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(11) MUDDY
MOUNTAINS
WILDERNESS.—Cer-
tain Federal land within the Lake Mead National 
Recreation Area and an adjacent portion of land 
managed by the Bureau of Land Management, com-
prising approximately 48,019 acres, as generally de-
picted on the map entitled ‘‘Muddy Mountains’’, 
dated October 1, 2002, which shall be known as the 
Muddy Mountains Wilderness. 
(12) NELLIS
WASH
WILDERNESS.—Certain 
Federal land within the Lake Mead National Recre-
ation Area, comprising approximately 16,423 acres, 
as generally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘Eldorado/
Spirit Mountain’’, dated October 1, 2002, which 
shall be known as the Nellis Wash Wilderness. 
(13) NORTH MCCULLOUGH WILDERNESS.—Cer-
tain Federal land managed by the Bureau of Land 
Management, 
comprising 
approximately 
14,763 
acres, as generally depicted on the map entitled 
‘‘McCulloughs’’, dated October 1, 2002, which shall 
be known as the North McCullough Wilderness. 
(14) PINTO
VALLEY
WILDERNESS.—Certain 
Federal land within the Lake Mead National Recre-
ation Area, comprising approximately 39,173 acres, 
as generally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘Muddy
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Mountains’’, dated October 1, 2002, which shall be 
known as the Pinto Valley Wilderness. 
(15) RAINBOW MOUNTAIN WILDERNESS.—Cer-
tain Federal land within the Toiyabe National For-
est and an adjacent portion of Federal land man-
aged by the Bureau of Land Management, com-
prising approximately 24,997 acres, as generally de-
picted on the map entitled ‘‘Spring Mountains’’, 
dated October 1, 2002, which shall be known as the 
Rainbow Mountain Wilderness. 
(16) SOUTH MCCULLOUGH WILDERNESS.—Cer-
tain Federal land managed by the Bureau of Land 
Management, 
comprising 
approximately 
44,245 
acres, as generally depicted on the map entitled 
‘‘McCulloughs’’, dated October 1, 2002, which shall 
be known as the South McCullough Wilderness. 
(17) SPIRIT MOUNTAIN WILDERNESS.—Certain 
Federal land within the Lake Mead National Recre-
ation Area and an adjacent portion of Federal land 
managed by the Bureau of Land Management, com-
prising approximately 33,518 acres, as generally de-
picted on the map entitled ‘‘Eldorado/Spirit Moun-
tain’’, dated October 1, 2002, which shall be known 
as the Spirit Mountain Wilderness.
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(18) WEE
THUMP
JOSHUA
TREE
WILDER-
NESS.—Certain Federal land managed by the Bu-
reau of Land Management, comprising approxi-
mately 6,050 acres, as generally depicted on the 
map entitled ‘‘McCulloughs’’, dated October 1, 2002, 
which shall be known as the Wee Thump Joshua 
Tree Wilderness. 
(b) BOUNDARY.—
(1) LAKE OFFSET.—The boundary of any por-
tion of a wilderness area designated by subsection 
(a) that is bordered by Lake Mead, Lake Mohave, 
or the Colorado River shall be 300 feet inland from 
the high water line. 
(2) ROAD OFFSET.—The boundary of any por-
tion of a wilderness area designated by subsection 
(a) that is bordered by a road shall be at least 100 
feet from the edge of the road to allow public access. 
(c) 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 designated by subsection (a) with the 
Committee on Resources of the House of Represent-
atives and the Committee on Energy and Natural 
Resources of the Senate.
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(2) EFFECT.—Each map and legal description 
shall have the same force and effect as if included 
in this section, except that the Secretary may correct 
clerical and typographical errors in the map or legal 
description. 
(3) AVAILABILITY.—Each map and legal de-
scription shall be on file and available for public in-
spection in the appropriate offices of the Bureau of 
Land Management, National Park Service, or Forest 
Service, as applicable. 
(d) WITHDRAWAL.—Subject to valid existing rights, 
the wilderness areas designated in this section are with-
drawn 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, mineral 
materials, and geothermal leasing laws. 
SEC. 203. ADMINISTRATION. 
(a) MANAGEMENT.—Subject to valid existing rights, 
each area designated as wilderness by this title shall be 
administered by the Secretary in accordance with the Wil-
derness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), except that—
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(1) any reference in that Act to the effective 
date 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 of the Interior with respect to lands 
administered by the Secretary of the Interior. 
(b) LIVESTOCK.—Within the wilderness areas des-
ignated under this title that are administered by the Bu-
reau of Land Management, the grazing of livestock in 
areas in which grazing is established as of the date of en-
actment of this Act shall be allowed to continue, subject 
to such reasonable regulations, policies, and practices that 
the Secretary considers necessary, consistent with section 
4(d)(4) of the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1133(d)(4)), in-
cluding the guidelines set forth in Appendix A of House 
Report 101–405. 
(c) INCORPORATION OF ACQUIRED LANDS AND IN-
TERESTS.—Any land or interest in land within the bound-
aries of an area designated as wilderness by this title that 
is acquired by the United States after the date of enact-
ment of this Act shall be added to and administered as 
part of the wilderness area within which the acquired land 
or interest is located. 
(d) WATER RIGHTS.—
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(1) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that—
(A) the lands designated as Wilderness by 
this Act are within the Mojave Desert, are arid 
in nature, and include ephemeral streams; 
(B) the hydrology of the lands designated 
as wilderness by this Act is locally characterized 
by complex flow patterns and alluvial fans with 
impermanent channels; 
(C) the subsurface hydrogeology of the re-
gion is characterized by ground water subject to 
local and regional flow gradients and artesian 
aquifers; 
(D) the lands designated as wilderness by 
this Act are generally not suitable for use or de-
velopment of new water resource facilities and 
there are no actual or proposed water resource 
facilities and no opportunities for diversion, 
storage, or other uses of water occurring out-
side such lands that would adversely affect the 
wilderness or other values of such lands; and 
(E) because of the unique nature and hy-
drology of these desert lands designated as wil-
derness by this Act and the existence of the 
Clark County Multi-Species Habitat Conserva-
tion Plan it is possible to provide for proper
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management and protection of the wilderness, 
perennial springs and other values of such lands 
in ways different from those used in other legis-
lation. 
(2) STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION.—
(A) Nothing in this Act shall constitute or 
be construed to constitute either an express or 
implied reservation by the United States of any 
water or water rights with respect to the lands 
designated as Wilderness by this Act. 
(B) Nothing in this Act shall affect any 
water rights in the State of Nevada existing on 
the date of the enactment of this Act, including 
any water rights held by the United States. 
(C) Nothing in this subsection shall be 
construed as establishing a precedent with re-
gard to any future wilderness designations. 
(D) Nothing in this Act shall be construed 
as limiting, altering, modifying, or amending 
any of the interstate compacts or equitable ap-
portionment decrees that apportion water 
among and between the State of Nevada and 
other States. 
(E) Nothing in this subsection shall be 
construed as limiting, altering, modifying, or
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amending the Clark County Multi-Species Habi-
tat Conservation Plan (MSHCP) with respect 
to the lands designated as Wilderness by this 
Act including the MSHCP’s specific manage-
ment actions for the conservation of perennial 
springs. 
(3) NEVADA WATER LAW.—The Secretary shall 
follow the procedural and substantive requirements 
of the law of the State of Nevada in order to obtain 
and hold any water rights not in existence on the 
date of enactment of this Act with respect to the wil-
derness areas designated by this Act. 
(4) NEW PROJECTS.—
(A) As used in this paragraph, the term 
‘‘water resource’’ facility means irrigation and 
pumping facilities, reservoirs, water conserva-
tion works, aqueducts, canals, ditches, pipelines, 
wells, hydropower projects, and transmission 
and other ancillary facilities, and other water 
diversion, storage, and carriage structures. The 
term ‘‘water resource’’ facility does not include 
wildlife guzzlers. 
(B) Except as otherwise provided in this 
Act, on and after the date of the enactment of 
this Act, neither the President nor any other of-
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ficer, 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 areas 
designated by this Act. 
SEC. 204. ADJACENT MANAGEMENT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Congress does not intend for the 
designation of wilderness in the State pursuant to this 
title to lead to the creation of protective perimeters or 
buffer zones around any such wilderness area. 
(b) NONWILDERNESS ACTIVITIES.—The fact that 
nonwilderness activities or uses can be seen or heard from 
areas within a wilderness designated under this title shall 
not preclude the conduct of those activities or uses outside 
the boundary of the wilderness area. 
SEC. 205. MILITARY OVERFLIGHTS. 
Nothing in this title restricts or precludes—
(1) low-level overflights of military aircraft over 
the areas designated as wilderness by this title, in-
cluding military overflights that can be seen or 
heard within the wilderness areas; 
(2) flight testing and evaluation; or 
(3) the designation or creation of new units of 
special use airspace, or the establishment of military 
flight training routes, over the wilderness areas.
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SEC. 206. NATIVE AMERICAN CULTURAL AND RELIGIOUS 
USES. 
Nothing in this Act shall be construed to diminish 
the rights of any Indian Tribe. Nothing in this Act shall 
be construed to diminish tribal rights regarding access to 
Federal lands for tribal activities, including spiritual, cul-
tural, and traditional food-gathering activities. 
SEC. 207. 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 public land in 
the County administered by the Bureau of Land Manage-
ment and the Forest Service in the following areas have 
been adequately studied for wilderness designation: 
(1) The Garrett Buttes Wilderness Study Area. 
(2) The Quail Springs Wilderness Study Area. 
(3) The Nellis A, B, C Wilderness Study Area. 
(4) Any portion of the wilderness study areas—
(A) not designated as wilderness by section 
202(a); and 
(B) designated for release on—
(i) the map entitled ‘‘Muddy Moun-
tains’’ and dated October 1, 2002; 
(ii) the map entitled ‘‘Spring Moun-
tains’’ and dated October 1, 2002;
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(iii) the map entitled ‘‘Arrow Canyon’’ 
and dated October 1, 2002; 
(iv) the map entitled ‘‘Gold Butte’’ 
and dated October 1, 2002; 
(v) the map entitled ‘‘McCullough 
Mountains’’ and dated October 1, 2002; 
(vi) the map entitled ‘‘El Dorado/
Spirit Mountain’’ and dated October 1, 
2002; or 
(vii) the map entitled ‘‘Southern Ne-
vada Public Land Management Act’’ and 
dated October 1, 2002. 
(b) RELEASE.—Except as provided in subsection (c), 
any public land described in subsection (a) that is not des-
ignated as wilderness by this title—
(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)); and 
(2) shall be managed in accordance with—
(A) land management plans adopted under 
section 202 of that Act (43 U.S.C. 1712); and 
(B) 
existing 
cooperative 
conservation 
agreements. 
(c) RIGHT-OF-WAY GRANT.—The Secretary shall 
issue to the State-regulated sponsor of the Centennial
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Project the right-of-way for the construction and mainte-
nance of two 500-kilovolt electrical transmission lines. The 
construction shall occur within a 500-foot-wide corridor 
that is released from the Sunrise Mountains Instant Study 
Area in the County as depicted on the Southern Nevada 
Public Land Management Act map, dated October 1, 
2002. 
SEC. 208. 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 designated by this title. 
(b) MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES.—In furtherance of 
the purposes and principles of the Wilderness Act, man-
agement activities to maintain or restore fish and wildlife 
populations and the habitats to support such populations 
may be carried out within wilderness areas designated by 
this title where consistent with relevant wilderness man-
agement plans, in accordance with appropriate policies 
such as those set forth in Appendix B of House Report 
101–405, including the occasional and temporary use of 
motorized vehicles, if such use, as determined by the Sec-
retary, would promote healthy, viable, and more naturally
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distributed wildlife populations that would enhance wilder-
ness values and accomplish those purposes with the min-
imum impact necessary to reasonably accomplish the task. 
(c) EXISTING ACTIVITIES.—Consistent with section 
4(d)(1) of the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1133(d)) 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 designated by this title 
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.
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(e) HUNTING, FISHING, AND TRAPPING.—The Sec-
retary may designate by regulation areas in consultation 
with the appropriate State agency (except in emergencies), 
in which, and establish periods during which, for reasons 
of public safety, administration, or compliance with appli-
cable laws, no hunting, fishing, or trapping will be per-
mitted in the wilderness areas designated by this title. 
(f) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT.—No later than one 
year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
shall enter into a cooperative agreement with the State 
of Nevada. The cooperative agreement shall specify the 
terms and conditions under which the State (including a 
designee of the State) may use wildlife management activi-
ties in the wilderness areas designated by this title. 
SEC. 209. WILDFIRE MANAGEMENT. 
Consistent with section 4 of the Wilderness Act (16 
U.S.C. 1133), nothing in this title precludes a Federal, 
State, or local agency from conducting wildfire manage-
ment operations (including operations using aircraft or 
mechanized equipment) to manage wildfires in the wilder-
ness areas designated by this title. 
SEC. 210. CLIMATOLOGICAL DATA COLLECTION. 
Subject to such terms and conditions as the Secretary 
may prescribe, nothing in this title precludes the installa-
tion and maintenance of hydrologic, meteorologic, or cli-
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matological collection devices in the wilderness areas des-
ignated by this title if the facilities and access to the facili-
ties are essential to flood warning, flood control, and water 
reservoir operation activities. 
SEC. 211. NATIONAL PARK SERVICE LANDS. 
To the extent any of the provisions of this title are 
in conflict with laws, regulations, or management policies 
applicable to the National Park Service for Lake Mead 
National Recreation Area, those laws, regulations, or poli-
cies shall control. 
TITLE III—TRANSFERS OF 
ADMINISTRATIVE JURISDICTION 
SEC. 301. TRANSFER OF ADMINISTRATIVE JURISDICTION 
TO THE U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Administrative jurisdiction over 
the land described in subsection (b) is transferred from 
the Bureau of Land Management to the United States 
Fish and Wildlife Service for inclusion in the Desert Na-
tional Wildlife Range. 
(b) DESCRIPTION OF LAND.—The parcel of land re-
ferred to in subsection (a) is the approximately 26,433 
acres of land administered by the Bureau of Land Man-
agement as generally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘Arrow 
Canyon’’ and dated October 1, 2002. 
(c) WILDERNESS RELEASE.—
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(1) Congress finds that the parcel of land de-
scribed in subsection (b) has been adequately studied 
for wilderness designation for the purposes of sec-
tion 603(c) of the Federal Land Policy and Manage-
ment Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1782(c)). 
(2) The parcel of land described in subsection 
(b)—
(A) shall not be subject to section 603(c) 
of the Federal Land Policy and Management 
Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1782(c)); and 
(B) shall be managed in accordance with 
(i) the National Wildlife Refuge Sys-
tem Administration Act, as amended by 
the National Wildlife Refuge System Im-
provement Act of 1997 (16 U.S. C. 
668dd–668ee); and 
(ii) existing cooperative conservation 
agreements. 
SEC. 302. TRANSFER OF ADMINISTRATIVE JURISDICTION 
TO NATIONAL PARK SERVICE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Administrative jurisdiction over 
the parcel of land described in subsection (b) is trans-
ferred from the Bureau of Land Management to the Na-
tional Park Service for inclusion in the Lake Mead Na-
tional Recreation Area.
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(b) DESCRIPTION OF LAND.—The parcel of land re-
ferred to in subsection (a) is the approximately 10 acres 
of Bureau of Land Management land, as depicted on the 
map entitled ‘‘Eldorado/Spirit Mountain’’ and dated Octo-
ber 1, 2002. 
(c) USE OF LAND.—The parcel of land described in 
subsection (b) shall be used by the National Park Service 
for administrative facilities. 
TITLE IV—AMENDMENTS TO THE 
SOUTHERN NEVADA PUBLIC 
LAND MANAGEMENT ACT 
SEC. 401. DISPOSAL AND EXCHANGE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 4 of the Southern Nevada 
Public Land Management Act of 1998 (112 Stat. 2344) 
is amended—
(1) in the first sentence of subsection (a), by 
striking ‘‘entitled Las Vegas Valley, Nevada, Land 
Disposal Map, dated April 10, 1997’’ and inserting 
‘‘entitled Southern Nevada Public Land Manage-
ment Act, dated October 1, 2002’’; and 
(2) in subsection (e)(3)(A)—
(A) in clause (iv)—
(i) by inserting ‘‘or regional govern-
mental’’ entity after ‘‘local government’’; 
and
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(ii) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(B) by redesignating clause (v) as clause 
(vi); and 
(C) by inserting after clause (iv) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(v) up to 10 percent of amounts 
available, to be used for conservation ini-
tiatives on Federal land in Clark County, 
Nevada, administered by the Department 
of the Interior or the Department of Agri-
culture; and’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
subsection (a) take effect on January 31, 2003. 
(c) WITHDRAWAL.—Subject to valid existing rights, 
the land designated for disposal in this section is with-
drawn from entry and appropriation under the public land 
laws, location and entry, under the mining laws, and from 
operation under the mineral leasing and geothermal leas-
ing laws until such times as the Secretary terminates the 
withdrawal or the lands are patented. 
TITLE V—IVANPAH CORRIDOR 
SEC. 501. INTERSTATE ROUTE 15 SOUTH CORRIDOR. 
(a) MANAGEMENT OF INTERSTATE ROUTE 15 COR-
RIDOR LAND.—
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(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall manage 
the land located along the Interstate Route 15 cor-
ridor south of the Las Vegas Valley to the border 
between the States of California and Nevada, gen-
erally depicted as Interstate 15 South Corridor on 
the map entitled ‘‘Clark County Conservation of 
Public Land and Natural Resources Act of 2002’’ 
and dated October 1, 2002, in accordance with the 
Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act of 
1998 (112 Stat. 2343) and this section. 
(2) AVAILABILITY OF MAP.—The map described 
in paragraph (1) shall be on file and available for 
public inspection in the appropriate offices of the 
Bureau of Land Management. 
(3) MULTIPLE USE MANAGEMENT.—Subject to 
any land management designations under the 1998 
Las Vegas District Resource Management Plan or 
the Clark County Multi-Species Conservation Plan, 
land depicted on the map described in paragraph (1) 
shall be managed for multiple use purposes. 
(4) TERMINATION OF ADMINISTRATIVE WITH-
DRAWAL.—The administrative withdrawal of the 
land identified as the Interstate 15 South Corridor 
on the map entitled ‘‘Clark County Conservation of 
Public Land and Natural Resources Act of 2002’’
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and dated October 1, 2002, from mineral entry 
dated July 23, 1997, and as amended March 9, 
1998, as further amended July 2, 2002, is termi-
nated. 
(5) WITHDRAWAL OF LAND.—Subject to valid 
existing rights, the corridor described in subsection 
(b) and the land described in subsection (c)(1) are 
withdrawn from location and entry under the mining 
laws, and from operation under the mineral leasing 
and geothermal leasing laws, until such time as—
(A) the Secretary terminates the with-
drawal; or 
(B) the corridor or land, respectively, is 
patented. 
(b) TRANSPORTATION AND UTILITIES CORRIDOR.—
Notwithstanding sections 202 and 203 of the Federal 
Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 
1712, 1713), the Secretary, in consultation with the City 
of Henderson and the County, and in accordance with this 
section and other applicable laws and subject to valid ex-
isting rights, shall establish a 2,640-foot-wide corridor be-
tween the Las Vegas valley and the proposed Ivanpah Air-
port for the placement, on a nonexclusive basis, of utilities 
and transportation.
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(c) IVANPAH AIRPORT ENVIRONS OVERLAY DISTRICT 
LAND TRANSFER.—
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2) 
and valid existing rights, on request by the County, 
the Secretary shall transfer to the County, without 
consideration, all right, title, and interest of the 
United States in and to the land identified as 
Ivanpah Airport noise compatibility area on the map 
entitled ‘‘Clark County Conservation of Public Land 
and Natural Resources Act of 2002’’ and dated Oc-
tober 1, 2002. 
(2) CONDITIONS FOR TRANSFER.—As a condi-
tion of the transfer under paragraph (1), the County 
shall agree—
(A) to manage the transferred land in ac-
cordance with section 47504 of title 49, United 
States Code (including regulations promulgated 
under that section); and 
(B) that if any portion of the transferred 
land is sold, leased, or otherwise conveyed or 
leased by the County—
(i) the sale, lease, or other conveyance 
shall be—
(I) subject to a limitation that 
requires that any use of the trans-
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ferred land be consistent with the 
Agreement and section 47504 of title 
49, United States Code (including 
regulations promulgated under that 
section); and 
(II) for fair market value; and 
(ii) of any gross proceeds received by 
the County from the sale, lease, or other 
conveyance of the land, the County shall—
(I) contribute 85 percent to the 
special account established by section 
4(e)(1)(C) of the Southern Nevada 
Public Land Management Act of 1998 
(112 Stat. 2345); 
(II) contribute 5 percent to the 
State for use in the general education 
program of the State; and 
(III) reserve 10 percent for use 
by the Clark County Department of 
Aviation for airport development and 
noise compatibility programs. 
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Subsections (b) and (c) shall 
not take effect until construction of the Ivanpah Valley 
Airport is approved in accordance with Public Law 106–
362.
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SEC. 502. AREA OF CRITICAL ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERN 
SEGREGATION. 
(a) TEMPORARY WITHDRAWAL.—Subject to valid ex-
isting rights, any Federal land in an Area of Critical Envi-
ronmental Concern that is designated for withdrawal 
under the 1998 Las Vegas Resource Management Plan, 
and which is not already withdrawn by the effect of this 
or any other Act, is hereby withdrawn from location, 
entry, and patent under the mining laws for a period not 
to exceed five years. The withdrawal shall lapse at the ear-
lier—
(1) five years; or 
(2) when the Secretary issues a final decision 
on each proposed withdrawal. 
(b) ADMINISTRATIVE WITHDRAWAL.—The Secretary 
shall make final decisions on each of the temporary with-
drawals described in subsection (a) within five years of 
the date of enactment of this Act. Such decisions shall 
be made consistent with the Federal Land Policy and 
Management Act (43 U.S.C. 1714), and in accordance 
with the 1998 Las Vegas Resource Management Plan. 
(c) MINERAL REPORT.—The mineral reports re-
quired by section 204(c)(12) of the Federal Land Policy 
and Management Act shall be the responsibility of the 
U.S. Geological Survey and shall be completed for each