Memorandum Agenda Item 22i 05/13/2002

• Board Meeting Date: 5/13/2002
• Description: Board Meeting Deep Creek Yampatika Ute Widerness Bill
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

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XIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives and section 308 (a) of
the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, this bill does not contain any new
budget authority, spending authority, credit authority, or an increase
or decrease in tax expenditures. According to the Congressional Budget
Office (CEO) enactment of H.R. 2963 could affect direct spending by
withdrawing federal lands from leasing and development and thus any
accompanying receipts. CBO concluded that any such change in receipts
would be "negligible" .
3 . General Performance Goals and Objectives. As required by clause
3 (c) (4) of rule XIII, the general performance goal or objective of this
bill is to establish the Deep Creek-Yampatika Ute Wilderness Area.
4. Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate. Under clause 3 (c) (3) of
rule XIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives and section 403
of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, the Committee has received the
following cost estimate for this bill from the Director of the
Congressional Budget Office:
U.S. Congress,
Congressional Budget Office,
Washington, DC, April 9, 2002 .
Hon. James V. Hansen, Chairman, Committee on Resources,
House of Representatives, Washington, DC.
Dear Mr. Chairman: The Congressional Budget Office has prepared the
enclosed cost estimate for H.R. 2963, the Deep Creek-Yampatika Ute
III Wilderness Act.
If you wish further details on this estimate, we will be pleased to
provide them. The CEO staff contact is Megan Carroll.
Sincerely,
Barry B. Anderson
(For Dan L. Crippen, Director) .
Enclosure.
H.R. 2963--Deep Creek-Yampatika Ute Wilderness Act
CEO estimates that H.R. 2963 would have no significant impact on the
federal budget. The bill could affect direct spending; therefore,
pay-as-you-go procedures would apply, but we estimate that any such
impact would be negligible. H.R. 2963 contains no intergovernmental or
private-sector mandates as defined in the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act
and would impose no costs on state, local, or tribal governments.
H.R. 2963 would designate as wilderness approximately 7,350 acres of
federal lands located along Deep Creek in Colorado and administered by
the Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) . Lands within
the proposed wilderness would be withdrawn from programs to develop
mineral and geothermal resources. Before the designation would take
effect, however, the Secretary of Agriculture r:would: have to'determine
III that certain water rights within or_upstream of the proposed wilderness
have been canceled or conveyed to the Colorado Water Conservation Board.
Colorado Water Conservation Board
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