Yellowstone Gateway Protection Act

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 426 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 426

To withdraw certain National Forest System land in the Emigrant Crevice 
   area located in the Custer Gallatin National Forest, Park County, 
Montana, from the mining and mineral leasing laws of the United States, 
                        and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 10, 2019

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

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                                 A BILL


 
To withdraw certain National Forest System land in the Emigrant Crevice 
   area located in the Custer Gallatin National Forest, Park County, 
Montana, from the mining and mineral leasing laws of the United States, 
                        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 ``Yellowstone Gateway Protection 
Act''.

SEC. 2. WITHDRAWAL.

    (a) Definition of Map.--In this section, the term ``map'' means the 
map entitled ``Emigrant Crevice Proposed Withdrawal Area'' and dated 
November 10, 2016.
    (b) Withdrawal.--Subject to valid existing rights in existence on 
the date of enactment of this Act, the National Forest System land and 
interests in the National Forest System land, as depicted on the map, 
is withdrawn from--
            (1) location, entry, and patent under the mining laws; and
            (2) disposition under all laws pertaining to mineral and 
        geothermal leasing.
    (c) Acquired Land.--Any land or interest in land within the area 
depicted on the map that is acquired by the United States after the 
date of enactment of this Act shall, on acquisition, be immediately 
withdrawn in accordance with this section.
    (d) Map.--
            (1) Submission of map.--As soon as practicable after the 
        date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture 
        shall file the map with--
                    (A) the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources 
                of the Senate; and
                    (B) the Committee on Natural Resources of the House 
                of Representatives.
            (2) Force of law.--The map filed under paragraph (1) shall 
        have the same force and effect as if included in this Act, 
        except that the Secretary of Agriculture may correct clerical 
        and typographical errors in the map.
            (3) Public availability.--The map filed under paragraph (1) 
        shall be on file and available for public inspection in the 
        appropriate offices of the Forest Service and the Bureau of 
        Land Management.
    (e) Effect.--Nothing in this section affects any recreational use, 
including hunting or fishing, that is authorized on land within the 
area depicted on the map under applicable law as of the date of 
enactment of this Act.
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