§460jjj Establishment

Summary

Creates the Jemez National Recreational Area to protect and restore the Jemez Mountains’ recreation, ecological, cultural, religious, and wildlife values. The area is about 57,000 acres inside the Santa Fe National Forest as shown on the map titled "Jemez National Recreation Area—Proposed" dated September 1992, which is on file at the Office of the Chief of the Forest Service in Washington, D.C. The Secretary of Agriculture will manage the area and may make small boundary changes after talking with local tribal leaders to improve management. Soon after October 12, 1993, the Secretary must send a map and legal description to the House Committee on Natural Resources and to the Senate Committees on Energy and Natural Resources and on Indian Affairs. That map and description will count the same as if written into the law, though clerical or typographical errors can be fixed. No land outside the stated boundaries can be added unless Congress specifically approves it.