(E) permanently leave open the Cove 
Creek road to Little Onion Basin, but close 
connecting spur roads. 
(3) LITTLE
ONION
BASIN.—Remove Little 
Onion Basin from the boundaries of the Wilderness 
and from wilderness designation. 
(4) RESERVOIR ACCESS.—The access road to 
the Little Onion Reservoir dam will remain open and 
the boundary of the Wilderness shall be 160 feet 
downstream from the dam at Little Onion Reservoir 
to allow public access and dam maintenance. 
(c) MAP AND LEGAL DESCRIPTION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—As soon as practicable after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
shall prepare a map and legal description of the Wil-
derness. 
(2) EFFECT.—The map and legal description 
prepared under paragraph (1) shall have the same 
force and effect as if included in this title, except 
that the Secretary may correct clerical and typo-
graphical errors in the map or legal description. 
(3) AVAILABILITY.—The map and legal descrip-
tion prepared under paragraph (1) shall be on file 
and available for public inspection in the appropriate 
offices of the Bureau of Land Management. 
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(d) WITHDRAWAL.—Subject to valid existing rights, 
the Wilderness is withdrawn from— 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) disposition under all laws relating to min-
eral and geothermal leasing or mineral materials. 
SEC. 104. ADMINISTRATION. 
(a) MANAGEMENT.—Subject to valid existing rights, 
the Wilderness 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 the Wilderness 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 the Wilderness Act to the 
Secretary of Agriculture shall be considered to be a 
reference to the Secretary. 
(b) LIVESTOCK.—The grazing of livestock in the Wil-
derness, if established before the date of enactment of this 
Act, is compatible with the Wilderness designation and 
shall continue, subject to such reasonable regulations, poli-
cies, and practices as the Secretary considers to be nec-
essary in accordance with— 
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(1) section 4(d)(4) of the Wilderness Act (16 
U.S.C. 1133(d)(4)); and 
(2) the guidelines set forth in Appendix A of 
the report of the Committee on Interior and Insular 
Affairs of the House of Representatives accom-
panying H.R. 2570 of the 101st Congress (House 
Report 101–405). 
(c) ADJACENT MANAGEMENT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Congress does not intend for 
the designation of the Wilderness to create a protec-
tive perimeter or buffer zone around the Wilderness. 
(2) NONWILDERNESS
ACTIVITIES.—The fact 
that nonwilderness activities or uses can be seen, 
heard, or detected from areas within the Wilderness 
shall not preclude, limit, control, regulate or deter-
mine the conduct or management of the activities or 
uses outside the boundary of the Wilderness. 
(d) MILITARY OVERFLIGHTS.—Nothing in this Act 
restricts or precludes— 
(1) low-level overflights of military aircraft over 
the Wilderness, including military overflights that 
can be seen, heard, or detected within the Wilder-
ness; 
(2) flight testing and evaluation; or 
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(3) the designation or creation of new units of 
special use airspace, or the establishment of military 
flight training routes, over the Wilderness. 
(e) WILDFIRE, INSECT, AND DISEASE MANAGE-
MENT.—In accordance with section 4(d)(1) of the Wilder-
ness Act (16 U.S.C. 1133(d)(1)), the Secretary may take 
such measures in the Wilderness as are necessary for the 
control of fire, insects, and diseases (including, as the Sec-
retary determines to be appropriate, the coordination of 
the activities with a State or local agency). 
(f) WILDFIRE MANAGEMENT OPERATIONS.—Nothing 
in this Act shall be construed to preclude a Federal, State, 
or local agency from conducting wildfire management or 
prevention operations (including operations using aircraft 
or mechanized equipment) or to interfere with the author-
ity of the Secretary to authorize mechanical thinning of 
trees or underbrush to prevent or control the spread of 
wildfires or the use of mechanized equipment for wildfire 
pre-suppression and suppression. 
(g) WATER RIGHTS.— 
(1) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this section is 
to protect the wilderness recreation value of the land 
designated as wilderness by this title by means other 
than a federally reserved water right. 
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(2) STATUTORY
CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in 
this title— 
(A) constitutes an express or implied res-
ervation by the United States of any water or 
water rights with respect to Wilderness; 
(B) affects any water rights in the State 
(including any water rights held by the United 
States) in existence on the date of enactment of 
this Act; 
(C) establishes a precedent with regard to 
any future wilderness designations; 
(D) affects the interpretation of, or any 
designation made under, any other Act; or 
(E) limits, alters, modifies, or amends any 
interstate compact or equitable apportionment 
decree that apportions water among and be-
tween the State and other States. 
(3) NEVADA WATER LAW.—The Secretary shall 
follow the procedural and substantive requirements 
of State law 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. 
(4) NEW PROJECTS.— 
(A) DEFINITION OF WATER RESOURCE FA-
CILITY.— 
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(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, transmission and other 
ancillary facilities, and other water diver-
sion, storage, and carriage structures. 
(ii) EXCLUSION.—In this paragraph, 
the term ‘‘water resource facility’’ does not 
include wildlife guzzlers. 
(B) RESTRICTION
ON
NEW
WATER
RE-
SOURCE FACILITIES.—Except as otherwise pro-
vided in this title, on or after the date of enact-
ment 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 a wilderness 
area, any portion of which is located in the 
County. 
SEC. 105. RELEASE OF WILDERNESS STUDY AREAS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Blue Lakes and Alder Creek 
wilderness study areas not designated as wilderness by 
section 104(a) have been adequately studied for wilderness 
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character and wilderness designation pursuant to section 
603 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 
1976 (43 U.S.C. 1782) and are no longer subject to any 
requirement pertaining to the management of wilderness 
or wilderness study areas, including the approximately 
990 acres in the following locations: 
(1) Lower Adler Creek Basin. 
(2) Little Onion Basin. 
(3) Lands east of Knott Creek reservoir. 
(4) Portions of Corral Meadow and the Blue 
Lakes trailhead. 
(b) RELEASE.—Any public land described in sub-
section (a) that is not designated as wilderness by this 
Act— 
(1) is no longer subject to— 
(A) section 603(c) of the Federal Land 
Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 
1782(c)); and 
(B) Secretarial Order 3310 issued on De-
cember 22, 2010; 
(2) shall be managed in accordance with— 
(A) land management plans adopted under 
section 202 of the Federal Land Policy and 
Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1712), 
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with strict adherence to the provisos of sub-
section (b)(1) in this section; and 
(B) cooperative conservation agreements in 
existence on the date of enactment of this Act; 
and 
(3) shall be subject to the Endangered Species 
Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.). 
SEC. 106. 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. 
(b) MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES.—In furtherance of 
the purposes and principles of the Wilderness Act (16 
U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), the Secretary may conduct any man-
agement activities in the Wilderness that are necessary to 
maintain or restore fish and wildlife populations and the 
habitats to support those populations, if the activities are 
carried out— 
(1) consistent with relevant wilderness manage-
ment plans; and 
(2) in accordance with— 
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(A) the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et 
seq.); and 
(B) appropriate policies, such as those set 
forth in Appendix B of the report of the Com-
mittee on Interior and Insular Affairs of the 
House of Representatives accompanying H.R. 
2570 of the 101st Congress (House Report 
101–405), including the occasional and tem-
porary use of motorized vehicles if the use, as 
determined by the Secretary, would promote 
healthy, viable, and more naturally distributed 
wildlife populations that would enhance wilder-
ness recreation with the minimal impact nec-
essary to reasonably accomplish those tasks, in-
cluding but not limited to, the hunting or cull-
ing of wildlife and access for persons with dis-
abilities. 
(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 the report of the Committee on 
Interior and Insular Affairs of the House of Representa-
tives accompanying H.R. 2570 of the 101st Congress 
(House Report 101–405), the State may continue to use 
aircraft, including helicopters, to survey, capture, trans-
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plant, monitor, and provide water for wildlife in the Wil-
derness. 
(d) EMERGENCY CLOSURES.—Nothing in this title 
prohibits a Federal land management agency from estab-
lishing or implementing emergency closures or restrictions 
of the smallest practicable area to provide for public safe-
ty, resource conservation, national security, or other pur-
poses as authorized by law. Such an emergency closure 
shall terminate after a reasonable period of time, but no 
longer than one year, unless converted to a permanent clo-
sure consistent with Federal statute. 
(e) MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The State, including a des-
ignee of the State, may conduct wildlife management 
activities in the Wilderness— 
(A) in accordance with the terms and con-
ditions specified in the cooperative agreement 
between the Secretary and the State entitled 
‘‘Memorandum of Understanding between the 
Bureau of Land Management and the Nevada 
Department of Wildlife Supplement No. 9’’ and 
signed November and December 2003, includ-
ing any amendments to the cooperative agree-
ment agreed to by the Secretary and the State; 
and 
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(4) WITHDRAWAL.—Subject to valid existing 
rights, the Wilderness is withdrawn from— 
(A) all forms of entry, appropriation, or 
disposal under the public land laws; 
(B) location, entry, and patent under the 
mining laws; and 
(C) disposition under all laws relating to 
mineral and geothermal leasing or mineral ma-
terials. 
(c) ADMINISTRATION.— 
(1) MANAGEMENT.—Subject to valid existing 
rights, the Wilderness shall be administered by the 
Secretary in accordance with the Wilderness Act (16 
U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), except that any reference in 
that Act to the effective date shall be considered to 
be a reference to the date of enactment of this Act. 
(2) LIVESTOCK.—The grazing of livestock in 
the Wilderness, if established before the date of en-
actment of this Act, shall continue, subject to such 
reasonable regulations, policies, and practices as the 
Secretary considers to be necessary, in accordance 
with— 
(A) section 4(d)(4) of the Wilderness Act 
(16 U.S.C. 1133(d)(4)); and 
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