1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Montana Sportsmen Conservation Act . 2. Findings Congress finds that— (1) under the Montana Wilderness Study Act of 1977 ( Public Law 95–150 ; 91 Stat. 1243), 9 wilderness study areas comprising a total of 973,000 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 ( 16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq. ), with the evaluation to be completed not later than 5 years after the date of enactment of the Montana Wilderness Study Act of 1977 ( Public Law 95–150 ; 91 Stat. 1243); (2) between 1979 and 1986, the Chief of the Forest Service— (A) completed the studies of the 9 wilderness study areas referred to in paragraph (1); and (B) based on those studies, determined that 608,700 acres of the original 973,000 acres designated as wilderness study areas by the Montana Wilderness Study Act of 1977 ( Public Law 95–150 ; 91 Stat. 1243) were unsuitable for inclusion in the National Wilderness Preservation System, including the 81,000 acres within the Middle Fork Judith Wilderness Study Area; (3) in 2021, following a 6-year collaborative process, the Forest Service again determined, in the revision of the Helena Lewis and Clark National Forest plan, that the Middle Fork Judith Wilderness Study Area is unsuitable for inclusion in the National Wilderness Preservation System; (4) under the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 ( 43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq. ), 38 wilderness study areas comprising a total of 447,327 acres of land in the State of Montana were set aside by the Bureau of Land Management to evaluate the suitability of the wilderness study areas for designation as wilderness, with the evaluation to be completed not later than 15 years after the date of enactment of that Act