IIB 
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 3682 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
JUNE 10, 2008 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
Resources 
AN ACT 
To designate certain Federal lands in Riverside County, Cali-
fornia, as wilderness, to designate certain river segments 
in Riverside County as a wild, scenic, or recreational 
river, to adjust the boundary of the Santa Rosa and 
San Jacinto Mountains National Monument, and for 
other purposes. 
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This title may be cited as the 
‘‘California Desert and Mountain Heritage Act of 2008’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
TITLE I—DESIGNATION AND EXPANSION OF WILDERNESS AREAS 
Sec. 101. Definition of Secretary. 
Sec. 102. Designation of wilderness, Cleveland and San Bernardino National 
Forests, Joshua Tree National Park, and Bureau of Land 
Management land in Riverside County, California. 
Sec. 103. Joshua Tree National Park potential wilderness. 
Sec. 104. Administration of wilderness. 
TITLE II—WILD AND SCENIC RIVER DESIGNATIONS 
Sec. 201. Wild and scenic river designations, Riverside County, California. 
TITLE III—ADDITIONS AND TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS TO SANTA 
ROSA AND SAN JACINTO MOUNTAINS NATIONAL MONUMENT 
Sec. 301. Boundary adjustment, Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains Na-
tional Monument. 
Sec. 302. Technical amendments to the Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains 
National Monument Act of 2000. 
TITLE I—DESIGNATION AND EX-
PANSION 
OF 
WILDERNESS 
AREAS 
SEC. 101. DEFINITION OF SECRETARY. 
In this title, the term ‘‘Secretary’’ means— 
(1) with respect to land under the jurisdiction 
of the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of Ag-
riculture; and 
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(2) with respect to land under the jurisdiction 
of the Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary of the 
Interior. 
SEC. 102. DESIGNATION OF WILDERNESS, CLEVELAND AND 
SAN BERNARDINO NATIONAL FORESTS, JOSH-
UA TREE NATIONAL PARK, AND BUREAU OF 
LAND MANAGEMENT LAND IN RIVERSIDE 
COUNTY, CALIFORNIA. 
(a) AGUA TIBIA WILDERNESS ADDITIONS.—In ac-
cordance with the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et 
seq.), certain land in the Cleveland National Forest and 
certain land administered by the Bureau of Land Manage-
ment in Riverside County, California, together comprising 
approximately 2,053 acres, as generally depicted on the 
map titled ‘‘Proposed Addition to Agua Tibia Wilderness’’, 
and dated May 9, 2008, is designated as wilderness and 
is incorporated in, and shall be deemed to be a part of, 
the Agua Tibia Wilderness designated by section 2(a) of 
Public Law 93–632 (88 Stat. 2154; 16 U.S.C. 1132 note). 
(b) CAHUILLA MOUNTAIN WILDERNESS.—In accord-
ance with the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), 
certain land in the San Bernardino National Forest, Cali-
fornia, comprising approximately 5,585 acres, as generally 
depicted on the map titled ‘‘Cahuilla Mountain Proposed 
Wilderness’’, and dated May 1, 2008, is designated as wil-
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(g) OROCOPIA
MOUNTAINS
WILDERNESS
ADDI-
TIONS.—In accordance with the Wilderness Act (16 
U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), certain land administered by the Bu-
reau of Land Management in Riverside County, Cali-
fornia, comprising approximately 4,635 acres, as generally 
depicted on the map titled ‘‘Orocopia Mountains Proposed 
Wilderness Addition’’, and dated May 8, 2008, is des-
ignated as wilderness and is incorporated in, and shall be 
deemed to be a part of, the Orocopia Mountains Wilder-
ness as designated by paragraph (44) of section 102 of 
Public Law 103–433 (108 Stat. 4472; 16 U.S.C. 1132 
note), except that the wilderness boundaries established 
by this subsection in Township 7 South are intended to 
exclude— 
(1) a corridor 250 feet north of the centerline 
of the Bradshaw Trail; 
(2) a corridor 250 feet from both sides of the 
centerline of the vehicle route in the unnamed wash 
that flows between the Eagle Mountain Railroad on 
the south and the existing Orocopia Mountains Wil-
derness boundary; and 
(3) a corridor 250 feet from both sides of the 
centerline of the vehicle route in the unnamed wash 
that flows between the Chocolate Mountain Aerial 
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Gunnery Range on the south and the existing 
Orocopia Mountains Wilderness boundary. 
(h) PALEN/MCCOY WILDERNESS ADDITIONS.—In 
accordance with the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et 
seq.), certain land administered by the Bureau of Land 
Management in Riverside County, California, comprising 
approximately 22,645 acres, as generally depicted on the 
map titled ‘‘Palen-McCoy Proposed Wilderness Addi-
tions’’, and dated May 8, 2008, is designated as wilderness 
and is incorporated in, and shall be deemed to be a part 
of, the Palen/McCoy Wilderness as designated by para-
graph (47) of section 102 of Public Law 103–433 (108 
Stat. 4472; 16 U.S.C. 1132 note). 
(i) PINTO MOUNTAINS WILDERNESS.—In accordance 
with the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), certain 
land administered by the Bureau of Land Management 
in Riverside County, California, comprising approximately 
24,404 acres, as generally depicted on the map titled 
‘‘Pinto Mountains Proposed Wilderness’’, and dated Feb-
ruary 21, 2008, is designated as wilderness and, therefore, 
as a component of the National Wilderness Preservation 
System, which shall be known as the ‘‘Pinto Mountains 
Wilderness’’. 
(j) CHUCKWALLA MOUNTAINS WILDERNESS ADDI-
TIONS.—In accordance with the Wilderness Act (16 
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U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), certain land administered by the Bu-
reau of Land Management in Riverside County, Cali-
fornia, comprising approximately 12,815 acres, as gen-
erally depicted on the map titled ‘‘Chuckwalla Mountains 
Proposed Wilderness Addition’’, and dated May 8, 2008, 
is designated as wilderness and is incorporated in, and 
shall be deemed to be a part of the Chuckwalla Mountains 
Wilderness as designated by paragraph (12) of section 102 
of Public Law 103–433 (108 Stat. 4472; 16 U.S.C. 1132 
note). 
(k) MAPS AND DESCRIPTIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—As soon as practicable after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
shall file a map and legal description of each wilder-
ness area and wilderness addition designated by this 
section with the Committee on Natural Resources of 
the House of Representatives and the Committee on 
Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate. 
(2) FORCE OF LAW.—A map and legal descrip-
tion filed under paragraph (1) shall have the same 
force and effect as if included in this title, except 
that the Secretary may correct errors in the map 
and legal description. 
(3) PUBLIC
AVAILABILITY.—Each map and 
legal description filed under paragraph (1) shall be 
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filed and made available for public inspection in the 
appropriate office of the Secretary. 
(l) UTILITY FACILITIES AND CORRIDORS.—The wil-
derness areas and wilderness additions designated by this 
section are intended to exclude rights of way for existing 
utility facilities, such as power, gas, and telecommuni-
cations lines, and associated structures and access roads, 
and existing designated utility corridors. Nothing in this 
section or the Wilderness Act shall be construed to pro-
hibit construction, operation, and maintenance, using 
standard industry practices, of existing utility facilities lo-
cated outside of the wilderness areas and wilderness addi-
tions designated by this section. 
SEC. 103. JOSHUA TREE NATIONAL PARK POTENTIAL WIL-
DERNESS. 
(a) DESIGNATION OF POTENTIAL WILDERNESS.— 
Certain land in the Joshua Tree National Park, com-
prising approximately 43,300 acres, as generally depicted 
on the map numbered 156/80,055, and titled ‘‘Joshua 
Tree National Park Proposed Wilderness Additions’’, and 
dated March 2008, is designated potential wilderness and 
shall be managed by the Secretary of the Interior insofar 
as practicable as wilderness until such time as the land 
is designated as wilderness pursuant to subsection (b). 
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(b) DESIGNATION AS WILDERNESS.—The land des-
ignated potential wilderness by subsection (a) shall be des-
ignated as wilderness and incorporated in, and be deemed 
to be a part of, the Joshua Tree Wilderness designated 
by section 1(g) of Public Law 94–567 (90 Stat. 2692; 16 
U.S.C. 1132 note), effective upon publication by the Sec-
retary of the Interior in the Federal Register of a notice 
that— 
(1) all uses of the land within the potential wil-
derness prohibited by the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 
1131 et seq.) have ceased; and 
(2) sufficient inholdings within the boundaries 
of the potential wilderness have been acquired to es-
tablish a manageable wilderness unit. 
(c) MAP AND DESCRIPTION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—As soon as practicable after 
the date on which the notice required by subsection 
(b) is published in the Federal Register, the Sec-
retary shall file a map and legal description of the 
land designated as wilderness and potential wilder-
ness by this section with the Committee on Natural 
Resources of the House of Representatives and the 
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the 
Senate. 
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