(3) MOTORIZED VEHICLES.—The term ‘‘motor-
ized vehicles’’ means motorized or mechanized vehi-
cles and includes, when used by utilities, mechanized 
equipment, helicopters, and other aerial devices nec-
essary to maintain electrical or communications in-
frastructure. 
(4) NATIONAL SCENIC AREA.—The term ‘‘Na-
tional Scenic Area’’ means the Alabama Hills Na-
tional Scenic Area established by section 2(a). 
(5) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of the Interior. 
(6) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means the State 
of California. 
(7) TRIBE.—The term ‘‘Tribe’’ means the 
Lone-Pine Paiute Shoshone Tribe. 
(8) UTILITY FACILITY.—The term ‘‘utility facil-
ity’’ means any and all existing and future electric 
generation facilities, electric storage facilities, over-
head and/or underground electrical supply systems 
and communication systems consisting of electric 
substations, electric lines, poles and towers made of 
various materials, ‘‘H’’ frame structures, guy wires 
and anchors, crossarms, wires, underground con-
duits, cables, vaults, manholes, handholes, above- 
ground enclosures, markers and concrete pads and 
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other fixtures, appliances and communication cir-
cuits, and other fixtures, appliances and appur-
tenances connected therewith necessary or conven-
ient for the construction, operation, regulation, con-
trol, grounding and maintenance of electric genera-
tion, storage, lines and communication circuits, for 
the purpose of transmitting intelligence and gener-
ating, storing, distributing, regulating and control-
ling electric energy to be used for light, heat, power, 
communication, and other purposes. 
SEC. 2. ALABAMA HILLS NATIONAL SCENIC AREA, CALI-
FORNIA. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Subject to valid, existing 
rights, there is established in Inyo County, California, the 
Alabama Hills National Scenic Area. The National Scenic 
Area shall be comprised of the approximately 18,610 acres 
generally depicted on the Map as ‘‘National Scenic Area’’. 
(b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of the National Scenic 
Area is to conserve, protect, and enhance for the benefit, 
use, and enjoyment of present and future generations the 
nationally significant scenic, cultural, recreational, geo-
logical, educational, biological, historical, cinematographic, 
and scientific resources of the National Scenic Area man-
aged consistent with the principles of multiple use as de-
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fined in the Federal Land Policy and Management Act 
of 1976. 
(c) MAP; LEGAL DESCRIPTIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—As soon as practicable after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
shall file a map and a legal description of the Na-
tional Scenic Area with— 
(A) the Committee on Energy and Natural 
Resources of the Senate; and 
(B) the Committee on Natural Resources 
of the House of Representatives. 
(2) FORCE OF LAW.—The map and legal de-
scriptions filed under paragraph (1) shall have the 
same force and effect as if included in this Act, ex-
cept that the Secretary may correct any clerical and 
typographical errors in the map and legal descrip-
tions. 
(3) PUBLIC
AVAILABILITY.—Each map and 
legal description filed under paragraph (1) shall be 
on file and available for public inspection in the ap-
propriate offices of the Forest Service and Bureau 
of Land Management. 
(d) ADMINISTRATION.—The Secretary shall manage 
the National Scenic Area— 
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(1) as a component of the National Landscape 
Conservation System; 
(2) so as not to impact the future continuing 
operations and maintenance of any activities associ-
ated with valid, existing rights, including water 
rights; 
(3) in a manner that conserves, protects, and 
enhances the resources and values of the National 
Scenic Area described in subsection (b); and 
(4) in accordance with— 
(A) the Federal Land Policy and Manage-
ment Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.); 
(B) this Act; and 
(C) any other applicable laws. 
(e) MANAGEMENT.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary shall allow 
only such uses of the National Scenic Area as the 
Secretary determines would support the purposes of 
the National Scenic Area as described in subsection 
(b). 
(2) RECREATIONAL
ACTIVITIES.—Except as 
otherwise provided in this Act or other applicable 
law, or as the Secretary determines to be necessary 
for public health and safety, the Secretary shall 
allow existing recreational uses of the National Sce-
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nic Area to continue, including hiking, mountain 
biking, rock climbing, sightseeing, horseback riding, 
hunting, fishing, and appropriate authorized motor-
ized vehicle use. 
(3) MOTORIZED VEHICLES.—Except as speci-
fied within this Act and/or in cases in which motor-
ized vehicles are needed for administrative purposes, 
or to respond to an emergency, the use of motorized 
vehicles in the National Scenic Area shall be per-
mitted only on— 
(A) roads and trails designated by the Di-
rector of the Bureau of Land Management for 
use of motorized vehicles as part of a manage-
ment plan promoting a semi-primitive motorized 
experience; or 
(B) on county-maintained roads in accord-
ance with applicable State and county laws. 
(f) ACQUISITION OF LAND.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may acquire 
non-Federal land within the boundaries of the Na-
tional Scenic Area only through exchange, donation, 
or purchase from a willing seller. 
(2) MANAGEMENT.—Land acquired under para-
graph (1) shall be— 
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