(B) NO
LICENSES
OR
PERMITS.—Except 
as otherwise provided in this title, on and after 
the date of enactment of this Act, neither the 
President nor any other 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 land designated as a wilderness area. 
(d) WITHDRAWAL.—Subject to valid existing rights, 
any Federal land within the wilderness areas, including 
any land or interest in land that is acquired by the United 
States within the Gold Butte National Monument after 
the date of enactment of this Act, is withdrawn from— 
(1) entry, appropriation, or disposal 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. 405. ADJACENT MANAGEMENT. 
(a) NO BUFFER ZONES.—Congress does not intend 
for the designation of land as wilderness areas to lead to 
the creation of protective perimeters or buffer zones 
around the wilderness areas. 
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(b) NONWILDERNESS ACTIVITIES.—The fact that 
nonwilderness activities or uses can be seen or heard from 
areas within a wilderness area shall not preclude the con-
duct of those activities or uses outside the boundary of 
the wilderness area. 
SEC. 406. MILITARY, LAW ENFORCEMENT, AND EMERGENCY 
OVERFLIGHTS. 
Nothing in this title restricts or precludes— 
(1) low-level overflights of military, law enforce-
ment, or emergency medical services aircraft over 
the area designated as wilderness by this title, in-
cluding military, law enforcement, or emergency 
medical services overflights that can be seen or 
heard within the wilderness area; 
(2) flight testing and evaluation; or 
(3) the designation or creation of new units of 
special use airspace, or the establishment of military, 
law enforcement, or emergency medical services 
flight training routes, over the wilderness area. 
SEC. 407. 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 Bureau of Land 
Management land in any portion of the wilderness study 
areas located within the Gold Butte National Monument 
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not designated as a wilderness area has been adequately 
studied for wilderness designation. 
(b) RELEASE.—Any Bureau of Land Management 
land described in subsection (a) that is not designated as 
a wilderness area— 
(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)); 
(2) shall be managed in accordance with— 
(A) the land management plans adopted 
under section 202 of that Act (43 U.S.C. 
1712); and 
(B) cooperative conservation agreements in 
existence on the date of enactment of this Act; 
and 
(3) shall be subject to— 
(A) the Endangered Species Act of 1973 
(16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.); and 
(B) title I. 
SEC. 408. NATIVE AMERICAN CULTURAL AND RELIGIOUS 
USES. 
Nothing in this title diminishes— 
(1) the rights of any Indian Tribe; or 
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(2) Tribal rights regarding access to Federal 
land for Tribal activities, including spiritual, cul-
tural, and traditional food-gathering activities. 
SEC. 409. 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. 
(b) MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—In furtherance of the pur-
poses and principles of the Wilderness Act (16 
U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), management activities to 
maintain or restore fish and wildlife populations and 
the habitats to support the populations may be car-
ried out within the wilderness areas, if the activi-
ties— 
(A) are consistent with relevant wilderness 
management plans; and 
(B) are carried out in accordance with ap-
propriate policies, such as those set forth in Ap-
pendix B of House Report 101–405. 
(2) USE OF MOTORIZED VEHICLES.—The man-
agement activities under paragraph (1) may include 
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the occasional and temporary use of motorized vehi-
cles, if the use, as determined by the Secretary, 
would— 
(A) promote healthy, viable, and more nat-
urally distributed wildlife populations that 
would enhance wilderness values; and 
(B) accomplish the purposes described in 
subparagraph (A) with the minimum 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)(1)) 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 if— 
(1) the structures and facilities will, as deter-
mined by the Secretary, enhance wilderness values 
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