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[CITE: 16USC460iii-2]

 
                         TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
 
   CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
 
  SUBCHAPTER CXX--SNAKE RIVER BIRDS OF PREY NATIONAL CONSERVATION AREA
 
Sec. 460iii-2. Establishment


(a) In general

    (1) There is hereby established the Snake River Birds of Prey 
National Conservation Area (hereafter referred to as the ``conservation 
area'').
    (2) The purposes for which the conservation area is established, and 
shall be managed, are to provide for the conservation, protection, and 
enhancement of raptor populations and habitats and the natural and 
environmental resources and values associated therewith, and of the 
scientific, cultural, and educational resources and values of the public 
lands in the conservation area.
    (3) Subject to the provisions of subsection (d) of this section and 
section 460iii-3 of this title, uses of the public lands in the 
conservation area existing on August 4, 1993, shall be allowed to 
continue.

(b) Area included

    The conservation area shall consist of approximately 482,457 acres 
of federally owned lands and interests therein managed by the Bureau of 
Land Management as generally depicted on the map entitled ``Snake River 
Birds of Prey National Conservation Area'', dated November 1991.

(c) Map and legal description

    As soon as is practicable after August 4, 1993, the map referred to 
in subsection (b) of this section and a legal description of the 
conservation area shall be filed by the Secretary with the Committee on 
Natural Resources of the House of Representatives and the Committee on 
Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate. Each such map 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 map and 
legal description. Each such map shall be on file and available for 
public inspection in the office of the Director and the Idaho State 
Director of the Bureau of Land Management of the Department of the 
Interior.

(d) Withdrawals

    Subject to valid existing rights, the Federal lands within the 
conservation area are hereby withdrawn from all forms of entry, 
appropriation, or disposal under the public land laws; and from entry, 
application, and selection under the Act of March 3, 1877 (Ch. 107, 19 
Stat. 377, 43 U.S.C. 321 et seq.; commonly referred to as the ``Desert 
Lands Act''), section 641 of title 43, the Act of July 3, 1890 (Ch. 656, 
26 Stat. 215; commonly referred to as the ``State of Idaho Admissions 
Act''), section 851 of title 43, and section 852 of title 43. The 
Secretary shall return to the applicants any such applications pending 
on August 4, 1993, without further action. Subject to valid existing 
rights, as of August 4, 1993, lands within the Birds of Prey 
Conservation Area are withdrawn from location under the general mining 
laws, the operation of the mineral and geothermal leasing laws, and the 
mineral material disposal laws, except that mineral materials subject to 
disposal may be made available from existing sites to the extent 
compatible with the purposes for which the conservation area is 
established.

(Pub. L. 103-64, Sec. 3, Aug. 4, 1993, 107 Stat. 304.)

                       References in Text

    The public land laws, referred to in subsec. (d), are classified 
generally to Title 43, Public Lands.
    Act of March 3, 1877, referred to in subsec. (d), is act Mar. 3, 
1877, ch. 107, 19 Stat. 377, as amended, which is classified generally 
to sections 321 to 323, 325, and 327 to 329 of Title 43. For complete 
classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables.
    Act of July 3, 1890, referred to in subsec. (d), is not classified 
to the Code.
    The general 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.
    For mineral material disposal laws, referred to in subsec. (d), see 
the Materials Act of July 31, 1947, act July 31, 1947, ch. 406, 61 Stat. 
681, as amended, which is classified generally to subchapter I (Sec. 601 
et seq.) of chapter 15 of Title 30. For complete classification of this 
Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 601 of Title 
30 and Tables.

                         Change of Name

    Committee on Natural Resources of House of Representatives treated 
as referring to Committee on Resources of House of Representatives by 
section 1(a) of Pub. L. 104-14, set out as a note preceding section 21 
of Title 2, The Congress.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 460iii-1, 460iii-3 of this 
title.
