Sec. 4. Designation of Ah-shi-sle-pah Wilderness
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In accordance with the Wilderness Act ( 16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), the approximately 7,242 acres of land as generally depicted on the map entitled San Juan County Wilderness Designations and dated April 2, 2015, is designated as wilderness and as a component of the National Wilderness Preservation System, which shall be known as the Ah-shi-sle-pah Wilderness (referred to in this section as the Wilderness ). Subject to valid existing rights, the Wilderness shall be administered by the Director of the Bureau of Land Management in accordance with this section and the Wilderness Act ( 16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), except that any reference in that Act to the effective date of that Act shall be considered to be a reference to the date of enactment of this Act.
Congress does not intend for the designation of the Wilderness to create a protective perimeter or buffer zone around the Wilderness. The fact that nonwilderness activities or uses can be seen or heard from areas within the Wilderness shall not preclude the conduct of the activities or uses outside the boundary of the Wilderness. Any land or interest in land that is within the boundary of the Wilderness that is acquired by the United States shall— become part of the Wilderness; and be managed in accordance with— the Wilderness Act ( 16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.); this section; and any other applicable laws.
Grazing of livestock in the Wilderness, where established before the date of enactment of this Act, shall be allowed to continue in accordance with— section 4(d)(4) of the Wilderness Act ( 16 U.S.C. 1133(d)(4) ); and the guidelines set forth in the report of the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs of the House of Representatives accompanying H.R. 5487 of the 96th Congress (H. Rept. 96–617). Congress finds that, for the purposes of section 603(c) of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 ( 43 U.S.C. 1782(c) ), the land within the Ah-shi-sle-pah Wilderness Study Area not designated as wilderness by this section has been adequately studied for wilderness designation and is no longer subject to section 603(c) of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 ( 43 U.S.C. 1782(c) ).
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