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 107 STAT. 764 PUBLIC LAW 103-77 —AUG. 13, 1993 ment or use by existing and future holders of vested water rights of Colorado's full apportionment of such waters. (2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, neither the Secretary of Agriculture nor any other officer, employee, or agent of the United States, or any other person, shall assert in any court or agency of the United States or any other jurisdiction any rights, and no court or agency of the United States shall consider any claim or defense asserted by any person based upon such rights, which may be determined to have been established for waters of the North Platte River for purposes of the Platte River Wilderness Area established by Public Law 98-550, located on the Colorado-Wyoming State bounaary, to the extent such rights would limit the use or development of water within Colorado by present and future holders of vested water rights in the North Platte River and its tributeries, to the full extent allowed under interstate compact or United States Supreme Court equitable decree. Any such rights shall be exercised as if junior to, in a manner so as not to prevent, the use or development of Colorado's full entitlement to interstete waters of the North Platte River and its tributaries within Colorado allowed under interstate compact or United States Supreme Court equitable decree. SEC. 9. PIEDRA, ROUBIDEAU, AND TABEGUACHE AREAS. (a) AREAS. —The provisions of this section shall apply to the following areas: (1) Certain lands in the San Juan National Forest, Colorado, comprising approximately 62,550 acres, as generally depicted on the map entitled "Piedra Area" dated January, 1993; (2) Certain lands in the Uncompahgre National Forest, Colorado, comprising approximately 19,650 acres, as generally depicted on the map entitled "Roubideau Area" dated January, 1993; and (3) Certain lands in the Uncompahgre National Forest, Colorado, and in the San Juan Resource Area administered by the Bureau of Land Management, comprising approximately 17,240 acres, as generally depicted on the map entitled "Tabeguache Area" dated January, 1993. (b) MANAGEMENT.—(1) Subject to valid existing rights, the areas described in subsection (a) are withdrawn from all forms of location, leasing, patent, disposition, or disposal under public land, mining, and mineral and geothermal leasing laws of the United States. (2) The areas described in subsection (a) shall not be subject to any obligation to further study such lands for wilderness designation. (3) Until Congress determines otherwise, and subject to the provisions of section 8 of this Act, activities within such areas shall be managed by the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior, as appropriate, so as to maintoin the areas' presently existing wilderness character and potential for inclusion in the National Wilderness Preservation System.

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