acres, as generally depicted on the Map, which is in-
corporated in, and shall be managed as part of, the 
‘‘Lime Canyon Wilderness’’ designated by section 
202(a)(9) of the Clark County Conservation of Pub-
lic Land and Natural Resources Act of 2002 (16 
U.S.C. 1132 note; Public Law 107–282). 
(b) NATIONAL
LANDSCAPE
CONSERVATION
SYS-
TEM.—The wilderness areas shall be administered as com-
ponents of the National Landscape Conservation System. 
(c) ROAD OFFSET.—The boundary of any portion of 
a wilderness area that is bordered by a road shall be at 
least 100 feet away from the centerline of the road so as 
not to interfere with public access. 
(d) MAP AND LEGAL DESCRIPTION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—As soon as practicable after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
shall file a map and legal description of each wilder-
ness area with the Committee on Natural Resources 
of the House of Representatives and the Committee 
on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate. 
(2) EFFECT.—Each map and legal description 
under paragraph (1) shall have the same force and 
effect as if included in this title, except that the Sec-
retary may correct clerical and typographical errors 
in the map or legal description. 
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(3) AVAILABILITY.—Each map and legal de-
scription under paragraph (1) shall be on file and 
available for public inspection in the appropriate of-
fices of the Bureau of Land Management. 
SEC. 404. ADMINISTRATION. 
(a) MANAGEMENT.—Subject to valid existing rights, 
the wilderness areas shall be administered by the Sec-
retary in accordance with the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 
1131 et seq.), except that— 
(1) any reference in that Act to the effective 
date of that Act 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. 
(b) INCORPORATION OF ACQUIRED LAND AND IN-
TERESTS.—Any land or interest in land within the bound-
aries of a wilderness area 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. 
(c) WATER RIGHTS.— 
(1) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that— 
(A) the land designated as a wilderness 
area— 
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(i) is within the Mojave Desert; 
(ii) is arid in nature; and 
(iii) includes ephemeral streams; 
(B) the hydrology of the land designated 
as a wilderness area is locally characterized by 
complex flow patterns and alluvial fans with im-
permanent channels; 
(C) the subsurface hydrogeology of the re-
gion within which the land designated as a wil-
derness area is located is characterized by 
ground water subject to local and regional flow 
gradients and artesian aquifers; 
(D) the land designated as a wilderness 
area is generally not suitable for use or develop-
ment 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 a wilderness 
area 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 a wil-
derness area and the existence of the Clark 
County Multi-Species Habitat Conservation 
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Plan, it is possible to provide for proper man-
agement and protection of the wilderness, pe-
rennial springs, and other values of the land in 
ways different than the methods used in other 
laws. 
(2) STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION.— 
(A) NO
RESERVATION.—Nothing in this 
title constitutes an express or implied reserva-
tion by the United States of any water or water 
rights with respect to the land designated as a 
wilderness area. 
(B) STATE RIGHTS.—Nothing in this title 
affects 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) NO PRECEDENT.—Nothing in this sub-
section establishes a precedent with regard to 
any future wilderness designations. 
(D) NO EFFECT ON COMPACTS.—Nothing 
in this title limits, alters, modifies, or amends 
any of the interstate compacts or equitable ap-
portionment decrees that apportion water 
among and between the State and other States. 
(E) CLARK COUNTY MULTI-SPECIES HABI-
TAT
CONSERVATION
PLAN.—Nothing in this 
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title limits, alters, modifies, or amends the 
Clark County Multi-Species Habitat Conserva-
tion Plan with respect to the land designated as 
a wilderness area, including specific manage-
ment actions for the conservation of perennial 
springs. 
(3) NEVADA WATER LAW.—The Secretary shall 
follow the procedural and substantive requirements 
of State law in order to obtain and hold any water 
rights not in existence on the date of enactment of 
this Act with respect to the land designated as a wil-
derness area. 
(4) NEW PROJECTS.— 
(A) DEFINITION.— 
(i) IN GENERAL.—In this paragraph, 
the term ‘‘water resource facility’’ means 
irrigation and pumping facilities, res-
ervoirs, water conservation works, aque-
ducts, canals, ditches, pipelines, wells, hy-
dropower projects, and transmission and 
other ancillary facilities, and other water 
diversion, storage, and carriage structures. 
(ii) EXCLUSION.—In this paragraph, 
the term ‘‘water resource facility’’ does not 
include wildlife guzzlers. 
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