text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
  
      This Act may be cited as the ``Wild Sky Wilderness and Backcountry 
  Wilderness Management Area Act of 2004''.
  
  SEC. 2. ADDITION OF WILD SKY WILDERNESS TO NATIONAL WILDERNESS 
                PRESERVATION SYSTEM.
  
      (a) Designation.--Certain Federal lands in the State of Washington 
  comprising approximately 92,722 acres, as generally depicted on the map 
  entitled ``Wild Sky Wilderness and Backcountry Wilderness Management 
  Area Proposal'' and dated September 2004, are hereby designated as 
  wilderness and, therefore, as a component of the National Wilderness 
  Preservation System. The Federal lands designated as wilderness by this 
  subsection shall be known as the Wild Sky Wilderness.
      (b) Maps and Legal Descriptions.--As soon as practicable after the 
  date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture shall 
  file a map and a legal description for the Wild Sky Wilderness with the 
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate and the 
  Committee on Resources of the House of Representatives. The map and 
  legal description shall have the same force and effect as if included 
  in this Act, except that the Secretary of Agriculture may correct 
  clerical and typographical errors in the legal description and map. The 
  map and legal description shall be on file and available for public 
  inspection in the office of the Chief of the Forest Service.
      (c) Administration.--Subject to valid existing rights, the 
  Secretary of Agriculture shall manage the Wild Sky Wilderness in 
  accordance with the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.) and this 
  Act, except that, with respect to the Wild Sky Wilderness, 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. To fulfill the purposes of this Act and the Wilderness Act and to 
  achieve administrative efficiencies, the Secretary may manage the Wild 
  Sky Wilderness as a comprehensive part of the larger complex of 
  adjacent and nearby wilderness areas.
      (d) Maintenance and Use of Certain Structures.--
              (1) Repeater site.--Within the Wild Sky Wilderness, the 
          Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to use helicopter access 
          to construct and maintain a joint Forest Service and Snohomish 
          County repeater site, in compliance with a Forest Service 
          approved communications site plan, for the purposes of 
          improving communication for safety, health, and emergency 
          services.
              (2) Evergreen mountain lookout.--The designation of the 
          Wild Sky Wilderness shall not preclude the operation and 
          maintenance of the Evergreen Mountain Lookout, in the same 
          manner and degree in which the operation and maintenance of the 
          lookout was occurring as of the date of enactment of this Act.
      (e) Access.--
              (1) Private inholdings.--Consistent with section 5(a) of 
          the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1134(a)), the Secretary of 
          Agriculture shall assure adequate access to private inholdings 
          in the Wild Sky Wilderness.
              (2) Float plane access.--As provided by section 4(d)(1) of 
          the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1133(d)(1)), the use of 
          floatplanes on Lake Isabel in the Wild Sky Wilderness, where 
          such use was established before the date of enactment of this 
          Act, shall be permitted to continue subject to such reasonable 
          restrictions as the Secretary of Agriculture determines 
          desirable.
      (f) Land Acquisition Authority.--
              (1) In general.--The Secretary of Agriculture may acquire 
          lands and interests therein in the Wild Sky Wilderness by 
          purchase, donation, or exchange. The Secretary shall give 
          priority consideration to the acquisition of those lands 
          identified as Priority Acquisition Lands on the map described 
          in subsection (a).
              (2) Appraisal.--Valuation of private lands shall be 
          determined without reference to any restrictions on access or 
          use that arise out of designation of the Wild Sky Wilderness or 
          inclusion of adjacent Federal lands in the Skykomish 
          Backcountry Wilderness Management Area under section 3.
              (3) Boundary adjustment.--The boundaries of the Mt. Baker-
          Snoqualmie National Forests and the Wild Sky Wilderness shall 
          be adjusted to reflect any land acquisitions or exchanges 
          conducted under this subsection.
  
  SEC. 3. DESIGNATION OF BACKCOUNTRY WILDERNESS MANAGEMENT AREA, 
                SKYKOMISH RIVER VALLEY, WASHINGTON.
  
      (a) Designation.--Certain Federal lands in the State of Washington 
  comprising approximately 13,278 acres, as generally depicted on the map 
  referred to in section 2(a), are hereby designated as the Skykomish 
  Backcountry Wilderness Management Area for the purpose of conserving, 
  protecting, and enhancing for the benefit and enjoyment of present and 
  future generations the cultural, archaeological, natural, wilderness, 
  scientific, geological, historical, biological, wildlife, educational, 
  and scenic resources of the Federal lands included in the management 
  area.
      (b) Maps and Legal Descriptions.--As soon as practicable after the 
  date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture shall 
  file a map and a legal description for the management area with the 
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate and the 
  Committee on Resources of the House of Representatives. The map and 
  legal description shall have the same force and effect as if included 
  in this Act, except that the Secretary of Agriculture may correct 
  clerical and typographical errors in the legal description and map. The 
  map and legal description shall be on file and available for public 
  inspection in the office of the Chief of the Forest Service.
      (c) Administration.--The Secretary of Agriculture shall manage the 
  Federal lands included in the management area to preserve their natural 
  character and to protect and enhance water quality.
      (d) Management Plan.--Not later than three years after the date of 
  the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture shall develop a 
  management plan for the management area. The Secretary shall prepare 
  the management plan in consultation with representatives of the State 
  of Washington, the political subdivisions of the State containing the 
  management area, and other interested persons.
      (e) Wildlife Management.--The designation of the management area 
  neither affects nor diminishes the jurisdiction of the State of 
  Washington with respect to fish and wildlife management, including the 
  regulation of hunting, fishing, and trapping, on Federal lands included 
  in the management area.
      (f) Withdrawal.--Subject to valid existing rights, the Federal 
  lands included in the management area are withdrawn from all forms of 
  entry, appropriation, and disposal under the public land laws, 
  location, entry, and patent under the mining laws, and operation of the 
  mineral leasing, mineral materials, and geothermal leasing laws.
      (g) Motorized and Mechanized Travel Authorized.--Motorized and 
  mechanized travel in the management area shall be restricted to 
  designated trails and routes specified in the management plan required 
  by subsection (d). Pending completion of the management plan, the 
  Secretary of Agriculture may designate the trails and routes in the 
  management area on which motorized and mechanized travel is authorized. 
  Other trails and routes may be used for motorized and mechanized travel 
  whenever the Secretary considers such use to be necessary for 
  administrative purposes or to respond to an emergency.
      (h) Prohibition on Commercial Timber Harvesting.--The Secretary of 
  Agriculture shall not permit the commercial harvest of timber in the 
  management area.
      (i) Land Acquisition Authority.--
              (1) In general.--The Secretary of Agriculture may acquire 
          lands and interests therein in the management area by purchase, 
          donation, or exchange. The Secretary shall give priority 
          consideration to the acquisition of those lands identified as 
          Priority Acquisition Lands on the map described in section 
          2(a).
              (2) Appraisal.--Valuation of private lands shall be 
          determined without reference to any restrictions on access or 
          use that arise out of inclusion of adjacent Federal lands in 
          the management area or designation of the Wild Sky Wilderness.
              (3) Boundary adjustment.--The boundaries of the Mt. Baker-
          Snoqualmie National Forests and the management area shall be 
          adjusted to reflect any land acquisitions or exchanges 
          conducted under this subsection.
  
  SEC. 4. DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF TRAIL PLAN.
  
      (a) Trail Plan Required.--The Secretary of Agriculture shall 
  establish, in consultation with interested parties, a trail plan for 
  National Forest System lands described in this paragraph in order to 
  develop the following:
              (1) A system of hiking and equestrian trails in the Wild 
          Sky Wilderness in a manner consistent with section 2 and the 
          Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.).
              (2) A system of hiking and equestrian trails in the 
          Backcountry Wilderness Management Area in a manner consistent 
          with section 3.
              (3) A system of trails adjacent to the Wild Sky Wilderness 
          or the Backcountry Wilderness Management Area to provide access 
          to such areas.
      (b) Implementation Report.--Within two years after the date of the 
  enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture shall submit to 
  Congress a report on the implementation of the trail plan. The report 
  shall include the identification of those trails regarding which 
  development is a priority.
  
  SEC. 5. LAND EXCHANGES, CHELAN COUNTY PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT, 
                WASHINGTON.
  
      (a) Land Exchanges Required.--In accordance with this section, the 
  Secretary of Agriculture shall carry out a land exchange with the 
  Chelan County Public Utility District in the State of Washington to 
  exchange lands and interests in lands, as generally depicted on the map 
  entitled ``Chelan County Public Utility District Exchange'' and dated 
  May 22, 2002.
      (b) Acceptance of Lands.--If, within 90 days after the date of 
  enactment of this Act, the Chelan County Public Utility District offers 
  to the Secretary of Agriculture approximately 371.8 acres of lands held 
  by the Utility District in the Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forests in 
  the State of Washington, the Secretary shall accept such lands if the 
  title is acceptable to the Secretary and there is no hazardous material 
  on such lands, which is objectionable to the Secretary.
      (c) Conveyance of Easement.--Upon acceptance of title by the 
  Secretary of Agriculture under subsection (b), the Secretary shall 
  convey to the Chelan County Public Utility District a permanent 
  easement, including helicopter access, consistent with such levels as 
  used as of the date of enactment of this Act, to maintain an existing 
  snowtel site on 1.82 acres of Federal land in the Wenatchee National 
  Forest in the State of Washington.
      (d) Reversion.--As a condition on the conveyance under subsection 
  (c), the Chelan County Public Utility District shall notify the 
  Secretary of Agriculture if the Utility District determines that there 
  is no longer a need to maintain a snowtel site on the lands subject to 
  the easement conveyed under subsection (c) to monitor the snow pack for 
  calculating expected runoff into the Lake Chelan hydroelectric project 
  and the hydroelectric projects in the Columbia River Basin. Upon 
  receipt of such notice, the easement shall be extinguished and all 
  rights conveyed under such subsection shall revert to the United 
  States.
target: Wild Sky Wilderness and Backcountry Wilderness Management Area Act of 2004 - Designates specified Federal lands in the State of Washington (the State) as: (1) the Wild Sky Wilderness (the Wilderness); and (2) the Skykomish Backcountry Wilderness Management Area (the Area).
  
  Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to manage the Wilderness in accordance with the Wilderness Act and this Act. Authorizes the Secretary to use helicopter access to construct and maintain a joint U.S. Forest Service and Snohomish County repeater site, in compliance with a Forest Service-approved communications site plan, to improve communication for safety, health, and emergency services.
  
  Directs the Secretary to: (1) develop a management plan for the Area (but prohibits the Secretary from permitting commercial timber harvest in the Area); (2) establish a trail plain for specified National Forest System lands to develop a system of hiking and equestrian trails in the Wilderness and the Area, and trails adjacent to the Wilderness or the Area; and (3) carry out a land exchange with the Chelan County Public Utility District in the State, subject to specified requirements.
feat_title: To designate certain lower-elevation Federal lands in the Skykomish River valley of the State of Washington as wilderness, to designate a portion of such lands for management as a backcountry wilderness management area, and for other purposes.