,,ii  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #bbjf  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,december #g1  
#bjag ,mr4 ,daines introduced the       
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on ,energy  
and ,natural ,resources  ,a ,,bill  ,to 
release certain wilderness study areas  
in the ,state of ,montana4  #a4 ,short  
title  ,this ,act may be cited as the   
,protect ,public ,use of ,public ,lands 
,act4  #b4 ,release of certain          
wilderness study areas in the ,state of 
,montana  7a7 ,findings ,congress finds 
that-- 7#a7 under the ,montana          
,wilderness ,study ,act of #aigg        
7,public ,law #ie-aej2 #ia ,stat4       
#abdc71 #i wilderness study areas       
comprising a total of #igc1jjj acres of 
land in the ,state of ,montana were set 
aside for the ,secretary of ,agriculture
 to evaluate the suitability of the     
wilderness study areas for designation  
as wilderness in accordance with the    
,wilderness ,act 7#af ,u4,s4,c4 #aaca et

 seq471 with the evaluation to be       
completed not later than #e years after 
the date of enactment of the ,montana   
,wilderness ,study ,act of #aigg        
7,public ,law #ie-aej2 #ia ,stat4       
#abdc72  7#b7 between #aigi and #aihf1  
the ,chief of the ,forest ,service      
completed the studies of the #i         
wilderness study areas and determined   
that #fjh1gjj acres of the original     
#igc1jjj acres designated as wilderness 
study areas by the ,montana ,wilderness 
,study ,act of #aigg 7,public ,law      
#ie-aej2 #ia ,stat4 #abdc7 were         
unsuitable for inclusion in the         
,national ,wilderness ,preservation     
,system2  7#c7 since the completion of  
the studies required under the ,montana 
,wilderness ,study ,act of #aigg        
7,public ,law #ie-aej2 #ia ,stat4       
#abdc71 of the land designated as       
wilderness study areas by that ,act--   
7,a7 #aga1jjj acres have been designated
 as wilderness by ,congress2 and  7,b7  
#ffc1jjj acres remain as wilderness     

study areas until ,congress acts2  7#d7 
,congress has failed to act on the      
recommendations of the ,chief of the    
,forest ,service with respect to the    
remaining #g wilderness study areas2    
7#e7 the ,montana ,state legislature    
passed ,house ,joint ,resolution #i1 a  
resolution asking ,congress to address  
the remaining #g wilderness study areas2
  7#f7 ,county commissions1 sportsmen1  
farmers and ranchers1 and outdoor       
recreation groups in the ,state of      
,montana support ,congress acting to    
remove the land in the ,state described 
in subsection 7c7 to protect public use 
of public land2 and  7#g7 for the       
purposes of section #c7;a7 of the       
,montana ,wilderness ,study ,act of     
#aigg 7,public ,law #ie-aej2 #ia ,stat4 
#abdd71 the land in the ,state of       
,montana described in subsection 7c7 has
 been adequately studied for wilderness 
designation4  7b7 ,release ,the land    
described in subsection 7c7 is no longer
 subject to section #c7;a7 of the       

,montana ,wilderness ,study ,act of     
#aigg 7,public ,law #ie-aej2 #ia ,stat4 
#abdd74  7c7 ,description of land ,the  
land referred to in paragraphs 7#f7 and 
7#g7 of subsection 7a7 and subsection   
7b7 is-- 7#a7 the approximately #aea1jjj
 acres of land comprising the ,west     
,pioneer ,wilderness ,study ,area2  7#b7
 the approximately #cb1ejj acres of land
 within the ,blue ,joint ,wilderness    
,study ,area not recommended for        
wilderness classification in the record 
of decision prepared by the ,forest     
,service entitled ,bitterroot ,national 
,forest ,plan and dated ,september      
#aihg2  7#c7 the approximately #id1jjj  
acres of land comprising the ,sapphire  
,wilderness ,study ,area2  7#d7 the     
approximately #ha1jjj acres of land     
comprising the ,middle ,fork ,judith    
,wilderness ,study ,area2 and  7#e7 the 
approximately #ia1jjj acres of land     
comprising the ,big ,snowies ,wilderness
 ,study ,area4