available for public inspection in the offices of the Di-
rector in the District of Columbia and in Sacramento
and Bakersfield, California.
SEC. 4. MANAGEMENT OF THE CONSERVATION AREA.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, acting through the
Director, shall manage the public lands within the con-
servation area in a manner that conserves, protects, and
enhances its resources and values in accordance with this
Act, and pursuant to the Federal Land Policy and Manage-
ment Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), and in accord-
ance with all applicable laws and the management plan.
(b) USES.—The Secretary shall allow only such uses
of the conservation area as the Secretary finds will further
the purposes for which the conservation area is designated.
(c) VEHICULAR USE.—Use of motorized vehicles or
mechanized transport in the conservation area is prohib-
ited, except—
(1) where needed for administrative purposes or
to respond to an emergency; or
(2) on roads and trails that—
(A) existed as of May 11, 1999; and
(B) are specifically designated for such use
as part of the management plan revised pursu-
ant to subsection (g).
(d) HUNTING AND FISHING.—Hunting and fishing
shall be permitted within the conservation area in accord-
ance with applicable laws and regulations of the United
States and the State of California; except that the Sec-
retary, after consultation with the California Department
of Fish and Game, may issue regulations designating zones
where and establishing periods when no hunting or fishing
shall be permitted for reasons of public safety, administra-
tion, or public use and enjoyment.
(e) GRAZING.—Livestock grazing within the conserva-
tion area shall be conducted in a manner that is compatible
with the purposes for which the conservation area is estab-
lished. The management plan revised pursuant to sub-
section (g) shall specify resource objectives to be met through
grazing within the conservation area.
(f) INTERPRETIVE SITES.—The Secretary may estab-
lish, in cooperation with other public or private entities as
the Secretary may consider appropriate, interpretive sites
that are minimal in scope to meet administrative and vis-
itor needs of the conservation area. Any facilities for such
sites shall be designed to protect cultural, historic, biologic,
scientific, and esthetic values of the conservation area.
(g) REVIEW AND REVISION OF MANAGEMENT PLAN.—
The Secretary of the Interior, in cooperation with the Direc-
tor, the California Department of Fish and Game, affected
landowners, and The Nature Conservancy—
(1) shall, by not later than 1 year after the date
of the enactment of this Act, review the management
plan referred to in section 9(4) and make such revi-
sions in that plan as are necessary to ensure that it
is consistent with the this Act and with the conserva-
tion, enhancement, and protection of the conservation
area; and
(2) may from time to time thereafter make such
revisions as are necessary to ensure that consistency.
(h) GIFTS.—The Secretary may accept, receive, hold,
administer, and use any gift, devise, or bequest, absolutely
or in trust, of real or personal property, including any in-
come from or interest in property or any funds, for manage-
ment of the conservation area for the purposes for which
the conservation area is established under section 3(a).
(i) FUNDING ACCOUNT.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—To fund management activi-
ties for the conservation area, there is established in
the Treasury a separate account to be known as the
Carizzo Plain National Conservation Area Manage-
ment Fund.
(2) CONTENTS.—The account shall consist of—
(A) amounts received as fees for activities
in the conservation area;
(B) amounts received by the United States
as a gift, devise, or bequest authorized by sub-
section (h); and
(C) amounts appropriated to the account.
(3) USE.—Amounts in the account shall be
available to the Secretary for management of the con-
servation area pursuant to the purposes for which the
conservation is established under section 3(a).
(j) ADVISORY COUNCIL.—
(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall estab-
lish a Carrizo Plain National Conservation Area Ad-
visory Council to advise the Secretary with respect to
preparation and implementation of the management
plan pursuant to subsection (g). The Advisory Coun-
cil shall conform to the requirements of the Federal
Advisory Committee Act (88 Stat. 770; 5 U.S.C.
App.) and the Federal Land Policy and Management
Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.).
(2) REPRESENTATION.—The Advisory Council
shall consist of 15 members to be appointed by the
Secretary. The members shall be persons with local
and regional involvement as well as recognized back-
grounds in areas directly related to the purposes for
which the conservation area is designated.
SEC. 5. LAND ACQUISITION.
(a) LAND ACQUISITION.—The Secretary may acquire
lands and interests therein within the conservation area by
donation, by exchange, or by purchase with the consent of
the owner thereof.
(b) MANAGEMENT.—Lands or interests therein within
the conservation area so acquired by the United States
shall, after the date of the enactment of this Act, be incor-
porated into and managed as part of the conservation area.
SEC. 6. WITHDRAWAL; MINERAL DEVELOPMENT.
(a) WITHDRAWAL.—Subject to valid existing rights, all
Federal lands within the conservation area, including all
lands or interests acquired by the United States after the
date of enactment of this Act, are hereby withdrawn from
all forms of entry, appropriation, or disposal under the
public land laws and from location, entry, and patent
under the mining laws of the United States.
(b) MINERAL DEVELOPMENT.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), mineral development may occur in the con-
servation area pursuant to the Act of February 25,
1920 (30 U.S.C. 181 et seq.; popularly known as the
Mineral Leasing Act), and laws supplementary there-
to, or the Act of July 31, 1947 (30 U.S.C. 601 et seq.;
popularly known as the Materials Act of 1947), and
laws supplementary thereto, only to the extent that
development is consistent with the management plan.
(2) STATE AND PRIVATE LANDS AND INTERESTS
NOT AFFECTED.—This subsection shall not affect any
State or privately owned lands or interests in lands.
SEC. 7. COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.
The Secretary may, consistent with the management
plan, enter into any cooperative agreements or shared man-
agement arrangements with any person for the purposes of
management, interpretation, and research of the conserva-
tion area’s resources.
SEC. 8. NATIVE AMERICAN USES.
(a) NATIVE AMERICAN USES.—The Secretary shall en-
sure nonexclusive access to and use of the public lands in
the conservation area by Native Americans for traditional
cultural and religious purposes consistent with the Amer-
ican Indian Religious Freedom Act (42 U.S.C. 1996).
(b) TEMPORARY CLOSURE.—To implement this sec-
tion, the Secretary may from time to time temporarily close
to general public use any specific areas of public lands in
the conservation area in order to protect the privacy of Na-
tive American religious activities in such areas. Any such
closure shall be made in such manner as will affect the
smallest practicable area for the minimum period necessary
for such purposes.
SEC. 9. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) CONSERVATION AREA.—The term ‘‘conserva-
tion area’’ means the Carrizo Plain National Con-
servation Area designated under section 3(a).
(2) CALIFORNIA
DEPARTMENT
OF
FISH
AND
GAME.—The term ‘‘California Department of Fish
and Game’’ means the public entity within the State
of California’s Resources Agency established by the
laws of the State of California to administer the fish
and wildlife resources in the State on behalf of the
people of California.
(3) DIRECTOR.—The term ‘‘Director’’ means the
Director of the Bureau of Land Management.
(4) MANAGEMENT
PLAN.—The term ‘‘manage-
ment plan’’ means the management plan developed
cooperatively by the Bureau of Land Management,
the California Department of Fish and Game, and
The Nature Conservancy, entitled ‘‘The Carrizo Plain
Natural Area Management Plan’’ and dated Novem-
ber 1996, as such plan may be revised by the Sec-
retary under section 4(b).
(5) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means
the Secretary of the Interior.
(6) THE NATURE CONSERVANCY.—The term ‘‘The
Nature Conservancy’’ means the nonprofit organiza-
tion established under laws of the State of Virginia
and doing business in that name.
Union Calendar No. 489
106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 1751
[Report No. 106–831]
A BILL
To establish the Carrizo Plain National Conserva-
tion Area in the State of California, and for
other purposes.
SEPTEMBER 7, 2000
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union,
and ordered to be printed