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accordance with the procedural require-
ments and priority system of State law. 
(ii) 
ESTABLISHMENT
OF
WATER 
RIGHTS.— 
(I) IN GENERAL.—Except as pro-
vided in subclause (II), the purposes 
and other substantive characteristics 
of the water rights pursued under this 
paragraph shall be established in ac-
cordance with State law. 
(II) 
EXCEPTION.—Notwith-
standing subclause (I) and in accord-
ance with this title, the Secretary may 
appropriate and seek adjudication of 
water rights to maintain surface water 
levels and stream flows on and across 
the wilderness designated by section 
102(b) to fulfill the purposes of such 
wilderness. 
(C) 
DEADLINE.—The 
Secretary 
shall 
promptly, but not earlier than January 1, 2021, 
appropriate the water rights required to fulfill 
the purposes of the wilderness designated by 
section 102(b).
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(D) 
REQUIRED
DETERMINATION.—The 
Secretary shall not pursue adjudication for any 
instream flow water rights unless the Secretary 
makes a determination pursuant to subpara-
graph (E)(ii) or (F). 
(E) COOPERATIVE ENFORCEMENT.— 
(i) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 
not pursue adjudication of any Federal 
instream flow water rights established 
under this paragraph if— 
(I) the Secretary determines, 
upon adjudication of the water rights 
by the Colorado Water Conservation 
Board, that the Board holds water 
rights sufficient in priority, amount, 
and timing to fulfill the purposes of 
this subsection; and 
(II) the Secretary has entered 
into a perpetual agreement with the 
Colorado Water Conservation Board 
to ensure full exercise, protection, and 
enforcement of the State water rights 
within the wilderness to reliably fulfill 
the purposes of this subsection.
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(ii) ADJUDICATION.—If the Secretary 
determines that the provisions of clause (i) 
have not been met, the Secretary shall ad-
judicate and exercise any Federal water 
rights required to fulfill the purposes of 
the wilderness in accordance with this 
paragraph. 
(F) INSUFFICIENT WATER RIGHTS.—If the 
Colorado Water Conservation Board modifies 
the instream flow water rights obtained under 
subparagraph (E) to such a degree that the 
Secretary determines that water rights held by 
the State are insufficient to fulfill the purposes 
of this title, the Secretary shall adjudicate and 
exercise Federal water rights required to fulfill 
the purposes of this title in accordance with 
subparagraph (B). 
(G) FAILURE TO COMPLY.—The Secretary 
shall promptly act to exercise and enforce the 
water rights described in subparagraph (E) if 
the Secretary determines that— 
(i) the State is not exercising its 
water rights consistent with subparagraph 
(E)(i)(I); or
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(ii) the agreement described in sub-
paragraph (E)(i)(II) is not fulfilled or com-
plied with sufficiently to fulfill the pur-
poses of this title. 
(3) WATER
RESOURCE
FACILITY.—Notwith-
standing any other provision of law, beginning on 
the date of enactment of this title, neither the Presi-
dent nor any other officer, employee, or agent of the 
United States shall fund, assist, authorize, or issue 
a license or permit for development of any new irri-
gation and pumping facility, reservoir, water con-
servation work, aqueduct, canal, ditch, pipeline, well, 
hydropower project, transmission, other ancillary fa-
cility, or other water, diversion, storage, or carriage 
structure in the wilderness designated by section 
102(b). 
(c) ACCESS AND OPERATION.— 
(1) DEFINITION.—As used in this subsection, 
the term ‘‘water resource facility’’ means irrigation 
and pumping facilities, reservoirs, water conserva-
tion works, aqueducts, canals, ditches, pipelines, 
wells, hydropower projects, transmission and other 
ancillary facilities, and other water diversion, stor-
age, and carriage structures.
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(2) ACCESS
TO
WATER
RESOURCE
FACILI-
TIES.—Subject to the provisions of this subsection, 
the Secretary shall allow reasonable access to water 
resource facilities in existence on the date of enact-
ment of this Act within the areas described in sec-
tions 102(b) and 102(c), including motorized access 
where necessary and customarily employed on routes 
existing as of the date of enactment of this Act. 
(3) ACCESS
ROUTES.—Existing access routes 
within such areas customarily employed as of the 
date of enactment of this Act may be used, main-
tained, repaired, and replaced to the extent nec-
essary to maintain their present function, design, 
and serviceable operation, so long as such activities 
have no increased adverse impacts on the resources 
and values of the areas described in sections 102(b) 
and 102(c) than existed as of the date of enactment 
of this Act. 
(4) USE OF WATER RESOURCE FACILITIES.— 
Subject to the provisions of this subsection and sub-
section (a)(4), the Secretary shall allow water re-
source facilities existing on the date of enactment of 
this Act within areas described in sections 102(b) 
and 102(c) to be used, operated, maintained, re-
paired, and replaced to the extent necessary for the
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continued exercise, in accordance with Colorado 
State law, of vested water rights adjudicated for use 
in connection with such facilities by a court of com-
petent jurisdiction prior to the date of enactment of 
this Act. The impact of an existing facility on the 
water resources and values of the area shall not be 
increased as a result of changes in the adjudicated 
type of use of such facility as of the date of enact-
ment of this Act. 
(5) REPAIR
AND
MAINTENANCE.—Water re-
source facilities, and access routes serving such fa-
cilities, existing within the areas described in sec-
tions 102(b) and 102(c) on the date of enactment of 
this Act shall be maintained and repaired when and 
to the extent necessary to prevent increased adverse 
impacts on the resources and values of the areas de-
scribed in sections 102(b) and 102(c). 
SEC. 105. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 
It is the sense of Congress that military aviation 
training on Federal public lands in Colorado, including the 
training conducted at the High-Altitude Army National 
Guard Aviation Training Site, is critical to the national 
security of the United States and the readiness of the 
Armed Forces.
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SEC. 106. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE STUDY ON IMPACTS 
THAT THE EXPANSION OF WILDERNESS DES-
IGNATIONS IN THE WESTERN UNITED STATES 
WOULD HAVE ON THE READINESS OF THE 
ARMED FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES 
WITH RESPECT TO AVIATION TRAINING. 
(a) STUDY REQUIRED.—The Secretary of Defense 
shall conduct a study on the impacts that the expansion 
of wilderness designations in the Western United States 
would have on the readiness of the Armed Forces of the 
United States with respect to aviation training. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit 
to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and 
House of Representatives a report on the study required 
under subsection (a). 
TITLE 
II—NORTHWEST 
CALI-
FORNIA WILDERNESS, RECRE-
ATION, AND WORKING FOR-
ESTS 
SEC. 201. SHORT TITLE. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Northwest California 
Wilderness, Recreation, and Working Forests Act’’. 
SEC. 202. DEFINITIONS. 
In this title:
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(1) 
SECRETARY.—The 
term 
‘‘Secretary’’ 
means— 
(A) with respect to land under the jurisdic-
tion of the Secretary of Agriculture, the Sec-
retary of Agriculture; and 
(B) with respect to land under the jurisdic-
tion of the Secretary of the Interior, the Sec-
retary of the Interior. 
(2) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means the State 
of California. 
Subtitle A—Restoration and 
Economic Development 
SEC. 211. SOUTH FORK TRINITY-MAD RIVER RESTORATION 
AREA. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) COLLABORATIVELY DEVELOPED.—The term 
‘‘collaboratively developed’’ means projects that are 
developed and implemented through a collaborative 
process that— 
(A) includes— 
(i) appropriate Federal, State, and 
local agencies; and 
(ii) multiple interested persons rep-
resenting diverse interests; and 
(B) is transparent and nonexclusive.
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(2) 
PLANTATION.—The 
term 
‘‘plantation’’ 
means a forested area that has been artificially es-
tablished by planting or seeding. 
(3) RESTORATION.—The term ‘‘restoration’’ 
means the process of assisting the recovery of an 
ecosystem that has been degraded, damaged, or de-
stroyed by establishing the composition, structure, 
pattern, and ecological processes necessary to facili-
tate terrestrial and aquatic ecosystem sustainability, 
resilience, and health under current and future con-
ditions. 
(4) RESTORATION AREA.—The term ‘‘restora-
tion area’’ means the South Fork Trinity-Mad River 
Restoration Area, established by subsection (b). 
(5) SHADED FUEL BREAK.—The term ‘‘shaded 
fuel break’’ means a vegetation treatment that effec-
tively addresses all project-generated slash and that 
retains: adequate canopy cover to suppress plant re-
growth in the forest understory following treatment; 
the longest lived trees that provide the most shade 
over the longest period of time; the healthiest and 
most vigorous trees with the greatest potential for 
crown-growth in plantations and in natural stands 
adjacent to plantations; and all mature hardwoods, 
when practicable.
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(6) 
STEWARDSHIP
CONTRACT.—The 
term 
‘‘stewardship contract’’ means an agreement or con-
tract entered into under section 604 of the Healthy 
Forests Restoration Act of 2003 (16 U.S.C. 6591c). 
(7) WILDLAND-URBAN INTERFACE.—The term 
‘‘wildland-urban interface’’ has the meaning given 
the term by section 101 of the Healthy Forests Res-
toration Act of 2003 (16 U.S.C. 6511). 
(b) ESTABLISHMENT.—Subject to valid existing 
rights, there is established the South Fork Trinity-Mad 
River 
Restoration 
Area, 
comprising 
approximately 
729,089 acres of Federal land administered by the Forest 
Service and approximately 1,280 acres of Federal land ad-
ministered by the Bureau of Land Management, as gen-
erally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘South Fork Trinity- 
Mad River Restoration Area—Proposed’’ and dated July 
3, 2018, to be known as the South Fork Trinity-Mad 
River Restoration Area. 
(c) PURPOSES.—The purposes of the restoration area 
are to— 
(1) establish, restore, and maintain fire-resilient 
forest structures containing late successional forest 
structure characterized by large trees and multisto-
ried canopies, as ecologically appropriate; 
(2) protect late successional reserves;
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(3) enhance the restoration of Federal lands 
within the restoration area; 
(4) reduce the threat posed by wildfires to com-
munities within the restoration area; 
(5) protect and restore aquatic habitat and 
anadromous fisheries; 
(6) protect the quality of water within the res-
toration area; and 
(7) allow visitors to enjoy the scenic, rec-
reational, natural, cultural, and wildlife values of the 
restoration area. 
(d) MANAGEMENT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall manage 
the restoration area— 
(A) in a manner consistent with the pur-
poses described in subsection (c); 
(B) in a manner that— 
(i) in the case of the Forest Service, 
prioritizes restoration of the restoration 
area over other nonemergency vegetation 
management projects on the portions of 
the Six Rivers and Shasta-Trinity National 
Forests in Humboldt and Trinity Counties; 
and
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(ii) in the case of the United States 
Fish and Wildlife Service, establishes with 
the Forest Service an agreement for co-
operation to ensure timely completion of 
consultation required by section 7 of the 
Endangered Species Act (15 U.S.C. 1536) 
on restoration projects within the restora-
tion area and agreement to maintain and 
exchange information on planning sched-
ules and priorities on a regular basis; 
(C) in accordance with— 
(i) the laws (including regulations) 
and rules applicable to the National Forest 
System for land managed by the Forest 
Service; 
(ii) the Federal Land Policy and Man-
agement Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701 et 
seq.) for land managed by the Bureau of 
Land Management; 
(iii) this title; and 
(iv) any other applicable law (includ-
ing regulations); and 
(D) in a manner consistent with congres-
sional intent that consultation for restoration
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which is incorporated in, and considered to be a part 
of, the Yolla Bolly-Middle Eel Wilderness, as des-
ignated by section 3 of the Wilderness Act (16 
U.S.C. 1132) (as amended by section 3(4) of Public 
Law 109–362 (16 U.S.C. 1132 note; 120 Stat. 
2065)). 
(18) YUKI
WILDERNESS
ADDITION.—Certain 
Federal land managed by the Forest Service and the 
Bureau of Land Management in the State, com-
prising approximately 11,076 acres, as generally de-
picted on the map entitled ‘‘Yuki Wilderness Addi-
tions—Proposed’’ and dated January 15, 2020, 
which is incorporated in, and considered to be a part 
of, the Yuki Wilderness, as designated by section 
3(3) of Public Law 109–362 (16 U.S.C. 1132 note; 
120 Stat. 2065). 
(b) REDESIGNATION OF NORTH FORK WILDERNESS 
AS NORTH FORK EEL RIVER WILDERNESS.—Section 
101(a)(19) of Public Law 98–425 (16 U.S.C. 1132 note; 
98 Stat. 1621) is amended by striking ‘‘North Fork Wil-
derness’’ and inserting ‘‘North Fork Eel River Wilder-
ness’’. Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, 
paper, or other record of the United States to the North 
Fork Wilderness shall be deemed to be a reference to the 
North Fork Eel River Wilderness.