16 U.S.C. § 410fff–2 — Establishment of Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park

(a) Establishment: (1) Congress creates the Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park^* in Colorado, as shown on the map^* named in section 410fff–1. The old Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Monument is abolished, and its land and interests become part of the new park; any money available for the monument becomes available for the park. (2) The park's boundary is expanded by about 2,530 acres, as shown on a map dated April 2, 2003.
(b) Administration: Once this law takes effect, the Secretary^* must transfer land under Bureau of Land Management control that's marked for the park to National Park Service control. The Secretary must run the park under this law and the general laws for National Park System units, including the 1916 National Park Service Act and the 1935 historic preservation Act.
(c) Maps and legal description: As soon as practical after October 21, 1999, the Secretary had to file maps and a legal description of the park with the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee and the House Resources Committee. These documents count as legally part of this law, except the Secretary can fix clerical and typing errors in them. They must be kept on file for public viewing at National Park Service offices.
(d) Withdrawal: Except for valid existing rights, all federal land in the park is removed ("withdrawn") from the public land laws that let people enter, claim, or acquire land; from the mining laws that allow staking mining claims; and from all laws about leasing minerals and geothermal resources.
(e) Grazing: (1)(A) The Secretary must let livestock grazing continue in the park where it was already authorized by a permit or lease as of October 21, 1999, subject to the limit in (3) below. Grazing can't exceed the current level and must follow applicable laws and Park Service rules. (B) This subsection doesn't extend grazing rights for anyone whose use, before October 21, 1999, was already scheduled to end under a U.S. Claims Court settlement covering land that became part of the old monument. (C) This subsection doesn't stop the Secretary from accepting a grazier's voluntary decision to give up their permit or lease. (D) If land in the park with an authorized grazing permit or lease is later traded for private land under section 410fff–3(a), the Secretary must transfer the grazing privileges to the newly acquired land.
(2) Inside park areas designated as wilderness, grazing already authorized by permit as of October 21, 1999 may continue, subject to reasonable rules the Secretary sets, consistent with this law, the Wilderness Act, and other applicable laws and Park Service rules.
(3) For the grazing permits and leases covered by this subsection, the Secretary must let grazing continue, subject to periodic renewal: (A) for an individual permit or lease holder, for that person's lifetime; (B) for the permit or lease held by LeValley Ranch Ltd., for the lifetime of its last surviving limited partner as of October 21, 1999; (C) for the permit or lease held by Sanburg Herefords, L.L.P., for the lifetime of its last surviving general partner as of October 21, 1999; and (D) for a permit or lease held by a corporation or other legal entity, until whichever of the permits or leases under (A), (B), or (C) ends last — unless the corporation or entity dissolves or ends sooner, in which case the permit or lease ends with it.