retary of Agriculture shall jointly complete a travel plan 
that identifies routes for the Trail. 
(c) DESIGNATION OF TRAIL.—Not later than 30 days 
after the date on which the travel plan is completed under 
subsection (b), the Secretary and the Secretary of Agri-
culture shall jointly designate a system of trails, identified 
in the travel plan, to be known as the ‘‘High Desert Off- 
Highway Vehicle Trail’’. 
(d) REQUIREMENTS.—To be eligible for inclusion in 
the Trail, a route shall be— 
(1) open to motorized and mechanized uses on 
and after the date of enactment of this Act; and 
(2) located on land managed by the Director of 
the Bureau of Land Management or the Chief of the 
Forest Service. 
(e) MANAGEMENT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary or the Sec-
retary of Agriculture shall manage portions of the 
Trail under the jurisdiction of the Secretary or the 
Secretary of Agriculture, as appropriate, in a man-
ner that— 
(A) is consistent with motorized and 
mechanized use of the Trail that is authorized 
on the date of enactment of this Act pursuant 
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to applicable Federal and State laws and regu-
lations; 
(B) ensures the safety of the people who 
use the Trail; and 
(C) does not damage sensitive habitat or 
cultural resources. 
(2) MANAGEMENT PLAN.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 2 years 
after the date on which the travel plan is com-
pleted under subsection (b), the Secretary and 
the Secretary of Agriculture, in consultation 
with the State, the County, and any other inter-
ested persons, shall jointly complete a manage-
ment plan for the Trail that includes a descrip-
tion of the routes identified in the travel plan 
for inclusion in the Trail. 
(B) COMPONENTS.—The management plan 
shall— 
(i) describe the appropriate uses and 
management of the Trail; 
(ii) authorize the use of motorized and 
mechanized vehicles on the Trail; and 
(iii) describe actions carried out to pe-
riodically evaluate and manage the appro-
priate levels of use and location of the 
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Trail to minimize environmental impacts 
and prevent damage to cultural resources 
from the use of the Trail. 
(3) MONITORING AND EVALUATION.— 
(A) ANNUAL ASSESSMENT.—The Secretary 
and the Secretary of Agriculture shall annually 
assess the effects of the use of off-highway vehi-
cles on the Trail on land and, in consultation 
with the Utah Department of Natural Re-
sources, assess the effects of the Trail on wild-
life and wildlife habitat to minimize environ-
mental impacts and prevent damage to cultural 
resources from the use of the Trail. 
(B) CLOSURE.—Subject to valid existing 
rights, the Secretary and the Secretary of Agri-
culture, as appropriate, in consultation with the 
State and the County, may temporarily close or 
permanently reroute, subject to subparagraph 
(C), a portion of the Trail if the Secretary de-
termines that— 
(i) the Trail is having an adverse im-
pact on— 
(I) natural resources; or 
(II) cultural resources; 
(ii) the Trail threatens public safety; 
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(iii) closure of the Trail is necessary 
to repair damage to the Trail; or 
(iv) closure of the Trail is necessary 
to repair resource damage. 
(C) REROUTING.—Portions of the Trail 
that are temporarily closed may be permanently 
rerouted along existing roads and trails on pub-
lic land currently open to motorized use if the 
Secretary determines, after consultation with 
the Utah Department of Natural Resources, 
that such rerouting will not significantly in-
crease or decrease the length of the Trail. 
(D) NOTICE.—The Secretary and the Sec-
retary of Agriculture shall provide information 
to the public regarding any routes on the Trail 
that are closed under subparagraph (B), includ-
ing by providing appropriate signage along the 
Trail. 
(4) NOTICE OF OPEN ROUTES.—The Secretary 
and the Secretary of Agriculture shall ensure that 
visitors to the Trail have access to adequate notice 
regarding the routes on the Trail that are open 
through use of appropriate signage along the Trail 
and through the distribution of maps, safety edu-
cation materials, and other information considered 
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appropriate by the Secretary and the Secretary of 
Agriculture. 
(f) NO EFFECT ON NON-FEDERAL LAND AND IN-
TERESTS IN LAND.—Nothing in this section shall be con-
strued to affect ownership, management, or other rights 
related to non-Federal land or interests in land. 
(g) MAP ON FILE.—The appropriate maps shall be 
kept on file at the appropriate offices of the Secretary and 
the Secretary of Agriculture. 
TITLE 
VI—RED 
CLIFFS 
NA-
TIONAL CONSERVATION AREA 
SEC. 601. SHORT TITLE. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Red Cliffs National 
Conservation Area Act’’. 
SEC. 602. PURPOSE. 
The purpose of this title is to establish the Red Cliffs 
National Conservation Area— 
(1) to conserve, protect, and enhance for the 
benefit and enjoyment of present and future genera-
tions the ecological resources, wildlife, endangered 
species, and recreational resources of the Conserva-
tion Area, in accordance with the management plan; 
and 
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(2) to serve the needs of communities in the vi-
cinity of the Conservation Area, in accordance with 
the management plan. 
SEC. 603. DEFINITIONS. 
In this title: 
(1) CONSERVATION
AREA.—The term ‘‘Con-
servation Area’’ means the Red Cliffs National Con-
servation Area established by section 604(a). 
(2) MANAGEMENT PLAN.—The term ‘‘manage-
ment plan’’ means— 
(A) the management plan entitled the 
‘‘Washington County Habitat Conservation 
Plan’’ and dated December 1995, as approved 
by the Director of the United States Fish and 
Wildlife Service on February 23, 1996; and 
(B) the St. George Field Office Resource 
Management Plan of March 15, 1999. 
(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). 
SEC. 604. ESTABLISHMENT OF THE CONSERVATION AREA. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—There is established in the State 
the Red Cliffs National Conservation Area. 
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(b) AREA INCLUDED.—The Conservation Area shall 
consist of approximately 61,473 acres of public land, as 
generally depicted on the Central Map. 
(c) MAP AND LEGAL DESCRIPTION.— 
(1) MAP.—The Central Map shall be on file 
and available for public inspection in the appropriate 
offices of the Bureau of Land Management. 
(2) LEGAL DESCRIPTION.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—As soon as practicable 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary shall submit to the Committee on Energy 
and Natural Resources of the Senate and the 
Committee on Resources of the House of Rep-
resentatives a legal description of the Conserva-
tion Area. 
(B) FORCE AND EFFECT.—The legal de-
scription submitted under subparagraph (A) 
shall have the same force and effect as if in-
cluded in this Act, except that the Secretary 
may— 
(i) correct minor errors in the legal 
description; and 
(ii) in consultation with the County 
and the Habitat Conservation Advisory 
Committee, make any minor boundary ad-
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justments that the Secretary, the County, 
and the Habitat Conservation Advisory 
Committee determine to be necessary. 
(C) AVAILABILITY.—The legal description 
submitted under subparagraph (A) shall be on 
file and available for public inspection in the of-
fice of the Director of the Bureau of Land 
Management. 
(3) CONFLICT.—If there is a conflict among the 
Central Map, the acreage described in subsection 
(b), or the legal description submitted under para-
graph (1), the Central Map shall control with re-
spect to determining the boundaries of the Conserva-
tion Area. 
SEC. 605. MANAGEMENT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, acting through the 
Director of the Bureau of Land Management, shall, sub-
ject to valid existing rights, manage the Conservation 
Area— 
(1) in a manner that conserves, protects, and 
enhances the resources of the Conservation Area de-
scribed in section 602(1); and 
(2) in accordance with— 
(A) the management plan; 
(B) this Act; and 
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(C) any other applicable laws. 
(b) USE.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary shall only 
allow uses of the Conservation Area— 
(A) in accordance with the St. George 
Field Office Resource Management Plan dated 
March 15, 1999; 
(B) that are described in the Washington 
County Habitat Conservation Plan dated De-
cember 1995 (including any appendices to the 
plan); 
(C) in accordance with the Red Cliffs 
Desert Reserve Public Use Plan dated June 12, 
2000; and 
(D) that the Secretary determines would 
further the purposes described in section 602. 
(2) 
MOTORIZED
AND
MECHANIZED
VEHI-
CLES.—Except in cases in which motorized or 
mechanized vehicles are needed for administrative 
purposes or to respond to an emergency, the use of 
motorized or mechanized vehicles in the Conserva-
tion Area shall be permitted only on roads and trails 
designated for the use of motorized or mechanized 
vehicles. 
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(c) PREVENTIVE MEASURES.—Nothing in this Act 
precludes any measures that the Secretary determines to 
be necessary to prevent devastating fire or infestation of 
insects or disease within the Conservation Area. 
(d) WATER RIGHTS.— 
(1) STATE WATER LAW.—The laws of the State 
relating to water rights shall apply to the acquisition 
and holding of any water rights in the Conservation 
Area that are not in existence as of the date of en-
actment of this Act. 
(2) EFFECT.—Nothing in this title— 
(A) creates an express or implied reserva-
tion by the United States of any water or water 
rights in the Conservation Area; 
(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 conservation area designations; 
(D) affects the interpretation of, or any 
designation made pursuant to, any other Act; 
(E) limits, alters, modifies, or amends any 
interstate compact or equitable apportionment 
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decree that apportions water among and be-
tween the State and other States; or 
(F) prohibits the funding of, assistance 
with, authorizing of, or issuance of a license, 
permit, easement, or right-of-way for the devel-
opment of any new water resource facility with-
in the Conservation Area consistent with utility 
development protocols provided in the manage-
ment plan. 
SEC. 606. MANAGEMENT PLAN AMENDMENTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The management plan may be 
amended as the Secretary determines to be necessary to 
achieve the purposes of the Conservation Area described 
in section 602. 
(b) REQUIREMENTS.—Any amendments to the man-
agement plan adopted under subsection (a) shall comply 
with the procedures for amendments outlined in the man-
agement plan, including the requirements that any amend-
ments shall— 
(1) be developed with full public participation; 
and 
(2) take into consideration affected landowners, 
Federal, State, and local agencies, and affected In-
dian tribes. 
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SEC. 607. ACQUISITION OF ADDITIONAL LAND. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may acquire land 
or interests in land in the Conservation Area— 
(1) by donation; 
(2) by purchase with donated or appropriated 
funds; 
(3) in exchange for Federal land outside the 
Conservation Area, in accordance with— 
(A) section 206 of the Federal Land Man-
agement and Policy Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 
1716); and 
(B) any other applicable law; 
(4) with the concurrence of the appropriate 
agency head, transfer from another Federal agency; 
or 
(5) in accordance with section 103(a)(4)(B)(i). 
(b) STATE LAND.—Land or interests in land owned 
by the State or a political subdivision of the State may 
only be acquired by donation, exchange, or purchase. 
(c) PRIVATE LAND.—Private land or interests in pri-
vate land may only be acquired from willing sellers. 
(d) SUBSEQUENT ACQUISITION.—Any land or inter-
ests in land within the boundaries of the Conservation 
Area that is acquired after the date of enactment of this 
Act shall be— 
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(1) incorporated into the Conservation Area; 
and 
(2) managed as part of the Conservation Area, 
in accordance with— 
(A) this Act; and 
(B) any other applicable laws. 
SEC. 608. WITHDRAWAL. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to valid existing rights, 
all public land in the Conservation Area 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) operation of the mineral leasing, geothermal 
leasing, and mineral materials laws. 
(b) ADDITIONAL LAND.—Notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, if the Secretary acquires additional land 
within the Conservation Area after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the land is withdrawn from operation of the 
laws referred to in subsection (a) on the date of acquisition 
of the land. 
SEC. 609. COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS. 
The Secretary may enter into cooperative agreements 
with other Federal agencies, State and local agencies, and 
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nonprofit entities that provide for the management and 
interpretation of natural and cultural resources in the 
Conservation Area. 
SEC. 610. NO BUFFER ZONES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The establishment of the Con-
servation Area shall not create protective perimeters or 
buffer zones around the Conservation Area. 
(b) PRIVATE LAND.—If the use of, or conduct of an 
activity on, private land outside the boundaries of the Con-
servation Area is consistent with applicable law, nothing 
in this title concerning the establishment of the Conserva-
tion Area shall prohibit or limit the use or conduct of the 
activity. 
TITLE VII—AUTHORIZATION OF 
APPROPRIATIONS 
SEC. 701. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
There are authorized to be appropriated such sums 
as are necessary to carry out this Act. 
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