(B) be managed in accordance with— 
(i) the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 
1131 et seq.); 
(ii) this section; and 
(iii) any other applicable laws. 
(4) GRAZING.—Grazing of livestock in the wil-
derness areas, where established before the date of 
enactment of this Act, shall be administered in ac-
cordance with— 
(A) section 4(d)(4) of the Wilderness Act 
(16 U.S.C. 1133(d)(4)); and 
(B) the guidelines set forth in appendix A 
of the Report of the Committee on Interior and 
Insular Affairs to accompany H.R. 2570 of the 
101st Congress (H. Rept. 101–405). 
(5) BUFFER ZONES.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Nothing in this section 
creates a protective perimeter or buffer zone 
around the wilderness areas. 
(B) ACTIVITIES
OUTSIDE
WILDERNESS 
AREAS.—The fact that an activity or use on 
land outside a wilderness area can be seen or 
heard within the wilderness area shall not pre-
clude the activity or use outside the boundary 
of the wilderness area. 
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(6) RELEASE OF WILDERNESS STUDY AREAS.— 
Congress finds that, for purposes of section 603(c) 
of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 
1976 (43 U.S.C. 1782(c)), the public land within the 
San Antonio Wilderness Study Area not designated 
as wilderness by this subsection— 
(A) has been adequately studied for wilder-
ness designation; 
(B) is no longer subject to section 603(c) 
of the Federal Land Policy and Management 
Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1782(c)); and 
(C) shall be managed in accordance with 
title I. 
(7) MAPS AND LEGAL DESCRIPTIONS.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—As soon as practicable 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary shall file the map and legal descriptions 
of the wilderness areas with— 
(i) the Committee on Energy and 
Natural Resources of the Senate; and 
(ii) the Committee on Natural Re-
sources of the House of Representatives. 
(B) FORCE OF LAW.—The map and legal 
descriptions filed under subparagraph (A) shall 
have the same force and effect as if included in 
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this Act, except that the Secretary may correct 
errors in the legal description and map. 
(C) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—The map and 
legal descriptions filed under subparagraph (A) 
shall be on file and available for public inspec-
tion in the appropriate offices of the Bureau of 
Land Management. 
(8) NATIONAL LANDSCAPE CONSERVATION SYS-
TEM.—The wilderness areas shall be administered as 
components of the National Landscape Conservation 
System. 
(9) FISH AND WILDLIFE.—Nothing in this sec-
tion affects the jurisdiction of the State of New 
Mexico with respect to fish and wildlife located on 
public land in the State. 
(10) WITHDRAWALS.—Subject to valid existing 
rights, any Federal land within the wilderness areas 
designated by paragraph (1), including any land or 
interest in land that is acquired by the United 
States after the date of enactment of this Act, is 
withdrawn from— 
(A) entry, appropriation, or disposal under 
the public land laws; 
(B) location, entry, and patent under the 
mining laws; and 
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(C) operation of the mineral leasing, min-
eral materials, and geothermal leasing laws. 
(11) TREATY RIGHTS.—Nothing in this section 
enlarges, diminishes, or otherwise modifies any trea-
ty rights. 
TITLE IV—DESIGNATION OF WIL-
DERNESS AREAS IN CLARK 
COUNTY, NEVADA 
SEC. 401. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds that— 
(1) public land administered by the Bureau of 
Land Management in the County contains unique 
and spectacular natural, cultural, and historical re-
sources, including— 
(A) priceless habitat for numerous species 
of plants and wildlife; 
(B) thousands of acres of land that remain 
in a natural state; and 
(C) numerous sites containing significant 
cultural and historical artifacts; and 
(2) continued preservation of the public land 
would benefit the County and all of the United 
States by— 
(A) ensuring the conservation of eco-
logically diverse habitat; 
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(B) protecting prehistoric cultural re-
sources; 
(C) conserving primitive recreational re-
sources; and 
(D) protecting air and water quality. 
SEC. 402. DEFINITIONS. 
In this title: 
(1) COUNTY.—The term ‘‘County’’ means Clark 
County, Nevada. 
(2) MAP.—The term ‘‘Map’’ means the map en-
titled ‘‘Gold Butte National Conservation Area’’ and 
dated May 23, 2013. 
(3) PUBLIC
LAND.—The term ‘‘public land’’ 
has the meaning given the term ‘‘public lands’’ in 
section 103 of the Federal Land Policy and Manage-
ment Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1702). 
(4) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of the Interior. 
(5) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means the State 
of Nevada. 
(6) WILDERNESS AREA.—The term ‘‘wilderness 
area’’ means a wilderness area designated by section 
403(a). 
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SEC. 403. ADDITIONS TO NATIONAL WILDERNESS PRESER-
VATION SYSTEM. 
(a) ADDITIONS.—In furtherance of the Wilderness 
Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), the following public land 
administered by the Bureau of Land Management in the 
County is designated as wilderness and as components of 
the National Wilderness Preservation System: 
(1) VIRGIN PEAK WILDERNESS.—Certain public 
land managed by the Bureau of Land Management, 
comprising approximately 18,296 acres, as generally 
depicted on the Map, which shall be known as the 
‘‘Virgin Peak Wilderness’’. 
(2) BLACK RIDGE WILDERNESS.—Certain pub-
lic land managed by the Bureau of Land Manage-
ment, comprising approximately 18,192 acres, as 
generally depicted on the Map, which shall be known 
as the ‘‘Black Ridge Wilderness’’. 
(3) BITTER RIDGE NORTH WILDERNESS.—Cer-
tain public land managed by the Bureau of Land 
Management 
comprising 
approximately 
15,114 
acres, as generally depicted on the Map, which shall 
be known as the ‘‘Bitter Ridge North Wilderness’’. 
(4) BITTER RIDGE SOUTH WILDERNESS.—Cer-
tain public land managed by the Bureau of Land 
Management, 
comprising 
approximately 
12,646 
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acres, as generally depicted on the Map, which shall 
be known as the ‘‘Bitter Ridge Wilderness’’. 
(5) BILLY GOAT PEAK WILDERNESS.—Certain 
public land managed by the Bureau of Land Man-
agement, comprising approximately 30,460 acres, as 
generally depicted on the Map, which shall be known 
as the ‘‘Billy Goat Peak Wilderness’’. 
(6) MILLION
HILLS
WILDERNESS.—Certain 
public land managed by the Bureau of Land Man-
agement, comprising approximately 24,818 acres, as 
generally depicted on the Map, which shall be known 
as the ‘‘Million Hills Wilderness’’. 
(7) LIME CANYON WILDERNESS ADDITIONS.— 
Certain public land managed by the Bureau of Land 
Management, 
comprising 
approximately 
10,069 
acres, as generally depicted on the Map, which is in-
corporated in, and shall be managed as part of, the 
‘‘Lime Canyon Wilderness’’ designated by section 
202(a)(9) of the Clark County Conservation of Pub-
lic Land and Natural Resources Act of 2002 (16 
U.S.C. 1132 note; Public Law 107–282). 
(b) NATIONAL
LANDSCAPE
CONSERVATION
SYS-
TEM.—The wilderness areas shall be administered as com-
ponents of the National Landscape Conservation System. 
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(c) ROAD OFFSET.—The boundary of any portion of 
a wilderness area that is bordered by a road shall be at 
least 100 feet away from the centerline of the road so as 
not to interfere with public access. 
(d) 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 wilder-
ness area with the Committee on Natural Resources 
of the House of Representatives and the Committee 
on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate. 
(2) EFFECT.—Each map and legal description 
under paragraph (1) shall have the same force and 
effect as if included in this title, except that the Sec-
retary may correct clerical and typographical errors 
in the map or legal description. 
(3) AVAILABILITY.—Each map and legal de-
scription under paragraph (1) shall be on file and 
available for public inspection in the appropriate of-
fices of the Bureau of Land Management. 
SEC. 404. ADMINISTRATION. 
(a) MANAGEMENT.—Subject to valid existing rights, 
the wilderness areas shall be administered by the Sec-
retary in accordance with the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 
1131 et seq.), except that— 
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(1) any reference in that Act to the effective 
date of that Act shall be considered to be a reference 
to the date of enactment of this Act; and 
(2) any reference in that Act to the Secretary 
of Agriculture shall be considered to be a reference 
to the Secretary. 
(b) INCORPORATION OF ACQUIRED LAND AND IN-
TERESTS.—Any land or interest in land within the bound-
aries of a wilderness area that is acquired by the United 
States after the date of enactment of this Act shall be 
added to, and administered as part of, the wilderness area 
within which the acquired land or interest is located. 
(c) WATER RIGHTS.— 
(1) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that— 
(A) the land designated as a wilderness 
area— 
(i) is within the Mojave Desert; 
(ii) is arid in nature; and 
(iii) includes ephemeral streams; 
(B) the hydrology of the land designated 
as a wilderness area is locally characterized by 
complex flow patterns and alluvial fans with im-
permanent channels; 
(C) the subsurface hydrogeology of the re-
gion within which the land designated as a wil-
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derness area is located is characterized by 
ground water subject to local and regional flow 
gradients and artesian aquifers; 
(D) the land designated as a wilderness 
area is generally not suitable for use or develop-
ment of new water resource facilities; 
(E) there are no actual or proposed water 
resource facilities and no opportunities for di-
version, storage, or other uses of water occur-
ring outside the land designated as a wilderness 
area that would adversely affect the wilderness 
or other values of the land; and 
(F) because of the unique nature and hy-
drology of the desert land designated as a wil-
derness area and the existence of the Clark 
County Multi-Species Habitat Conservation 
Plan, it is possible to provide for proper man-
agement and protection of the wilderness, pe-
rennial springs, and other values of the land in 
ways different than the methods used in other 
laws. 
(2) STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION.— 
(A) NO
RESERVATION.—Nothing in this 
title constitutes an express or implied reserva-
tion by the United States of any water or water 
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rights with respect to the land designated as a 
wilderness area. 
(B) STATE RIGHTS.—Nothing in this title 
affects any water rights in the State existing on 
the date of enactment of this Act, including any 
water rights held by the United States. 
(C) NO PRECEDENT.—Nothing in this sub-
section establishes a precedent with regard to 
any future wilderness designations. 
(D) NO EFFECT ON COMPACTS.—Nothing 
in this title limits, alters, modifies, or amends 
any of the interstate compacts or equitable ap-
portionment decrees that apportion water 
among and between the State and other States. 
(E) CLARK COUNTY MULTI-SPECIES HABI-
TAT
CONSERVATION
PLAN.—Nothing in this 
title limits, alters, modifies, or amends the 
Clark County Multi-Species Habitat Conserva-
tion Plan with respect to the land designated as 
a wilderness area, including specific manage-
ment actions for the conservation of perennial 
springs. 
(3) NEVADA WATER LAW.—The Secretary shall 
follow the procedural and substantive requirements 
of State law in order to obtain and hold any water 
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rights not in existence on the date of enactment of 
this Act with respect to the land designated as a wil-
derness area. 
(4) NEW PROJECTS.— 
(A) DEFINITION.— 
(i) IN GENERAL.—In this paragraph, 
the term ‘‘water resource facility’’ means 
irrigation and pumping facilities, res-
ervoirs, water conservation works, aque-
ducts, canals, ditches, pipelines, wells, hy-
dropower projects, and transmission and 
other ancillary facilities, and other water 
diversion, storage, and carriage structures. 
(ii) EXCLUSION.—In this paragraph, 
the term ‘‘water resource facility’’ does not 
include wildlife guzzlers. 
(B) NO
LICENSES
OR
PERMITS.—Except 
as otherwise provided in this title, on and after 
the date of 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 land designated as a wilderness area. 
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(d) WITHDRAWAL.—Subject to valid existing rights, 
any Federal land within the wilderness areas, including 
any land or interest in land that is acquired by the United 
States within the Gold Butte National Monument after 
the date of enactment 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 
(3) operation of the mineral leasing, mineral 
materials, and geothermal leasing laws. 
SEC. 405. ADJACENT MANAGEMENT. 
(a) NO BUFFER ZONES.—Congress does not intend 
for the designation of land as wilderness areas to lead to 
the creation of protective perimeters or buffer zones 
around the wilderness areas. 
(b) NONWILDERNESS ACTIVITIES.—The fact that 
nonwilderness activities or uses can be seen or heard from 
areas within a wilderness area shall not preclude the con-
duct of those activities or uses outside the boundary of 
the wilderness area. 
SEC. 406. MILITARY, LAW ENFORCEMENT, AND EMERGENCY 
OVERFLIGHTS. 
Nothing in this title restricts or precludes— 
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(1) low-level overflights of military, law enforce-
ment, or emergency medical services aircraft over 
the area designated as wilderness by this title, in-
cluding military, law enforcement, or emergency 
medical services overflights that can be seen or 
heard within the wilderness area; 
(2) flight testing and evaluation; or 
(3) the designation or creation of new units of 
special use airspace, or the establishment of military, 
law enforcement, or emergency medical services 
flight training routes, over the wilderness area. 
SEC. 407. 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 Bureau of Land 
Management land in any portion of the wilderness study 
areas located within the Gold Butte National Monument 
not designated as a wilderness area has been adequately 
studied for wilderness designation. 
(b) RELEASE.—Any Bureau of Land Management 
land described in subsection (a) that is not designated as 
a wilderness area— 
(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)); 
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(2) shall be managed in accordance with— 
(A) the land management plans adopted 
under section 202 of that Act (43 U.S.C. 
1712); and 
(B) cooperative conservation agreements in 
existence on the date of enactment of this Act; 
and 
(3) shall be subject to— 
(A) the Endangered Species Act of 1973 
(16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.); and 
(B) title I. 
SEC. 408. NATIVE AMERICAN CULTURAL AND RELIGIOUS 
USES. 
Nothing in this title diminishes— 
(1) the rights of any Indian Tribe; or 
(2) Tribal rights regarding access to Federal 
land for Tribal activities, including spiritual, cul-
tural, and traditional food-gathering activities. 
SEC. 409. 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 wilderness areas. 
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(b) MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—In furtherance of the pur-
poses and principles of the Wilderness Act (16 
U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), management activities to 
maintain or restore fish and wildlife populations and 
the habitats to support the populations may be car-
ried out within the wilderness areas, if the activi-
ties— 
(A) are consistent with relevant wilderness 
management plans; and 
(B) are carried out in accordance with ap-
propriate policies, such as those set forth in Ap-
pendix B of House Report 101–405. 
(2) USE OF MOTORIZED VEHICLES.—The man-
agement activities under paragraph (1) may include 
the occasional and temporary use of motorized vehi-
cles, if the use, as determined by the Secretary, 
would— 
(A) promote healthy, viable, and more nat-
urally distributed wildlife populations that 
would enhance wilderness values; and 
(B) accomplish the purposes described in 
subparagraph (A) with the minimum impact 
necessary to reasonably accomplish the task. 
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(c) EXISTING ACTIVITIES.—Consistent with section 
4(d)(1) of the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1133(d)(1)) 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 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.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary may des-
ignate, by regulation, areas in which, and establish 
periods during which, for reasons of public safety, 
administration, or compliance with applicable laws, 
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