parks shall be adjusted accordingly. The Secretary shall ad-
minister the areas added to the National Park System by
this title in accordance with the provisions of law generally
applicable to units of the National Park System, including
the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to establish a National Park Serv-
ice, and for other purposes’’, approved August 25, 1916 (39
Stat. 535; 16 U.S.C. 1–4).
MAPS AND LEGAL DESCRIPTION
SEC. 304. Within six months after the enactment of
this title, the Secretary shall file maps and legal description
of the park designated by this title with the Energy and
Natural Resources Committee of the Senate and the Natural
Resources Committee of the House of Representatives. Such
maps and legal description shall have the same force and
effect as if included in this title, except that the Secretary
may correct clerical and typographical errors in such legal
description and in the maps referred to in section 302. The
maps and legal description shall be on file and available
for public inspection in the offices of the Superintendent
of the Park and the Director of the National Park Service,
Department of the Interior.
WITHDRAWAL
SEC. 305. Subject to valid existing rights, Federal
lands and interests therein added to the National Park Sys-
tem by this title are withdrawn from disposition under the
public lands laws and from entry or appropriation under
the mining laws of the United States, from the operation
of the mineral leasing laws of the United States, and from
the operation of the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970.
UTILITY RIGHTS-OF-WAY
SEC. 306. Nothing in this title shall have the effect of
terminating any validly issued right-of-way or customary
operation maintenance, repair, and replacement activities
in such right-of-way, issued, granted, or permitted to the
Metropolitan Water District pursuant to the Boulder Can-
yon Project Act (43 U.S.C. 617–619b), which is located on
lands included in the Joshua Tree National Park, but out-
side lands designated as wilderness under section 501(2).
Such activities shall be conducted in a manner which will
minimize the impact on park resources. Nothing in this title
shall have the effect of terminating the fee title to lands or
customary operation, maintenance, repair, and replace-
ment activities on or under such lands granted to the Metro-
politan Water District pursuant to the Act of June 18, 1932
(47 Stat. 324), which are located on lands included in the
Joshua Tree National Park, but outside lands designated
as wilderness under section 501(2). Such activities shall be
conducted in a manner which will minimize the impact on
park resources. The Secretary shall prepare within 180
days after the date of enactment of this Act, in consultation
with the Metropolitan Water District, plans for emergency
access by the Metropolitan Water District to its lands and
rights-of-way.
STUDY AS TO VALIDITY OF MINING CLAIMS
SEC. 307. The Secretary shall not approve any plan
of operation prior to determining the validity of the
unpatented mining claims, mill sites, and tunnel sites af-
fected by such plan within the park and shall submit to
Congress recommendations as to whether any valid or pat-
ented claims should be acquired by the United States, in-
cluding the estimated acquisition costs of such claims, and
a discussion of the environmental consequences of the ex-
traction of minerals from these lands.
TITLE IV—MOJAVE NATIONAL PARK
FINDINGS
SEC. 401. The Congress hereby finds that—
(1) Death Valley and Joshua Tree National
Parks, as established by this Act, protect unique and
superlative desert resources, but do not embrace the
particular ecosystems and transitional desert type
found in the Mojave Desert area lying between them
on public lands now afforded only impermanent ad-
ministrative designation as a national scenic area;
(2) the Mojave Desert area possesses outstanding
natural, cultural, historical, and recreational values
meriting statutory designation and recognition as a
unit of the National Park System;
(3) the Mojave Desert area should be afforded full
recognition and statutory protection as a national
park;
(4) the wilderness within the Mojave Desert
should receive maximum statutory protection by des-
ignation pursuant to the Wilderness Act; and
(5) the Mojave Desert area provides an outstand-
ing opportunity to develop services, programs, accom-
modations and facilities to ensure the use and enjoy-
ment of the area by individuals with disabilities, con-
sistent with section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of
1973, Public Law 101–336, the Americans With Dis-
abilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12101), and other ap-
propriate laws and regulations.
ESTABLISHMENT OF THE MOJAVE NATIONAL PARK
SEC. 402. There is hereby established the Mojave Na-
tional Park, comprising approximately one million four
hundred and forty-eight thousand acres, as generally de-
picted on a map entitled ‘‘Mojave National Park Bound-
ary—Proposed’’, dated May 1994, which shall be on file
and available for inspection in the appropriate offices of
the Director of the National Park Service, Department of
the Interior.
TRANSFER OF LANDS
SEC. 403. Upon enactment of this title, the Secretary
shall transfer the lands under the jurisdiction of the Bureau
of Land Management depicted on the maps described in sec-
tion 402 of this title, without consideration, to the adminis-
trative jurisdiction of the Director of the National Park
Service. The boundaries of the public lands shall be adjusted
accordingly.
MAPS AND LEGAL DESCRIPTION
SEC. 404. Within six months after the enactment of
this title, the Secretary shall file maps and a legal descrip-
tion of the park designated under this title with the Energy
and Natural Resources Committee of the Senate and the
Natural Resources Committee of the House of Representa-
tives. Such maps and legal description shall have the same
force and effect as if included in this title, except that the
Secretary may correct clerical and typographical errors in
such legal description and in the maps referred to in section
402. The maps and legal description shall be on file and
available for public inspection in the offices of the National
Park Service, Department of the Interior.
ABOLISHMENT OF SCENIC AREA
SEC. 405. The East Mojave National Scenic Area, des-
ignated on January 13, 1981 (46 FR 3994), and modified
on August 9, 1983 (48 FR 36210), is hereby abolished.
ADMINISTRATION OF LANDS
SEC. 406. The Secretary shall administer the park in
accordance with this title and with the provisions of law
generally applicable to units of the National Park System,
including the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to establish a National
Park Service, and for other purposes’’, approved August 25,
1916 (39 Stat. 535; 16 U.S.C. 1–4).
WITHDRAWAL
SEC. 407. Subject to valid existing rights, Federal
lands within the park, and interests therein, are withdrawn
from disposition under the public land laws and from entry
or appropriation under the mining laws of the United
States, from the operation of the mineral leasing laws of
the United States, and from operation of the Geothermal
Steam Act of 1970.
STUDY AS TO VALIDITY OF MINING CLAIMS
SEC. 408. The Secretary shall not approve any plan
of operation prior to determining the validity of the
unpatented mining claims, mill sites, and tunnel sites af-
fected by such plan within the park and shall submit to
Congress recommendations as to whether any valid or pat-
ented claims should be acquired by the United States, in-
cluding the estimated acquisition costs of such claims, and
a discussion of the environmental consequences of the ex-
traction of minerals from these lands.
GRAZING
SEC. 409. (a) The privilege of grazing domestic live-
stock on lands within the park shall continue to be exercised
at no more than the current level, subject to applicable laws
and National Park Service regulations.
(b) If a person holding a grazing permit referred to
in subsection (a) informs the Secretary that such permittee
is willing to convey to the United States any base property
with respect to which such permit was issued and to which
such permittee holds title, the Secretary shall make the ac-
quisition of such base property a priority as compared with
the acquisition of other lands within the park, provided
agreement can be reached concerning the terms and condi-
tions of such acquisition. Any such base property which is
located outside the park and acquired as a priority pursu-
ant to this section shall be managed by the Federal agency
responsible for the majority of the adjacent lands in accord-
ance with the laws applicable to such adjacent lands.
UTILITY RIGHTS OF WAY
SEC. 410. (a)(1) Nothing in this title shall have the
effect of terminating any validly issued right-of-way or cus-
tomary operation, maintenance, repair, and replacement
activities in such right-of-way, issued, granted, or permitted
to Southern California Edison Company, which is located
on lands included in the Mojave National Park, but outside
lands designated as wilderness under section 501(3). Such
activities shall be conducted in a manner which will mini-
mize the impact on park resources.
(2) Nothing in this title shall have the effect of prohib-
iting the upgrading of an existing electrical transmission
line for the purpose of increasing the capacity of such trans-
mission line in the Southern California Edison Company
validly issued Eldorado-Lugo Transmission Line right-of-
way and Mojave-Lugo Transmission Line right-of-way, or
in a right-of-way if issued, granted, or permitted by the
Secretary adjacent to the existing Mojave-Lugo Trans-
mission Line right-of-way (hereafter in this section referred
to as ‘‘adjacent right-of-way’’), including construction of a
replacement transmission line: Provided, That—
(A) in the Eldorado-Lugo Transmission Line
rights-of-way (hereafter in this section referred to as
the ‘‘Eldorado rights-of-way’’) at no time shall there
be more than three electrical transmission lines,
(B) in the Mojave-Lugo Transmission Line
right-of-way (hereafter in this section referred to as
the ‘‘Mojave right-of-way’’) and adjacent right-of-way,
removal of the existing electrical transmission line
and reclamation of the site shall be completed no later
than three years after the date on which construction
of the upgraded transmission line begins, after which
time there may be only one electrical transmission
line in the lands encompassed by Mojave right-of-way
and adjacent right-of-way,
(C) if there are no more than two electrical
transmission lines in the Eldorado rights-of-way, two
electrical transmission lines in the lands encompassed
by the Mojave right-of-way and adjacent right-of-way
may be allowed,
(D) in the Eldorado rights-of-way and Mojave
right-of-way no additional land shall be issued,
granted, or permitted for such upgrade unless an ad-
dition would reduce the impacts to park resources,
(E) no more than 350 feet of additional land
shall be issued, granted, or permitted for an adjacent
right-of-way to the south of the Mojave right-of-way
unless a greater addition would reduce the impacts to
park resources, and
(F) such upgrade activities, including helicopter
aided construction, shall be conducted in a manner
which will minimize the impact on park resources.
(3) The Secretary shall prepare within 180 days after
the date of enactment of this Act, in consultation with the
Southern California Edison Company, plans for emergency
access by the Southern California Edison Company to its
rights-of-way.
(b)(1) Nothing in this title shall have the effect of ter-
minating any validly issued right-of-way, or customary op-
eration, maintenance, repair, and replacement activities in
such right-of-way; prohibiting the upgrading of and con-
struction on existing facilities in such right-of-way for the
purpose of increasing the capacity of the existing pipeline;
or prohibiting the renewal of such right-of-way issued,
granted, or permitted to the Southern California Gas Com-
pany, its successors or assigns, which is located on lands
included in the Mojave National Park, but outside lands
designated as wilderness under section 501(3). Such activi-
ties shall be conducted in a manner which will minimize
the impact on park resources.
(2) The Secretary shall prepare within one hundred
and eighty days after the date of enactment of this title,
in consultation with the Southern California Gas Com-
pany, plans for emergency access by the Southern Califor-
nia Gas Company to its rights-of-way.
(c) Nothing in this title shall have the effect of termi-
nating any validly issued right-of-way or customary oper-
ation, maintenance, repair, and replacement activities of
existing facilities issued, granted, or permitted for commu-
nications cables or lines, which are located on lands in-
cluded in the Mojave National Park, but outside lands des-
ignated as wilderness under section 501(3). Such activities
shall be conducted in a manner which will minimize the
impact on park resources.
(d) Nothing in this title shall have the effect of termi-
nating any validly issued right-of-way or customary oper-
ation, maintenance, repair, and replacement activities of
existing facilities issued, granted, or permitted to Molyb-
denum Corporation of America; Molycorp, Incorporated; or
Union Oil Company of California (d/b/a Unocal Corpora-
tion); or its successors or assigns, or prohibiting renewal
of such right-of-way, which is located on lands included in
the Mojave National Park, but outside lands designated as
wilderness under section 501(3). Such activities shall be
conducted in a manner which will minimize the impact on
park resources.
PREPARATION OF MANAGEMENT PLAN
SEC. 411. Within three years after the date of enact-
ment of this title, the Secretary shall submit to the Energy
and Natural Resources Committee of the Senate and the
Natural Resources Committee of the House of Representa-
tives a detailed and comprehensive management plan for
the park. Such plan shall place emphasis on historical and
cultural sites and ecological and wilderness values within
the boundaries of the park. Any development, including
road improvements, proposed by such plan shall be strictly
limited to that which is essential and appropriate for the
administration of the park and shall be designed and lo-
cated so as to maintain the primitive nature of the area
and to minimize the impairment of park resources or eco-
logical values. To the extent practicable, administrative fa-
cilities, employee housing, commercial visitor services, ac-
commodations, and other park-related development shall be
located or provided for outside of the boundaries of the park.
Such plan shall evaluate the feasibility of using the Kelso
Depot and existing railroad corridor to provide public ac-
cess to and a facility for special interpretive, educational,
and scientific programs within the park. Such plan shall
specifically address the needs of individuals with disabil-
ities in the design of services, programs, accommodations
and facilities consistent with section 504 of the Rehabilita-
tion Act of 1973, Public Law 101–336, the Americans with
Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12101), and other ap-
propriate laws and regulations.
GRANITE MOUNTAINS NATURAL RESERVE
SEC. 412. (a) There is hereby designated the Granite
Mountains Natural Reserve within the park comprising ap-
proximately nine thousand acres as generally depicted on
a map entitled ‘‘Mojave National Park Boundary and Wil-
derness—Proposed 6’’, dated May 1991.
(b) Upon enactment of this title, the Secretary of the
Interior shall enter into a cooperative management agree-
ment with the University of California for the purposes of
managing the lands within the Granite Mountains Natural
Reserve. Such cooperative agreement shall ensure continu-
ation of arid lands research and educational activities of
the University of California, consistent with the provisions
of law generally applicable to units of the National Park
System.