Calendar No. 248

103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION S. 21

[Report No. 103–165]

A BILL

To designate certain lands in the California Desert

purposes.Tree, and Mojave National Parks, and for otheras wilderness, to establish Death Valley, Joshua

OCTOBER 26 (legislative day, OCTOBER 13), 1993

Reported with an amendment
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Calendar No. 248

103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION S. 21

[Report No. 103–165]

To designate certain lands in the California Desert as wilderness, to establish

Death Valley, Joshua Tree, and Mojave National Parks, and for other

purposes.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

JANUARY 21 (legislative day, JANUARY 5), 1993

Ms. FEINSTEIN (for herself, Mrs. BOXER, Mr. AKAKA, Mr. BINGAMAN, Mr.

BOREN, Mr. BRYAN, Mr. FEINGOLD, Mr. HARKIN, Mr. KENNEDY, Mr.

KOHL, Mr. LAUTENBERG, Mr. LEAHY, Mr. METZENBAUM, Ms. MIKULSKI, Ms. MURRAY, Mr. NUNN, Mr. PELL, Mr. REID, Mr. ROCKEFELLER,

Mr. SIMON, Mr. WELLSTONE, Mr. WOFFORD, Mr. JEFFORDS, Ms.

MOSELEY-BRAUN, Mr. KRUEGER, Mr. GRAHAM, Mr. BIDEN, Mr. SARBANES, Mr. LIEBERMAN, Mr. EXON, Mr. KERRY, Mr. DECONCINI, Mr.

KERREY, Mr. BRADLEY, Mr. DASCHLE, Mr. MATHEWS, and Mr. MOYNIHAN) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred

to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

OCTOBER 26 (legislative day, OCTOBER 13), 1993

Reported by Mr. JOHNSTON, with an amendment

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic]

A BILL

To designate certain lands in the California Desert as wilderness, to establish Death Valley, Joshua Tree, and Mojave

National Parks, and for other purposes.
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1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 That this Act may be cited as the ‘‘California Desert Pro4 tection Act of 1993’’.

5 FINDINGS AND POLICY

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

7 (1) the federally owned desert lands of southern

8 California constitute a public wildland resource of

9 extraordinary and inestimable value for this and fu10 ture generations;

11 (2) these desert wildlands display unique scenic,

12 historical, archeological, environmental, ecological,

13 wildlife, cultural, scientific, educational, and rec14 reational values used and enjoyed by millions of

15 Americans for hiking and camping, scientific study

16 and scenic appreciation;

17 (3) the public land resources of the California

18 desert now face and are increasingly threatened by

19 adverse pressures which would impair, dilute, and

20 destroy their public and natural values;

21 (4) the California desert, embracing wilderness

22 lands, units of the National Park System, other

23 Federal lands, State parks and other State lands,

24 and private lands, constitutes a cohesive unit posing

25 unique and difficult resource protection and manage26 ment challenges;
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1 (5) through designation of national monuments

2 by Presidential proclamation, through enactment of

3 general public land statutes (including section 601

4 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of

5 1976, 90 Stat. 2743, 43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) and

6 through interim administrative actions, the Federal

7 government has begun the process of appropriately

8 providing for protection of the significant resources

9 of the public lands in the California desert; and

10 (6) statutory land unit designations are needed

11 to afford the full protection which the resources and

12 public land values of the California desert merit.

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

14 and future generations an enduring heritage of wilderness,

15 national parks, and public land values in the California

16 desert, it is hereby declared to be the policy of the Con17 gress that—

18 (1) appropriate public lands in the California

19 desert shall be included within the National Park

20 System and the National Wilderness Preservation

21 System, in order to—

22 (A) preserve unrivaled scenic, geologic, and

23 wildlife values associated with these unique nat24 ural landscapes;
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1 (B) perpetuate in their natural state sig2 nificant and diverse ecosystems of the Califor3 nia desert;

4 (C) protect and preserve historical and cul5 tural values of the California desert associated

6 with ancient Indian cultures, patterns of west7 ern exploration and settlement, and sites exem8 plifying the mining, ranching and railroading

9 history of the Old West;

10 (D) provide opportunities for compatible

11 outdoor public recreation, protect and interpret

12 ecological and geological features and historic,

13 paleontological, and archeological sites, main14 tain wilderness resource values, and promote

15 public understanding and appreciation of the

16 California desert; and

17 (E) retain and enhance opportunities for

18 scientific research in undisturbed ecosystems.

19 TITLE I—WILDERNESS ADDITIONS

20 FINDINGS

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

22 (1) wilderness is a distinguishing characteristic

23 of the public lands in the California desert, one

24 which affords an unrivaled opportunity for experi25 encing vast areas of the Old West essentially
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1 unaltered by man’s activities, and which merits pres2 ervation for the benefit of present and future gen3 erations;

4 (2) the wilderness values of desert lands are in5 creasingly threatened by and especially vulnerable to

6 impairment, alteration, and destruction by activities

7 and intrusions associated with incompatible use and

8 development; and

9 (3) preservation of desert wilderness necessarily

10 requires the highest forms of protective designation

11 and management.

12 DESIGNATION OF WILDERNESS

13 SEC. 102. In furtherance of the purpose of the Wil14 derness Act (78 Stat. 890, 16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), and

15 sections 601 and 603 of the Federal Land Policy and

16 Management Act of 1976 (90 Stat. 2743, 43 U.S.C. 1701

17 et seq.), the following lands in the State of California, as

18 generally depicted on maps, referenced herein, dated Feb19 ruary 1986 (except as otherwise dated), are hereby des20 ignated as wilderness, and therefore, as components of the

21 National Wilderness Preservation System:

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

24 which comprise approximately seventy-four thousand

25 eight hundred and ninety acres, as generally de26 picted on a map entitled ‘‘Argus Range Wilder-
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1 ness—Proposed 1’’, dated May 1991, and two maps

2 entitled ‘‘Argus Range Wilderness—Proposed 2’’

3 and ‘‘Argus Range Wilderness—Proposed 3’’ dated

4 January 1989, and which shall be known as the

5 Argus Range Wilderness.

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

8 which comprise approximately ten thousand three

9 hundred and eighty acres, as generally depicted on

10 a map entitled ‘‘Bigelow Cholla Garden Wilder11 ness—Proposed’’, dated October 1991, and which

12 shall be known as the Bigelow Cholla Garden Wil13 derness.

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

16 and within the San Bernardino National Forest,

17 which comprise approximately thirty-nine thousand

18 two hundred acres, as generally depicted on a map

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

20 dated September 1991, and which shall be known as

21 the Bighorn Mountain Wilderness.

22 (4) Certain lands in the California Desert Con23 servation Area and the Yuma District, of the Bu24 reau of Land Management, which comprise approxi25 mately forty-seven thousand five hundred and sev-
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1 enty acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled

2 ‘‘Big Maria Mountains Wilderness—Proposed’’, and

3 which shall be known as the Big Maria Mountains

4 Wilderness.

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

7 which comprise thirteen thousand nine hundred and

8 forty acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled

9 ‘‘Black Mountain Wilderness—Proposed’’, and which

10 shall be known as the Black Mountain Wilderness.

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

13 which comprise approximately nine thousand five

14 hundred and twenty acres, as generally depicted on

15 a map entitled ‘‘Bright Star Wilderness—Proposed’’,

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

17 Bright Star Wilderness.

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

20 which comprise approximately sixty-eight thousand

21 five hundred and fifteen acres, as generally depicted

22 on two maps entitled ‘‘Bristol Mountains Wilder23 ness—Proposed 1’’, and ‘‘Bristol Mountains Wilder24 ness—Proposed 2’’, dated September 1991, and
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1 which shall be known as Bristol Mountains Wilder2 ness.

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

5 which comprise approximately forty-two thousand six

6 hundred and forty acres, as generally depicted on a

7 map entitled ‘‘Cadiz Dunes Wilderness—Proposed’’,

8 and which shall be known as the Cadiz Dunes Wil9 derness.

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

12 which comprise approximately eighty-five thousand

13 nine hundred and seventy acres, as generally de14 picted on a map entitled ‘‘Cady Mountains Wilder15 ness—Proposed’’, dated July 1992, and which shall

16 be known as the Cady Mountains Wilderness.

17 (10) Certain lands in the California Desert

18 Conservation Area and Eastern San Diego County,

19 of the Bureau of Land Management, which comprise

20 approximately fifteen thousand seven hundred acres,

21 as generally depicted on a map entitled ‘‘Carrizo

22 Gorge Wilderness—Proposed’’, and which shall be

23 known as the Carrizo Gorge Wilderness.

24 (11) Certain lands in the California Desert

25 Conservation Area and Yuma District, of the Bu-
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1 reau of Land Management, which comprise approxi2 mately sixty-four thousand six hundred and forty

3 acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled

4 ‘‘Chemehuevi Mountains Wilderness—Proposed’’,

5 dated October 1991, and which shall be known as

6 the Chemehuevi Mountains Wilderness.

7 (12) Certain lands in the Bakersfield District,

8 of the Bureau of Land Management, which comprise

9 approximately thirteen thousand seven hundred

10 acres, as generally depicted on two maps entitled

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

12 ‘‘Chimney Peak Wilderness—Proposed 2’’, dated

13 May 1991, and which shall be known as the Chim14 ney Peak Wilderness.

15 (13) Certain lands in the California Desert

16 Conservation Area, of the Bureau of Land Manage17 ment, which comprise approximately eighty thousand

18 seven hundred and seventy acres, as generally de19 picted on two maps entitled ‘‘Chuckwalla Mountains

20 Wilderness—Proposed 1’’ and ‘‘Chuckwalla Moun21 tains Wilderness—Proposed 2’’, dated July 1992,

22 and which shall be known as the Chuckwalla Moun23 tains Wilderness.

24 (14) Certain lands in the California Desert

25 Conservation Area, of the Bureau of Land Manage-
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1 ment, which comprise thirty-four thousand three

2 hundred and eighty acres, as generally depicted on

3 a map entitled ‘‘Cleghorn Lakes Wilderness—Pro4 posed’’, dated September 1991, and which shall be

5 known as the Cleghorn Lakes Wilderness. The Sec6 retary may, pursuant to an application filed by the

7 Department of Defense, grant a right-of-way for,

8 and authorize construction of, a road within the area

9 depicted as ‘‘non-wilderness road corridor’’ on such

10 map.

11 (15) Certain lands in the California Desert

12 Conservation Area, of the Bureau of Land Manage13 ment, which comprise approximately forty thousand

14 acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled ‘‘Clip15 per Mountain Wilderness—Proposed’’, dated May

16 1991, and which shall be known as Clipper Moun17 tain Wilderness.

18 (16) Certain lands in the California Desert

19 Conservation Area, of the Bureau of Land Manage20 ment, which comprise approximately fifty thousand

21 five hundred and twenty acres, as generally depicted

22 on a map entitled ‘‘Coso Range Wilderness—Pro23 posed’’, dated May 1991, and which shall be known

24 as Coso Range Wilderness.
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1 (17) Certain lands in the California Desert

2 Conservation Area, of the Bureau of Land Manage3 ment, which comprise approximately eighteen thou4 sand six hundred acres, as generally depicted on a

5 map entitled ‘‘Coyote Mountains Wilderness—Pro6 posed’’, dated May 1991, and which shall be known

7 as Coyote Mountains Wilderness.

8 (18) Certain lands in the California Desert

9 Conservation Area, of the Bureau of Land Manage10 ment, which comprise approximately eight thousand

11 six hundred acres, as generally depicted on a map

12 entitled ‘‘Darwin Falls Wilderness—Proposed’’,

13 dated May 1991, and which shall be known as Dar14 win Falls Wilderness.

15 (19) Certain lands in the California Desert

16 Conservation Area and the Yuma District, of the

17 Bureau of Land Management, which comprise ap18 proximately forty-eight thousand eight hundred and

19 fifty acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled

20 ‘‘Dead Mountains Wilderness—Proposed’’, dated

21 October 1991, and which shall be known as Dead

22 Mountains Wilderness.

23 (20) Certain lands in the Bakersfield District,

24 of the Bureau of Land Management, which comprise

25 approximately thirty-six thousand three hundred
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1 acres, as generally depicted on two maps entitled

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

3 ‘‘Domeland Wilderness Additions—Proposed 2’’, and

4 which are hereby incorporated in, and which shall be

5 deemed to be a part of, the Domeland Wilderness as

6 designated by Public Laws 93–632 and 98–425.

7 (21) Certain lands in the California Desert

8 Conservation Area, of the Bureau of Land Manage9 ment, which comprise approximately sixteen thou10 sand one hundred acres, as generally depicted on a

11 map entitled ‘‘El Paso Mountains Wilderness—Pro12 posed’’, and which shall be known as the El Paso

13 Mountains Wilderness.

14 (22) Certain lands in the California Desert

15 Conservation Area, of the Bureau of Land Manage16 ment, which comprise approximately twenty-six

17 thousand three hundred acres, as generally depicted

18 on a map entitled ‘‘Fish Creek Mountains Wilder19 ness—Proposed’’, dated May 1991, and which shall

20 be known as Fish Creek Mountains Wilderness.

21 (23) Certain lands in the California Desert

22 Conservation Area, of the Bureau of Land Manage23 ment, which comprise approximately twenty-eight

24 thousand one hundred and ten acres, as generally

25 depicted on a map entitled ‘‘Funeral Mountains Wil-
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1 derness—Proposed’’, dated May 1991, and which

2 shall be known as Funeral Mountains Wilderness.

3 (24) Certain lands in the California Desert

4 Conservation Area, of the Bureau of Land Manage5 ment, which comprise approximately thirty-seven

6 thousand seven hundred acres, as generally depicted

7 on a map entitled ‘‘Golden Valley Wilderness—Pro8 posed’’, and which shall be known as Golden Valley

9 Wilderness.

10 (25) Certain lands in the California Desert

11 Conservation Area, of the Bureau of Land Manage12 ment, which comprise approximately thirty-one thou13 sand seven hundred and twenty acres, as generally

14 depicted on a map entitled ‘‘Grass Valley Wilder15 ness—Proposed’’, and which shall be known as the

16 Grass Valley Wilderness.

17 (26) Certain lands in the California Desert

18 Conservation Area, of the Bureau of Land Manage19 ment, which comprise approximately eight thousand

20 eight hundred acres, as generally depicted on a map

21 entitled ‘‘Great Falls Basin Wilderness—Proposed’’,

22 and which shall be known as the Great Falls Basin

23 Wilderness.

24 (27) Certain lands in the California Desert

25 Conservation Area, of the Bureau of Land Manage-
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1 ment, which comprise approximately twenty-two

2 thousand two hundred and forty acres, as generally

3 depicted on a map entitled ‘‘Hollow Hills Wilder4 ness—Proposed’’, dated May 1991, and which shall

5 be known as the Hollow Hills Wilderness.

6 (28) Certain lands in the California Desert

7 Conservation Area, of the Bureau of Land Manage8 ment, which comprise approximately twenty-six

9 thousand four hundred and sixty acres, as generally

10 depicted on a map entitled ‘‘Ibex Wilderness—Pro11 posed’’, dated May 1991, and which shall be known

12 as the Ibex Wilderness.

13 (29) Certain lands in the California Desert

14 Conservation Area, of the Bureau of Land Manage15 ment, which comprise approximately thirty-five thou16 sand and fifteen acres, as generally depicted on a

17 map entitled ‘‘Indian Pass Wilderness—Proposed’’,

18 dated October 1991, and which shall be known as

19 the Indian Pass Wilderness.

20 (30) Certain lands in the California Desert

21 Conservation Area and the Bakersfield District, of

22 the Bureau of Land Management, and within the

23 Inyo National Forest, which comprise approximately

24 two hundred and five thousand and twenty acres, as

25 generally depicted on three maps entitled ‘‘Inyo
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1 Mountains Wilderness—Proposed’’, numbered in the

2 title one through three, and dated May 1991, and

3 which shall be known as the Inyo Mountains Wilder4 ness.

5 (31) Certain lands in the California Desert

6 Conservation Area, of the Bureau of Land Manage7 ment, which comprise approximately thirty-four

8 thousand five hundred and fifty acres, as generally

9 depicted on a map entitled ‘‘Jacumba Wilderness—

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

11 known as the Jacumba Wilderness.

12 (32) Certain lands in the California Desert

13 Conservation Area, of the Bureau of Land Manage14 ment, which comprise approximately one hundred

15 and twenty-nine thousand five hundred and eighty

16 acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled ‘‘Kelso

17 Dunes Wilderness—Proposed 1’’, dated October

18 1991, a map entitled ‘‘Kelso Dunes Wilderness—

19 Proposed 2’’, dated May 1991, and a map entitled

20 ‘‘Kelso Dunes Wilderness—Proposed 3’’, dated Sep21 tember 1991, and which shall be known as the Kelso

22 Dunes Wilderness.

23 (33) Certain lands in the California Desert

24 Conservation Area, of the Bureau of Land Manage25 ment, and the Sequoia National Forest, which com-
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1 prise approximately eighty-eight thousand two hun2 dred and ninety acres, as generally depicted on a

3 map entitled ‘‘Kiavah Wilderness—Proposed 1’’,

4 dated February 1986, and a map entitled ‘‘Kiavah

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

6 which shall be known as the Kiavah Wilderness.

7 (34) Certain lands in the California Desert

8 Conservation Area, of the Bureau of Land Manage9 ment, which comprise approximately two hundred

10 forty-nine thousand and three hundred and sixty11 eight acres, as generally depicted on two maps enti12 tled ‘‘Kingston Range Wilderness—Proposed 2’’,

13 dated October 1991, and ‘‘Kingston Range Wilder14 ness—Proposed 4’’, dated January 1989, and two

15 maps entitled ‘‘Kingston Range Wilderness—Pro16 posed 1’’ and ‘‘Kingston Range Wilderness—Pro17 posed 3’’, dated May 1991, and which shall be

18 known as the Kingston Range Wilderness.

19 (35) Certain lands in the California Desert

20 Conservation Area, of the Bureau of Land Manage21 ment, which comprise approximately forty-six thou22 sand four hundred and sixty acres, as generally de23 picted on a map entitled ‘‘Little Chuckwalla Moun24 tains Wilderness—Proposed’’, dated October 1991,
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1 and which shall be known as the Little Chuckwalla

2 Mountains Wilderness.

3 (36) Certain lands in the California Desert

4 Conservation Area and the Yuma District, of the

5 Bureau of Land Management, which comprise ap6 proximately thirty-six thousand four hundred and

7 forty acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled

8 ‘‘Little Picacho Wilderness—Proposed’’, dated Octo9 ber 1991, and which shall be known as the Little

10 Picacho Wilderness.

11 (37) Certain lands in the California Desert

12 Conservation Area, of the Bureau of Land Manage13 ment, which comprise approximately thirty-two thou14 sand three hundred and sixty acres, as generally de15 picted on a map entitled ‘‘Malpais Mesa Wilder16 ness—Proposed’’, dated September 1991, and which

17 shall be known as the Malpais Mesa Wilderness.

18 (38) Certain lands in the California Desert

19 Conservation Area, of the Bureau of Land Manage20 ment, which comprise approximately sixteen thou21 sand one hundred and five acres, as generally de22 picted on a map entitled ‘‘Manly Peak Wilderness—

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

24 known as the Manly Peak Wilderness.
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1 (39) Certain lands in the California Desert

2 Conservation Area, of the Bureau of Land Manage3 ment, which comprise approximately twenty-four

4 thousand two hundred and eighty acres, as generally

5 depicted on a map entitled ‘‘Mecca Hills Wilder6 ness—Proposed’’, dated October 1991, and which

7 shall be known as the Mecca Hills Wilderness.

8 (40) Certain lands in the California Desert

9 Conservation Area, of the Bureau of Land Manage10 ment, which comprise approximately forty-seven

11 thousand three hundred and thirty acres, as gen12 erally depicted on a map entitled ‘‘Mesquite Wilder13 ness—Proposed’’, dated May 1991, and which shall

14 be known as the Mesquite Wilderness.

15 (41) Certain lands in the California Desert

16 Conservation Area, of the Bureau of Land Manage17 ment, which comprise approximately twenty-two

18 thousand nine hundred acres, as generally depicted

19 on a map entitled ‘‘Newberry Mountains Wilder20 ness—Proposed’’, and which shall be known as the

21 Newberry Mountains Wilderness.

22 (42) Certain lands in the California Desert

23 Conservation Area, of the Bureau of Land Manage24 ment, which comprise approximately one hundred

25 ten thousand eight hundred and eighty acres, as
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1 generally depicted on a map entitled ‘‘Nopah Range

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

3 shall be known as the Nopah Range Wilderness.

4 (43) Certain lands in the California Desert

5 Conservation Area, of the Bureau of Land Manage6 ment, which comprise approximately thirty-two thou7 sand two hundred and forty acres, as generally de8 picted on a map entitled ‘‘North Algodones Dunes

9 Wilderness—Proposed’’, dated October 1991, and

10 which shall be known as the North Algodones Dunes

11 Wilderness.

12 (44) Certain lands in the California Desert

13 Conservation Area, of the Bureau of Land Manage14 ment, which comprise approximately twenty-five

15 thousand five hundred and forty acres, as generally

16 depicted on a map entitled ‘‘North Mesquite Moun17 tains Wilderness—Proposed’’, dated May 1991, and

18 which shall be known as the North Mesquite Moun19 tains Wilderness.

20 (45) Certain lands in the California Desert

21 Conservation Area, of the Bureau of Land Manage22 ment, which comprise approximately one hundred

23 forty-six thousand and seventy acres, as generally

24 depicted on a map entitled ‘‘Old Woman Mountains

25 Wilderness—Proposed 1’’, dated May 1991 and a
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1 map entitled ‘‘Old Woman Mountains Wilderness—

2 Proposed 2’’, dated October 1991, and which shall

3 be known as the Old Woman Mountains Wilderness.

4 (46) Certain lands in the California Desert

5 Conservation Area, of the Bureau of Land Manage6 ment, which comprise approximately forty thousand

7 seven hundred and seventy acres, as generally de8 picted on a map entitled ‘‘Orocopia Mountains Wil9 derness—Proposed’’, dated July 1992, and which

10 shall be known as the Orocopia Mountains Wilder11 ness.

12 (47) Certain lands in the California Desert

13 Conservation Area and the Bakersfield District, of

14 the Bureau of Land Management, which comprise

15 approximately seventy-four thousand six hundred

16 and forty acres, as generally depicted on a map enti17 tled ‘‘Owens Peak Wilderness—Proposed 1’’, dated

18 February 1986, and two maps entitled ‘‘Owens Peak

19 Wilderness—Proposed 2’’ and ‘‘Owens Peak Wilder20 ness—Proposed 3’’, dated May 1991, and which

21 shall be known as the Owens Peak Wilderness.

22 (48) Certain lands in the California Desert

23 Conservation Area, of the Bureau of Land Manage24 ment, which comprise approximately seventy-four

25 thousand eight hundred acres, as generally depicted
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1 on a map entitled ‘‘Pahrump Valley Wilderness—

2 Proposed’’, and which shall be known as the

3 Pahrump Valley Wilderness.

4 (49) Certain lands in the California Desert

5 Conservation Area, of the Bureau of Land Manage6 ment, which comprise approximately two hundred

7 fourteen thousand one hundred and forty-nine acres,

8 as generally depicted on a map entitled ‘‘Palen/

9 McCoy Wilderness—Proposed 1’’, dated May 1991,

10 and a map entitled ‘‘Palen/McCoy Wilderness—Pro11 posed 2’’, dated February 1986, and which shall be

12 known as the Palen/McCoy Wilderness.

13 (50) Certain lands in the California Desert

14 Conservation Area, of the Bureau of Land Manage15 ment, which comprise approximately thirty-two thou16 sand three hundred and twenty acres, as generally

17 depicted on a map entitled ‘‘Palo Verde Mountains

18 Wilderness—Proposed’’, dated January 1987, and

19 which shall be known as the Palo Verde Mountains

20 Wilderness.

21 (51) Certain lands in the California Desert

22 Conservation Area, of the Bureau of Land Manage23 ment, which comprise approximately seven thousand

24 seven hundred acres, as generally depicted on a map

25 entitled ‘‘Picacho Peak Wilderness—Proposed’’,
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1 dated May 1991, and which shall be known as the

2 Picacho Peak Wilderness.

3 (52) Certain lands in the California Desert

4 Conservation Area, of the Bureau of Land Manage5 ment, which comprise approximately seventy-two

6 thousand six hundred acres, as generally depicted on

7 a map entitled ‘‘Piper Mountain Wilderness—Pro8 posed’’, dated May 1991, and which shall be known

9 as the Piper Mountain Wilderness.

10 (53) Certain lands in the California Desert

11 Conservation Area, of the Bureau of Land Manage12 ment, which comprise approximately thirty-seven

13 thousand eight hundred acres, as generally depicted

14 on a map entitled ‘‘Piute Mountains Wilderness—

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

16 known as the Piute Mountains Wilderness.

17 (54) Certain lands in the California Desert

18 Conservation Area, of the Bureau of Land Manage19 ment, which comprise approximately seventy-eight

20 thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight acres, as

21 generally depicted on a map entitled ‘‘Resting

22 Spring Range Wilderness—Proposed’’, dated May

23 1991, and which shall be known as the Resting

24 Spring Range Wilderness.
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1 (55) Certain lands in the California Desert

2 Conservation Area, of the Bureau of Land Manage3 ment, which comprise approximately forty thousand

4 eight hundred and twenty acres, as generally de5 picted on a map entitled ‘‘Rice Valley Wilderness—

6 Proposed’’, dated May 1991, and which shall be

7 known as the Rice Valley Wilderness.

8 (56) Certain lands in the California Desert

9 Conservation Area and the Yuma District, of the

10 Bureau of Land Management, which comprise ap11 proximately twenty-two thousand three hundred

12 eighty acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled

13 ‘‘Riverside Mountains Wilderness—Proposed’’, dated

14 May 1991, and which shall be known as the River15 side Mountains Wilderness.

16 (57) Certain lands in the California Desert

17 Conservation Area, of the Bureau of Land Manage18 ment, which comprise approximately twenty-seven

19 thousand seven hundred acres, as generally depicted

20 on a map entitled ‘‘Rodman Mountains Wilder21 ness—Proposed’’, dated January 1989, and which

22 shall be known as the Rodman Mountains Wilder23 ness.

24 (58) Certain lands in the California Desert

25 Conservation Area and the Bakersfield District, of
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1 the Bureau of Land Management, which comprise

2 approximately fifty-one thousand nine hundred

3 acres, as generally depicted on two maps entitled

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

5 ‘‘Sacatar Trail Wilderness—Proposed 2’’, dated May

6 1991, and which shall be known as the Sacatar Trail

7 Wilderness.

8 (59) Certain lands in the California Desert

9 Conservation Area, of the Bureau of Land Manage10 ment, which comprise approximately one thousand

11 eight hundred acres, as generally depicted on a map

12 entitled ‘‘Saddle Peak Hills Wilderness—Proposed’’,

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

14 Saddle Peak Hills Wilderness.

15 (60) Certain lands in the California Desert

16 Conservation Area, of the Bureau of Land Manage17 ment, which comprise approximately thirty-three

18 thousand five hundred acres, as generally depicted

19 on a map entitled ‘‘San Gorgonio Wilderness Addi20 tions—Proposed’’, and which are hereby incor21 porated in, and which shall be deemed to be a part

22 of, the San Gorgonio Wilderness as designated by

23 Public Laws 88–577 and 98–425.

24 (61) Certain lands in the California Desert

25 Conservation Area, of the Bureau of Land Manage-
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1 ment, which comprise approximately fifty-three thou2 sand two hundred and forty acres, as generally de3 picted on a map entitled ‘‘Santa Rosa Wilderness

4 Additions—Proposed’’, dated May 1991, and which

5 are hereby incorporated in, and which shall be

6 deemed to be a part of, the Santa Rosa Wilderness

7 designated by Public Laws 98–425.

8 (62) Certain lands in the California Desert Dis9 trict, of the Bureau of Land Management, which

10 comprise approximately thirty-five thousand four

11 hundred acres, as generally depicted on a map enti12 tled ‘‘Sawtooth Mountains Wilderness—Proposed’’,

13 and which shall be known as the Sawtooth Moun14 tains Wilderness.

15 (63) Certain lands in the California Desert

16 Conservation Area, of the Bureau of Land Manage17 ment, which comprise approximately one hundred

18 seventy-four thousand eight hundred acres, as gen19 erally depicted on two maps entitled ‘‘Sheephole Val20 ley Wilderness—Proposed 1’’, dated October 1991,

21 and ‘‘Sheephole Valley Wilderness—Proposed 2’’,

22 dated February 1986, and which shall be known as

23 the Sheephole Valley Wilderness.

24 (64) Certain lands in the California Desert

25 Conservation Area, of the Bureau of Land Manage-
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1 ment, which comprise approximately sixty-one thou2 sand six hundred and thirty acres, as generally de3 picted on a map entitled ‘‘South Algodones Dunes

4 Wilderness—Proposed’’, dated January 1989, and

5 which shall be known as the South Algodones Dunes

6 Wilderness.

7 (65) Certain lands in the California Desert

8 Conservation Area, of the Bureau of Land Manage9 ment, which comprise approximately sixteen thou10 sand seven hundred and eighty acres, as generally

11 depicted on a map entitled ‘‘South Nopah Range

12 Wilderness—Proposed’’, and which shall be known

13 as the South Nopah Range Wilderness.

14 (66) Certain lands in the California Desert

15 Conservation Area, of the Bureau of Land Manage16 ment, which comprise approximately seven thou17 sands and fifty acres, as generally depicted on a

18 map entitled ‘‘Stateline Wilderness—Proposed’’,

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

20 Stateline Wilderness.

21 (67) Certain lands in the California Desert

22 Conservation Area, of the Bureau of Land Manage23 ment, which comprise approximately eighty-one

24 thousand six hundred acres, as generally depicted on

25 a map entitled ‘‘Stepladder Mountains Wilderness—
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1 Proposed’’, and which shall be known as the Step2 ladder Mountains Wilderness.

3 (68) Certain lands in the California Desert

4 Conservation Area, of the Bureau of Land Manage5 ment, which comprise approximately twenty-nine

6 thousand one hundred and eighty acres, as generally

7 depicted on a map entitled ‘‘Surprise Canyon Wil8 derness—Proposed’’, dated September 1991, and

9 which shall be known as the Surprise Canyon Wil10 derness.

11 (69) Certain lands in the California Desert

12 Conservation Area, of the Bureau of Land Manage13 ment, which comprise approximately seventeen thou14 sand eight hundred and twenty acres, as generally

15 depicted on a map entitled ‘‘Sylvania Mountains

16 Wilderness—Proposed’’, and which shall be known

17 as the Sylvania Mountains Wilderness.

18 (70) Certain lands in the California Desert

19 Conservation Area, of the Bureau of Land Manage20 ment, which comprise approximately thirty-three

21 thousand seven hundred and twenty acres, as gen22 erally depicted on a map entitled ‘‘Trilobite Wilder23 ness—Proposed’’, dated May 1991, and which shall

24 be known as the Trilobite Wilderness.
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1 (71) Certain lands in the California Desert

2 Conservation Area, of the Bureau of Land Manage3 ment, which comprise approximately one hundred

4 forty-four thousand five hundred acres, as generally

5 depicted on a map entitled ‘‘Turtle Mountains Wil6 derness—Proposed 1’’, dated February 1986 and a

7 map entitled ‘‘Turtle Mountains Wilderness—Pro8 posed 2’’, dated May 1991, and which shall be

9 known as the Turtle Mountains Wilderness.

10 (72) Certain lands in the California Desert

11 Conservation Area and the Yuma District, of the

12 Bureau of Land Management, which comprise ap13 proximately seventy-five thousand three hundred

14 acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled

15 ‘‘Whipple Mountains Wilderness—Proposed’’, dated

16 May 1991, and which shall be known as the Whipple

17 Mountains Wilderness.

18 (73) Certain lands in the California Desert

19 Conservation Area, of the Bureau of Land Manage20 ment, which comprise approximately forty-six thou21 sand and seventy acres, as generally depicted on a

22 map entitled ‘‘Avawatz Mountains Wilderness—Pro23 posed’’, dated July 1992, and which shall be known

24 as the Avawatz Mountains Wilderness.
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1 (74) Certain lands in the California Desert

2 Conservation Area, of the Bureau of Land Manage3 ment, which comprise fifty-five thousand five hun4 dred and sixty acres, as generally depicted on a map

5 entitled ‘‘Soda Mountains Wilderness—Proposed’’,

6 dated July 1992, and which shall be known as the

7 Soda Mountain Wilderness.’’

8 ADMINISTRATION OF WILDERNESS AREAS

9 SEC. 103. Subject to valid existing rights, each wil10 derness area designated under section 102 shall be admin11 istered by the appropriate Secretary in accordance with

12 the provisions of the Wilderness Act, except that any ref13 erence in such provisions to the effective date of the Wil14 derness Act shall be deemed to be a reference to the effec15 tive date of this title and any reference to the Secretary

16 of Agriculture shall be deemed to be a reference to the

17 Secretary who has administrative jurisdiction over the

18 area.

19 GRAZING

20 SEC. 104. Within the wilderness areas designated

21 under section 102, the grazing of livestock, where estab22 lished prior to the enactment of this Act, shall be per23 mitted to continue subject to such reasonable regulations,

24 policies, and practices as the Secretary deems necessary,

25 as long as such regulations, policies, and practices fully

26 conform with and implement the intent of Congress re-
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1 garding grazing in such areas as such intent is expressed

2 in the Wilderness Act and section 108 of Public Law 96–

3 560 (16 U.S.C. 133 note).

4 BUFFER ZONES

5 SEC. 105. The Congress does not intent for the des6 ignation of wilderness areas in section 102 of this Act to

7 lead to the creation of protective perimeters or buffer

8 zones around any such wilderness area. The fact that

9 nonwilderness activities or uses can be seen or heard from

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

11 activities or uses up to the boundary of the wilderness

12 area.

13 MINING CLAIM VALIDITY REVIEW

14 SEC. 106. The Secretary of the Interior and the Sec15 retary of Agriculture shall not approve any plan of oper16 ation prior to determining the validity of the unpatented

17 mining claims, mill sites, and tunnel sites affected by such

18 plan within any wilderness area designated under section

19 102.

20 FILING OF MAPS AND DESCRIPTIONS

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

22 section 102, a map and a legal description on each wilder23 ness area designated under this title shall be filed by the

24 Secretary concerned with the Committee on Energy and

25 Natural Resources of the Senate and the Committee on

26 Natural Resources of the House of Representatives, and
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1 each such map and description shall have the same force

2 and effect as if included in this title, except that the Sec3 retary may correct clerical and typographical errors in

4 each such legal description and map. Each such map and

5 legal description shall be on file and available for public

6 inspection in the office of the Director of the Bureau of

7 Land Management, Department of the Interior, or the

8 Chief of the Forest Service, Department of Agriculture,

9 as is appropriate.

10 WILDERNESS REVIEW

11 SEC. 108. The Congress hereby finds and directs that

12 lands in the California Desert Conservation Area, of the

13 Bureau of Land Management, not designated as wilder14 ness or wilderness study areas by this Act have been ade15 quately studied for wilderness designation pursuant to sec16 tion 603 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act

17 of 1976 (90 Stat. 2743, 43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), and are

18 no longer subject to the requirement of section 603(c) of

19 the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976

20 pertaining to the management of wilderness study areas

21 in a manner that does not impair the suitability of such

22 areas for preservation as wilderness.

23 DESIGNATION OF WILDERNESS STUDY AREA

24 SEC. 109. In furtherance of the provisions of the Wil25 derness Act, certain lands in the California Desert Con26 servation Area of the Bureau of Land Management which
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1 comprise eleven thousand two hundred acres as generally

2 depicted on a map entitled ‘‘White Mountains Wilderness

3 Study Area—Proposed’’, dated May 1991, are hereby des4 ignated the White Mountains Wilderness Study Area and

5 shall be administered by the Secretary in accordance with

6 the provisions of section 603(c) of the Federal Land Policy

7 and Management Act of 1976.

8 SUITABILITY REPORT

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

10 the date of enactment of this Act, to report to Congress

11 on current and planned exploration, development or min12 ing activities on, and suitability for future wilderness des13 ignation of, the lands as generally depicted on maps enti14 tled ‘‘Surprise Canyon Wilderness—Proposed’’, ‘‘Middle

15 Park Canyon Wilderness—Proposed’’, and ‘‘Death Valley

16 National Park Boundary and Wilderness 15’’, dated Sep17 tember 1991 and a map entitled ‘‘Manly Peak Wilder18 ness—Proposed’’, dated October 1991.

19 WILDERNESS DESIGNATION AND MANAGEMENT IN THE

20 NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE SYSTEM

21 SEC. 111. (a) In furtherance of the purposes of the

22 Wilderness Act, the following lands are hereby designated

23 as wilderness and therefore, as components of the Na24 tional Wilderness Preservation System:

25 (1) Certain lands in the Havasu National Wild26 life Refuge, California, which comprise approxi-
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1 mately three thousand one hundred and ninety-five

2 acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled

3 ‘‘Havasu Wilderness—Proposed’’, and dated October

4 1991, and which shall be known as the Havasu Wil5 derness.

6 (2) Certain lands in the Imperial National

7 Wildlife Refuge, California, which comprise approxi8 mately five thousand eight hundred and thirty-six

9 acres, as generally depicted on two maps entitled

10 ‘‘Imperial Refuge Wilderness—Proposed 1’’ and

11 ‘‘Imperial Refuge Wilderness—Proposed 2’’, and

12 dated October 1991, and which shall be known as

13 the Imperial Refuge Wilderness.

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

15 areas designated under this section shall be administered

16 by the Secretary in accordance with the provisions of the

17 Wilderness Act governing areas designated by that Act as

18 wilderness, except that any reference in such provisions

19 to the effective date of the Wilderness Act (or any similar

20 reference) shall be deemed to be a reference to the date

21 of enactment of this Act.

22 (c) As soon as practicable after enactment of this sec23 tion, the Secretary shall file a map and a legal description

24 of each wilderness area designated under this section with

25 the Committees on Energy and Natural Resources and
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1 Environment and Public Works of the Senate and Natural

2 Resources and Merchant Marine and Fisheries of the

3 House of Representatives. Such map and description shall

4 have the same force and effect as if included in this Act,

5 except that correction of clerical and typographical errors

6 in such legal description and map may be made. Such map

7 and legal description shall be on file and available for pub8 lic inspection in the Office of the Director, United States

9 Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior.

10 TITLE II—DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK

11 FINDINGS

12 SEC. 201. The Congress hereby finds that—

13 (1) proclamations by Presidents Herbert Hoo14 ver in 1933 and Franklin Roosevelt in 1937 estab15 lished and expanded the Death Valley National

16 Monument for the preservation of the unusual fea17 tures of scenic, scientific, and educational interest

18 therein contained;

19 (2) Death Valley National Monument is today

20 recognized as a major unit of the National Park

21 System, having extraordinary values enjoyed by mil22 lions of visitors;

23 (3) the Monument boundaries established in the

24 1930’s exclude and thereby expose to incompatible

25 development and inconsistent management, contig-
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1 uous Federal lands of essential and superlative natu2 ral, ecological, geological, archeological, paleontolog3 ical, cultural, historical and wilderness values;

4 (4) Death Valley National Monument should be

5 substantially enlarged by the addition of all contig6 uous Federal lands of national park caliber and af7 forded full recognition and statutory protection as a

8 national park; and

9 (5) the wilderness within Death Valley should

10 receive maximum statutory protection by designation

11 pursuant to the Wilderness Act.

12 ESTABLISHMENT OF DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK

13 SEC. 202. There is hereby established the Death Val14 ley National Park, as generally depicted on 23 maps enti15 tled ‘‘Death Valley National Park Boundary and Wilder16 ness—Proposed’’, numbered in the title one through twen17 ty-three, and dated September 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 Death Valley National Monument is hereby abolished as

22 such, the lands and interests therein are hereby incor23 porated within and made part of the new Death Valley

24 National Park, and any funds available for purposes of

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

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

3 shall transfer the lands under the jurisdiction of the Bu4 reau of Land Management depicted on the maps described

5 in section 202 of this title, without consideration, to the

6 administrative jurisdiction of the Director of the National

7 Park Service for administration as part of the National

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

9 national parks shall be adjusted accordingly. The Sec10 retary shall administer the areas added to the National

11 Park System by this title in accordance with the provisions

12 of law generally applicable to units of the National Park

13 System, including the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to establish

14 a National Park Service, and for other purposes’’, ap15 proved August 25, 1916 (39 Stat. 535; 16 U.S.C. 1–4).

16 MAPS AND LEGAL DESCRIPTION

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

18 this title, the Secretary shall file maps and a legal descrip19 tion of the park designated under this title with the En20 ergy and Natural Resources Committee of the Senate and

21 the Natural Resources Committee of the House of Rep22 resentatives. Such maps and legal description shall have

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

24 that the Secretary may correct clerical and typographical

25 errors in such legal description and in the maps referred

26 to in section 202. The maps and legal description shall
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1 be on file and available for public inspection in the offices

2 of the Superintendent of the Park and the Director of the

3 National Park Service, Department of the Interior.

4 DISPOSITION UNDER MINING LAWS

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

6 lands and interests therein added to the National Park

7 System by this title are withdrawn from disposition under

8 the public land laws and from entry or appropriation

9 under the mining laws of the United States, from the oper10 ation of the mineral leasing laws of the United States, and

11 from operation of the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970.

12 STUDY AS TO VALIDITY OF MINING CLAIMS

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

14 of operation prior to determining the validity of the

15 unpatented mining claims, mill sites, and tunnel sites af16 fected by such plan within the additions to the park and

17 shall submit to Congress recommendations as to whether

18 any valid or patented claims should be acquired by the

19 United States, including the estimated acquisition costs of

20 such claims, and a discussion of the environmental con21 sequences of the extraction of minerals from these lands.

22 GRAZING

23 SEC. 207. The privilege of grazing domestic livestock

24 on lands within the park may continue to be exercised at

25 no more than the current level, subject to applicable laws

26 and National Park Service regulations, by those persons
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1 holding permits for such grazing on July 1, 1991. Upon

2 the expiration of such permits the Secretary, acting

3 through the Director of the National Park Service, may

4 issue to such persons new permits for such grazing, sub5 ject to applicable laws and National Park Service regula6 tions, but all grazing of such livestock on such lands shall

7 cease on July 1, 2016. Further, if such a permittee in8 forms the Secretary that such permittee is willing to con9 vey to the United States any base property with respect

10 to which the permit was issued and to which such permit11 tee holds title, the Secretary shall make the acquisition

12 of such base property a priority as compared with the ac13 quisition of other lands within the park, provided agree14 ment can be reached concerning the terms and conditions

15 of such acquisition. Any such base property which is lo16 cated outside the park and acquired as a priority pursuant

17 to this section shall be managed by the Federal agency

18 responsible for the majority of the adjacent lands in ac19 cordance with the laws applicable to such adjacent lands.

20 TITLE III—JOSHUA TREE NATIONAL PARK

21 FINDINGS

22 SEC. 301. The Congress hereby finds that—

23 (1) a proclamation by President Franklin Roo24 sevelt in 1936 established Joshua Tree National
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1 Monument to protect various objects of historical

2 and scientific interest;

3 (2) Joshua Tree National Monument today is

4 recognized as a major unit of the National Park

5 System, having extraordinary values enjoyed by mil6 lions of visitors;

7 (3) the Monument boundaries as modified in

8 1950 and 1961 exclude and thereby expose to in9 compatible development and inconsistent manage10 ment, contiguous Federal lands of essential and su11 perlative natural, ecological, archeological, paleon12 tological, cultural, historical and wilderness values;

13 (4) Joshua Tree National Monument should be

14 enlarged by the addition of contiguous Federal lands

15 of national park caliber, and afforded full recogni16 tion and statutory protection as a national park; and

17 (5) the nondesignated wilderness within Joshua

18 Tree should receive statutory protection by designa19 tion pursuant to the Wilderness Act.

20 ESTABLISHMENT OF JOSHUA TREE NATIONAL PARK

21 SEC. 302. There is hereby established the Joshua

22 Tree National Park, as generally depicted on a map enti23 tled ‘‘Joshua Tree National Park Boundary—Proposed’’,

24 dated May 1991, and four maps entitled ‘‘Joshua Tree

25 National Park Boundary and Wilderness’’, numbered in

26 the title one through four, and dated October 1991 or
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1 prior, which shall be on file and available for public inspec2 tion in the offices of the Superintendent of the Park and

3 the Director of the National Park Service, Department of

4 the Interior. The Joshua Tree National Monument is here5 by abolished as such, the lands and interests therein are

6 hereby incorporated within and made part of the new

7 Joshua Tree National Park, and any funds available for

8 purposes of the monument shall be available for purposes

9 of the park.

10 TRANSFER AND ADMINISTRATION OF LANDS

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

12 shall transfer the lands under the jurisdiction of the Bu13 reau of Land Management depicted on the maps described

14 in section 302 of this title, without consideration, to the

15 administrative jurisdiction of the Director of the National

16 Park Service for administration as part of the National

17 Park System. The boundaries of the public lands and the

18 national parks shall be adjusted accordingly. The Sec19 retary shall administer the areas added to the National

20 Park System by this title in accordance with the provisions

21 of law generally applicable to units of the National Park

22 System, including the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to establish

23 a National Park Service, and for other purposes’’, ap24 proved August 25, 1916 (39 Stat. 535; 16 U.S.C. 1–4).
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1 MAPS AND LEGAL DESCRIPTION

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

3 this title, the Secretary shall file maps and legal descrip4 tion of the park designated by this title with the Energy

5 and Natural Resources Committee of the Senate and the

6 Natural Resources Committee of the House of Represent7 atives. Such maps and legal description shall have the

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

9 that the Secretary may correct clerical and typographical

10 errors in such legal description and in the maps referred

11 to in section 302. The maps and legal description shall

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

13 of the Superintendent of the Park and the Director of the

14 National Park Service, Department of the Interior.

15 DISPOSITION UNDER MINING LAWS

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

17 lands and interests therein added to the National Park

18 System by this title are withdrawn from disposition under

19 the public lands laws and from entry or appropriation

20 under the mining laws of the United States, from the oper21 ation of the mineral leasing laws of the United States, and

22 from the operation of the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970.

23 UTILITY RIGHTS-OF-WAY

24 SEC. 306. Nothing in this title shall have the effect

25 of terminating any validly issued right-of-way or cus26 tomary operation maintenance, repair, and replacement
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1 activities in such right-of-way, issued, granted, or per2 mitted to the Metropolitan Water District pursuant to the

3 Boulder Canyon Project Act (43 U.S.C. 617–619b), which

4 is located on lands included in the Joshua Tree National

5 Park, but outside lands designated as wilderness under

6 section 501(2). Such activities shall be conducted in a

7 manner which will minimize the impact on park resources.

8 Nothing in this title shall have the effect of terminating

9 the fee title to lands or customary operation, maintenance,

10 repair, and replacement activities on or under such lands

11 granted to the Metropolitan Water District pursuant to

12 the Act on June 18, 1932 (47 Stat. 324), which are lo13 cated on lands included in the Joshua Tree National Park,

14 but outside lands designated as wilderness under section

15 501(2). Such activities shall be conducted in a manner

16 which will minimize the impact on park resources. The

17 Secretary shall prepare within 180 days after the date of

18 enactment of this Act, in consultation with the Metropoli19 tan Water District, plans for emergency access by the

20 Metropolitan Water District to its lands and rights-of-way.

21 STUDY AS TO VALIDITY OF MINING CLAIMS

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

23 of operation prior to determining the validity of the

24 unpatented mining claims, mill sites, and tunnel sites af25 fected by such plan within the park and shall submit to

26 Congress recommendations as to whether any valid or pat-
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1 ented claims should be acquired by the United States, in2 cluding the estimated acquisition costs of such claims, and

3 a discussion of the environmental consequences of the ex4 traction of minerals from these lands.

5 TITLE IV—MOJAVE NATIONAL PARK

6 FINDINGS

7 SEC. 401. The Congress hereby finds that—

8 (1) Death Valley and Joshua Tree National

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

10 superlative desert resources, but do not embrace the

11 particular ecosystems and transitional desert type

12 found in the Mojave Desert area lying between them

13 on public lands now afforded only impermanent ad14 ministrative designation as a national scenic area;

15 (2) the Mojave Desert area possesses outstand16 ing natural, cultural, historical, and recreational val17 ues meriting statutory designation and recognition

18 as a unit of the National Park System;

19 (3) the Mojave Desert area should be afforded

20 full recognition and statutory protection as a na21 tional park;

22 (4) the wilderness within the Mojave Desert

23 should receive maximum statutory protection by des24 ignation pursuant to the Wilderness Act; and
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1 (5) the Mojave Desert area provides an out2 standing opportunity to develop services, programs,

3 accommodations and facilities to ensure the use and

4 enjoyment of the area by individuals with disabil5 ities, consistent with section 504 of the Rehabilita6 tion Act of 1973, Public Law 101–336, the Ameri7 cans With Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C.

8 12101), and other appropriate laws and regulations.

9 ESTABLISHMENT OF THE MOJAVE NATIONAL PARK

10 SEC. 402. There is hereby established the Mojave Na11 tional Park, comprising approximately one million four

12 hundred and sixty thousand acres, as generally depicted

13 on a map entitled ‘‘Mojave National Park Boundary—

14 Proposed’’, dated July 1992, and ten maps entitled ‘‘Mo15 jave National Park Boundary and Wilderness—Pro16 posed’’, numbered in the title one through ten, and dated

17 July 1992 or prior, which shall be on file and available

18 for inspection in the offices of the Director of the National

19 Park Service, Department of the Interior.

20 TRANSFER OF LANDS

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

22 shall transfer the lands under the jurisdiction of the Bu23 reau of Land Management depicted on the maps described

24 in section 402 of this title, without consideration, to the

25 administrative jurisdiction of the Director of the National
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1 Park Service. The boundaries of the public lands shall be

2 adjusted accordingly.

3 MAPS AND LEGAL DESCRIPTION

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

5 this title, the Secretary shall file maps and a legal descrip6 tion of the park designated under this title with the En7 ergy and Natural Resources Committee of the Senate and

8 the Natural Resources Committee of the House of Rep9 resentatives. Such maps and legal description shall have

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

11 that the Secretary may correct clerical and typographical

12 errors in such legal description and in the maps referred

13 to in section 402. The maps and legal description shall

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

15 of the National Park Service, Department of the Interior.

16 ABOLISHMENT OF SCENIC AREA

17 SEC. 405. The East Mojave Scenic Area, designated

18 on January 13, 1981 (46 FR 3994), and modified on Au19 gust 9, 1983 (48 FR 36210), is hereby abolished.

20 ADMINISTRATION OF LANDS

21 SEC. 406. The Secretary shall administer the park

22 in accordance with this title and with the provisions of

23 law generally applicable to units of the National Park Sys24 tem, including the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to establish a Na25 tional Park Service, and for other purposes’’, approved

26 August 25, 1916 (39 Stat. 535; 16 U.S.C. 1–4).
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1 DISPOSITION UNDER MINING LAWS

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

3 lands within the park, and interests therein, are with4 drawn from disposition under the public land laws and

5 from entry or appropriation under the mining laws of the

6 United States, from the operation of the mineral leasing

7 laws of the United States, and from operation of the Geo8 thermal Steam Act of 1970.

9 STUDY AS TO VALIDITY OF MINING CLAIMS

10 SEC. 408. The Secretary shall not approve any plan

11 of operation prior to determining the validity of the

12 unpatented mining claims, mill sites, and tunnel sites af13 fected by such plan within the park and shall submit to

14 Congress recommendations as to whether any valid or pat15 ented claims should be acquired by the United States, in16 cluding the estimated acquisition costs of such claims, and

17 a discussion of the environmental consequences of the ex18 traction of minerals from these lands.

19 REGULATION OF MINING

20 SEC. 409. Subject to valid existing rights, all mining

21 claims located within the park shall be subject to such rea22 sonable regulations as the Secretary may prescribe to as23 sure that mining will, to the maximum extent practicable,

24 be consistent with the protection of the scenic, scientific,

25 cultural and other resources of the park, and any patent

26 which may be issued after the date of enactment of this
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1 title shall convey title only to the minerals together with

2 the right to use the surface of lands for mining purposes

3 subject to such reasonable regulations.

4 GRAZING

5 SEC. 410. The privilege of grazing domestic livestock

6 on lands within the park may continue to be exercised at

7 no more than the current level, subject to applicable laws

8 and National Park Service regulations, by those persons

9 holding permits for such grazing on July 1, 1991. Upon

10 the expiration of such permits the Secretary, acting

11 through the Director of the National Park Service, may

12 issue to such persons new permits for such grazing, sub13 ject to applicable laws and National Park Service regula14 tions, but all grazing of such livestock on such lands shall

15 cease on July 1, 2016. Further, if such a permittee in16 forms the Secretary that such permittee is willing to con17 vey to the United States any base property with respect

18 to which the permit was issued and to which such permit19 tee holds title, the Secretary shall make the acquisition

20 of such base property a priority as compared with the ac21 quisition of other lands within the park, provided agree22 ment can be reached concerning the terms and conditions

23 of such acquisition. Any such base property which is lo24 cated outside the park and acquired as a priority pursuant

25 to this section shall be managed by the Federal agency
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1 responsible for the majority of the adjacent lands in ac2 cordance with the laws applicable to such adjacent lands.

3 UTILITY RIGHTS OF WAY

4 SEC. 411. (a)(1) Nothing in this title shall have the

5 effect of terminating any validly issued right-of-way or

6 customary operation, maintenance, repair, and replace7 ment activities in such right-of-way, issued, granted, or

8 permitted to Southern California Edison Company, which

9 is located on lands included in the Mojave National Park,

10 but outside lands designated as wilderness under section

11 501(3). Such activities shall be conducted in a manner

12 which will minimize the impact on park resources.

13 (2) Nothing in this title shall have the effect of

14 prohibiting the upgrading of an existing electrical

15 transmission line for the purpose of increasing the

16 capacity of such transmission line in the Southern

17 California Edison Company validly issued Eldorado18 Lugo Transmission Line right-of-way and Mojave19 Lugo Transmission Line right-of-way, or in a right20 of-way if issued, granted, or permitted by the Sec21 retary adjacent to the existing Mojave-Lugo Trans22 mission Line right-of-way (hereafter in this section

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

24 construction of a replacement transmission line: Pro25 vided, That—
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1 (A) in the Eldorado-Lugo Transmission

2 Line rights-of-way (hereafter in this section re3 ferred to as the ‘‘Eldorado rights-of-way’’) at

4 no time shall there be more than 3 electrical

5 transmission lines,

6 (B) in the Mojave-Lugo Transmission Line

7 right-of-way (hereafter in this section referred

8 to as the ‘‘Mojave right-of-way’’) and adjacent

9 right-of-way, removal of the existing electrical

10 transmission line and reclamation of the site

11 shall be completed no later than three years

12 after the date on which construction of the up13 graded transmission line begins, after which

14 time there may be only one electrical trans15 mission line in the lands encompassed by Mo16 jave right-of-way and adjacent right-of-way,

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

18 transmission lines in the Eldorado rights-of19 way, two electrical transmission lines in the

20 lands encompassed by the Mojave right-of-way

21 and adjacent right-of-way may be allowed,

22 (D) in the Eldorado rights-of-way and Mo23 jave right-of-way no additional land shall be is24 sued, granted, or permitted for such upgrade
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1 unless an addition would reduce the impacts to

2 park resources,

3 (E) no more than 350 feet of additional

4 land shall be issued, granted, or permitted for

5 an adjacent right-of-way to the south of the

6 Mojave right-of-way unless a greater addition

7 would reduce the impacts to park resources,

8 and

9 (F) such upgrade activities, including heli10 copter aided construction, shall be conducted in

11 a manner which will minimize the impact on

12 park resources.

13 (3) The Secretary shall prepare within 180 days

14 after the date of enactment of this Act, in consulta15 tion with the Southern California Edison Company,

16 plans for emergency access by the Southern Califor17 nia Edison Company to its rights-of-way.

18 (b) Nothing in this title shall have the effect of termi19 nating any validly issued right-of-way, or customary oper20 ation, maintenance, repair, and replacement activities in

21 such right-of-way; prohibiting the upgrading of and con22 struction on existing facilities in such right-of-way for the

23 purpose of increasing the capacity of the existing pipeline;

24 or prohibiting the renewal of such right-of-way; issued,

25 granted, or permitted to the Southern California Gas
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1 Company, which is located on lands included in the Mojave

2 National Park, but outside lands designated as wilderness

3 under section 501(3). Such activities shall be conducted

4 in a manner which will minimize the impact on park re5 sources.

6 (c) Nothing in this title shall have the effect of termi7 nating any validly issued right-of-way or customary oper8 ation, maintenance, repair, and replacement activities of

9 existing facilities issued, granted, or permitted for commu10 nications cables or lines, which are located on lands in11 cluded in the Mojave National Park, but outside lands des12 ignated as wilderness under section 501(3). Such activities

13 shall be conducted in a manner which will minimize the

14 impact on park resources.

15 PREPARATION OF MANAGEMENT PLAN

16 SEC. 412. Within three years of the date of enact17 ment of this title, the Secretary shall submit to the Energy

18 and Natural Resources Committee of the Senate and the

19 Natural Resources Committee of the House of Represent20 atives a detailed and comprehensive management plan for

21 the park. Such plan shall place emphasis on historical and

22 cultural sites and ecological and wilderness values within

23 the boundaries of the park. Any development, including

24 road improvements, proposed by such plan shall be strictly

25 limited to that which is essential and appropriate for the

26 administration of the park and shall be designed and lo-
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1 cated so as to maintain its primitive nature of the area

2 and to minimize the impairment of park resources or eco3 logical values. To the extent practicable, administrative fa4 cilities, employee housing, commercial visitor services, ac5 commodations, and other park-related development shall

6 be located or provided for outside of the boundaries of the

7 park. Such plan shall evaluate the feasibility of using the

8 Kelso Depot and existing railroad corridor to provide pub9 lic access to and a facility for special interpretive, edu10 cational, and scientific programs within the park. Such

11 plan shall specifically address the needs of individuals with

12 disabilities in the design of services, programs, accom13 modations and facilities consistent with section 504 of the

14 Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Public Law 101–336, the

15 Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C.

16 12101), and other appropriate laws and regulations.

17 GRANITE MOUNTAINS NATURAL RESERVE

18 SEC. 413. (a) There is hereby designated the Granite

19 Mountains Natural Reserve within the park comprising

20 approximately nine thousand acres as generally depicted

21 on a map entitled ‘‘Mojave National Park Boundary and

22 Wilderness—Proposed 6’’, dated May 1991.

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

24 Interior shall enter into a cooperative management agree25 ment with the University of California for the purposes

26 of managing the lands within the Granite Mountains Nat-
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1 ural Reserve. Such cooperative agreement shall ensure

2 continuation of arid lands research and educational activi3 ties of the University of California, consistent with the

4 provisions of law generally applicable to units of the Na5 tional Park System.

6 SODA SPRINGS DESERT STUDY CENTER

7 SEC. 414. Upon enactment of this title, the Secretary

8 shall enter into a cooperative management agreement with

9 California State University for the purposes of managing

10 facilities at the Soda Springs Desert Study Center. Such

11 cooperative agreement shall ensure continuation of the

12 desert research and educational activities of California

13 State University, consistent with the provisions of law gen14 erally applicable to units of the National Park System.

15 CONSTRUCTION OF VISITOR CENTER

16 SEC. 415. The Secretary is authorized to construct

17 a visitor center in the park for the purpose of providing

18 information through appropriate displays, printed mate19 rial, and other interpretive programs, about the resources

20 of the park.

21 ACQUISITION OF LANDS

22 SEC. 416. The Secretary is authorized to acquire all

23 lands and interest in lands within the boundary of the

24 park by donation, purchase, or exchange, except that—

25 (1) any lands or interests therein within the

26 boundary of the park which are owned by the State
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1 of California, or any political subdivision thereof,

2 may be acquired only by donation or exchange ex3 cept for lands managed by California State Lands

4 Commission; and

5 (2) lands or interests therein within the bound6 ary of the park which are not owned by the State

7 of California or any political subdivision thereof may

8 be acquired only with the consent of the owner

9 thereof unless the Secretary determines, after writ10 ten notice to the owner and after opportunity for

11 comment, that the property is being developed, or

12 proposed to be developed, in a manner which is det13 rimental to the integrity of the park or which is oth14 erwise incompatible with the purposes of this title.

15 SUITABILITY REPORT

16 SEC. 417. The Secretary is required, twenty years

17 after the date of enactment of this Act, to report to Con18 gress on current and planned exploration, development or

19 mining activities on, and suitability for future park des20 ignation of, the lands as generally depicted on a map enti21 tled ‘‘Mojave National Park Study Area—Proposed’’,

22 dated July 1992.

23 TITLE V—NATIONAL PARK WILDERNESS

24 DESIGNATION OF WILDERNESS

25 SEC. 501. The following lands are hereby designated

26 as wilderness in accordance with the Wilderness Act (78
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1 Stat. 890; 16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.) and shall be adminis2 tered by the Secretary of the Interior in accordance with

3 the applicable provisions of the Wilderness Act:

4 (1) Death Valley National Park Wilderness,

5 comprising approximately three million one hundred

6 eighty-three thousand four hundred and thirty-eight

7 acres, as generally depicted on 23 maps entitled

8 ‘‘Death Valley National Park Boundary and Wilder9 ness’’, numbered in the title one through twenty10 three, and dated September 1991 or prior, and three

11 maps entitled ‘‘Death Valley National Park Wilder12 ness’’, numbered in the title one through three, and

13 dated May 1991 or prior, and which shall be known

14 as the Death Valley Wilderness;

15 (2) Joshua Tree National Park Wilderness Ad16 ditions, comprising approximately one hundred thir17 ty-one thousand seven hundred and eighty acres, as

18 generally depicted on four maps entitled ‘‘Joshua

19 Tree National Park Boundary and Wilderness—Pro20 posed’’, numbered in the title one through four, and

21 dated October 1991 or prior, and which are hereby

22 incorporated in, and which shall be deemed to be a

23 part of the Joshua Tree Wilderness as designated by

24 Public Law 94–567; and
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1 (3) Mojave National Park Wilderness, compris2 ing approximately six hundred ninety-five thousand

3 fifty-six acres, as generally depicted on ten maps en4 titled ‘‘Mojave National Park Boundary and Wilder5 ness—Proposed’’, numbered in the title one through

6 ten, and dated October 1991 or prior, and seven

7 maps entitled ‘‘Mojave National Park Wilderness—

8 Proposed’’, numbered in the title one through seven,

9 and dated October 1991 or prior, and which shall be

10 known as the Mojave Wilderness.

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

12 Wilderness Act and publication by the Secretary in

13 the Federal Register of notice of such cessation, po14 tential wilderness, comprising approximately six

15 thousand eight hundred and forty acres, as de16 scribed in ‘‘1988 Death Valley National Monument

17 Draft General Management Plan Draft Environ18 mental Impact Statement’’ (hereafter in this title re19 ferred to as ‘‘Draft Plan’’) and as generally depicted

20 on map in the Draft Plan entitled ‘‘Wilderness Plan

21 Death Valley National Monument’’, dated January

22 1988, and which shall be deemed to be a part of the

23 Death Valley Wilderness as designated in paragraph

24 (1). Lands identified in the Draft Plan as potential

25 wilderness shall be managed by the Secretary insofar
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1 as practicable as wilderness until such time as said

2 lands are designated as wilderness.

3 FILING OF MAPS AND DESCRIPTIONS

4 SEC. 502. Maps and a legal description of the bound5 aries of the areas designated in section 501 of this title

6 shall be on file and available for public inspection in the

7 Office of the Director of the National Park Service, De8 partment of the Interior, and in the Office of the Super9 intendent of each area designated in section 501. As soon

10 as practicable after this title takes effect, maps of the wil11 derness areas and legal descriptions of their boundaries

12 shall be filed with the Committee on Energy and Natural

13 Resources of the Senate and the Committee on Natural

14 Resources of the House of Representatives, and such maps

15 and descriptions shall have the same force and effect as

16 if included in this title, except that the Secretary may cor17 rect clerical and typographical errors in such maps and

18 descriptions.

19 ADMINISTRATION OF WILDERNESS AREAS

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

21 title as wilderness shall be administered by the Secretary

22 in accordance with the applicable provisions of the Wilder23 ness Act governing areas designated by that title as wil24 derness, except that any reference in such provision to the

25 effective date of the Wilderness Act shall be deemed to

26 be a reference to the effective date of this title, and where
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1 appropriate, and reference to the Secretary of Agriculture

2 shall be deemed to be a reference to the Secretary of the

3 Interior.

4 TITLE VI—MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

5 TRANSFER OF LANDS TO RED ROCK CANYON STATE PARK

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

7 of the Interior shall transfer to the State of California cer8 tain lands within the California Desert Conservation Area,

9 California, of the Bureau of Land Management, compris10 ing approximately twenty thousand five hundred acres, as

11 generally depicted on two maps entitled ‘‘Red Rock Can12 yon State Park Additions 1’’ and ‘‘Red Rock Canyon State

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

14 State of California Park System. Should the State of Cali15 fornia cease to manage these lands as part of the State

16 Park System, ownership of the lands shall revert to the

17 Department of the Interior to be managed as part of the

18 California Desert Conservation Area to provide maximum

19 protection for the area’s scenic and scientific values.

20 DESERT LILY SANCTUARY

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

22 Lily Sanctuary within the California Desert Conservation

23 Area, California, of the Bureau of Land Management,

24 comprising approximately two thousand forty acres, as

25 generally depicted on a map entitled ‘‘Desert Lily Sanc26 tuary’’, dated February 1986. The Secretary of the Inte-
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1 rior shall administer the area to provide maximum protec2 tion to the desert lily.

3 (b) Subject to valid existing rights, Federal lands

4 within the sanctuary, interests therein, are withdrawn

5 from disposition under the public land laws and from

6 entry or appropriation under the mining laws of the

7 United States, from the operation of the mineral leasing

8 laws of the United States, and from operation of the Geo9 thermal Steam Act of 1970.

10 LAND TENURE ADJUSTMENTS

11 SEC. 603. In preparing land tenure adjustment deci12 sions with the California Desert Conservation Area, of the

13 Bureau of Land Management, the Secretary shall give pri14 ority to consolidating Federal ownership within the na15 tional park units and wilderness areas designated by this

16 Act.

17 LAND DISPOSAL

18 SEC. 604. Notwithstanding any other provision of

19 law, the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Ag20 riculture may not dispose of any lands within the bound21 aries of the wilderness or park designated under this Act

22 or grant a right-of-way in any lands within the boundaries

23 of the wilderness designated under this Act. Further, none

24 of the lands within the boundaries of the wilderness or

25 park designated under this Act shall be granted to or oth26 erwise made available for use by the Metropolitan Water
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1 District and any other agencies or persons pursuant to

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

3 or any similar acts.

4 MANAGEMENT OF NEWLY ACQUIRED LANDS

5 SEC. 605. Any lands within the boundaries of a wil6 derness area designated under this Act which are acquired

7 by the Federal government, shall become part of the wil8 derness area within which they are located and shall be

9 managed in accordance with all the provisions of this Act

10 and other laws applicable to such wilderness area.

11 NATIVE AMERICAN USES

12 SEC. 606. In recognition of the past use of the parks

13 and wilderness areas designed under this Act by Indian

14 people for traditional cultural and religious purposes, the

15 Secretary shall ensure access to such parks and wilderness

16 areas by Indian people for such traditional cultural and

17 religious purposes. In implementing this section, the Sec18 retary, upon the request of an Indian tribe or Indian reli19 gious community, shall temporarily close to the general

20 public use of one or more specific portions of park or wil21 derness in order to protect the privacy of traditional cul22 tural and religious activities in such areas by Indian peo23 ple. Such access shall be consistent with the purpose and

24 intent of Public Law 95–341 (42 U.S.C. 1996) commonly

25 referred to as the ‘‘American Indian Religious Freedom
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1 Act’’, and with respect to areas designated as wilderness,

2 the Wilderness Act (78 Stat. 890; 16 U.S.C. 1131).

3 WATER RIGHTS

4 SEC. 607. (a) With respect to each wilderness area

5 designated by this Act, Congress hereby reserves a quan6 tity of water sufficient to fulfill the purposes of this Act.

7 The priority date of such reserved water rights shall be

8 the date of enactment of this Act.

9 (b) The Secretary of the Interior and all other offi10 cers of the United States shall take all steps necessary

11 to protect the rights reserved by this section, including the

12 filing by the Secretary of a claim for the quantification

13 of such rights in any present or future appropriate stream

14 adjudication in the courts of the State of California in

15 which the United States is or may be joined and which

16 is conducted in accordance with section 208 of the Act

17 of July 10, 1952 (66 Stat. 560, 44 U.S.C. 666; commonly

18 referred to as the McCarran Amendment).

19 (c) Nothing in this Act shall be construed as a relin20 quishment or reduction of any water rights reserved or

21 appropriated by the United States in the State of Califor22 nia on or before the date of enactment of this Act.

23 (d) The Federal water rights reserved by this Act are

24 specific to the wilderness areas located in the State of

25 California designated under this Act. Nothing in this Act

26 related to the reserved Federal water rights shall be con-
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1 strued as establishing a precedent with regard to any fu2 ture designations, nor shall it constitute an interpretation

3 of any other Act or any designation made thereto.

4 AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS

5 SEC. 608. There are hereby authorized to be appro6 priated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the

7 purposes of this Act.

8 STATE SCHOOL LANDS

9 SEC. 609. (a) Upon request of the California State

10 Lands Commission (hereinafter in this section referred to

11 as the ‘‘Commission’’), the Secretary shall enter into nego12 tiations for an agreement to exchange Federal lands or

13 interests therein on the list referred to in subsection (b)(2)

14 for California State School Lands (hereinafter in this sec15 tion referred to as ‘‘State School Lands’’) or interests

16 therein which are located within the boundaries of one or

17 more of the wilderness areas or park units designated by

18 this Act. The Secretary shall negotiate in good faith to

19 reach a land exchange agreement consistent with the re20 quirements of section 206 of the Federal Land Policy and

21 Management Act of 1976.

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

23 of this Act, the Secretary shall send to the Commission

24 and to the Committees a list of the following:

25 (1) The State School Lands or interests therein

26 (including mineral interests) which are located with-
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1 in the boundaries of the wilderness areas or park

2 units designated by this Act.

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

4 be offered for exchange, including in the following

5 priority:

6 (A) Lands with mineral interests, including

7 geothermal, which have the potential for com8 mercial development but which are not cur9 rently under mineral lease or producing Federal

10 mineral revenues.

11 (B) Federal lands in California managed

12 by the Bureau of Reclamation that the Sec13 retary determines are not needed for any Bu14 reau of Reclamation project.

15 (C) Any public lands in California that the

16 Secretary, pursuant to the Federal Land Policy

17 and Management Act of 1976, has determined

18 to be suitable for disposal through exchange.

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

20 exchange involving five thousand acres or less of Federal

21 land or interests therein, or Federal lands valued at less

22 than $5,000,000, the Secretary may carry out the ex23 change in accordance with the Federal Land Policy and

24 Management Act of 1976.
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1 (2) If an agreement under this section is for an ex2 change involving more than five thousand acres of Federal

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

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

5 Committees, together with a report containing—

6 (A) a complete list and appraisal of the lands

7 or interests in lands proposed for exchange; and

8 (B) a determination that the State School

9 Lands proposed to be acquired by the United States

10 do not contain any hazardous waste, toxic waste, or

11 radioactive waste.

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

13 shall not take effect unless approved by a joint resolution

14 enacted by the Congress.

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

16 not completed by October 1, 1996, the Secretary shall ad17 just the appraised value of any remaining inholdings con18 sistent with the provisions of section 206 of the Federal

19 Land Management Policy Act of 1976. The Secretary

20 shall establish an account in the name of the Commission

21 in the amount of such appraised value. Title to the State

22 School Lands shall be transferred to the United States

23 at the time such account is credited.

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

25 to bid, as any other bidder, for excess or surplus Federal
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1 property to be sold in the State of California in accordance

2 with the applicable laws and regulations of the Federal

3 agency offering such property for sale. The account shall

4 be adjusted to reflect successful bids under this section

5 or payments or forfeited deposits, penalties, or other costs

6 assessed to the bidder in the course of such sales. In the

7 event that the balance in the account has not been reduced

8 to zero by October 1, 2000, there are authorized to be

9 appropriated to the Secretary for payment to the Califor10 nia State Lands Commission funds equivalent to the bal11 ance remaining in the account as of October 1, 2000.

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

13 means the Committee on Natural Resources of the House

14 of Representatives and the Committee on Energy and

15 Natural Resources of the Senate.

16 EXCHANGES

17 SEC. 610. (a) Upon request of the Catellus Develop18 ment Corporation (hereafter in this section referred to as

19 ‘‘Catellus’’), the Secretary shall enter into negotiations for

20 an agreement or agreements to exchange Federal lands

21 or interests therein on the list referred to in subsection

22 (b)(2) of this section for lands of Catellus or interests

23 therein which are located within the boundaries of one or

24 more of the wilderness areas or park units designated by

25 this Act.
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1 (b) Within six months after the date of enactment

2 of this Act, the Secretary shall send to Catellus and to

3 the Committees a list of the following:

4 (1) Lands of Catellus or interests therein (in5 cluding mineral interests) which are located within

6 the boundaries of the wilderness areas or park units

7 designated by this Act.

8 (2) Lands, wherever located, under the Sec9 retary’s jurisdiction to be offered for exchange, in

10 the following priority:

11 (A) Lands, including lands with mineral

12 and geothermal interests, which have the poten13 tial for commercial development but which are

14 not currently under lease or producing Federal

15 revenues.

16 (B) Federal lands managed by the Bureau

17 of Reclamation that the Secretary determines

18 are not needed for any Bureau of Reclamation

19 project.

20 (C) Any public lands that the Secretary,

21 pursuant to the Federal Land Policy and Man22 agement Act of 1976, has determined to be

23 suitable for disposal through exchange.

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

25 an exchange involving lands outside the State of Califor-
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1 nia, (B) more than five thousand acres of Federal land

2 or interests therein in California, or (C) Federal lands in

3 any State valued at more than $5,000,000, the Secretary

4 shall provide to the Committees a detailed report of such

5 land exchange agreements.

6 (2) All land exchange agreements shall be consistent

7 with the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of

8 1976.

9 (3) Any report submitted to the Committees under

10 this subsection shall include the following:

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

12 or interests in land proposed for exchange.

13 (B) A complete list of the lands, if any, to be

14 acquired by the United States which contain any

15 hazardous waste, toxic waste, or radioactive waste

16 which requires removal or remedial action under

17 Federal or State law, together with the estimated

18 costs of any such action.

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

20 effect unless approved by a joint resolution enacted by the

21 Congress.

22 (d) The Secretary shall provide the California State

23 Lands Commission with a 180-day right of first refusal

24 to exchange for any Federal lands or interests therein, lo25 cated in the State of California, on the list referred to
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1 in subsection (b)(2). Any lands with respect to which a

2 right of first refusal is not noticed within such period or

3 exercised under this subsection shall be available to

4 Catellus for exchange in accordance with this section.

5 (e) On January 3, 1996, the Secretary shall provide

6 to the Committees a list and appraisal consistent with the

7 Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 of all

8 Catellus lands eligible for exchange under this section for

9 which an exchange has not been completed. With respect

10 to any of such lands for which an exchange has not been

11 completed by October 1, 1996 (hereafter in this section

12 referred to as ‘‘remaining lands’’), the Secretary shall es13 tablish an account in the name of Catellus (hereafter in

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

15 the transfer of title by Catellus to all or a portion of the

16 remaining lands to the United States, the Secretary shall

17 credit the exchange account in the amount of the ap18 praised value of the transferred remaining lands at the

19 time of such transfer.

20 (f) Catellus may use the credit in the exchange ac21 count to bid, as any other bidder, for any property real,

22 personal, or mixed, wherever located, owned or controlled

23 by the United States, including in a corporate capacity

24 or as a receiver, conservator, or similar fiduciary capacity

25 to be sold in accordance with the applicable laws and regu-
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1 lations of the Federal agency or instrumentality, or any

2 element thereof, offering such property for sale. Upon ap3 proval by the Secretary in writing, the credits in Catellus’s

4 exchange account may be transferred or sold in whole or

5 in part by Catellus to any other party, thereby vesting

6 such party with all the rights formerly held by Catellus.

7 The exchange account shall be adjusted to reflect success8 ful bids under this section or payments or forfeited depos9 its, penalties, or other costs assessed to the bidder in the

10 course of such sales.

11 (g)(1) The Secretary shall not accept title pursuant

12 to this section to any lands unless such title includes all

13 right, title, and interest in and to the fee estate.

14 (2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), the Secretary

15 may accept title to any subsurface estate where the United

16 States holds title to the surface estate.

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

18 rights-of-way for utilities or roads.

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

20 this section to lands which contain any hazardous waste,

21 toxic waste, or radioactive waste which requires removal

22 or remedial action under Federal or State law unless such

23 remedial action has been completed prior to the transfer.
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1 (i) For purposes of the section, any appraisal shall

2 be consistent with the provisions of section 206 of the Fed3 eral Land Policy and Management Act of 1976.

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

5 means the Committee on Natural Resources of the House

6 of Representatives and the Committee on Energy and

7 Natural Resources of the Senate.

8 TITLE VII—DEFINITIONS

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

10 (1) The term ‘‘Secretary’’, unless specifically

11 designated otherwise, means the Secretary of the In12 terior.

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

14 and interest in land owned by the United States and

15 administered by the Secretary of the Interior

16 through the Bureau of Land Management.

17 TITLE VIII—MILITARY LANDS AND

18 OVERFLIGHTS

19 SHORT TITLE AND FINDINGS

20 SEC. 801. (a) SHORT TITLE.—This title may be cited

21 as the ‘‘California Military Lands Withdrawal and

22 Overflights Act of 1991’’.

23 (b) Findings.—The Congress finds that—

24 (1) Military aircraft testing and training activi25 ties as well as demilitarization activities in California
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1 are an important part of the national defense system

2 of the United States, and are essential in order to

3 secure for the American people of this and future

4 generations an enduring and viable national defense

5 system;

6 (2) the national parks and wilderness areas des7 ignated by this Act lie within a region critical to pro8 viding training, research, and development for the

9 Armed Forces of the United States and its allies;

10 (3) there is a lack of alternative sites available

11 for these military training, testing, and research ac12 tivities;

13 (4) continued use of the lands and airspace in

14 the California desert region is essential for military

15 purposes; and

16 (5) continuation of these military activities,

17 under appropriate terms and conditions, is not in18 compatible with the protection and proper manage19 ment of the natural, environmental, cultural, and

20 other resources and values of the Federal lands in

21 the California desert area.

22 MILITARY OVERFLIGHTS

23 SEC. 802. (a) Nothing in this Act shall restrict or

24 preclude low-level overflights of military aircraft over the

25 new units of the National Park or Wilderness Preservation

26 System (or any additions to existing units) designated by
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1 this Act, including military overflights that can be seen

2 or heard within the areas designated by this Act.

3 (b) Nothing in this Act shall restrict or preclude the

4 designation of new units of special airspace or the use of

5 establishment of military flight training routes over the

6 new units of the National Park or Wilderness Preservation

7 Systems (or any additions to existing units) designated by

8 this Act.

9 (c) Nothing in this section shall be construed to mod10 ify, expand, or diminish any authority under other Federal

11 law.

12 WITHDRAWALS

13 SEC. 803. (a) CHINA LAKE.—(1) Subject to valid ex14 isting rights and except as otherwise provided in this title,

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

16 other areas within the boundary of such lands as depicted

17 on the map specified in such paragraph which may become

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

19 withdrawn from all forms of appropriation under the pub20 lic land laws (including the mining laws and the mineral

21 leasing laws). Such lands are reserved for use by the Sec22 retary of the Navy for—

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

24 evaluation laboratory;

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

26 weapon systems;
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1 (C) use as a high hazard training area for aer2 ial gunnery, rocketry, electronic warfare and coun3 termeasures, tactical maneuvering and air support;

4 and

5 (D) subject to the requirements of section

6 804(f), other defense-related purposes consistent

7 with the purposes specified in this paragraph.

8 (2) The lands referred to in paragraph (1) are the

9 Federal lands, located within the boundaries of the China

10 Lake Naval Weapons Center, comprising approximately

11 one million one hundred thousand acres in Inyo, Kern, and

12 San Bernardino Counties, California, as generally depicted

13 on a map entitled ‘‘China Lake Naval Weapons Center

14 Withdrawal—Proposed’’, dated January 1985, and filed

15 in accordance with section 803.

16 (b) CHOCOLATE MOUNTAIN.—(1) Subject to valid ex17 isting rights and except as otherwise provided in this title,

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

19 other areas within the boundary of such lands as depicted

20 on the map specified in such paragraph which may become

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

22 withdrawn from all forms of appropriation under the pub23 lic land laws (including the mining laws and the mineral

24 leasing and the geothermal leasing laws). Such lands are

25 reserved for use by the Secretary of the Navy for—
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1 (A) testing and training for aerial bombing,

2 missile firing, tactical maneuvering and air support;

3 and

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

5 other defense-related purposes consistent with the

6 purposes specified in this paragraph.

7 (2) The lands referred to in paragraph (1) are the

8 Federal lands comprising approximately two hundred

9 twenty-six thousand seven hundred and eleven acres in

10 Imperial County, California, as generally depicted on a

11 map entitled ‘‘Chocolate Mountain Aerial Gunnery Range

12 Proposed—Withdrawal’’ dated November 1991 and filed

13 in accordance with section 803.

14 MAPS AND LEGAL DESCRIPTIONS

15 SEC. 804. (a) PUBLICATION AND FILING REQUIRE16 MENT.—As soon as practicable after the date of enact17 ment of this title, the Secretary of the Interior shall—

18 (1) publish in the Federal Register a notice

19 containing the legal description of the lands with20 drawn 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

25 Natural Resources of the United States House of

26 Representatives.
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1 (b) TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS.—Such maps and

2 legal descriptions shall have the same force and effect as

3 if they were included in this title except that the Secretary

4 of the Interior may correct clerical and typographical er5 rors in such maps and legal descriptions.

6 (c) AVAILABILITY FOR PUBLIC INSPECTION.—Copies

7 of such maps and legal descriptions shall be available for

8 public inspection in the Office of the Director of the Bu9 reau of Land Management, Washington, District of Co10 lumbia; the Office of the Director, California State Office

11 of the Bureau of Land Management, Sacramento, Califor12 nia; the office of the commander of the Naval Weapons

13 Center, China Lake, California; the office of the com14 manding officer, Marine Corps Air Station, Yuma, Ari15 zona; and the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Washing16 ton, District of Columbia.

17 (d) REIMBURSEMENT.—The Secretary of Defense

18 shall reimburse the Secretary of the Interior for the cost

19 of implementing this section.

20 MANAGEMENT OF WITHDRAWN LANDS

21 SEC. 805. (a) MANAGEMENT BY THE SECRETARY OF

22 THE INTERIOR.—(1) Except as provided in subsection (g),

23 during the period of the withdrawal the Secretary of the

24 Interior shall manage the lands withdrawn under section

25 802 pursuant to the Federal Land Policy and Manage-
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1 ment Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) and other ap2 plicable law, including this title.

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

4 Executive orders, the lands withdrawn under section 802

5 may be managed in a manner permitting—

6 (A) the continuation of grazing pursuant to ap7 plicable law and Executive orders were permitted on

8 the date of enactment of this title;

9 (B) protection of wildlife and wildlife habitat;

10 (C) control of predatory and other animals;

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

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

13 (E) the prevention and appropriate suppression

14 of brush and range fires resulting from nonmilitary

15 activities; and

16 (F) geothermal leasing on the lands withdrawn

17 under section 802(a) (relating to China Lake).

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

19 the uses described in paragraph (2), shall be subject to

20 such conditions and restrictions as may be necessary to

21 permit the military use of such lands for the purposes

22 specified in or authorized pursuant to this title.

23 (B) The Secretary of the Interior may issue any

24 lease, easement, right-of-way, or other authorization with
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1 respect to the nonmilitary use of such lands only with the

2 concurrence of the Secretary of the Navy.

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

4 Navy determines that military operations, public safety,

5 or national security require the closure to public use of

6 any road, trail, or other portion of the lands withdrawn

7 by this title, the Secretary may take such action as the

8 Secretary determines necessary or desirable to effect and

9 maintain such closure.

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

11 areas and periods which the Secretary of the Navy deter12 mines are required to carry out this subsection.

13 (3) Before and during any closure under this sub14 section, the Secretary of the Navy shall—

15 (A) keep appropriate warning notices posted;

16 and

17 (B) take appropriate steps to notify the public

18 concerning such closures.

19 (c) MANAGEMENT PLAN.—The Secretary of the Inte20 rior (after consultation with the Secretary of the Navy)

21 shall develop a plan for the management of each area with22 drawn under section 802 during the period of such with23 drawal. Each plan shall—

24 (1) be consistent with applicable law;
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1 (2) be subject to conditions and restrictions

2 specified in subsection (a)(3);

3 (3) include such provisions as may be necessary

4 for proper management and protection of the re5 sources and values of such area; and

6 (4) be developed not later than three years after

7 the date of enactment of this title.

8 (d) BRUSH AND RANGE FIRES.—The Secretary of

9 the Navy shall take necessary precautions to prevent and

10 suppress brush and range fires occurring within and out11 side the lands withdrawn under section 802 as a result

12 of military activities and may seek assistance from the Bu13 reau of Land Management in the suppression of such

14 fires. The memorandum of understanding required by sub15 section (e) shall provide for Bureau of Land Management

16 assistance in the suppression of such fires, and for a

17 transfer of funds from the Department of the Navy to the

18 Bureau of Land Management as compensation for such

19 assistance.

20 (e) MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING.—(1) The

21 Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of the Navy

22 shall (with respect to each land withdrawal under section

23 802) enter into a memorandum of understanding to imple24 ment the management plan developed under subsection

25 (c). Any such memorandum of understanding shall provide
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1 that the Director of the Bureau of Land Management

2 shall provide assistance in the suppression of fires result3 ing from the military use of lands withdrawn under section

4 802 if requested 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

7 under 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

11 of Defense shall promptly notify the Secretary of the Inte12 rior in the event that the lands withdrawn by this title

13 will be used for defense-related purposes other than those

14 specified in section 802. Such notification shall indicate

15 the additional use or uses involved, the proposed duration

16 of such uses, and the extent to which such additional mili17 tary uses of the withdrawn lands will require that addi18 tional or more stringent conditions or restrictions be im19 posed on otherwise-permitted nonmilitary uses of the with20 drawn land or portions thereof.

21 (g) MANAGEMENT OF CHINA LAKE.—(1) The Sec22 retary of the Interior may assign the management respon23 sibility for the lands withdrawn under section 802(a) to

24 the Secretary of the Navy who shall manage such lands,

25 and issue leases, easements, rights-of-way, and other au-
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1 thorizations, in accordance with this title and cooperative

2 management arrangements between the Secretary of the

3 Interior and the Secretary of the Navy. In the case that

4 the Secretary of the Interior assigns such management re5 sponsibility to the Secretary of the Navy before the devel6 opment of the management plan under subsection (c), the

7 Secretary of the Navy (after consultation with the Sec8 retary of the Interior) shall develop such management

9 plan.

10 (2) The Secretary of the Interior shall be responsible

11 for the issuance of any lease, easement, right-of-way, and

12 other authorization with respect to any activity which in13 volves both the lands withdrawn under section 802(a) and

14 any other lands. Any such authorization shall be issued

15 only with the consent of the Secretary of the Navy and,

16 to the extent that such activity involves lands withdrawn

17 under section 802(a), shall be subject to such conditions

18 as the Secretary of the Navy may prescribe.

19 (3) The Secretary of the Navy shall prepare and sub20 mit to the Secretary of the Interior an annual report on

21 the status of the natural and cultural resources and values

22 of the lands withdrawn under section 802(a). The Sec23 retary of the Interior shall transmit such report to the

24 Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Rep-
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1 resentatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural

2 Resources of the Senate.

3 (4) The Secretary of the Navy shall be responsible

4 for the management of wild horses and burros located on

5 the lands withdrawn under section 802(a) and may utilize

6 helicopters and motorized vehicles for such purposes. Such

7 management shall be in accordance with laws applicable

8 to such management on public lands and with an appro9 priate memorandum of understanding between the Sec10 retary of the Interior and the Secretary of the Navy.

11 (5) Neither this title nor any other provision of law

12 shall be construed to prohibit the Secretary of the Interior

13 from issuing and administering any lease for the develop14 ment and utilization of geothermal steam and associated

15 geothermal resources on the lands withdrawn under sec16 tion 802(a) pursuant to the Geothermal Steam Act of

17 1970 (30 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.) and other applicable law,

18 but no such lease shall be issued without the concurrence

19 of the Secretary of the Navy.

20 (6) This title shall not affect the geothermal explo21 ration and development authority of the Secretary of the

22 Navy under section 2689 of title 10, United States Code,

23 except that the Secretary of the Navy shall obtain the con24 currence of the Secretary of the Interior before taking ac-
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1 tion under that section with respect to the lands with2 drawn under section 802(a).

3 DURATION OF WITHDRAWALS

4 SEC. 806. (a) DURATION.—The withdrawal and res5 ervation established by this title shall terminate twenty6 five years after the date of enactment of this title.

7 (b) DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT.—

8 No later than twenty-two years after the date of enact9 ment of this title, the Secretary of the Navy shall publish

10 a draft environmental impact statement concerning con11 tinued or renewed withdrawal of any portion of the lands

12 withdrawn by this title for which that Secretary intends

13 to seek such continued or renewed withdrawal. Such draft

14 environmental impact statement shall be consistent with

15 the requirements of the National Environmental Policy

16 Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) applicable to such

17 a draft environmental impact statement. Prior to the ter18 mination date specified in subsection (a), the Secretary of

19 the Navy shall hold a public hearing on any draft environ20 mental impact statement published pursuant to this sub21 section. Such hearing shall be held in the State of Califor22 nia in order to receive public comments on the alternatives

23 and other matters included in such draft environmental

24 impact statement.
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1 (c) EXTENSIONS OR RENEWALS.—The withdrawals

2 established by this title may not be extended or renewed

3 except by an Act or joint resolution.

4 ONGOING DECONTAMINATION

5 SEC. 807. (a) PROGRAM.—Throughout the duration

6 of the withdrawals made by this title, the Secretary of the

7 Navy, to the extent funds are made available, shall main8 tain a program of decontamination of lands withdrawn by

9 this title at least at the level of decontamination activities

10 performed on such lands in fiscal year 1986.

11 (b) REPORTS.—At the same time as the President

12 transmits to the Congress the President’s proposed budget

13 for the first fiscal year beginning after the date of enact14 ment of this title and for each subsequent fiscal year, the

15 Secretary of the Navy shall transmit to the Committees

16 on Appropriations, Armed Services, and Energy and Nat17 ural Resources of the Senate and to the Committees on

18 Appropriations, Armed Services, and Natural Resources

19 of the House of Representatives a description of the de20 contamination efforts undertaken during the previous fis21 cal year on such lands and the decontamination activities

22 proposed for such lands during the next fiscal year includ23 ing—

24 (1) amounts appropriated and obligated or ex25 pended for decontamination of such lands;
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1 (2) the methods used to decontaminate such

2 lands;

3 (3) amount and types of contaminants removed

4 from such lands;

5 (4) estimated types and amounts of residual

6 contamination on such lands; and

7 (5) an estimate of the costs for full decon8 tamination of such lands and the estimate of the

9 time to complete such decontamination.

10 REQUIREMENTS FOR RENEWAL

11 SEC. 808. (a) NOTICE AND FILING.—(1) No later

12 than three years prior to the termination of the with13 drawal and reservation established by this title, the Sec14 retary of the Navy shall advise the Secretary of the Inte15 rior as to whether or not the Secretary of the Navy will

16 have a continuing military need for any of the lands with17 drawn under section 802 after the termination date of

18 such withdrawal and reservation.

19 (2) If the Secretary of the Navy concludes that there

20 will be a continuing military need for any of such lands

21 after the termination date, the Secretary shall file an ap22 plication for extension of the withdrawal and reservation

23 of such needed lands in accordance with the regulations

24 and procedures of the Department of the Interior applica25 ble to the extension of withdrawals of lands for military

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1 (3) If, during the period of withdrawal and reserva2 tion, the Secretary of the Navy decides to relinquish all

3 or any of the lands withdrawn and reserved by this title,

4 the Secretary shall file a notice of intention to relinquish

5 with the Secretary of the Interior.

6 (b) CONTAMINATION.—(1) Before transmitting a no7 tice of intention to relinquish pursuant to subsection (a),

8 the Secretary of Defense, acting through the Department

9 of the Navy, shall prepare a written determination con10 cerning whether and to what extent the lands that are to

11 be relinquished are contaminated with explosive, toxic, or

12 other hazardous materials.

13 (2) A copy of such determination shall be transmitted

14 with the notice of intention to relinquish.

15 (3) Copies of both the notice of intention to relinquish

16 and the determination concerning the contaminated state

17 of the lands shall be published in the Federal Register by

18 the Secretary of the Interior.

19 (c) DECONTAMINATION.—If any land which is the

20 subject of a notice of intention to relinquish pursuant to

21 subsection (a) is contaminated, and the Secretary of the

22 Interior, in consultation with the Secretary of the Navy,

23 determines that decontamination is practicable and eco24 nomically feasible (taking into consideration the potential

25 future use and value of the land) and that upon decon-
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1 tamination, the land could be opened to operation of some

2 or all of the public land laws, including the mining laws,

3 the Secretary of the Navy shall decontaminate the land

4 to the extent that funds are appropriated for such pur5 pose.

6 (d) ALTERNATIVES.—If the Secretary of the Interior,

7 after consultation with the Secretary of the Navy, con8 cludes that decontamination of any land which is the sub9 ject of a notice of intention to relinquish pursuant to sub10 section (a) is not practicable or economically feasible, or

11 that the land cannot be decontaminated sufficiently to be

12 opened to operation of some or all of the public land laws,

13 or if Congress does not appropriate a sufficient amount

14 of funds for the decontamination of such land, the Sec15 retary of the Interior shall not be required to accept the

16 land proposed for relinquishment.

17 (e) STATUS OF CONTAMINATED LANDS.—If, because

18 of their contaminated state, the Secretary of the Interior

19 declines to accept jurisdiction over lands withdrawn by

20 this title which have been proposed for relinquishment, or

21 if at the expiration of the withdrawal made by this title

22 the Secretary of the Interior determines that some of the

23 lands withdrawn by this title are contaminated to an ex24 tent which prevents opening such contaminated lands to

25 operation of the public land laws—
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1 (1) the Secretary of the Navy shall take appro2 priate steps to warn the public of the contaminated

3 state of such lands and any risks associated with

4 entry onto such lands;

5 (2) after the expiration of the withdrawal, the

6 Secretary of the Navy shall undertake no activities

7 on such lands except in connection with decon8 tamination of such lands; and

9 (3) the Secretary of the Navy shall report to

10 the Secretary of the Interior and to the Congress

11 concerning the status of such lands and all actions

12 taken in furtherance of this subsection.

13 (f) REVOCATION AUTHORITY.—Notwithstanding any

14 other provision of law, the Secretary of the Interior, upon

15 deciding that it is in the public interest to accept jurisdic16 tion over lands proposed for relinquishment pursuant to

17 subsection (a), is authorized to revoke the withdrawal and

18 reservation established by this title as it applies to such

19 lands. Should the decision be made to revoke the with20 drawal and reservation, the Secretary of the Interior shall

21 published in the Federal Register an appropriate order

22 which shall—

23 (1) terminate the withdrawal and reservation;
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1 (2) constitute official acceptance of full jurisdic2 tion over the lands by the Secretary of the Interior;

3 and

4 (3) state the date upon which the lands will be

5 opened to the operation of some or all of the public

6 lands law, including the mining laws.

7 DELEGABILITY

8 SEC. 809. (a) DEFENSE.—The functions of the Sec9 retary of Defense or the Secretary of the Navy under this

10 title may be delegated.

11 (b) INTERIOR.—The functions of the Secretary of the

12 Interior under this title may be delegated, except that an

13 order described in section 807(f) may be approved and

14 signed only by the Secretary of the Interior, the Under

15 Secretary of the Interior, or an Assistant Secretary of the

16 Department of the Interior.

17 HUNTING, FISHING, AND TRAPPING

18 SEC. 810. All hunting, fishing, and trapping on the

19 lands withdrawn by this title shall be conducted in accord20 ance with the provisions of section 2671 of title 10, United

21 States Code.

22 IMMUNITY OF UNITED STATES

23 SEC. 811. The United States and all departments or

24 agencies thereof shall be held harmless and shall not be

25 liable for any injury or damage to persons or property suf26 fered in the course of any geothermal leasing or other au-
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1 thorized nonmilitary activity conducted on lands described

2 in section 802 of this title.

3 EL CENTRO RANGES

4 SEC. 812. The Secretary of the Interior is authorized

5 to permit the Secretary of the Navy to use until January

6 1, 1996, the approximately forty-four thousand eight hun7 dred and seventy acres of public lands in Imperial County,

8 California, known as the East Mesa and West Mesa

9 ranges, in accordance with the Memorandum of Under10 standing dated June 29, 1987, between the Bureau of

11 Land Management, the Bureau of Reclamation, and the

12 Department of the Navy. Such use shall be consistent with

13 such Memorandum of Understanding and such additional

14 terms and conditions as the Secretary of the Interior may

15 require in order to protect the natural, scientific, environ16 mental, cultural, and other resources and values of such

17 lands and to minimize the extent to which use of such

18 lands for military purposes impedes or restricts use of

19 such or other public lands for other purposes. All military

20 uses of such lands shall cease on January 1, 1996, unless

21 authorized by subsequent Act of Congress.

22 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

23 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘California Desert Pro24 tection Act of 1993’’.

25 SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND POLICY.

26 (a) The Congress finds and declares that—
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1 (1) the federally owned desert lands of southern

2 California constitute a public wildland resource of ex3 traordinary and inestimable value for this and future

4 generations;

5 (2) these desert wildlands display unique scenic,

6 historical, archeological, environmental, ecological,

7 wildlife, cultural, scientific, educational, and rec8 reational values used and enjoyed by millions of

9 Americans for hiking and camping, scientific study

10 and scenic appreciation;

11 (3) the public land resources of the California

12 desert now face and are increasingly threatened by

13 adverse pressures which would impair, dilute, and de14 stroy their public and natural values;

15 (4) the California desert, embracing wilderness

16 lands, units of the National Park System, other Fed17 eral lands, State parks and other State lands, and

18 private lands, constitutes a cohesive unit posing

19 unique and difficult resource protection and manage20 ment challenges;

21 (5) through designation of national monuments

22 by Presidential proclamation, through enactment of

23 general public land statutes (including section 601 of

24 the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of

25 1976, 90 Stat. 2743, 43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) and
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1 through interim administrative actions, the Federal

2 government has begun the process of appropriately

3 providing for protection of the significant resources of

4 the public lands in the California desert; and

5 (6) statutory land unit designations are needed

6 to afford the full protection which the resources and

7 public land values of the California desert merit.

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

9 and future generations an enduring heritage of wilderness,

10 national parks, and public land values in the California

11 desert, it is hereby declared to be the policy of the Congress

12 that—

13 (1) appropriate public lands in the California

14 desert shall be included within the National Park

15 System and the National Wilderness Preservation

16 System, in order to—

17 (A) preserve unrivaled scenic, geologic, and

18 wildlife values associated with these unique nat19 ural landscapes;

20 (B) perpetuate in their natural state sig21 nificant and diverse ecosystems of the California

22 desert;

23 (C) protect and preserve historical and cul24 tural values of the California desert associated

25 with ancient Indian cultures, patterns of western
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1 exploration and settlement, and sites exemplify2 ing the mining, ranching and railroading his3 tory of the Old West;

4 (D) provide opportunities for compatible

5 outdoor public recreation, protect and interpret

6 ecological and geological features and historic,

7 paleontological, and archeological sites, maintain

8 wilderness resource values, and promote public

9 understanding and appreciation of the Califor10 nia desert; and

11 (E) retain and enhance opportunities for

12 scientific research in undisturbed ecosystems.

13 TITLE I—DESIGNATION OF WILDERNESS

14 AREAS TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE

15 BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT

16 SEC. 101. FINDINGS.

17 The Congress finds and declares that—

18 (1) wilderness is a distinguishing characteristic

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

20 affords an unrivaled opportunity for experiencing

21 vast areas of the Old West essentially unaltered by

22 man’s activities, and which merits preservation for

23 the benefit of present and future generations;

24 (2) the wilderness values of desert lands are in25 creasingly threatened by and especially vulnerable to
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1 impairment, alteration, and destruction by activities

2 and intrusions associated with incompatible use and

3 development; and

4 (3) preservation of desert wilderness necessarily

5 requires the highest forms of protective designation

6 and management.

7 SEC. 102. DESIGNATION OF WILDERNESS.

8 In furtherance of the purpose of the Wilderness Act (78

9 Stat. 890, 16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), and sections 601 and

10 603 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of

11 1976 (90 Stat. 2743, 43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), the following

12 lands in the State of California, as generally depicted on

13 maps referenced herein, are hereby designated as wilderness,

14 and therefore, as components of the National Wilderness

15 Preservation System:

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

18 which comprise approximately seventy-four thousand

19 eight hundred and ninety acres, as generally depicted

20 on a map entitled ‘‘Argus Range Wilderness—Pro21 posed 1’’, dated May 1991, and two maps entitled

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

23 Range Wilderness—Proposed 3’’ dated January 1989,

24 and which shall be known as the Argus Range Wilder25 ness.
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1 (2) Certain lands in the California Desert Con2 servation Area, of the Bureau of Land Management,

3 which comprise approximately ten thousand three

4 hundred and eighty acres, as generally depicted on a

5 map entitled ‘‘Bigelow Cholla Garden Wilderness—

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

7 known as the Bigelow Cholla Garden Wilderness.

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

10 and within the San Bernardino National Forest,

11 which comprise approximately thirty-nine thousand

12 one hundred and eighty-five acres, as generally de13 picted on a map entitled ‘‘Bighorn Mountain Wilder14 ness—Proposed’’, dated July 1993, and which shall be

15 known as the Bighorn Mountain Wilderness.

16 (4) Certain lands in the California Desert Con17 servation Area and the Yuma District, of the Bureau

18 of Land Management, which comprise approximately

19 forty-seven thousand five hundred and seventy acres,

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

21 Mountains Wilderness—Proposed’’, dated February

22 1986, and which shall be known as the Big Maria

23 Mountains Wilderness.

24 (5) Certain lands in the California Desert Con25 servation Area, of the Bureau of Land Management,
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1 which comprise approximately thirteen thousand nine

2 hundred and forty acres, as generally depicted on a

3 map entitled ‘‘Black Mountain Wilderness—Pro4 posed’’, dated July 1993, and which shall be known

5 as the Black Mountain Wilderness.

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

8 which comprise approximately nine thousand five

9 hundred and twenty acres, as generally depicted on a

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

11 dated October 1993, and which shall be known as the

12 Bright Star Wilderness.

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

15 which comprise approximately sixty-eight thousand

16 five hundred and fifteen acres, as generally depicted

17 on two maps entitled ‘‘Bristol Mountains Wilder18 ness—Proposed 1’’, and ‘‘Bristol Mountains Wilder19 ness—Proposed 2’’, dated September 1991, and which

20 shall be known as Bristol Mountains Wilderness.

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

23 which comprise approximately thirty-nine thousand

24 seven hundred and forty acres, as generally depicted

25 on a map entitled ‘‘Cadiz Dunes Wilderness—Pro-
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1 posed’’, dated July 1993, and which shall be known

2 as the Cadiz Dunes Wilderness.

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

5 which comprise approximately eighty-four thousand

6 four hundred acres, as generally depicted on a map

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

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

9 Cady Mountains Wilderness.

10 (10) Certain lands in the California Desert Con11 servation Area and Eastern San Diego County, of the

12 Bureau of Land Management, which comprise ap13 proximately fifteen thousand seven hundred acres, as

14 generally depicted on a map entitled ‘‘Carrizo Gorge

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

16 which shall be known as the Carrizo Gorge Wilder17 ness.

18 (11) Certain lands in the California Desert Con19 servation Area and Yuma District, of the Bureau of

20 Land Management, which comprise approximately

21 sixty-four thousand three hundred and twenty acres,

22 as generally depicted on a map entitled ‘‘Chemehuevi

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

24 and which shall be known as the Chemehuevi Moun25 tains Wilderness.
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1 (12) Certain lands in the Bakersfield District, of

2 the Bureau of Land Management, which comprise ap3 proximately thirteen thousand seven hundred acres,

4 as generally depicted on two maps entitled ‘‘Chimney

5 Park Wilderness—Proposed 1’’ and ‘‘Chimney Peak

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

7 which shall be known as the Chimney Peak Wilder8 ness.

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

11 which comprise approximately eighty thousand seven

12 hundred and seventy acres, as generally depicted on

13 two maps entitled ‘‘Chuckwalla Mountains Wilder14 ness—Proposed 1’’ and ‘‘Chuckwalla Mountains Wil15 derness—Proposed 2’’, dated July 1992, and which

16 shall be known as the Chuckwalla Mountains Wilder17 ness.

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

20 which comprise thirty-three thousand nine hundred

21 and eighty acres, as generally depicted on a map en22 titled ‘‘Cleghorn Lakes Wilderness—Proposed’’, dated

23 July 1993, and which shall be known as the Cleghorn

24 Lakes Wilderness. The Secretary may, pursuant to an

25 application filed by the Department of Defense, grant
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1 a right-of-way for, and authorize construction of, a

2 road within the area depicted as ‘‘nonwilderness road

3 corridor’’ on such map.

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

6 which comprise approximately twenty-six thousand

7 acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled ‘‘Clip8 per Mountain Wilderness—Proposed’’, dated July

9 1993, and which shall be known as Clipper Mountain

10 Wilderness.

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

13 which comprise approximately fifty thousand five

14 hundred and twenty acres, as generally depicted on a

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

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

17 Range Wilderness.

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

20 which comprise approximately seventeen thousand

21 acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled ‘‘Coy22 ote Mountains Wilderness—Proposed’’, dated July

23 1993, and which shall be known as Coyote Mountains

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

3 which comprise approximately eight thousand six

4 hundred acres, as generally depicted on a map enti5 tled ‘‘Darwin Falls Wilderness—Proposed’’, dated

6 May 1991, and which shall be known as Darwin

7 Falls Wilderness.

8 (19) Certain lands in the California Desert Con9 servation Area and the Yuma District, of the Bureau

10 of Land Management, which comprise approximately

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

12 generally depicted on a map entitled ‘‘Dead Moun13 tains Wilderness—Proposed’’, dated October 1991,

14 and which shall be known as Dead Mountains Wilder15 ness.

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

17 the Bureau of Land Management, which comprise ap18 proximately thirty-six thousand three hundred acres,

19 as generally depicted on two maps entitled

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

21 ‘‘Domeland Wilderness Additions—Proposed 2’’, and

22 which are hereby incorporated in, and which shall be

23 deemed to be a part of, the Domeland Wilderness as

24 designated by Public Laws 93–632 and 98–425.
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1 (21) Certain lands in the California Desert Con2 servation Area, of the Bureau of Land Management,

3 which comprise approximately twenty-three thousand

4 seven hundred and eighty acres, as generally depicted

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

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

7 known as the El Paso Mountains Wilderness.

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

10 which comprise approximately twenty-five thousand

11 nine hundred and forty acres, as generally depicted

12 on a map entitled ‘‘Fish Creek Mountains Wilder13 ness—Proposed’’, dated July 1993, and which shall be

14 known as Fish Creek Mountains Wilderness.

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

17 which comprise approximately twenty-eight thousand

18 one hundred and ten acres, as generally depicted on

19 a map entitled ‘‘Funeral Mountains Wilderness—Pro20 posed’’, dated May 1991, and which shall be known

21 as Funeral Mountains Wilderness.

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

24 which comprise approximately thirty-seven thousand

25 seven hundred acres, as generally depicted on a map
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1 entitled ‘‘Golden Valley Wilderness—Proposed’’, dated

2 February 1986, and which shall be known as Golden

3 Valley Wilderness.

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

6 which comprise approximately thirty-one thousand

7 six hundred and ninety-five acres, as generally de8 picted on a map entitled ‘‘Grass Valley Wilderness—

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

10 known as the Grass Valley Wilderness.

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

13 which comprise approximately eight thousand eight

14 hundred acres, as generally depicted on a map enti15 tled ‘‘Great Falls Basin Wilderness—Proposed’’,

16 dated February 1986, and which shall be known as

17 the Great Falls Basin Wilderness.

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

20 which comprise approximately twenty-two thousand

21 two hundred and forty acres, as generally depicted on

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

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

24 Hollow Hills Wilderness.
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1 (28) Certain lands in the California Desert Con2 servation Area, of the Bureau of Land Management,

3 which comprise approximately twenty-six thousand

4 four hundred and sixty acres, as generally depicted on

5 a map entitled ‘‘Ibex Wilderness—Proposed’’, dated

6 May 1991, and which shall be known as the Ibex Wil7 derness.

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

10 which comprise approximately thirty-three thousand

11 eight hundred and fifty-five acres, as generally de12 picted on a map entitled ‘‘Indian Pass Wilderness—

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

14 known as the Indian Pass Wilderness.

15 (30) Certain lands in the California Desert Con16 servation Area and the Bakersfield District, of the

17 Bureau of Land Management, and within the Inyo

18 National Forest, which comprise approximately two

19 hundred and five thousand and twenty acres, as gen20 erally depicted on three maps entitled ‘‘Inyo Moun21 tains Wilderness—Proposed 1’’, ‘‘Inyo Mountains

22 Wilderness—Proposed 2’’, ‘‘Inyo Mountains Wilder23 ness—Proposed 3’’, dated May 1991, and which shall

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

3 which comprise approximately thirty-three thousand

4 six hundred and seventy acres, as generally depicted

5 on a map entitled ‘‘Jacumba Wilderness—Proposed’’,

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

7 Jacumba Wilderness.

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

10 which comprise approximately one hundred and

11 twenty-nine thousand five hundred and eighty acres,

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

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

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

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

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

17 which shall be known as the Kelso Dunes Wilderness.

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

20 and the Sequoia National Forest, which comprise ap21 proximately eighty-eight thousand two hundred and

22 ninety acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled

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

24 1986, and a map entitled ‘‘Kiavah Wilderness—Pro-
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1 posed 2’’, dated October 1993, and which shall be

2 known as the Kiavah Wilderness.

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

5 which comprise approximately two hundred nine

6 thousand, six hundred and eight acres, as generally

7 depicted on four maps entitled ‘‘Kingston Range Wil8 derness—Proposed 1’’, ‘‘Kingston Range Wilderness—

9 Proposed 2’’, ‘‘Kingston Range Wilderness—Proposed

10 3’’, ‘‘Kingston Range Wilderness—Proposed 4’’, dated

11 July 1993, and which shall be known as the Kingston

12 Range Wilderness.

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

15 which comprise approximately twenty-nine thousand

16 eight hundred and eighty acres, as generally depicted

17 on a map entitled ‘‘Little Chuckwalla Mountains Wil18 derness—Proposed’’, dated July 1993, and which

19 shall be known as the Little Chuckwalla Mountains

20 Wilderness.

21 (36) Certain lands in the California Desert Con22 servation Area and the Yuma District, of the Bureau

23 of Land Management, which comprise approximately

24 thirty-three thousand six hundred acres, as generally

25 depicted on a map entitled ‘‘Little Picacho Wilder-
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1 ness—Proposed’’, dated July 1993, and which shall be

2 known as the Little Picacho Wilderness.

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

5 which comprise approximately thirty-two thousand

6 three hundred and sixty acres, as generally depicted

7 on a map entitled ‘‘Malpais Mesa Wilderness—Pro8 posed’’, dated September 1991, and which shall be

9 known as the Malpais Mesa Wilderness.

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

12 which comprise approximately sixteen thousand one

13 hundred and five acres, as generally depicted on a

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

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

16 Manly Peak Wilderness.

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

19 which comprise approximately twenty-four thousand

20 two hundred acres, as generally depicted on a map

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

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

23 Hills 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 forty-seven thousand

2 three hundred and thirty acres, as generally depicted

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

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

5 Mesquite Wilderness.

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

8 which comprise approximately twenty-two thousand

9 nine hundred acres, as generally depicted on a map

10 entitled ‘‘Newberry Mountains Wilderness—Pro11 posed’’, dated February 1986, and which shall be

12 known as the Newberry Mountains Wilderness.

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

15 which comprise approximately one hundred ten thou16 sand eight hundred and sixty acres, as generally de17 picted on a map entitled ‘‘Nopah Range Wilderness—

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

19 known as the Nopah Range Wilderness.

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

22 which comprise approximately thirty-two thousand

23 two hundred and forty acres, as generally depicted on

24 a map entitled ‘‘North Algodones Dunes Wilderness—
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1 Proposed’’, dated October 1991, and which shall be

2 known as the North Algodones Dunes Wilderness.

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

5 which comprise approximately twenty-five thousand

6 five hundred and forty acres, as generally depicted on

7 a map entitled ‘‘North Mesquite Mountains Wilder8 ness—Proposed’’, dated May 1991, and which shall be

9 known as the North Mesquite Mountains Wilderness.

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

12 which comprise approximately one hundred forty-six

13 thousand and twenty acres, as generally depicted on

14 a map entitled ‘‘Old Woman Mountains Wilderness—

15 Proposed 1’’, dated July 1993 and a map entitled

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

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

18 Old Woman Mountains Wilderness.

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

21 which comprise approximately forty thousand seven

22 hundred and thirty-five acres, as generally depicted

23 on a map entitled ‘‘Orocopia Mountains Wilderness—

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

25 known as the Orocopia Mountains Wilderness.
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1 (47) Certain lands in the California Desert Con2 servation Area and the Bakersfield District, of the

3 Bureau of Land Management, which comprise ap4 proximately seventy-four thousand six hundred and

5 forty acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled

6 ‘‘Owens Peak Wilderness—Proposed 1’’, dated Feb7 ruary 1986, and two maps entitled ‘‘Owens Peak Wil8 derness—Proposed 2’’ and ‘‘Owens Peak Wilderness—

9 Proposed 3’’, dated May 1991, and which shall be

10 known as the Owens Peak Wilderness.

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

13 which comprise approximately seventy-four thousand

14 eight hundred acres, as generally depicted on a map

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

16 dated February 1986, and which shall be known as

17 the Pahrump Valley Wilderness.

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

20 which comprise approximately two hundred seventy

21 thousand six hundred and twenty-nine acres, as gen22 erally depicted on a map entitled ‘‘Palen/McCoy Wil23 derness—Proposed 1’’, dated July 1993, and a map

24 entitled ‘‘Palen/McCoy Wilderness—Proposed 2’’,
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1 dated July 1993, and which shall be known as the

2 Palen/McCoy Wilderness.

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

5 which comprise approximately thirty-two thousand

6 three hundred and ten acres, as generally depicted on

7 a map entitled ‘‘Palo Verde Mountains Wilderness—

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

9 known as the Palo Verde Mountains Wilderness.

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

12 which comprise approximately seven thousand seven

13 hundred acres, as generally depicted on a map enti14 tled ‘‘Picacho Peak Wilderness—Proposed’’, dated

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

16 Peak Wilderness.

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

19 which comprise approximately seventy-two thousand

20 five hundred and seventy-five acres, as generally de21 picted on a map entitled ‘‘Piper Mountain Wilder22 ness—Proposed’’, dated October 1993, and which shall

23 be known as the Piper Mountain 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 thirty-six thousand

2 eight hundred and forty acres, as generally depicted

3 on a map entitled ‘‘Piute Mountains Wilderness—

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

5 known as the Piute Mountains Wilderness.

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

8 which comprise approximately seventy-eight thousand

9 eight hundred and sixty-eight acres, as generally de10 picted on a map entitled ‘‘Resting Spring Range Wil11 derness—Proposed’’, dated May 1991, and which

12 shall be known as the Resting Spring Range Wilder13 ness.

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

16 which comprise approximately forty thousand eight

17 hundred and twenty acres, as generally depicted on a

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

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

20 Rice Valley Wilderness.

21 (56) Certain lands in the California Desert Con22 servation area and the Yuma District, of the Bureau

23 of Land Management, which comprise approximately

24 twenty-two thousand three hundred eighty acres, as

25 generally depicted on a map entitled ‘‘Riverside
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1 Mountains Wilderness—Proposed’’, dated May 1991,

2 and which shall be known as the Riverside Mountains

3 Wilderness.

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

6 which comprise approximately twenty-one thousand

7 three hundred acres, as generally depicted on a map

8 entitled ‘‘Rodman Mountains Wilderness—Proposed’’,

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

10 Rodman Mountains Wilderness.

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

13 Bureau of Land Management, which comprise ap14 proximately fifty-one thousand nine hundred acres, as

15 generally depicted on two maps entitled ‘‘Sacatar

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

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

18 which shall be known as the Sacatar Trail Wilder19 ness.

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

22 which comprise approximately one thousand four

23 hundred and forty acres, as generally depicted on a

24 map entitled ‘‘Saddle Peak Hills Wilderness—Pro-
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1 posed’’, dated July 1993, and which shall be known

2 as the Saddle Peak Hills Wilderness.

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

5 which comprise approximately thirty-seven thousand

6 nine hundred and eighty acres, as generally depicted

7 on a map entitled ‘‘San Gorgonio Wilderness Addi8 tions—Proposed’’, dated July 1993, and which are

9 hereby incorporated in, and which shall be deemed to

10 be a part of, the San Gorgonio Wilderness as des11 ignated by Public Laws 88–577 and 98–425.

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

14 which comprise approximately sixty-four thousand

15 seven hundred and sixty acres, as generally depicted

16 on a map entitled ‘‘Santa Rosa Wilderness Addi17 tions—Proposed’’, dated July 1993, and which are

18 hereby incorporated in, and which shall be deemed to

19 be a part of, the Santa Rosa Wilderness designated by

20 Public Law 98–425.

21 (62) Certain lands in the California Desert Dis22 trict, of the Bureau of Land Management, which com23 prise approximately thirty-five thousand and eighty

24 acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled ‘‘Saw25 tooth Mountains Wilderness—Proposed’’, dated July
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1 1993, and which shall be known as the Sawtooth

2 Mountains Wilderness.

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

5 which comprise approximately one hundred seventy6 four thousand eight hundred acres, as generally de7 picted on two maps entitled ‘‘Sheephole Valley Wil8 derness—Proposed 1’’, dated July 1993, and

9 ‘‘Sheephole Valley Wilderness—Proposed 2’’, dated

10 July 1993, and which shall be known as the Sheephole

11 Valley Wilderness.

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

14 which comprise approximately sixteen thousand seven

15 hundred and eighty acres, as generally depicted on a

16 map entitled ‘‘South Nopah Range Wilderness—Pro17 posed’’, dated February 1986, and which shall be

18 known as the South Nopah Range Wilderness.

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

21 which comprise approximately seven thousand and

22 fifty acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled

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

24 and which shall be known as the Stateline Wilderness.
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1 (66) Certain lands in the California Desert Con2 servation Area, of the Bureau of Land Management,

3 which comprise approximately eighty-one thousand

4 six hundred acres, as generally depicted on a map en5 titled ‘‘Stepladder Mountains Wilderness—Proposed’’,

6 dated February 1986, and which shall be known as

7 the Stepladder Mountains Wilderness.

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

10 which comprise approximately twenty-nine thousand

11 one hundred and eighty acres, as generally depicted

12 on a map entitled ‘‘Surprise Canyon Wilderness—

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

14 known as the Surprise Canyon Wilderness.

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

17 which comprise approximately seventeen thousand

18 eight hundred and twenty acres, as generally depicted

19 on a map entitled ‘‘Sylvania Mountains Wilderness—

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

21 known as the Sylvania Mountains Wilderness.

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

24 which comprise approximately thirty-one thousand

25 one hundred and sixty acres, as generally depicted on
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1 a map entitled ‘‘Trilobite Wilderness—Proposed’’,

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

3 Trilobite Wilderness.

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

6 which comprise approximately one hundred forty-four

7 thousand five hundred acres, as generally depicted on

8 a map entitled ‘‘Turtle Mountains Wilderness—Pro9 posed 1’’, dated February 1986 and a map entitled

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

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

12 Mountains Wilderness.

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

15 of Land Management, which comprise approximately

16 seventy-seven thousand five hundred and twenty

17 acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled ‘‘Whip18 ple Mountains Wilderness—Proposed’’, dated July

19 1993, and which shall be known as the Whipple

20 Mountains Wilderness.

21 SEC. 103. ADMINISTRATION OF WILDERNESS AREAS.

22 (a) MANAGEMENT.—Subject to valid existing rights,

23 each wilderness area designated under section 102 shall be

24 administered by the Secretary of the Interior (hereinafter

25 in this Act referred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’) or the Secretary
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1 of Agriculture, as appropriate, in accordance with the pro2 visions of the Wilderness Act, except that any reference in

3 such provisions to the effective date of the Wilderness Act

4 shall be deemed to be a reference to the effective date of this

5 title and any reference to the Secretary of Agriculture shall

6 be deemed to be a reference to the Secretary who has admin7 istrative jurisdiction over the area.

8 (b) MAP AND LEGAL DESCRIPTIONS.—As soon as prac9 ticable after the date of enactment of section 102, the Sec10 retary concerned shall file a map and legal description for

11 each wilderness area designated under this title with the

12 Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the United

13 States Senate and the Committee on Natural Resources of

14 the United States House of Representatives. Each such map

15 and description shall have the same force and effect as if

16 included in this title, except that the Secretary or the Sec17 retary of Agriculture, as appropriate, may correct clerical

18 and typographical errors in each such legal description and

19 map. Each such map and legal description shall be on file

20 and available for public inspection in the office of the Direc21 tor of the Bureau of Land Management, Department of the

22 Interior, or the Chief of the Forest Service, Department of

23 Agriculture, as appropriate.

24 (c) LIVESTOCK.—Within the wilderness areas des25 ignated under section 102, the grazing of livestock, where
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1 established prior to the date of enactment of this Act, shall

2 be permitted to continue subject to such reasonable regula3 tions, policies, and practices as the Secretary deems nec4 essary, as long as such regulations, policies, and practices

5 fully conform with and implement the intent of Congress

6 regarding grazing in such areas as such intent is expressed

7 in the Wilderness Act and section 101(f) of Public Law

8 101–628.

9 (d) NO BUFFER ZONES.—The Congress does not in10 tend for the designation of wilderness areas in section 102

11 of this Act to lead to the creation of protective perimeters

12 or buffer zones around any such wilderness area. The fact

13 that nonwilderness activities or uses can be seen or heard

14 from areas within a wilderness area shall not, of itself, pre15 clude such activities or uses up to the boundary of the wil16 derness area.

17 (e) FISH AND WILDLIFE.—As provided in section

18 4(d)(7) of the Wilderness Act, nothing in this title shall be

19 construed as affecting the jurisdiction of the State of Cali20 fornia with respect to wildlife and fish on the public lands

21 located in that State.

22 (f) WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT.—In furtherance of the

23 purposes of the Wilderness Act, management activities to

24 maintain or restore fish and wildlife populations and the

25 habitats to support such populations may be carried out
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1 within wilderness areas designated by this title, where con2 sistent with relevant wilderness management plans, in ac3 cordance with appropriate policies and guidelines, as set

4 forth in section 101(h) of Public Law 101–628.

5 (g) LAW ENFORCEMENT BORDER ACTIVITIES.—(1)

6 Nothing in this title, including the designation as wilder7 ness of lands within the Jacumba Wilderness, Coyote Moun8 tains Wilderness, and Fish Creek Mountains Wilderness

9 designated in section 102 of this Act, shall be construed as—

10 (A) precluding or otherwise affecting continued

11 border operations by the Immigration and Natu12 ralization Service, the Drug Enforcement Administra13 tion, or the United States Customs Service within

14 such wilderness areas, in accordance with any appli15 cable interagency agreements in effect on the date of

16 enactment of this Act; or

17 (B) precluding the Attorney General of the

18 United States or the Secretary of the Treasury from

19 entering into new or renewed agreements with the

20 Secretary concerning Immigration and Naturaliza21 tion Service, Drug Enforcement Administration, or

22 United States Custom Service border operations with23 in such wilderness areas, consistent with management

24 of the wilderness areas for the purpose for which such

25 wilderness areas were established, and in accordance
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1 with the Federal Land Policy and Management Act

2 of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.).

3 (2)(A) Within six months after the date of enactment

4 of this title, the Secretary, in consultation with the Sec5 retary of the Treasury and the Attorney General of the

6 United States, shall review all regulations and policies re7 lating to law enforcement activities within the wilderness

8 areas referred to in paragraph (1) to ensure that such regu9 lations provide Federal law enforcement agencies with ade10 quate authority to engage in law enforcement activities

11 within such wilderness areas.

12 (B) Upon completion of the review referred to in sub13 paragraph (A), the Secretary shall notify the Committee on

14 Energy and Natural Resources of the United States Senate

15 and the Committee on Natural Resources of the United

16 States House of Representatives on the adequacy of existing

17 authority for Federal law enforcement agencies to engage

18 in law enforcement activities within such wilderness areas.

19 SEC. 104. WILDERNESS REVIEW.

20 (a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subsection

21 (b), the Congress hereby finds and directs that lands in the

22 California Desert Conservation Area, of the Bureau of Land

23 Management, not designated as wilderness or wilderness

24 study areas by this Act have been adequately studied for

25 wilderness designation pursuant to section 603 of the Fed-
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1 eral Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (90 Stat.

2 2743, 43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), and are no longer subject

3 to the requirement of section 603(c) of the Federal Land

4 Policy and Management Act of 1976 pertaining to the man5 agement of wilderness study areas in a manner that does

6 not impair the suitability of such areas for preservation

7 as wilderness.

8 (b) AREAS NOT RELEASED.—The following areas shall

9 continue to be subject to the requirements of section 603(c)

10 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976,

11 pertaining to the management of wilderness study areas in

12 a manner that does not impair the suitability of such areas

13 for preservation as wilderness—

14 (1) certain lands which comprise approximately

15 sixty-one thousand three hundred and twenty, as gen16 erally depicted on a map entitled ‘‘Avawatz Moun17 tains Wilderness—Proposed’’, dated May 1991;

18 (2) certain lands which comprise approximately

19 thirty-nine thousand seven hundred and fifty acres,

20 as generally depicted on a map entitled ‘‘Kingston

21 Range Wilderness—Proposed 4’’, dated July 1993;

22 (3) certain lands which comprise approximately

23 eighty thousand four hundred and thirty acres, as

24 generally depicted on two maps entitled ‘‘Soda Moun25 tains Wilderness—Proposed 1’’, dated May 1991, and
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1 ‘‘Soda Mountains Wilderness—Proposed 2’’, dated

2 January 1989; and

3 (4) certain lands which compromise approxi4 mately twenty-three thousand two hundred and fifty

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

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

7 (c) WITHDRAWAL.—Subject to valid existing rights,

8 the Federal lands referred to in subsection (b) are hereby

9 withdrawn from all forms of entry, appropriation, or dis10 posal under the public land laws; from location, entry, and

11 patent under the United States mining laws; and from dis12 position under all laws pertaining to mineral and geo13 thermal leasing, and mineral materials, and all amend14 ments thereto.

15 SEC. 105. DESIGNATION OF WILDERNESS STUDY AREA.

16 In furtherance of the provisions of the Wilderness Act,

17 certain lands in the California Desert Conservation Area,

18 of the Bureau of Land Management, which comprise ap19 proximately eleven thousand two hundred acres as generally

20 depicted on a map entitled ‘‘White Mountains Wilderness

21 Study Area—Proposed’’, dated May 1991, are hereby des22 ignated as the White Mountains Wilderness Study Area and

23 shall be administered by the Secretary in accordance with

24 the provisions of section 603(c) of the Federal Land Policy

25 and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1782).
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1 SEC. 106. SUITABILITY REP0RT.

2 The Secretary is required, ten years after the date of

3 enactment of this Act, to report to Congress on current and

4 planned exploration, development or mining activities on,

5 and suitability for future wilderness designation of, the

6 lands as generally depicted on maps entitled ‘‘Surprise

7 Canyon Wilderness—Proposed’’, ‘‘Middle Park Canyon

8 Wilderness—Proposed’’, and ‘‘Death Valley National Park

9 Boundary and Wilderness 15’’, dated September 1991 and

10 a map entitled ‘‘Manly Peak Wilderness—Proposed’’, dated

11 October 1991.

12 SEC. 107. DESERT LILY SANCTUARY.

13 (a) DESIGNATION.—There is hereby established the

14 Desert Lily Sanctuary within the California Desert Con15 servation Area, California, of the Bureau of Land Manage16 ment, comprising approximately two thousand forty acres,

17 as generally depicted on a map entitled ‘‘Desert Lily Sanc18 tuary’’, dated February 1986. The Secretary shall admin19 ister the area to provide maximum protection to the desert

20 lily.

21 (b) WITHDRAWAL.—Subject to valid existing rights, all

22 Federal lands within the Desert Lily Sanctuary are hereby

23 withdrawn from all forms of entry, appropriation, or dis24 posal under the public land laws; from location, entry, and

25 patent under the United States mining laws; and from dis26 position under all laws pertaining to mineral and geo-
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1 thermal leasing, and mineral materials, and all amend2 ments thereto.

3 SEC. 108. DINOSAUR TRACKWAY AREA OF CRITICAL ENVI4 RONMENTAL CONCERN.

5 (a) DESIGNATION.—There is hereby established the Di6 nosaur Trackway Area of Critical Environmental Concern

7 within the California Desert Conservation Area, of the Bu8 reau of Land Management, comprising approximately five

9 hundred and ninety acres as generally depicted on a map

10 entitled ‘‘Dinosaur Trackway Area of Critical Environ11 mental Concern’’, dated July 1993. The Secretary shall ad12 minister the area to preserve the paleontological resources

13 within the area.

14 (b) WITHDRAWAL.—Subject to valid existing rights,

15 the Federal lands within and adjacent to the Dinosaur

16 Trackway Area of Critical Environmental Concern, as gen17 erally depicted on a map entitled ‘‘Dinosaur Trackway

18 Mineral Withdrawal Area’’, dated July 1993, are hereby

19 withdrawn from all forms of entry, appropriation, or dis20 posal under the public land laws; from location, entry, and

21 patent under the United States mining laws; and from dis22 position under all laws pertaining to mineral and geo23 thermal leasing, and mineral materials, and all amend24 ments thereto.
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1 TITLE II—DESIGNATION OF WILDERNESS

2 AREAS TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE

3 UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE

4 SERVICE

5 SEC. 201. DESIGNATION AND MANAGEMENT.

6 (a) DESIGNATION.—In furtherance of the purposes of

7 the Wilderness Act, the following lands are hereby des8 ignated as wilderness and therefore, as components of the

9 National Wilderness Preservation System:

10 (1) Certain lands in the Havasu National Wild11 life Refuge, California, which comprise approximately

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

13 generally depicted on a map entitled ‘‘Havasu Wil14 derness—Proposed’’, and dated October 1991, and

15 which shall be known as the Havasu Wilderness.

16 (2) Certain lands in the Imperial National

17 Wildlife Refuge, California, which comprise approxi18 mately five thousand eight hundred and thirty-six

19 acres, as generally depicted on two maps entitled

20 ‘‘Imperial Refuge Wilderness—Proposed 1’’ and ‘‘Im21 perial Refuge Wilderness—Proposed 2’’, and dated

22 October 1991, and which shall be known as the Impe23 rial Refuge Wilderness.

24 (b) MANAGEMENT.—Subject to valid existing rights,

25 the wilderness areas designated under this title shall be ad-
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1 ministered by the Secretary in accordance with the provi2 sions of the Wilderness Act governing areas designated by

3 that Act as wilderness, except that any reference in such

4 provisions to the effective date of the Wilderness Act (or any

5 similar reference) shall be deemed to be a reference to the

6 date of enactment of this Act.

7 (c) MAPS AND LEGAL DESCRIPTION.—As soon as prac8 ticable after enactment of this title, the Secretary shall file

9 a map and a legal description of each wilderness area des10 ignated under this section with the Committees on Energy

11 and Natural Resources and Environment and Public Works

12 of the United States Senate and Natural Resources and

13 Merchant Marine and Fisheries of the United States House

14 of Representatives. Such map and description shall have

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

16 that correction of clerical and typographical errors in such

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

18 legal description shall be on file and available for public

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

20 and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior.

21 SEC. 202. NO EFFECT ON COLORADO RIVER DAMS.

22 Nothing in this title shall be construed to affect the

23 operation of federally owned dams located on the Colorado

24 River in the Lower Basin.
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1 SEC. 203. NO EFFECT ON UPPER BASIN.

2 Nothing in this Act shall amend, construe, supersede,

3 or preempt any State law, Federal law, interstate compact,

4 or international treaty pertaining to the Colorado River

5 (including its tributaries) in the Upper Basin, including,

6 but not limited to the appropriation, use, development, stor7 age, regulation, allocation, conservation, exportation, or

8 quality of those rivers.

9 SEC. 204. COLORADO RIVER.

10 With respect to the Havasu and Imperial wilderness

11 areas designated by subsection 201(a) of this title, no rights

12 to water of the Colorado River are reserved, either expressly,

13 impliedly, or otherwise.

14 TITLE III—DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL

15 PARK

16 SEC. 301. FINDINGS.

17 The Congress hereby finds that—

18 (1) proclamations by Presidents Herbert Hoover

19 in 1933 and Franklin Roosevelt in 1937 established

20 and expanded the Death Valley National Monument

21 for the preservation of the unusual features of scenic,

22 scientific, and educational interest therein contained;

23 (2) Death Valley National Monument is today

24 recognized as a major unit of the National Park Sys25 tem, having extraordinary values enjoyed by millions

26 of visitors;
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1 (3) the monument boundaries established in the

2 1930’s exclude and thereby expose to incompatible de3 velopment and inconsistent management, contiguous

4 Federal lands of essential and superlative natural, ec5 ological, geological, archeological, paleontological, cul6 tural, historical ad wilderness values;

7 (4) Death Valley National Monument should be

8 substantially enlarged by the addition of all contig9 uous Federal lands of national park caliber and af10 forded full recognition and statutory protection as a

11 National Park; and

12 (5) the wilderness within Death Valley should re13 ceive maximum statutory protection by designation

14 pursuant to the Wilderness Act.

15 SEC. 302. ESTABLISHMENT OF DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL

16 PARK.

17 There is hereby established the Death Valley National

18 Park, (hereinafter in this title referred to as the ‘‘park’’)

19 as generally depicted on twenty-three maps entitled ‘‘Death

20 Valley National Park Boundary and Wilderness—Pro21 posed’’, numbered in the title one through twenty-three, and

22 dated July 1993 or prior, which shall be on file and avail23 able for public inspection in the offices of the Superintend24 ent of the park and the Director of the National Park Serv25 ice, Department of the Interior. The Death Valley National
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1 Monument is hereby abolished as such, the lands and inter2 ests therein are hereby incorporated within and made part

3 of the new Death Valley National Park, and any funds

4 available for purposes of the monument shall be available

5 for purposes of the park.

6 SEC. 303. TRANSFER AND ADMINISTRATION OF LANDS.

7 Upon enactment of this title, the Secretary shall trans8 fer the lands under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land

9 Management depicted in the maps described in section 302

10 of this title, without consideration, to the administrative

11 jurisdiction of the National Park Service for administra12 tion as part of the National Park System, and the boundary

13 of the park shall be adjusted accordingly. The Secretary

14 shall administer the areas added to the park by this title

15 in accordance with the provisions of law generally applica16 ble to units of the National Park System, including the Act

17 entitled ‘‘An Act to establish a National Park Service, and

18 for other purposes’’, approved August 25, 1916 (39 Stat.

19 535; 16 U.S.C. 1, 2–4).

20 SEC. 304. MAPS AND LEGAL DESCRIPTION.

21 Within six months after the enactment of this title, the

22 Secretary shall file maps and a legal description of the park

23 designated under this title with the Committee on Energy

24 and Natural Resources of the United States Senate and the

25 Committee on Natural Resources of the United States House
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1 of Representatives. Such maps and legal description shall

2 have the same force and effect as if included in this title,

3 except that the Secretary may correct clerical and typo4 graphical errors in such legal description and in the maps

5 referred to in section 302. The maps and legal description

6 shall be on file and available for public inspection in the

7 offices of the Superintendent of the park and the Director

8 of the National Park Service, Department of the Interior.

9 SEC. 305. WITHDRAWAL.

10 Subject to valid existing rights, all Federal lands with11 in the park are hereby withdrawn from all forms of entry,

12 appropriation, or disposal under the public land laws; from

13 location, entry, and patent under the United States mining

14 laws; and from disposition under all laws pertaining to

15 mineral and geothermal leasing, and mineral materials,

16 and all amendments thereto.

17 SEC. 306. GRAZING.

18 (a) IN GENERAL.—The privilege of grazing domestic

19 livestock on lands within the park may continue to be exer20 cised at no more than the current level, subject to applicable

21 laws and National Park Service regulations, by those per22 sons holding permits for such grazing on July 1, 1991.

23 Upon the expiration of such permits the Secretary may

24 issue to such persons new permits for such grazing, subject

25 to applicable laws and National Park Service regulations,
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1 but all grazing of livestock on such lands shall cease on July

2 1, 2018.

3 (b) SALE OF PROPERTY.—If a person holding a graz4 ing permit referred to in subsection (a) informs the Sec5 retary that such permittee is willing to convey to the United

6 States any base property with respect to which such permit

7 was issued and to which such permittee holds title, the Sec8 retary shall make the acquisition of such base property a

9 priority as compared with the acquisition of other lands

10 within the park, provided agreement can be reached con11 cerning the terms and conditions of such acquisition. Any

12 such base property which is located outside the park and

13 acquired as a priority pursuant to this section shall be

14 managed by the Federal agency responsible for the majority

15 of the adjacent lands in accordance with the laws applicable

16 to such adjacent lands.

17 TITLE IV—JOSHUA TREE NATIONAL PARK

18 SEC. 401. FINDINGS.

19 The Congress hereby finds that—

20 (1) a proclamation by President Franklin Roo21 sevelt in 1936 established Joshua Tree National

22 Monument to protect various objects of historical and

23 scientific interest;

24 (2) Joshua Tree National Monument today is

25 recognized as a major unit of the National Park Sys-
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1 tem, having extraordinary values enjoyed by millions

2 of visitors;

3 (3) the monument boundaries as modified in

4 1950 and 1961 exclude and thereby expose to incom5 patible development and inconsistent management,

6 contiguous Federal lands of essential and superlative

7 natural, ecological, archeological, paleontological, cul8 tural, historical, and wilderness values;

9 (4) Joshua Tree National Monument should be

10 enlarged by the addition of contiguous Federal lands

11 of national park caliber, and afforded full recognition

12 and statutory protection as a national park; and

13 (5) the nondesignated wilderness within Joshua

14 Tree should receive statutory protection by designa15 tion pursuant to the Wilderness Act.

16 SEC. 402. ESTABLISHMENT OF JOSHUA TREE NATIONAL

17 PARK.

18 There is hereby established the Joshua Tree National

19 Park, (hereinafter in this section referred to as the ‘‘park’’),

20 as generally depicted on a map entitled ‘‘Joshua Tree Na21 tional Park Boundary—Proposed’’, dated May 1991, and

22 four maps entitled ‘‘Joshua Tree National Park Boundary

23 and Wilderness’’, numbered in the title one through four,

24 and dated October 1991 or prior, which shall be on file and

25 available for public inspection in the offices of the Super-
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1 intendent of the park and the Director of the National Park

2 Service, Department of the Interior. The Joshua Tree Na3 tional Monument is hereby abolished as such, the lands and

4 interests therein are hereby incorporated within and made

5 part of the new Joshua Tree National Park, and any funds

6 available for purposes of the monument shall be available

7 for purposes of the park.

8 SEC. 403. TRANSFER AND ADMINISTRATION OF LANDS.

9 Upon enactment of this title, the Secretary shall trans10 fer the lands under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land

11 Management depicted on the maps described in section 402

12 of this title, without consideration, to the administrative

13 jurisdiction of the National Park Service for administra14 tion as part of the National Park System. The boundaries

15 of the park shall be adjusted accordingly. The Secretary

16 shall administer the areas added to the park by this title

17 in accordance with the provisions of law generally applica18 ble to units of the National Park System, including the Act

19 entitled ‘‘An Act to establish a National Park Service, and

20 for other purposes’’, approved August 25, 1916 (39 Stat.

21 535; 16 U.S.C. 1, 2–4).

22 SEC. 404. MAPS AND LEGAL DESCRIPTION.

23 Within six months after the date of enactment of this

24 title, the Secretary shall file maps and legal description of

25 the park with the Committee on Energy and Natural Re-
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1 sources of the United States Senate and the Committee on

2 Natural Resources of the United States House of Represent3 atives. Such maps and legal description shall have the same

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

5 Secretary may correct clerical and typographical errors in

6 such legal description and maps. The maps and legal de7 scription shall be on file and available for public inspection

8 in the appropriate offices of the National Park Service, De9 partment of the Interior.

10 SEC. 405. WITHDRAWAL.

11 Subject to valid existing rights, all Federal lands with12 in the park are hereby withdrawn from all forms of entry,

13 appropriation, or disposal under the public land laws; from

14 location, entry, and patent under the United States mining

15 laws; and from disposition under all laws pertaining to

16 mineral and geothermal leasing, and mineral materials,

17 and all amendments thereto.

18 SEC. 406. UTILITY RIGHTS-OF-WAY.

19 Nothing in this title shall have the effect of terminating

20 any validly issued right-of-way or customary operation

21 maintenance, repair, and replacement activities in such

22 right-of-way, issued, granted, or permitted to the Metropoli23 tan Water District pursuant to the Boulder Canyon Project

24 Act (43 U.S.C. 617–619b), which is located on lands in25 cluded in the Joshua Tree National Park, but outside lands
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1 designated as wilderness under section 601(2). Such activi2 ties shall be conducted in a manner which will minimize

3 the impact on park resources. Nothing in this title shall

4 have the effect of terminating the fee title to lands or cus5 tomary operation, maintenance, repair, and replacement

6 activities on or under such lands granted to the Metropoli7 tan Water District pursuant to the Act on June 18, 1932

8 (47 Stat. 324), which are located on lands included in the

9 Joshua Tree National Park, but outside lands designated

10 as wilderness under section 601(2). Such activities shall be

11 conducted in a manner which will minimize the impact on

12 park resources. The Secretary shall prepare within one hun13 dred and eighty days after the date of enactment of this

14 Act, in consultation with the Metropolitan Water District,

15 plans for emergency access by the Metropolitan Water Dis16 trict to its lands and rights-of-way.

17 TITLE V—MOJAVE NATIONAL PARK

18 SEC. 501. FINDINGS.

19 The Congress hereby finds that—

20 (1) Death Valley and Joshua Tree National

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

22 superlative desert resources, but do not embrace the

23 particular ecosystems and transitional desert type

24 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 possesses outstanding natu4 ral, cultural, historical, and recreational values mer5 iting statutory designation and recognition as a unit

6 of the National Park System;

7 (3) portions of the Mojave desert should be af8 forded full recognition and statutory protection as a

9 National Park;

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 SEC. 502. ESTABLISHMENT OF MOJAVE NATIONAL PARK.

22 There is hereby established the Mojave National Park,

23 (hereinafter in this title referred to as the ‘‘park’’) compris24 ing approximately one million one hundred eighty-one

25 thousand five hundred and twenty acres, as generally de-
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1 picted on a map entitled ‘‘Mojave National Park Bound2 ary—Proposed’’, dated October 1993, which shall be on file

3 and available for inspection in the appropriate offices of

4 the National Park Service, Department of the Interior.

5 SEC. 503. TRANSFER OF LANDS.

6 Upon enactment of this title, the Secretary shall trans7 fer the lands under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land

8 Management depicted on the maps described in section 502

9 of this title, without consideration, to the administrative

10 jurisdiction of the National Park Service.

11 SEC. 504. MAPS AND LEGAL DESCRIPTION.

12 Within six months after the date of enactment of this

13 title, the Secretary shall file maps and a legal description

14 of the park with the Committee on Energy and Natural Re15 sources of the United States Senate and the Committee on

16 Natural Resources of the United States House of Represent17 atives. Such maps and legal descriptions shall have the

18 same force and effect as if included in this title, except that

19 the Secretary may correct clerical and typographical errors

20 in such legal descriptions and maps. The maps and legal

21 description shall be on file and available for public inspec22 tion in the appropriate offices of the National Park Service,

23 Department of the Interior.
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1 SEC. 505. ABOLISHMENT OF SCENIC AREA.

2 The East Mojave Scenic Area, designated on January

3 13, 1981 (46 FR 3994), and modified on August 9, 1983

4 (48 FR 36210), is hereby abolished.

5 SEC. 506. ADMINISTRATION OF PARK.

6 The Secretary shall administer the park in accordance

7 with this title and with the provisions of law generally ap8 plicable to units of the National Park System, including

9 the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to establish a National Park Serv10 ice, and for other purposes’’, approved August 25, 1916 (39

11 Stat. 535; 16 U.S.C. 1, 2–4).

12 SEC. 507. WITHDRAWAL.

13 Subject to valid existing rights, all Federal lands with14 in the park are hereby withdrawn from all forms of entry,

15 appropriation, or disposal under the public land laws; from

16 location, entry, and patent under the United States mining

17 laws; and from disposition under all laws pertaining to

18 mineral and geothermal leasing, and mineral materials,

19 and all amendments thereto.

20 SEC. 508. REGULATION OF MINING.

21 Subject to valid existing rights, all mining claims lo22 cated within the park shall be subject to all applicable laws

23 and regulations applicable to mining within units of the

24 National Park System, including the Mining in the Parks

25 Act (16 U.S.C. 1901 et seq.), and any patent issued after

26 the date of enactment of this title shall convey title only
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1 to the minerals together with the right to use the surface

2 of lands for mining purposes, subject to such laws and regu3 lations.

4 SEC. 509. GRAZING.

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—The privilege of grazing domestic

6 livestock on lands within the park may continue to be exer7 cised at no more than the current level, subject to applicable

8 laws and National Park Service regulations, by those per9 sons holding permits for such grazing on July 1, 1991.

10 Upon the expiration of such permits the Secretary, acting

11 through the Director of the National Park Service, may

12 issue to such persons new permits for such grazing, subject

13 to applicable laws and National Park Service regulations,

14 but all grazing of such livestock on such lands shall cease

15 on July 1, 2018.

16 (b) OFFERS TO SELL.—If a person holding a grazing

17 permit referred to in subsection (a) informs the Secretary

18 that such permittee is willing to convey to the United States

19 any base property with respect to which the permit was

20 issued and to which such permittee holds title, the Secretary

21 shall make the acquisition of such base property a priority

22 as compared with the acquisition of other lands within the

23 park, provided agreement can be reached concerning the

24 terms and conditions of such acquisition. Any such base

25 property which is located outside the park and acquired as
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1 a priority pursuant to this section shall be managed by the

2 Federal agency responsible for the majority of the adjacent

3 lands in accordance with the laws applicable to such adja4 cent lands.

5 SEC. 510. UTILITY RIGHTS OF WAY.

6 (a)(1) Nothing in this title shall have the effect of ter7 minating any validly issued rights-of-way or customary op8 eration, maintenance, repair, and replacement activities in

9 such rights-of-way, issued, granted, or permitted to South10 ern California Edison Company, its successors or assigns,

11 which is located on lands included in the Mojave National

12 Park, but outside lands designated as wilderness under sec13 tion 601(3). Such activities shall be conducted in a manner

14 which will minimize the impact on park resources.

15 (2) Nothing in this title shall have the effect of prohib16 iting the upgrading of an existing electrical transmission

17 line for the purpose of increasing the capacity of such trans18 mission line in the Southern California Edison Company

19 validly issued Eldorado-Lugo Transmission Line right-of20 way and Mojave-Lugo Transmission Line right-of-way, or

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

22 Secretary adjacent to the existing Mojave-Lugo Trans23 mission Line right-of-way (hereafter in this section referred

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

25 replacement transmission line: Provided, That—
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1 (A) in the Eldorado-Lugo Transmission Line

2 rights-of-way (hereafter in this section referred to as

3 the ‘‘Eldorado-Lugo right-of-way’’) at no time shall

4 there be more than 3 electrical transmission lines,

5 (B) in the Mojave-Lugo Transmission Line

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

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

8 removal of the existing electrical transmission line

9 and reclamation of the site shall be completed no later

10 than three years after the date on which construction

11 of the upgraded transmission line begins, after which

12 time there may be only one electrical transmission

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

14 and adjacent right-of-way,

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

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

17 electrical transmission lines in the lands encompassed

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

19 may be allowed,

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

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

22 granted, or permitted for such upgrade unless an ad23 dition would reduce the impacts to park resources,

24 (E) no more than three hundred and fifty feet of

25 additional land shall be issued, granted, or permitted
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1 for an adjacent right-of-way to the south of the Mo2 jave right-of-way unless a greater addition would re3 duce the impacts to park resources, and

4 (F) such upgrade activities, including helicopter

5 aided construction, shall be conducted in a manner

6 which will minimize the impact on park resources.

7 (3) The Secretary shall prepare within one hundred

8 and eighty days after the date of enactment of this title,

9 in consultation with the Southern California Edison Com10 pany, plans for emergency access by the Southern Califor11 nia Edison Company to its rights-of-way.

12 (b)(1) Nothing in this title shall have the effect of ter13 minating any validly issued right-of-way, or customary op14 eration, maintenance, repair, and replacement activities in

15 such right-of-way; prohibiting the upgrading of and con16 struction on existing facilities in such right-of-way for the

17 purpose of increasing the capacity of the existing pipeline;

18 or prohibiting the renewal of such right-of-way; issued,

19 granted, or permitted to the Southern California Gas Com20 pany, its successors or assigns, which is located on lands

21 included in the Mojave National Park, but outside lands

22 designated as wilderness under section 601(3). Such activi23 ties shall be conducted in a manner which will minimize

24 the impact on park resources.
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1 (2) The Secretary shall prepare within one hundred

2 and eighty days after the date of enactment of this title,

3 in consultation with the Southern California Gas Com4 pany, plans for emergency access by the Southern Califor5 nia Gas Company to its rights-of-way.

6 (c) Nothing in this title shall have the effect of termi7 nating any validly issued right-of-way or customary oper8 ation, maintenance, repair, and replacement activities of

9 existing facilities issued, granted, or permitted for commu10 nications cables or lines, which are located on lands in11 cluded in the Mojave National Park, but outside lands des12 ignated as wilderness under section 601(3). Such activities

13 shall be conducted in a manner which will minimize the

14 impact on park resources.

15 (d) Nothing in this title shall have the effect of termi16 nating any validly issued right-of-way or customary oper17 ation, maintenance, repair, and replacement activities of

18 existing facilities issued, granted, or permitted to Molyb19 denum Corporation of America; Molycorp, Incorporated; or

20 Union Oil Company of California (d/b/a Unocal Corpora21 tion); or its successors or assigns, or prohibiting renewal

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

23 the Mojave National Park, but outside lands designated as

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1 conducted in a manner which will minimize the impact on

2 park resources.

3 SEC. 511. GENERAL MANAGEMENT PLAN.

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—Within three years of the date of

5 enactment of this title, the Secretary shall submit to the

6 Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the United

7 States Senate and the Committee on Natural Resources of

8 the United States House of Representatives a detailed and

9 comprehensive management plan for the park.

10 (b) KELSO DEPOT.—Such plan shall place emphasis

11 on historical and cultural sites and ecological and wilder12 ness values within the boundaries of the park, and shall

13 evaluate the feasibility of using the Kelso Depot and exist14 ing railroad corridor to provide public access to and a facil15 ity for special interpretive, educational, and scientific pro16 grams within the park.

17 (c) NEEDS OF INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES.—

18 Such plan shall specifically address the needs of individuals

19 with disabilities in the design of services, programs, accom20 modations and facilities consistent with section 504 of the

21 Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Americans with Disabilities

22 Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12101), and other appropriate laws

23 and regulations.
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1 SEC. 512. GRANITE MOUNTAINS NATURAL RESERVE.

2 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is hereby designated the

3 Granite Mountains Natural Reserve within the park com4 prising approximately nine thousand acres as generally de5 picted on a map entitled ‘‘Mojave National Park Boundary

6 and Wilderness—Proposed 6’’, dated May 1991.

7 (b) COOPERATIVE MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT.—Upon

8 enactment of this title, the Secretary shall enter into a coop9 erative management agreement with the University of Cali10 fornia for the purposes of managing the lands within the

11 Granite Mountains Natural Reserve. Such cooperative

12 agreement shall ensure continuation of arid lands research

13 and educational activities of the University of California,

14 consistent with the provisions of this title and laws gen15 erally applicable to units of the National Park System.

16 SEC. 513. SODA SPRINGS DESERT STUDY CENTER.

17 Upon enactment of this title, the Secretary shall enter

18 into a cooperative management agreement with California

19 State University for the purposes of managing facilities at

20 the Soda Springs Desert Study Center. Such cooperative

21 agreement shall ensure continuation of the desert research

22 and educational activities of California State University,

23 consistent with the provisions of this title and laws gen24 erally applicable to units of the National Park System.
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1 SEC. 514. CONSTRUCTION OF VISITOR CENTER.

2 The Secretary is authorized to construct a visitor cen3 ter in the park for the purpose of providing information

4 through appropriate displays, printed material, and other

5 interpretive programs, about the resources of the park.

6 SEC. 515. ACQUISITION OF LANDS

7 IN GENERAL.—The Secretary is authorized to acquire

8 all lands and interests therein within the boundary of the

9 park by donation, purchase, or exchange, except that—

10 (1) any lands or interests therein within the

11 boundary of the park which are owned by the State

12 of California, or any political subdivision thereof,

13 may be acquired only by donation or exchange except

14 for lands managed by California State Lands Com15 mission; and

16 (2) lands or interests therein within the bound17 ary of the park which are not owned by the State of

18 California or any political subdivision thereof may be

19 acquired only with the consent of the owner thereof

20 unless the Secretary determines, after written notice

21 to the owner and after opportunity for comment, that

22 the property is being developed, or proposed to be de23 veloped, in a manner which is detrimental to the in24 tegrity of the park or which is otherwise incompatible

25 with the purposes of this title.
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1 SEC. 516. SUITABILITY REPORT.

2 The Secretary is required, twenty years after the date

3 of enactment of this title, to report to Congress on current

4 and planned exploration, development or mining activities

5 on, and suitability for future park designation of, the lands

6 as generally depicted on a map entitled ‘‘Mojave National

7 Park Study Area— Proposed’’, dated July 1992.

8 TITLE VI—NATIONAL PARK WILDERNESS

9 SEC. 601. DESIGNATION OF WILDERNESS.

10 (a) In furtherance of the purposes of the Wilderness

11 Act (78 Stat. 890; 16 U.S.C. 1311 et seq.), the following

12 lands within the units of the National Park System des13 ignated by this Act are hereby designated as wilderness, and

14 therefore, as components of the National Wilderness Preser15 vation System:

16 (1) Death Valley National Park Wilderness, com17 prising approximately three million one hundred

18 fifty-eight thousand thirty-eight acres, as generally

19 depicted on twenty-three maps entitled ‘‘Death Valley

20 National Park Boundary and Wilderness’’, numbered

21 in the title one through twenty-three, and dated Octo22 ber 1993 or prior, and three maps entitled ‘‘Death

23 Valley National Park Wilderness’’, numbered in the

24 title one through three, and dated July 1993 or prior,

25 and which shall be known as the Death Valley Wilder26 ness.
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1 (2) Joshua Tree National Park Wilderness Addi2 tions, comprising approximately one hundred thirty3 one thousand seven hundred and eighty acres, as gen4 erally depicted on four maps entitled ‘‘Joshua Tree

5 National Park Boundary and Wilderness—Proposed’’,

6 numbered in the title one through four, and dated Oc7 tober 1991 or prior, and which are hereby incor8 porated in, and which shall be deemed to be a part

9 of the Joshua Tree Wilderness as designated by Public

10 Law 94–567.

11 (3) Mojave National Park Wilderness, compris12 ing approximately six hundred ninety-five thousand

13 two hundred and sixteen acres, as generally depicted

14 on ten maps entitled ‘‘Mojave National Park Bound15 ary and Wilderness—Proposed’’, numbered in the

16 title one through ten, and dated July 1993 or prior,

17 and seven maps entitled ‘‘Mojave National Park Wil18 derness—Proposed’’, numbered in the title one

19 through seven, and dated July 1993 or prior, and

20 which shall be known as the Mojave Wilderness.

21 (b) POTENTIAL WILDERNESS.—Upon cessation of all

22 uses prohibited by the Wilderness Act and publication by

23 the Secretary in the Federal Register of notice of such ces24 sation, potential wilderness, comprising approximately six

25 thousand eight hundred and forty acres, as described in
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1 ‘‘1988 Death Valley National Monument Draft General

2 Management Plan Draft Environmental Impact State3 ment’’ (hereafter in this title referred to as ‘‘Draft Plan’’)

4 and as generally depicted on map in the Draft Plan entitled

5 ‘‘Wilderness Plan Death Valley National Monument’’, dated

6 January 1988, and which shall be deemed to be a part of

7 the Death Valley Wilderness as designated in paragraph

8 (1). Lands identified in the Draft Plan as potential wilder9 ness shall be managed by the Secretary insofar as prac10 ticable as wilderness until such time as said lands are des11 ignated as wilderness.

12 SEC. 602. FILING OF MAPS AND DESCRIPTIONS.

13 Maps and a legal description of the boundaries of the

14 areas designated in section 601 of this title shall be on file

15 and available for public inspection in the appropriate of16 fices of the National Park Service, Department of the Inte17 rior. As soon as practicable after the date of enactment of

18 this title takes effect, maps and legal descriptions of the wil19 derness areas shall be filed with the Committee on Energy

20 and Natural Resources of the United States Senate and the

21 Committee on Natural Resources of the United States House

22 of Representatives, and such maps and legal descriptions

23 shall have the same force and effect as if included in this

24 title, except that the Secretary may correct clerical and ty25 pographical errors in such maps and legal descriptions.
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1 SEC. 603. ADMINISTRATION OF WILDERNESS AREAS.

2 The areas designated by section 601 of this title as wil3 derness shall be administered by the Secretary in accord4 ance with the applicable provisions of the Wilderness Act

5 governing areas designated by that title as wilderness, ex6 cept that any reference in such provision to the effective

7 date of the Wilderness Act shall be deemed to be a reference

8 to the effective date of this title, and where appropriate,

9 and reference to the Secretary of Agriculture shall be deemed

10 to be a reference to the Secretary of the Interior.

11 TITLE VII—MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

12 SEC. 701. TRANSFER OF LANDS TO RED ROCK CANYON

13 STATE PARK.

14 Upon enactment of this title, the Secretary shall trans15 fer to the State of California certain lands within the Cali16 fornia Desert Conservation Area, California, of the Bureau

17 of Land Management, comprising approximately twenty

18 thousand five hundred acres, as generally depicted on two

19 maps entitled ‘‘Red Rock Canyon State Park Additions 1’’

20 and ‘‘Red Rock Canyon State Park Additions 2’’, dated

21 May 1991, for inclusion in the State of California Park

22 System. Should the State of California cease to manage

23 these lands as part of the State Park System, ownership

24 of the lands shall revert to the Department of the Interior

25 to be managed as part of California Desert Conservation
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1 Area to provide maximum protection for the area’s scenic

2 and scientific values.

3 SEC. 702. LAND TENURE ADJUSTMENTS.

4 In preparing land tenure adjustment decisions with

5 the California Desert Conservation Area, of the Bureau of

6 Land Management, the Secretary shall give priority to con7 solidating Federal ownership within the national park

8 units and wilderness areas designated by this Act.

9 SEC. 703. LAND DISPOSAL.

10 Except as provided in section 406, none of the lands

11 within the boundaries of the wilderness or park areas des12 ignated under this Act shall be granted to or otherwise made

13 available for use by the Metropolitan Water District or any

14 other agencies or persons pursuant to the Boulder Canyon

15 Project Act (43 U.S.C. 617–619b) or any similar acts.

16 SEC. 704. MANAGEMENT OF NEWLY ACQUIRED LANDS.

17 Any lands within the boundaries of a wilderness area

18 designated under this Act which are acquired by the Federal

19 Government, shall become part of the wilderness area with20 in which they are located and shall be managed in accord21 ance with all the provisions of this Act and other laws ap22 plicable to such wilderness area.

23 SEC. 705. NATIVE AMERICAN USES AND INTERESTS.

24 (a) ACCESS.—In recognition of the past use of the

25 parks and wilderness areas designed under this Act by In-
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1 dian people for traditional cultural and religious purposes,

2 the Secretary shall ensure access to such parks and wilder3 ness areas by Indian people for such traditional cultural

4 and religious purposes. In implementing this section, the

5 Secretary, upon the request of an Indian tribe or Indian

6 religious community, shall temporarily close to the general

7 public use of one or more specific portions of park or wilder8 ness in order to protect the privacy of traditional cultural

9 and religious activities in such areas by Indian people. Any

10 such closure shall be made to affect the smallest practicable

11 area for the minimum period necessary for such purposes.

12 Such access shall be consistent with the purpose and intent

13 of Public Law 95–341 (42 U.S.C. 1996) commonly referred

14 to as the ‘‘American Indian Religious Freedom Act’’, and

15 with respect to areas designated as wilderness, the Wilder16 ness Act (78 Stat. 890; 16 U.S.C. 1131).

17 (b) COOK INLET REGIONAL CORPORATION.—Section

18 12 of the Act of January 2, 1976 (Public Law 94–204; 38

19 U.S.C. 1611 note), as amended, is further amended—

20 (1) by redesignating subsections (c) through (i)

21 as subsections (d) through (j), respectively;

22 (2) by inserting after subsection (b) the following

23 new subsection:

24 ‘‘(c) The Native landowner shall be required to deter25 mine the fair value of subsurface interests conveyed to it
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1 pursuant to subsection (b) shall be the appraisal methodol2 ogy customarily used by the Minerals Management Service

3 for valuing similar interests (such as discounted cash flow

4 based methodology). The fair value of any subsurface inter5 ests in land determined by a qualified independent ap6 praiser designated by the Region utilizing the methodology

7 described above shall be binding for all purposes, except for

8 Federal income tax matters, and provided that this excep9 tion shall create no inference that the determination is not

10 appropriate for establishing fair value in such matters.’’;

11 and

12 (3) in paragraph (9) of subsection (b), by strik13 ing ‘‘section 12(h)’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘sec14 tion 12(i)’’.

15 SEC. 706. FEDERAL RESERVE WATER RIGHTS.

16 (a) Except as otherwise provided in section 204, with

17 respect to each wilderness area designated by this Act, Con18 gress hereby reserves a quantity of water sufficient to fulfill

19 the purposes of this Act. The priority date of such reserved

20 water rights shall be the date of enactment of this Act.

21 (b) The Secretary and all other officers of the United

22 States shall take all steps necessary to protect the rights

23 reserved by this section, including the filing by the Sec24 retary of a claim for the quantification of such rights in

25 any present or future appropriate stream adjudication in
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1 the courts of the State of California in which the United

2 States is or may be joined in accordance with section 208

3 of the Act of July 10, 1952 (66 Stat. 560, 44 U.S.C. 666),

4 commonly referred to as the McCarran Amendment.

5 (c) Nothing in this Act shall be construed as a relin6 quishment or reduction of any water rights reserved or ap7 propriated by the United States in the State of California

8 on or before the date of enactment of this Act.

9 (d) The Federal water rights reserved by this Act are

10 specific to the wilderness area located in the State of Cali11 fornia designated under this Act. Nothing in this Act relat12 ed to the reserved Federal water rights shall be construed

13 as establishing a precedent with regard to any future des14 ignations, nor shall it constitute an interpretation of any

15 other Act or any designation made thereto.

16 SEC. 707. CALIFORNIA STATE SCHOOL LANDS.

17 (a) NEGOTIATIONS TO EXCHANGE.—Upon request of

18 the California State Lands Commission (hereinafter in this

19 section referred to as the ‘‘Commission’’), the Secretary shall

20 enter into negotiations for an agreement to exchange Fed21 eral lands or interests therein on the list referred to in sub22 section (b) (2) for California State School lands or interests

23 therein which are located within the boundaries of one or

24 more of the wilderness areas or park units designated by

25 this Act (hereinafter in this section referred to as ‘‘State
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1 School lands.’’). The Secretary shall negotiate in good faith

2 to reach a land exchange agreement consistent with the re3 quirements of section 206 of the Federal Land Policy and

4 Management Act of 1976.

5 (b) PREPARATION OF LIST.—Within six months after

6 the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall send

7 to the Commission and to the Committee on Energy and

8 Natural Resources of the United States Senate and the

9 Committee on Natural Resources of the United States House

10 of Representatives a list of the following:

11 (1) State School lands or interests therein (in12 cluding mineral interests) which are located within

13 the boundaries of the wilderness areas or park units

14 designated by this Act.

15 (2) Lands within the State of California under

16 the jurisdiction of the Secretary that the Secretary de17 termines to be suitable for disposal for exchange, iden18 tified in the following priority—

19 (A) lands with mineral interests, including

20 geothermal, which have the potential for commer21 cial development but which are not currently

22 under mineral lease or producing Federal min23 eral revenues;

24 (B) Federal claims in California managed

25 by the Bureau of Reclamation that the Secretary
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1 determines are not needed for any Bureau of

2 Reclamation project; and

3 (C) any public lands in California that the

4 Secretary, pursuant to the Federal Land Policy

5 and Management Act of 1976, has determined to

6 be suitable for disposal through exchange.

7 (3) Any other Federal land, or interest therein,

8 within the State of California which is or becomes

9 surplus to the needs of the Federal Government.

10 (4) The Secretary shall maintain such list and

11 shall annually transmit such list to the Committee on

12 Energy and Natural Resources of the United States

13 Senate and the Committee on Natural Resources of

14 the United States House of Representatives until all

15 of the State School lands identified in paragraph (1)

16 have been acquired.

17 (c) DISPOSAL OF SURPLUS FEDERAL PROPERTY.—(1)

18 Effective upon the date of enactment of this Act and until

19 all State School lands identified in paragraph (b)(1) of this

20 section are acquired, no Federal lands or interests therein

21 within the State of California may be disposed of from Fed22 eral ownership unless—

23 (A) the Secretary is notified of the availability

24 of such lands or interest therein;
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1 (B) the Secretary has notified the Commission of

2 the availability of such lands or interests therein for

3 exchange; and

4 (C) the Commission has not notified the Sec5 retary within six months that it wishes to consider

6 entering into an exchange for such lands or interests

7 therein.

8 (2) If the Commission notifies the Secretary that it

9 wishes to consider an exchange for such lands or interests

10 therein, the Secretary shall attempt to conclude such ex11 change in accordance with the provisions of this section as

12 quickly as possible.

13 (3) If an agreement is reached and executed with the

14 Commission, then upon notice to the head of the agency hav15 ing administrative jurisdiction over such lands or interests

16 therein, the Secretary shall be vested with administrative

17 jurisdiction over such lands or interests therein for the pur18 pose of concluding such exchange.

19 (4) Upon the acquisition of all State School lands or

20 upon notice by the Commission to the Secretary that it no

21 longer has an interest in such lands or interests therein,

22 such lands or interests shall be released to the agency that

23 originally had jurisdiction over such lands or interests for

24 disposal in accordance with the laws otherwise applicable

25 to such lands or interests.
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1 (d) NO EFFECT ON MILITARY BASE CLOSURES.—The

2 provisions of this section shall not apply to the disposal

3 of property under title II of the Defense Authorization

4 Amendments and Base Closure and Realignment Act (Pub5 lic Law 100–526; 102 Stat. 2627; 10 U.S.C. 2687 note) or

6 the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990

7 (Public Law 101–510; 104 Stat. 1808; 10 U.S.C. 2687

8 note).

9 TITLE VIII—MILITARY LANDS AND

10 OVERFLIGHTS

11 SEC. 801. SHORT TITLE AND FINDINGS.

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

13 ‘‘California Military Lands Withdrawal and Overflights

14 Act of 1993’’.

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

16 (1) military aircraft testing and training activi17 ties as well as demilitarization activities in Califor18 nia are an important part of the national defense sys19 tem of the United States, and are essential in order

20 to secure for the American people of this and future

21 generations an enduring and viable national defense

22 system;

23 (2) the National Parks and wilderness areas des24 ignated by this Act lie within a region critical to pro-
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1 viding training, research, and development for the

2 Armed Forces of the United States and its allies;

3 (3) there is a lack of alternative sites available

4 for these military training, testing, and research ac5 tivities;

6 (4) continued use of the lands and airspace in

7 the California desert region is essential for military

8 purposes; and

9 (5) contination of these military activities, under

10 appropriate terms and conditions, is not incompatible

11 with the protection and proper management of the

12 natural, environmental, cultural, and other resources

13 and values of the Federal lands in the California

14 desert area.

15 SEC. 802. MILITARY OVERFLIGHTS.

16 (a) OVERFLIGHTS.—Nothing in this Act, the Wilder17 ness Act, or other land management laws generally applica18 ble to the new units of the National Park or Wilderness

19 Preservation Systems (or any additions to existing units)

20 designated by this Act, shall restrict or preclude low-level

21 overflights of military aircraft over such units, including

22 military overflights that can be seen or heard within such

23 units.

24 (b) SPECIAL AIRSPACE.—Nothing in this Act, the Wil25 derness Act, or other land management laws generally ap-
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1 plicable to the new units of the National Park or Wilderness

2 Preservation Systems (or any additions to existing units)

3 designated by this Act, shall restrict or preclude the des4 ignation of new units of special airspace or the use or estab5 lishment of military flight training routes over such new

6 park or wilderness units.

7 (c) NO EFFECT ON OTHER LAWS.—Nothing in this

8 section shall be construed to modify, expand, or diminish

9 any authority under other Federal law.

10 SEC. 803. 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;

4 (D) geothermal leasing and development and re5 lated power production activities; and

6 (E) subject to the requirements of section 804(f),

7 other defense-related purposes consistent with the pur8 poses specified in this paragraph.

9 (2) The lands referred to in paragraph (1) are the Fed10 eral lands located within the boundaries of the China Lake

11 Naval Weapons Center, comprising approximately one mil12 lion one hundred thousand acres in Inyo, Kern, and San

13 Bernardino Counties, California, as generally depicted on

14 a map entitled ‘‘China Lake Naval Weapons Center With15 drawal—Proposed’’, dated January 1985.

16 (b) CHOCOLATE MOUNTAIN.—(1) Subject to valid ex17 isting rights and except as otherwise provided in this title,

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

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

20 map specified in such paragraph which may become subject

21 to the operation of the public land laws, are hereby with22 drawn from all forms of appropriation under the public

23 land laws (including the mining laws and the mineral leas24 ing and the geothermal leasing laws). Such lands are re25 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 two hundred twenty8 six thousand seven hundred and eleven acres in Imperial

9 County, California, as generally depicted on a map entitled

10 ‘‘Chocolate Mountain Aerial Gunnery Range Proposed—

11 Withdrawal’’ dated July 1993.

12 SEC. 804. MAPS AND LEGAL DESCRIPTIONS.

13 (a) PUBLICATION AND FILING REQUIREMENT.—As

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

15 the Secretary shall—

16 (1) publish in the Federal Register a notice con17 taining the legal description of the lands withdrawn

18 and reserved by this title; and

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

20 lands withdrawn and reserved by this title with the

21 Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the

22 United States Senate and with the Committee on

23 Natural Resources of the United States House of Rep24 resentatives.
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1 (b) TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS.—Such maps and legal

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

3 were included in this title except that the Secretary may

4 correct clerical and typographical errors in such maps and

5 legal descriptions.

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

7 such maps and legal descriptions shall be available for pub8 lic inspection in the appropriate offices of the Bureau of

9 Land Management; the office of the commander of the Naval

10 Weapons Center, China Lake, California; the office of the

11 commanding officer, Marine Corps Air Station, Yuma, Ari12 zona; and the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Washing13 ton, District of Columbia.

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

15 reimburse the Secretary for the cost of implementing this

16 section.

17 SEC. 805. MANAGEMENT OF WITHDRAWN LANDS.

18 (a) MANAGEMENT BY THE SECRETARY OF THE INTE19 RIOR.—(1) Except as provided in subsection (g), during the

20 period of the withdrawal the Secretary shall manage the

21 lands withdrawn under section 802 of this title pursuant

22 to the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976

23 (43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) and other applicable law, including

24 this title.
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1 (2) To the extent consistent with applicable law and

2 Executive orders, the lands withdrawn under section 802

3 may be managed in a manner permitting—

4 (A) the continuation of grazing pursuant to ap5 plicable law and Executive orders were permitted on

6 the date of enactment of this title;

7 (B) protection of wildlife and wildlife habitat;

8 (C) control of predatory and other animals;

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

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

11 (E) the prevention and appropriate suppression

12 of brush and range fires resulting from nonmilitary

13 activities; and

14 (F) geothermal leasing and development and re15 lated power production activities on the lands with16 drawn under section 802(a) (relating to China Lake).

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

18 uses described in paragraph (2), shall be subject to such con19 ditions and restrictions as may be necessary to permit the

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

21 authorized pursuant to this title.

22 (B) The Secretary may issue any lease, easement,

23 right-of-way, or other authorization with respect to the non24 military use of such lands only with the concurrence of the

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

2 Navy determines that military operations, public safety, or

3 national security require the closure to public use of any

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

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

6 determines necessary or desirable to effect and maintain

7 such closure.

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

9 areas and periods which the Secretary of the Navy deter10 mines are required to carry out this subsection.

11 (3) Before and during any closure under this sub12 section, the Secretary of the Navy shall—

13 (A) keep appropriate warning notices posted;

14 and

15 (B) take appropriate steps to notify the public

16 concerning such closures.

17 (c) MANAGEMENT PLAN.—The Secretary (after con18 sultation with the Secretary of the Navy) shall develop a

19 plan for the management of each area withdrawn under

20 section 802 of this title during the period of such with21 drawal. Each plan shall—

22 (1) be consistent with applicable law;

23 (2) be subject to conditions and restrictions spec24 ified in subsection (a)(3);
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1 (3) include such provisions as may be necessary

2 for proper management and protection of the re3 sources and values of such area; and

4 (4) be developed not later than three years after

5 the date of enactment of this title.

6 (d) BRUSH AND RANGE FIRES.—The Secretary of the

7 Navy shall take necessary precautions to prevent and sup8 press brush and range fires occurring within and outside

9 the lands withdrawn under section 802 as a result of mili10 tary activities and may seek assistance from the Bureau

11 of Land Management in the suppression of such fires. The

12 memorandum of understanding required by subsection (e)

13 shall provide for Bureau of Land Management assistance

14 in the suppression of such fires, and for a transfer of funds

15 from the Department of the Navy to the Bureau of Land

16 Management as compensation for such assistance.

17 (e) MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING.—(1) The Sec18 retary and the Secretary of the Navy shall (with respect

19 to each land withdrawal under section 802 of this title)

20 enter into a memorandum of understanding to implement

21 the management plan developed under subsection (c). Any

22 such memorandum of understanding shall provide that the

23 Director of the Bureau of Land Management shall provide

24 assistance in the suppression of fires resulting from the
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1 military use of lands withdrawn under section 802 if re2 quested by the Secretary of the Navy.

3 (2) The duration of any such memorandum shall be

4 the same as the period of the withdrawal of the lands under

5 section 802.

6 (f) ADDITIONAL MILITARY USES.—Lands withdrawn

7 under section 802 of this title may be used for defense-relat8 ed uses other than those specified in such section. The Sec9 retary of Defense shall promptly notify the Secretary in the

10 event that the lands withdrawn by this title will be used

11 for defense-related purposes other than those specified in sec12 tion 802. Such notification shall indicate the additional use

13 or uses involved, the proposed duration of such uses, and

14 the extent to which such additional military uses of the

15 withdrawn lands will require that additional or more strin16 gent conditions or restrictions be imposed on otherwise-per17 mitted nonmilitary uses of the withdrawn land or portions

18 thereof.

19 (g) MANAGEMENT OF CHINA LAKE.—(1) The Secretary

20 may assign the management responsibility for the lands

21 withdrawn under section 802(a) to the Secretary of the

22 Navy who shall manage such lands, and issue leases, ease23 ments, rights-of-way, and other authorizations, in accord24 ance with this title and cooperative management arrange25 ments between the Secretary and the Secretary of the Navy:
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1 Provided, That nothing in this subsection shall affect geo2 thermal leases issued by the Secretary prior to the date of

3 enactment of this title, or the responsibility of the Secretary

4 to administer and manage such leases, consistent with the

5 provisions of this section. In the case that the Secretary as6 signs such management responsibility to the Secretary of

7 the Navy before the development of the management plan

8 under subsection (c), the Secretary of the Navy (after con9 sultation with the Secretary) shall develop such manage10 ment plan.

11 (2) The Secretary shall be responsible for the issuance

12 of any lease, easement, right-of-way, and other authoriza13 tion with respect to any activity which involves both the

14 lands withdrawn under section 802(a) and any other lands.

15 Any such authorization shall be issued only with the con16 sent of the Secretary of the Navy and, to the extent that

17 such activity involves lands withdrawn under section

18 802(a), shall be subject to such conditions as the Secretary

19 of the Navy may prescribe.

20 (3) The Secretary of the Navy shall prepare and sub21 mit to the Secretary an annual report on the status of the

22 natural and cultural resources and values of the lands with23 drawn under section 802(a). The Secretary shall transmit

24 such report to the Committee on Energy and Natural Re25 sources of the United States Senate and the Committee on
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1 Natural Resources of the United States House of Represent2 atives.

3 (4) The Secretary of the Navy shall be responsible for

4 the management of wild horses and burros located on the

5 lands withdrawn under section 802(a) and may utilize heli6 copters and motorized vehicles for such purposes. Such man7 agement shall be in accordance with laws applicable to such

8 management on public lands and with an appropriate

9 memorandum of understanding between the Secretary and

10 the Secretary of the Navy.

11 (5) Neither this title nor any other provision of law

12 shall be construed to prohibit the Secretary from issuing

13 and administering any lease for the development and utili14 zation of geothermal steam and associated geothermal re15 sources on the lands withdrawn under section 802(a) pursu16 ant to the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970 (30 U.S.C. 1001

17 et seq.) and other applicable law, but no such lease shall

18 be issued without the concurrence of the Secretary of the

19 Navy.

20 (6) This title shall not affect the geothermal explo21 ration and development authority of the Secretary of the

22 Navy under section 2689 of title 10, United States Code,

23 except that the Secretary of the Navy shall obtain the con24 currence of the Secretary before taking action under that
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1 section with respect to the lands withdrawn under section

2 802(a).

3 (7) Upon the expiration of the withdrawal or relin4 quishment of China Lake, Navy contracts for the develop5 ment of geothermal resources at China Lake then in effect

6 (as amended or renewed by the Navy after the date of enact7 ment of this title) shall remain in effect: Provided, That

8 the Secretary, with the consent of the Secretary of the Navy,

9 may offer to substitute a standard geothermal lease for any

10 such contract.

11 SEC. 806. DURATION OF WITHDRAWALS.

12 (a) DURATION.—The withdrawals and reservations es13 tablished by this title shall terminate twenty-five years after

14 the date of enactment of this title.

15 (b) DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT.—No

16 later than twenty-two years after the date of enactment of

17 this title, the Secretary of the Navy shall publish a draft

18 environmental impact statement concerning continued or

19 renewed withdrawal of any portion of the lands withdrawn

20 by this title for which that Secretary intends to seek such

21 continued or renewed withdrawal. Such draft environ22 mental impact statement shall be consistent with the re23 quirements of the National Environmental Policy Act of

24 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) applicable to such a draft

25 environmental impact statement. Prior to the termination
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1 date specified in subsection (a), the Secretary of the Navy

2 shall hold a public hearing on any draft environmental im3 pact statement published pursuant to this section. Such

4 hearing shall be held in the State of California in order

5 to receive public comments on the alternatives and other

6 matters included in such draft environmental impact state7 ment.

8 (c) EXTENSIONS OR RENEWALS.—The withdrawals es9 tablished by this title may not be extended or renewed except

10 by an Act or joint resolution of Congress.

11 SEC. 807. ONGOING DECONTAMINATION.

12 (a) PROGRAM.—Throughout the duration of the with13 drawals made by this title, the Secretary of the Navy, to

14 the extent funds are made available, shall maintain a pro15 gram of decontamination of lands withdrawn by this title

16 at least at the level of decontamination activities performed

17 on such lands in fiscal year 1986.

18 (b) REPORTS.—At the same time as the President

19 transmits to the Congress the President’s proposed budget

20 for the first fiscal year beginning after the date of enactment

21 of this title and for each subsequent fiscal year, the Sec22 retary of the Navy shall transmit to the Committees on Ap23 propriations, Armed Services, and Energy and Natural Re24 sources of the United States Senate and to the Committees

25 on Appropriations, Armed Services, and Natural Resources
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1 of the United States House of Representatives a description

2 of the decontamination efforts undertaken during the pre3 vious fiscal year on such lands and the decontamination

4 activities proposed for such lands during the next fiscal

5 year including—

6 (1) amounts appropriated and obligated or ex7 pended for decontamination of such lands;

8 (2) the methods used to decontaminate such

9 lands;

10 (3) amount and types of contaminants removed

11 from such lands;

12 (4) estimated types and amounts of residual con13 tamination on such lands; and

14 (5) an estimate of the costs for full contamina15 tion of such lands and the estimate of the time to

16 complete such decontamination.

17 SEC. 808. REQUIREMENTS FOR RENEWAL.

18 (a) NOTICE AND FILING.—(1) No later than three

19 years prior to the termination of the withdrawal and res20 ervation established by this title, the Secretary of the Navy

21 shall advise the Secretary as to whether or not the Secretary

22 of the Navy will have a continuing military need for any

23 of the lands withdrawn under section 802 after the termi24 nation date of such withdrawal and reservation.
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1 (2) If the Secretary of the Navy concludes that there

2 will be a continuing military need for any of such lands

3 after the termination date, the Secretary of the Navy shall

4 file an application for extension of the withdrawal and res5 ervation of such needed lands in accordance with the regula6 tions and procedures of the Department of the Interior ap7 plicable to the extension of withdrawals of lands for mili8 tary uses.

9 (3) If, during the period of withdrawal and reserva10 tion, the Secretary of the Navy decides to relinquish all or

11 any of the lands withdrawn and reserved by this title, the

12 Secretary of the Navy shall file a notice of intention to re13 linquish with the Secretary.

14 (b) CONTAMINATION.—(1) Before transmitting a notice

15 of intention to relinquish pursuant to subsection (a), the

16 Secretary of Defense, acting through the Department of the

17 Navy, shall prepare a written determination concerning

18 whether and to what extent the lands that are to be relin19 quished are contaminated with explosive, toxic, or other

20 hazardous materials.

21 (2) A copy of such determination shall be transmitted

22 with the notice of intention to relinquish.

23 (3) Copies of both the notice of intention to relinquish

24 and the determination concerning the contaminated state
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1 of the lands shall be published in the Federal Register by

2 the Secretary of the Interior.

3 (c) DECONTAMINATION.—If any land which is the sub4 ject of a notice of intention to relinquish pursuant to sub5 section (a) is contaminated, and the Secretary, in consulta6 tion with the Secretary of the Navy, determines that decon7 tamination is practicable and economically feasible (taking

8 into consideration the potential future use and value of the

9 land) and that upon decontamination, the land could be

10 opened to operation of some or all of the public land laws,

11 including the mining laws, the Secretary of the Navy shall

12 decontaminate the land to the extent that funds are appro13 priated for such purpose.

14 (d) ALTERNATIVES.—If the Secretary, after consulta15 tion with the Secretary of the Navy, concludes that decon16 tamination of any land which is the subject of a notice of

17 intention to relinquish pursuant to subsection (a) is not

18 practicable or economically feasible, or that the land cannot

19 be decontaminated sufficiently to be opened to operation of

20 some or all of the public land laws, or if Congress does not

21 appropriate a sufficient amount of funds for the decon22 tamination of such land, the Secretary shall not be required

23 to accept the land proposed for relinquishment.

24 (e) STATUS OF CONTAMINATED LANDS.—If, because of

25 their contaminated state, the Secretary declines to accept
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1 jurisdiction over lands withdrawn by this title which have

2 been proposed for relinquishment, or if at the expiration

3 of the withdrawal made by this title the Secretary deter4 mines that some of the lands withdrawn by this title are

5 contaminated to an extent which prevents opening such con6 taminated lands to operation of the public land laws—

7 (1) the Secretary of the Navy shall take appro8 priate steps to warn the public of the contaminated

9 state of such lands and any risks associated with

10 entry onto such lands;

11 (2) after the expiration of the withdrawal, the

12 Secretary of the Navy shall undertake no activities on

13 such lands except in connection with decontamination

14 of such lands; and

15 (3) the Secretary of the Navy shall report to the

16 Secretary and to the Congress concerning the status

17 of such lands and all actions taken in furtherance of

18 this subsection.

19 (f) REVOCATION AUTHORITY.—Notwithstanding any

20 other provision of law, the Secretary, upon deciding that

21 it is in the public interest to accept jurisdiction over lands

22 proposed for relinquishment pursuant to subsection (a), is

23 authorized to revoke the withdrawal and reservation estab24 lished by this title as it applies to such lands. Should the

25 decision be made to revoke the withdrawal and reservation,
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1 the Secretary shall publish in the Federal Register an ap2 propriate order which shall—

3 (1) terminate the withdrawal and reservation;

4 (2) constitute official acceptance of full jurisdic5 tion over the lands by the Secretary; and

6 (3) state the date upon which the lands will be

7 opened to the operation of some or all of the public

8 lands law, including the mining laws.

9 SEC. 809. DELEGABILITY.

10 (a) DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.—The functions of the

11 Secretary of Defense or the Secretary of the Navy under

12 this title may be delegated.

13 (b) DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.—The functions

14 of the Secretary under this title may be delegated, except

15 that an order described in section 807(f) may be approved

16 and signed only by the Secretary, the Under Secretary of

17 the Interior, or an Assistant Secretary of the Department

18 of the Interior.

19 SEC. 810. HUNTING, FISHING, AND TRAPPING.

20 All hunting, fishing, and trapping on the lands with21 drawn by this title shall be conducted in accordance with

22 the provisions of section 2671 of title 10, United States

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1 SEC. 811. IMMUNITY OF UNITED STATES.

2 The United States and all departments or agencies

3 thereof shall be held harmless and shall not be liable for

4 any injury or damage to persons or property suffered in

5 the course of any geothermal leasing or other authorized

6 nonmilitary activity conducted on lands described in sec7 tion 802 of this title.

8 SEC. 812. EL CENTRO RANGES.

9 The Secretary is authorized to permit the Secretary

10 of the Navy to use until January 1, 1997, the approxi11 mately forty-four thousand eight hundred and seventy acres

12 of public lands in Imperial County, California, known as

13 the East Mesa and West Mesa ranges, in accordance with

14 the Memorandum of Understanding dated June 29, 1987,

15 between the Bureau of Land Management, the Bureau of

16 Reclamation, and the Department of the Navy. All military

17 uses of such lands shall cease on January 1, 1997, unless

18 authorized by a subsequent Act of Congress.

19 TITLE IX—AUTHORIZATION OF

20 APPROPRIATIONS

21 SEC. 901. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

22 There are hereby authorized to be appropriated such

23 sums as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this

24 Act.

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