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[CITE: 16USC410fff-2]

 
                         TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
 
   CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
 
   SUBCHAPTER LIX-DD--BLACK CANYON OF THE GUNNISON NATIONAL PARK AND 
                GUNNISON GORGE NATIONAL CONSERVATION AREA
 
Sec. 410fff-2. Establishment of Black Canyon of the Gunnison 
        National Park
        

(a) Establishment

    There is hereby established the Black Canyon of the Gunnison 
National Park in the State of Colorado as generally depicted on the map 
identified in section 410fff-1 of this title. The Black Canyon of the 
Gunnison National Monument is hereby abolished as such, the lands and 
interests therein are incorporated within and made part of the new Black 
Canyon of the Gunnison National Park, and any funds available for 
purposes of the monument shall be available for purposes of the park.

(b) Administration

    Upon enactment of this subchapter, the Secretary shall transfer the 
lands under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management which are 
identified on the map for inclusion in the park to the administrative 
jurisdiction of the National Park Service. The Secretary shall 
administer the park in accordance with this subchapter and laws 
generally applicable to units of the National Park System, including 
sections 1, 2, 3, 4, and 461 to 467 of this title.

(c) Maps and legal description

    As soon as practicable after October 21, 1999, the Secretary shall 
file maps and a legal description of the park with the Committee on 
Energy and Natural Resources of the United States Senate and the 
Committee on Resources of the United States House of Representatives. 
Such maps and legal description shall have the same force and effect as 
if included in this subchapter, except that the Secretary may correct 
clerical and typographical errors in such legal description and maps. 
The maps and legal description shall be on file and available for public 
inspection in the appropriate offices of the National Park Service.

(d) Withdrawal

    Subject to valid existing rights, all Federal lands within the park 
are hereby withdrawn from all forms of entry, appropriation, or disposal 
under the public land laws; from location, entry, and patent under the 
mining laws; and from disposition under all laws relating to mineral and 
geothermal leasing, and all amendments thereto.

(e) Grazing

    (1)(A) Consistent with the requirements of this subsection, 
including the limitation in paragraph (3), the Secretary shall allow the 
grazing of livestock within the park to continue where authorized under 
permits or leases in existence as of October 21, 1999. Grazing shall be 
at no more than the current level, and subject to applicable laws and 
National Park Service regulations.
    (B) Nothing in this subsection shall be construed as extending 
grazing privileges for any party or their assignee in any area of the 
park where, prior to October 21, 1999, such use was scheduled to expire 
according to the terms of a settlement by the United States Claims Court 
affecting property incorporated into the boundary of the Black Canyon of 
the Gunnison National Monument.
    (C) Nothing in this subsection shall prohibit the Secretary from 
accepting the voluntary termination of leases or permits for grazing 
within the park.
    (2) Within areas of the park designated as wilderness, the grazing 
of livestock, where authorized under permits in existence as of October 
21, 1999, shall be permitted to continue subject to such reasonable 
regulations, policies, and practices as the Secretary deems necessary, 
consistent with this subchapter, the Wilderness Act [16 U.S.C. 1131 et 
seq.], and other applicable laws and National Park Service regulations.
    (3) With respect to the grazing permits and leases referenced in 
this subsection, the Secretary shall allow grazing to continue, subject 
to periodic renewal--
        (A) with respect to a permit or lease issued to an individual, 
    for the lifetime of the individual who was the holder of the permit 
    or lease on October 21, 1999; and
        (B) with respect to a permit or lease issued to a partnership, 
    corporation, or other legal entity, for a period which shall 
    terminate on the same date that the last permit or lease held under 
    subparagraph (A) terminates, unless the partnership, corporation, or 
    legal entity dissolves or terminates before such time, in which case 
    the permit or lease shall terminate with the partnership, 
    corporation, or legal entity.

(Pub. L. 106-76, Sec. 4, Oct. 21, 1999, 113 Stat. 1127.)

                       References in Text

    Upon enactment of this subchapter, referred to in subsec. (b), was 
in the original ``upon enactment of this title'', which was translated 
as reading ``upon enactment of this act'', meaning upon enactment of 
Pub. L. 106-76, which was approved Oct. 21, 1999, to reflect the 
probable intent of Congress.
    The public land laws, referred to in subsec. (d), are classified 
generally to Title 43, Public Lands.
    The mining laws and the mineral leasing laws, referred to in subsec. 
(d), are classified generally to Title 30, Mineral Lands and Mining.
    Geothermal leasing laws, referred to in subsec. (d), are classified 
principally to chapter 23 (Sec. 1001 et seq.) of Title 30, Mineral Lands 
and Mining.
    The Wilderness Act, referred to in subsec. (e)(2), is Pub. L. 88-
577, Sept. 3, 1964, 78 Stat. 890, as amended, which is classified 
generally to chapter 23 (Sec. 1131 et seq.) of this title. For complete 
classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out 
under section 1131 of this title and Tables.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 460fff-1 of this title.
