SEC. 9. FISH AND WILDLIFE. 
Nothing in this Act affects the jurisdiction of the 
State of Arizona with respect to the management of fish 
and wildlife on public lands in the State. 
SEC. 10. LAND ACQUISITION. 
(a) ACQUISITION AUTHORITY.—The Secretary of the 
Interior may acquire land and any interest in land, State 
and private, within or adjacent to the boundaries of the 
national monument— 
(1) by purchase from willing sellers with do-
nated or appropriated funds; 
(2) by donation; or 
(3) by exchange. 
(b) TREATMENT OF ACQUIRED LAND.—Land and in-
terests in land acquired under the authority of subsection 
(a) shall automatically become part of the national monu-
ment. 
SEC. 11. WITHDRAWAL. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to valid existing rights, 
all Federal land within the national monument (including 
any land or interest in land acquired after the date of en-
actment of this Act) is withdrawn from— 
(1) entry, appropriation, or disposal under the 
public land laws; 
(2) location, entry, and patent under the mining 
laws; and 
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(3) operation of the mineral leasing, mineral 
materials, and geothermal leasing laws. 
(b) RENEWABLE ENERGY PROJECTS.—Subject to 
valid and existing rights, renewable energy and trans-
mission development is prohibited in the national monu-
ment. 
SEC. 12. EFFECT ON EXISTING FACILITIES AND RIGHTS-OF- 
WAY. 
Nothing in this Act terminates or limits any valid 
right-of-way within the Monument in existence on the date 
of the enactment of this Act (including the customary op-
eration, maintenance, repair, relocation within an existing 
right-of-way, or replacement of energy transport facilities 
within an existing right-of-way), or other authorized right- 
of-way. 
SEC. 13. WATER RIGHTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Nothing in this shall affect, alter, 
or diminish the water rights, or claims or entitlements to 
water of the United States, the State of Arizona, or any 
irrigation or conservation district, canal company, entity 
or individual to the Gila River or any tributary thereto. 
(b) RESERVED WATER RIGHTS.—The designation of 
the national monument does not imply or create a Federal 
reserved water right to the appropriable waters of the Gila 
River or any tributary thereto. 
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SEC. 14. ADVISORY COUNCIL. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 180 days after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall es-
tablish an advisory council, to be known as the ‘‘Great 
Bend of the Gila National Monument Advisory Council’’. 
(b) DUTIES.— 
(1) The Council shall advise the Secretary with 
respect to the preparation and implementation of the 
management plan. 
(2) The Council shall advise, or create a sub-
committee to advise, on salt cedar/tamarisk removal 
within the monument. 
(c) APPLICABLE LAW.—The Council shall be subject 
to— 
(1) the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 
U.S.C. App.); and 
(2) the Federal Land Policy and Management 
Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.). 
(d) MEMBERS.—The Council shall include members 
to be appointed by the Secretary. To the extent prac-
ticable, the Secretary shall appoint not more than 13 
members from Category One and an additional 13 mem-
bers, in the aggregate, from Category Two, Category 
Three, and Category Four, who will represent the pur-
poses for which the national monument was established 
and stakeholders who may have an interest in the planning 
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and management of the national monument. The cat-
egories referred to in this subsection are the following: 
(1) CATEGORY ONE.—Representatives of affili-
ated tribes. 
(2) CATEGORY TWO.—Public land ranchers, ir-
rigation districts, and representatives of organiza-
tions associated with agriculture, energy and mineral 
development, transportation or rights-of-way, off- 
highway vehicle use, and commercial recreation. 
(3) CATEGORY THREE.—Representatives of na-
tionally or regionally recognized environmental orga-
nizations, archaeological and historical organiza-
tions, and dispersed recreation activities. 
(4) CATEGORY FOUR.— 
(A) Representatives of State, county, or 
local elected office. 
(B) Representatives and employees of a 
State agency responsible for the management of 
natural resources. 
(C) Representatives and employees of aca-
demic institutions who are involved in natural 
sciences. 
(D) The public-at-large. 
(e) REPRESENTATION.—The Secretary shall ensure 
that the membership of the Council is fairly balanced in 
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terms of the points of view represented and the functions 
to be performed by the Council. 
(f) DURATION.—The Council shall terminate on the 
date that is one year from the date on which the manage-
ment plan is adopted by the Secretary. 
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