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Bills/119th Congress · House

H.R. 7425

Introduced

Colorado Wilderness Act of 2026

Sponsor
DDiana DeGette· Colorado
Introduced
February 9, 2026
Policy area
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Latest action
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.February 9, 2026
[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7425 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 7425

To designate certain lands in the State of Colorado as components of 
the National Wilderness Preservation System, and for other purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

February 9, 2026

Ms. DeGette introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Natural Resources

_______________________________________________________________________

A BILL

To designate certain lands in the State of Colorado as components of 
the National Wilderness Preservation System, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; DEFINITION.

(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Colorado 
Wilderness Act of 2026''.
(b) Secretary Defined.--As used in this Act, the term ``Secretary'' 
means the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of Agriculture, as 
appropriate.

SEC. 2. ADDITIONS TO NATIONAL WILDERNESS PRESERVATION SYSTEM IN THE 
STATE OF COLORADO.

(a) Additions.--Section 2(a) of the Colorado Wilderness Act of 1993 
(Public Law 103-77; 107 Stat. 756; 16 U.S.C. 1132 note) is amended by 
adding at the end the following paragraphs:
``(23) Certain lands managed by the Colorado River Valley 
Field Office of the Bureau of Land Management, which comprise 
approximately 20,171 acres, as generally depicted on a map 
titled `Bull Gulch & Castle Peak Proposed Wilderness', dated 
December 30, 2025, which shall be known as the Bull Gulch 
Wilderness.
``(24) Certain lands managed by the Colorado River Valley 
Field Office of the Bureau of Land Management, which comprise 
approximately 19,033 acres, as generally depicted on a map 
titled `Bull Gulch & Castle Peak Proposed Wilderness', dated 
December 30, 2025, which shall be known as the Castle Peak 
Wilderness.
``(25) Certain lands managed by the Colorado River Valley 
Field Office of the Bureau of Land Management, which comprise 
approximately 312 acres, as generally depicted on a map titled 
`Maroon Bells Addition Proposed Wilderness', dated November 22, 
2023, which is hereby incorporated in and shall be deemed to be 
a part of the Maroon Bells-Snowmass Wilderness Area designated 
by Public Law 88-577.
``(26) Certain lands managed by the Gunnison Field Office 
of the Bureau of Land Management, which comprise approximately 
38,176 acres, as generally depicted on a map titled `Redcloud & 
Handies Peak Proposed Wilderness', dated November 22, 2023, 
which shall be known as the Redcloud Peak Wilderness.
``(27) Certain lands managed by the Gunnison Field Office 
of the Bureau of Land Management or located in the Grand Mesa, 
Uncompahgre, and Gunnison National Forests, which comprise 
approximately 26,557 acres, as generally depicted on a map 
titled `Redcloud & Handies Peak Proposed Wilderness', dated 
November 22, 2023, which shall be known as the Handies Peak 
Wilderness.
``(28) Certain lands managed by the Royal Gorge Field 
Office of the Bureau of Land Management, which comprise 
approximately 17,213 acres, as generally depicted on a map 
titled `Table Mountain & McIntyre Hills Proposed Wilderness', 
dated November 22, 2023, which shall be known as the McIntyre 
Hills Wilderness.
``(29) Certain lands managed by the Glenwood Springs Field 
Office of the Bureau of Land Management, which comprise 
approximately 11,291 acres, as generally depicted on a map 
titled `Grand Hogback Proposed Wilderness', dated November 22, 
2023, which shall be known as the Grand Hogback Wilderness.
``(30) Certain lands managed by the Glenwood Springs Field 
Office of the Bureau of Land Management or located in the White 
River National Forest, which comprise approximately 16,305 
acres, as generally depicted on a map titled `Flat Tops 
Addition Proposed Wilderness', dated November 22, 2023, and 
which are hereby incorporated in and shall be deemed to be a 
part of the Flat Tops Wilderness designated by Public Law 94-
146.
``(31) Certain lands managed by the Grand Junction Field 
Office, which comprise approximately 25,897 acres, as generally 
depicted on a map titled `Demaree Canyon Proposed Wilderness', 
dated November 22, 2023, which shall be known as the Demaree 
Canyon Wilderness.
``(32) Certain lands managed by the Grand Junction Field 
Office, which comprise approximately 29,045 acres, as generally 
depicted on a map titled `Little Books Cliff Proposed 
Wilderness', dated November 22, 2023, which shall be known as 
the Little Book Cliffs Wilderness.
``(33) Certain lands managed by the Tres Rios Field Office, 
which comprise approximately 24,475 acres, as generally 
depicted on a map titled `Bug Canyon & Cross Canyon Proposed 
Wilderness', dated September 28, 2023, which shall be known as 
the Cross Canyon Wilderness.
``(34) Certain lands managed by the Tres Rios Field Office, 
which comprise approximately 4,782 acres, as generally depicted 
on a map titled `Bug Canyon & Cross Canyon Proposed 
Wilderness', dated September 28, 2023, which shall be known as 
the Bug Canyon Wilderness.
``(35) Certain lands managed by the Tres Rios Field Office, 
which comprise approximately 21,220 acres, as generally 
depicted on a map titled `McKenna Peak Proposed Wilderness', 
dated October 16, 2019, which shall be known as the McKenna 
Peak Wilderness.
``(36) Certain lands managed by the Tres Rios Field Office 
and Uncompahgre Field Office, which comprise approximately 
56,206 acres, as generally depicted on a map titled `Dolores 
River Canyon Proposed Wilderness', dated November 14, 2023, 
which shall be known as the Dolores River Canyon Wilderness.
``(37) Certain lands managed by the Uncompahgre Field 
Office and Grand Junction Field Office, which comprise 
approximately 39,919 acres, as generally depicted on a map 
titled `Sewemup Mesa Proposed Wilderness', dated November 14, 
2023, which shall be known as the Sewemup Mesa Wilderness.''.
(b) Further Additions.--The following lands in the State of 
Colorado administered by the Bureau of Land Management or the United 
States Forest Service are hereby designated as wilderness and, 
therefore, as components of the National Wilderness Preservation 
System:
(1) Certain lands managed by the Colorado River Valley 
Field Office of the Bureau of Land Management or located in the 
White River National Forest, which comprise approximately 
25,232 acres, as generally depicted on a map titled 
``Assignation Ridge Proposed Wilderness'', dated November 22, 
2023, which shall be known as the Assignation Ridge Wilderness.
(2) Certain lands managed by the Royal Gorge Field Office 
of the Bureau of Land Management or located in the Pike and San 
Isabel National Forests, which comprise approximately 25,192 
acres, as generally depicted on a map titled ``Badger Creek 
Proposed Wilderness'', dated November 22, 2023, which shall be 
known as the Badger Creek Wilderness.
(3) Certain lands managed by the Royal Gorge Field Office 
of the Bureau of Land Management or located in the Pike and San 
Isabel National Forests, which comprise approximately 38,253 
acres, as generally depicted on a map titled ``Beaver Creek 
Proposed Wilderness'', dated November 22, 2023, which shall be 
known as the Beaver Creek Wilderness.
(4) Certain lands managed by the Royal Gorge Field Office 
of the Bureau of Land Management or the Bureau of Reclamation 
or located in the Pike and San Isabel National Forest, which 
comprise approximately 35,535 acres, as generally depicted on a 
map titled ``Grape Creek Proposed Wilderness'', dated November 
22, 2023, which shall be known as the Grape Creek Wilderness.
(5) Certain lands managed by the Grand Junction Field 
Office of the Bureau of Land Management, which comprise 
approximately 13,351 acres, as generally depicted on a map 
titled ``North & South Bangs Canyon Proposed Wilderness'', 
dated November 22, 2023, which shall be known as the North 
Bangs Canyon Wilderness.
(6) Certain lands managed by the Grand Junction Field 
Office of the Bureau of Land Management, which comprise 
approximately 5,144 acres, as generally depicted on a map 
titled ``North & South Bangs Canyon Proposed Wilderness'', 
dated November 22, 2023, which shall be known as the South 
Bangs Canyon Wilderness.
(7) Certain lands managed by the Grand Junction Field 
Office of the Bureau of Land Management, which comprise 
approximately 27,150 acres, as generally depicted on a map 
titled ``Unaweep & Palisade Proposed Wilderness'', dated 
November 22, 2023, which shall be known as the Palisade 
Wilderness.
(8) Certain lands managed by the Grand Junction Field 
Office of the Bureau of Land Management or located in the Grand 
Mesa, Uncompaghre, and Gunnison National Forest, which comprise 
approximately 20,420 acres, as generally depicted on a map 
titled ``Unaweep & Palisade Proposed Wilderness'', dated 
November 22, 2023, which shall be known as the Unaweep 
Wilderness.
(9) Certain lands managed by the Kremmling Field Office of 
the Bureau of Land Management, which comprise approximately 31 
acres, as generally depicted on a map titled ``Platte River 
Addition Proposed Wilderness'', dated November 22, 2023, and 
which are hereby incorporated in and shall be deemed to be part 
of the Platte River Wilderness designated by Public Law 98-550.
(10) Certain lands managed by the Uncompahgre Field Office 
of the Bureau of Land Management, which comprise approximately 
17,660 acres, as generally depicted on a map titled ``Roubideau 
Proposed Wilderness'', dated November 22, 2023, which shall be 
known as the Roubideau Wilderness.
(11) Certain lands managed by the Uncompahgre Field Office 
of the Bureau of Land Management or located in the Grand Mesa, 
Uncompaghre, and Gunnison National Forest, which comprise 
approximately 12,986 acres, as generally depicted on a map 
titled ``Norwood Canyon Proposed Wilderness'', dated November 
22, 2023, which shall be known as the Norwood Canyon 
Wilderness.
(12) Certain lands managed by the San Juan Field Office of 
the Bureau of Land Management Certain lands, which comprise 
approximately 14,339 acres, as generally depicted on a map 
titled ``Weber-Menefee Mountain Proposed Wilderness'', dated 
November 22, 2023, which shall be known as the Weber-Menefee 
Mountain Wilderness.
(13) Certain lands managed by the San Juan Field Office of 
the Bureau of Land Management or located in the San Juan 
National Forest, which comprise approximately 10,844 acres, as 
generally depicted on a map titled ``North & South Ponderosa 
Gorge Proposed Wilderness'', dated November 22, 2023, which 
shall be known as the North Ponderosa Gorge Wilderness.
(14) Certain lands managed by the San Juan Field Office of 
the Bureau of Land Management or located in the San Juan 
National Forest, which comprise approximately 12,393 acres, as 
generally depicted on a map titled ``North & South Ponderosa 
Gorge Proposed Wilderness'', dated November 22, 2023, which 
shall be known as the South Ponderosa Gorge Wilderness.
(15) Certain lands managed by the Royal Gorge Field Office 
of the Bureau of Land Management or located in the Pike and San 
Isabel National Forests, which comprise approximately 22,654 
acres, as generally depicted on a map titled ``Browns Canyon 
Proposed Wilderness'', dated November 22, 2023, which shall be 
known as the Browns Canyon Wilderness.
(16) Certain lands managed by the San Luis Field Office of 
the Bureau of Land Management, which comprise approximately 
10,871 acres, as generally depicted on a map titled ``San Luis 
Hills Proposed Wilderness'', dated November 22, 2023, which 
shall be known as the San Luis Hills Wilderness.
(17) Certain lands managed by the Royal Gorge Field Office 
of the Bureau of Land Management, which comprise approximately 
27,719 acres, as generally depicted on a map titled ``Table 
Mountain & McIntyre Hills Proposed Wilderness'', dated November 
22, 2023, which shall be known as the Table Mountain 
Wilderness.
(c) West Elk Addition.--Certain lands in the State of Colorado 
administered by the Gunnison Field Office of the Bureau of Land 
Management, the United States National Park Service, and the Bureau of 
Reclamation, which comprise approximately 6,846 acres, as generally 
depicted on a map titled ``West Elk Addition Proposed Wilderness'', 
dated November 22, 2023, are hereby designated as wilderness and, 
therefore, as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System 
and are hereby incorporated in and shall be deemed to be a part of the 
West Elk Wilderness designated by Public Law 88-577. The boundary 
adjacent to Blue Mesa Reservoir shall be 50 feet landward from the 
water's edge, and shall change according to the water level.
(d) Blue Mesa Reservoir.--If the Bureau of Reclamation determines 
that lands within the West Elk Wilderness are necessary for future 
expansion of the Blue Mesa Reservoir, the Secretary shall by 
publication of a revised boundary description in the Federal Register 
revise the boundary of the West Elk Wilderness.
(e) Maps and Descriptions.--As soon as practicable after the date 
of enactment of the Act, the Secretary shall file a map and a boundary 
description of each area designated as wilderness by this section with 
the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives and 
the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate. Each map 
and boundary description shall have the same force and effect as if 
included in this Act, except that the Secretary may correct clerical 
and typographical errors in the map or boundary description. The maps 
and boundary descriptions shall be on file and available for public 
inspection in the Office of the Director of the Bureau of Land 
Management, Department of the Interior, and in the Office of the Chief 
of the Forest Service, Department of Agriculture, as appropriate.
(f) State and Private Lands.--Lands within the exterior boundaries 
of any wilderness area designated under this section that are owned by 
a private entity or by the State of Colorado, including lands 
administered by the Colorado State Land Board, shall be included within 
such wilderness area if such lands are acquired by the United States. 
Such lands may be acquired by the United States only as provided in the 
Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.).

SEC. 3. ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS.

(a) In General.--Subject to valid existing rights, lands designated 
as wilderness by this Act shall be managed by the Secretary in 
accordance with the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.) and this 
Act, except that, with respect to any wilderness areas designated by 
this Act, any reference in the Wilderness Act to the effective date of 
the Wilderness Act shall be deemed to be a reference to the date of 
enactment of this Act.
(b) Grazing.--Grazing of livestock in wilderness areas designated 
by this Act shall be administered in accordance with the provisions of 
section 4(d)(4) of the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1133(d)(4)), as 
further interpreted by section 108 of Public Law 96-560, and the 
guidelines set forth in appendix A of House Report 101-405 of the 101st 
Congress.
(c) State Jurisdiction.--As provided in section 4(d)(7) of the 
Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1133(d)(7)), nothing in this Act shall be 
construed as affecting the jurisdiction or responsibilities of the 
State of Colorado with respect to wildlife and fish in Colorado.
(d) Buffer Zones.--
(1) In general.--Nothing in this Act creates a protective 
perimeter or buffer zone around any area designated as 
wilderness by section 2.
(2) Activities outside wilderness.--The fact that an 
activity or use on land outside the areas designated as 
wilderness by section 2 can be seen or heard within the 
wilderness shall not preclude the activity or use outside the 
boundary of the wilderness.
(e) Military Helicopter Overflights.--
(1) In general.--Nothing in this Act restricts or 
precludes--
(A) low-level overflights of military helicopters 
over the areas designated as wilderness by section 2, 
including military overflights that can be seen or 
heard within any wilderness area;
(B) military flight testing and evaluation; or
(C) the designation or creation of new units of 
special use airspace, or the establishment of military 
flight training routes over any wilderness area.
(2) Aerial navigation training exercises.--The Colorado 
Army National Guard, through the High-Altitude Army National 
Guard Aviation Training Site, may conduct aerial navigation 
training maneuver exercises over the wilderness areas 
designated by this Act--
(A) in a manner consistent with the memorandum of 
understanding dated August 4, 1987, entered into among 
the Colorado Army National Guard, the Bureau of Land 
Management, and the Forest Service; or
(B) in a manner consistent with a subsequent 
memorandum of understanding entered into among the 
Colorado Army National Guard, the Bureau of Land 
Management, and the Forest Service.
(f) Running Events.--The Secretary may continue to authorize 
competitive running events currently permitted in the Redcloud Peak 
Wilderness Area and Handies Peak Wilderness Area in a manner compatible 
with the preservation of such areas as wilderness.
(g) Potential Wilderness Designations.--
(1) In general.--The following lands are designated as 
potential wilderness areas:
(A) Certain lands managed by the Glenwood Springs 
Field Office or located in the White River National 
Forest, which comprise approximately 20,742 acres, as 
generally depicted on a map titled ``Deep Creek 
Proposed Wilderness'' and dated is December 30, 2025, 
which, upon designation as wilderness under paragraph 
(2), shall be known as the Deep Creek Wilderness.
(B) Certain lands managed by the Glenwood Springs 
Field Office, which comprise approximately 7,376 acres, 
as generally depicted on a map titled ``Pisgah East & 
West Proposed Wilderness'' and dated November 22, 2023, 
which, upon designation as wilderness under paragraph 
(2), shall be known as the Pisgah East Wilderness.
(C) Certain lands managed by the Glenwood Springs 
Field Office, which comprise approximately 6,828 acres, 
as generally depicted on a map titled ``Pisgah East & 
West Proposed Wilderness'' and dated November 22, 2023, 
which, upon designation as wilderness under paragraph 
(2), shall be known as the Pisgah West Wilderness.
(2) Designation as wilderness.--Lands designated as a 
potential wilderness area by subparagraph (A), (B), or (C) of 
paragraph (1) shall be designated as wilderness on the date on 
which the Secretary publishes in the Federal Register a notice 
that all nonconforming uses of those lands authorized by 
subsection (e) in the potential wilderness area that would be 
in violation of the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.) 
have ceased. Such publication in the Federal Register and 
designation as wilderness shall occur for the potential 
wilderness area as the nonconforming uses cease in that 
potential wilderness area and designation as wilderness is not 
dependent on cessation of nonconforming uses in the other 
potential wilderness area.
(3) Management.--Except for activities provided for under 
subsection (e), lands designated as a potential wilderness area 
by paragraph (1) shall be managed by the Secretary in 
accordance with the Wilderness Act as wilderness pending the 
designation of such lands as wilderness under this subsection.

SEC. 4. WATER.

(a) Effect on Water Rights.--Nothing in this Act--
(1) affects the use or allocation, in existence on the date 
of enactment of this Act, of any water, water right, or 
interest in water;
(2) affects any vested absolute or decreed conditional 
water right in existence on the date of enactment of this Act, 
including any water right held by the United States;
(3) affects any interstate water compact in existence on 
the date of enactment of this Act;
(4) authorizes or imposes any new reserved Federal water 
rights; and
(5) shall be considered to be a relinquishment or reduction 
of any water rights reserved or appropriated by the United 
States in the State on or before the date of the enactment of 
this Act.
(b) Midstream Areas.--
(1) Purpose.--The purpose of this subsection is to protect 
for the benefit and enjoyment of present and future 
generations--
(A) the unique and nationally important values of 
areas designated as wilderness by section 2(b) 
(including the geological, cultural, archaeological, 
paleontological, natural, scientific, recreational, 
environmental, biological, wilderness, wildlife, 
riparian, historical, educational, and scenic resources 
of the public land); and
(B) the water resources of area streams, based on 
seasonally available flows, that are necessary to 
support aquatic, riparian, and terrestrial species and 
communities.
(2) Wilderness water rights.--
(A) In general.--The Secretary shall ensure that 
any water rights within the wilderness designated by 
section 2(b) required to fulfill the purposes of such 
wilderness are secured in accordance with subparagraphs 
(B) through (G).
(B) State law.--
(i) Procedural requirements.--Any water 
rights for which the Secretary pursues 
adjudication shall be appropriated, 
adjudicated, changed, and administered in 
accordance with the procedural requirements and 
priority system of State law.
(ii) Establishment of water rights.--
(I) In general.--Except as provided 
in subclause (II), the purposes and 
other substantive characteristics of 
the water rights pursued under this 
paragraph shall be established in 
accordance with State law.
(II) Exception.--Notwithstanding 
subclause (I) and in accordance with 
this Act, the Secretary may appropriate 
and seek adjudication of water rights 
to maintain surface water levels and 
stream flows on and across the 
wilderness designated by section 2(b) 
to fulfill the purposes of such 
wilderness.
(C) Deadline.--The Secretary shall promptly, but 
not earlier than January 1, 2027, appropriate the water 
rights required to fulfill the purposes of the 
wilderness designated by section 2(b).
(D) Required determination.--The Secretary shall 
not pursue adjudication for any instream flow water 
rights unless the Secretary makes a determination 
pursuant to subparagraph (E)(ii) or (F).
(E) Cooperative enforcement.--
(i) In general.--The Secretary shall not 
pursue adjudication of any Federal instream 
flow water rights established under this 
paragraph if--
(I) the Secretary determines, upon 
adjudication of the water rights by the 
Colorado Water Conservation Board, that 
the Board holds water rights sufficient 
in priority, amount, and timing to 
fulfill the purposes of this 
subsection; and
(II) the Secretary has entered into 
a perpetual agreement with the Colorado 
Water Conservation Board to ensure full 
exercise, protection, and enforcement 
of the State water rights within the 
Wilderness to reliably fulfill the 
purposes of this subsection.
(ii) Adjudication.--If the Secretary 
determines that the provisions of clause (i) 
have not been met, the Secretary shall 
adjudicate and exercise any Federal water 
rights required to fulfill the purposes of the 
Wilderness in accordance with this paragraph.
(F) Insufficient water rights.--If the Colorado 
Water Conservation Board modifies the instream flow 
water rights obtained under subparagraph (E) to such a 
degree that the Secretary determines that water rights 
held by the State are insufficient to fulfill the 
purposes of this Act, the Secretary shall adjudicate 
and exercise Federal water rights required to fulfill 
the purposes of this Act in accordance with 
subparagraph (B).
(G) Failure to comply.--The Secretary shall 
promptly act to exercise and enforce the water rights 
described in subparagraph (E) if the Secretary 
determines that--
(i) the State is not exercising its water 
rights consistent with subparagraph (E)(i)(I); 
or
(ii) the agreement described in 
subparagraph (E)(i)(II) is not fulfilled or 
complied with sufficiently to fulfill the 
purposes of this Act.
(3) Water resource facility.--Notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, beginning on the date of enactment of this 
Act, neither the President nor any other officer, employee, or 
agent of the United States shall fund, assist, authorize, or 
issue a license or permit for development of any new irrigation 
and pumping facility, reservoir, water conservation work, 
aqueduct, canal, ditch, pipeline, well, hydropower project, 
transmission, other ancillary facility, or other water, 
diversion, storage, or carriage structure in the wilderness 
designated by section 2(b).
(c) Access and Operation.--
(1) Definition.--As used in this subsection, the term 
``water resource facility'' means irrigation and pumping 
facilities, reservoirs, water conservation works, aqueducts, 
canals, ditches, pipelines, wells, hydropower projects, and 
transmission and other ancillary facilities, and other water 
diversion, storage, and carriage structures.
(2) Access to water resource facilities.--Subject to the 
provisions of this subsection, the Secretary shall allow 
reasonable access to water resource facilities in existence on 
the date of enactment of this Act within the areas described in 
sections 2(b) and 2(c), including motorized access where 
necessary and customarily employed on routes existing as of the 
date of enactment of this Act.
(3) Access routes.--Existing access routes within such 
areas customarily employed as of the date of enactment of this 
Act may be used, maintained, repaired, and replaced to the 
extent necessary to maintain their present function, design, 
and serviceable operation, so long as such activities have no 
increased adverse impacts on the resources and values of the 
areas described in sections 2(b) and 2(c) than existed as of 
the date of enactment of this Act.
(4) Use of water resource facilities.--Subject to the 
provisions of this subsection and subsection (a)(4), the 
Secretary shall allow water resource facilities existing on the 
date of enactment of this Act within areas described in 
sections 2(b) and 2(c) to be used, operated, maintained, 
repaired, and replaced to the extent necessary for the 
continued exercise, in accordance with Colorado State law, of 
vested water rights adjudicated for use in connection with such 
facilities by a court of competent jurisdiction prior to the 
date of enactment of this Act. The impact of an existing 
facility on the water resources and values of the area shall 
not be increased as a result of changes in the adjudicated type 
of use of such facility as of the date of enactment of this 
Act.
(5) Repair and maintenance.--Water resource facilities, and 
access routes serving such facilities, existing within the 
areas described in sections 2(b) and 2(c) on the date of 
enactment of this Act shall be maintained and repaired when and 
to the extent necessary to prevent increased adverse impacts on 
the resources and values of the areas described in sections 
2(b) and 2(c).
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