(d) TRAIL USE CONSTRUCTION, RECONSTRUCTION, 
AND REALIGNMENT.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—In accordance with para-
graph (2), the Secretary of Agriculture may— 
(A) construct a new trail for use by hikers, 
equestrians, and mechanized vehicles that con-
nects the Aliso Park Campground to the Bull 
Ridge Trail; and 
(B) reconstruct or realign— 
(i) the Bull Ridge Trail; and 
(ii) the Rocky Ridge Trail. 
(2) REQUIREMENT.—In carrying out the con-
struction, reconstruction, or alignment under para-
graph (1), the Secretary shall— 
(A) comply with all existing laws (including 
regulations); and 
(B) to the maximum extent practicable, 
use the minimum tool or administrative practice 
necessary to accomplish the construction, recon-
struction, or alignment with the least amount of 
adverse impact on wilderness character and re-
sources. 
(3) MOTORIZED VEHICLES AND MACHINERY.— 
In accordance with paragraph (2), the Secretary 
may use motorized vehicles and machinery to carry 
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out the trail construction, reconstruction, or realign-
ment authorized by this subsection. 
(4) MECHANIZED
VEHICLES.—The Secretary 
may permit the use of mechanized vehicles on the 
existing Bull Ridge Trail and Rocky Ridge Trail in 
accordance with existing law (including regulations) 
and this subsection until such date as the potential 
wilderness area is designated as wilderness in ac-
cordance with subsection (h). 
(e) WITHDRAWAL.—Subject to valid existing rights, 
the Federal land in the potential wilderness area is with-
drawn from all forms of— 
(1) entry, appropriation, or disposal under the 
public land laws; 
(2) location, entry, and patent under the mining 
laws; and 
(3) disposition under all laws pertaining to min-
eral and geothermal leasing or mineral materials. 
(f) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.—In carrying out 
this section, the Secretary may enter into cooperative 
agreements with State, Tribal, and local governmental en-
tities and private entities to complete the trail construc-
tion, reconstruction, and realignment authorized by sub-
section (d). 
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(g) BOUNDARIES.—The Secretary shall modify the 
boundary of the potential wilderness area to exclude any 
area within 50 feet of the centerline of the new location 
of any trail that has been constructed, reconstructed, or 
realigned under subsection (d). 
(h) WILDERNESS DESIGNATION.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The potential wilderness 
area, as modified under subsection (g), shall be des-
ignated as wilderness and as a component of the Na-
tional Wilderness Preservation System on the earlier 
of— 
(A) the date on which the Secretary pub-
lishes in the Federal Register notice that the 
trail construction, reconstruction, or alignment 
authorized by subsection (d) has been com-
pleted; or 
(B) the date that is 20 years after the date 
of enactment of this Act. 
(2) ADMINISTRATION
OF
WILDERNESS.—On 
designation as wilderness under this section, the po-
tential wilderness area shall be— 
(A) incorporated into the San Rafael Wil-
derness, as designated by Public Law 90–271 
(82 Stat. 51), the California Wilderness Act of 
1984 (Public Law 98–425; 16 U.S.C. 1132 
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note), and the Los Padres Condor Range and 
River Protection Act (Public Law 102–301; 106 
Stat. 242), and section 3; and 
(B) administered in accordance with sec-
tion 5 and the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 
et seq.). 
SEC. 8. DESIGNATION OF SCENIC AREAS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to valid existing rights, 
there are established the following scenic areas: 
(1) CONDOR
RIDGE
SCENIC
AREA.—Certain 
land in the Los Padres National Forest comprising 
approximately 18,666 acres, as generally depicted on 
the map entitled ‘‘Condor Ridge Scenic Area—Pro-
posed’’ and dated March 29, 2019, which shall be 
known as the ‘‘Condor Ridge Scenic Area’’. 
(2) BLACK MOUNTAIN SCENIC AREA.—Certain 
land in the Los Padres National Forest and the Ba-
kersfield Field Office of the Bureau of Land Man-
agement comprising approximately 16,216 acres, as 
generally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘Black Moun-
tain Scenic Area—Proposed’’ and dated March 29, 
2019, which shall be known as the ‘‘Black Mountain 
Scenic Area’’. 
(b) MAPS AND LEGAL DESCRIPTIONS.— 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—As soon as practicable after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
Agriculture shall file a map and legal description of 
the Condor Ridge Scenic Area and Black Mountain 
Scenic Area with— 
(A) the Committee on Energy and Natural 
Resources of the Senate; and 
(B) the Committee on Natural Resources 
of the House of Representatives. 
(2) FORCE OF LAW.—The maps and legal de-
scriptions filed under paragraph (1) shall have the 
same force and effect as if included in this Act, ex-
cept that the Secretary of Agriculture may correct 
any clerical and typographical errors in the maps 
and legal descriptions. 
(3) PUBLIC
AVAILABILITY.—The maps and 
legal descriptions filed under paragraph (1) shall be 
on file and available for public inspection in the ap-
propriate offices of the Forest Service and Bureau 
of Land Management. 
(c) PURPOSE.—The purpose of the scenic areas is to 
conserve, protect, and enhance for the benefit and enjoy-
ment of present and future generations the ecological, sce-
nic, wildlife, recreational, cultural, historical, natural, edu-
cational, and scientific resources of the scenic areas. 
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(d) MANAGEMENT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall admin-
ister the scenic areas— 
(A) in a manner that conserves, protects, 
and enhances the resources of the scenic areas, 
and in particular the scenic character attributes 
of the scenic areas; and 
(B) in accordance with— 
(i) this section; 
(ii) the Federal Land Policy and Man-
agement Act (43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) for 
land under the jurisdiction of the Secretary 
of the Interior; 
(iii) any laws (including regulations) 
relating to the National Forest System, for 
land under the jurisdiction of the Secretary 
of Agriculture; and 
(iv) any other applicable law (includ-
ing regulations). 
(2) USES.—The Secretary shall only allow those 
uses of the scenic areas that the Secretary deter-
mines would further the purposes described in sub-
section (c). 
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(e) WITHDRAWAL.—Subject to valid existing rights, 
the Federal land in the scenic areas is withdrawn from 
all forms of— 
(1) entry, appropriation, or disposal under the 
public land laws; 
(2) location, entry, and patent under the mining 
laws; and 
(3) disposition under all laws pertaining to min-
eral and geothermal leasing or mineral materials. 
(f) PROHIBITED USES.—The following shall be pro-
hibited on the Federal land within the scenic areas: 
(1) Permanent roads. 
(2) Permanent structures. 
(3) Timber harvesting except when necessary 
for the purposes described in subsection (g). 
(4) Transmission lines. 
(5) Except as necessary to meet the minimum 
requirements for the administration of the scenic 
areas and to protect public health and safety— 
(A) the use of motorized vehicles; or 
(B) the establishment of temporary roads. 
(6) Commercial enterprises, except as necessary 
for realizing the purposes of the scenic areas. 
(g) WILDFIRE, INSECT, AND DISEASE MANAGE-
MENT.—Consistent with this section, the Secretary may 
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take any measures in the scenic areas that the Secretary 
determines to be necessary to control fire, insects, and dis-
eases, including, as the Secretary determines to be appro-
priate, the coordination of those activities with the State 
or a local agency. 
(h) ADJACENT MANAGEMENT.—The fact that an oth-
erwise authorized activity or use can be seen or heard 
within a scenic area shall not preclude the activity or use 
outside the boundary of the scenic area. 
SEC. 9. CONDOR NATIONAL SCENIC TRAIL. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The contiguous trail established 
pursuant to this section shall be known as the ‘‘Condor 
National Scenic Trail’’ named after the California condor, 
a critically endangered bird species that lives along the 
extent of the trail corridor. 
(b) PURPOSE.—The purposes of the Condor National 
Scenic Trail are to— 
(1) provide a continual extended hiking corridor 
that connects the southern and northern portions of 
the Los Padres National Forest, spanning the entire 
length of the forest along the coastal mountains of 
southern and central California; and 
(2) provide for the public enjoyment of the na-
tionally significant scenic, historic, natural, and cul-
tural qualities of the Los Padres National Forest. 
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(c) AMENDMENT.—Section 5(a) of the National 
Trails System Act (16 U.S.C. 1244(a)) is amended by 
adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(31) CONDOR NATIONAL SCENIC TRAIL.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Condor National 
Scenic Trail, a trail extending approximately 
400 miles from Lake Piru in the southern por-
tion of the Los Padres National Forest to the 
Bottchers Gap Campground in northern portion 
of the Los Padres National Forest. 
‘‘(B) ADMINISTRATION.—The trail shall be 
administered by the Secretary of Agriculture, in 
consultation with— 
‘‘(i) other Federal, State, Tribal, re-
gional, and local agencies; 
‘‘(ii) private landowners; and 
‘‘(iii) other interested organizations. 
‘‘(C) 
RECREATIONAL
USES.—Notwith-
standing section 7(c), the use of motorized vehi-
cles on roads or trails included in the Condor 
National Scenic Trail on which motorized vehi-
cles are permitted as of the date of enactment 
of this paragraph may be permitted. 
‘‘(D) PRIVATE PROPERTY RIGHTS.— 
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‘‘(i) 
PROHIBITION.—The 
Secretary 
shall not acquire for the trail any land or 
interest in land outside the exterior bound-
ary of any federally managed area without 
the consent of the owner of land or interest 
in land. 
‘‘(ii) EFFECT.—Nothing in this para-
graph— 
‘‘(I) requires any private prop-
erty owner to allow public access (in-
cluding Federal, State, or local gov-
ernment access) to private property; 
or 
‘‘(II) modifies any provision of 
Federal, State, or local law with re-
spect to public access to or use of pri-
vate land. 
‘‘(E) REALIGNMENT.—The Secretary of 
Agriculture may realign segments of the Condor 
National Scenic Trail as necessary to fulfill the 
purposes of the trail. 
‘‘(F) MAP.—The map referred to in sub-
paragraph (A) shall be on file and available for 
public inspection in the appropriate offices of 
the Forest Service.’’. 
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(d) STUDY.— 
(1) STUDY REQUIRED.—Not later than 3 years 
after the date of enactment of this Act, in accord-
ance with this section, the Secretary of Agriculture 
shall conduct a study that— 
(A) addresses the feasibility of, and alter-
natives for, connecting the northern and south-
ern portions of the Los Padres National Forest 
by establishing a trail across the applicable por-
tions of the northern and southern Santa Lucia 
Mountains of the southern California Coastal 
Range; and 
(B) considers realignment of the trail or 
construction of new trail segments to avoid ex-
isting trail segments that currently allow motor-
ized vehicles. 
(2) CONTENTS.—In carrying out the study re-
quired by paragraph (1), the Secretary of Agri-
culture shall— 
(A) conform to the requirements for na-
tional scenic trail studies described in section 
5(b) of the National Trails System Act (16 
U.S.C. 1244(b)); 
(B) provide for a continual hiking route 
through and connecting the southern and 
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northern sections of the Los Padres National 
Forest; 
(C) promote recreational, scenic, wilder-
ness and cultural values; 
(D) enhance connectivity with the overall 
National Forest trail system; 
(E) consider new connectors and realign-
ment of existing trails; 
(F) emphasize safe and continuous public 
access, dispersal from high-use areas, and suit-
able water sources; and 
(G) to the extent practicable, provide all- 
year use. 
(3) 
ADDITIONAL
REQUIREMENT.—In 
com-
pleting the study required by paragraph (1), the 
Secretary of Agriculture shall consult with— 
(A) appropriate Federal, State, Tribal, re-
gional, and local agencies; 
(B) private landowners; 
(C) nongovernmental organizations; and 
(D) members of the public. 
(4) SUBMISSION.—The Secretary of Agriculture 
shall submit the study required by paragraph (1) 
to— 
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(A) the Committee on Natural Resources 
of the House of Representatives; and 
(B) the Committee on Energy and Natural 
Resources of the Senate. 
(5) ADDITIONS
AND
ALTERATIONS
TO
THE 
CONDOR NATIONAL SCENIC TRAIL.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Upon completion of the 
study required by paragraph (1), if the Sec-
retary of Agriculture determines that additional 
or alternative trail segments are feasible for in-
clusion in the Condor National Scenic Trail, the 
Secretary of Agriculture shall include those seg-
ments in the Condor National Scenic Trail. 
(B) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Additions or alter-
nations to the Condor National Scenic Trail 
shall be effective on the date the Secretary of 
Agriculture publishes in the Federal Register 
notice that the additional or alternative seg-
ments are included in the Condor National Sce-
nic Trail. 
(e) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.—In carrying out 
this section (including the amendments made by this sec-
tion), the Secretary of Agriculture may enter into coopera-
tive agreements with State, Tribal, and local government 
entities and private entities to complete needed trail con-
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struction, reconstruction, and realignment projects au-
thorized by this section (including the amendments made 
by this section). 
SEC. 10. FOREST SERVICE STUDY. 
Not later than 6 years after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture (acting through 
the Chief of the Forest Service) shall study the feasibility 
of opening a new trail, for vehicles measuring 50 inches 
or less, connecting Forest Service Highway 95 to the exist-
ing off-highway vehicle trail system in the Ballinger Can-
yon off-highway vehicle area. 
SEC. 11. NONMOTORIZED RECREATION OPPORTUNITIES. 
Not later than 6 years after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture, in consultation 
with interested parties, shall conduct a study to improve 
nonmotorized recreation trail opportunities (including 
mountain bicycling) on land not designated as wilderness 
within the Santa Barbara, Ojai, and Mt. Pinos ranger dis-
tricts. 
SEC. 12. USE BY MEMBERS OF TRIBES. 
(a) ACCESS.—The Secretary shall ensure that Tribes 
have access, in accordance with the Wilderness Act (16 
U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), to the wilderness areas, scenic areas, 
and potential wilderness areas designated by this Act for 
traditional cultural and religious purposes. 
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(b) TEMPORARY CLOSURES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—In carrying out this section, 
the Secretary, on request of a Tribe, may tempo-
rarily close to the general public one or more specific 
portions of a wilderness area, scenic area, or poten-
tial wilderness area designated by this Act to protect 
the privacy of the members of the Tribe in the con-
duct of traditional cultural and religious activities. 
(2) REQUIREMENT.—Any closure under para-
graph (1) shall be— 
(A) made in such a manner as to affect 
the smallest practicable area for the minimum 
period of time necessary for the activity to be 
carried out; and 
(B) be consistent with the purpose and in-
tent of Public Law 95–341 (commonly known 
as the American Indian Religious Freedom Act) 
(42 U.S.C. 1996) and the Wilderness Act (16 
U.S.C. 1131 et seq.). 
Æ 
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