(1) the rights of any Indian tribe on Indian 
land; 
(2) any individually held trust land or Indian 
allotment; or 
(3) any treaty rights providing for nonexclusive 
access to or in the national monument by members 
of Indian tribes for traditional and cultural pur-
poses. 
SEC. 6. OFF-ROAD USE OF MOTORIZED AND MECHANIZED 
VEHICLES. 
Except as needed for administrative purposes or to 
respond to an emergency, the use of motorized and mecha-
nized vehicles in the national monument is limited to roads 
and trails designated for their use. 
SEC. 7. NO MILITARY AIRSPACE RESTRICTIONS. 
Establishment of the national monument shall not be 
construed to impact or impose any altitude, flight, or other 
airspace restrictions on current or future military oper-
ations or missions. Should the Armed Forces require addi-
tional or modified airspace after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, Congress does not intend for the establishment 
of the national monument to impede the Secretary of De-
fense from petitioning the Federal Aviation Administra-
tion to change or expand restricted military airspace. 
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SEC. 8. RESEARCH, EDUCATION, AND VISITOR SERVICES. 
(a) EDUCATION AND INTERPRETATION.—The Sec-
retary of the Interior shall provide such minimal facilities 
within the national monument for education and interpre-
tation, such as signage or other interpretive kiosks, as the 
Secretary considers necessary for visitor enjoyment of the 
national monument, while ensuring the protection of 
monument resources. 
(b) VISITOR CENTER.—Any visitor center for the na-
tional monument shall be sited in a community in the vi-
cinity of the national monument, rather than within the 
boundaries of the national monument. 
(c) RESEARCH AUTHORIZED.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Inte-
rior shall allow scientific research to be conducted in 
the national monument, including research to iden-
tify, protect, and preserve the historic and cultural 
resources of the monument. 
(2) CLIMATE
CHANGE
RESEARCH.—The Sec-
retary may conduct, or authorize other persons to 
conduct, research regarding the effects of climate 
change on monument resources to develop manage-
ment techniques to boost resiliency and facilitate ad-
aptation to human-caused climate change. 
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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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