ness area designated by subsection (a) with the 
Committee on Resources of the House of Represent-
atives and the Committee on Energy and Natural 
Resources of the Senate. 
(2) EFFECT.—Each map and legal description 
shall have the same force and effect as if included 
in this section, except that the Secretary may correct 
clerical and typographical errors in the map or legal 
description. 
(3) AVAILABILITY.—Each map and legal de-
scription shall be on file and available for public in-
spection in (as appropriate)— 
(A) the Office of the Director of the Bu-
reau of Land Management; 
(B) the Office of the Utah State Director 
of the Bureau of Land Management; 
(C) the St. George Field Office of the Bu-
reau of Land Management; 
(D) the Dixie National Forest Supervisor’s 
Office; and 
(E) the Office of the Superintendent of 
Zion National Park. 
(d) WITHDRAWAL.—Subject to valid existing rights, 
the wilderness areas designated by subsection (a) are with-
drawn from— 
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(1) all forms of entry, appropriation, and dis-
posal under the public land laws; 
(2) location, entry, and patent under the mining 
laws; and 
(3) operation of the mineral leasing, geothermal 
leasing, and mineral materials laws. 
SEC. 202. ADMINISTRATION. 
(a) MANAGEMENT.—Subject to valid existing rights, 
each area designated as wilderness by this title shall be 
administered by the Secretary in accordance with the Wil-
derness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), except that— 
(1) any reference in that Act to the effective 
date shall be considered to be a reference to the date 
of enactment of this Act; and 
(2) any reference in that Act to the Secretary 
of Agriculture shall be considered to be a reference 
to the Secretary of the Interior with respect to land 
under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Inte-
rior. 
(b) LIVESTOCK.—Within the wilderness areas des-
ignated under this title that are administered by the Bu-
reau of Land Management, the grazing of livestock in 
areas in which grazing is established as of the date of en-
actment of this Act shall be allowed to continue— 
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(1) subject to such reasonable regulations, poli-
cies, and practices that the Secretary considers nec-
essary; and 
(2) consistent with section 4(d)(4) of the Wil-
derness Act (16 U.S.C. 1133(d)(4)), including the 
guidelines set forth in Appendix A of House Report 
101–405. 
(c) INCORPORATION OF ACQUIRED LAND AND INTER-
ESTS.—Any land or interest in land within the boundaries 
of an area designated as wilderness by this title that is 
acquired by the United States after the date of enactment 
of this Act shall be added to and administered as part 
of the wilderness area within which the acquired land or 
interest is located. 
(d) WATER RIGHTS.— 
(1) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that— 
(A) the land designated as wilderness by 
section 201(a)— 
(i) is arid in nature; and 
(ii) includes ephemeral streams; 
(B) the hydrology of the land designated 
as wilderness by section 201(a) is locally char-
acterized by complex flow patterns and alluvial 
fans with impermanent channels; 
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(C) the subsurface hydrogeology of the re-
gion of the wilderness is characterized by 
groundwater subject to local and regional flow 
gradients and artesian aquifers; 
(D) the land designated as wilderness is 
generally not suitable for use or development of 
new water resource facilities; 
(E) there are no actual or proposed water 
resource facilities and no opportunities for di-
version, storage, or other uses of water occur-
ring outside the land designated as wilderness 
that would adversely affect the wilderness or 
other values of the land; and 
(F) because of the unique nature and hy-
drology of the desert land designated as wilder-
ness and the existence of the Virgin River Re-
source Management and Recovery Program, it 
is possible to provide for proper management 
and protection of the wilderness, perennial 
springs and other values of the land in ways not 
used in other legislation. 
(2) STATUTORY
CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in 
this title— 
(A) shall constitute or be construed to con-
stitute either an express or implied reservation 
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by the United States of any water or water 
rights with respect to the land designated as 
wilderness by this title; 
(B) shall affect any water rights in the 
State existing on the date of enactment of this 
Act, including any water rights held by the 
United States; 
(C) shall be construed as establishing a 
precedent with regard to any future wilderness 
designations; 
(D) shall affect the interpretation of, or 
any designation made pursuant to, any other 
Act; or 
(E) shall be construed as limiting, altering, 
modifying, or amending any of the interstate 
compacts or equitable apportionment decrees 
that apportion water among and between the 
State and other States. 
(3) UTAH WATER LAW.—The Secretary shall 
follow the procedural and substantive requirements 
of the law of the State in order to obtain and hold 
any water rights not in existence on the date of en-
actment of this Act with respect to the wilderness 
areas designated by this title. 
(4) NEW PROJECTS.— 
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(A) WATER
RESOURCE
FACILITY.—As 
used in this paragraph, the term ‘‘water re-
source facility’’— 
(i) means irrigation and pumping fa-
cilities, 
reservoirs, 
water 
conservation 
works, aqueducts, canals, ditches, pipe-
lines, wells, hydropower projects, and 
transmission and other ancillary facilities, 
and other water diversion, storage, and 
carriage structures; and 
(ii) does not include wildlife guzzlers. 
(B) RESTRICTION
ON
NEW
WATER
RE-
SOURCE FACILITIES.—Except as otherwise pro-
vided in this title, on and after the date of en-
actment of this Act, neither the President nor 
any other officer, employee, or agent of the 
United States shall fund, assist, authorize, or 
issue a license or permit for the development of 
any new water resource facility within the wil-
derness areas designated by this title. 
(e) MILITARY OVERFLIGHTS.—Nothing in this title 
precludes or restricts— 
(1) low-level overflights and operations of mili-
tary aircraft, helicopters, missiles, or unmanned aer-
ial vehicles over wilderness areas designated under 
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this title, including military overflights and oper-
ations that can be seen or heard within the wilder-
ness areas; 
(2) flight testing and evaluation; or 
(3) the designation or creation of new units of 
special use airspace, or the establishment of military 
flight training routes over the wilderness areas des-
ignated under this title. 
SEC. 203. ADJACENT MANAGEMENT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Congress does not intend for the 
designation of wilderness in the State pursuant to this 
title to lead to the creation of protective perimeters or 
buffer zones around any such wilderness area. 
(b) NONWILDERNESS ACTIVITIES.—The fact that 
nonwilderness activities or uses can be seen or heard from 
areas within a wilderness designated under this title shall 
not preclude the conduct of those activities or uses outside 
the boundary of the wilderness area. 
SEC. 204. NATIVE AMERICAN CULTURAL AND RELIGIOUS 
USES. 
Nothing in this title diminishes— 
(1) the rights of any Indian tribe; or 
(2) any tribal rights regarding access to Fed-
eral land for tribal activities, including spiritual, cul-
tural, and traditional food-gathering activities. 
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SEC. 205. RELEASE OF WILDERNESS STUDY AREAS. 
(a) FINDING.—Congress finds that, for the purposes 
of section 603 of the Federal Land Policy and Manage-
ment Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1782), any public land in 
the County administered by the Bureau of Land Manage-
ment in the wilderness study areas that is not designated 
as wilderness by section 201(a) or depicted as released on 
the Central Map, Eastern Map, or Western Map has been 
adequately studied for wilderness designation. 
(b) RELEASE.—Any public land described in sub-
section (a) that is not designated as wilderness by this 
title— 
(1) is no longer subject to section 603(c) of the 
Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 
(43 U.S.C. 1782(c)); 
(2) shall be managed in accordance with— 
(A) land management plans adopted under 
section 202 of that Act (43 U.S.C. 1712); and 
(B) 
existing 
cooperative 
conservation 
agreements; and 
(3) shall be subject to the Endangered Species 
Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.). 
SEC. 206. WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT. 
(a) IN
GENERAL.—In accordance with section 
4(d)(7) of the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1133(d)(7)), 
nothing in this title affects or diminishes the jurisdiction 
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of the State with respect to fish and wildlife management, 
including the regulation of hunting, fishing, and trapping, 
in the wilderness areas designated by this title. 
(b) MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES.—In furtherance of 
the purposes and principles of the Wilderness Act, man-
agement activities to maintain or restore fish and wildlife 
populations and the habitats to support such populations 
may be carried out within wilderness areas designated by 
this title where consistent with relevant wilderness man-
agement plans, in accordance with appropriate policies 
such as those set forth in Appendix B of House Report 
101–405, including the occasional and temporary use of 
motorized vehicles, if such use, as determined by the Sec-
retary, would promote healthy, viable, and more naturally 
distributed wildlife populations that would enhance wilder-
ness values and accomplish those purposes with the min-
imum impact necessary to reasonably accomplish the task. 
(c) EXISTING ACTIVITIES.—Consistent with section 
4(d)(1) of the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1133(d)) and 
in accordance with appropriate policies such as those set 
forth in Appendix B of House Report 101–405, the State 
may continue to use aircraft, including helicopters, to sur-
vey, capture, transplant, monitor, and provide water for 
wildlife populations. 
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(d) WILDLIFE WATER DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS.— 
Subject to subsection (f), the Secretary shall authorize 
structures and facilities, including existing structures and 
facilities, for wildlife water development projects, including 
guzzlers, in the wilderness areas designated by this title 
if— 
(1) the structures and facilities will, as deter-
mined by the Secretary, enhance wilderness values 
by promoting healthy, viable, and more naturally 
distributed wildlife populations; and 
(2) the visual impacts of the structures and fa-
cilities on the wilderness areas can reasonably be 
minimized. 
(e) HUNTING, FISHING, AND TRAPPING.—In con-
sultation with the appropriate State agency (except in 
emergencies), the Secretary may designate by regulation 
areas in which, and establish periods during which, for 
reasons of public safety, administration, or compliance 
with applicable laws, no hunting, fishing, or trapping will 
be permitted in the wilderness areas designated by this 
title. 
(f) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT.—Not later than 1 
year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
shall enter into a cooperative agreement with the State 
that specifies the terms and conditions under which the 
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State or a designee of the State may carry out wildlife 
management activities in the wilderness areas designated 
by this title. 
SEC. 207. WILDFIRE MANAGEMENT. 
Consistent with section 4 of the Wilderness Act (16 
U.S.C. 1133), nothing in this title precludes a Federal, 
State, or local agency from conducting wildfire and man-
agement operations (including operations using aircraft or 
mechanized equipment) to manage wildfires in the wilder-
ness areas designated by this title. 
SEC. 208. CLIMATOLOGICAL DATA COLLECTION. 
Subject to such terms and conditions as the Secretary 
may prescribe, nothing in this title precludes the installa-
tion and maintenance of hydrologic, meteorologic, or cli-
matological collection devices in the wilderness areas des-
ignated by this title if the facilities and access to the facili-
ties are essential to flood warning, flood control, and water 
reservoir operation activities. 
SEC. 209. NATIONAL PARK SERVICE LAND. 
To the extent any of the provisions of this title con-
flict with the laws applicable to the National Park Service 
for Zion National Park, the laws shall control. 
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