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SEC. 4. MANAGEMENT OF THE PIEDRAS BLANCAS HIS-
TORIC LIGHT STATION OUTSTANDING NAT-
URAL AREA. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall manage the 
Outstanding Natural Area in a manner that conserves, 
protects, and enhances the unique and nationally impor-
tant historical, natural, cultural, scientific, educational, 
scenic, and recreational values of that area, including an 
emphasis on preserving and restoring the Light Station 
facilities, consistent with the requirements section 3(c). 
(b) USES.—Subject to valid existing rights, the Sec-
retary shall only allow such uses of the Outstanding Nat-
ural Area as the Secretary finds are likely to further the 
purposes for which the Outstanding Natural Area is estab-
lished as set forth in section 3(a). 
(c) MANAGEMENT PLAN.—Not later than 3 years 
after of the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary shall complete a comprehensive management plan 
consistent with the requirements of section 202 of the 
Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 
U.S.C. 1712) to provide long-term management guidance 
for the public lands within the Outstanding Natural Area 
and fulfill the purposes for which it is established, as set 
forth in section 3(a). The management plan shall be devel-
oped in consultation with appropriate Federal, State, and 
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local government agencies, with full public participation, 
and the contents shall include— 
(1) provisions designed to ensure the protection 
of the resources and values described in section 3(a); 
(2) objectives to restore the historic Light Sta-
tion and ancillary buildings; 
(3) an implementation plan for a continuing 
program of interpretation and public education 
about the Light Station and its importance to the 
surrounding community; 
(4) a proposal for minimal administrative and 
public facilities to be developed or improved at a 
level compatible with achieving the resources objec-
tives for the Outstanding Natural Area as described 
in subsection (a) and with other proposed manage-
ment activities to accommodate visitors and re-
searchers to the Outstanding Natural Area; and 
(5) cultural resources management strategies 
for the Outstanding Natural Area, prepared in con-
sultation with appropriate departments of the State 
of California, with emphasis on the preservation of 
the resources of the Outstanding Natural Area and 
the interpretive, education, and long-term scientific 
uses of the resources, giving priority to the enforce-
ment of the Archaeological Resources Protection Act 
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of 1979 (16 U.S.C. 470aa et seq.) and the National 
Historic Preservation Act (16 U.S.C. 470 et seq.) 
within the Outstanding Natural Area. 
(d) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.—In order to better 
implement the management plan and to continue the suc-
cessful partnerships with the local communities and the 
Hearst San Simeon State Historical Monument, adminis-
tered by the California Department of Parks and Recre-
ation, the Secretary may enter into cooperative agree-
ments with the appropriate Federal, State, and local agen-
cies pursuant to section 307(b) of the Federal Land Man-
agement Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 
1737(b)). 
(e) RESEARCH ACTIVITIES.—In order to continue the 
successful partnership with research organizations and 
agencies and to assist in the development and implementa-
tion of the management plan, the Secretary may authorize 
within the Outstanding Natural Area appropriate research 
activities for the purposes identified in section 3(a) and 
pursuant to section 307(a) of the Federal Land Policy and 
Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1737(a)). 
(f) ACQUISITION.—State and privately held lands or 
interests in lands adjacent to the Outstanding Natural 
Area and identified as appropriate for acquisition in the 
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management plan may be acquired by the Secretary as 
part of the Outstanding Natural Area only by— 
(1) donation; 
(2) exchange with a willing party; or 
(3) purchase from a willing seller. 
(g) ADDITIONS
TO
THE OUTSTANDING NATURAL 
AREA.—Any lands or interest in lands adjacent to the 
Outstanding Natural Area acquired by the United States 
after the date of the enactment of this Act shall be added 
to and administered as part of the Outstanding Natural 
Area. 
(h) OVERFLIGHTS.—Nothing in this Act or the man-
agement plan shall be construed to— 
(1) restrict or preclude overflights, including 
low level overflights, military, commercial, and gen-
eral aviation overflights that can be seen or heard 
within the Outstanding Natural Area; 
(2) restrict or preclude the designation or cre-
ation of new units of special use airspace or the es-
tablishment of military flight training routes over 
the Outstanding Natural Area; or 
(3) modify regulations governing low-level over-
flights above the adjacent Monterey Bay National 
Marine Sanctuary. 
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(i) LAW ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES.—Nothing in 
this Act shall be construed to preclude or otherwise affect 
coastal border security operations or other law enforce-
ment activities by the Coast Guard or other agencies with-
in the Department of Homeland Security, the Department 
of Justice, or any other Federal, State, and local law en-
forcement agencies within the Outstanding Natural Area. 
(j) NATIVE AMERICAN USES AND INTERESTS.—In 
recognition of the past use of the Outstanding Natural 
Area by Indians and Indian tribes for traditional cultural 
and religious purposes, the Secretary shall ensure access 
to the Outstanding Natural Area by Indians and Indian 
tribes for such traditional cultural and religious purposes. 
In implementing this section, the Secretary, upon the re-
quest of an Indian tribe or Indian religious community, 
shall temporarily close to the general public use of one 
or more specific portions of the Outstanding Natural Area 
in order to protect the privacy of traditional cultural and 
religious activities in such areas by the Indian tribe or In-
dian religious community. Any such closure shall be made 
to affect the smallest practicable area for the minimum 
period necessary for such purposes. Such access shall be 
consistent with the purpose and intent of Public Law 95– 
341 (42 U.S.C. 1996 et seq.; commonly referred to as the 
‘‘American Indian Religious Freedom Act’’). 
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