2004, which shall be known as the ‘‘Big Rocks Wil-
derness’’.
(14) MT. IRISH WILDERNESS.—Certain Fed-
eral land managed by the Bureau of Land Manage-
ment, comprising approximately 28,334 acres, as
generally depicted on the map entitled ’’Western
Lincoln County Wilderness Map’’, dated October 1,
2004, which shall be known as the ’’Mt. Irish Wil-
derness’’.
(b) BOUNDARY.—The boundary of any portion of a
wilderness area designated by subsection (a) that is bor-
dered by a road shall be at least 100 feet from the edge
of the road to allow public access.
(c) MAP AND LEGAL DESCRIPTION.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—As soon as practicable after
the date of enactment of this title, the Secretary
shall file a map and legal description of each wilder-
ness area designated by subsection (a) with the
Committee on Resources of the House of Represent-
atives and the Committee on Energy and Natural
Resources of the Senate.
(2) EFFECT.—Each map and legal description
shall have the same force and effect as if included
in this section, except that the Secretary may correct
clerical and typographical errors in the map or legal
description.
(3) AVAILABILITY.—Each map and legal de-
scription shall be on file and available for public in-
spection in (as appropriate)—
(A) the Office of the Director of the Bu-
reau of Land Management;
(B) the Office of the Nevada State Direc-
tor of the Bureau of Land Management;
(C) the Ely Field Office of the Bureau of
Land Management; and
(D) the Caliente Field Station of the Bu-
reau of Land Management.
(d) WITHDRAWAL.—Subject to valid existing rights,
the wilderness areas designated by subsection (a) are with-
drawn from—
(1) all forms of entry, appropriation, and dis-
posal under the public land laws;
(2) location, entry, and patent under the mining
laws; and
(3) operation of the mineral leasing and geo-
thermal leasing laws.
SEC. 124. ADMINISTRATION.
(a) MANAGEMENT.—Subject to valid existing rights,
each area designated as wilderness by this subtitle shall
be administered by the Secretary 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 shall be considered to be a reference to the date
of the enactment of this title; and
(2) any reference in that Act to the Secretary
of Agriculture shall be considered to be a reference
to the Secretary of the Interior.
(b) LIVESTOCK.—Within the wilderness areas des-
ignated under this subtitle that are administered by the
Bureau of Land Management, the grazing of livestock in
areas in which grazing is established as of the date of en-
actment of this title shall be allowed to continue, subject
to such reasonable regulations, policies, and practices that
the Secretary considers necessary, consistent with section
4(d)(4) of the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1133(d)(4)), in-
cluding the guidelines set forth in Appendix A of House
Report 101–405.
(c) INCORPORATION OF ACQUIRED LAND AND INTER-
ESTS.—Any land or interest in land within the boundaries
of an area designated as wilderness by this subtitle that
is acquired by the United States after the date of the en-
actment of this title shall be added to and administered
as part of the wilderness area within which the acquired
land or interest is located.
(d) WATER RIGHTS.—
(1) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that—
(A) the land designated as Wilderness by
this subtitle is within the Northern Mojave and
Great Basin Deserts, is arid in nature, and in-
cludes ephemeral streams;
(B) the hydrology of the land designated
as wilderness by this subtitle is predominantly
characterized by complex flow patterns and al-
luvial fans with impermanent channels;
(C) the subsurface hydrogeology of the re-
gion is characterized by ground water subject to
local 
and 
regional 
flow 
gradients 
and
unconfined and artesian conditions;
(D) the land designated as wilderness by
this subtitle is generally not suitable for use or
development of new water resource facilities;
and
(E) because of the unique nature and hy-
drology of the desert land designated as wilder-
ness by this subtitle, it is possible to provide for
proper management and protection of the wil-
derness and other values of lands in ways dif-
ferent from those used in other legislation.
(2) STATUTORY
CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in
this subtitle—
(A) shall constitute or be construed to con-
stitute either an express or implied reservation
by the United States of any water or water
rights with respect to the land designated as
wilderness by this subtitle;
(B) shall affect any water rights in the
State existing on the date of the enactment of
this title, including any water rights held by the
United States;
(C) shall be construed as establishing a
precedent with regard to any future wilderness
designations;
(D) shall affect the interpretation of, or
any designation made pursuant to, any other
Act; or
(E) shall be construed as limiting, altering,
modifying, or amending any of the interstate
compacts or equitable apportionment decrees
that apportion water among and between the
State and other States.
(3) NEVADA WATER LAW.—The Secretary shall
follow the procedural and substantive requirements
of the law of the State in order to obtain and hold
any water rights not in existence on the date of en-
actment of this title with respect to the wilderness
areas designated by this subtitle.
(4) NEW PROJECTS.—
(A) WATER
RESOURCE
FACILITY.—As
used in this paragraph, the term ‘‘water re-
source facility’’—
(i) means irrigation and pumping fa-
cilities, 
reservoirs, 
water 
conservation
works, aqueducts, canals, ditches, pipe-
lines, wells, hydropower projects, and
transmission and other ancillary facilities,
and other water diversion, storage, and
carriage structures; and
(ii) does not include wildlife guzzlers.
(B) RESTRICTION
ON
NEW
WATER
RE-
SOURCE FACILITIES.—Except as otherwise pro-
vided 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 wil-
derness areas designated by this title.
SEC. 125. ADJACENT MANAGEMENT.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Congress does not intend for the
designation of wilderness in the State pursuant to this
subtitle to lead to the creation of protective perimeters or
buffer zones around any such wilderness area.
(b) NONWILDERNESS ACTIVITIES.—The fact that
nonwilderness activities or uses can be seen or heard from
areas within a wilderness designated under this subtitle
shall not preclude the conduct of those activities or uses
outside the boundary of the wilderness area.
SEC. 126. MILITARY OVERFLIGHTS.
Nothing in this subtitle restricts or precludes—
(1) low-level overflights of military aircraft over
the areas designated as wilderness by this subtitle,
including military overflights that can be seen or
heard within the wilderness areas;
(2) flight testing and evaluation; or
(3) the designation or creation of new units of
special use airspace, or the establishment of military
flight training routes, over the wilderness areas.
SEC. 127. NATIVE AMERICAN CULTURAL AND RELIGIOUS
USES.
Nothing in this subtitle shall be construed to diminish
the rights of any Indian tribe. Nothing in this subtitle
shall be construed to diminish tribal rights regarding ac-
cess to Federal land for tribal activities, including spir-
itual, cultural, and traditional food-gathering activities.
SEC. 128. RELEASE OF WILDERNESS STUDY AREAS.
(a) FINDING.—Congress finds that, for the purposes
of section 603 of the Federal Land Policy and Manage-
ment Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1782), the public land in
the County administered by the Bureau of Land Manage-
ment in the following areas has been adequately studied
for wilderness designation:
(1) The Table Mountain Wilderness Study
Area.
(2) Evergreen A, B, and C Wilderness Study
Areas.
(3) Any portion of the wilderness study areas—
(A) not designated as wilderness by section
124(a); and
(B) depicted as released on—
(i) the map entitled ‘‘Northern Lin-
coln County Wilderness Map’’ and dated
October 1, 2004;
(ii) the map entitled ‘‘Southern Lin-
coln County Wilderness Map’’ and dated
October 1, 2004; or
(iii) the map entitled ‘‘Western Lin-
coln County Wilderness Map’’ and dated
October 1, 2004.
(b) RELEASE.—Any public land described in sub-
section (a) that is not designated as wilderness by this
subtitle—
(1) is no longer subject to section 603(c) of the
Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976
(43 U.S.C. 1782(c));
(2) shall be managed in accordance with—
(A) land management plans adopted under
section 202 of that Act (43 U.S.C. 1712); and
(B) 
existing 
cooperative 
conservation
agreements; and
(3) shall be subject to the Endangered Species
Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.).
SEC. 129. WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT.
(a) IN
GENERAL.—In accordance with section
4(d)(7) of the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1133(d)(7)),
nothing in this subtitle affects or diminishes the jurisdic-
tion of the State with respect to fish and wildlife manage-
ment, including the regulation of hunting, fishing, and
trapping, in the wilderness areas designated by this sub-
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 by
this subtitle where consistent with relevant wilderness
management plans, in accordance with appropriate poli-
cies such as those set forth in Appendix B of House Re-
port 101–405, including the occasional and temporary use
of motorized vehicles, if such use, as determined by the
Secretary, would promote healthy, viable, and more natu-
rally distributed wildlife populations that would enhance
wilderness values and accomplish those purposes with the
minimum impact necessary 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
may continue to use aircraft, including helicopters, to sur-
vey, capture, transplant, monitor, and provide water for
wildlife populations, including bighorn sheep, and feral
stock, horses, and burros.
(d) WILDLIFE WATER DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS.—
Subject to subsection (f), the Secretary shall authorize
structures and facilities, including existing structures and
facilities, for wildlife water development projects, including
guzzlers, in the wilderness areas designated 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
distributed 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.—In con-
sultation with the appropriate State agency (except in
emergencies), the Secretary may designate by regulation
areas in which, and establish periods during which, for
reasons of public safety, administration, or compliance
with applicable laws, no hunting, fishing, or trapping will
be permitted in the wilderness areas designated by this
title.
(f) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT.—The terms and con-
ditions under which the State, including a designee of the
State, may conduct wildlife management activities in the
wilderness areas designated by this subtitle are specified
in the cooperative agreement between the Secretary and
the State, entitled ‘‘Memorandum of Understanding be-
tween the Bureau of Land Management and the Nevada
Department of Wildlife Supplement No. 9,’’ and signed
November and December 2003, including any amend-
ments to that document agreed upon by the Secretary and
the State and subject to all applicable laws and regula-
tions. Any references to Clark County in that document
shall also be deemed to be referred to and shall apply to
Lincoln County, Nevada.
SEC. 130. WILDFIRE MANAGEMENT.
Consistent with section 4 of the Wilderness Act (16
U.S.C. 1133), nothing in this subtitle 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 by this subtitle.
SEC. 131. CLIMATOLOGICAL DATA COLLECTION.
Subject to such terms and conditions as the Secretary
may prescribe, nothing in this subtitle precludes the instal-
lation and maintenance of hydrologic, meteorologic, or cli-
matological collection devices in the wilderness areas des-
ignated by this subtitle if the facilities and access to the
facilities are essential to flood warning, flood control, and
water reservoir operation activities.