derness and as a component of the National Wilder-
ness Preservation System, to be known as the 
‘‘Wovoka Wilderness’’. 
(2) BOUNDARY.—The boundary of any portion of 
the Wilderness that is bordered by a road shall be 150 
feet from the centerline of the road. 
(3) MAP AND LEGAL DESCRIPTION.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—As soon as practicable 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary shall prepare a map and legal description 
of the Wilderness. 
(B) EFFECT.—The map and legal descrip-
tion prepared under subparagraph (A) shall 
have the same force and effect as if included in 
this section, except that the Secretary may cor-
rect any clerical and typographical errors in the 
map or legal description. 
(C) AVAILABILITY.—Each map and legal 
description prepared under subparagraph (A) 
shall be on file and available for public inspec-
tion in the appropriate offices of the Forest Serv-
ice. 
(4) WITHDRAWAL.—Subject to valid existing 
rights, the Wilderness is withdrawn from— 
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(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 ref-
erence to the date of enactment of this Act. 
(2) LIVESTOCK.—The grazing of livestock in the 
Wilderness, if established before the date of enactment 
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 
(B) the guidelines set forth in Appendix A 
of the report of the Committee on Interior and 
Insular Affairs of the House of Representatives 
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accompanying H.R. 2570 of the 101st Congress 
(House Report 101–405). 
(3) ADJACENT MANAGEMENT.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Congress does not intend 
for the designation of the Wilderness to create a 
protective perimeter or buffer zone around the 
Wilderness. 
(B) NONWILDERNESS ACTIVITIES.—The fact 
that nonwilderness activities or uses can be seen, 
heard, or detected from areas within the Wilder-
ness shall not preclude, limit, control, regulate, 
or determine the conduct of the activities or uses 
outside the boundary of the Wilderness. 
(4) OVERFLIGHTS.—Nothing in this section re-
stricts or precludes— 
(A) low-level overflights of aircraft over the 
Wilderness, including military overflights that 
can be seen, heard, or detected within the Wilder-
ness; 
(B) flight testing and evaluation; or 
(C) the designation or creation of new units 
of special use airspace, or the establishment of 
military flight training routes, over the Wilder-
ness. 
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(5) WILDFIRE, INSECT, AND DISEASE MANAGE-
MENT.—In accordance with section 4(d)(1) of the Wil-
derness Act (16 U.S.C. 1133(d)(1)), the Secretary 
may take any measures in the Wilderness that the 
Secretary determines to be necessary for the control of 
fire, insects, and diseases, including, as the Secretary 
determines to be appropriate, the coordination of the 
activities with a State or local agency. 
(6) WATER RIGHTS.— 
(A) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this para-
graph is to protect the wilderness values of the 
Wilderness by means other than a federally re-
served water right. 
(B) STATUTORY
CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing 
in this paragraph— 
(i) constitutes an express or implied 
reservation by the United States of any 
water or water rights with respect to the 
Wilderness; 
(ii) 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; 
(iii) establishes a precedent with re-
gard to any future wilderness designations; 
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(iv) affects the interpretation of, or 
any designation made under, any other Act; 
or 
(v) limits, alters, modifies, or amends 
any interstate compact or equitable appor-
tionment decree that apportions water 
among and between the State and other 
States. 
(C) NEVADA WATER LAW.—The Secretary 
shall follow the procedural and substantive re-
quirements 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. 
(D) NEW PROJECTS.— 
(i) DEFINITION OF WATER RESOURCE 
FACILITY.— 
(I) IN
GENERAL.—In this sub-
paragraph, the term ‘‘water resource 
facility’’ means irrigation and pump-
ing facilities, reservoirs, water con-
servation works, aqueducts, canals, 
ditches, pipelines, wells, hydropower 
projects, transmission and other ancil-
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lary facilities, and other water diver-
sion, storage, and carriage structures. 
(II) EXCLUSION.—In this sub-
paragraph, the term ‘‘water resource 
facility’’ does not include wildlife guz-
zlers. 
(ii) RESTRICTION ON NEW WATER RE-
SOURCE FACILITIES.— 
(I) IN GENERAL.—Except as oth-
erwise provided in this section, on or 
after the date of enactment of this Act, 
neither the President nor any 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 Wilderness, any portion of which is 
located in the County. 
(II) EXCEPTION.—If a permittee 
within the Bald Mountain grazing al-
lotment submits an application for the 
development of water resources for the 
purpose of livestock watering by the 
date that is 10 years after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
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shall issue a water development permit 
within the non-wilderness boundaries 
of the Bald Mountain grazing allot-
ment for the purposes of carrying out 
activities under paragraph (2). 
(d) WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—In accordance with section 
4(d)(7) of the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1133(d)(7)), 
nothing in this section affects or diminishes the juris-
diction of the State with respect to fish and wildlife 
management, including the regulation of hunting, 
fishing, and trapping, in the Wilderness. 
(2) 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 
management activities in the Wilderness that are nec-
essary to maintain or restore fish and wildlife popu-
lations and the habitats to support the populations, 
if the activities are carried out— 
(A) consistent with relevant wilderness 
management plans; and 
(B) in accordance with— 
(i) the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 
et seq.); and 
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(ii) 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 Representatives accom-
panying H.R. 2570 of the 101st Congress 
(House Report 101–405), including the oc-
casional and temporary use of motorized ve-
hicles and aircraft, if the use, as determined 
by the Secretary, would promote healthy, 
viable, and more naturally distributed wild-
life populations that would enhance wilder-
ness values with the minimal impact nec-
essary to reasonably accomplish those tasks, 
including but not limited to, the hunting or 
culling of wildlife and access for persons 
with disabilities. 
(3) EXISTING ACTIVITIES.—Consistent with sec-
tion 4(d)(1) of the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 
1133(d)(1)) and in accordance with appropriate poli-
cies such as those set forth in Appendix B of House 
Report 101–405, the State may continue to use air-
craft, including helicopters, to survey, capture, trans-
plant, monitor, and provide water for wildlife popu-
lations in the Wilderness. 
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(4) EMERGENCY
CLOSURES.—Nothing in this 
title prohibits a Federal land management agency 
from establishing or implementing emergency closures 
or restrictions of the smallest practicable area to pro-
vide for public safety, resource conservation, national 
security, or other purposes as authorized by law. Such 
an emergency closure shall terminate after a reason-
able period of time, unless converted to a permanent 
closure consistent with Federal statute. 
(5) MEMORANDUM
OF
UNDERSTANDING.—The 
State, including a designee 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 be-
tween the Secretary and the State entitled 
‘‘Memorandum of Understanding: Intermountain 
Region USDA Forest Service and the Nevada 
Department of Wildlife State of Nevada’’ and 
signed by the designee of the State on February 
6, 1984, and by the designee of the Secretary on 
January 24, 1984, including any amendments, 
appendices, or additions to the agreement agreed 
to by the Secretary and the State or a designee; 
and 
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(B) subject to all applicable laws (including 
regulations). 
(e) WILDLIFE WATER DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS.— 
Subject to subsection (c), 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 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 can reasonably be mini-
mized. 
SEC. 204. WITHDRAWAL. 
(a) DEFINITION OF WITHDRAWAL AREA.—In this sec-
tion, the term ‘‘Withdrawal Area’’ means the land adminis-
tered by the Forest Service and identified as ‘‘Withdrawal 
Area’’ on the map described in section 203(a)(2). 
(b) WITHDRAWAL.—Subject to valid existing rights, all 
Federal land within the Withdrawal Area is withdrawn 
from all forms of— 
(1) entry, appropriation, or disposal under the 
public land laws; 
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(2) location, entry, and patent under the mining 
laws; and 
(3) operation of the mineral laws, geothermal 
leasing laws, and mineral materials laws. 
(c) MOTORIZED AND MECHANICAL VEHICLES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), use 
of motorized and mechanical vehicles in the With-
drawal Area shall be permitted only on roads and 
trails designated for the use of those vehicles, unless 
the use of those vehicles is needed— 
(A) for administrative purposes; or 
(B) to respond to an emergency. 
(2) EXCEPTION.—Paragraph (1) does not apply 
to aircraft (including helicopters). 
SEC. 205. NATIVE AMERICAN CULTURAL AND RELIGIOUS 
USES. 
Nothing in this title alters or diminishes the treaty 
rights of any Indian tribe (as defined in section 204 of the 
Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act 
(25 U.S.C. 450b)). 
TITLE III—CARLIN ECONOMIC 
SELF-DETERMINATION ACT 
SEC. 301. CONVEYANCE OF CERTAIN FEDERAL LAND TO 
CITY OF CARLIN, NEVADA. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this title: 
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