SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE AND DEFINITIONS.

    (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Big Sur Wilderness 
and Conservation Act of 2002''.
    (b) Definitions.--As used in this Act, the term ``Secretary'' means 
the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of Agriculture, as 
appropriate.

SEC. 2. ADDITIONS TO THE WILDERNESS PRESERVATION SYSTEM.

    (a) Additions to Ventana Wilderness.--
        (1) In general.--The areas described in paragraph (2)--
            (A) are hereby designated as wilderness and, therefore, as 
        components of the National Wilderness Preservation System; and
            (B) are hereby incorporated in and shall be deemed to be a 
        part of the Ventana Wilderness designated by Public Law 91-58.
        (2) Areas described.--The areas referred to in paragraph (1) 
    are the following lands in the State of California administered by 
    the Bureau of Land Management or the United States Forest Service:
            (A) Certain lands which comprise approximately 995 acres, 
        as generally depicted on a map entitled ``Anastasia Canyon 
        Proposed Wilderness Additions to the Ventana Wilderness'' and 
        dated March 22, 2002.
            (B) Certain lands which comprise approximately 3,530 acres, 
        as generally depicted on a map entitled ``Arroyo Seco Corridor 
        Proposed Wilderness Addition to the Ventana Wilderness'' and 
        dated March 22, 2002.
            (C) Certain lands which comprise approximately 14,550 
        acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled ``Bear Canyon 
        Proposed Wilderness Addition to the Ventana Wilderness'' and 
        dated March 22, 2002.
            (D) Certain lands which comprise approximately 855 acres, 
        as generally depicted on a map entitled ``Black Rock Proposed 
        Wilderness Additions to the Ventana Wilderness'' and dated 
        March 22, 2002.
            (E) Certain lands which comprise approximately 6,550 acres, 
        as generally depicted on a map entitled ``Chalk Peak Proposed 
        Wilderness Addition to the Ventana Wilderness'' and dated March 
        22, 2002.
            (F) Certain lands which comprise approximately 1,345 acres, 
        as generally depicted on a map entitled ``Chews Ridge Proposed 
        Wilderness Addition to the Ventana Wilderness'' and dated March 
        22, 2002.
            (G) Certain lands which comprise approximately 2,130 acres, 
        as generally depicted on a map entitled ``Coast Ridge Proposed 
        Wilderness Additions to the Ventana Wilderness'' and dated 
        March 22, 2002.
            (H) Certain lands which comprise approximately 2,270 acres, 
        as generally depicted on a map entitled ``Horse Canyon Proposed 
        Wilderness Addition to the Ventana Wilderness'' and dated March 
        22, 2002.
            (I) Certain lands which comprise approximately 755 acres, 
        as generally depicted on a map entitled ``Little Sur Proposed 
        Wilderness Addition to the Ventana Wilderness'' and dated March 
        22, 2002.
            (J) Certain lands which comprise approximately 4,130 acres, 
        as generally depicted on a map entitled ``San Antonio Proposed 
        Wilderness Addition to the Ventana Wilderness'' and dated March 
        22, 2002.
    (b) Additions to Silver Peak Wilderness.--
        (1) In general.--The areas described in paragraph (2)--
            (A) are hereby designated as wilderness and, therefore, as 
        components of the National Wilderness Preservation System; and
            (B) are hereby incorporated in and shall be deemed to be a 
        part of the Silver Peak Wilderness designated by Public Law 
        102-301.
        (2) Areas described.--The areas referred to in paragraph (1) 
    are the following lands in the State of California administered by 
    the United States Forest Service:
            (A) Certain lands which comprise approximately 8,235 acres, 
        as generally depicted on a map entitled ``San Carpoforo 
        Proposed Wilderness Addition to the Silver Peak Wilderness'' 
        and dated March 22, 2002.
            (B) Certain lands which comprise approximately 8,820 acres, 
        as generally depicted on a map entitled ``Willow Creek Proposed 
        Wilderness Addition to the Silver Peak Wilderness'' and dated 
        March 22, 2002.
    (c) Additions to Pinnacles Wilderness.--
        (1) In general.--The areas described in paragraph (2)--
            (A) are hereby designated as wilderness and, therefore, as 
        components of the National Wilderness Preservation System; and
            (B) are hereby incorporated in and shall be deemed to be a 
        part of the Pinnacles Wilderness designated by Public Law 94-
        567.
        (2) Areas described.--The areas referred to in paragraph (1) 
    are the lands in the State of California administered by the 
    National Park Service which comprise approximately 2,715 acres, as 
    generally depicted on a map entitled ``Pinnacles Proposed 
    Wilderness Additions'' and dated October 30, 2001.
    (d) Maps and Descriptions.--
        (1) Filing.--As soon as practicable after the date of enactment 
    of this Act, the appropriate Secretary shall file a map and a 
    boundary description of each area designated as wilderness by this 
    Act with the Committee on Resources of the House of Representatives 
    and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate.
        (2) Effect.--Each map and description shall have the same force 
    and effect as if included in this Act, except that the appropriate 
    Secretary is authorized to correct clerical and typographical 
    errors in such boundary descriptions and maps.
        (3) Availability.--Such maps and boundary descriptions shall be 
    on file and available for public inspection in the Office of the 
    Director of the Bureau of Land Management and in the Office of the 
    Chief of the Forest Service, as appropriate.
    (e) State and Private Lands.--Lands within the exterior boundaries 
of any area added to a wilderness area under this section that are 
owned by the State or by a private entity shall be included within such 
wilderness area if such lands are acquired by the United States. Such 
lands may be acquired by the United States only as provided in the 
Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 and following).

SEC. 3. ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS.

    (a) In General.--Subject to valid existing rights, lands designated 
as wilderness by this Act shall be managed by the Secretary of 
Agriculture or the Secretary of the Interior, as appropriate, in 
accordance with the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.) and this 
Act, except that, with respect to any wilderness areas designated by 
this Act, 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.
    (b) Grazing.--Grazing of livestock in wilderness areas designated 
by this Act shall be administered in accordance with the provisions of 
section 4(d)(4) of the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1133(d)(4)), as 
further interpreted by section 108 of Public Law 96-560, and, the 
guidelines set forth in Appendix A of House Report 101-405 of the 101st 
Congress.
    (c) State Jurisdiction.--As provided in section 4(d)(7) of the 
Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1133(d)(7)), nothing in this Act shall be 
construed as affecting the jurisdiction or responsibilities of the 
State of California with respect to wildlife and fish in California.
    (d) Water.--
        (1) Reservation of water.--With respect to each wilderness area 
    designated by this Act, Congress hereby reserves a quantity of 
    water sufficient to fulfill the purposes of this Act. The priority 
    date of such reserved rights shall be the date of enactment of this 
    Act.
        (2) Requirement to protect rights.--The appropriate Secretary 
    and all other officers of the United States shall take steps 
    necessary to protect the rights reserved by paragraph (1), 
    including the filing by the Secretary of a claim for the 
    quantification of such rights in any present or future appropriate 
    stream adjudication in the courts of the State of California in 
    which the United States is or may be joined and which is conducted 
    in accordance with the McCarran Amendment (43 U.S.C. 666).
        (3) No reduction or relinquishment.--Nothing in this Act shall 
    be construed as a relinquishment or reduction of any water rights 
    reserved or appropriated by the United States in the State of 
    California on or before the date of enactment of this Act.
        (4) Limitation on effect.--The Federal water rights reserved by 
    this Act are specific to the wilderness areas located in the State 
    of California designated by this Act. Nothing in this Act related 
    to reserved Federal water rights shall be construed as establishing 
    a precedent with regard to any future designations, nor shall it 
    constitute an interpretation of any other Act or any designation 
    made pursuant thereto.

SEC. 4. WILDERNESS FIRE MANAGEMENT.

    (a) Revision of Management Plans.--The Secretary of Agriculture 
shall, by not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this 
Act, amend the management plans that apply to each of the Ventana 
Wilderness and the Silver Peak Wilderness, respectively, to authorize 
the Forest Supervisor of the Los Padres National Forest to take 
whatever appropriate actions in such wilderness areas are necessary for 
fire prevention and watershed protection consistent with wilderness 
values, including best management practices for fire presuppression and 
fire suppression measures and techniques.
    (b) Incorporation Into Forest Planning.--Any special provisions 
contained in the management plan for the Ventana Wilderness and Silver 
Peak Wilderness pursuant to subsection (a) shall be incorporated into 
the management plan for the Los Padres National Forest.

SEC. 5. MILITARY TRAINING AT FORT HUNTER-LIGGETT.

    (a) Overflights.--Nothing in this Act shall preclude low level 
overflights of military aircraft, the designation of new units of 
special airspace, or the use or establishment of military flight 
training routes over wilderness areas designated by this Act.
    (b) Military Access.--Nonmotorized access to and use of the 
wilderness areas designated by this Act for military training shall be 
authorized to continue in wilderness areas designated by this Act in 
the same manner and degree as authorized prior to enactment of this 
Act.

SEC. 6. BIG SUR INVASIVE SPECIES ERADICATION.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of Agriculture may conduct a 5-year 
pilot program to target the eradication of invasive plant and animal 
species in the Monterey District of the Los Padres National Forest.
    (b) Application to Other Property.--Activities under the program 
may include actions to address invasive species problems on nearby 
private land or other land that is not Forest Service property, if--
        (1) the land owner, or the head of the governmental agency 
    having administrative jurisdiction over the land in the case of 
    State, local, or Federal government-owned land, seeks to 
    participate in the program; and
        (2) the invasive species concerned occurs on the land and poses 
    a threat to national forest lands.
    (c) Authorization of Appropriations.--To carry out this section 
there is authorized to be appropriated $1,000,000 for each of 5 fiscal 
years.

SEC. 8. SILVER PEAK WILDERNESS WATER SYSTEM SPLIT.

    The Secretary of Agriculture may authorize the construction and 
maintenance of a new water line and corresponding spring box 
improvements adjacent to an existing domestic water service in the 
Silver Peak Wilderness.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.
Big Sur Wilderness and Conservation Act of 2002 - Designates specified lands administered by the Bureau of Land Management, the U.S. Forest Service, or the National Park Service in California as wilderness, as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System, and as additions to the Ventana, Silver Peak, or Pinnacles Wilderness areas.Provides for livestock grazing in such areas to be administered in accordance with the Wilderness Act. Reserves for each designated wilderness area a quantity of water sufficient to fulfill the purposes of this Act and directs the Secretary of the Interior or Agriculture, as appropriate, and all other U.S. officers to protect such water rights.Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to amend the management plans for the Ventana and Silver Peak Wildernesses to authorize the Forest Supervisor of the Los Padres National Forest to take appropriate actions for fire prevention and watershed protection in such areas. Incorporates any special provisions in the management plan for such Wildernesses into the Los Padres National Forest management plan.Permits military flights and flight training over, and continued non-motorized access for military training in, such wilderness areas.Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to conduct a 5-year pilot program to eradicate invasive plant and animal species in the Monterey District of Los Padres National Forest. Permits program activities to include actions to address invasive species problems on nearby private land or other land that is not Forest Service property if: (1) the land owner or responsible government agency head seeks to participate in the program; and (2) the invasive species occurs on the land and poses a threat to national forest lands. Authorizes appropriations.Authorizes such Secretary to permit the construction and maintenance of a new water line and spring box improvements adjacent to an existing domestic water service in the Silver Peak Wilderness.
To designate certain lands in the State of California as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System, and for other purposes.