing in the 
wilderness areas referred to in subsection (a).
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