and interests in lands included within the National Monu-
ment are hereby withdrawn from all forms of entry, appro-
priation, or disposal under the public land laws, from loca-
tion, entry, and patent under the public land mining laws,
and from disposition under all laws pertaining to mineral
and geothermal leasing, and mineral materials.
SEC. 6. ACQUISITION OF LAND.
(a) ACQUISITION AUTHORIZED; METHODS.—State,
local government, Tribal, and privately held land or inter-
ests in land within the boundaries of the National Monu-
ment may be acquired for management as part of the Na-
tional Monument only by—
(1) donation;
(2) purchase from a willing seller; or
(3) exchange with a willing party.
(b) USE OF EASEMENTS.—To the extent practicable,
and if preferred by a willing seller, the Secretary of the
Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture shall use con-
servation easements to acquire interests in land in the Na-
tional Monument in lieu of acquiring land in fee simple
and thereby removing land from non-Federal ownership.
(c) VALUATION
OF
PRIVATE
PROPERTY.—The
United States shall offer the fair market value for any
interests or partial interests in land acquired under this
section.
(d) INCORPORATION OF ACQUIRED LANDS AND IN-
TERESTS.—Any land or interest in lands within the
boundaries of the National Monument that is acquired by
the United States after the date of the enactment of this
Act shall be added to and administered as part of the Na-
tional Monument as provided in section 3(b).
(e) LAND EXCHANGE AUTHORIZATION.—In order to
support the cooperative management agreement in effect
with the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians as of
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of
the Interior may, without further authorization by law, ex-
change lands, which the Bureau of Land Management has
acquired using amounts provided under the Land and
Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 (16 U.S.C. 460l–
4 et seq.), with the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indi-
ans. Any such land exchange may include the exchange
of federally owned property within or outside of the bound-
aries of the National Monument for property owned by
the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians within or out-
side of the boundaries of the National Monument. The ex-
changed lands acquired by the Secretary within the bound-
aries of the National Monument shall be managed for the
purposes described in section 2(b).
SEC. 7. LOCAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary of the Interior
and the Secretary of Agriculture shall jointly establish an
advisory committee for the National Monument, whose
purpose shall be to advise the Secretaries with respect to
the preparation and implementation of the management
plan required by section 4.
(b) REPRESENTATION.—To the extent practicable,
the advisory committee shall consist of the following mem-
bers:
(1) An individual with a recognized background
in ecological restoration, research, and application,
selected from nominees submitted by the University
of California or the College of the Desert.
(2) A representative of the California Depart-
ment of Fish and Game and a representative of the
California Department of Parks and Recreation.
(3) A representative of the County of Riverside,
California.
(4) A representative of each of the following cit-
ies: Palm Springs, Cathedral City, Rancho Mirage,
La Quinta, Palm Desert, and Indian Wells.
(5) A representative of the Agua Caliente Band
of Cahuilla Indians.
(6) A representative of the Coachella Valley
Mountains Conservancy.
(7) A representative of the local Sierra Club or,
if no such representative is available, another recog-
nized conservation organization.
(8) A representative of the Building Industry
Association.
(9) A representative of the Winter Park Au-
thority.
(10) A representative of the Santa Rosa Moun-
tains Council.
(c) TERMS.—
(1) STAGGERED TERMS.—Members of the advi-
sory committee shall be appointed for terms of three
years, except that, of the members first appointed,
one-third of members shall be appointed for a term
of 1 year and one-third of the members shall be ap-
pointed for a term of 2 years.
(2) REAPPOINTMENT.—A member may be re-
appointed to serve on the advisory committee upon
the expiration of the member’s current term.
(3) VACANCY.—A vacancy on the advisory com-
mittee shall be filled in the same manner as the
original appointment.
(d) QUORUM.—A quorum shall be eight members of
the advisory committee. The operations of the advisory
committee shall not be impaired by the fact that a member
has not yet been appointed as long as a quorum has been
attained.
(e) CHAIRPERSON AND PROCEDURES.—The advisory
committee shall elect a chairperson and establish such
rules and procedures as it deems necessary or desirable.
(f) SERVICE WITHOUT COMPENSATION.—Members
of the advisory committee shall serve without pay.
SEC. 8. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
There are authorized to be appropriated such sums
as are necessary to carry out this Act.
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