Sec. 402. Jurassic National Monument
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To conserve, interpret, and enhance for the benefit of present and future generations the paleontological, scientific, educational, and recreational resources of the area and subject to valid existing rights, there is established in the State the Jurassic National Monument (referred to in this section as the Monument ), consisting of approximately 850 acres of Federal land administered by the Bureau of Land Management in the County and generally depicted as Proposed Jurassic National Monument on the Map.
Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall file with the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate and the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives a map and legal description of the Monument. The map and legal description filed under paragraph
(1)shall have the same force and effect as if included in this section, except that the Secretary may correct clerical and typographical errors in the map and legal description, subject to the requirement that, before making the proposed corrections, the Secretary shall submit to the State and any affected county the proposed corrections. A copy of the map and legal description filed under paragraph
(1)shall be on file and available for public inspection in the appropriate offices of the Bureau of Land Management. Subject to valid existing rights, any Federal land within the boundaries of the Monument and any land or interest in land that is acquired by the United States for inclusion in the Monument after the date of enactment of this Act is withdrawn from— entry, appropriation, or disposal under the public land laws; location, entry, and patent under the mining laws; and operation of the mineral leasing laws, geothermal leasing laws, and minerals materials laws. The Secretary shall manage the Monument— in a manner that conserves, protects, and enhances the resources and values of the Monument, including the resources and values described in subsection (a); and in accordance with— this section; the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 ( 43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.); and any other applicable Federal law. The Monument shall be managed as a component of the National Landscape Conservation System. Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall develop a comprehensive management plan for the long-term protection and management of the Monument. The management plan developed under paragraph
(1)shall— describe the appropriate uses and management of the Monument, consistent with the provisions of this section; and allow for continued scientific research at the Monument during the development of the management plan for the Monument, subject to any terms and conditions that the Secretary determines necessary to protect Monument resources. The Secretary shall only allow uses of the Monument that the Secretary determines would further the purposes for which the Monument has been established. The Secretary shall provide for public interpretation of, and education and scientific research on, the paleontological resources of the Monument. The Secretary may enter into cooperative agreements with appropriate public entities to carry out paragraph (1). The establishment of the Monument shall not modify the management status of any area within the boundary of the Monument that is managed as an area of critical environmental concern. If there is a conflict between the laws applicable to an area described in paragraph
(1)and this section, the more restrictive provision shall control. Except as needed for administrative purposes or to respond to an emergency, the use of motorized vehicles in the Monument shall be allowed only on roads and trails designated for use by motorized vehicles under the management plan for the Monument developed under subsection (e). Nothing in this section constitutes an express or implied reservation by the United States of any water or water rights with respect to the Monument. The grazing of livestock in the Monument, if established before the date of enactment of this Act, shall be allowed to continue, subject to such reasonable regulations, policies, and practices as the Secretary considers to be necessary in accordance with— applicable law (including regulations); the guidelines set forth in Appendix A of the report of the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs of the House of Representatives accompanying H.R. 2570 of the 101st Congress (House Report 101–405); and the purposes of the Monument.
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