text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
  
      This Act may be cited as the ``San Juan County Settlement 
  Implementation Act of 2016''.
  
  SEC. 2. EXCHANGE OF COAL PREFERENCE RIGHT LEASE APPLICATIONS.
  
      (a) Definitions.--In this section:
              (1) Bidding right.--The term ``bidding right'' means an 
          appropriate legal instrument or other written documentation, 
          including an entry in an account managed by the Secretary, 
          issued or created under subpart 3435 of title 43, Code of 
          Federal Regulations, that may be used--
                      (A) in lieu of a monetary payment for a bonus bid 
                  for a coal lease sale under the Mineral Leasing Act (30 
                  U.S.C. 181 et seq.); or
                      (B) as a monetary credit against any rental or 
                  royalty payments due under any Federal coal lease.
              (2) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
          of the Interior.
      (b) Authorization.--The Secretary may retire any coal preference 
  right lease application for which the Secretary has made an affirmative 
  commercial quantities determination--
              (1) by issuing bidding rights in exchange for 
          relinquishment of the coal preference right lease application; 
          and
              (2) notwithstanding any other provision of law, by making a 
          payment to the relevant State in an amount equal to 50 percent 
          of the dollar amount of any bidding right subsequently used in 
          lieu of any monetary payment of a bonus in a coal lease sale or 
          of rental or royalty under a Federal coal lease.
      (c) Source of Payments.--The Secretary shall make payments under 
  subsection (b) from amounts that would otherwise be deposited in the 
  Treasury as miscellaneous receipts under section 35(a) of the Mineral 
  Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 191(a)).
      (d) Treatment of Payments.--A payment to a State under this section 
  shall be treated as a payment under section 35(a) of the Mineral 
  Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 191(a)).
      (e) Transferability; Limitation.--
              (1) Transferability.--A bidding right issued under this 
          section shall be fully transferable to any other person.
              (2) Notification of secretary.--A person who transfers a 
          bidding right shall notify the Secretary of the transfer by any 
          method determined to be appropriate by the Secretary.
              (3) Effective period.--
                      (A) In general.--A bidding right issued under this 
                  section shall terminate on the expiration of the 5-year 
                  period beginning on the date the bidding right is 
                  issued.
                      (B) Tolling of period.--The 5-year period described 
                  in subparagraph (A) shall be tolled during any period 
                  in which exercise of the bidding right is precluded by 
                  temporary injunctive relief granted under, or 
                  administrative, legislative, or judicial suspension of, 
                  the Federal coal leasing program.
  
  SEC. 3. CERTAIN LAND SELECTIONS OF THE NAVAJO NATION.
  
      (a) Cancellation of Certain Selections.--The land selections made 
  by the Navajo Nation pursuant to Public Law 93-531 (commonly known as 
  the ``Navajo-Hopi Land Settlement Act of 1974'') (25 U.S.C. 640d et 
  seq.) that are depicted on the map entitled ``Navajo-Hopi Land 
  Settlement Act Selected Lands'' and dated April 2, 2015, are canceled.
      (b) Authorization for New Selection.--
              (1) In general.--Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), the 
          Navajo Nation may make new land selections in accordance with 
          the Act referred to in subsection (a) to replace the land 
          selections canceled under that subsection.
              (2) Exclusions.--The following land shall not be eligible 
          for selection under paragraph (1):
                      (A) Land within a unit of the National Landscape 
                  Conservation System.
                      (B) Land within--
                              (i) the Glade Run Recreation Area;
                              (ii) the Fossil Forest Research Natural 
                          Area;
                              (iii) the North Road Area of Critical 
                          Environmental Concern;
                              (iv) the Pierre's Site Area of Critical 
                          Environmental Concern; or
                              (v) the Ah-shi-sle-pah Road Area of 
                          Critical Environmental Concern.
                      (C) Any land subject to a lease or contract under 
                  the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 181 et seq.) or the 
                  Act of July 31, 1947 (commonly known as the ``Materials 
                  Act of 1947'') (30 U.S.C. 601 et seq.), as of the date 
                  of the selection.
              (3) Equal value.--
                      (A) In general.--Notwithstanding the acreage 
                  limitation in the second proviso of section 11(c) of 
                  Public Law 93-531 (commonly known as the ``Navajo-Hopi 
                  Land Settlement Act of 1974'') (25 U.S.C. 640d-10(c)), 
                  the value of the land selected under paragraph (1) and 
                  the land subject to selections cancellation under 
                  subsection (a) shall be equal, based on appraisals 
                  conducted under subparagraph (B).
                      (B) Appraisal.--The value of the land selected 
                  under paragraph (1) and the land subject to selections 
                  canceled under subsection (a) shall be determined by an 
                  appraisal conducted in accordance with--
                              (i) the Uniform Appraisal Standards for 
                          Federal Land Acquisitions; and
                              (ii) the Uniform Standards of Professional 
                          Appraisal Practice.
              (4) Withdrawal.--Any land selected by the Navajo Nation 
          under paragraph (1) shall be withdrawn from disposal, leasing, 
          and development until the date on which the selected land is 
          placed into trust for the Navajo Nation.
      (c) Boundary.--For purposes of this section and the Act referred to 
  in subsection (a), the present boundary of the Navajo Reservation is 
  depicted on the map entitled ``Navajo Nation Boundary'' and dated 
  November 16, 2015.
  
  SEC. 4. DESIGNATION OF AH-SHI-SLE-PAH WILDERNESS.
  
      (a) In General.--In accordance with the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 
  1131 et seq.), the approximately 7,242 acres of land as generally 
  depicted on the map entitled ``San Juan County Wilderness 
  Designations'' and dated April 2, 2015, is designated as wilderness and 
  as a component of the National Wilderness Preservation System, which 
  shall be known as the ``Ah-shi-sle-pah Wilderness'' (referred to in 
  this section as the ``Wilderness'').
      (b) Management.--
              (1) In general.--Subject to valid existing rights, the 
          Wilderness shall be administered by the Director of the Bureau 
          of Land Management in accordance with this section and the 
          Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), except that any 
          reference in that Act to the effective date of that Act shall 
          be considered to be a reference to the date of enactment of 
          this Act.
              (2) Adjacent management.--
                      (A) In general.--Congress does not intend for the 
                  designation of the Wilderness to create a protective 
                  perimeter or buffer zone around the Wilderness.
                      (B) Nonwilderness activities.--The fact that 
                  nonwilderness activities or uses can be seen or heard 
                  from areas within the Wilderness shall not preclude the 
                  conduct of the activities or uses outside the boundary 
                  of the Wilderness.
              (3) Incorporation of acquired land and interests in land.--
          Any land or interest in land that is within the boundary of the 
          Wilderness that is acquired by the United States shall--
                      (A) become part of the Wilderness; and
                      (B) be managed in accordance with--
                              (i) the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et 
                          seq.);
                              (ii) this section; and
                              (iii) any other applicable laws.
              (4) Grazing.--Grazing of livestock in the Wilderness, where 
          established before the date of enactment of this Act, shall be 
          allowed to continue in accordance with--
                      (A) section 4(d)(4) of the Wilderness Act (16 
                  U.S.C. 1133(d)(4)); and
                      (B) the guidelines set forth in the report of the 
                  Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs of the House 
                  of Representatives accompanying H.R. 5487 of the 96th 
                  Congress (H. Rept. 96-617).
      (c) Release of Wilderness Study Areas.--Congress finds that, for 
  the purposes of section 603(c) of the Federal Land Policy and 
  Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1782(c)), the land within the Ah-shi-
  sle-pah Wilderness Study Area not designated as wilderness by this 
  section has been adequately studied for wilderness designation and is 
  no longer subject to section 603(c) of the Federal Land Policy and 
  Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1782(c)).
  
  SEC. 5. EXPANSION OF BISTI/DE-NA-ZIN WILDERNESS.
  
      (a) In General.--There is designated as wilderness and as a 
  component of the National Wilderness Preservation System certain 
  Federal land comprising approximately 2,250 acres, as generally 
  depicted on the map entitled ``San Juan County Wilderness 
  Designations'' and dated April 2, 2015, which is incorporated in and 
  shall be considered to be a part of the Bisti/De-Na-Zin Wilderness.
      (b) Administration.--Subject to valid existing rights, the land 
  designated as wilderness by subsection (a) shall be administered by the 
  Director of the Bureau of Land Management (referred to in this section 
  as the ``Director''), in accordance with--
              (1) the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), except 
          that any reference in that Act to the effective date of that 
          Act shall be considered to be a reference to the date of 
          enactment of this Act; and
              (2) the San Juan Basin Wilderness Protection Act of 1984 
          (Public Law 98-603; 98 Stat. 3155; 110 Stat. 4211).
      (c) Adjacent Management.--
              (1) In general.--Congress does not intend for the 
          designation of the land as wilderness by subsection (a) to 
          create a protective perimeter or buffer zone around that land.
              (2) Nonwilderness activities.--The fact that nonwilderness 
          activities or uses can be seen or heard from areas within the 
          land designated as wilderness by subsection (a) shall not 
          preclude the conduct of the activities or uses outside the 
          boundary of that land.
      (d) Incorporation of Acquired Land and Interests in Land.--Any land 
  or interest in land that is within the boundary of the land designated 
  as wilderness by subsection (a) that is acquired by the United States 
  shall--
              (1) become part of the Bisti/De-Na-Zin Wilderness; and
              (2) be managed in accordance with--
                      (A) the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.);
                      (B) the San Juan Basin Wilderness Protection Act of 
                  1984 (Public Law 98-603; 98 Stat. 3155; 110 Stat. 
                  4211);
                      (C) this section; and
                      (D) any other applicable laws.
      (e) Grazing.--Grazing of livestock in the land designated as 
  wilderness by subsection (a), where established before the date of 
  enactment of this Act, shall be allowed to continue in accordance 
  with--
              (1) section 4(d)(4) of the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 
          1133(d)(4)); and
              (2) the guidelines set forth in the report of the Committee 
          on Interior and Insular Affairs of the House of Representatives 
          accompanying H.R. 5487 of the 96th Congress (H. Rept. 96-617).
target: San Juan County Settlement Implementation Act of 2016 This bill authorizes the Department of the Interior to retire any coal preference right lease application for which it has made an affirmative commercial quantities determination by:  issuing bidding rights in exchange for relinquishment of the application, and making a payment to the relevant state of 50% of the dollar amount of any bidding right subsequently used in lieu of any monetary bonus in a coal lease sale or of rental or royalty under a federal coal lease.   Interior shall make such payments from amounts that would otherwise be deposited in the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts under the Mineral Leasing Act. The bill declares such bidding rights fully transferable to any other person.  The bill cancels specified land selections made by the Navajo Nation pursuant to the Navajo-Hopi Land Settlement Act of 1974. Subject to specified exclusions, the Navajo Nation may make new land selections to replace those canceled. The bill designates approximately 7,242 acres of land as the Ah-shi-sle-pah Wilderness and incorporates approximately 2,250 acres of specified federal land into the Bisti/De-Na-Zin Wilderness.
feat_title: San Juan County Settlement Implementation Act of 2016