1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Wyoming Public Lands Initiative Act of 2023 . 2. Definitions In this Act: (1) Bureau The term Bureau means the Bureau of Land Management. (2) Department The term Department means the Department of the Interior. (3) Director The term Director means the Director of the Bureau of Land Management. (4) Emergency The term emergency means a situation that requires immediate action because of an imminent danger— (A) to the health or safety of people; or (B) of harm to property. (5) Range improvement The term range improvement has the meaning given the term in section 3 of the Public Rangelands Improvement Act of 1978 ( 43 U.S.C. 1902 ). (6) State The term State means the State of Wyoming. 3. Designation of land in Carbon County, Wyoming (a) Designation of wilderness areas (1) Encampment River Canyon Wilderness (A) Designation In accordance with the Wilderness Act ( 16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq. ), except as provided in subparagraph (B), the land within the boundaries of the Encampment River Canyon Wilderness Study Area is designated as wilderness and as a component of the National Wilderness Preservation System, to be known as the Encampment River Canyon Wilderness (referred to in this paragraph as the Wilderness ). (B) Excluded land (i) Definition of Water Valley Road In this subparagraph, the term Water Valley Road means the road in Carbon County, Wyoming, that is 50 feet wide and 17,340 feet long, consisting of approximately 19.904 acres of land in T. 14 N., R. 84 W., including— (I) in sec. 22, land in— (aa) the NE 1/4 SW 1/4 ; and (bb) the S 1/2 SW 1/4 ; (II) in sec. 27, land in lots 4, 6, and 7 of the NW 1/4 SW 1/4 ; (III) in sec. 28, land in lot 1 of the NE 1/4 SE 1/4 ; (IV) in sec. 34, land in— (aa) the S 1/2 NE 1/4 ; and (bb) the E 1/2 NW 1/4 ; and (V) in sec. 35, land in— (aa) the N 1/2 SW 1/4 ; (bb) the NW 1/4 SE 1/4