merge with all right, title, and interest conveyed to the 
qualified entity by the United States under this section 
to ensure that the qualified entity receives fee simple title 
to the purchased encumbered land. 
SEC. 615. DISPOSITION OF PROCEEDS. 
(a) DISPOSITION OF PROCEEDS.—Of the proceeds 
from the sale of land under this title— 
(1) 5 percent shall be disbursed to the State for 
use in the general education program of the State; 
(2) 10 percent shall be disbursed to the County 
for use as determined through normal County budg-
eting procedures; and 
(3) the remainder shall be deposited in a special 
account in the Treasury of the United States, to be 
known as the ‘‘Pershing County Special Account’’, 
which shall be available to the Secretary, in con-
sultation with the County, for— 
(A) the acquisition of land from willing 
sellers (including interests in land) in the Coun-
ty— 
(i) within a wilderness area; 
(ii) 
that 
protects 
other 
environ-
mentally significant land; 
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(iii) that secures public access to Fed-
eral land for hunting, fishing, and other 
recreational purposes; or 
(iv) that improves management of 
Federal land within the area identified on 
the Map as ‘‘Checkerboard Lands Resolu-
tion Area’’; and 
(B) the reimbursement of costs incurred by 
the Secretary in preparing for the sale or ex-
change of land under this title. 
(b) INVESTMENT
OF
SPECIAL
ACCOUNT.—Any 
amounts deposited in the special account established 
under subsection (a)(3)— 
(1) shall earn interest in an amount determined 
by the Secretary of the Treasury, based on the cur-
rent average market yield on outstanding marketable 
obligations of the United States of comparable ma-
turities; and 
(2) may be expended by the Secretary in ac-
cordance with this section. 
(c) REPORTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than September 
30 of the fifth fiscal year after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, and every 5 fiscal years thereafter, 
the Secretary shall submit to the State, the County, 
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and the appropriate committees of Congress a report 
on the operation of the special account established 
under subsection (a)(3) for the preceding 5 fiscal 
years. 
(2) CONTENTS.—Each report submitted under 
paragraph (1) shall include, for the fiscal year cov-
ered by the report— 
(A) a statement of the amounts deposited 
into the special account; 
(B) a description of the expenditures made 
from the special account for the fiscal year, in-
cluding the purpose of the expenditures; 
(C) recommendations for additional au-
thorities to fulfill the purpose of the special ac-
count; and 
(D) a statement of the balance remaining 
in the special account at the end of the fiscal 
year. 
SEC. 616. CONVEYANCE OF LAND FOR USE AS A PUBLIC 
CEMETERY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall convey to the 
County, without consideration, the Federal land described 
in subsection (b). 
(b) DESCRIPTION OF FEDERAL LAND.—The Federal 
land referred to in subsection (a) is the approximately 10 
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acres of land depicted as ‘‘Unionville Cemetery’’ on the 
Map. 
(c) USE OF CONVEYED LAND.—The Federal land 
conveyed under subsection (a) shall be used by the County 
as a public cemetery. 
Subtitle B—Wilderness Areas 
SEC. 621. ADDITIONS TO THE NATIONAL WILDERNESS 
PRESERVATION SYSTEM. 
(a) ADDITIONS.—In accordance with the Wilderness 
Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), the following parcels of Fed-
eral land in the State are designated as wilderness and 
as components of the National Wilderness Preservation 
System: 
(1) CAIN
MOUNTAIN
WILDERNESS.—Certain 
Federal land managed by the Bureau of Land Man-
agement, comprising approximately 12,339 acres, as 
generally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘Proposed 
Cain Mountain Wilderness’’ and dated February 9, 
2017, which, together with the Federal land des-
ignated as wilderness by sections 2905(b)(1)(C) and 
2932(a)(1) of Public Law 117–263, shall be known 
as the ‘‘Cain Mountain Wilderness’’. 
(2) BLUEWING WILDERNESS.—Certain Federal 
land managed by the Bureau of Land Management, 
comprising approximately 24,900 acres, as generally 
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depicted on the map entitled ‘‘Proposed Bluewing 
Wilderness’’ and dated February 9, 2017, which 
shall be known as the ‘‘Bluewing Wilderness’’. 
(3) SELENITE
PEAK
WILDERNESS.—Certain 
Federal land managed by the Bureau of Land Man-
agement, comprising approximately 22,822 acres, as 
generally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘Proposed 
Selenite Peak Wilderness’’ and dated February 9, 
2017, which shall be known as the ‘‘Selenite Peak 
Wilderness’’. 
(4) MOUNT LIMBO WILDERNESS.—Certain Fed-
eral land managed by the Bureau of Land Manage-
ment, comprising approximately 11,855 acres, as 
generally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘Proposed 
Mt. Limbo Wilderness’’ and dated February 9, 
2017, which shall be known as the ‘‘Mount Limbo 
Wilderness’’. 
(5) NORTH
SAHWAVE
WILDERNESS.—Certain 
Federal land managed by the Bureau of Land Man-
agement, comprising approximately 13,875 acres, as 
generally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘Proposed 
North Sahwave Wilderness’’ and dated February 9, 
2017, which shall be known as the ‘‘North Sahwave 
Wilderness’’. 
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that the Secretary may correct clerical and typo-
graphical errors in the map or legal description. 
(3) AVAILABILITY.—Each map and legal de-
scription prepared under paragraph (1) shall be on 
file and available for public inspection in the appro-
priate offices of the Bureau of Land Management. 
(4) WITHDRAWAL.—Subject to valid existing 
rights, the wilderness areas designated by subsection 
(a) are withdrawn from— 
(A) all forms of entry, appropriation, and 
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. 
SEC. 622. ADMINISTRATION. 
(a) MANAGEMENT.—Subject to valid existing rights, 
the wilderness areas shall be administered by the Sec-
retary in accordance with the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 
1131 et seq.), except that with respect to the wilderness 
areas— 
(1) any reference in that Act to the effective 
date shall be considered to be a reference to the date 
of the enactment of this Act; and 
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(2) any reference in that Act to the Secretary 
of Agriculture shall be considered to be a reference 
to the Secretary of the Interior. 
(b) LIVESTOCK.—The grazing of livestock in the wil-
derness areas, if established before the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, shall be allowed to continue, subject to 
such reasonable regulations, policies, and practices as the 
Secretary considers to be necessary in accordance with— 
(1) section 4(d)(4) of the Wilderness Act (16 
U.S.C. 1133(d)(4)); and 
(2) the guidelines set forth in Appendix A 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). 
(c) INCORPORATION OF ACQUIRED LAND AND INTER-
ESTS.—Any land or interest in land within the boundary 
of a wilderness area that is acquired by the United States 
after the date of the enactment of this Act shall be added 
to and administered as part of the wilderness area. 
(d) ADJACENT MANAGEMENT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Congress does not intend for 
the designation of the wilderness areas to create pro-
tective perimeters or buffer zones around the wilder-
ness areas. 
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(2) NONWILDERNESS
ACTIVITIES.—The fact 
that nonwilderness activities or uses can be seen or 
heard from areas within a wilderness area shall not 
preclude the conduct of those activities or uses out-
side the boundary of the wilderness area. 
(e) MILITARY OVERFLIGHTS.—Nothing in this title 
restricts or precludes— 
(1) low-level overflights of military aircraft over 
the wilderness areas, including 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. 
(f) WILDFIRE, INSECT, AND DISEASE MANAGE-
MENT.—In accordance with section 4(d)(1) of the Wilder-
ness Act (16 U.S.C. 1133(d)(1)), the Secretary may take 
such measures in the wilderness areas as are necessary 
for the control of fire, insects, and diseases (including, as 
the Secretary determines to be appropriate, the coordina-
tion of the activities with a State or local agency). 
(g) CLIMATOLOGICAL DATA COLLECTION.—In ac-
cordance with the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.) 
and subject to such terms and conditions as the Secretary 
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may prescribe, the Secretary may authorize the installa-
tion and maintenance of hydrologic, meteorologic, or cli-
matological data collection devices in the wilderness areas 
if the Secretary determines that the facilities and access 
to the facilities are essential to flood warning, flood con-
trol, or water reservoir operation activities. 
(h) WATER RIGHTS.— 
(1) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that— 
(A) the wilderness areas are located— 
(i) in the semiarid region of the Great 
Basin; and 
(ii) at the headwaters of the streams 
and rivers on land with respect to which 
there are few, if any— 
(I) actual or proposed water re-
source facilities located upstream; and 
(II) opportunities for diversion, 
storage, or other uses of water occur-
ring outside the land that would ad-
versely affect the wilderness values of 
the land; 
(B) the wilderness areas are generally not 
suitable for use or development of new water re-
source facilities; and 
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(C) because of the unique nature of the 
wilderness areas, it is possible to provide for 
proper management and protection of the wil-
derness and other values of land in ways dif-
ferent from those used in other laws. 
(2) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this section is 
to protect the wilderness values of the wilderness 
areas by means other than a federally reserved water 
right. 
(3) STATUTORY
CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in 
this title— 
(A) constitutes an express or implied res-
ervation by the United States of any water or 
water rights with respect to the wilderness 
areas; 
(B) affects any water rights in the State 
(including any water rights held by the United 
States) in existence on the date of the enact-
ment of this Act; 
(C) establishes a precedent with regard to 
any future wilderness designations; 
(D) affects the interpretation of, or any 
designation made under, any other Act; or 
(E) limits, alters, modifies, or amends any 
interstate compact or equitable apportionment 
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