,,ib  ,union ,calendar ,no4 #ecc  #aadth
 ,,congress  #b;d ,session  ,h4 ,r4     
#deaj  ,report ,no4 #aad-fhi  ,,in ,,the
 ,,house ,,of ,,representatives         
,february #i1 #bjaf ,mr4 ,polis 7for    
himself1 ,mr4 ,lamborn1 and ,mr4        
,tipton7 introduced the following bill2 
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,natural ,resources  ,july #ad1 #bjaf   
,committed to the ,committee of the     
,whole ,house on the ,state of the      
,union and ordered to be printed  ,a    
,,bill  ,to insure adequate use and     
access to the existing ,bolts ,ditch    
headgate and ditch segment within the   
,holy ,cross ,wilderness in ,eagle      
,county1 ,colorado1 and for other       
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,bolts ,ditch       
,access and ,use ,act4  #b4 ,findings   
,congress finds as follows3  7#a7 ,since
 about #ahhb1 the existing ,bolts ,ditch
 headgate and ditch have been used to   
fill ,bolts ,lake near ,minturn1        
,colorado1 by gravitational means1      

without the need for pumping and the    
attendant cost and energy use of        
pumping4  7#b7 ,when the ,holy ,cross   
,wilderness was designated by ,congress 
in #aihj1 the ,bolts ,ditch headgate1   
and an approximate #dej-;foot segment of
 the ,bolts ,ditch1 were inadvertently  
included inside the ,wilderness         
boundary4  7#c7 ,the town of ,minturn   
seeks to use its municipal water rights 
to store water in ,bolts ,lake4  7#d7   
,questions have arisen with respect to  
continued use1 maintenance1 and repair  
of the headgate and ditch segment within
 the ,wilderness4  7#e7 ,legislation is 
warranted to correct this situation and 
authorize the continued use1 access to1 
and maintenance and repair of the ,bolts
 ,ditch headgate and small portion of   
the ,bolts ,ditch that lie within the   
,wilderness boundary4  #c4 ,bolts ditch 
access  7a7 ,access granted ,the        
,secretary of ,agriculture shall permit 
by special use authorization            
nonmotorized access and use1 in         

accordance with section #bic4f of title 
#cf1 ,code of ,federal ,regulations1 of 
the ,bolts ,ditch headgate and the      
,bolts ,ditch within the ,holy ,cross   
,wilderness1 ,colorado1 as designated by
 ,public ,law #if-efj1 for the purposes 
of the diversion of water and use1      
maintenance1 and repair of such ditch   
and headgate by the ,town of ,minturn1  
,colorado1 a ,colorado ,home ,rule      
,municipality4  7b7 ,location of        
facilities ,the ,bolts ,ditch headgate  
and ditch segment referenced in         
subsection 7a7 are as generally depicted
 on the map entitled ,bolts ,ditch      
headgate and ,ditch ,segment1 dated     
,november #bjae4  ,july #ad1 #bjaf      
,committed to the ,committee of the     
,whole ,house on the ,state of the      
,union and ordered to be printed