(referred to in this section as the ‘‘potential wilder-
ness area’’) with— 
(A) the Committee on Natural Resources 
of the House of Representatives; and 
(B) the Committee on Energy and Natural 
Resources of the Senate. 
(2) FORCE OF LAW.—The map and legal de-
scription filed under paragraph (1) shall have the 
same force and effect as if included in this Act, ex-
cept that the Secretary of Agriculture may correct 
any clerical and typographical errors in the map and 
legal description. 
(3) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—The map and legal 
description filed under paragraph (1) shall be on file 
and available for public inspection in the appropriate 
offices of the Forest Service. 
(c) MANAGEMENT.—Except as provided in subsection 
(d) and subject to valid existing rights, the Secretary shall 
manage the potential wilderness area in accordance with 
the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.). 
(d) TRAIL USE CONSTRUCTION, RECONSTRUCTION, 
AND REALIGNMENT.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—In accordance with para-
graph (2), the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized 
to— 
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(A) construct a new trail for use by hikers, 
equestrians, and mechanized vehicles that con-
nects the Aliso Park Campground to the Bull 
Ridge Trail; and 
(B) reconstruct or realign the— 
(i) Bull Ridge Trail; and 
(ii) Rocky Ridge Trail. 
(2) REQUIREMENT.—In carrying out the con-
struction, reconstruction, or alignment under para-
graph (1), the Secretary shall— 
(A) comply with all existing laws (including 
regulations); and 
(B) to the maximum extent practicable, 
use the minimum tool or administrative practice 
necessary to accomplish the construction, recon-
struction, or alignment with the least amount of 
adverse impact on wilderness character and re-
sources. 
(3) MOTORIZED VEHICLES AND MACHINERY.— 
In accordance with paragraph (2), the Secretary 
may use motorized vehicles and machinery to carry 
out the trail construction, reconstruction, or realign-
ment authorized by this section. 
(4) MECHANIZED
VEHICLES.—The Secretary 
may permit the use of mechanized vehicles on the 
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existing Bull Ridge Trail and Rocky Ridge Trail in 
accordance with existing law (including regulations) 
and this section until such date as the potential wil-
derness area is designated wilderness in accordance 
with subsection (h). 
(e) WITHDRAWAL.—Subject to valid existing rights, 
the Federal land in the potential wilderness area is with-
drawn from all forms of— 
(1) entry, appropriation, or disposal under the 
public land laws; 
(2) location, entry, and patent under the mining 
laws; and 
(3) disposition under all laws pertaining to min-
eral and geothermal leasing or mineral materials. 
(f) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.—In carrying out 
this section, the Secretary may enter into cooperative 
agreements with State, tribal, and local governmental enti-
ties and private entities to complete the trail construction, 
reconstruction, and realignment authorized by subsection 
(d). 
(g) BOUNDARIES.—The Secretary shall modify the 
boundary of the potential wilderness area to exclude any 
area within 50 feet of the centerline of the new location 
of any trail that has been constructed, reconstructed, or 
realigned under subsection (d). 
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(h) WILDERNESS DESIGNATION.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The potential wilderness 
area, as modified under subsection (g), shall be des-
ignated as wilderness and as a component of the Na-
tional Wilderness Preservation System on the date 
on which the Secretary publishes in the Federal 
Register notice that the trail construction, recon-
struction, or alignment authorized by subsection (d) 
has been completed or 20 years after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, whichever comes sooner. 
(2) ADMINISTRATION OF WILDERNESS.—Upon 
designation as wilderness under this section, the po-
tential wilderness area shall be— 
(A) incorporated into the San Rafael Wil-
derness, as designated by Public Law 90–271 
(82 Stat. 51), the California Wilderness Act of 
1984 (Public Law 98–425; 16 U.S.C. 1132 
note), and the Los Padres Condor Range and 
River Protection Act (Public Law 102–301; 106 
Stat. 242), and section 3; and 
(B) administered in accordance with sec-
tion 5 and the Wilderness Act. 
SEC. 8. DESIGNATION OF SCENIC AREAS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to valid existing rights, 
there are established the following scenic areas: 
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(1) CONDOR
RIDGE
SCENIC
AREA.—Certain 
land in the Los Padres National Forest comprising 
approximately 18,666 acres, as generally depicted on 
the map entitled ‘‘Condor Ridge Scenic Area—Pro-
posed’’ and dated lll, which shall be managed 
as the Condor Ridge Scenic Area. 
(2) BLACK MOUNTAIN SCENIC AREA.—Certain 
land in the Los Padres National Forest and the Ba-
kersfield Field Office of the Bureau of Land Man-
agement comprising approximately 15,846 acres, as 
generally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘Black Moun-
tain Scenic Area—Proposed’’ and dated lll, 
which shall be managed as the Black Mountain Sce-
nic Area. 
(b) MAPS AND LEGAL DESCRIPTIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—As soon as practicable after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
of Agriculture shall file a map and a legal descrip-
tion of the Condor Ridge Scenic Area and Black 
Mountain Scenic Area with— 
(A) the Committee on Natural Resources 
of the House of Representatives; and 
(B) the Committee on Energy and Natural 
Resources of the Senate. 
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