(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 noxious weed treatment 
and the occasional and temporary use of motor-
ized vehicles if the use, as determined by the 
Secretary, would promote healthy, viable, and 
more naturally distributed wildlife populations 
that would enhance wilderness values with the 
minimal impact necessary to reasonably accom-
plish those tasks. 
(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 Committee on Interior and In-
sular Affairs of the House of Representatives accom-
panying H.R. 2570 of the 101st Congress (House Report 
101–405), the State may continue to use aircraft, includ-
ing helicopters, to survey, capture, transplant, monitor, 
and provide water for wildlife populations, specifically 
sage-grouse, in the wilderness areas. 
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(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 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. 
(e) HUNTING, FISHING, AND TRAPPING.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary may des-
ignate areas in which, and establish periods during 
which, for reasons of public safety, administration, 
or compliance with applicable laws, no hunting, fish-
ing, or trapping will be permitted in the wilderness 
areas. 
(2) CONSULTATION.—Except in emergencies, 
the Secretary shall consult with the appropriate 
State agency and notify the public before taking any 
action under paragraph (1). 
(f) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT.— 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—The State, including a des-
ignee of the State, may conduct wildlife management 
activities in the wilderness areas— 
(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 
(B) subject to all applicable laws (including 
regulations). 
(2) REFERENCES; CLARK
COUNTY.—For the 
purposes of this subsection, any references to Clark 
County in the cooperative agreement described in 
paragraph (1)(A) shall be considered to be a ref-
erence to the wilderness areas. 
SEC. 304. RELEASE OF WILDERNESS STUDY AREAS. 
(a) FINDING.—Congress finds that, for the purposes 
of section 603(c) of the Federal Land Policy and Manage-
ment Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1782(c)), the approximately 
48,600 acres of public land in the portions of the China 
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Mountain, Mt. Limbo, Selenite Mountains, and Tobin 
Range wilderness study areas that have not been des-
ignated as wilderness by section 301(a) and the portion 
of the Augusta Mountains wilderness study area within 
the County that has not been designated as wilderness by 
section 301(a) have been adequately studied for wilderness 
designation. 
(b) RELEASE.—The public land described in sub-
section (a)— 
(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 the ap-
plicable land use plans adopted under section 202 of 
the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 
1976 (43 U.S.C. 1712). 
SEC. 305. NATIVE AMERICAN CULTURAL AND RELIGIOUS 
USES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Nothing in this title alters or di-
minishes the treaty rights of any Indian tribe (as defined 
in section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Edu-
cation Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 5304)). 
(b) CULTURAL USES.—Nothing in this title precludes 
the traditional collection of pine nuts in a wilderness area 
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for personal, noncommercial use consistent with the Wil-
derness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.). 
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