and pumping facilities, reservoirs, water con-
servation works, aqueducts, canals, ditches, 
pipelines, wells, hydropower projects, and trans-
mission and other ancillary facilities, and other 
water diversion, storage, and carriage struc-
tures. The term does not include wildlife guz-
zlers. 
(B) NO
LICENSES
OR
PERMITS.—Except 
as otherwise provided in this title, on and after 
the date of the enactment 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 lands designated as wilderness by 
this title. 
(d) WITHDRAWALS.—Subject to valid existing rights, 
all Federal lands within the wilderness areas designated 
or expanded by this title, including any land or interest 
in land within the areas that is acquired by the United 
States after the date of enactment of this Act, are with-
drawn from— 
(1) entry, appropriation or disposal under the 
public land laws; 
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(2) location, entry, and patent under the mining 
laws; and 
(3) operation of the mineral leasing, mineral 
materials, and geothermal leasing laws. 
SEC. 204. ADJACENT MANAGEMENT. 
(a) NO BUFFER ZONES.—Congress does not intend 
for the designation of land as wilderness by this title to 
lead to the creation of protective perimeters or buffer 
zones around any wilderness area designated or expanded 
by this title. 
(b) NONWILDERNESS ACTIVITIES.—The fact that 
nonwilderness activities or uses can be seen or heard from 
areas within a wilderness area designated or expanded by 
this title shall not preclude the conduct of those activities 
or uses outside the boundary of the wilderness area. 
SEC. 205. NATIVE AMERICAN CULTURAL AND RELIGIOUS 
USES. 
Nothing in this title shall be construed to diminish 
the rights of any Indian tribe. Nothing in this title shall 
be construed to diminish tribal rights regarding access to 
Federal lands for tribal activities, including spiritual, cul-
tural, and traditional food-gathering activities. 
SEC. 206. WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT. 
(a) STATE JURISDICTION.—In accordance with sec-
tion 4(d)(7) of the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1133(d)(7)), 
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nothing in this title affects or diminishes the jurisdiction 
of the State of Nevada with respect to fish and wildlife 
management, including the regulation of hunting, fishing, 
and trapping, in the wilderness areas designated or ex-
panded 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 or 
expanded by this title where consistent with relevant wil-
derness management plans, in accordance with appro-
priate policies such as those set forth in Appendix B of 
House Report 101–405, including the occasional and tem-
porary use of motorized vehicles, if such use, as deter-
mined by the Secretary of the Interior, would promote 
healthy, viable, and more naturally distributed wildlife 
populations that would enhance wilderness values and ac-
complish those purposes with the minimum impact nec-
essary 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 
of Nevada may continue to use aircraft, including heli-
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copters, to survey, capture, transplant, monitor, and pro-
vide water for wildlife populations, including bighorn 
sheep, and feral stock, horses, and burros. 
(d) WILDLIFE WATER DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS.— 
Subject to subsection (f), the Secretary of the Interior 
shall authorize structures and facilities, including existing 
structures and facilities, for wildlife water development 
projects, including guzzlers, in the wilderness areas des-
ignated or expanded 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 dis-
tributed 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.—The Sec-
retary of the Interior may designate, by regulation, areas 
in which, and establish periods during which, for reasons 
of public safety, administration, or compliance with appli-
cable laws, no hunting, fishing, or trapping will be per-
mitted in the wilderness areas designated or expanded by 
this title. Except in the case of an emergency, the Sec-
retary shall make such designations in consultation with 
the appropriate agency of the State of Nevada. 
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(f) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT.—The State of Ne-
vada, including a designee of the State, may conduct wild-
life management activities in the wilderness areas des-
ignated or expanded by this title— 
(1) in accordance with the terms and conditions 
specified in the cooperative agreement between the 
Secretary of the Interior and the State entitled 
‘‘Memorandum of Understanding between the Bu-
reau of Land Management and the Nevada Depart-
ment of Wildlife Supplement No. 9’’ and signed No-
vember and December 2003, including any amend-
ments to the cooperative agreement agreed to by the 
Secretary and the State; and 
(2) subject to all applicable laws and regula-
tions. 
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 manage-
ment operations (including operations using aircraft or 
mechanized equipment) to manage wildfires in the wilder-
ness areas designated or expanded by this title. 
SEC. 208. CLIMATOLOGICAL DATA COLLECTION. 
Subject to such terms and conditions as the Secretary 
of the Interior may prescribe, nothing in this title pre-
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