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In the House of Representatives, U. S.,

July 27, 1994.

Resolved, That the bill from the Senate (S. 21) entitled ‘‘An Act to designate certain lands in the California

Desert as wilderness, to establish Death Valley, Joshua Tree,

and Mojave National Parks, and for other purposes’’, do pass

with the following

AMENDMENTS:

Strike out all after the enacting clause, and insert:

1 That this Act may be cited as the ‘‘California Desert Protec2 tion Act of 1994’’.

3 FINDINGS AND POLICY

4 SEC. 2. (a) The Congress finds and declares that—

5 (1) the federally owned desert lands of Southern

6 California constitute a public wildland resource of ex7 traordinary and inestimable value for this and future

8 generations;

9 (2) these desert wildlands display unique scenic,

10 historical, archeological, environmental, ecological,

11 wildlife, cultural, scientific, educational, and rec12 reational values used and enjoyed by millions of

13 Americans for hiking and camping, scientific study

14 and scenic appreciation;
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1 (3) the public land resources of the California

2 desert now face and are increasingly threatened by

3 adverse pressures which would impair, dilute, and de4 stroy their public and natural values;

5 (4) the California desert, embracing wilderness

6 lands, units of the National Park System, other Fed7 eral lands, State parks and other State lands, and

8 private lands, constitutes a cohesive unit posing

9 unique and difficult resource protection and manage10 ment challenges;

11 (5) through designation of national monuments

12 by Presidential proclamation, through enactment of

13 general public land statutes (including section 601 of

14 the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of

15 1976, 90 Stat. 2743, 43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) and

16 through interim administrative actions, the Federal

17 Government has begun the process of appropriately

18 providing for protection of the significant resources of

19 the public lands in the California desert; and

20 (6) statutory land unit designations are needed

21 to afford the full protection which the resources and

22 public land values of the California desert merit.

23 (b) In order to secure for the American people of this

24 and future generations an enduring heritage of wilderness,

25 national parks, and public land values in the California
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1 desert, it is hereby declared to be the policy of the Congress

2 that—

3 (1) appropriate public lands in the California

4 desert shall be included within the National Park

5 System and the National Wilderness Preservation

6 System, in order to—

7 (A) preserve unrivaled scenic, geologic, and

8 wildlife values associated with these unique nat9 ural landscapes;

10 (B) perpetuate in their natural state sig11 nificant and diverse ecosystems of the California

12 desert;

13 (C) protect and preserve historical and cul14 tural values of the California desert associated

15 with ancient Indian cultures, patterns of western

16 exploration and settlement, and sites exemplify17 ing the mining, ranching and railroading his18 tory of the Old West;

19 (D) provide opportunities for compatible

20 outdoor public recreation, protect and interpret

21 ecological and geological features and historic,

22 paleontological, and archeological sites, maintain

23 wilderness resource values, and promote public

24 understanding and appreciation of the Califor25 nia desert; and
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1 (E) retain and enhance opportunities for

2 scientific research in undisturbed ecosystems.

3 TITLE I—WILDERNESS ADDITIONS

4 FINDINGS

5 SEC. 101. The Congress finds and declares that—

6 (1) wilderness is a distinguishing characteristic

7 of the public lands in the California desert, one which

8 affords an unrivaled opportunity for experiencing

9 vast areas of the Old West essentially unaltered by

10 man’s activities, and which merits preservation for

11 the benefit of present and future generations;

12 (2) the wilderness values of desert lands are in13 creasingly threatened by and especially vulnerable to

14 impairment, alteration, and destruction by activities

15 and intrusions associated with incompatible use and

16 development; and

17 (3) preservation of desert wilderness necessarily

18 requires the highest forms of protective designation

19 and management.

20 DESIGNATION OF WILDERNESS

21 SEC. 102. In furtherance of the purpose of the Wilder22 ness Act (78 Stat. 890, 16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), and sections

23 601 and 603 of the Federal Land Policy and Management

24 Act of 1976 (90 Stat. 2743, 43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), the

25 following lands in the State of California, as generally de26 picted on maps referenced herein, are hereby designated as
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1 wilderness, and therefore, as components of the National

2 Wilderness Preservation System:

3 (1) Certain lands in the California Desert Con4 servation Area, of the Bureau of Land Management,

5 which comprise approximately seventy-four thousand

6 eight hundred and ninety acres, as generally depicted

7 on a map entitled ‘‘Argus Range Wilderness—Pro8 posed 1’’, dated May 1991, and two maps entitled

9 ‘‘Argus Range Wilderness—Proposed 2’’ and ‘‘Argus

10 Range Wilderness—Proposed 3’’, dated January

11 1989, and which shall be known as the Argus Range

12 Wilderness. If at any time within 15 years after the

13 date of enactment of this Act the Secretary of the

14 Navy notifies the Secretary of the Interior that per15 mission has been granted to use lands within the area

16 of the China Lake Naval Air Warfare Center for in17 stallation of a space energy laser facility, and that es18 tablishment of a right-of-way across lands within the

19 Argus Range Wilderness is desirable in order to fa20 cilitate access to the lands to be used for such facility,

21 the Secretary of the Interior, pursuant to the Federal

22 Land Policy and Management Act of 1976, may

23 grant a right-of-way for, and authorize construction

24 of, a road to be used solely for that purpose across

25 such lands, notwithstanding the designation of such
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1 lands as wilderness. So far as practicable, any such

2 road shall be aligned in a manner that takes into ac3 count the desirability of minimizing adverse impacts

4 on wilderness values.

5 (2) Certain lands in the California Desert Con6 servation Area, of the Bureau of Land Management,

7 which comprise approximately ten thousand three

8 hundred and eighty acres, as generally depicted on a

9 map entitled ‘‘Bigelow Cholla Garden Wilderness—

10 Proposed’’, dated July 1993, and which shall be

11 known as the Bigelow Cholla Garden Wilderness.

12 (3) Certain lands in the California Desert Con13 servation Area, of the Bureau of Land Management,

14 and within the San Bernardino National Forest,

15 which comprise approximately thirty-nine thousand

16 two hundred acres, as generally depicted on a map

17 entitled ‘‘Bighorn Mountain Wilderness—Proposed’’,

18 dated September 1991, and which shall be known as

19 the Bighorn Mountain Wilderness.

20 (4) Certain lands in the California Desert Con21 servation Area and the Yuma District, of the Bureau

22 of Land Management, which comprise approximately

23 forty-seven thousand five hundred and seventy acres,

24 as generally depicted on a map entitled ‘‘Big Maria

25 Mountains Wilderness—Proposed’’, dated February
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1 1986, and which shall be known as the Big Maria

2 Mountains Wilderness.

3 (5) Certain lands in the California Desert Con4 servation Area, of the Bureau of Land Management,

5 which comprise approximately thirteen thousand nine

6 hundred and forty acres, as generally depicted on a

7 map entitled ‘‘Black Mountain Wilderness—Pro8 posed’’, dated July 1993, and which shall be known

9 as the Black Mountain Wilderness.

10 (6) Certain lands in the California Desert Con11 servation Area, of the Bureau of Land Management,

12 which comprise approximately nine thousand five

13 hundred and twenty acres, as generally depicted on a

14 map entitled ‘‘Bright Star Wilderness—Proposed’’,

15 dated May 1991, and which shall be known as the

16 Bright Star Wilderness.

17 (7) Certain lands in the California Desert Con18 servation Area, of the Bureau of Land Management,

19 which comprise approximately sixty-eight thousand

20 five hundred and fifteen acres, as generally depicted

21 on two maps entitled ‘‘Bristol Mountains Wilder22 ness—Proposed 1’’, and ‘‘Bristol Mountains Wilder23 ness—Proposed 2’’, dated September 1991, and which

24 shall be known as Bristol Mountains Wilderness.
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1 (8) Certain lands in the California Desert Con2 servation Area, of the Bureau of Land Management,

3 which comprise approximately thirty-nine thousand

4 seven hundred and forty acres, as generally depicted

5 on a map entitled ‘‘Cadiz Dunes Wilderness—Pro6 posed’’, dated July 1993, and which shall be known

7 as the Cadiz Dunes Wilderness.

8 (9) Certain lands in the California Desert Con9 servation Area, of the Bureau of Land Management,

10 which comprise approximately eighty-four thousand

11 four hundred acres, as generally depicted on a map

12 entitled ‘‘Cady Mountains Wilderness—Proposed’’,

13 dated July 1993, and which shall be known as the

14 Cady Mountains Wilderness.

15 (10) Certain lands in the California Desert Con16 servation Area and Eastern San Diego County, of the

17 Bureau of Land Management, which comprise ap18 proximately fifteen thousand seven hundred acres, as

19 generally depicted on a map entitled ‘‘Carrizo Gorge

20 Wilderness—Proposed’’, dated February 1986, and

21 which shall be known as the Carrizo Gorge Wilder22 ness.

23 (11) Certain lands in the California Desert Con24 servation Area and Yuma District, of the Bureau of

25 Land Management, which comprise approximately
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1 sixty-four thousand three hundred and twenty acres,

2 as generally depicted on a map entitled ‘‘Chemehuevi

3 Mountains Wilderness—Proposed’’, dated July 1993,

4 and which shall be known as the Chemehuevi Moun5 tains Wilderness.

6 (12) Certain lands in the Bakersfield District, of

7 the Bureau of Land Management, which comprise ap8 proximately thirteen thousand seven hundred acres,

9 as generally depicted on two maps entitled ‘‘Chimney

10 Peak Wilderness—Proposed 1’’ and ‘‘Chimney Peak

11 Wilderness—Proposed 2’’, dated May 1991, and

12 which shall be known as the Chimney Peak Wilder13 ness.

14 (13) Certain lands in the California Desert Con15 servation Area, of the Bureau of Land Management,

16 which comprise approximately one hundred fifty-eight

17 thousand nine hundred and fifty acres, as generally

18 depicted on two maps entitled ‘‘Chuckwalla Moun19 tains Wilderness—Proposed 1’’ and ‘‘Chuckwalla

20 Mountains Wilderness—Proposed 2’’, dated January

21 1989, and which shall be known as the Chuckwalla

22 Mountains Wilderness.

23 (14) Certain lands in the California Desert Con24 servation Area, of the Bureau of Land Management,

25 which comprise thirty-four thousand three hundred
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1 and eighty acres, as generally depicted on a map en2 titled ‘‘Cleghorn Lakes Wilderness—Proposed’’, dated

3 September 1991, and which shall be known as the

4 Cleghorn Lakes Wilderness. The Secretary may, pur5 suant to an application filed by the Department of

6 Defense, grant a right-of-way for, and authorize con7 struction of, a road and utilities within the area de8 picted as ‘‘nonwilderness road corridor’’ on such map.

9 (15) Certain lands in the California Desert Con10 servation Area, of the Bureau of Land Management,

11 which comprise approximately forty thousand acres,

12 as generally depicted on a map entitled ‘‘Clipper

13 Mountain Wilderness—Proposed’’, dated May 1991,

14 and which shall be known as Clipper Mountain Wil15 derness.

16 (16) Certain lands in the California Desert Con17 servation Area, of the Bureau of Land Management,

18 which comprise approximately fifty thousand five

19 hundred and twenty acres, as generally depicted on a

20 map entitled ‘‘Coso Range Wilderness—Proposed’’,

21 dated May 1991, and which shall be known as Coso

22 Range Wilderness.

23 (17) Certain lands in the California Desert Con24 servation Area, of the Bureau of Land Management,

25 which comprise approximately seventeen thousand
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1 acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled ‘‘Coy2 ote Mountains Wilderness—Proposed’’, dated July

3 1993, and which shall be known as Coyote Mountains

4 Wilderness.

5 (18) Certain lands in the California Desert Con6 servation Area, of the Bureau of Land Management,

7 which comprise approximately eight thousand six

8 hundred acres, as generally depicted on a map enti9 tled ‘‘Darwin Falls Wilderness—Proposed’’, dated

10 May 1991, and which shall be known as Darwin

11 Falls Wilderness.

12 (19) Certain lands in the California Desert Con13 servation Area and the Yuma District, of the Bureau

14 of Land Management, which comprise approximately

15 forty-eight thousand eight hundred and fifty acres, as

16 generally depicted on a map entitled ‘‘Dead Moun17 tains Wilderness—Proposed’’, dated October 1991,

18 and which shall be known as Dead Mountains Wilder19 ness.

20 (20) Certain lands in the Bakersfield District, of

21 the Bureau of Land Management, which comprise ap22 proximately thirty-six thousand three hundred acres,

23 as generally depicted on two maps entitled

24 ‘‘Domeland Wilderness Additions—Proposed 1’’ and

25 ‘‘Domeland Wilderness Additions—Proposed 2’’,
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1 dated February 1986 and which are hereby incor2 porated in, and which shall be deemed to be a part

3 of, the Domeland Wilderness as designated by Public

4 Laws 93–632 and 98–425.

5 (21) Certain lands in the California Desert Con6 servation Area, of the Bureau of Land Management,

7 which comprise approximately twenty-three thousand

8 seven hundred and eighty acres, as generally depicted

9 on a map entitled ‘‘El Paso Mountains Wilderness—

10 Proposed’’, dated July 1993, and which shall be

11 known as the El Paso Mountains Wilderness.

12 (22) Certain lands in the California Desert Con13 servation Area, of the Bureau of Land Management,

14 which comprise approximately twenty-five thousand

15 nine hundred and forty acres, as generally depicted

16 on a map entitled ‘‘Fish Creek Mountains Wilder17 ness—Proposed’’, dated July 1993, and which shall be

18 known as Fish Creek Mountains Wilderness.

19 (23) Certain lands in the California Desert Con20 servation Area, of the Bureau of Land Management,

21 which comprise approximately twenty-eight thousand

22 one hundred and ten acres, as generally depicted on

23 a map entitled ‘‘Funeral Mountains Wilderness—Pro24 posed’’, dated May 1991, and which shall be known

25 as Funeral Mountains Wilderness.
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1 (24) Certain lands in the California Desert Con2 servation Area, of the Bureau of Land Management,

3 which comprise approximately thirty-seven thousand

4 seven hundred acres, as generally depicted on a map

5 entitled ‘‘Golden Valley Wilderness—Proposed’’, dated

6 February 1986 and which shall be known as Golden

7 Valley Wilderness.

8 (25) Certain lands in the California Desert Con9 servation Area, of the Bureau of Land Management,

10 which comprise approximately thirty-one thousand

11 seven hundred and twenty acres, as generally depicted

12 on a map entitled ‘‘Grass Valley Wilderness—Pro13 posed’’, dated February 1986 and which shall be

14 known as the Grass Valley Wilderness.

15 (26) Certain lands in the California Desert Con16 servation Area, of the Bureau of Land Management,

17 which comprise approximately twenty-two thousand

18 two hundred and forty acres, as generally depicted on

19 a map entitled ‘‘Hollow Hills Wilderness—Proposed’’,

20 dated May 1991, and which shall be known as the

21 Hollow Hills Wilderness.

22 (27) Certain lands in the California Desert Con23 servation Area, of the Bureau of Land Management,

24 which comprise approximately twenty-six thousand

25 four hundred and sixty acres, as generally depicted on
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1 a map entitled ‘‘Ibex Wilderness—Proposed’’, dated

2 May 1991, and which shall be known as the Ibex Wil3 derness.

4 (28) Certain lands in the California Desert Con5 servation Area, of the Bureau of Land Management,

6 which comprise approximately thirty-four thousand

7 and fifty-five acres, as generally depicted on a map

8 entitled ‘‘Indian Pass Wilderness—Proposed’’, dated

9 May 1994, and which shall be known as the Indian

10 Pass Wilderness.

11 (29) Certain lands in the California Desert Con12 servation Area and the Bakersfield District, of the

13 Bureau of Land Management, and within the Inyo

14 National Forest, which comprise approximately two

15 hundred five thousand and twenty acres, as generally

16 depicted on three maps entitled ‘‘Inyo Mountains Wil17 derness—Proposed’’, numbered in the title one

18 through three, and dated May 1991, and which shall

19 be known as the Inyo Mountains Wilderness.

20 (30) Certain lands in the California Desert Con21 servation Area, of the Bureau of Land Management,

22 which comprise approximately thirty-three thousand

23 six hundred and seventy acres, as generally depicted

24 on a map entitled ‘‘Jacumba Wilderness—Proposed’’,
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1 dated July 1993, and which shall be known as the

2 Jacumba Wilderness.

3 (31) Certain lands in the California Desert Con4 servation Area, of the Bureau of Land Management,

5 which comprise approximately one hundred and

6 twenty-nine thousand five hundred and eighty acres,

7 as generally depicted on a map entitled ‘‘Kelso Dunes

8 Wilderness—Proposed 1’’, dated October 1991, a map

9 entitled ‘‘Kelso Dunes Wilderness—Proposed 2’’,

10 dated May 1991, and a map entitled ‘‘Kelso Dunes

11 Wilderness—Proposed 3’’, dated September 1991, and

12 which shall be known as the Kelso Dunes Wilderness.

13 (32) Certain lands in the California Desert Con14 servation Area, of the Bureau of Land Management,

15 and the Sequoia National Forest, which comprise ap16 proximately eighty-eight thousand two hundred and

17 ninety acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled

18 ‘‘Kiavah Wilderness—Proposed 1’’, dated February

19 1986, and a map entitled ‘‘Kiavah Wilderness—Pro20 posed 2’’, dated May 1991, and which shall be known

21 as the Kiavah Wilderness.

22 (33) Certain lands in the California Desert Con23 servation Area, of the Bureau of Land Management,

24 which comprise approximately two hundred nine

25 thousand six hundred and eight acres, as generally
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1 depicted on four maps entitled ‘‘Kingston Range Wil2 derness—Proposed’’, numbered in the title one

3 through four dated May 1994, and which shall be

4 known as the Kingston Range Wilderness.

5 (34) Certain lands in the California Desert Con6 servation Area, of the Bureau of Land Management,

7 which comprise approximately twenty-nine thousand

8 eight hundred and eighty acres, as generally depicted

9 on a map entitled ‘‘Little Chuckwalla Mountains Wil10 derness—Proposed’’, dated July 1993, and which

11 shall be known as the Little Chuckwalla Mountains

12 Wilderness.

13 (35) Certain lands in the California Desert Con14 servation Area and the Yuma District, of the Bureau

15 of Land Management, which comprise approximately

16 thirty-three thousand six hundred acres, as generally

17 depicted on a map entitled ‘‘Little Picacho Wilder18 ness—Proposed’’, dated July 1993, and which shall be

19 known as the Little Picacho Wilderness.

20 (36) Certain lands in the California Desert Con21 servation Area, of the Bureau of Land Management,

22 which comprise approximately thirty-two thousand

23 three hundred and sixty acres, as generally depicted

24 on a map entitled ‘‘Malpais Mesa Wilderness—Pro-
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1 posed’’, dated September 1991, and which shall be

2 known as the Malpais Mesa Wilderness.

3 (37) Certain lands in the California Desert Con4 servation Area, of the Bureau of Land Management,

5 which comprise approximately sixteen thousand one

6 hundred and five acres, as generally depicted on a

7 map entitled ‘‘Manly Peak Wilderness—Proposed’’,

8 dated October 1991, and which shall be known as the

9 Manly Peak Wilderness.

10 (38) Certain lands in the California Desert Con11 servation Area, of the Bureau of Land Management,

12 which comprise approximately twenty-four thousand

13 two hundred acres, as generally depicted on a map

14 entitled ‘‘Mecca Hills Wilderness—Proposed’’, dated

15 July 1993, and which shall be known as the Mecca

16 Hills Wilderness.

17 (39) Certain lands in the California Desert Con18 servation Area, of the Bureau of Land Management,

19 which comprise approximately forty-seven thousand

20 three hundred and thirty acres, as generally depicted

21 on a map entitled ‘‘Mesquite Wilderness—Proposed’’,

22 dated May 1991, and which shall be known as the

23 Mesquite Wilderness.

24 (40) Certain lands in the California Desert Con25 servation Area, of the Bureau of Land Management,
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1 which comprise approximately twenty-two thousand

2 nine hundred acres, as generally depicted on a map

3 entitled ‘‘Newberry Mountains Wilderness—Pro4 posed’’, dated February 1986, and which shall be

5 known as the Newberry Mountains Wilderness.

6 (41) Certain lands in the California Desert Con7 servation Area, of the Bureau of Land Management,

8 which comprise approximately one hundred ten thou9 sand eight hundred and sixty acres, as generally de10 picted on a map entitled ‘‘Nopah Range Wilderness—

11 Proposed’’, dated July 1993, and which shall be

12 known as the Nopah Range Wilderness.

13 (42) Certain lands in the California Desert Con14 servation Area, of the Bureau of Land Management,

15 which comprise approximately thirty-two thousand

16 two hundred and forty acres, as generally depicted on

17 a map entitled ‘‘North Algodones Dunes Wilderness—

18 Proposed’’, dated October 1991, and which shall be

19 known as the North Algodones Dunes Wilderness.

20 (43) Certain lands in the California Desert Con21 servation Area, of the Bureau of Land Management,

22 which comprise approximately twenty-five thousand

23 five hundred and forty acres, as generally depicted on

24 a map entitled ‘‘North Mesquite Mountains Wilder-
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1 ness—Proposed’’, dated May 1991, and which shall be

2 known as the North Mesquite Mountains Wilderness.

3 (44) Certain lands in the California Desert Con4 servation Area, of the Bureau of Land Management,

5 which comprise approximately one hundred forty-six

6 thousand and seventy acres, as generally depicted on

7 a map entitled ‘‘Old Woman Mountains Wilderness—

8 Proposed 1’’, dated May 1994 and a map entitled

9 ‘‘Old Woman Mountains Wilderness—Proposed 2’’,

10 dated October 1991, and which shall be known as the

11 Old Woman Mountains Wilderness.

12 (45) Certain lands in the California Desert Con13 servation Area, of the Bureau of Land Management,

14 which comprise approximately fifty-seven thousand

15 four hundred and eighty acres, as generally depicted

16 on a map entitled ‘‘Orocopia Mountains Wilderness—

17 Proposed’’, dated May 1994, and which shall be

18 known as the Orocopia Mountains Wilderness.

19 (46) Certain lands in the California Desert Con20 servation Area and the Bakersfield District, of the

21 Bureau of Land Management, which comprise ap22 proximately seventy-four thousand six hundred and

23 forty acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled

24 ‘‘Owens Peak Wilderness—Proposed 1’’, dated Feb25 ruary 1986, and two maps entitled ‘‘Owens Peak Wil-
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1 derness—Proposed 2’’ dated February 1986 and

2 ‘‘Owens Peak Wilderness—Proposed 3’’, dated May

3 1991, and which shall be known as the Owens Peak

4 Wilderness.

5 (47) Certain lands in the California Desert Con6 servation Area, of the Bureau of Land Management,

7 which comprise approximately seventy-four thousand

8 eight hundred acres, as generally depicted on a map

9 entitled ‘‘Pahrump Valley Wilderness—Proposed’’,

10 dated February 1986 and which shall be known as the

11 Pahrump Valley Wilderness.

12 (48) Certain lands in the California Desert Con13 servation Area, of the Bureau of Land Management,

14 which comprise approximately two hundred seventy

15 thousand six hundred and twenty-nine acres, as gen16 erally depicted on a map entitled ‘‘Palen/McCoy Wil17 derness—Proposed 1’’, dated July 1993, and a map

18 entitled ‘‘Palen/McCoy Wilderness—Proposed 2’’,

19 dated July 1993, and which shall be known as the

20 Palen/McCoy Wilderness.

21 (49) Certain lands in the California Desert Con22 servation Area, of the Bureau of Land Management,

23 which comprise approximately thirty-two thousand

24 three hundred and ten acres, as generally depicted on

25 a map entitled ‘‘Palo Verde Mountains Wilderness—
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1 Proposed’’, dated July 1993, and which shall be

2 known as the Palo Verde Mountains Wilderness.

3 (50) Certain lands in the California Desert Con4 servation Area, of the Bureau of Land Management,

5 which comprise approximately seven thousand seven

6 hundred acres, as generally depicted on a map enti7 tled ‘‘Picacho Peak Wilderness—Proposed’’, dated

8 May 1991, and which shall be known as the Picacho

9 Peak Wilderness.

10 (51) Certain lands in the California Desert Con11 servation Area, of the Bureau of Land Management,

12 which comprise approximately seventy-two thousand

13 six hundred acres, as generally depicted on a map en14 titled ‘‘Piper Mountain Wilderness—Proposed’’, dated

15 May 1991, and which shall be known as the Piper

16 Mountain Wilderness.

17 (52) Certain lands in the California Desert Con18 servation Area, of the Bureau of Land Management,

19 which comprise approximately thirty-six thousand

20 eight hundred and forty acres, as generally depicted

21 on a map entitled ‘‘Piute Mountains Wilderness—

22 Proposed’’, dated July 1993, and which shall be

23 known as the Piute Mountains Wilderness.

24 (53) Certain lands in the California Desert Con25 servation Area, of the Bureau of Land Management,
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1 which comprise approximately seventy-eight thousand

2 eight hundred and sixty-eight acres, as generally de3 picted on a map entitled ‘‘Resting Spring Range Wil4 derness—Proposed’’, dated May 1991, and which

5 shall be known as the Resting Spring Range Wilder6 ness.

7 (54) Certain lands in the California Desert Con8 servation Area, of the Bureau of Land Management,

9 which comprise approximately forty thousand eight

10 hundred and twenty acres, as generally depicted on a

11 map entitled ‘‘Rice Valley Wilderness—Proposed’’,

12 dated May 1991, and which shall be known as the

13 Rice Valley Wilderness.

14 (55) Certain lands in the California Desert Con15 servation Area and the Yuma District, of the Bureau

16 of Land Management, which comprise approximately

17 twenty-two thousand three hundred eighty acres, as

18 generally depicted on a map entitled ‘‘Riverside

19 Mountains Wilderness—Proposed’’, dated May 1991,

20 and which shall be known as the Riverside Mountains

21 Wilderness.

22 (56) Certain lands in the California Desert Con23 servation Area, of the Bureau of Land Management,

24 which comprise approximately twenty-seven thousand

25 seven hundred acres, as generally depicted on a map
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1 entitled ‘‘Rodman Mountains Wilderness—Proposed’’,

2 dated January 1989, and which shall be known as the

3 Rodman Mountains Wilderness.

4 (57) Certain lands in the California Desert Con5 servation Area and the Bakersfield District, of the

6 Bureau of Land Management, which comprise ap7 proximately fifty-one thousand nine hundred acres, as

8 generally depicted on two maps entitled ‘‘Sacatar

9 Trail Wilderness—Proposed 1’’ and ‘‘Sacatar Trail

10 Wilderness—Proposed 2’’, dated May 1991, and

11 which shall be known as the Sacatar Trail Wilder12 ness.

13 (58) Certain lands in the California Desert Con14 servation Area, of the Bureau of Land Management,

15 which comprise approximately one thousand four

16 hundred and forty acres, as generally depicted on a

17 map entitled ‘‘Saddle Peak Hills Wilderness—Pro18 posed’’, dated July 1993, and which shall be known

19 as the Saddle Peak Hills Wilderness.

20 (59) Certain lands in the California Desert Con21 servation Area, of the Bureau of Land Management,

22 which comprise approximately thirty-seven thousand

23 nine hundred and eighty acres, as generally depicted

24 on a map entitled ‘‘San Gorgonio Wilderness Addi25 tions—Proposed’’, dated July 1993, and which are
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1 hereby incorporated in, and which shall be deemed to

2 be a part of, the San Gorgonio Wilderness as des3 ignated by Public Laws 88–577 and 98–425.

4 (60) Certain lands in the California Desert Con5 servation Area, of the Bureau of Land Management,

6 which comprise approximately sixty-four thousand

7 three hundred and forty acres, as generally depicted

8 on a map entitled ‘‘Santa Rosa Wilderness Addi9 tions—Proposed’’, dated March 1994, and which are

10 hereby incorporated in, and which shall be deemed to

11 be part of, the Santa Rosa Wilderness designated by

12 Public Law 98–425.

13 (61) Certain lands in the California Desert Dis14 trict, of the Bureau of Land Management, which com15 prise approximately thirty-five thousand and eighty

16 acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled ‘‘Saw17 tooth Mountains Wilderness—Proposed’’, dated July

18 1993, and which shall be known as the Sawtooth

19 Mountains Wilderness.

20 (62) Certain lands in the California Desert Con21 servation Area, of the Bureau of Land Management,

22 which comprise approximately one hundred seventy23 four thousand eight hundred acres, as generally de24 picted on two maps entitled ‘‘Sheep Hole Valley Wil25 derness—Proposed 1’’, dated July 1993, and ‘‘Sheep
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1 Hole Valley Wilderness—Proposed 2’’, dated July

2 1993, and which shall be known as the Sheephole Val3 ley Wilderness.

4 (63) Certain lands in the California Desert Con5 servation Area, of the Bureau of Land Management,

6 which comprise approximately forty-four thousand

7 four hundred and ten acres, as generally depicted on

8 a map entitled ‘‘Slate Range Wilderness—Proposed’’,

9 dated October 1991, and which shall be known as the

10 Slate Range Wilderness.

11 (64) Certain lands in the California Desert Con12 servation Area, of the Bureau of Land Management,

13 which comprise approximately sixteen thousand seven

14 hundred and eighty acres, as generally depicted on a

15 map entitled ‘‘South Nopah Range Wilderness—Pro16 posed’’, dated February 1986, and which shall be

17 known as the South Nopah Range Wilderness.

18 (65) Certain lands in the California Desert Con19 servation Area, of the Bureau of Land Management,

20 which comprise approximately seven thousand and

21 fifty acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled

22 ‘‘Stateline Wilderness—Proposed’’, dated May 1991,

23 and which shall be known as the Stateline Wilderness.

24 (66) Certain lands in the California Desert Con25 servation Area, of the Bureau of Land Management,
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1 which comprise approximately eighty-one thousand

2 six hundred acres, as generally depicted on a map en3 titled ‘‘Stepladder Mountains Wilderness—Proposed’’,

4 dated February 1986, and which shall be known as

5 the Stepladder Mountains Wilderness.

6 (67) Certain lands in the California Desert Con7 servation Area, of the Bureau of Land Management,

8 which comprise approximately twenty-nine thousand

9 one hundred and eighty acres, as generally depicted

10 on a map entitled ‘‘Surprise Canyon Wilderness—

11 Proposed’’, dated September 1991, and which shall be

12 known as the Surprise Canyon Wilderness.

13 (68) Certain lands in the California Desert Con14 servation Area, of the Bureau of Land Management,

15 which comprise approximately seventeen thousand

16 eight hundred and twenty acres, as generally depicted

17 on a map entitled ‘‘Sylvania Mountains Wilderness—

18 Proposed’’, dated February 1986, and which shall be

19 known as the Sylvania Mountains Wilderness.

20 (69) Certain lands in the California Desert Con21 servation Area, of the Bureau of Land Management,

22 which comprise approximately thirty-three thousand

23 seven hundred and twenty acres, as generally depicted

24 on a map entitled ‘‘Trilobite Wilderness—Proposed’’,
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1 dated May 1991, and which shall be known as the

2 Trilobite Wilderness.

3 (70) Certain lands in the California Desert Con4 servation Area, of the Bureau of Land Management,

5 which comprise approximately one hundred forty-four

6 thousand five hundred acres, as generally depicted on

7 a map entitled ‘‘Turtle Mountains Wilderness—Pro8 posed 1’’, dated February 1986 and a map entitled

9 ‘‘Turtle Mountains Wilderness—Proposed 2’’, dated

10 May 1991, and which shall be known as the Turtle

11 Mountains Wilderness.

12 (71) Certain lands in the California Desert Con13 servation Area and the Yuma District, of the Bureau

14 of Land Management, which comprise approximately

15 seventy-seven thousand five hundred and twenty

16 acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled ‘‘Whip17 ple Mountains Wilderness—Proposed’’, dated July

18 1993, and which shall be known as the Whipple

19 Mountains Wilderness.

20 ADMINISTRATION OF WILDERNESS AREAS

21 SEC. 103. Subject to valid existing rights, each wilder22 ness area designated under section 102 shall be adminis23 tered by the appropriate Secretary in accordance with the

24 provisions of the Wilderness Act, except that any reference

25 in such provisions to the effective date of the Wilderness

26 Act shall be deemed to be a reference to the effective date
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1 of this title and any reference to the Secretary of Agri2 culture shall be deemed to be a reference to the Secretary

3 who has administrative jurisdiction over the area.

4 GRAZING

5 SEC. 104. Within the wilderness areas designated

6 under section 102, the grazing of livestock, where established

7 prior to the enactment of this Act, shall be permitted to

8 continue subject to such reasonable regulations, policies,

9 and practices as the Secretary deems necessary, as long as

10 such regulations, policies, and practices fully conform with

11 and implement the intent of Congress regarding grazing in

12 such areas as such intent is expressed in the Wilderness Act

13 and section 108 of Public Law 96–560 (16 U.S.C. 133 note).

14 BUFFER ZONES

15 SEC. 105. The Congress does not intend for the des16 ignation of wilderness areas in section 102 of this Act to

17 lead to the creation of protective perimeters or buffer zones

18 around any such wilderness area. The fact that

19 nonwilderness activities or uses can be seen or heard from

20 areas within a wilderness shall not, of itself, preclude such

21 activities or uses up to the boundary of the wilderness area.

22 MINING CLAIM VALIDITY REVIEW

23 SEC. 106. The Secretary of the Interior shall not ap24 prove any plan of operation prior to determining the valid25 ity of the unpatented mining claims, mill sites, and tunnel

26 sites affected by such plan within any wilderness area des-
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1 ignated under section 102, and shall submit to Congress rec2 ommendations as to whether any valid or patented claims

3 should be acquired by the United States, including the esti4 mated acquisition costs of such claims, and a discussion

5 of the environmental consequences of the extraction of min6 erals from these lands.

7 FILING OF MAPS AND DESCRIPTIONS

8 SEC. 107. As soon as practicable after enactment of

9 section 102, a map and a legal description on each wilder10 ness area designated under this title shall be filed by the

11 Secretary concerned with the Committee on Energy and

12 Natural Resources of the Senate and the Committee on Nat13 ural Resources of the House of Representatives, and each

14 such map and description shall have the same force and

15 effect as if included in this title, except that the Secretary

16 may correct clerical and typographical errors in each such

17 legal description and map. Each such map and legal de18 scription shall be on file and available for public inspection

19 in the office of the Director of the Bureau of Land Manage20 ment, Department of the Interior, or the Chief of the Forest

21 Service, Department of Agriculture, as is appropriate.

22 WILDERNESS REVIEW

23 SEC. 108. (a) The Congress hereby finds and directs

24 that except for those areas provided for in subsection (b),

25 the public lands in the California Desert Conservation

26 Area, managed by the Bureau of Land Management, not
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1 designated as wilderness or wilderness study areas by this

2 Act, have been adequately studied for wilderness designation

3 pursuant to section 603 of the Federal Land Policy and

4 Management Act of 1976 (90 Stat. 2743, 43 U.S.C. 1782),

5 and are no longer subject to the requirements of section

6 603(c) of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of

7 1976 pertaining to the management of wilderness study

8 areas in a manner that does not impair the suitability of

9 such areas for preservation as wilderness.

10 (b) The following areas shall continue to be subject to

11 the requirements of section 603(c) of the Federal Land Pol12 icy and Management Act of 1976, pertaining to the man13 agement of wilderness study areas in a manner that does

14 not impair the suitability of such areas for preservation

15 as wilderness:

16 (1) Certain lands which comprise approximately

17 sixty-one thousand three hundred and twenty acres,

18 as generally depicted on a map entitled ‘‘Avawatz

19 Mountains Wilderness—Proposed’’, dated May 1991.

20 (2) Certain lands which comprise approximately

21 eighty thousand four hundred and thirty acres, as

22 generally depicted on two maps entitled ‘‘Soda Moun23 tains Wilderness—Proposed 1’’, dated May 1991, and

24 ‘‘Soda Mountains Wilderness—Proposed 2’’, dated

25 January 1989.
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1 (3) Certain lands which compromise approxi2 mately twenty-three thousand two hundred and fifty

3 acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled ‘‘South

4 Avawatz Mountains—Proposed’’, dated May 1991.

5 (4) Certain lands which comprise approximately

6 eight thousand eight hundred acres, as generally de7 picted on a map entitled ‘‘Great Falls Basin Wilder8 ness—Proposed’’, dated February 1986.

9 (5) Certain lands which comprise approximately

10 thirty-nine thousand seven hundred and sixty acres,

11 as generally depicted on a map entitled ‘‘Kingston

12 Range Potential Future Wilderness’’, dated May

13 1994.

14 (c) Subject to valid existing rights, the Federal lands

15 referred to in subsection (b) are hereby withdrawn from all

16 forms of entry, appropriation, or disposal under the public

17 land laws; from location, entry, and patent under the Unit18 ed States mining laws; and from disposition under all laws

19 pertaining to mineral and geothermal leasing, and mineral

20 materials, and all amendments thereto, and shall be admin21 istered by the Secretary in accordance with the provisions

22 of section 603(c) of the Federal Land Policy and Manage23 ment Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1782).

24 DESIGNATION OF WILDERNESS STUDY AREA

25 SEC. 109. In furtherance of the provisions of the Wil26 derness Act, certain public lands in the California Desert
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1 Conservation Area of the Bureau of Land Management

2 which comprise eleven thousand two hundred acres as gen3 erally depicted on a map entitled ‘‘White Mountains Wil4 derness Study Area—Proposed’’, dated May 1991, are here5 by designated the White Mountains Wilderness Study Area

6 and shall be administered by the Secretary in accordance

7 with the provisions of section 603(c) of the Federal Land

8 Policy and Management Act of 1976.

9 SUITABILITY REPORT

10 SEC. 110. The Secretary is required, ten years after

11 the date of enactment of this Act, to report to Congress on

12 current and planned exploration, development or mining

13 activities on, and suitability for future wilderness designa14 tion of, the lands as generally depicted on maps entitled

15 ‘‘Surprise Canyon Wilderness—Proposed’’, ‘‘Middle Park

16 Canyon Wilderness—Proposed’’, and ‘‘Death Valley Na17 tional Park Boundary and Wilderness 15’’, dated Septem18 ber 1991 and a map entitled ‘‘Manly Peak Wilderness—

19 Proposed’’, dated October 1991.

20 WILDERNESS DESIGNATION AND MANAGEMENT IN THE

21 NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE SYSTEM

22 SEC. 111. (a) In furtherance of the purposes of the Wil23 derness Act, the following lands are hereby designated as

24 wilderness and therefore, as components of the National

25 Wilderness Preservation System:
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1 (1) Certain lands in the Havasu National Wild2 life Refuge, California, which comprise approximately

3 three thousand one hundred and ninety-five acres, as

4 generally depicted on a map entitled ‘‘Havasu Wil5 derness—Proposed’’, and dated October 1991, and

6 which shall be known as the Havasu Wilderness.

7 (2) Certain lands in the Imperial National

8 Wildlife Refuge, California, which comprise approxi9 mately five thousand eight hundred and thirty-six

10 acres, as generally depicted on two maps entitled

11 ‘‘Imperial Refuge Wilderness—Proposed 1’’ and ‘‘Im12 perial Refuge Wilderness—Proposed 2’’, and dated

13 October 1991, and which shall be known as the Impe14 rial Refuge Wilderness.

15 (b) Subject to valid existing rights, the wilderness

16 areas designated under this section shall be administered

17 by the Secretary in accordance with the provisions of the

18 Wilderness Act governing areas designated by that Act as

19 wilderness, except that any reference in such provisions to

20 the effective date of the Wilderness Act (or any similar ref21 erence) shall be deemed to be a reference to the date of enact22 ment of this Act and any reference to the Secretary of Agri23 culture shall be deemed to be a reference to the Secretary

24 of the Interior.
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1 (c) As soon as practicable after enactment of this sec2 tion, the Secretary shall file a map and a legal description

3 of each wilderness area designated under this section with

4 the Committees on Energy and Natural Resources and En5 vironment and Public Works of the Senate and Natural Re6 sources and Merchant Marine and Fisheries of the House

7 of Representatives. Such map and description shall have

8 the same force and effect as if included in this Act, except

9 that correction of clerical and typographical errors in such

10 legal description and map may be made. Such map and

11 legal description shall be on file and available for public

12 inspection in the Office of the Director, United States Fish

13 and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior.

14 LAW ENFORCEMENT ACCESS

15 SEC. 112. Nothing in this Act, including the wilderness

16 designations made by this Act, may be construed to preclude

17 Federal, State, and local law enforcement agencies from

18 conducting law enforcement and border operations as per19 mitted before the enactment of this Act, including the use

20 of motor vehicles and aircraft, on any lands designated as

21 wilderness by this Act.

22 FISH AND WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT

23 SEC. 113. As provided in section 4(d)(7) of the Wilder24 ness Act, nothing in this title shall be construed as affecting

25 the jurisdiction of the State of California with respect to

26 fish and wildlife on the public lands located in that State.
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1 Management activities to maintain or restore fish and wild2 life populations and the habitats to support such popu3 lations may be carried out within wilderness areas des4 ignated by this title and shall include the use of motorized

5 vehicles by the appropriate State agencies.

6 TITLE II—DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK

7 FINDINGS

8 SEC. 201. The Congress hereby finds that—

9 (1) proclamations by Presidents Herbert Hoover

10 in 1933 and Franklin Roosevelt in 1937 established

11 and expanded the Death Valley National Monument

12 for the preservation of the unusual features of scenic,

13 scientific, and educational interest therein contained;

14 (2) Death Valley National Monument is today

15 recognized as a major unit of the National Park Sys16 tem, having extraordinary values enjoyed by millions

17 of visitors;

18 (3) the Monument boundaries established in the

19 1930’s exclude and thereby expose to incompatible de20 velopment and inconsistent management, contiguous

21 Federal lands of essential and superlative natural, ec22 ological, geological, archeological, paleontological, cul23 tural, historical and wilderness values;

24 (4) Death Valley National Monument should be

25 substantially enlarged by the addition of all contig-
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1 uous Federal lands of national park caliber and af2 forded full recognition and statutory protection as a

3 national park; and

4 (5) the wilderness within Death Valley should re5 ceive maximum statutory protection by designation

6 pursuant to the Wilderness Act.

7 ESTABLISHMENT OF DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK

8 SEC. 202. There is hereby established the Death Valley

9 National Park, as generally depicted on 23 maps entitled

10 ‘‘Death Valley National Park Boundary and Wilderness—

11 Proposed’’, numbered in the title one through twenty-three,

12 and dated May 1994 or prior, which shall be on file and

13 available for public inspection in the offices of the Super14 intendent of the Park and the Director of the National Park

15 Service, Department of the Interior. The Death Valley Na16 tional Monument is hereby abolished as such, the lands and

17 interests therein are hereby incorporated within and made

18 part of the new Death Valley National Park, and any funds

19 available for purposes of the monument shall be available

20 for purposes of the park.

21 TRANSFER AND ADMINISTRATION OF LANDS

22 SEC. 203. Upon enactment of this title, the Secretary

23 shall transfer the lands under the jurisdiction of the Bureau

24 of Land Management depicted on the maps described in sec25 tion 202 of this title, without consideration, to the adminis26 trative jurisdiction of the Director of the National Park
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1 Service for administration as part of the National Park

2 System. The boundaries of the public lands and the national

3 parks shall be adjusted accordingly. The Secretary shall ad4 minister the areas added to the National Park System by

5 this title in accordance with the provisions of law generally

6 applicable to units of the National Park System, including

7 the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to establish a National Park Serv8 ice, and for other purposes’’, approved August 25, 1916 (39

9 Stat. 535; 16 U.S.C. 1–4).

10 MAPS AND LEGAL DESCRIPTION

11 SEC. 204. Within six months after the enactment of

12 this title, the Secretary shall file maps and a legal descrip13 tion of the park designated under this title with the Energy

14 and Natural Resources Committee of the Senate and the

15 Natural Resources Committee of the House of Representa16 tives. Such maps and legal description shall have the same

17 force and effect as if included in this title, except that the

18 Secretary may correct clerical and typographical errors in

19 such legal description and in the maps referred to in section

20 202. The maps and legal description shall be on file and

21 available for public inspection in the offices of the Super22 intendent of the Park and the Director of the National Park

23 Service, Department of the Interior.

24 WITHDRAWAL

25 SEC. 205. Subject to valid existing rights, the Federal

26 lands and interests therein added to the National Park Sys-
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1 tem by this title are withdrawn from disposition under the

2 public land laws and from entry or appropriation under

3 the mining laws of the United States, from the operation

4 of the mineral leasing laws of the United States, and from

5 operation of the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970.

6 STUDY AS TO VALIDITY OF MINING CLAIMS

7 SEC. 206. The Secretary shall not approve any plan

8 of operation prior to determining the validity of the

9 unpatented mining claims, mill sites, and tunnel sites af10 fected by such plan within the additions to the park and

11 shall submit to Congress recommendations as to whether

12 any valid or patented claims should be acquired by the

13 United States, including the estimated acquisition costs of

14 such claims, and a discussion of the environmental con15 sequences of the extraction of minerals from these lands.

16 GRAZING

17 SEC. 207. (a) The privilege of grazing domestic live18 stock on lands within the park shall continue to be exercised

19 at no more than the current level, subject to applicable laws

20 and National Park Service regulations.

21 (b) If a person holding a grazing permit referred to

22 in subsection (a) informs the Secretary that such permittee

23 is willing to convey to the United States any base property

24 with respect to which such permit was issued and to which

25 such permittee holds title, the Secretary shall make the ac26 quisition of such base property a priority as compared with
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1 the acquisition of other lands within the park, provided

2 agreement can be reached concerning the terms and condi3 tions of such acquisition. Any such base property which is

4 located outside the park and acquired as a priority pursu5 ant to this section shall be managed by the Federal agency

6 responsible for the majority of the adjacent lands in accord7 ance with the laws applicable to such adjacent lands.

8 DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK ADVISORY COMMISSION

9 SEC. 208. (a) The Secretary shall establish an advisory

10 commission of no more than 15 members, to advise the Sec11 retary concerning the development and implementation of

12 a new or revised comprehensive management plan for Death

13 Valley National Park.

14 (b)(1) The advisory commission shall include an elect15 ed official for each County within which any part of the

16 park is located, a representative of the owners of private

17 properties located within or immediately adjacent to the

18 park, and other members representing persons actively en19 gaged in grazing and range management, mineral explo20 ration and development, and persons with expertise in rel21 evant fields, including geology, biology, ecology, law enforce22 ment, and the protection and management of National Park

23 resources and values.

24 (2) Vacancies in the commission shall be filled by the

25 Secretary so as to maintain the full diversity of views re26 quired to be represented on the commission.
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1 (c) The Federal Advisory Committee Act shall apply

2 to the procedures and activities of the advisory commission.

3 (d) The advisory commission shall cease to exist ten

4 years after the date of its establishment.

5 BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT

6 SEC. 210. In preparing the maps and legal descrip7 tions required by sections 204 and 502, the Secretary shall

8 adjust the boundaries of the Death Valley National Park

9 and Death Valley National Park Wilderness so as to exclude

10 from such National Park and Wilderness the lands gen11 erally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘Porter Mine

12 (Panamint Range) Exclusion Area’’ dated June 1994.

13 TITLE III—JOSHUA TREE NATIONAL PARK

14 FINDINGS

15 SEC. 301. The Congress hereby finds that—

16 (1) a proclamation by President Franklin Roo17 sevelt in 1936 established Joshua Tree National

18 Monument to protect various objects of historical and

19 scientific interest;

20 (2) Joshua Tree National Monument today is

21 recognized as a major unit of the National Park Sys22 tem, having extraordinary values enjoyed by millions

23 of visitors;

24 (3) the Monument boundaries as modified in

25 1950 and 1961 exclude and thereby expose to incom26 patible development and inconsistent management,
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1 contiguous Federal lands of essential and superlative

2 natural, ecological, archeological, paleontological, cul3 tural, historical and wilderness values;

4 (4) Joshua Tree National Monument should be

5 enlarged by the addition of contiguous Federal lands

6 of national park caliber, and afforded full recognition

7 and statutory protection as a national park; and

8 (5) the nondesignated wilderness within Joshua

9 Tree should receive statutory protection by designa10 tion pursuant to the Wilderness Act.

11 ESTABLISHMENT OF JOSHUA TREE NATIONAL PARK

12 SEC. 302. There is hereby established the Joshua Tree

13 National Park, as generally depicted on a map entitled

14 ‘‘Joshua Tree National Park Boundary—Proposed’’, dated

15 May 1991, and four maps entitled ‘‘Joshua Tree National

16 Park Boundary and Wilderness’’, numbered in the title one

17 through four, and dated October 1991 or prior, which shall

18 be on file and available for public inspection in the offices

19 of the Superintendent of the Park and the Director of the

20 National Park Service, Department of the Interior. The

21 Joshua Tree National Monument is hereby abolished as

22 such, the lands and interests therein are hereby incor23 porated within and made part of the new Joshua Tree Na24 tional Park, and any funds available for purposes of the

25 monument shall be available for purposes of the park.
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1 TRANSFER AND ADMINISTRATION OF LANDS

2 SEC. 303. Upon enactment of this title, the Secretary

3 shall transfer the lands under the jurisdiction of the Bureau

4 of Land Management depicted on the maps described in sec5 tion 302 of this title, without consideration, to the adminis6 trative jurisdiction of the Director of the National Park

7 Service for administration as part of the National Park

8 System. The boundaries of the public lands and the national

9 parks shall be adjusted accordingly. The Secretary shall ad10 minister the areas added to the National Park System by

11 this title in accordance with the provisions of law generally

12 applicable to units of the National Park System, including

13 the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to establish a National Park Serv14 ice, and for other purposes’’, approved August 25, 1916 (39

15 Stat. 535; 16 U.S.C. 1–4).

16 MAPS AND LEGAL DESCRIPTION

17 SEC. 304. Within six months after the enactment of

18 this title, the Secretary shall file maps and legal description

19 of the park designated by this title with the Energy and

20 Natural Resources Committee of the Senate and the Natural

21 Resources Committee of the House of Representatives. Such

22 maps and legal description shall have the same force and

23 effect as if included in this title, except that the Secretary

24 may correct clerical and typographical errors in such legal

25 description and in the maps referred to in section 302. The

26 maps and legal description shall be on file and available
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1 for public inspection in the offices of the Superintendent

2 of the Park and the Director of the National Park Service,

3 Department of the Interior.

4 WITHDRAWAL

5 SEC. 305. Subject to valid existing rights, Federal

6 lands and interests therein added to the National Park Sys7 tem by this title are withdrawn from disposition under the

8 public lands laws and from entry or appropriation under

9 the mining laws of the United States, from the operation

10 of the mineral leasing laws of the United States, and from

11 the operation of the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970.

12 UTILITY RIGHTS-OF-WAY

13 SEC. 306. Nothing in this title shall have the effect of

14 terminating any validly issued right-of-way or customary

15 operation maintenance, repair, and replacement activities

16 in such right-of-way, issued, granted, or permitted to the

17 Metropolitan Water District pursuant to the Boulder Can18 yon Project Act (43 U.S.C. 617–619b), which is located on

19 lands included in the Joshua Tree National Park, but out20 side lands designated as wilderness under section 501(2).

21 Such activities shall be conducted in a manner which will

22 minimize the impact on park resources. Nothing in this title

23 shall have the effect of terminating the fee title to lands or

24 customary operation, maintenance, repair, and replace25 ment activities on or under such lands granted to the Metro26 politan Water District pursuant to the Act of June 18, 1932
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1 (47 Stat. 324), which are located on lands included in the

2 Joshua Tree National Park, but outside lands designated

3 as wilderness under section 501(2). Such activities shall be

4 conducted in a manner which will minimize the impact on

5 park resources. The Secretary shall prepare within 180

6 days after the date of enactment of this Act, in consultation

7 with the Metropolitan Water District, plans for emergency

8 access by the Metropolitan Water District to its lands and

9 rights-of-way.

10 STUDY AS TO VALIDITY OF MINING CLAIMS

11 SEC. 307. The Secretary shall not approve any plan

12 of operation prior to determining the validity of the

13 unpatented mining claims, mill sites, and tunnel sites af14 fected by such plan within the park and shall submit to

15 Congress recommendations as to whether any valid or pat16 ented claims should be acquired by the United States, in17 cluding the estimated acquisition costs of such claims, and

18 a discussion of the environmental consequences of the ex19 traction of minerals from these lands.

20 JOSHUA TREE NATIONAL PARK ADVISORY COMMISSION

21 SEC. 308. (a) The Secretary shall establish an advisory

22 commission of no more than 15 members, to advise the Sec23 retary concerning the development and implementation of

24 a new or revised comprehensive management plan for Josh25 ua Tree National Park.
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1 (b)(1) The advisory commission shall include an elect2 ed official for each County within which any part of the

3 park is located, a representative of the owners of private

4 properties located within or immediately adjacent to the

5 park, and other members representing persons actively en6 gaged in grazing and range management, mineral explo7 ration and development, and persons with expertise in rel8 evant fields, including geology, biology, ecology, law enforce9 ment, and the protection and management of National Park

10 resources and values.

11 (2) Vacancies in the commission shall be filled by the

12 Secretary so as to maintain the full diversity of views re13 quired to be represented on the commission.

14 (c) The Federal Advisory Committee Act shall apply

15 to the procedures and activities of the advisory commission.

16 (d) The advisory commission shall cease to exist ten

17 years after the date of its establishment.

18 TITLE IV—MOJAVE NATIONAL PRESERVE

19 FINDINGS

20 SEC. 401. The Congress hereby finds that—

21 (1) Death Valley and Joshua Tree National

22 Parks, as established by this Act, protect unique and

23 superlative desert resources, but do not embrace the

24 particular ecosystems and transitional desert type

25 found in the Mojave Desert area lying between them
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1 on public lands now afforded only impermanent ad2 ministrative designation as a national scenic area;

3 (2) the Mojave Desert area possesses outstanding

4 natural, cultural, historical, and recreational values

5 meriting statutory designation and recognition as a

6 unit of the National Park System;

7 (3) the Mojave Desert area should be afforded full

8 recognition and statutory protection as a national

9 preserve;

10 (4) the wilderness within the Mojave Desert

11 should receive maximum statutory protection by des12 ignation pursuant to the Wilderness Act; and

13 (5) the Mojave Desert area provides an outstand14 ing opportunity to develop services, programs, accom15 modations and facilities to ensure the use and enjoy16 ment of the area by individuals with disabilities, con17 sistent with section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of

18 1973, Public Law 101–336, the Americans With Dis19 abilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12101), and other ap20 propriate laws and regulations.

21 ESTABLISHMENT OF THE MOJAVE NATIONAL PRESERVE

22 SEC. 402. (a) There is hereby established the Mojave

23 National Preserve, comprising approximately one million

24 four hundred nineteen thousand eight hundred acres, as

25 generally depicted on a map entitled ‘‘Mojave National

26 Park Boundary—Proposed’’, dated May 17, 1994, which
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1 shall be on file and available for inspection in the appro2 priate offices of the Director of the National Park Service,

3 Department of the Interior.

4 (b)(1) There is hereby established the Dinosaur

5 Trackway Area of Critical Environmental Concern within

6 the California Desert Conservation Area, of the Bureau of

7 Land Management, comprising approximately five hundred

8 and ninety acres as generally depicted on a map entitled

9 ‘‘Dinosaur Trackway Area of Critical Environmental Con10 cern’’, dated July 1993. The Secretary shall administer the

11 area to preserve the paleontological resources within the

12 area.

13 (2) Subject to valid existing rights, the Federal lands

14 within and adjacent to the Dinosaur Trackway Area of

15 Critical Environmental Concern, as generally depicted on

16 a map entitled ‘‘Dinosaur Trackway Mineral Withdrawal

17 Area’’, dated July 1993, are hereby withdrawn from all

18 forms of entry, appropriation, or disposal under the public

19 land laws; from location, entry, and patent under the Unit20 ed States mining laws; and from disposition under all laws

21 pertaining to mineral and geothermal leasing, and mineral

22 materials, and all amendments thereto.

23 TRANSFER OF LANDS

24 SEC. 403. Upon enactment of this title, the Secretary

25 shall transfer the lands under the jurisdiction of the Bureau

26 of Land Management depicted on the maps described in sec-
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1 tion 402 of this title, without consideration, to the adminis2 trative jurisdiction of the Director of the National Park

3 Service. The boundaries of the public lands shall be adjusted

4 accordingly.

5 MAPS AND LEGAL DESCRIPTION

6 SEC. 404. Within six months after the enactment of

7 this title, the Secretary shall file maps and a legal descrip8 tion of the preserve designated under this title with the En9 ergy and Natural Resources Committee of the Senate and

10 the Natural Resources Committee of the House of Represent11 atives. Such maps and legal description shall have the same

12 force and effect as if included in this title, except that the

13 Secretary may correct clerical and typographical errors in

14 such legal description and in the maps referred to in section

15 402. The maps and legal description shall be on file and

16 available for public inspection in the offices of the National

17 Park Service, Department of the Interior.

18 ABOLISHMENT OF SCENIC AREA

19 SEC. 405. The East Mojave National Scenic Area, des20 ignated on January 13, 1981 (46 FR 3994), and modified

21 on August 9, 1983 (48 FR 36210), is hereby abolished.

22 ADMINISTRATION OF LANDS

23 SEC. 406. (a) The Secretary shall administer the pre24 serve in accordance with this title and with the provisions

25 of law generally applicable to units of the National Park

26 System, including the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to establish a
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1 National Park Service, and for other purposes’’, approved

2 August 25, 1916 (39 Stat. 535; 16 U.S.C. 1–4).

3 (b) The Secretary shall permit hunting, fishing, and

4 trapping on lands and waters within the preserve des5 ignated by this Act in accordance with applicable Federal

6 and State laws except that the Secretary may designate

7 areas where, and establish periods when, no hunting, fish8 ing, or trapping will be permitted for reasons of public

9 safety, administration, or compliance with provisions of

10 applicable law. Except in emergencies, regulations closing

11 areas to hunting, fishing, or trapping pursuant to this sub12 section shall be put into effect only after consultation with

13 the appropriate State agency having responsibility for fish

14 and wildlife. Nothing in this Act shall be construed as af15 fecting the jurisdiction or responsibilities of the States with

16 respect to fish and wildlife on Federal lands and waters

17 covered by this title nor shall anything in this Act be con18 strued as authorizing the Secretary concerned to require a

19 Federal permit to hunt, fish, or trap on Federal lands and

20 waters covered by this title.

21 WITHDRAWAL

22 SEC. 407. Subject to valid existing rights, Federal

23 lands within the preserve, and interests therein, are with24 drawn from disposition under the public land laws and

25 from entry or appropriation under the mining laws of the

26 United States, from the operation of the mineral leasing
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1 laws of the United States, and from operation of the Geo2 thermal Steam Act of 1970.

3 STUDY AS TO VALIDITY OF MINING CLAIMS

4 SEC. 408 (a) The Secretary shall not approve any plan

5 of operation prior to determining the validity of the

6 unpatented mining claims, mill sites, and tunnel sites af7 fected by such plan within the preserve and shall submit

8 to Congress recommendations as to whether any valid or

9 patented claims should be acquired by the United States,

10 including the estimated acquisition costs of such claims,

11 and a discussion of the environmental consequences of the

12 extraction of minerals from these lands.

13 (b)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the

14 Secretary of the Interior shall permit the holder or holders

15 of mining claims identified on the records of the Bureau

16 of Land Management as Volco #A CAMC 105446 and Volco

17 #B CAMC 105447 to continue exploration and development

18 activities on such claims for a period of two years after

19 the date of enactment of this Act, subject to the same regula20 tions as applied to such activities on such claims on the

21 day before such date of enactment.

22 (2) At the end of the period specified in paragraph

23 (1), or sooner if so requested by the holder or holders of

24 the claims specified in such paragraph, the Secretary shall

25 determine whether there has been a discovery of valuable

26 minerals on such claims and whether, if such discovery had
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1 been made on or before July 1, 1994, such claims would

2 have been valid as of such date under the mining laws of

3 the United States in effect on such date.

4 (3) If the Secretary, pursuant to paragraph (2), makes

5 an affirmative determination concerning the claims speci6 fied in paragraph (1), the holder or holders of such claims

7 shall be permitted to continue to operate such claims subject

8 only to such regulations as applied on July 1, 1994 to the

9 exercise of valid existing rights on patented mining claims

10 within a unit of the National Park System.

11 GRAZING

12 SEC. 409. (a) The privilege of grazing domestic live13 stock on lands within the preserve shall continue to be exer14 cised at no more than the current level, subject to applicable

15 laws and National Park Service regulations.

16 (b) If a person holding a grazing permit referred to

17 in subsection (a) informs the Secretary that such permittee

18 is willing to convey to the United States any base property

19 with respect to which such permit was issued and to which

20 such permittee holds title, the Secretary shall make the ac21 quisition of such base property a priority as compared with

22 the acquisition of other lands within the preserve, provided

23 agreement can be reached concerning the terms and condi24 tions of such acquisition. Any such base property which is

25 located outside the preserve and acquired as a priority pur26 suant to this section shall be managed by the Federal agency
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1 responsible for the majority of the adjacent lands in accord2 ance with the laws applicable to such adjacent lands.

3 UTILITY RIGHTS OF WAY

4 SEC. 410. (a)(1) Nothing in this title shall have the

5 effect of terminating any validly issued right-of-way or cus6 tomary operation, maintenance, repair, and replacement

7 activities in such right-of-way, issued, granted, or permitted

8 to Southern California Edison Company, its successors or

9 assigns, which is located on lands included in the Mojave

10 National Preserve, but outside lands designated as wilder11 ness under section 501(3). Such activities shall be conducted

12 in a manner which will minimize the impact on preserve

13 resources.

14 (2) Nothing in this title shall have the effect of prohib15 iting the upgrading of an existing electrical transmission

16 line for the purpose of increasing the capacity of such trans17 mission line in the Southern California Edison Company

18 validly issued Eldorado-Lugo Transmission Line right-of19 way and Mojave-Lugo Transmission Line right-of-way, or

20 in a right-of-way if issued, granted, or permitted by the

21 Secretary adjacent to the existing Mojave-Lugo Trans22 mission Line right-of-way (hereafter in this section referred

23 to as ‘‘adjacent right-of-way’’), including construction of a

24 replacement transmission line: Provided, That—

25 (A) in the Eldorado-Lugo Transmission Line

26 rights-of-way (hereafter in this section referred to as
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1 the ‘‘Eldorado rights-of-way’’) at no time shall there

2 be more than three electrical transmission lines,

3 (B) in the Mojave-Lugo Transmission Line

4 right-of-way (hereafter in this section referred to as

5 the ‘‘Mojave right-of-way’’) and adjacent right-of-way,

6 removal of the existing electrical transmission line

7 and reclamation of the site shall be completed no later

8 than three years after the date on which construction

9 of the upgraded transmission line begins, after which

10 time there may be only one electrical transmission

11 line in the lands encompassed by Mojave right-of-way

12 and adjacent right-of-way,

13 (C) if there are no more than two electrical

14 transmission lines in the Eldorado rights-of-way, two

15 electrical transmission lines in the lands encompassed

16 by the Mojave right-of-way and adjacent right-of-way

17 may be allowed,

18 (D) in the Eldorado rights-of-way and Mojave

19 right-of-way no additional land shall be issued,

20 granted, or permitted for such upgrade unless an ad21 dition would reduce the impacts to preserve resources,

22 (E) no more than 350 feet of additional land

23 shall be issued, granted, or permitted for an adjacent

24 right-of-way to the south of the Mojave right-of-way
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1 unless a greater addition would reduce the impacts to

2 preserve resources, and

3 (F) such upgrade activities, including helicopter

4 aided construction, shall be conducted in a manner

5 which will minimize the impact on preserve resources.

6 (3) The Secretary shall prepare within 180 days after

7 the date of enactment of this Act, in consultation with the

8 Southern California Edison Company, plans for emergency

9 access by the Southern California Edison Company to its

10 rights-of-way.

11 (b)(1) Nothing in this title shall have the effect of ter12 minating any validly issued right-of-way, or customary op13 eration, maintenance, repair, and replacement activities in

14 such right-of-way; prohibiting the upgrading of and con15 struction on existing facilities in such right-of-way for the

16 purpose of increasing the capacity of the existing pipeline;

17 or prohibiting the renewal of such right-of-way issued,

18 granted, or permitted to the Southern California Gas Com19 pany, its successors or assigns, which is located on lands

20 included in the Mojave National Preserve, but outside lands

21 designated as wilderness under section 501(3). Such activi22 ties shall be conducted in a manner which will minimize

23 the impact on preserve resources.

24 (2) The Secretary shall prepare within one hundred

25 and eighty days after the date of enactment of this title,
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1 in consultation with the Southern California Gas Com2 pany, plans for emergency access by the Southern Califor3 nia Gas Company to its rights-of-way.

4 (c) Nothing in this title shall have the effect of termi5 nating any validly issued right-of-way or customary oper6 ation, maintenance, repair, and replacement activities of

7 existing facilities issued, granted, or permitted for commu8 nications cables or lines, which are located on lands in9 cluded in the Mojave National Preserve, but outside lands

10 designated as wilderness under section 501(3). Such activi11 ties shall be conducted in a manner which will minimize

12 the impact on preserve resources.

13 (d) Nothing in this title shall have the effect of termi14 nating any validly issued right-of-way or customary oper15 ation, maintenance, repair, and replacement activities of

16 existing facilities issued, granted, or permitted to Molyb17 denum Corporation of America; Molycorp, Incorporated; or

18 Union Oil Company of California (d/b/a Unocal Corpora19 tion); or its successors or assigns, or prohibiting renewal

20 of such right-of-way, which is located on lands included in

21 the Mojave National Preserve, but outside lands designated

22 as wilderness under section 501(3). Such activities shall be

23 conducted in a manner which will minimize the impact on

24 preserve resources.
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1 PREPARATION OF MANAGEMENT PLAN

2 SEC. 411. Within three years after the date of enact3 ment of this title, the Secretary shall submit to the Energy

4 and Natural Resources Committee of the Senate and the

5 Natural Resources Committee of the House of Representa6 tives a detailed and comprehensive management plan for

7 the preserve. Such plan shall place emphasis on historical

8 and cultural sites and ecological and wilderness values

9 within the boundaries of the preserve. Any development, in10 cluding road improvements, proposed by such plan shall be

11 strictly limited to that which is essential and appropriate

12 for the administration of the preserve and shall be designed

13 and located so as to maintain the primitive nature of the

14 area and to minimize the impairment of preserve resources

15 or ecological values. To the extent practicable, administra16 tive facilities, employee housing, commercial visitor serv17 ices, accommodations, and other preserve-related develop18 ment shall be located or provided for outside of the bound19 aries of the preserve. Such plan shall evaluate the feasibility

20 of using the Kelso Depot and existing railroad corridor to

21 provide public access to and a facility for special interpre22 tive, educational, and scientific programs within the pre23 serve. Such plan shall specifically address the needs of indi24 viduals with disabilities in the design of services, programs,

25 accommodations and facilities consistent with section 504
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1 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Public Law 101–336, the

2 Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12101),

3 and other appropriate laws and regulations.

4 GRANITE MOUNTAINS NATURAL RESERVE

5 SEC. 412. (a) There is hereby designated the Granite

6 Mountains Natural Reserve within the preserve comprising

7 approximately nine thousand acres as generally depicted on

8 a map entitled ‘‘Mojave National Park Boundary and Wil9 derness—Proposed 6’’, dated May 1991.

10 (b) Upon enactment of this title, the Secretary of the

11 Interior shall enter into a cooperative management agree12 ment with the University of California for the purposes of

13 managing the lands within the Granite Mountains Natural

14 Reserve. Such cooperative agreement shall ensure continu15 ation of arid lands research and educational activities of

16 the University of California, consistent with the provisions

17 of law generally applicable to units of the National Park

18 System.

19 CONSTRUCTION OF VISITOR CENTER

20 SEC. 413. The Secretary is authorized to construct a

21 visitor center in the preserve for the purpose of providing

22 information through appropriate displays, printed mate23 rial, and other interpretive programs, about the resources

24 of the preserve.
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1 ACQUISITION OF LANDS

2 SEC. 414. The Secretary is authorized to acquire all

3 lands and interest in lands within the boundary of the pre4 serve by donation, purchase, or exchange, except that—

5 (1) any lands or interests therein within the

6 boundary of the preserve which are owned by the

7 State of California, or any political subdivision there8 of, may be acquired only by donation or exchange ex9 cept for lands managed by the California State Lands

10 Commission; and

11 (2) lands or interests therein within the bound12 ary of the preserve which are not owned by the State

13 of California or any political subdivision thereof may

14 be acquired only with the consent of the owner thereof

15 unless the Secretary determines, after written notice

16 to the owner and after opportunity for comment, that

17 the property is being developed, or proposed to be de18 veloped, in a manner which is detrimental to the in19 tegrity of the preserve or which is otherwise incompat20 ible with the purposes of this title.

21 ACQUIRED LANDS BE MADE PART OF MOJAVE NATIONAL

22 PRESERVE

23 SEC. 415. Any lands acquired by the Secretary under

24 this title shall become part of the Mojave National Preserve.
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1 MOJAVE NATIONAL PRESERVE ADVISORY COMMISSION

2 SEC. 416. (a) The Secretary shall establish an advisory

3 commission of no more than 15 members, to advise the Sec4 retary concerning the development and implementation of

5 a new or revised comprehensive management plan for Mo6 jave National Preserve.

7 (b)(1) The advisory commission shall include an elect8 ed official for each County within which any part of the

9 preserve is located, a representative of the owners of private

10 properties located within or immediately adjacent to the

11 preserve, and other members representing persons actively

12 engaged in grazing and range management, mineral explo13 ration and development, and persons with expertise in rel14 evant fields, including geology, biology, ecology, law enforce15 ment, and the protection and management of National Park

16 resources and values.

17 (2) Vacancies in the commission shall be filled by the

18 Secretary so as to maintain the full diversity of views re19 quired to be represented on the Commission.

20 (c) The Federal Advisory Committee Act shall apply

21 to the procedures and activities of the advisory commission.

22 (d) The advisory commission shall cease to exist ten

23 years after the date of its establishment.

24 NO ADVERSE AFFECT ON LAND UNTIL ACQUIRED

25 SEC. 417. Unless and until acquired by the United

26 States, no lands within the boundaries of wilderness areas
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1 or National Park System units designated or enlarged by

2 this Act that are owned by any person or entity other than

3 the United States shall be subject to any of the rules or regu4 lations applicable solely to the Federal lands within such

5 boundaries and may be used to the extent allowed by appli6 cable law. Neither the location of such lands within such

7 boundaries nor the possible acquisition of such lands by the

8 United States shall constitute a bar to the otherwise lawful

9 issuance of any Federal license or permit other than a li10 cense or permit related to activities governed by 16 U.S.C.

11 460l–22(c). Nothing in this section shall be construed as af12 fecting the applicability of any provision of the Mining in

13 the Parks Act (16 U.S.C. 1901 et seq.), the Clean Air Act

14 (42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.), or regulations applicable to oil

15 and gas development as set forth in 36 CFR 9B.

16 TITLE V—NATIONAL PARK WILDERNESS

17 DESIGNATION OF WILDERNESS

18 SEC. 501. The following lands are hereby designated

19 as wilderness in accordance with the Wilderness Act (78

20 Stat. 890; 16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.) and shall be administered

21 by the Secretary of the Interior in accordance with the ap22 plicable provisions of the Wilderness Act:

23 (1) Death Valley National Park Wilderness, com24 prising approximately three million one hundred

25 sixty-two thousand one hundred and thirty-eight
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1 acres, as generally depicted on 23 maps entitled

2 ‘‘Death Valley National Park Boundary and Wilder3 ness’’, numbered in the title one through twenty-three,

4 and dated May 1994 or prior, and three maps enti5 tled ‘‘Death Valley National Park Wilderness’’, num6 bered in the title one through three, and dated May

7 1994 or prior, and which shall be known as the Death

8 Valley Wilderness.

9 (2) Joshua Tree National Park Wilderness Addi10 tions, comprising approximately one hundred thirty11 one thousand seven hundred and eighty acres, as gen12 erally depicted on four maps entitled ‘‘Joshua Tree

13 National Park Boundary and Wilderness—Proposed’’,

14 numbered in the title one through four, and dated Oc15 tober 1991 or prior, and which are hereby incor16 porated in, and which shall be deemed to be a part

17 of the Joshua Tree Wilderness as designated by Public

18 Law 94–567.

19 (3) Mojave National Preserve Wilderness, com20 prising approximately six hundred ninety-four thou21 sand acres, as generally depicted on ten maps entitled

22 ‘‘Mojave National Park Boundary and Wilderness—

23 Proposed’’, numbered in the title one through ten, and

24 dated May 1994 or prior, and seven maps entitled

25 ‘‘Mojave National Park Wilderness—Proposed’’, num-
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1 bered in the title one through seven, and dated May

2 1994 or prior, and which shall be known as the

3 Mojave Wilderness.

4 (4) Upon cessation of all uses prohibited by the

5 Wilderness Act and publication by the Secretary in

6 the Federal Register of notice of such cessation, poten7 tial wilderness, comprising approximately six thou8 sand eight hundred and forty acres, as described in

9 ‘‘1988 Death Valley National Monument Draft Gen10 eral Management Plan Draft Environmental Impact

11 Statement’’ (hereafter in this title referred to as

12 ‘‘Draft Plan’’) and as generally depicted on a map in

13 the Draft Plan entitled ‘‘Wilderness Plan Death Val14 ley National Monument’’, dated January 1988, shall

15 be deemed to be a part of the Death Valley Wilderness

16 as designated in paragraph (1). Lands identified in

17 the Draft Plan as potential wilderness shall be man18 aged by the Secretary insofar as practicable as wil19 derness until such time as said lands are designated

20 as wilderness.

21 FILING OF MAPS AND DESCRIPTIONS

22 SEC. 502. Maps and a legal description of the bound23 aries of the areas designated in section 501 of this title shall

24 be on file and available for public inspection in the Office

25 of the Director of the National Park Service, Department

26 of the Interior, and in the Office of the Superintendent of
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1 each area designated in section 501. As soon as practicable

2 after this title takes effect, maps of the wilderness areas and

3 legal descriptions of their boundaries shall be filed with the

4 Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate

5 and the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of

6 Representatives, and such maps and descriptions shall have

7 the same force and effect as if included in this title, except

8 that the Secretary may correct clerical and typographical

9 errors in such maps and descriptions.

10 ADMINISTRATION OF WILDERNESS AREAS

11 SEC. 503. The areas designated by section 501 of this

12 title as wilderness shall be administered by the Secretary

13 in accordance with the applicable provisions of the Wilder14 ness Act governing areas designated by that title as wilder15 ness, except that any reference in such provision to the effec16 tive date of the Wilderness Act shall be deemed to be a ref17 erence to the effective date of this title, and where appro18 priate, and reference to the Secretary of Agriculture shall

19 be deemed to be a reference to the Secretary of the Interior.

20 TITLE VI—MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

21 TRANSFER OF LANDS TO RED ROCK CANYON STATE PARK

22 SEC. 601. Upon enactment of this title, the Secretary

23 of the Interior shall transfer to the State of California cer24 tain lands within the California Desert Conservation Area,

25 California, of the Bureau of Land Management, comprising

26 approximately twenty thousand five hundred acres, as gen-
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1 erally depicted on two maps entitled ‘‘Red Rock Canyon

2 State Park Additions 1’’ and ‘‘Red Rock Canyon State

3 Park Additions 2’’, dated May 1991, for inclusion in the

4 State of California Park System. Should the State of Cali5 fornia cease to manage these lands as part of the State Park

6 System, ownership of the lands shall revert to the Depart7 ment of the Interior to be managed as part of the California

8 Desert Conservation Area to provide maximum protection

9 for the area’s scenic and scientific values.

10 DESERT LILY SANCTUARY

11 SEC. 602. (a) There is hereby established the Desert

12 Lily Sanctuary within the California Desert Conservation

13 Area, California, of the Bureau of Land Management, com14 prising approximately two thousand forty acres, as gen15 erally depicted on a map entitled ‘‘Desert Lily Sanctuary’’,

16 dated February 1986. The Secretary of the Interior shall

17 administer the area to provide maximum protection to the

18 desert lily.

19 (b) Subject to valid existing rights, Federal lands with20 in the sanctuary, and interests therein, are withdrawn from

21 disposition under the public land laws and from entry or

22 appropriation under the mining laws of the United States,

23 from the operation of the mineral leasing laws of the United

24 States, and from operation of the Geothermal Steam Act

25 of 1970.
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1 LAND TENURE ADJUSTMENTS

2 SEC. 603. In preparing land tenure adjustment deci3 sions within the California Desert Conservation Area, of the

4 Bureau of Land Management, the Secretary shall give pri5 ority to consolidating Federal ownership within the na6 tional park units and wilderness areas designated by this

7 Act.

8 DISPOSAL PROHIBITION

9 SEC. 604. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,

10 the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agri11 culture may not dispose of any lands within the boundaries

12 of the wilderness, parks, or preserve designated under this

13 Act or grant a right-of-way in any lands within the bound14 aries of the wilderness designated under this Act. Further,

15 none of the lands within the boundaries of the wilderness,

16 parks, or preserve designated under this Act shall be granted

17 to or otherwise made available for use by the Metropolitan

18 Water District and any other agencies or persons pursuant

19 to the Boulder Canyon Project Act (43 U.S.C. 617–619b)

20 or any similar Acts.

21 MANAGEMENT OF NEWLY ACQUIRED LANDS

22 SEC. 605. Any lands within the boundaries of a wil23 derness area designated under this Act which are acquired

24 by the Federal Government shall become part of the wilder25 ness area within which they are located and shall be man-
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1 aged in accordance with all the provisions of this Act and

2 other laws applicable to such wilderness area.

3 NATIVE AMERICAN USES

4 SEC. 606. (a) In recognition of the past use of the

5 parks, wilderness, and preserve areas designed under this

6 Act by Indian people for traditional cultural and religious

7 purposes, the Secretary shall ensure access to such parks,

8 wilderness, and preserve areas by Indian people for such

9 traditional cultural and religious purposes. In implement10 ing this section, the Secretary, upon the request of an In11 dian tribe or Indian religious community, shall tempo12 rarily close to the general public use of one or more specific

13 portions of park, wilderness, or preserve areas in order to

14 protect the privacy of traditional cultural and religious ac15 tivities in such areas by Indian people. Such access shall

16 be consistent with the purpose and intent of Public Law

17 95–341 (42 U.S.C. 1996) commonly referred to as the

18 ‘‘American Indian Religious Freedom Act’’, and with re19 spect to areas designated as wilderness, the Wilderness Act

20 (78 Stat. 890; 16 U.S.C. 1131).

21 (b)(1) The Secretary, in consultation with the

22 Timbisha Shoshone Tribe and relevant Federal agencies,

23 shall conduct a study, subject to the availability of appro24 priations, to identify lands suitable for a reservation for

25 the Timbisha Shoshone Tribe that are located within the

26 Tribe’s aboriginal homeland area.
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1 (2) Not later than two years after the date of enact2 ment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit a report to the

3 Committee on Energy and Natural Resources and the Com4 mittee on Indian Affairs of the Senate, and the Committee

5 on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives on

6 the results of the study conducted under paragraph (1).

7 WATER RIGHTS

8 SEC. 607. (a) With respect to each wilderness area des9 ignated by this Act, Congress hereby reserves a quantity of

10 water sufficient to fulfill the purposes of this Act. The

11 priority date of such reserved water rights shall be the date

12 of enactment of this Act.

13 (b) The Secretary of the Interior and all other officers

14 of the United States shall take all steps necessary to protect

15 the rights reserved by this section, including the filing by

16 the Secretary of a claim for the quantification of such rights

17 in any present or future appropriate stream adjudication

18 in the courts of the State of California in which the United

19 States is or may be joined and which is conducted in ac20 cordance with section 208 of the Act of July 10, 1952 (66

21 Stat. 560, 43 U.S.C. 666; commonly referred to as the

22 McCarran Amendment).

23 (c) Nothing in this Act shall be construed as a relin24 quishment or reduction of any water rights reserved or ap25 propriated by the United States in the State of California

26 on or before the date of enactment of this Act.
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1 (d) The Federal water rights reserved by this Act are

2 specific to the wilderness areas located in the State of Cali3 fornia designated under this Act. Nothing in this Act relat4 ed to the reserved Federal water rights shall be construed

5 as establishing a precedent with regard to any future des6 ignations, nor shall it constitute an interpretation of any

7 other Act or any designation made thereto.

8 (e) Nothing in this Act shall be construed to affect the

9 operation of federally owned dams located on the Colorado

10 River in the Lower Basin.

11 (f) Nothing in this Act shall be construed to amend,

12 supersede, or preempt any State law, Federal law, inter13 state compact, or international treaty pertaining to the Col14 orado River (including its tributaries) in the Upper Basin,

15 including, but not limited to the appropriation, use, devel16 opment, storage, regulation, allocation, conservation, expor17 tation, or quality of those rivers.

18 (g) With respect to the Havasu and Imperial wilder19 ness areas designated by section 111 of title I of this Act,

20 no rights to water of the Colorado River are reserved, either

21 expressly, impliedly, or otherwise.

22 STATE SCHOOL LANDS

23 SEC. 608. (a) Upon request of the California State

24 Lands Commission (hereinafter in this section referred to

25 as the ‘‘Commission’’), the Secretary shall enter into nego26 tiations for an agreement to exchange Federal lands or in-
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1 terests therein on the list referred to in subsection (b)(2)

2 for California State School Lands (hereinafter in this sec3 tion referred to as ‘‘State School Lands’’) or interests there4 in which are located within the boundaries of one or more

5 of the wilderness areas or park units designated by this Act.

6 The Secretary shall negotiate in good faith to reach a land

7 exchange agreement consistent with the requirements of sec8 tion 206 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act

9 of 1976.

10 (b) Within six months after the date of enactment of

11 this Act, the Secretary shall send to the Commission and

12 to the Committees a list of the following:

13 (1) The State School Lands or interests therein

14 (including mineral interests) which are located within

15 the boundaries of the wilderness areas or park units

16 designated by this Act.

17 (2) Lands under the Secretary’s jurisdiction to

18 be offered for exchange, including in the following

19 priority:

20 (A) Lands with mineral interests, including

21 geothermal, which have the potential for commer22 cial development but which are not currently

23 under mineral lease or producing Federal min24 eral revenues.
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1 (B) Federal lands in California managed

2 by the Bureau of Reclamation that the Secretary

3 determines are not needed for any Bureau of

4 Reclamation project.

5 (C) Any public lands in California that the

6 Secretary, pursuant to the Federal Land Policy

7 and Management Act of 1976, has determined to

8 be suitable for disposal through exchange.

9 (3) The Secretary may exclude, in his discretion,

10 lands located within, or contiguous to, the exterior

11 boundaries of lands held in trust for a federally recog12 nized Indian tribe located in the State of California.

13 (c)(1) If an agreement under this section is for an ex14 change involving five thousand acres or less of Federal land

15 or interests therein, or Federal lands valued at less than

16 $5,000,000, the Secretary may carry out the exchange in

17 accordance with the Federal Land Policy and Management

18 Act of 1976.

19 (2) If an agreement under this section is for an ex20 change involving more than five thousand acres of Federal

21 land or interests therein, or Federal land valued at more

22 than $5,000,000, the agreement shall be submitted to the

23 Committees, together with a report containing—

24 (A) a complete list and appraisal of the lands or

25 interests in lands proposed for exchange; and
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1 (B) a determination that the State School Lands

2 proposed to be acquired by the United States do not

3 contain any hazardous waste, toxic waste, or radio4 active waste.

5 (d) An agreement submitted under subsection (c)(2)

6 shall not take effect unless approved by a joint resolution

7 enacted by the Congress.

8 (e) If exchanges of all of the State School Lands are

9 not completed by October 1, 2004, the Secretary shall adjust

10 the appraised value of any remaining inholdings consistent

11 with the provisions of section 206 of the Federal Land Man12 agement Policy Act of 1976. The Secretary shall establish

13 an account in the name of the Commission in the amount

14 of such appraised value. Title to the State School Lands

15 shall be transferred to the United States at the time such

16 account is credited.

17 (f) The Commission may use the credit in its account

18 to bid, as any other bidder, for excess or surplus Federal

19 property to be sold in the State of California in accordance

20 with the applicable laws and regulations of the Federal

21 agency offering such property for sale. The account shall

22 be adjusted to reflect successful bids under this section or

23 payments or forfeited deposits, penalties, or other costs as24 sessed to the bidder in the course of such sales. In the event

25 that the balance in the account has not been reduced to zero
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1 by October 1, 2009, there are authorized to be appropriated

2 to the Secretary for payment to the California State Lands

3 Commission funds equivalent to the balance remaining in

4 the account as of October 1, 2009.

5 (g) As used in this section, the term ‘‘Committees’’

6 means the Committee on Natural Resources of the House

7 of Representatives and the Committee on Energy and Natu8 ral Resources of the Senate.

9 EXCHANGES

10 SEC. 609. (a) Upon request of the holder of private

11 lands (hereafter in this section referred to as the ‘‘land12 owner’’), the Secretary shall enter into negotiations for an

13 agreement or agreements to exchange Federal lands or inter14 ests therein on the list referred to in subsection (b)(2) of

15 this section for lands of the landowner or interests therein

16 which are located within the boundaries of one or more of

17 the wilderness areas or park units designated by this Act.

18 (b) Within six months after the date of enactment of

19 this Act, the Secretary shall send to the landowner and to

20 the Committees a list of the following:

21 (1) Lands of the landowner or interests therein

22 (including mineral interests) which are located within

23 the boundaries of the wilderness areas or park units

24 designated by this Act.

25 (2) Lands under the Secretary’s jurisdiction to

26 be offered for exchange, in the following priority:
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1 (A) Lands, including lands with mineral

2 and geothermal interests, which have the poten3 tial for commercial development but which are

4 not currently under lease or producing Federal

5 revenues.

6 (B) Federal lands managed by the Bureau

7 of Reclamation that the Secretary determines are

8 not needed for any Bureau of Reclamation

9 project.

10 (C) Any public lands that the Secretary,

11 pursuant to the Federal Land Policy and Man12 agement Act of 1976, has determined to be suit13 able for disposal through exchange.

14 (3) The Secretary may exclude, in his discretion,

15 lands located within, or contiguous to, the exterior

16 boundaries of lands held in trust for a federally recog17 nized Indian tribe located in the State of California.

18 (c)(1) If an agreement under this section is for (A)

19 an exchange involving lands outside the State of California,

20 (B) more than 5,000 acres of Federal land or interests there21 in in California, or (C) Federal lands in any State valued

22 at more than $5,000,000, the Secretary shall provide to the

23 Committees a detailed report of each such land exchange

24 agreement.
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1 (2) All land exchange agreements shall be consistent

2 with the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976.

3 (3) Any report submitted to the Committees under this

4 subsection shall include the following:

5 (A) A complete list and appraisal of the lands

6 or interests in land proposed for exchange.

7 (B) A complete list of the lands, if any, to be ac8 quired by the United States which contain any haz9 ardous waste, toxic waste, or radioactive waste which

10 requires removal or remedial action under Federal or

11 State law, together with the estimated costs of any

12 such action.

13 (4) An agreement under this subsection shall not take

14 effect unless approved by a joint resolution enacted by the

15 Congress.

16 (d) The Secretary shall provide the California State

17 Lands Commission with a one hundred eighty-day right of

18 first refusal to exchange for any Federal lands or interests

19 therein, located in the State of California, on the list re20 ferred to in subsection (b)(2). Any lands with respect to

21 which a right of first refusal is not noticed within such pe22 riod or exercised under this subsection shall be available

23 to the landowner for exchange in accordance with this

24 section.
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1 (e) On January 3, 1999, the Secretary shall provide

2 to the Committees a list and appraisal consistent with the

3 Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 of all

4 private lands eligible for exchange under this section for

5 which an exchange has not been completed. With respect to

6 any of such lands for which an exchange has not been com7 pleted by October 1, 2004 (hereafter in this section referred

8 to as ‘‘remaining lands’’), the Secretary shall establish an

9 account in the name of each landowner (hereafter in this

10 section referred to as the ‘‘exchange account’’). Upon the

11 transfer of title by the landowner to all or a portion of the

12 remaining lands to the United States, the Secretary shall

13 credit the exchange account in the amount of the appraised

14 value of the transferred remaining lands at the time of such

15 transfer.

16 (f) The landowner may use the credit in its account

17 to bid, as any other bidder, for excess or surplus Federal

18 property to be sold in the State of California in accordance

19 with the applicable laws and regulations of the Federal

20 agency offering such property for sale. The account shall

21 be adjusted to reflect successful bids under this section or

22 payments or forfeited deposits, penalties, or other costs as23 sessed to the bidder in the course of such sales. Upon ap24 proval by the Secretary in writing, the credits in the land25 owner’s exchange account may be transferred or sold in
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1 whole or in part by the landowner to any other party, there2 by vesting such party with all the rights formerly held by

3 the landowner. The exchange account shall be adjusted to

4 reflect successful bids under this section or payments or for5 feited deposits, penalties, or other costs assessed to the bidder

6 in the course of such sales.

7 (g)(1) The Secretary shall not accept title pursuant to

8 this section to any lands unless such title includes all right,

9 title, and interest in and to the fee estate.

10 (2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), the Secretary may

11 accept title to any subsurface estate where the United States

12 holds title to the surface estate.

13 (3) This subsection does not apply to easements and

14 rights-of-way for utilities or roads.

15 (h) In no event shall the Secretary accept title under

16 this section to lands which contain any hazardous waste,

17 toxic waste, or radioactive waste which requires removal or

18 remedial action under Federal or State law unless such re19 medial action has been completed prior to the transfer.

20 (i) For purposes of the section, any appraisal shall be

21 consistent with the provisions of section 206 of the Federal

22 Land Policy and Management Act of 1976.

23 (j) As used in this section, the term ‘‘Committees’’

24 means the Committee on Natural Resources of the House
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1 of Representatives and the Committee on Energy and Natu2 ral Resources of the Senate.

3 TITLE VII—DEFINITIONS AND AUTHORIZATION

4 OF APPROPRIATIONS

5 DEFINITIONS

6 SEC. 701. For the purposes of this Act:

7 (1) The term ‘‘Secretary’’, unless specifically des8 ignated otherwise, means the Secretary of the Interior.

9 (2) The term ‘‘public lands’’ means any land

10 and interest in land owned by the United States and

11 administered by the Secretary of the Interior through

12 the Bureau of Land Management.

13 AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS

14 SEC. 702. There are hereby authorized to be appro15 priated to the National Park Service and Bureau of Land

16 Management to carry out the purposes of this Act an

17 amount not to exceed $36,000,000 over and above that pro18 vided in fiscal year 1994 for additional administrative and

19 construction costs over the fiscal year 1995–1999 period and

20 $300,000,000 for all land acquisition costs. No funds in ex21 cess of these amounts may be used for construction, admin22 istration, or land acquisition authorized under this Act

23 without a specific authorization in an Act of Congress en24 acted after the date of enactment of this Act.
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1 LAND APPRAISAL

2 SEC. 703. Lands and interests in lands acquired pur3 suant to this Act shall be appraised without regard to the

4 presence of a species listed as threatened or endangered pur5 suant to the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C.

6 1531 et seq.).

7 TITLE VIII—CALIFORNIA

8 MILITARY LANDS WITHDRAWAL

9 SEC. 801. SHORT TITLE AND FINDINGS.

10 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This title may be cited as the

11 ‘‘California Military Lands Withdrawal and Overflights

12 Act of 1994’’.

13 (b) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds that—

14 (1) the Federal lands within the desert regions of

15 California have provided essential opportunities for

16 military training, research, and development for the

17 Armed Forces of the United States and allied nations;

18 (2) alternative sites for military training and

19 other military activities carried out on Federal lands

20 in the California desert area are not readily avail21 able;

22 (3) while changing world conditions have less23 ened to some extent the immediacy of military threats

24 to the national security of the United States and its

25 allies, there remains a need for military training, re-
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1 search, and development activities of the types that

2 have been carried out on Federal lands in the Califor3 nia desert area; and

4 (4) continuation of existing military training,

5 research, and development activities, under appro6 priate terms and conditions, is not incompatible with

7 the protection and proper management of the natural,

8 environmental, cultural, and other resources and val9 ues of the Federal lands in the California desert area.

10 SEC. 802. WITHDRAWALS.

11 (a) CHINA LAKE.—(1) Subject to valid existing rights

12 and except as otherwise provided in this title, the Federal

13 lands referred to in paragraph (2), and all other areas with14 in the boundary of such lands as depicted on the map speci15 fied in such paragraph which may become subject to the

16 operation of the public land laws, are hereby withdrawn

17 from all forms of appropriation under the public land laws

18 (including the mining laws and the mineral leasing laws).

19 Such lands are reserved for use by the Secretary of the Navy

20 for—

21 (A) use as a research, development, test, and

22 evaluation laboratory;

23 (B) use as a range for air warfare weapons and

24 weapon systems;
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1 (C) use as a high hazard training area for aerial

2 gunnery, rocketry, electronic warfare and counter3 measures, tactical maneuvering and air support; and

4 (D) subject to the requirements of section 804(f),

5 other defense-related purposes consistent with the pur6 poses specified in this paragraph.

7 (2) The lands referred to in paragraph (1) are the Fed8 eral lands, located within the boundaries of the China Lake

9 Naval Weapons Center, comprising approximately

10 1,100,000 acres in Inyo, Kern, and San Bernardino Coun11 ties, California, as generally depicted on a map entitled

12 ‘‘China Lake Naval Weapons Center Withdrawal—Pro13 posed’’, dated January 1985, and filed in accordance with

14 section 803.

15 (b) CHOCOLATE MOUNTAIN.—(1) Subject to valid ex16 isting rights and except as otherwise provided in this title,

17 the Federal lands referred to in paragraph (2), and all other

18 areas within the boundary of such lands as depicted on the

19 map specified in such paragraph which may become subject

20 to the operation of the public land laws, are hereby with21 drawn from all forms of appropriation under the public

22 land laws (including the mining laws and the mineral leas23 ing and the geothermal leasing laws). Such lands are re24 served for use by the Secretary of the Navy for—
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1 (A) testing and training for aerial bombing, mis2 sile firing, tactical maneuvering and air support; and

3 (B) subject to the provisions of section 804(f),

4 other defense-related purposes consistent with the pur5 poses specified in this paragraph.

6 (2) The lands referred to in paragraph (1) are the Fed7 eral lands comprising approximately 226,711 acres in Im8 perial County, California, as generally depicted on a map

9 entitled ‘‘Chocolate Mountain Aerial Gunnery Range Pro10 posed—Withdrawal’’ dated July 1993 and filed in accord11 ance with section 803.

12 (c) EL CENTRO RANGES.—(1) Subject to valid existing

13 rights, and except as otherwise provided in this title, the

14 Federal lands referred to in paragraph (2), and all other

15 areas within the boundaries of such lands as depicted on

16 the map specified in such paragraph which may become

17 subject to the operation of the public land laws, are hereby

18 withdrawn from all forms of appropriation under the pub19 lic land laws (including the mining laws) but not the min20 eral or geothermal leasing laws. Such lands are reserved

21 for use by the Secretary of the Navy for—

22 (A) defense-related purposes in accordance with

23 the Memorandum of Understanding dated June 29,

24 1987, between the Bureau of Land Management, the
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1 Bureau of Reclamation, and the Department of the

2 Navy; and

3 (B) subject to the provisions of section 804(f),

4 other defense-related purposes consistent with the pur5 poses specified in this paragraph.

6 (2) The lands referred to in paragraph (1) are the Fed7 eral lands comprising approximately 46,600 acres in Impe8 rial County, California, as generally depicted on a map en9 titled ‘‘Exhibit A, Naval Air Facility, El Centro, Califor10 nia, Land Acquisition Map, Range 2510 (West Mesa) dated

11 March 1993 and a map entitled ‘‘Exhibit B, Naval Air Fa12 cility, El Centro, California, Land Acquisition Map Range

13 2512 (East Mesa)’’ dated March 1993.

14 SEC. 803. MAPS AND LEGAL DESCRIPTIONS.

15 (a) PUBLICATION AND FILING REQUIREMENT.—As

16 soon as practicable after the date of enactment of this title,

17 the Secretary of the Interior shall—

18 (1) publish in the Federal Register a notice con19 taining the legal description of the lands withdrawn

20 and reserved by this title; and

21 (2) file maps and the legal description of the

22 lands withdrawn and reserved by this title with the

23 Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the

24 United States Senate and with the Committee on
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1 Natural Resources of the United States House of Rep2 resentatives.

3 (b) TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS.—Such maps and legal

4 descriptions shall have the same force and effect as if they

5 were included in this title except that the Secretary of the

6 Interior may correct clerical and typographical errors in

7 such maps and legal descriptions.

8 (c) AVAILABILITY FOR PUBLIC INSPECTION.—Copies of

9 such maps and legal descriptions shall be available for pub10 lic inspection in the Office of the Director of the Bureau

11 of Land Management, Washington, District of Columbia;

12 the Office of the Director, California State Office of the Bu13 reau of Land Management, Sacramento, California; the of14 fice of the commander of the Naval Weapons Center, China

15 Lake, California; the office of the commanding officer, Ma16 rine Corps Air Station, Yuma, Arizona; and the Office of

17 the Secretary of Defense, Washington, District of Columbia.

18 (d) REIMBURSEMENT.—The Secretary of Defense shall

19 reimburse the Secretary of the Interior for the cost of imple20 menting this section.

21 SEC. 804. MANAGEMENT OF WITHDRAWN LANDS.

22 (a) MANAGEMENT BY THE SECRETARY OF THE INTE23 RIOR.—(1) Except as provided in subsection (g), during the

24 period of the withdrawal the Secretary of the Interior shall

25 manage the lands withdrawn under section 802 pursuant
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1 to the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976

2 (43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) and other applicable law, including

3 this Act.

4 (2) To the extent consistent with applicable law and

5 Executive orders, the lands withdrawn under section 802

6 may be managed in a manner permitting—

7 (A) the continuation of grazing pursuant to ap8 plicable law and Executive orders where permitted on

9 the date of enactment of this title;

10 (B) protection of wildlife and wildlife habitat;

11 (C) control of predatory and other animals;

12 (D) recreation (but only on lands withdrawn by

13 section 802(a) (relating to China Lake));

14 (E) the prevention and appropriate suppression

15 of brush and range fires resulting from nonmilitary

16 activities; and

17 (F) geothermal leasing and development and re18 lated power production activities on the lands with19 drawn under section 802(a) (relating to China Lake).

20 (3)(A) All nonmilitary use of such lands, including the

21 uses described in paragraph (2), shall be subject to such con22 ditions and restrictions as may be necessary to permit the

23 military use of such lands for the purposes specified in or

24 authorized pursuant to this title.
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1 (B) The Secretary of the Interior may issue any lease,

2 easement, right-of-way, or other authorization with respect

3 to the nonmilitary use of such lands only with the concur4 rence of the Secretary of the Navy.

5 (b) CLOSURE TO PUBLIC.—(1) If the Secretary of the

6 Navy determines that military operations, public safety, or

7 national security require the closure to public use of any

8 road, trail, or other portion of the lands withdrawn by this

9 title, the Secretary may take such action as the Secretary

10 determines necessary or desirable to effect and maintain

11 such closure.

12 (2) Any such closure shall be limited to the minimum

13 areas and periods which the Secretary of the Navy deter14 mines are required to carry out this subsection.

15 (3) Before and during any closure under this sub16 section, the Secretary of the Navy shall—

17 (A) keep appropriate warning notices posted;

18 and

19 (B) take appropriate steps to notify the public

20 concerning such closures.

21 (c) MANAGEMENT PLAN.—The Secretary of the Inte22 rior (after consultation with the Secretary of the Navy)

23 shall develop a plan for the management of each area with24 drawn under section 802 during the period of such with25 drawal. Each plan shall—
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1 (1) be consistent with applicable law;

2 (2) be subject to conditions and restrictions spec3 ified in subsection (a)(3);

4 (3) include such provisions as may be necessary

5 for proper management and protection of the re6 sources and values of such area; and

7 (4) be developed not later than three years after

8 the date of enactment of this title.

9 (d) BRUSH AND RANGE FIRES.—The Secretary of the

10 Navy shall take necessary precautions to prevent and sup11 press brush and range fires occurring within and outside

12 the lands withdrawn under section 802 as a result of mili13 tary activities and may seek assistance from the Bureau

14 of Land Management in the suppression of such fires. The

15 memorandum of understanding required by subsection (e)

16 shall provide for Bureau of Land Management assistance

17 in the suppression of such fires, and for a transfer of funds

18 from the Department of the Navy to the Bureau of Land

19 Management as compensation for such assistance.

20 (e) MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING.—(1) The Sec21 retary of the Interior and the Secretary of the Navy shall

22 (with respect to each land withdrawal under section 802)

23 enter into a memorandum of understanding to implement

24 the management plan developed under subsection (c). Any

25 such memorandum of understanding shall provide that the
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1 Director of the Bureau of Land Management shall provide

2 assistance in the suppression of fires resulting from the

3 military use of lands withdrawn under section 802 if re4 quested by the Secretary of the Navy.

5 (2) The duration of any such memorandum shall be

6 the same as the period of the withdrawal of the lands under

7 section 802.

8 (f) ADDITIONAL MILITARY USES.—(1) Lands with9 drawn by section 802 may be used for defense-related uses

10 other than those specified in such section. The Secretary of

11 Defense shall promptly notify the Secretary of the Interior

12 in the event that the lands withdrawn by this title will be

13 used for defense-related purposes other than those specified

14 in section 802. Such notification shall indicate the addi15 tional use or uses involved, the proposed duration of such

16 uses, and the extent to which such additional military uses

17 of the withdrawn lands will require that additional or more

18 stringent conditions or restrictions be imposed on otherwise19 permitted nonmilitary uses of the withdrawn land or por20 tions thereof.

21 (g) MANAGEMENT OF CHINA LAKE.—(1) The Secretary

22 of the Interior may assign the management responsibility

23 for the lands withdrawn under section 802(a) to the Sec24 retary of the Navy who shall manage such lands, and issue

25 leases, easements, rights-of-way, and other authorizations,
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1 in accordance with this title and cooperative management

2 arrangements between the Secretary of the Interior and the

3 Secretary of the Navy. In the case that the Secretary of the

4 Interior assigns such management responsibility to the Sec5 retary of the Navy before the development of the manage6 ment plan under subsection (c), the Secretary of the Navy

7 (after consultation with the Secretary of the Interior) shall

8 develop such management plan. Nothing in this title shall

9 affect geothermal leases issued by the Secretary of the Inte10 rior prior to the date of enactment of this title or the respon11 sibility of the Secretary to administer and manage such

12 leases consistent with the provisions of this title.

13 (2) The Secretary of the Interior shall be responsible

14 for the issuance of any lease, easement, right-of-way, and

15 other authorization with respect to any activity which in16 volves both the lands withdrawn under section 802(a) and

17 any other lands. Any such authorization shall be issued

18 only with the consent of the Secretary of the Navy and, to

19 the extent that such activity involves lands withdrawn

20 under section 802(a), shall be subject to such conditions as

21 the Secretary of the Navy may prescribe.

22 (3) The Secretary of the Navy shall prepare and sub23 mit to the Secretary of the Interior an annual report on

24 the status of the natural and cultural resources and values

25 of the lands withdrawn under section 802(a). The Secretary
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1 of the Interior shall transmit such report to the Committee

2 on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives and

3 the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the

4 Senate.

5 (4) The Secretary of the Navy shall be responsible for

6 the management of wild horses and burros located on the

7 lands withdrawn under section 802(a) and may utilize heli8 copters and motorized vehicles for such purposes. Such man9 agement shall be in accordance with laws applicable to such

10 management on public lands and with an appropriate

11 memorandum of understanding between the Secretary of the

12 Interior and the Secretary of the Navy.

13 (5) Neither this Act nor any other provision of law

14 shall be construed to prohibit the Secretary of the Interior

15 from issuing and administering any lease for the develop16 ment and utilization of geothermal steam and associated

17 geothermal resources on the lands withdrawn under section

18 802(a) pursuant to the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970 (30

19 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.) and other applicable law, but no such

20 lease shall be issued without the concurrence of the Sec21 retary of the Navy.

22 (6) This title shall not affect the geothermal explo23 ration and development authority of the Secretary of the

24 Navy under section 2689 of title 10, United States Code,

25 except that the Secretary of the Navy shall obtain the con-
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1 currence of the Secretary of the Interior before taking action

2 under that section with respect to the lands withdrawn

3 under section 802(a).

4 (7) Upon the expiration of the withdrawal made by

5 subsection (a) of section 802 or relinquishment of the lands

6 withdrawn by that subsection, Navy contracts for the devel7 opment of geothermal resources at China Lake then in effect

8 (including amendments or renewals by the Navy after the

9 date of enactment of this Act) shall remain in effect: Pro10 vided, That the Secretary of the Interior, with the consent

11 of the Secretary of the Navy, may offer to substitute a stand12 ard geothermal lease for any such contract.

13 (h) MANAGEMENT OF EL CENTRO RANGES.—To the

14 extent consistent with this title, the lands and minerals

15 within the areas described in section 802(c) shall be man16 aged in accordance with the Cooperative Agreement entered

17 into between the Bureau of Land Management, Bureau of

18 Reclamation, and the Department of the Navy, dated June

19 29, 1987.

20 SEC. 805. DURATION OF WITHDRAWALS.

21 (a) DURATION.—The withdrawal and reservation es22 tablished by this title shall terminate 15 years after the date

23 of enactment of this Act.

24 (b) DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT.—No

25 later than 12 years after the date of enactment of this Act,
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1 the Secretary of the Navy shall publish a draft environ2 mental impact statement concerning continued or renewed

3 withdrawal of any portion of the lands withdrawn by this

4 title for which that Secretary intends to seek such continued

5 or renewed withdrawal. Such draft environmental impact

6 statement shall be consistent with the requirements of the

7 National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C.

8 4321 et seq.) applicable to such a draft environmental im9 pact statement. Prior to the termination date specified in

10 subsection (a), the Secretary of the Navy shall hold a public

11 hearing on any draft environmental impact statement pub12 lished pursuant to this subsection. Such hearing shall be

13 held in the State of California in order to receive public

14 comments on the alternatives and other matters included

15 in such draft environmental impact statement.

16 (c) EXTENSIONS OR RENEWALS.—The withdrawals es17 tablished by this title may not be extended or renewed except

18 by an Act or joint resolution.

19 SEC. 806. ONGOING DECONTAMINATION.

20 (a) PROGRAM.—Throughout the duration of the with21 drawals made by this title, the Secretary of the Navy, to

22 the extent funds are made available, shall maintain a pro23 gram of decontamination of lands withdrawn by this title

24 at least at the level of decontamination activities performed

25 on such lands in fiscal year 1986.
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1 (b) REPORTS.—At the same time as the President

2 transmits to the Congress the President’s proposed budget

3 for the first fiscal year beginning after the date of enactment

4 of this Act and for each subsequent fiscal year, the Secretary

5 of the Navy shall transmit to the Committees on Appropria6 tions, Armed Services, and Energy and Natural Resources

7 of the Senate and to the Committees on Appropriations,

8 Armed Services, and Natural Resources of the House of

9 Representatives a description of the decontamination efforts

10 undertaken during the previous fiscal year on such lands

11 and the decontamination activities proposed for such lands

12 during the next fiscal year including:

13 (1) amounts appropriated and obligated or ex14 pended for decontamination of such lands;

15 (2) the methods used to decontaminate such

16 lands;

17 (3) amount and types of contaminants removed

18 from such lands;

19 (4) estimated types and amounts of residual con20 tamination on such lands; and

21 (5) an estimate of the costs for full decontamina22 tion of such lands and the estimate of the time to

23 complete such decontamination.
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1 SEC. 807. REQUIREMENTS FOR RENEWAL.

2 (a) NOTICE AND FILING.—(1) No later than three

3 years prior to the termination of the withdrawal and res4 ervation established by this title, the Secretary of the Navy

5 shall advise the Secretary of the Interior as to whether or

6 not the Secretary of the Navy will have a continuing mili7 tary need for any of the lands withdrawn under section 802

8 after the termination date of such withdrawal and reserva9 tion.

10 (2) If the Secretary of the Navy concludes that there

11 will be a continuing military need for any of such lands

12 after the termination date, the Secretary shall file an appli13 cation for extension of the withdrawal and reservation of

14 such needed lands in accordance with the regulations and

15 procedures of the Department of the Interior applicable to

16 the extension of withdrawals of lands for military uses.

17 (3) If, during the period of withdrawal and reserva18 tion, the Secretary of the Navy decides to relinquish all or

19 any of the lands withdrawn and reserved by this title, the

20 Secretary shall file a notice of intention to relinquish with

21 the Secretary of the Interior.

22 (b) CONTAMINATION.—(1) Before transmitting a notice

23 of intention to relinquish pursuant to subsection (a), the

24 Secretary of Defense, acting through the Department of

25 Navy, shall prepare a written determination concerning

26 whether and to what extent the lands that are to be relin-
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1 quished are contaminated with explosive, toxic, or other

2 hazardous materials.

3 (2) A copy of such determination shall be transmitted

4 with the notice of intention to relinquish.

5 (3) Copies of both the notice of intention to relinquish

6 and the determination concerning the contaminated state

7 of the lands shall be published in the Federal Register by

8 the Secretary of the Interior.

9 (c) DECONTAMINATION.—If any land which is the sub10 ject of a notice of intention to relinquish pursuant to sub11 section (a) is contaminated, and the Secretary of the Inte12 rior, in consultation with the Secretary of the Navy, deter13 mines that decontamination is practicable and economi14 cally feasible (taking into consideration the potential future

15 use and value of the land) and that upon decontamination,

16 the land could be opened to operation of some or all of the

17 public land laws, including the mining laws, the Secretary

18 of the Navy shall decontaminate the land to the extent that

19 funds are appropriated for such purpose.

20 (d) ALTERNATIVES.—If the Secretary of the Interior,

21 after consultation with the Secretary of the Navy, concludes

22 that decontamination of any land which is the subject of

23 a notice of intention to relinquish pursuant to subsection

24 (a) is not practicable or economically feasible, or that the

25 land cannot be decontaminated sufficiently to be opened to
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1 operation of some or all of the public land laws, or if Con2 gress does not appropriate a sufficient amount of funds for

3 the decontamination of such land, the Secretary of the Inte4 rior shall not be required to accept the land proposed for

5 relinquishment.

6 (e) STATUS OF CONTAMINATED LANDS.—If, because of

7 their contaminated state, the Secretary of the Interior de8 clines to accept jurisdiction over lands withdrawn by this

9 title which have been proposed for relinquishment, or if at

10 the expiration of the withdrawal made by this title the Sec11 retary of the Interior determines that some of the lands

12 withdrawn by this title are contaminated to an extent

13 which prevents opening such contaminated lands to oper14 ation of the public land laws—

15 (1) the Secretary of the Navy shall take appro16 priate steps to warn the public of the contaminated

17 state of such lands and any risks associated with

18 entry onto such lands;

19 (2) after the expiration of the withdrawal, the

20 Secretary of the Navy shall undertake no activities on

21 such lands except in connection with decontamination

22 of such lands; and

23 (3) the Secretary of the Navy shall report to the

24 Secretary of the Interior and to the Congress concern-
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1 ing the status of such lands and all actions taken in

2 furtherance of this subsection.

3 (f) REVOCATION AUTHORITY.—Notwithstanding any

4 other provision of law, the Secretary of the Interior, upon

5 deciding that it is in the public interest to accept jurisdic6 tion over lands proposed for relinquishment pursuant to

7 subsection (a), is authorized to revoke the withdrawal and

8 reservation established by this title as it applies to such

9 lands. Should the decision be made to revoke the withdrawal

10 and reservation, the Secretary of the Interior shall publish

11 in the Federal Register an appropriate order which shall—

12 (1) terminate the withdrawal and reservation;

13 (2) constitute official acceptance of full jurisdic14 tion over the lands by the Secretary of the Interior;

15 and

16 (3) state the date upon which the lands will be

17 opened to the operation of some or all of the public

18 lands laws, including the mining laws.

19 SEC. 808. DELEGABILITY.

20 (a) DEFENSE.—The functions of the Secretary of De21 fense or the Secretary of the Navy under this title may be

22 delegated.

23 (b) INTERIOR.—The functions of the Secretary of the

24 Interior under this title may be delegated, except that an

25 order described in section 807(f) may be approved and
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1 signed only by the Secretary of the Interior, the Under Sec2 retary of the Interior, or an Assistant Secretary of the De3 partment of the Interior.

4 SEC. 809. HUNTING, FISHING, AND TRAPPING.

5 All hunting, fishing, and trapping on the lands with6 drawn by this title shall be conducted in accordance with

7 the provisions of section 2671 of title 10, United States

8 Code.

9 SEC. 810. IMMUNITY OF UNITED STATES.

10 The United States and all departments or agencies

11 thereof shall be held harmless and shall not be liable for

12 any injury or damage to persons or property suffered in

13 the course of any geothermal leasing or other authorized

14 nonmilitary activity conducted on lands described in sec15 tion 802 of this title.

16 SEC. 811. MILITARY OVERFLIGHTS.

17 (a) EFFECT OF ACT.—(1) Nothing in this Act shall

18 be construed to—

19 (A) restrict or preclude continuation of low-level

20 military overflights, including those on existing flight

21 training routes; or

22 (B) affect the designation of new units of special

23 airspace or the establishment of new flight training

24 routes,
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1 over the lands designated by this Act for inclusion within

2 new or expanded units of the National Park System or Na3 tional Wilderness Preservation System.

4 (2) Nothing in this Act shall be construed as requiring

5 revision of existing policies or procedures applicable to the

6 designation of units of special airspace or the establishment

7 of flight training routes over any Federal lands affected by

8 this Act.

9 (b) MONITORING.—The Secretary of the Interior and

10 the Secretary of Defense shall monitor the effects of military

11 overflights on the resources and values of the units of the

12 National Park System and National Wilderness Preserva13 tion System designated or expanded by this Act, and shall

14 attempt, consistent with national security needs, to resolve

15 concerns related to such overflights and to avoid or mini16 mize adverse impacts on resources and values and visitor

17 safety associated with such overflight activities.

18 SEC. 812. TERMINATION OF PRIOR RECLAMATION WITH19 DRAWALS.

20 Except to the extent that existing Bureau of Reclama21 tion withdrawals of public lands were identified for con22 tinuation in Federal Register Notice Document 92–4838

23 (57 Federal Register 7599, March 3, 1992), as amended by

24 Federal Register Correction Notices (57 Federal Register

25 19135, May 4, 1992; 57 Federal Register 19163, May 4,
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1 1992; and 58 Federal Register 30181, May 26, 1993), all

2 existing Bureau of Reclamation withdrawals made by Sec3 retarial Orders and Public Land Orders affecting public

4 lands and Indian lands located within the California

5 Desert Conservation Area established pursuant to section

6 601 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of

7 1976 are hereby terminated.

8 TITLE IX—BUY AMERICAN ACT

9 SEC. 901. COMPLIANCE WITH BUY AMERICAN ACT.

10 None of the funds made available in this Act may be

11 expended in violation of sections 2 through 4 of the Act of

12 March 3, 1933 (41 U.S.C. 10a–10c, popularly known as

13 the ‘‘Buy American Act’’), which are applicable to those

14 funds.

15 TITLE X—PROTECTION OF BODIE

16 BOWL

17 SEC. 1001. SHORT TITLE.

18 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Bodie Protection Act

19 of 1994’’.

20 SEC. 1002. FINDINGS.

21 The Congress finds that—

22 (1) the historic Bodie gold mining district in the

23 State of California is the site of the largest and best

24 preserved authentic ghost town in the western United

25 States;
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1 (2) the Bodie Bowl area contains important nat2 ural, historical, and aesthetic resources;

3 (3) Bodie was designated a National Historical

4 Landmark in 1961 and a California State Historic

5 Park in 1962, is listed on the National Register of

6 Historic Places, and is included in the Federal His7 toric American Buildings Survey;

8 (4) nearly 200,000 persons visit Bodie each year,

9 providing the local economy with important annual

10 tourism revenues;

11 (5) the town of Bodie is threatened by proposals

12 to explore and extract minerals: mining in the Bodie

13 Bowl area may have adverse physical and aesthetic

14 impacts on Bodie’s historical integrity, cultural val15 ues, and ghosttown character as well as on its rec16 reational values and the area’s flora and fauna;

17 (6) the California State Legislature, on Septem18 ber 4, 1990, requested the President and the Congress

19 to direct the Secretary of the Interior to protect the

20 ghosttown character, ambience, historic buildings, and

21 scenic attributes of the town of Bodie and nearby

22 areas;

23 (7) the California State Legislature also re24 quested the Secretary, if necessary to protect the Bodie
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1 Bowl area, to withdraw the Federal lands within the

2 area from all forms of mineral entry and patent;

3 (8) the National Park Service listed Bodie as a

4 priority one endangered National Historic Landmark

5 in its fiscal year 1990 and 1991 report to Congress

6 entitled ‘‘Threatened and Damaged National Historic

7 Landmarks’’ and recommended protection of the

8 Bodie area; and

9 (9) it is necessary and appropriate to provide

10 that all Federal lands within the Bodie Bowl area are

11 not subject to location, entry, and patent under the

12 mining laws of the United States, subject to valid ex13 isting rights, and to direct the Secretary to consult

14 with the Governor of the State of California before ap15 proving any mining activity plan within the Bodie

16 Bowl.

17 SEC. 1003. DEFINITIONS.

18 For purposes of this title:

19 (1) The term ‘‘Bodie Bowl’’ means the Federal

20 lands and interests in lands within the area generally

21 depicted on the map referred to in section 1004(a).

22 (2) The term ‘‘mineral activities’’ means any ac23 tivity involving mineral prospecting, exploration, ex24 traction, milling, beneficiation, processing, and rec25 lamation.
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1 (3) The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary of

2 the Interior.

3 SEC. 1004. APPLICABILITY OF MINERAL MINING, LEASING

4 AND DISPOSAL LAWS.

5 (a) RESTRICTION.—Subject to valid existing rights,

6 after the date of enactment of this title Federal lands and

7 interests in lands within the area generally depicted on the

8 map entitled ‘‘Bodie Bowl’’ and dated June 12, 1992, shall

9 not be—

10 (1) open to the entry or location of mining and

11 mill site claims under the general mining laws of the

12 United States;

13 (2) subject to any lease under the Mineral Leas14 ing Act (30 U.S.C. 181 and following) or the Geo15 thermal Steam Act of 1970 (30 U.S.C. 100 and fol16 lowing), for lands within the Bodie Bowl; and

17 (3) available for disposal of mineral materials

18 under the Act of July 31, 1947, commonly known as

19 the Materials Act of 1947 (30 U.S.C. 601 and follow20 ing).

21 Such map shall be on file and available for public inspec22 tion in the Office of the Secretary, and appropriate offices

23 of the Bureau of Land Management and the National Park

24 Service. As soon as practicable after the date of enactment
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1 of this title, the Secretary shall publish a legal description

2 of the Bodie Bowl area in the Federal Register.

3 (b) VALID EXISTING RIGHTS.—As used in this sub4 section, the term ‘‘valid existing rights’’ in reference to the

5 general mining laws means that a mining claim located

6 on lands within the Bodie Bowl was properly located and

7 maintained under the general mining laws prior to the date

8 of enactment of this title, was supported by a discovery of

9 a valuable mineral deposit within the meaning of the gen10 eral mining laws on the date of enactment of this title, and

11 that such claim continues to be valid.

12 (c) VALIDITY REVIEW.—The Secretary shall undertake

13 an expedited program to determine the validity of all

14 unpatented mining claims located within the Bodie Bowl.

15 The expedited program shall include an examination of all

16 unpatented mining claims, including those for which a pat17 ent application has not been filed. If a claim is determined

18 to be invalid, the Secretary shall promptly declare the claim

19 to be null and void, except that the Secretary shall not chal20 lenge the validity of any claim located within the Bodie

21 Bowl for the failure to do assessment work for any period

22 after the date of enactment of this title. The Secretary shall

23 make a determination with respect to the validity of each

24 claim referred to under this subsection within 2 years after

25 the date of enactment of this title.
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1 (d) LIMITATION ON PATENT ISSUANCE.—

2 (1) MINING CLAIMS.—(A) After January 11,

3 1993, no patent shall be issued by the United States

4 for any mining claim located under the general min5 ing laws within the Bodie Bowl unless the Secretary

6 determines that, for the claim concerned—

7 (i) a patent application was filed with the

8 Secretary on or before such date; and

9 (ii) all requirements established under sec10 tions 2325 and 2326 of the Revised Statutes (30

11 U.S.C. 29 and 30) for vein or lode claims and

12 sections 2329, 2330, 2331, and 2333 of the Re13 vised Statutes (30 U.S.C. 35, 36, 37) for placer

14 claims were fully complied with by that date.

15 (B) If the Secretary makes the determinations

16 referred to in subparagraph (A) for any mining

17 claim, the holder of the claim shall be entitled to the

18 issuance of a patent in the same manner and degree

19 to which such claim holder would have been entitled

20 to prior to the enactment of this title, unless and

21 until such determinations are withdrawn or invali22 dated by the Secretary or by a court of the United

23 States.

24 (2) MILL SITE CLAIMS.—(A) After January 11,

25 1993, no patent shall be issued by the United States
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1 for any mill site claim located under the general min2 ing laws within the Bodie Bowl unless the Secretary

3 determines that, for the claim concerned—

4 (i) a patent application was filed with the

5 Secretary on or before January 11, 1993; and

6 (ii) all requirements applicable to such pat7 ent application were fully complied with by that

8 date.

9 (B) If the Secretary makes the determinations

10 referred to in subparagraph (A) for any mill site

11 claim, the holder of the claim shall be entitled to the

12 issuance of a patent in the same manner and degree

13 to which such claim holder would have been entitled

14 to prior to the enactment of this title, unless and

15 until such determinations are withdrawn or invali16 dated by the Secretary or by a court of the United

17 States.

18 SEC. 1005. MINERAL ACTIVITIES.

19 (a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding the last sentence

20 of section 302(b) of the Federal Land Policy and Manage21 ment Act of 1976, and in accordance with this title and

22 other applicable law, the Secretary shall require that min23 eral activities be conducted in the Bodie Bowl so as to—
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1 (1) avoid adverse effects on the historic, cultural,

2 recreational and natural resource values of the Bodie

3 Bowl; and

4 (2) minimize other adverse impacts to the envi5 ronment.

6 (b) RESTORATION OF EFFECTS OF MINING EXPLO7 RATION.—As soon as possible after the date of enactment

8 of this title, visible evidence or other effects of mining explo9 ration activity within the Bodie Bowl conducted on or after

10 September 1, 1988, shall be reclaimed by the operator in

11 accordance with regulations prescribed pursuant to sub12 section (d).

13 (c) ANNUAL EXPENDITURES; FILING.—The require14 ments for annual expenditures on unpatented mining

15 claims imposed by Revised Statute 2324 (30 U.S.C. 28)

16 shall not apply to any such claim located within the Bodie

17 Bowl. In lieu of filing the affidavit of assessment work re18 ferred to under section 314(a)(1) of the Federal Land Policy

19 and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1744(a)(1)), the

20 holder of any unpatented mining or mill site claim located

21 within the Bodie Bowl shall only be required to file the no22 tice of intention to hold the mining claim referred to in

23 such section 314(a)(1).

24 (d) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary shall promulgate

25 rules to implement this section, in consultation with the
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1 Governor of the State of California, within 180 days after

2 the date of enactment of this title. Such rules shall be no

3 less stringent than the rules promulgated pursuant to the

4 Act of September 28, 1976 entitled ‘‘An Act to provide for

5 the regulation of mining activity within, and to repeal the

6 application of mining laws to, areas of the National Park

7 System, and for other purposes’’ (Public Law 94–429; 16

8 U.S.C. 1901–1912).

9 SEC. 1006. STUDY.

10 Beginning as soon as possible after the date of enact11 ment of this title, the Secretary of the Interior shall review

12 possible actions to preserve the scenic character, historical

13 integrity, cultural and recreational values, flora and fauna,

14 and ghost town characteristics of lands and structures with15 in the Bodie Bowl. No later than 3 years after the date

16 of such enactment, the Secretary shall submit to the Com17 mittee on Natural Resources of the United States House of

18 Representatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural

19 Resources of the United States Senate a report that dis20 cusses the results of such review and makes recommenda21 tions as to which steps (including but not limited to acqui22 sition of lands or valid mining claims) should be under23 taken in order to achieve these objectives.

Amend the title so as to read: ‘‘An Act to designate

certain lands in the California Desert as wilderness, to

establish the Death Valley and Joshua Tree National
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Parks and the Mojave National Monument, and for other

purposes.’’.

Attest:

Clerk.

103D CONGRESS

2D SESSION S. 21

AMENDMENTS