PUBLIC LAW 101-510—NOV. 5, 1990 104 STAT. 1791 (b) REPORT.— The Secretary shall transmit, by no later than February 1, 1991, to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and of the House of Representatives a report of the status of the negotiations carried out for the purpose of entering into a lease under subsection (a). SEC. 2825. TRANSFER OF LANDS, PINON CANYON, COLORADO (a) TRANSFER.— Notwithstanding any other provision of law and subject to subsections (b) through (d), the Secretary of the Army shall transfer administrative jurisdiction of approximately 16,707 acres of land at the Pinon Canyon Maneuver Site, Colorado, consisting of all parcels of land identified by the Secretary of the Army as uneconomic remnant lands, to the Secretary of Agriculture for inclusion in the Comanche National Grassland. The Secretary of Agriculture shall administer the transferred lands in accordance with laws applicable to the National Forest system. (b) DESCRIPTION OF THE PROPERTY.— (1) The exact acreage and legal description of the property to be transferred under this section shall be determined by surveys satisfactory to the Secretary of the Army and the Secretary of Agriculture. (2) The Secretary of Agriculture, with the concurrence of the Secretary of the Army, shall prepare a map of the lands to be conveyed. Such lands shall be known as the Picket Wire Canyonlands (hereafter in this section referred to as the "PWC"). (3) The legal description and map referred to in paragraphs (1) and (2) shall be kept on file and available for public inspection in the office of the Chief of the Forest Service, Department of Agriculture. (c) ADMINISTRATION OF LANDS. —(1) The Secretary of Agriculture shall administer the transferred lands so as to conserve and protect the paleontological, archaeological, wildlife, vegetative, aquatic, and other natural resources of the area. (2) The management provisions of this section shall apply only to those parcels of the transferred lands comprising approximately 11,507 acres in the Purgatoire River Canyon. (3) The Secretary of Agriculture may permit access to the PWC for the purpose of permitting scholarly research, interpretation to the public, and recreational activities to the extent that such access does not— (A) impair (as determined by the Secretary of the Army) the use of the Pinon Canyon Maneuver Site for the purposes for which the area is intended to be used by the Army; or (B) impair the conservation and protection of paleontological, archaeological, or natural resources of the area. (4) The Secretary of Agriculture may permit livestock grazing in the PWC only to the extent that the Secretary determines necessary to benefit the natural resources of the area. (5) Lands of the PWC are withdrawn from operation of the mining, mineral leasing, and other mineral entry laws of the United States. (6) No activity shall be permitted in the PWC that would impair (as determined by the Secretary of the Army) the use of the Pinon Canyon Maneuver Site for the purposes for which the site is intended to be used by the Army or the conservation and protection of the paleontological, archaeological, and natural resources of the area, including production of or exploration for oil, gas, or minerals of any kind.
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