(3) any other applicable law. 
(b) USES.—The Secretary shall— 
(1) allow hiking, camping, hunting, gem col-
lecting, and sightseeing and the use of motorized ve-
hicles, mountain bikes, and horses on designated 
roads, trails, and areas; 
(2) issue special recreation permits for motor-
ized and non-motorized events; and 
(3) reopen the Clear Creek Management Area 
to the uses described in this subsection as soon as 
practicable following the enactment of this Act and 
in accordance with the management guidelines out-
lined in this Act and other applicable law. 
(c) INTERIM MANAGEMENT PLAN.—The Secretary 
shall use the 2005 Clear Creek Management Area Travel 
Management Plan as modified by this Act, or by the Sec-
retary to incorporate natural resource protection informa-
tion not available in 2005, as the basis of an interim man-
agement plan to govern motorized recreation within the 
Recreation Area pending the completion of the long-term 
management plan required in subsection (d). 
(d) PERMANENT MANAGEMENT PLAN.—Not later 
than 2 years after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
the Secretary shall create a comprehensive management 
plan for the Clear Creek Recreation Area that— 
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(1) shall describe the appropriate uses and 
management of the Recreation Area in accordance 
with this Act; 
(2) shall be prepared in consultation with— 
(A) appropriate Federal, State, and local 
agencies (including San Benito, Monterey, and 
Fresno Counties); 
(B) adjacent land owners; and 
(C) other stakeholders (including conserva-
tion and recreational organizations); 
(3) shall include a hazards education program 
to inform people entering the Recreation Area of the 
asbestos related risks associated with various activi-
ties within the Recreation Area, including, but not 
limited to, off-highway vehicle recreation; 
(4) shall include a user fee program for motor-
ized vehicle use within the Recreational Area and 
guidelines for the use of the funds collected for the 
management and improvement of the Recreation 
Area; 
(5) may incorporate any appropriate decisions, 
as determined by the Secretary, in accordance with 
this Act, that are contained in any management or 
activity plan for the area completed before the date 
of the enactment of this Act; 
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(6) may incorporate appropriate wildlife habitat 
management plans or other plans prepared for the 
land within or adjacent to the Recreation Area be-
fore the date of the enactment of this Act, in accord-
ance with this Act; 
(7) may use information developed under any 
studies of land within or adjacent to the Recreation 
Area carried out before the date of enactment of this 
Act; and 
(8) may include cooperative agreements with 
State or local government agencies to manage all or 
a portion of the recreational activities within the 
Recreation Area in accordance with an approved 
management plan and the requirements of this Act. 
(e) ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may acquire 
land adjacent to the National Recreation Area by 
purchase from willing sellers, donation, or exchange. 
(2) MANAGEMENT.—Any land acquired under 
paragraph (1) shall be managed in accordance 
with— 
(A) the Federal Land Policy and Manage-
ment Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.); 
(B) this Act; and 
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(C) any other applicable law (including 
regulations). 
(3) IMPROVED ACCESS.—The Secretary may ac-
quire by purchase from willing sellers, donation, ex-
change, or easement, land, or interest in land to im-
prove public safety in providing access to the Recre-
ation Area. 
(f) PRIVATE PROPERTY.— 
(1) ACCESS TO PRIVATE PROPERTY.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 
provide landowners adequate access to in-
holdings within the Recreation Area. 
(B) INHOLDINGS.—For access purposes, 
private land adjacent to the Recreation Area to 
which there is no other practicable access ex-
cept through the Recreation Area shall be man-
aged as an inholding. 
(2) USE OF PRIVATE PROPERTY.—Nothing in 
this Act affects the ownership, management, or 
other rights relating to any non-Federal land (in-
cluding any interest in any non-Federal land). 
(3) BUFFER ZONES.—Nothing in this Act cre-
ates a protective perimeter or buffer zone around the 
Recreation Area. 
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(4) VALID RIGHTS.—Nothing in this Act affects 
any easements, rights-of-way, and other valid rights 
in existence on the date of the enactment of this 
Act. 
(g) WATER RIGHT EXCLUSION.—Nothing in this 
Act— 
(1) shall constitute or be construed to con-
stitute either an express or implied reservation by 
the United States of any water or water rights with 
respect to the Recreation Area; or 
(2) shall affect any water rights existing on the 
date of the enactment of this Act. 
(h) HUNTING AND FISHING.—Nothing in this Act— 
(1) limits hunting or fishing; or 
(2) affects the authority, jurisdiction, or respon-
sibility of the State to manage, control, or regulate 
fish and resident wildlife under State law (including 
regulations), including the regulation of hunting or 
fishing on public land managed by the Bureau of 
Land Management. 
(i) MOTORIZED VEHICLES.—Except in cases in which 
motorized vehicles are needed for administrative purposes 
or to respond to an emergency, the use of motorized vehi-
cles on public land in the Recreation Area shall be per-
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