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ty Wilderness Map’’, dated October 1, 2004, which
shall be known as the ’’Mt. Irish Wilderness’’.
(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 Act, the Secretary shall
file a map and legal description of each wilderness
area designated by subsection (a) with the Committee
on Resources of the House of Representatives 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 descrip-
tion shall be on file and available for public inspec-
tion in (as appropriate)—
(A) the Office of the Director of the Bureau
of Land Management;
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(B) the Office of the Nevada State Director
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. 114. ADMINISTRATION.
(a) MANAGEMENT.—Subject to valid existing rights,
each area designated as wilderness by this title shall be ad-
ministered by the Secretary in accordance with the Wilder-
ness 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 Act; and
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(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 title that are administered by the Bu-
reau of Land Management, the grazing of livestock in areas
in which grazing is established as of the date of enactment
of this Act shall be allowed to continue, subject to such rea-
sonable regulations, policies, and practices that the Sec-
retary considers necessary, consistent with section 4(d)(4)
of the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1133(d)(4)), including 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 title that is ac-
quired by the United States after the date of the enactment
of this Act shall be added to and administered as part of
the wilderness area within which the acquired land or inter-
est is located.
(d) WATER RIGHTS.—
(1) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that—
(A) the land designated as Wilderness by
this title is within the Northern Mojave and
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Great Basin Deserts, is arid in nature, and in-
cludes ephemeral streams;
(B) the hydrology of the land designated as
wilderness by this title is predominantly charac-
terized by complex flow patterns and alluvial
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 title is generally not suitable for use or de-
velopment 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 title, it is possible to provide for
proper management and protection of the wilder-
ness and other values of lands in ways different
from those used in other legislation.
(2) STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this
title—
(A) shall constitute or be construed to con-
stitute either an express or implied reservation
by the United States of any water or water
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rights with respect to the land designated as wil-
derness by this title;
(B) shall affect any water rights in the
State existing on the date of the enactment of
this Act, 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 enactment
of this Act with respect to the wilderness areas des-
ignated by this title.
(4) NEW PROJECTS.—
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(A) WATER RESOURCE FACILITY.—As used
in this paragraph, the term ‘‘water resource
facility’’—
(i) means irrigation and pumping fa-
cilities, 
reservoirs, 
water 
conservation
works, aqueducts, canals, ditches, pipelines,
wells, hydropower projects, and trans-
mission 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 Act, 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 Act.
SEC. 115. ADJACENT MANAGEMENT.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Congress does not intend for the
designation of wilderness in the State pursuant to this title
to lead to the creation of protective perimeters or buffer
zones around any such wilderness area.
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(b) NONWILDERNESS ACTIVITIES.—The fact that non-
wilderness activities or uses can be seen or heard from areas
within a wilderness designated under this title shall not
preclude the conduct of those activities or uses outside the
boundary of the wilderness area.
SEC. 116. MILITARY OVERFLIGHTS.
Nothing in this title restricts or precludes—
(1) low-level overflights of military aircraft over
the areas designated as wilderness by this title, in-
cluding 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. 117. 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 Fed-
eral land for tribal activities, including spiritual, cultural,
and traditional food-gathering activities.
SEC. 118. RELEASE OF WILDERNESS STUDY AREAS.
(a) FINDING.—Congress finds that, for the purposes of
section 603 of the Federal Land Policy and Management
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Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1782), the public land in the County
administered by the Bureau of Land Management 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
114(a); and
(B) depicted as released on—
(i) the map entitled ‘‘Northern Lincoln
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
title—
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(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 agree-
ments; and
(3) shall be subject to the Endangered Species
Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.).
SEC. 119. 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 title affects or diminishes the jurisdiction of the State
with respect to fish and wildlife management, including the
regulation of hunting, fishing, and trapping, in the wilder-
ness areas designated by this title.
(b) MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES.—In furtherance of the
purposes and principles of the Wilderness Act, management
activities to maintain or restore fish and wildlife popu-
lations and the habitats to support such populations may
be carried out within wilderness areas designated by this
title where consistent with relevant wilderness management
plans, in accordance with appropriate policies such as those
set forth in Appendix B of House Report 101–405, includ-
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ing the occasional and temporary use of motorized vehicles,
if such use, as determined by the Secretary, 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 may
continue to use aircraft, including helicopters, to survey,
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 struc-
tures and facilities, including existing structures and facili-
ties, for wildlife water development projects, including guz-
zlers, in the wilderness areas designated by this Act 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
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(2) the visual impacts of the structures and fa-
cilities on the wilderness areas can reasonably be
minimized.
(e) HUNTING, FISHING, AND TRAPPING.—In consulta-
tion with the appropriate State agency (except in emer-
gencies), the Secretary 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 by this Act.
(f) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT.—The terms and condi-
tions under which the State, including a designee of the
State, may conduct wildlife management activities in the
wilderness areas designated by this title are specified in the
cooperative agreement between the Secretary and the State,
entitled ‘‘Memorandum of Understanding between the Bu-
reau of Land Management and the Nevada Department of
Wildlife Supplement No. 9,’’ and signed November and De-
cember 2003, including any amendments to that document
agreed upon by the Secretary and the State and subject to
all applicable laws and regulations. Any references to Clark
County in that document shall also be deemed to be referred
to and shall apply to Lincoln County, Nevada.