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103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 2379

To designate certain lands in the State of California as wilderness, and

for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

JUNE 10, 1993

Mr. LEWIS of California (for himself, Mr. MCCANDLESS, Mr. THOMAS of California, and Mr. HUNTER) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources

A BILL

To designate certain lands in the State of California as

wilderness, and for other purposes.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘California Desert and Em4 ployment Preservation Act of 1993’’.

5 SEC. 2. The Congress finds that—

6 (a) many areas of undeveloped public land in

7 California and one parcel in Washoe County, Ne8 vada, administered by the Bureau of Land Manage9 ment have outstanding natural characteristics that

10 give them high value as wilderness and that can, if
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1 properly managed, serve as an enduring resource of

2 wilderness for the benefit of the American people;

3 (b) it is in the national interest that these areas

4 be promptly designated as components of the Na5 tional Wilderness Preservation System in order to

6 preserve and maintain them as an enduring resource

7 of wilderness to be managed to promote and perpet8 uate their wilderness character and their specific

9 multiple values for natural systems biodiversity, wa10 tershed preservation, wildlife habitat protection, sce11 nic and historic preservation, scientific research and

12 educational use, primitive recreation, solitude, phys13 ical and mental challenge, and inspiration for the

14 benefit of present and future generations of the

15 American people; and

16 (c) certain areas of public lands located in Inyo

17 and Riverside Counties, California are appropriate

18 for transfer from the Bureau of Land Management

19 to the National Park Service as additions to the

20 Death Valley and Joshua Tree National Monuments.

21 SEC. 3. (a) As used in this Act, the term ‘‘public

22 lands’’ shall have the same meaning as defined in section

23 103(e) of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act

24 of 1976.
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1 (b) As used in this Act the term ‘‘Secretary’’ means

2 the Secretary of the Interior.

3 SEC. 4. (a) In furtherance of the purposes of the Wil4 derness Act, the following public lands are hereby des5 ignated as wilderness, and therefore, as components of the

6 National Wilderness Preservation System:

7 (1) Certain public lands in the Bakersfield Dis8 trict of the Bureau of Land Management, California,

9 which comprise approximately fifteen thousand eight

10 hundred and ninety-seven acres, as generally de11 picted on a map entitled ‘‘Owens Peak Proposal’’,

12 dated June 1988 (CA–010–026).

13 (2) Certain public lands in the Bakersfield Dis14 trict of the Bureau of Land Management, California,

15 which comprise approximately ten thousand seven

16 hundred and twenty-one acres, as generally depicted

17 on a map entitled ‘‘Sacatar Meadows Proposal’’,

18 dated June 1988 (CA–010–027).

19 (3) Certain public lands in the Bakersfield Dis20 trict of the Bureau of Land Management, California,

21 which comprise approximately twenty eight thousand

22 two hundred and ninety-one acres, as generally de23 picted on a map entitled ‘‘Southern Inyo Proposal’’,

24 dated June 1988 (CA–010–056).
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1 (4) Certain public lands in the Bakersfield Dis2 trict of the Bureau of Land Management, California,

3 which comprise approximately one thousand nine

4 hundred and eighty-three acres, as generally de5 picted on a map entitled ‘‘Pinnacles Proposal’’,

6 dated June 1988 (CA–040–303).

7 (5) Certain public lands in the Susanville Dis8 trict of the Bureau of Land Management, California,

9 which comprise approximately seven thousand four

10 hundred and forty-three acres, as generally depicted

11 on a map entitled ‘‘Pit River Canyon Proposal’’,

12 dated June 1988 (CA–020–103).

13 (6) Certain public lands in the Susanville Dis14 trict of the Bureau of Land Management, California,

15 which comprise approximately seven thousand eight

16 hundred and eighty-nine acres, as generally depicted

17 on a map entitled ‘‘Tunnison Mountain Proposal’’,

18 dated June 1988 (CA–020–311).

19 (7) Certain public lands in the Susanville Dis20 trict of the Bureau of Land Management, California,

21 which comprise approximately thirty seven thousand

22 and fifty-five acres located in Lassen County Califor23 nia, and five hundred and eighty-nine acres located

24 in Washoe County, Nevada, as generally depicted on

25 a map entitled ‘‘Skedaddle Proposal’’, dated June
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1 1988 (CA–020–612). However, the designation of

2 the Skedaddle Wilderness Area will in no way be

3 construed or used to restrain current or future ac4 tivities associated with the adjacent Sierra Army

5 Depot.

6 (8) Certain public lands in the Susanville Dis7 trict of the Bureau of Land Management, California,

8 which comprise approximately one thousand one

9 hundred and sixty-one acres, as generally depicted

10 on a map entitled ‘‘South Warner Proposal’’, dated

11 June 1988 (CA–020–708).

12 (9) Certain public lands in the Ukiah District

13 of the Bureau of Land Management, California,

14 which comprise approximately four thousand one

15 hundred and forty-three acres, as generally depicted

16 on a map entitled ‘‘Chemise Mountain Proposal’’,

17 dated June 1988 (CA–050–111).

18 (10) Certain public lands in the Ukiah District

19 of the Bureau of Land Management, California,

20 which comprise approximately twenty thousand two

21 hundred and forty-eight acres, as generally depicted

22 on a map entitled ‘‘King Range Proposal’’, dated

23 June 1988 (CA–050–112).

24 (11) Certain public lands in the California

25 Desert District of the Bureau of Land Management,
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1 California, which comprise approximately three hun2 dred and forty-four acres, as generally depicted on

3 a map entitled ‘‘Agua Tibia Proposal’’, dated June

4 1988 (CA–060–002).

5 (12) Certain public lands in the California

6 Desert District of the Bureau of Land Management,

7 California, which comprise approximately twenty-two

8 thousand eight hundred and seventy-five acres, as

9 generally depicted on a map entitled ‘‘Sawtooth

10 Mountains Proposal’’, dated June 1988 (CA–060–

11 024B).

12 (13) Certain public lands in the California

13 Desert District of the Bureau of Land Management,

14 California, which comprise approximately fifteen

15 thousand four hundred and eight acres, as generally

16 depicted on a map entitled ‘‘Carrizo Gorge Pro17 posal’’, dated June 1988 (CA–060–025A).

18 (14) Certain public lands in the California

19 Desert District of the Bureau of Land Management,

20 California, which comprise approximately four thou21 sand three hundred and twenty-three acres, as gen22 erally depicted on a map entitled ‘‘Western Otay

23 Mountain Proposal’’, dated June 1988 (CA–060–

24 028).
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1 (15) Certain public lands in the California

2 Desert District of the Bureau of Land Management,

3 California, which comprise approximately six thou4 sand seven hundred and eighty-three acres, as gen5 erally depicted on a map entitled ‘‘Southern Otay

6 Mountain Proposal’’, dated June 1988 (CA–060–

7 029).

8 (16) Certain public lands in the California

9 Desert District of the Bureau of Land Management,

10 California, which comprise approximately three hun11 dred ninety-two thousand six hundred forty-three

12 acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled ‘‘Sa13 line Valley Proposal’’, dated June 1988 (CDCA–

14 117). Of this acreage approximately thirty thousand

15 two hundred and ninety-five acres are added to the

16 National Park System pursuant to section 4(a)(1) of

17 this Act.

18 (17) Certain public lands in the California

19 Desert District of the Bureau of Land Management,

20 California, which comprise approximately two thou21 sand one hundred and fifty-four acres, as generally

22 depicted on a map entitled ‘‘Lower Saline Valley

23 Proposal’’, dated June 1988 (CDCA–117A).

24 (18) Certain public lands in the California

25 Desert District of the Bureau of Land Management,
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1 California, which comprise approximately thirty five

2 thousand seven hundred and ninety-two acres, as

3 generally depicted on a map entitled ‘‘Little Sand

4 Spring Proposal’’, dated June 1988 (CDCA–119).

5 All of this acreage is hereby added to the National

6 Park System pursuant to section 4(a)(1) of this Act.

7 (19) Certain public lands in the California

8 Desert District of the Bureau of Land Management,

9 California, which comprise approximately fifty eight

10 thousand three hundred and ninety-two acres, as

11 generally depicted on a map entitled ‘‘Inyo Moun12 tains Proposal’’, dated June 1988 (CDCA–122).

13 (20) Certain public lands in the California

14 Desert District of the Bureau of Land Management,

15 California, which comprise approximately twenty

16 thousand and thirty acres, as generally depicted on

17 a map entitled ‘‘Hunter Mountain Proposal’’, dated

18 June 1988 (CDCA–123).

19 (21) Certain public lands in the California

20 Desert District of the Bureau of Land Management,

21 California, which comprise approximately ninety

22 thousand six hundred and twenty-six acres, as gen23 erally depicted on a map entitled ‘‘Panamint Dunes

24 Proposal’’, dated June 1988 (CDCA–127).
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1 (22) Certain public lands in the California

2 Desert District of the Bureau of Land Management,

3 California, which comprise approximately fourteen

4 thousand and seventy-nine acres, as generally de5 picted on a map entitled ‘‘Wild Rose Canyon Pro6 posal’’, dated June 1988 (CDCA–134).

7 (23) Certain public lands in the California

8 Desert District of the Bureau of Land Management,

9 California, which comprise approximately forty four

10 thousand five hundred and thirty-six acres, as gen11 erally depicted on a map entitled ‘‘Slate Range Pro12 posal’’, dated June 1988 (CDCA–142).

13 (24) Certain public lands in the California

14 Desert District of the Bureau of Land Management,

15 California, which comprise approximately twenty

16 three thousand four acres, as generally depicted on

17 a map entitled ‘‘Funeral Mountains Proposal’’,

18 dated June 1988 (CDCA–143). Of this acreage ap19 proximately fifteen thousand seven hundred and sev20 enty-eight acres are added to the National Park Sys21 tem pursuant to section 4(a)(1) of this Act.

22 (25) Certain public lands in the California

23 Desert District of the Bureau of Land Management,

24 California, which comprise approximately twenty two

25 thousand eight hundred and eleven acres, as gen-
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1 erally depicted on a map entitled ‘‘Greenwater Valley

2 Proposal’’, dated June 1988 (CDCA–148).

3 (26) Certain public lands in the California

4 Desert District of the Bureau of Land Management,

5 California, which comprise approximately seventy

6 nine thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight acres,

7 as generally depicted on a map entitled ‘‘Nopah

8 Range Proposal’’, dated June 1988 (CDCA–150).

9 (27) Certain public lands in the California

10 Desert District of the Bureau of Land Management,

11 California, which comprise approximately one hun12 dred twenty one thousand nine hundred and twelve

13 acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled

14 ‘‘Owlshead Mountains Proposal’’, dated June 1988

15 (CDCA–156).

16 (28) Certain public lands in the California

17 Desert District of the Bureau of Land Management,

18 California, which comprise approximately thirty two

19 thousand one hundred and twenty-five acres, as gen20 erally depicted on a map entitled ‘‘Little Lake Can21 yon Proposal’’, dated June 1988 (CDCA–157).

22 (29) Certain public lands in the California

23 Desert District of the Bureau of Land Management,

24 California, which comprise approximately twenty six

25 thousand one hundred and thirteen acres, as gen-
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1 erally depicted on a map entitled ‘‘Owens Peak Pro2 posal’’, dated June 1988 (CDCA–158).

3 (30) Certain public lands in the California

4 Desert District of the Bureau of Land Management,

5 California, which comprise approximately thirteen

6 thousand nine hundred and eight-six acres, as gen7 erally depicted on a map entitled ‘‘El Paso Moun8 tains Proposal’’, dated June 1988 (CDCA–164).

9 (31) Certain public lands in the California

10 Desert District of the Bureau of Land Management,

11 California, which comprise approximately twenty

12 nine thousand one hundred and thirteen acres, as

13 generally depicted on a map entitled ‘‘Golden Valley

14 Proposal’’, dated June 1988 (CDCA–170).

15 (32) Certain public lands in the California

16 Desert District of the Bureau of Land Management,

17 California, which comprise approximately twenty

18 thousand two hundred and ninety-one acres, as gen19 erally depicted on a map entitled ‘‘Newberry Moun20 tains Proposal’’, dated June 1988 (CDCA–206).

21 (33) Certain public lands in the California

22 Desert District of the Bureau of Land Management,

23 California, which comprise approximately seventeen

24 thousand six hundred and thirty acres, as generally
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1 depicted on a map entitled ‘‘Rodman Mountains

2 Proposal’’, dated June 1988 (CDCA–207);.

3 (34) Certain public lands in the California

4 Desert District of the Bureau of Land Management,

5 California, which comprise approximately eleven

6 thousand six-eight acres, as generally depicted on a

7 map entitled ‘‘Bighorn Mountains Proposal’’, dated

8 June 1988 (CDCA–217);.

9 (35) Certain public lands in the California

10 Desert District of the Bureau of Land Management,

11 California, which comprise approximately six thou12 sand four hundred and ten acres, as generally de13 picted on a map entitled ‘‘Morongo Proposal’’, dated

14 June 1988 (CDCA–218).

15 (36) Certain public lands in the California

16 Desert District of the Bureau of Land Management,

17 California, which comprise approximately eleven

18 thousand one hundred and sixty-nine acres, as gen19 erally depicted on a map entitled ‘‘Whitewater Pro20 posal’’, dated June 1988 (CDCA–218A).

21 (37) Certain public lands in the California

22 Desert District of the Bureau of Land Management,

23 California, which comprise approximately thirty-four

24 thousand three hundred and sixty-nine acres, as gen-
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1 erally depicted on a map entitled ‘‘Kingston Range

2 Proposal’’, dated June 1988 (CDCA–222).

3 (38) Certain public lands in the California

4 Desert District of the Bureau of Land Management,

5 California, which comprise approximately forty-one

6 thousand seven hundred and one acres, as generally

7 depicted on a map entitled ‘‘Cinder Cones Pro8 posal’’, dated June 1988 (CDCA–239).

9 (39) Certain public lands in the California

10 Desert District of the Bureau of Land Management,

11 California, which comprise approximately forty-six

12 thousand four hundred and five acres, as generally

13 depicted on a map entitled ‘‘Kelso Dunes Proposal’’,

14 dated June 1988 (CDCA–250).

15 (40) Certain public lands in the California

16 Desert District of the Bureau of Land Management,

17 California, which comprise approximately forty-three

18 thousand two hundred and thirty-two acres, as gen19 erally depicted on a map entitled ‘‘Bristol/Granite

20 Mountains Proposal’’, dated June 1988 (CDCA–

21 256).

22 (41) Certain public lands in the California

23 Desert District of the Bureau of Land Management,

24 California, which comprise approximately twenty25 four thousand two hundred and thirty-eight acres, as
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1 generally depicted on a map entitled ‘‘South Provi2 dence Mountains Proposal’’, dated June 1988

3 (CDCA–262).

4 (42) Certain public lands in the California

5 Desert District of the Bureau of Land Management,

6 California, which comprise approximately fifty-nine

7 thousand six hundred and eighty-one acres, as gen8 erally depicted on a map entitled ‘‘Providence Moun9 tains Proposal’’, dated June 1988 (CDCA–263).

10 (43) Certain public lands in the California

11 Desert District of the Bureau of Land Management,

12 California, which comprise approximately forty-three

13 thousand five hundred and nineteen acres, as gen14 erally depicted on a map entitled ‘‘Castle Peaks Pro15 posal’’, dated June 1988 (CDCA–266).

16 (44) Certain public lands in the California

17 Desert District of the Bureau of Land Management,

18 California, which comprise approximately thirty-four

19 thousand eight hundred and fifty-four acres, as gen20 erally depicted on a map entitled ‘‘Fort Piute Pro21 posal’’, dated June 1988 (CDCA–267).

22 (45) Certain public lands in the California

23 Desert District of the Bureau of Land Management,

24 California, which comprise approximately one hun25 dred sixteen thousand four hundred and eighty
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1 acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled ‘‘Tur2 tle Mountains Proposal’’, dated June 1988 (CDCA–

3 307).

4 (46) Certain public lands in the California

5 Desert District of the Bureau of Land Management,

6 California, which comprise approximately sixty-one

7 thousand eight hundred and fifty-three acres, as

8 generally depicted on a map entitled ‘‘Chemehuevi

9 Mountains Proposal’’, dated June 1988 (CDCA–

10 310).

11 (47) Certain public lands in the Yuma, Arizona

12 District of the Bureau of Land Management, located

13 in California, which comprise approximately nine

14 hundred and thirty-eight acres, as generally depicted

15 on a map entitled ‘‘Chemehuevi/Needles Addition

16 Proposal’’, dated June 1988 (AZ–050–004).

17 (48) Certain public lands in the California

18 Desert District of the Bureau of Land Management,

19 located in California, which comprise approximately

20 seventy two thousand sixty-three acres, as generally

21 depicted on a map entitled ‘‘Whipple Mountains Pro22 posal’’, dated June 1988 (CDCA–312).

23 (49) Certain public lands in the Yuma, Arizona,

24 District of the Bureau of Land Management, located

25 in California, which comprise approximately one
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1 thousand three hundred and forty-three acres, as

2 generally depicted on a map entitled ‘‘Whipple

3 Mountains Addition Proposal’’, dated June 1988

4 (AZ–050–010).

5 (50) Certain public lands in the California

6 Desert District of the Bureau of Land Management,

7 California, which comprise approximately seventy8 five thousand six hundred and sixty-five acres, as

9 generally depicted on a map entitled ‘‘Palen/McCoy

10 Proposal’’, dated June 1988 (CDCA–325).

11 (51) Certain public lands in the California

12 Desert District of the Bureau of Land Management,

13 California, which comprise approximately fifty-two

14 thousand seven hundred and eighty-two acres, as

15 generally depicted on a map entitled ‘‘Coxcomb

16 Mountains Proposal’’, dated June 1988 (CDCA–

17 328).

18 (52) Certain public lands in the California

19 Desert District of the Bureau of Land Management,

20 California, which comprise approximately fifty-one

21 thousand four hundred and thirty-four acres, as gen22 erally depicted on a map entitled ‘‘Eagle Mountains

23 Proposal’’, dated June 1988 (CDCA–334).

24 (53) Certain public lands in the California

25 Desert District of the Bureau of Land Management,
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1 California, which comprise approximately forty-seven

2 thousand one hundred and forty acres, as generally

3 depicted on a map entitled ‘‘Santa Rosa Mountains

4 Proposal’’, dated June 1988 (CDCA–341).

5 (54) Certain public lands in the California

6 Desert District of the Bureau of Land Management,

7 California, which comprise approximately seven

8 thousand one hundred and ninety-nine acres, as gen9 erally depicted on a map entitled ‘‘Mecca Hills Pro10 posal’’, dated June 1988 (CDCA–343).

11 (55) Certain public lands in the California

12 Desert District of the Bureau of Land Management,

13 California, which comprise approximately twenty14 eight thousand two hundred and seven acres, as gen15 erally depicted on a map entitled ‘‘Orocopia Moun16 tains Proposal’’, dated June 1988 (CDCA–344).

17 (56) Certain public lands in the California

18 Desert District of the Bureau of Land Management,

19 California, which comprise approximately fifty-seven

20 thousand thirty acres, as generally depicted on a

21 map entitled ‘‘Chuckwalla Mountains Proposal’’,

22 dated June 1988 (CDCA–348).

23 (57) Certain public lands in the California

24 Desert District of the Bureau of Land Management,

25 California, which comprise approximately thirty-one
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1 thousand four hundred and ninety-three acres, in2 cluding eight hundred and ninety-one acres adjacent

3 to the Wilderness Study Area, as generally depicted

4 on a map entitled ‘‘Julian Wash (formerly Indian

5 Pass) Proposal’’, dated June 1988 (CDCA–355).

6 (58) Certain public lands in the California

7 Desert District of the Bureau of Land Management,

8 California, which comprise approximately five thou9 sand four hundred and fifty-five acres, as generally

10 depicted on a map entitled ‘‘Gavilan (formerly

11 Picacho Peak) Proposal’’, dated June 1988 (CDCA–

12 355A).

13 (59) Certain public lands in the California

14 Desert District of the Bureau of Land Management,

15 California, which comprise approximately twenty-five

16 thousand seven hundred and sixteen acres, as gen17 erally depicted on a map entitled ‘‘North Algodones

18 Dunes Proposal’’, dated June 1988 (CDCA–360).

19 (60) Certain public lands in the California

20 Desert District of the Bureau of Land Management,

21 California, which comprise approximately twenty-six

22 thousand one hundred and twenty-eight acres, as

23 generally depicted on a map entitled ‘‘Jacumba Pro24 posal’’, dated June 1988 (CDCA–368).
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1 (61) Certain public lands in the California

2 Desert District of the Bureau of Land Management,

3 California, which comprise approximately fifteen

4 thousand three hundred and fifty-nine acres, as gen5 erally depicted on a map entitled ‘‘Fish Creek Moun6 tains Proposal’’, dated June 1988 (CDCA–372).

7 (62) Certain public lands in the Carson City,

8 Nevada, District of the Bureau of Land Manage9 ment, located in California, which comprise approxi10 mately five hundred and fifty acres, as generally de11 picted on a map entitled ‘‘Carson Iceberg Proposal’’,

12 dated June 1988 (NV–030–532).

13 (b) The acreages cited in this Act are approximate.

14 In the event of discrepancies between acreages cited in this

15 Act and the acreages depicted on the referenced maps, the

16 maps shall control.

17 SEC. 5. As soon as practicable after enactment of this

18 Act, a map and a legal description for each designated

19 wilderness area and area added to the National Park Sys20 tem shall be filed by the Secretary with the Committee

21 on Energy and Natural Resources of the United States

22 Senate and the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs

23 of the House of Representatives, and each such map and

24 legal description shall have the same force and effect as

25 if included in this Act: Provided, That correction of cleri-
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1 cal, and cartographic errors in each such legal description

2 and map may be made. Each such map and legal descrip3 tion shall be on file and available for public inspection in

4 the Offices of the Director and California State Director,

5 Bureau of Land Management, Department of the Interior.

6 SEC. 6. (a) Subject to valid existing rights, each wil7 derness area designated by section 4(a) of this Act shall

8 be administered by the Secretary of the Interior in accord9 ance with the provisions of the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C.

10 1131 et seq.) and pursuant to the rules and regulations

11 promulgated in implementation thereof.

12 (b) The following lands are hereby added to the Na13 tional Park System:

14 (1) Certain public lands in the California

15 Desert District of the Bureau of Land Management,

16 California, which comprise approximately one hun17 dred and three thousand eight hundred acres, as de18 scribed in the Bureau of Land Management’s Monu19 ment Environmental Impact Statement, 1989, and

20 generally depicted on maps entitled Proposed Addi21 tions to National Park System Death Valley Na22 tional Monument, 1989, are hereby incorporated in,

23 and shall be deemed to be a part of Death Valley

24 National Monument.
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1 (2) Certain public lands which comprise ap2 proximately four thousand eight hundred acres, as

3 described in the Bureau of Land Management’s

4 Monument Environmental Impact Statement, 1989,

5 and generally depicted on a map entitled: Proposed

6 Addition to National Park System Joshua Tree Na7 tional Monument, 1989, are hereby incorporated in,

8 and shall be deemed to be a part of Joshua Tree

9 National Monument.

10 (c) Upon enactment of this title, the lands described

11 in subsection (a) of this section, are, by operation of law

12 and without consideration, transferred to the administra13 tive jurisdiction of the National Park Service. The bound14 aries of the California Desert District; Death Valley Na15 tional Monument and Joshua Tree National Monument

16 are adjusted accordingly. The areas added to the National

17 Park System by this section shall be administered in ac18 cordance with the provisions of law generally applicable

19 to units of the National Park System.

20 (d) The Secretary shall, within a reasonable period

21 of time, prepare plans to manage each designated wilder22 ness area.

23 (e) For purposes of this Act, any reference in the Wil24 derness Act to the effective date of that Act shall be

25 deemed to be a reference to the effective date of this Act.
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1 SEC. 7. Any lands within the boundaries of a wilder2 ness area established by this Act that are acquired by the

3 United States after the date of enactment of this Act shall

4 become part of the wilderness area within which they are

5 located and shall be managed in accordance with all the

6 provisions of this Act and other laws applicable to such

7 wilderness area.

8 SEC. 8. Except as otherwise provided in this Act, and

9 subject to valid existing rights, all Federal lands estab10 lished as wilderness by this Act and all lands within wil11 derness areas designated by this Act which are hereafter

12 acquired by the United States are hereby withdrawn from

13 all forms of entry, appropriation, or disposal under the

14 public lands laws, including the mining, mineral leasing,

15 geothermal leasing, and material sales laws.

16 SEC. 9. (a) Nothing in this Act designating lands as

17 wilderness shall constitute or be construed to constitute

18 either an express or implied reservation of water or water

19 rights for wilderness purposes. The United States may ac20 quire such water rights as it deems necessary to carry out

21 its responsibilities on any lands designated as wilderness

22 pursuant to the substantive and procedural requirements

23 of the laws of the States of California and Nevada as ap24 propriate.
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1 (b) Nothing in this Act shall be construed to limit

2 the exercise of water rights as provided under California

3 and Nevada State laws as appropriate.

4 SEC. 10. (a) Military aircraft testing and training ac5 tivities as well as demilitarization activities in California

6 are an important part of the national defense system of

7 the United States, and are essential in order to secure for

8 the American people of this and future generations an en9 during and viable national defense system.

10 (b) Nothing in this Act shall be construed to restrict,

11 forbid, or interfere with demilitarization activities and the

12 overflight of military aircraft over areas designated in this

13 Act as the components of the National Wilderness Preser14 vation System.

15 (c) The designation by this Act of wilderness areas

16 in the State of California shall not restrict military

17 overflights of wilderness areas for the purposes of military

18 testing and training.

19 (d) The fact that military overflights can be seen or

20 heard shall not preclude such activities over the wilderness

21 areas designated by this Act.

22 (e) Nothing in this Act shall be construed to restrict,

23 forbid, or interfere with demilitarization activities at Si24 erra Army Depot which is located adjacent to areas des25 ignated in this Act as components of the National Wilder-
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1 ness Preservation System and the fact that such demili2 tarization activities can be detected from within the adja3 cent wilderness areas shall not preclude such activities.

4 SEC. 11. In recognition of the past use of portions

5 of the wilderness areas designated by this Act by Indian

6 people for traditional cultural and religious purposes, the

7 Secretary shall assure access to the wilderness areas by

8 Indian people for traditional cultural and religious pur9 poses. In implementing this section, the Secretary, upon

10 the request of an appropriate Indian tribe or Indian reli11 gious community, may from time to time temporarily close

12 to general public use one or more specific portions of wil13 derness areas in order to protect the privacy of religious

14 cultural activities in such areas by Indian people. Any such

15 closure shall be made so as to affect the smallest prac16 ticable area for the minimum period necessary for such

17 purposes.

18 SEC. 12. The Congress finds and directs that all pub19 lic lands in the State of California administered by the

20 Bureau of Land Management have been adequately stud21 ied for wilderness designation pursuant to sections 202

22 and 603 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act

23 of 1976 and those lands not designated as wilderness by

24 this Act are no longer subject to the requirements con25 tained in section 603 of the Federal Land Policy and Man-
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1 agement Act of 1976 for management of wilderness study

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

3 such areas for preservation as wilderness and shall be

4 managed for their other resource values in accordance

5 with land management plans developed pursuant to the

6 Federal Land Policy and Management Act; or as part of

7 the National Park System pursuant to section 6 of this

8 Act.

9 SEC. 13. There are authorized to be appropriated

10 such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions

11 of this Act.

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