entitled ‘‘Great Falls Basin Wilderness—Proposed’’,
and which shall be known as the Great Falls Basin
Wilderness.
(27) Certain lands in the California Desert
Conservation Area, of the Bureau of Land Manage-
ment, which comprise approximately twenty-two
thousand two hundred and forty acres, as generally
depicted on a map entitled ‘‘Hollow Hills Wilder-
ness—Proposed’’, dated May 1991, and which shall
be known as the Hollow Hills Wilderness.
(28) Certain lands in the California Desert
Conservation Area, of the Bureau of Land Manage-
ment, which comprise approximately twenty-six
thousand four hundred and sixty acres, as generally
depicted on a map entitled ‘‘Ibex Wilderness—Pro-
posed’’, dated May 1991, and which shall be known
as the Ibex Wilderness.
(29) Certain lands in the California Desert
Conservation Area, of the Bureau of Land Manage-
ment, which comprise approximately thirty-five thou-
sand and fifteen acres, as generally depicted on a
map entitled ‘‘Indian Pass Wilderness—Proposed’’,
dated October 1991, and which shall be known as
the Indian Pass Wilderness.
(30) Certain lands in the California Desert
Conservation Area and the Bakersfield District, of
the Bureau of Land Management, and within the
Inyo National Forest, which comprise approximately
two hundred five thousand and twenty acres, as gen-
erally depicted on three maps entitled ‘‘Inyo Moun-
tains Wilderness—Proposed’’, numbered in the title
one through three, and dated May 1991, and which
shall be known as the Inyo Mountains Wilderness.
(31) Certain lands in the California Desert
Conservation Area, of the Bureau of Land Manage-
ment, which comprise approximately thirty-four
thousand five hundred and fifty acres, as generally
depicted on a map entitled ‘‘Jacumba Wilderness—
Proposed’’, dated October 1991, and which shall be
known as the Jacumba Wilderness.
(32) Certain lands in the California Desert
Conservation Area, of the Bureau of Land Manage-
ment, which comprise approximately one hundred
and twenty-nine thousand five hundred and eighty
acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled ‘‘Kelso
Dunes Wilderness—Proposed 1’’, dated October
1991, a map entitled ‘‘Kelso Dunes Wilderness—
Proposed 2’’, dated May 1991, and a map entitled
‘‘Kelso Dunes Wilderness—Proposed 3’’, dated Sep-
tember 1991, and which shall be known as the Kelso
Dunes Wilderness.
(33) Certain lands in the California Desert
Conservation Area, of the Bureau of Land Manage-
ment, and the Sequoia National Forest, which com-
prise approximately eighty-eight thousand two hun-
dred and ninety acres, as generally depicted on a
map entitled ‘‘Kiavah Wilderness—Proposed 1’’,
dated February 1986, and a map entitled ‘‘Kiavah
Wilderness—Proposed 2’’, dated May 1991, and
which shall be known as the Kiavah Wilderness.
(34) Certain lands in the California Desert
Conservation Area, of the Bureau of Land Manage-
ment, which comprise approximately two hundred
forty-nine thousand and three hundred and sixty-
eight acres, as generally depicted on two maps enti-
tled ‘‘Kingston Range Wilderness—Proposed 2’’,
dated October 1991, and ‘‘Kingston Range Wilder-
ness—Proposed 4’’, dated January 1989, and two
maps entitled ‘‘Kingston Range Wilderness—Pro-
posed 1’’ and ‘‘Kingston Range Wilderness—Pro-
posed 3’’, dated May 1991, and which shall be
known as the Kingston Range Wilderness.
(35) Certain lands in the California Desert
Conservation Area, of the Bureau of Land Manage-
ment, which comprise approximately forty-six thou-
sand four hundred and sixty acres, as generally de-
picted on a map entitled ‘‘Little Chuckwalla Moun-
tains Wilderness—Proposed’’, dated October 1991,
and which shall be known as the Little Chuckwalla
Mountains Wilderness.
(36) Certain lands in the California Desert
Conservation Area and the Yuma District, of the
Bureau of Land Management, which comprise ap-
proximately thirty-six thousand four hundred and
forty acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled
‘‘Little Picacho Wilderness—Proposed’’, dated Octo-
ber 1991, and which shall be known as the Little
Picacho Wilderness.
(37) Certain lands in the California Desert
Conservation Area, of the Bureau of Land Manage-
ment, which comprise approximately thirty-two thou-
sand three hundred and sixty acres, as generally de-
picted on a map entitled ‘‘Malpais Mesa Wilder-
ness—Proposed’’, dated September 1991, and which
shall be known as the Malpais Mesa Wilderness.
(38) Certain lands in the California Desert
Conservation Area, of the Bureau of Land Manage-
ment, which comprise approximately sixteen thou-
sand one hundred and five acres, as generally de-
picted on a map entitled ‘‘Manly Peak Wilderness—
Proposed’’, dated October 1991, and which shall be
known as the Manly Peak Wilderness.
(39) Certain lands in the California Desert
Conservation Area, of the Bureau of Land Manage-
ment, which comprise approximately twenty-four
thousand two hundred and eighty acres, as generally
depicted on a map entitled ‘‘Mecca Hills Wilder-
ness—Proposed’’, dated October 1991, and which
shall be known as the Mecca Hills Wilderness.
(40) Certain lands in the California Desert
Conservation Area, of the Bureau of Land Manage-
ment, which comprise approximately forty-seven
thousand three hundred and thirty acres, as gen-
erally depicted on a map entitled ‘‘Mesquite Wilder-
ness—Proposed’’, dated May 1991, and which shall
be known as the Mesquite Wilderness.
(41) Certain lands in the California Desert
Conservation Area, of the Bureau of Land Manage-
ment, which comprise approximately twenty-two
thousand nine hundred acres, as generally depicted
on a map entitled ‘‘Newberry Mountains Wilder-
ness—Proposed’’, and which shall be known as the
Newberry Mountains Wilderness.
(42) Certain lands in the California Desert
Conservation Area, of the Bureau of Land Manage-
ment, which comprise approximately one hundred
ten thousand eight hundred and eighty acres, as
generally depicted on a map entitled ‘‘Nopah Range
Wilderness—Proposed’’, dated May 1991, and which
shall be known as the Nopah Range Wilderness.
(43) Certain lands in the California Desert
Conservation Area, of the Bureau of Land Manage-
ment, which comprise approximately thirty-two thou-
sand two hundred and forty acres, as generally de-
picted on a map entitled ‘‘North Algodones Dunes
Wilderness—Proposed’’, dated October 1991, and
which shall be known as the North Algodones Dunes
Wilderness.
(44) Certain lands in the California Desert
Conservation Area, of the Bureau of Land Manage-
ment, which comprise approximately twenty-five
thousand five hundred and forty acres, as generally
depicted on a map entitled ‘‘North Mesquite Moun-
tains Wilderness—Proposed’’, dated May 1991, and
which shall be known as the North Mesquite Moun-
tains Wilderness.
(45) Certain lands in the California Desert
Conservation Area, of the Bureau of Land Manage-
ment, which comprise approximately one hundred
forty-six thousand and seventy acres, as generally
depicted on a map entitled ‘‘Old Woman Mountains
Wilderness—Proposed 1’’, dated May 1991 and a
map entitled ‘‘Old Woman Mountains Wilderness—
Proposed 2’’, dated October 1991, and which shall
be known as the Old Woman Mountains Wilderness.
(46) Certain lands in the California Desert
Conservation Area, of the Bureau of Land Manage-
ment, which comprise approximately fifty-seven
thousand five hundred acres, as generally depicted
on a map entitled ‘‘Orocopia Mountains Wilder-
ness—Proposed’’, dated May 1991, and which shall
be known as the Orocopia Mountains Wilderness.
(47) Certain lands in the California Desert
Conservation Area and the Bakersfield District, of
the Bureau of Land Management, which comprise
approximately seventy-four thousand six hundred
and forty acres, as generally depicted on a map enti-
tled ‘‘Owens Peak Wilderness—Proposed 1’’, dated
February 1986, and two maps entitled ‘‘Owens Peak
Wilderness—Proposed 2’’ and ‘‘Owens Peak Wilder-
ness—Proposed 3’’, dated May 1991, and which
shall be known as the Owens Peak Wilderness.
(48) Certain lands in the California Desert
Conservation Area, of the Bureau of Land Manage-
ment, which comprise approximately seventy-four
thousand eight hundred acres, as generally depicted
on a map entitled ‘‘Pahrump Valley Wilderness—
Proposed’’, and which shall be known as the
Pahrump Valley Wilderness.
(49) Certain lands in the California Desert
Conservation Area, of the Bureau of Land Manage-
ment, which comprise approximately two hundred
fourteen thousand one hundred and forty-nine acres,
as generally depicted on a map entitled ‘‘Palen/
McCoy Wilderness—Proposed 1’’, dated May 1991,
and a map entitled ‘‘Palen/McCoy Wilderness—Pro-
posed 2’’, dated February 1986, and which shall be
known as the Palen/McCoy Wilderness.
(50) Certain lands in the California Desert
Conservation Area, of the Bureau of Land Manage-
ment, which comprise approximately thirty-two thou-
sand three hundred and twenty acres, as generally
depicted on a map entitled ‘‘Palo Verde Mountains
Wilderness—Proposed’’, dated January 1987, and
which shall be known as the Palo Verde Mountains
Wilderness.
(51) Certain lands in the California Desert
Conservation Area, of the Bureau of Land Manage-
ment, which comprise approximately seven thousand
seven hundred acres, as generally depicted on a map
entitled ‘‘Picacho Peak Wilderness—Proposed’’,
dated May 1991, and which shall be known as the
Picacho Peak Wilderness.
(52) Certain lands in the California Desert
Conservation Area, of the Bureau of Land Manage-
ment, which comprise approximately seventy-two
thousand six hundred acres, as generally depicted on
a map entitled ‘‘Piper Mountain Wilderness—Pro-
posed’’, dated May 1991, and which shall be known
as the Piper Mountain Wilderness.
(53) Certain lands in the California Desert
Conservation Area, of the Bureau of Land Manage-
ment, which comprise approximately thirty-seven
thousand eight hundred acres, as generally depicted
on a map entitled ‘‘Piute Mountains Wilderness—
Proposed’’, dated October 1991, and which shall be
known as Piute Mountains Wilderness.
(54) Certain lands in the California Desert
Conservation Area, of the Bureau of Land Manage-
ment, which comprise approximately seventy-eight
thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight acres, as
generally depicted on a map entitled ‘‘Resting
Spring Range Wilderness—Proposed’’, dated May
1991, and which shall be known as the Resting
Spring Range Wilderness.
(55) Certain lands in the California Desert
Conservation Area, of the Bureau of Land Manage-
ment, which comprise approximately forty thousand
eight hundred and twenty acres, as generally de-
picted on a map entitled ‘‘Rice Valley Wilderness—
Proposed’’, dated May 1991, and which shall be
known as the Rice Valley Wilderness.
(56) Certain lands in the California Desert
Conservation Area and the Yuma District, of the
Bureau of Land Management, which comprise ap-
proximately twenty-two thousand three hundred
eighty acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled
‘‘Riverside Mountains Wilderness—Proposed’’, dated
May 1991, and which shall be known as the River-
side Mountains Wilderness.
(57) Certain lands in the California Desert
Conservation Area, of the Bureau of Land Manage-
ment, which comprise approximately twenty-seven
thousand seven hundred acres, as generally depicted
on a map entitled ‘‘Rodman Mountains Wilder-
ness—Proposed’’, dated January 1989, and which
shall be known as the Rodman Mountains Wilder-
ness.
(58) Certain lands in the California Desert
Conservation Area and the Bakersfield District, of
the Bureau of Land Management, which comprise
approximately fifty-one thousand nine hundred
acres, as generally depicted on two maps entitled
‘‘Sacatar 
Trail 
Wilderness—Proposed 
1’’ 
and
‘‘Sacatar Trail Wilderness—Proposed 2’’, dated May
1991, and which shall be known as the Sacatar Trail
Wilderness.
(59) Certain lands in the California Desert
Conservation Area, of the Bureau of Land Manage-
ment, which comprise approximately one thousand
eight hundred acres, as generally depicted on a map
entitled ‘‘Saddle Peak Hills Wilderness—Proposed’’,
dated May 1991, and which shall be known as the
Saddle Peak Hills Wilderness.
(60) Certain lands in the California Desert
Conservation Area, of the Bureau of Land Manage-
ment, which comprise approximately thirty-three
thousand five hundred acres, as generally depicted
on a map entitled ‘‘San Gorgonio Wilderness Addi-
tions—Proposed’’, and which are hereby incor-
porated in, and which shall be deemed to be a part
of, the San Gorgonio Wilderness as designated by
Public Laws 88–577 and 98–425.
(61) Certain lands in the California Desert
Conservation Area, of the Bureau of Land Manage-
ment, which comprise approximately fifty-three thou-
sand two hundred and forty acres, as generally de-
picted on a map entitled ‘‘Santa Rosa Wilderness
Additions—Proposed’’, dated May 1991, and which
are hereby incorporated in, and which shall be
deemed to be a part of, the Santa Rosa Wilderness
designated by Public Law 98–425.
(62) Certain lands in the California Desert Dis-
trict, of the Bureau of Land Management, which
comprise approximately thirty-five thousand four
hundred acres, as generally depicted on a map enti-
tled ‘‘Sawtooth Mountains Wilderness—Proposed’’,
and which shall be known as the Sawtooth Moun-
tains Wilderness.
(63) Certain lands in the California Desert
Conservation Area, of the Bureau of Land Manage-
ment, which comprise approximately one hundred
seventy-four thousand eight hundred acres, as gen-
erally depicted on two maps entitled ‘‘Sheephole Val-
ley Wilderness—Proposed 1’’, dated October 1991,
and ‘‘Sheephole Valley Wilderness—Proposed 2’’,
dated February 1986, and which shall be known as
the Sheephole Valley Wilderness.
(64) Certain lands in the California Desert
Conservation Area, of the Bureau of Land Manage-
ment, which comprise approximately forty-four thou-
sand four hundred and ten acres, as generally de-
picted on a map entitled ‘‘Slate Range Wilderness—
Proposed’’, dated October 1991, and which shall be
known as the Slate Range Wilderness.
(65) Certain lands in the California Desert
Conservation Area, of the Bureau of Land Manage-
ment, which comprise approximately sixty-one thou-
sand six hundred and thirty acres, as generally de-
picted on a map entitled ‘‘South Algodones Dunes
Wilderness—Proposed’’, dated January 1989, and
which shall be known as the South Algodones Dunes
Wilderness.
(66) Certain lands in the California Desert
Conservation Area, of the Bureau of Land Manage-
ment, which comprise approximately sixteen thou-
sand seven hundred and eighty acres, as generally
depicted on a map entitled ‘‘South Nopah Range
Wilderness—Proposed’’, and which shall be known
as the South Nopah Range Wilderness.
(67) Certain lands in the California Desert
Conservation Area, of the Bureau of Land Manage-
ment, which comprise approximately seven thousand
and fifty acres, as generally depicted on a map enti-
tled ‘‘Stateline Wilderness—Proposed’’, dated May
1991, and which shall be known as the Stateline
Wilderness.
(68) Certain lands in the California Desert
Conservation Area, of the Bureau of Land Manage-
ment, which comprise approximately eighty-one
thousand six hundred acres, as generally depicted on
a map entitled ‘‘Stepladder Mountains Wilderness—
Proposed’’, and which shall be known as the Step-
ladder Mountains Wilderness.
(69) Certain lands in the California Desert
Conservation Area, of the Bureau of Land Manage-
ment, which comprise approximately twenty-nine
thousand one hundred and eighty acres, as generally
depicted on a map entitled ‘‘Surprise Canyon Wil-
derness—Proposed’’, dated September 1991, and
which shall be known as the Surprise Canyon Wil-
derness.
(70) Certain lands in the California Desert
Conservation Area, of the Bureau of Land Manage-
ment, which comprise approximately seventeen thou-
sand eight hundred and twenty acres, as generally
depicted on a map entitled ‘‘Sylvania Mountains
Wilderness—Proposed’’, and which shall be known
as the Sylvania Mountains Wilderness.
(71) Certain lands in the California Desert
Conservation Area, of the Bureau of Land Manage-
ment, which comprise approximately thirty-three
thousand seven hundred and twenty acres, as gen-
erally depicted on a map entitled ‘‘Trilobite Wilder-
ness—Proposed’’, dated May 1991, and which shall
be known as the Trilobite Wilderness.
(72) Certain lands in the California Desert
Conservation Area, of the Bureau of Land Manage-
ment, which comprise approximately one hundred
forty-four thousand five hundred acres, as generally
depicted on a map entitled ‘‘Turtle Mountains Wil-
derness—Proposed 1’’, dated February 1986 and a
map entitled ‘‘Turtle Mountains Wilderness—Pro-
posed 2’’, dated May 1991, and which shall be
known as the Turtle Mountains Wilderness.
(73) Certain lands in the California Desert
Conservation Area and the Yuma District, of the
Bureau of Land Management, which comprise ap-
proximately seventy-five thousand three hundred
acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled
‘‘Whipple Mountains Wilderness—Proposed’’, dated
May 1991, and which shall be known as the Whipple
Mountains Wilderness.
ADMINISTRATION OF WILDERNESS AREAS
SEC. 103. Subject to valid existing rights, each wil-
derness area designated under section 102 shall be admin-
istered by the appropriate Secretary in accordance with
the provisions of the Wilderness Act, except that any ref-
erence in such provisions to the effective date of the Wil-
derness Act shall be deemed to be a reference to the effec-
tive date of this title and any reference to the Secretary
of Agriculture shall be deemed to be a reference to the
Secretary who has administrative jurisdiction over the
area.
GRAZING
SEC. 104. Within the wilderness areas designated
under section 102, the grazing of livestock, where estab-
lished prior to the enactment of this Act, shall be per-
mitted to continue subject to such reasonable regulations,
policies, and practices as the Secretary deems necessary,
as long as such regulations, policies, and practices fully
conform with and implement the intent of Congress re-
garding grazing in such areas as such intent is expressed
in the Wilderness Act and section 108 of Public Law 96–
560 (16 U.S.C. 133 note).
BUFFER ZONES
SEC. 105. The Congress does not intend for the des-
ignation of wilderness areas in section 102 of this Act to
lead to the creation of protective perimeters or buffer
zones around any such wilderness area. The fact that
nonwilderness activities or uses can be seen or heard from
areas within a wilderness shall not, of itself, preclude such
activities or uses up to the boundary of the wilderness
area.
MINING CLAIM VALIDITY REVIEW
SEC. 106. The Secretary of the Interior and the Sec-
retary of Agriculture shall not approve any plan of oper-
ation prior to determining the validity of the unpatented
mining claims, mill sites, and tunnel sites affected by such
plan within any wilderness area designated under section
102.
FILING OF MAPS AND DESCRIPTIONS
SEC. 107. As soon as practicable after enactment of
section 102, a map and a legal description on each wilder-
ness area designated under this title shall be filed by the
Secretary concerned with the Committee on Energy and
Natural Resources of the Senate and the Committee on
Natural Resources of the House of Representatives, and
each such map and description shall have the same force
and effect as if included in this title, except that the Sec-
retary may correct clerical and typographical errors in
each such legal description and map. Each such map and
legal description shall be on file and available for public
inspection in the office of the Director of the Bureau of
Land Management, Department of the Interior, or the
Chief of the Forest Service, Department of Agriculture,
as is appropriate.
WILDERNESS REVIEW
SEC. 108. (a) The Congress hereby finds and directs
that except for those areas provided for in subsection (b),
the public lands in the California Desert Conservation
Area, managed by the Bureau of Land Management, not
designated as wilderness or wilderness study areas by this
Act, have been adequately studied for wilderness designa-
tion pursuant to section 603 of the Federal Land Policy
and Management Act of 1976 (90 Stat. 2743, 43 U.S.C.
1701 et seq.), and are no longer subject to the require-
ments of section 603(c) of the Federal Land Policy and
Management Act of 1976 pertaining to the management
of wilderness study areas in a manner that does not impair
the suitability of such areas for preservation as wilderness.
(b) Subject to valid existing rights, the Federal lands
identified on maps as ‘‘Avawatz Mountains Wilderness—
Proposed’’, dated May 1991; ‘‘South Avawatz Wilder-
ness—Proposed’’, dated May 1991; and two maps entitled
‘‘Soda Mountains Wilderness—Proposed 1’’, dated May
1991, and ‘‘Soda Mountains Wilderness—Proposed 2’’,
dated January 1989, are hereby withdrawn from disposi-
tion under the public lands laws and from entry or appro-
priation under the mining laws of the United States, from
the operation of the mineral leasing laws of the United
States, and from operation of the Geothermal Steam Act
of 1970.
DESIGNATION OF WILDERNESS STUDY AREA
SEC. 109. In furtherance of the provisions of the Wil-
derness Act, certain public lands in the California Desert
Conservation Area of the Bureau of Land Management
which comprise eleven thousand two hundred acres as gen-
erally depicted on a map entitled ‘‘White Mountains Wil-
derness Study Area—Proposed’’, dated May 1991, are
hereby designated the White Mountains Wilderness Study
Area and shall be administered by the Secretary in accord-
ance with the provisions of section 603(c) of the Federal
Land Policy and Management Act of 1976.
SUITABILITY REPORT
SEC. 110. The Secretary is required, ten years after
the date of enactment of this Act, to report to Congress
on current and planned exploration, development or min-
ing activities on, and suitability for future wilderness des-
ignation of, the lands as generally depicted on maps enti-
tled ‘‘Surprise Canyon Wilderness—Proposed’’, ‘‘Middle
Park Canyon Wilderness—Proposed’’, and ‘‘Death Valley
National Park Boundary and Wilderness 15’’, dated Sep-
tember 1991 and a map entitled ‘‘Manly Peak Wilder-
ness—Proposed’’, dated October 1991.
WILDERNESS DESIGNATION AND MANAGEMENT IN THE
NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE SYSTEM
SEC. 111. (a) In furtherance of the purposes of the
Wilderness Act, the following lands are hereby designated
as wilderness and therefore, as components of the Na-
tional Wilderness Preservation System:
(1) Certain lands in the Havasu National Wild-
life Refuge, California, which comprise approxi-
mately three thousand one hundred and ninety-five
acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled
‘‘Havasu Wilderness—Proposed’’, and dated October
1991, and which shall be known as the Havasu Wil-
derness.
(2) Certain lands in the Imperial National
Wildlife Refuge, California, which comprise approxi-
mately five thousand eight hundred and thirty-six
acres, as generally depicted on two maps entitled
‘‘Imperial Refuge Wilderness—Proposed 1’’ and
‘‘Imperial Refuge Wilderness—Proposed 2’’, and
dated October 1991, and which shall be known as
the Imperial Refuge Wilderness.
(b) Subject to valid existing rights, the wilderness
areas designated under this section shall be administered
by the Secretary in accordance with the provisions of the
Wilderness Act governing areas designated by that Act as
wilderness, except that any reference in such provisions
to the effective date of the Wilderness Act (or any similar
reference) shall be deemed to be a reference to the date
of enactment of this Act and any reference to the Sec-
retary of Agriculture shall be deemed to be a reference
to the Secretary of the Interior.
(c) As soon as practicable after enactment of this sec-
tion, the Secretary shall file a map and a legal description
of each wilderness area designated under this section with
the Committees on Energy and Natural Resources and
Environment and Public Works of the Senate and Natural
Resources and Merchant Marine and Fisheries of the
House of Representatives. Such map and description shall
have the same force and effect as if included in this Act,
except that correction of clerical and typographical errors
in such legal description and map may be made. Such map
and legal description shall be on file and available for pub-
lic inspection in the Office of the Director, United States
Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior.
TITLE II—DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK
FINDINGS
SEC. 201. The Congress hereby finds that—
(1) proclamations by Presidents Herbert Hoo-
ver in 1933 and Franklin Roosevelt in 1937 estab-
lished and expanded the Death Valley National
Monument for the preservation of the unusual fea-
tures of scenic, scientific, and educational interest
therein contained;
(2) Death Valley National Monument is today
recognized as a major unit of the National Park
System, having extraordinary values enjoyed by mil-
lions of visitors;
(3) the Monument boundaries established in the
1930’s exclude and thereby expose to incompatible
development and inconsistent management, contig-
uous Federal lands of essential and superlative natu-
ral, ecological, geological, archeological, paleontolog-
ical, cultural, historical and wilderness values;
(4) Death Valley National Monument should be
substantially enlarged by the addition of all contig-
uous Federal lands of national park caliber and af-
forded full recognition and statutory protection as a
national park; and
(5) the wilderness within Death Valley should
receive maximum statutory protection by designation
pursuant to the Wilderness Act.
ESTABLISHMENT OF DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK
SEC. 202. There is hereby established the Death Val-
ley National Park, as generally depicted on 23 maps enti-
tled ‘‘Death Valley National Park Boundary and Wilder-
ness—Proposed’’, numbered in the title one through twen-
ty-three, and dated September 1991 or prior, which shall
be on file and available for public inspection in the offices
of the Superintendent of the Park and the Director of the
National Park Service, Department of the Interior. The
Death Valley National Monument is hereby abolished as
such, the lands and interests therein are hereby incor-
porated within and made part of the new Death Valley
National Park, and any funds available for purposes of
the monument shall be available for purposes of the park.
TRANSFER AND ADMINISTRATION OF LANDS
SEC. 203. Upon enactment of this title, the Secretary
shall transfer the lands under the jurisdiction of the Bu-
reau of Land Management depicted on the maps described
in section 202 of this title, without consideration, to the
administrative jurisdiction of the Director of the National
Park Service for administration as part of the National
Park System. The boundaries of the public lands and the
national parks shall be adjusted accordingly. The Sec-
retary shall administer the areas added to the National
Park System by this title in accordance with the provisions
of law generally applicable to units of the National Park
System, including the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to establish
a National Park Service, and for other purposes’’, ap-
proved August 25, 1916 (39 Stat. 535; 16 U.S.C. 1–4).
MAPS AND LEGAL DESCRIPTION
SEC. 204. Within six months after the enactment of
this title, the Secretary shall file maps and a legal descrip-
tion of the park designated under this title with the En-
ergy and Natural Resources Committee of the Senate and
the Natural Resources Committee of the House of Rep-
resentatives. Such maps and legal description shall have
the same force and effect as if included in this title, except
that the Secretary may correct clerical and typographical
errors in such legal description and in the maps referred
to in section 202. The maps and legal description shall
be on file and available for public inspection in the offices
of the Superintendent of the Park and the Director of the
National Park Service, Department of the Interior.
WITHDRAWAL
SEC. 205. Subject to valid existing rights, the Federal
lands and interests therein added to the National Park
System by this title are withdrawn from disposition under
the public land laws and from entry or appropriation
under the mining laws of the United States, from the oper-
ation of the mineral leasing laws of the United States, and
from operation of the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970.
STUDY AS TO VALIDITY OF MINING CLAIMS
SEC. 206. The Secretary shall not approve any plan
of operation prior to determining the validity of the
unpatented mining claims, mill sites, and tunnel sites af-
fected by such plan within the additions to the park and
shall submit to Congress recommendations as to whether
any valid or patented claims should be acquired by the
United States, including the estimated acquisition costs of
such claims, and a discussion of the environmental con-
sequences of the extraction of minerals from these lands.
GRAZING
SEC. 207. The privilege of grazing domestic livestock
on lands within the park may continue to be exercised at
no more than the current level, subject to applicable laws
and National Park Service regulations, by those persons
holding permits for such grazing on July 1, 1991. Upon
the expiration of such permits the Secretary, acting
through the Director of the National Park Service, may
issue to such persons new permits for such grazing, sub-
ject to applicable laws and National Park Service regula-
tions, but all grazing of such livestock on such lands shall
cease on July 1, 2016. Further, if such a permittee in-
forms the Secretary that such permittee is willing to con-
vey to the United States any base property with respect
to which the permit was issued and to which such permit-
tee holds title, the Secretary shall make the acquisition
of such base property a priority as compared with the ac-
quisition of other lands within the park, provided agree-
ment can be reached concerning the terms and conditions
of such acquisition. Any such base property which is lo-
cated outside the park and acquired as a priority pursuant
to this section shall be managed by the Federal agency
responsible for the majority of the adjacent lands in ac-
cordance with the laws applicable to such adjacent lands.
TITLE III—JOSHUA TREE NATIONAL PARK
FINDINGS
SEC. 301. The Congress hereby finds that—
(1) a proclamation by President Franklin Roo-
sevelt in 1936 established Joshua Tree National
Monument to protect various objects of historical
and scientific interest;
(2) Joshua Tree National Monument today is
recognized as a major unit of the National Park
System, having extraordinary values enjoyed by mil-
lions of visitors;
(3) the Monument boundaries as modified in
1950 and 1961 exclude and thereby expose to in-
compatible development and inconsistent manage-
ment, contiguous Federal lands of essential and su-
perlative natural, ecological, archeological, paleon-
tological, cultural, historical and wilderness values;
(4) Joshua Tree National Monument should be
enlarged by the addition of contiguous Federal lands
of national park caliber, and afforded full recogni-
tion and statutory protection as a national park; and
(5) the nondesignated wilderness within Joshua
Tree should receive statutory protection by designa-
tion pursuant to the Wilderness Act.
ESTABLISHMENT OF JOSHUA TREE NATIONAL PARK
SEC. 302. There is hereby established the Joshua
Tree National Park, as generally depicted on a map enti-
tled ‘‘Joshua Tree National Park Boundary—Proposed’’,
dated May 1991, and four maps entitled ‘‘Joshua Tree
National Park Boundary and Wilderness’’, numbered in
the title one through four, and dated October 1991 or
prior, which shall be on file and available for public inspec-
tion in the offices of the Superintendent of the Park and
the Director of the National Park Service, Department of
the Interior. The Joshua Tree National Monument is here-
by abolished as such, the lands and interests therein are
hereby incorporated within and made part of the new
Joshua Tree National Park, and any funds available for
purposes of the monument shall be available for purposes
of the park.
TRANSFER AND ADMINISTRATION OF LANDS
SEC. 303. Upon enactment of this title, the Secretary
shall transfer the lands under the jurisdiction of the Bu-
reau of Land Management depicted on the maps described
in section 302 of this title, without consideration, to the
administrative jurisdiction of the Director of the National
Park Service for administration as part of the National
Park System. The boundaries of the public lands and the
national parks shall be adjusted accordingly. The Sec-
retary shall administer the areas added to the National
Park System by this title in accordance with the provisions
of law generally applicable to units of the National Park
System, including the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to establish
a National Park Service, and for other purposes’’, ap-
proved August 25, 1916 (39 Stat. 535; 16 U.S.C. 1–4).
MAPS AND LEGAL DESCRIPTION
SEC. 304. Within six months after the enactment of
this title, the Secretary shall file maps and legal descrip-
tion of the park designated by this title with the Energy
and Natural Resources Committee of the Senate and the
Natural Resources Committee of the House of Represent-
atives. Such maps and legal description shall have the
same force and effect as if included in this title, except
that the Secretary may correct clerical and typographical
errors in such legal description and in the maps referred
to in section 302. The maps and legal description shall
be on file and available for public inspection in the offices
of the Superintendent of the Park and the Director of the
National Park Service, Department of the Interior.
WITHDRAWAL
SEC. 305. Subject to valid existing rights, Federal
lands and interests therein added to the National Park
System by this title are withdrawn from disposition under
the public lands laws and from entry or appropriation
under the mining laws of the United States, from the oper-
ation of the mineral leasing laws of the United States, and
from the operation of the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970.
UTILITY RIGHTS-OF-WAY
SEC. 306. Nothing in this title shall have the effect
of terminating any validly issued right-of-way or cus-
tomary operation maintenance, repair, and replacement
activities in such right-of-way, issued, granted, or per-
mitted to the Metropolitan Water District pursuant to the
Boulder Canyon Project Act (43 U.S.C. 617–619b), which
is located on lands included in the Joshua Tree National
Park, but outside lands designated as wilderness under
section 501(2). Such activities shall be conducted in a
manner which will minimize the impact on park resources.
Nothing in this title shall have the effect of terminating
the fee title to lands or customary operation, maintenance,
repair, and replacement activities on or under such lands
granted to the Metropolitan Water District pursuant to
the Act of June 18, 1932 (47 Stat. 324), which are located
on lands included in the Joshua Tree National Park, but
outside lands designated as wilderness under section
501(2). Such activities shall be conducted in a manner
which will minimize the impact on park resources. The
Secretary shall prepare within 180 days after the date of
enactment of this Act, in consultation with the Metropoli-
tan Water District, plans for emergency access by the
Metropolitan Water District to its lands and rights-of-way.
STUDY AS TO VALIDITY OF MINING CLAIMS
SEC. 307. The Secretary shall not approve any plan
of operation prior to determining the validity of the
unpatented mining claims, mill sites, and tunnel sites af-
fected by such plan within the park and shall submit to
Congress recommendations as to whether any valid or pat-
ented claims should be acquired by the United States, in-
cluding the estimated acquisition costs of such claims, and
a discussion of the environmental consequences of the ex-
traction of minerals from these lands.
TITLE IV—MOJAVE NATIONAL MONUMENT
FINDINGS
SEC. 401. The Congress hereby finds that—
(1) Death Valley and Joshua Tree National
Parks, as established by this Act, protect unique and
superlative desert resources, but do not embrace the
particular ecosystems and transitional desert type
found in the Mojave Desert area lying between them
on public lands now afforded only impermanent ad-
ministrative designation as a national scenic area;
(2) the Mojave Desert area possesses outstand-
ing natural, cultural, historical, and recreational val-
ues meriting statutory designation and recognition
as a unit of the National Park System;
(3) the Mojave Desert area should be afforded
full recognition and statutory protection as a na-
tional park;
(4) the wilderness within the Mojave Desert
should receive maximum statutory protection by des-
ignation pursuant to the Wilderness Act; and
(5) the Mojave Desert area provides an out-
standing opportunity to develop services, programs,
accommodations and facilities to ensure the use and
enjoyment of the area by individuals with disabil-
ities, consistent with section 504 of the Rehabilita-
tion Act of 1973, Public Law 101–336, the Ameri-
cans With Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C.
12101), and other appropriate laws and regulations.
ESTABLISHMENT OF THE MOJAVE NATIONAL MONUMENT
SEC. 402. There is hereby established the Mojave Na-
tional Monument, comprising approximately one million
four hundred and ninety-one thousand acres, as generally
depicted on a map entitled ‘‘Mojave National Park Bound-
ary—Proposed’’, dated May 1991, and ten maps entitled
‘‘Mojave National Park Boundary and Wilderness—Pro-
posed’’, numbered in the title one through ten, and dated
September 1991 or prior, which shall be on file and avail-
able for inspection in the offices of the Director of the
National Park Service, Department of the Interior.
fied on August 9, 1983 (48 FR 36210), is hereby abol-
ished.
ADMINISTRATION OF LANDS
SEC. 406. The Secretary shall administer the monu-
ment in accordance with this title and with the provisions
of law generally applicable to units of the National Park
System, including the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to establish
a National Park Service, and for other purposes’’, ap-
proved August 25, 1916 (39 Stat. 535; 16 U.S.C. 1–4).
WITHDRAWAL
SEC. 407. Subject to valid existing rights, Federal
lands within the monument, and interests therein, are
withdrawn from disposition under the public land laws and
from entry or appropriation under the mining laws of the
United States, from the operation of the mineral leasing
laws of the United States, and from operation of the Geo-
thermal Steam Act of 1970.
STUDY AS TO VALIDITY OF MINING CLAIMS
SEC. 408. The Secretary shall not approve any plan
of operation prior to determining the validity of the
unpatented mining claims, mill sites, and tunnel sites af-
fected by such plan within the monument and shall submit
to Congress recommendations as to whether any valid or
patented claims should be acquired by the United States,
including the estimated acquisition costs of such claims,
and a discussion of the environmental consequences of the
extraction of minerals from these lands.
REGULATION OF MINING
SEC. 409. Subject to valid existing rights, all mining
claims located within the monument shall be subject to
such reasonable regulations as the Secretary may pre-
scribe to assure that mining will, to the maximum extent
practicable, be consistent with the protection of the scenic,
scientific, cultural and other resources of the monument,
and any patent which may be issued after the date of en-
actment of this title shall convey title only to the minerals
together with the right to use the surface of lands for min-
ing purposes subject to such reasonable regulations.
GRAZING
SEC. 410. The privilege of grazing domestic livestock
on lands within the monument may continue to be exer-
cised at no more than the current level, subject to applica-
ble laws and National Park Service regulations, by those
persons holding permits for such grazing on July 1, 1991.
Upon the expiration of such permits the Secretary, acting
through the Director of the National Park Service, may
issue to such persons new permits for such grazing, sub-
ject to applicable laws and National Park Service regula-
tions, but all grazing of such livestock on such lands shall
cease on July 1, 2016. Further, if such a permittee in-
forms the Secretary that such permittee is willing to con-
vey to the United States any base property with respect
to which the permit was issued and to which such permit-
tee holds title, the Secretary shall make the acquisition
of such base property a priority as compared with the ac-
quisition of other lands within the monument, provided
agreement can be reached concerning the terms and condi-
tions of such acquisition. Any such base property which
is located outside the monument and acquired as a priority
pursuant to this section shall be managed by the Federal
agency responsible for the majority of the adjacent lands
in accordance with the laws applicable to such adjacent
lands.
UTILITY RIGHTS OF WAY
SEC. 411. (a)(1) Nothing in this title shall have the
effect of terminating any validly issued right-of-way or
customary operation, maintenance, repair, and replace-
ment activities in such right-of-way, issued, granted, or
permitted to Southern California Edison Company, which
is located on lands included in the Mojave National Monu-
ment, but outside lands designated as wilderness under
section 501(3). Such activities shall be conducted in a
manner which will minimize the impact on monument
resources.
(2) Nothing in this title shall have the effect of pro-
hibiting the upgrading of an existing electrical trans-
mission line for the purpose of increasing the capacity of
such transmission line in the Southern California Edison
Company validly issued Eldorado-Lugo Transmission Line
right-of-way and Mojave-Lugo Transmission Line right-
of-way, or in a right-of-way if issued, granted, or per-
mitted by the Secretary adjacent to the existing Mojave-
Lugo Transmission Line right-of-way (hereafter in this
section referred to as ‘‘adjacent right-of-way’’), including
construction of a replacement transmission line: Provided,
That—
(A) in the Eldorado-Lugo Transmission Line
rights-of-way (hereafter in this section referred to as
the ‘‘Eldorado rights-of-way’’) at no time shall there
be more than 3 electrical transmission lines,
(B) in the Mojave-Lugo Transmission Line
right-of-way (hereafter in this section referred to as
the ‘‘Mojave right-of-way’’) and adjacent right-of-
way, removal of the existing electrical transmission
line and reclamation of the site shall be completed
no later than three years after the date on which
construction of the upgraded transmission line be-
gins, after which time there may be only one elec-
trical transmission line in the lands encompassed by
Mojave right-of-way and adjacent right-of-way,
(C) if there are no more than two electrical
transmission lines in the Eldorado rights-of-way, two
electrical transmission lines in the lands encom-
passed by the Mojave right-of-way and adjacent
right-of-way may be allowed,
(D) in the Eldorado rights-of-way and Mojave
right-of-way no additional land shall be issued,
granted, or permitted for such upgrade unless an
addition would reduce the impacts to monument re-
sources,
(E) no more than 350 feet of additional land
shall be issued, granted, or permitted for an adja-
cent right-of-way to the south of the Mojave right-
of-way unless a greater addition would reduce the
impacts to monument resources, and
(F) such upgrade activities, including helicopter
aided construction, shall be conducted in a manner
which will minimize the impact on monument re-
sources.
(3) The Secretary shall prepare within 180 days after
the date of enactment of this Act, in consultation with the
Southern California Edison Company, plans for emer-
gency access by the Southern California Edison Company
to its rights-of-way.
(b) Nothing in this title shall have the effect of termi-
nating any validly issued right-of-way, or customary oper-
ation, maintenance, repair, and replacement activities in
such right-of-way; prohibiting the upgrading of and con-
struction on existing facilities in such right-of-way for the
purpose of increasing the capacity of the existing pipeline;
or prohibiting the renewal of such right-of-way; issued,
granted, or permitted to the Southern California Gas
Company, which is located on lands included in the Mojave
National Monument, but outside lands designated as wil-
derness under section 501(3). Such activities shall be con-
ducted in a manner which will minimize the impact on
monument resources.
(c) Nothing in this title shall have the effect of termi-
nating any validly issued right-of-way or customary oper-
ation, maintenance, repair, and replacement activities of
existing facilities issued, granted, or permitted for commu-
nications cables or lines, which are located on lands in-
cluded in the Mojave National Monument, but outside
lands designated as wilderness under section 501(3). Such
activities shall be conducted in a manner which will mini-
mize the impact on monument resources.
PREPARATION OF MANAGEMENT PLAN
SEC. 412. Within three years after the date of enact-
ment of this title, the Secretary shall submit to the Energy
and Natural Resources Committee of the Senate and the
Natural Resources Committee of the House of Represent-
atives a detailed and comprehensive management plan for
the monument. Such plan shall place emphasis on histori-
cal and cultural sites and ecological and wilderness values
within the boundaries of the monument. Any development,
including road improvements, proposed by such plan shall
be strictly limited to that which is essential and appro-
priate for the administration of the monument and shall
be designed and located so as to maintain its primitive
nature of the area and to minimize the impairment of
monument resources or ecological values. To the extent
practicable, administrative facilities, employee housing,
commercial visitor services, accommodations, and other
monument-related development shall be located or pro-
vided for outside of the boundaries of the monument. Such
plan shall evaluate the feasibility of using the Kelso Depot
and existing railroad corridor to provide public access to
and a facility for special interpretive, educational, and sci-
entific programs within the monument. Such plan shall
specifically address the needs of individuals with disabil-
ities in the design of services, programs, accommodations
and facilities consistent with section 504 of the Rehabilita-
tion Act of 1973, Public Law 101–336, the Americans
with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12101), and
other appropriate laws and regulations.
GRANITE MOUNTAINS NATURAL RESERVE
SEC. 413. (a) There is hereby designated the Granite
Mountains Natural Reserve within the monument com-
prising approximately nine thousand acres as generally de-
picted on a map entitled ‘‘Mojave National Park Boundary
and Wilderness—Proposed 6’’, dated May 1991.
(b) Upon enactment of this title, the Secretary of the
Interior shall enter into a cooperative management agree-
ment with the University of California for the purposes
of managing the lands within the Granite Mountains Nat-
ural Reserve. Such cooperative agreement shall ensure
continuation of arid lands research and educational activi-
ties of the University of California, consistent with the
provisions of law generally applicable to units of the Na-
tional Park System.
CONSTRUCTION OF VISITOR CENTER
SEC. 414. The Secretary is authorized to construct
a visitor center in the monument for the purpose of provid-
ing information through appropriate displays, printed ma-
terial, and other interpretive programs, about the re-
sources of the monument.
ACQUISITION OF LANDS
SEC. 415. The Secretary is authorized to acquire all
lands and interest in lands within the boundary of the
monument by donation, purchase, or exchange, except
that—
(1) any lands or interests therein within the
boundary of the monument which are owned by the
State of California, or any political subdivision
thereof, may be acquired only by donation or ex-
change except for lands managed by California State
Lands Commission; and
(2) lands or interests therein within the bound-
ary of the monument which are not owned by the
State of California or any political subdivision there-
of may be acquired only with the consent of the
owner thereof unless the Secretary determines, after
written notice to the owner and after opportunity for
comment, that the property is being developed, or
proposed to be developed, in a manner which is det-
rimental to the integrity of the monument or which
is otherwise incompatible with the purposes of this
title.
TITLE V—NATIONAL PARK WILDERNESS
DESIGNATION OF WILDERNESS
SEC. 501. The following lands are hereby designated
as wilderness in accordance with the Wilderness Act (78
Stat. 890; 16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.) and shall be adminis-
tered by the Secretary of the Interior in accordance with
the applicable provisions of the Wilderness Act:
(1) Death Valley National Park Wilderness,
comprising approximately three million one hundred
eighty-three thousand four hundred and thirty-eight
acres, as generally depicted on 23 maps entitled
‘‘Death Valley National Park Boundary and Wilder-
ness’’, numbered in the title one through twenty-
three, and dated September 1991 or prior, and three
maps entitled ‘‘Death Valley National Park Wilder-
ness’’, numbered in the title one through three, and
dated May 1991 or prior, and which shall be known
as the Death Valley Wilderness;
(2) Joshua Tree National Park Wilderness Ad-
ditions, comprising approximately one hundred thir-
ty-one thousand seven hundred and eighty acres, as
generally depicted on four maps entitled ‘‘Joshua
Tree National Park Boundary and Wilderness—Pro-
posed’’, numbered in the title one through four, and
dated October 1991 or prior, and which are hereby
incorporated in, and which shall be deemed to be a
part of the Joshua Tree Wilderness as designated by
Public Law 94–567; and
(3) Mojave National Monument Wilderness,
comprising approximately six hundred ninety-five
thousand fifty-six acres, as generally depicted on ten
maps entitled ‘‘Mojave National Park Boundary and
Wilderness—Proposed’’, numbered in the title one
through ten, and dated October 1991 or prior, and
seven maps entitled ‘‘Mojave National Park Wilder-
ness—Proposed’’, numbered in the title one through
seven, and dated October 1991 or prior, and which
shall be known as the Mojave Wilderness.
(4) Upon cessation of all uses prohibited by the
Wilderness Act and publication by the Secretary in
the Federal Register of notice of such cessation, po-
tential wilderness, comprising approximately six
thousand eight hundred and forty acres, as de-
scribed in ‘‘1988 Death Valley National Monument
Draft General Management Plan Draft Environ-
mental Impact Statement’’ (hereafter in this title re-
ferred to as ‘‘Draft Plan’’) and as generally depicted
on map in the Draft Plan entitled ‘‘Wilderness Plan
Death Valley National Monument’’, dated January
1988, and which shall be deemed to be a part of the
Death Valley Wilderness as designated in paragraph
(1). Lands identified in the Draft Plan as potential
wilderness shall be managed by the Secretary insofar
as practicable as wilderness until such time as said
lands are designated as wilderness.
FILING OF MAPS AND DESCRIPTIONS
SEC. 502. Maps and a legal description of the bound-
aries of the areas designated in section 501 of this title
shall be on file and available for public inspection in the
Office of the Director of the National Park Service, De-
partment of the Interior, and in the Office of the Super-
intendent of each area designated in section 501. As soon
as practicable after this title takes effect, maps of the wil-
derness areas and legal descriptions of their boundaries
shall be filed with the Committee on Energy and Natural
Resources of the Senate and the Committee on Natural
Resources of the House of Representatives, and such maps
and descriptions shall have the same force and effect as
if included in this title, except that the Secretary may cor-
rect clerical and typographical errors in such maps and
descriptions.
ADMINISTRATION OF WILDERNESS AREAS
SEC. 503. The areas designated by section 501 of this
title as wilderness shall be administered by the Secretary
in accordance with the applicable provisions of the Wilder-
ness Act governing areas designated by that title as wil-
derness, except that any reference in such provision to the
effective date of the Wilderness Act shall be deemed to
be a reference to the effective date of this title, and where
appropriate, and reference to the Secretary of Agriculture
shall be deemed to be a reference to the Secretary of the
Interior.
TITLE VI—MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
TRANSFER OF LANDS TO RED ROCK CANYON STATE PARK
SEC. 601. Upon enactment of this title, the Secretary
of the Interior shall transfer to the State of California cer-
tain lands within the California Desert Conservation Area,
California, of the Bureau of Land Management, compris-
ing approximately twenty thousand five hundred acres, as
generally depicted on two maps entitled ‘‘Red Rock Can-
yon State Park Additions 1’’ and ‘‘Red Rock Canyon State
Park Additions 2’’, dated May 1991, for inclusion in the
State of California Park System. Should the State of Cali-
fornia cease to manage these lands as part of the State
Park System, ownership of the lands shall revert to the
Department of the Interior to be managed as part of the
California Desert Conservation Area to provide maximum
protection for the area’s scenic and scientific values.
DESERT LILY SANCTUARY
SEC. 602. (a) There is hereby established the Desert
Lily Sanctuary within the California Desert Conservation
Area, California, of the Bureau of Land Management,
comprising approximately two thousand forty acres, as
generally depicted on a map entitled ‘‘Desert Lily Sanc-
tuary’’, dated February 1986. The Secretary of the Inte-
rior shall administer the area to provide maximum protec-
tion to the desert lily.
(b) Subject to valid existing rights, Federal lands
within the sanctuary, and interests therein, are withdrawn
from disposition under the public land laws and from
entry or appropriation under the mining laws of the Unit-
ed States, from the operation of the mineral leasing laws
of the United States, and from operation of the Geo-
thermal Steam Act of 1970.
LAND TENURE ADJUSTMENTS
SEC. 603. In preparing land tenure adjustment deci-
sions within the California Desert Conservation Area, of
the Bureau of Land Management, the Secretary shall give
priority to consolidating Federal ownership within the na-
tional park units and wilderness areas designated by this
Act.
DISPOSAL PROHIBITION
SEC. 604. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Ag-
riculture may not dispose of any lands within the bound-
aries of the wilderness, park, or monument designated
under this Act or grant a right-of-way in any lands within
the boundaries of the wilderness designated under this
Act. Further, none of the lands within the boundaries of
the wilderness, park, or monument designated under this
Act shall be granted to or otherwise made available for
use by the Metropolitan Water District and any other
agencies or persons pursuant to the Boulder Canyon
Project Act (43 U.S.C. 617–619b) or any similar acts.
MANAGEMENT OF NEWLY ACQUIRED LANDS
SEC. 605. Any lands within the boundaries of a wil-
derness area designated under this Act which are acquired
by the Federal Government, shall become part of the wil-
derness area within which they are located and shall be
managed in accordance with all the provisions of this Act
and other laws applicable to such wilderness area.
NATIVE AMERICAN USES
SEC. 606. In recognition of the past use of the parks,
monument, and wilderness areas designed under this Act
by Indian people for traditional cultural and religious pur-
poses, the Secretary shall ensure access to such parks,
monument, and wilderness areas by Indian people for such
traditional cultural and religious purposes. In implement-
ing this section, the Secretary, upon the request of an In-
dian tribe or Indian religious community, shall temporarily
close to the general public use of one or more specific por-
tions of park, monument, or wilderness areas in order to
protect the privacy of traditional cultural and religious ac-
tivities in such areas by Indian people. Such access shall
be consistent with the purpose and intent of Public Law
95–341 (42 U.S.C. 1996) commonly referred to as the
‘‘American Indian Religious Freedom Act’’, and with re-
spect to areas designated as wilderness, the Wilderness
Act (78 Stat. 890; 16 U.S.C. 1131).
WATER RIGHTS
SEC. 607. (a) With respect to each wilderness area
designated by this Act, Congress hereby reserves a quan-
tity of water sufficient to fulfill the purposes of this Act.
The priority date of such reserved water rights shall be
the date of enactment of this Act.
(b) The Secretary of the Interior and all other offi-
cers of the United States shall take all steps necessary
to protect the rights reserved by this section, including the
filing by the Secretary of a claim for the quantification
of such rights in any present or future appropriate stream
adjudication in the courts of the State of California in
which the United States is or may be joined and which
is conducted in accordance with section 208 of the Act
of July 10, 1952 (66 Stat. 560, 44 U.S.C. 666; commonly
referred to as the McCarran Amendment).
(c) Nothing in this Act shall be construed as a relin-
quishment or reduction of any water rights reserved or
appropriated by the United States in the State of Califor-
nia on or before the date of enactment of this Act.
(d) The Federal water rights reserved by this Act are
specific to the wilderness areas located in the State of
California designated under this Act. Nothing in this Act
related to the reserved Federal water rights shall be con-
strued as establishing a precedent with regard to any fu-
ture designations, nor shall it constitute an interpretation
of any other Act or any designation made thereto.
AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS
SEC. 608. There are hereby authorized to be appro-
priated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the
purposes of this Act.
STATE SCHOOL LANDS
SEC. 610. (a) Upon request of the California State
Lands Commission (hereinafter in this section referred to
as the ‘‘Commission’’), the Secretary shall enter into nego-
tiations for an agreement to exchange Federal lands or
interests therein on the list referred to in subsection (b)(2)
for California State School Lands (hereinafter in this sec-
tion referred to as ‘‘State School Lands’’) or interests
therein which are located within the boundaries of one or
more of the wilderness areas or park units designated by
this Act. The Secretary shall negotiate in good faith to
reach a land exchange agreement consistent with the re-
quirements of section 206 of the Federal Land Policy and
Management Act of 1976.
(b) Within 6 months after the date of enactment of
this Act, the Secretary shall send to the Commission and
to the Committees a list of the following:
(1) The State School Lands or interests therein
(including mineral interests) which are located with-
in the boundaries of the wilderness areas or park
units designated by this Act.
(2) Lands under the Secretary’s jurisdiction to
be offered for exchange, including in the following
priority:
(A) Lands with mineral interests, including
geothermal, which have the potential for com-
mercial development but which are not cur-
rently under mineral lease or producing Federal
mineral revenues.
(B) Federal lands in California managed
by the Bureau of Reclamation that the Sec-
retary determines are not needed for any Bu-
reau of Reclamation project.
(C) Any public lands in California that the
Secretary, pursuant to the Federal Land Policy
and Management Act of 1976, has determined
to be suitable for disposal through exchange.
(c)(1) If an agreement under this section is for an
exchange involving five thousand acres or less of Federal
land or interests therein, or Federal lands valued at less
than $5,000,000, the Secretary may carry out the ex-
change in accordance with the Federal Land Policy and
Management Act of 1976.
(2) If an agreement under this section is for an ex-
change involving more than five thousand acres of Federal
land or interests therein, or Federal land valued at more
than $5,000,000, the agreement shall be submitted to the
Committees, together with a report containing—
(A) a complete list and appraisal of the lands
or interests in lands proposed for exchange; and
(B) a determination that the State School
Lands proposed to be acquired by the United States
do not contain any hazardous waste, toxic waste, or
radioactive waste.
(d) An agreement submitted under subsection (c)(2)
shall not take effect unless approved by a joint resolution
enacted by the Congress.
(e) If exchanges of all of the State School Lands are
not completed by October 1, 1996, the Secretary shall ad-
just the appraised value of any remaining inholdings con-
sistent with the provisions of section 206 of the Federal
Land Management Policy Act of 1976. The Secretary
shall establish an account in the name of the Commission
in the amount of such appraised value. Title to the State
School Lands shall be transferred to the United States
at the time such account is credited.
(f) The Commission may use the credit in its account
to bid, as any other bidder, for excess or surplus Federal
property to be sold in the State of California in accordance
with the applicable laws and regulations of the Federal
agency offering such property for sale. The account shall
be adjusted to reflect successful bids under this section
or payments or forfeited deposits, penalties, or other costs
assessed to the bidder in the course of such sales. In the
event that the balance in the account has not been reduced
to zero by October 1, 2000, there are authorized to be
appropriated to the Secretary for payment to the Califor-
nia State Lands Commission funds equivalent to the bal-
ance remaining in the account as of October 1, 2000.
(g) As used in this section, the term ‘‘Committees’’
means the Committee on Natural Resources of the House
of Representatives and the Committee on Energy and
Natural Resources of the Senate.
EXCHANGES
SEC. 611. (a) Upon request of the Catellus Develop-
ment Corporation (hereafter in this section referred to as
‘‘Catellus’’), the Secretary shall enter into negotiations for
an agreement or agreements to exchange Federal lands
or interests therein on the list referred to in subsection
(b)(2) of this section for lands of Catellus or interests
therein which are located within the boundaries of one or
more of the wilderness areas or park units designated by
this Act.
(b) Within six months after the date of enactment
of this Act, the Secretary shall send to Catellus and to
the Committees a list of the following:
(1) Lands of Catellus or interests therein (in-
cluding mineral interests) which are located within
the boundaries of the wilderness areas or park units
designated by this Act.
(2) Lands, wherever located, under the Sec-
retary’s jurisdiction to be offered for exchange, in
the following priority:
(A) Lands, including lands with mineral
and geothermal interests, which have the poten-
tial for commercial development but which are
not currently under lease or producing Federal
revenues.
(B) Federal lands managed by the Bureau
of Reclamation that the Secretary determines
are not needed for any Bureau of Reclamation
project.
(C) Any public lands that the Secretary,
pursuant to the Federal Land Policy and Man-
agement Act of 1976, has determined to be
suitable for disposal through exchange.
(c)(1) If an agreement under this section is for (A)
an exchange involving lands outside the State of Califor-
nia, (B) more than 5,000 acres of Federal land or inter-
ests therein in California, or (C) Federal lands in any
State valued at more than $5,000,000, the Secretary shall
provide to the Committees a detailed report of such land
exchange agreements.
(2) All land exchange agreements shall be consistent
with the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of
1976.
(3) Any report submitted to the Committees under
this subsection shall include the following:
(A) A complete list and appraisal of the lands
or interests in land proposed for exchange.
(B) A complete list of the lands, if any, to be
acquired by the United States which contain any
hazardous waste, toxic waste, or radioactive waste
which requires removal or remedial action under
Federal or State law, together with the estimated
costs of any such action.
(4) An agreement under this subsection shall not take
effect unless approved by a joint resolution enacted by the
Congress.
(d) The Secretary shall provide the California State
Lands Commission with a one hundred eighty-day right
of first refusal to exchange for any Federal lands or inter-
ests therein, located in the State of California, on the list
referred to in subsection (b)(2). Any lands with respect
to which a right of first refusal is not noticed within such
period or exercised under this subsection shall be available
to Catellus for exchange in accordance with this section.
(e) On January 3, 1996, the Secretary shall provide
to the Committees a list and appraisal consistent with the
Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 of all
Catellus lands eligible for exchange under this section for
which an exchange has not been completed. With respect
to any of such lands for which an exchange has not been
completed by October 1, 1996 (hereafter in this section
referred to as ‘‘remaining lands’’), the Secretary shall es-
tablish an account in the name of Catellus (hereafter in
this section referred to as the ‘‘exchange account’’). Upon
the transfer of title by Catellus to all or a portion of the
remaining lands to the United States, the Secretary shall
credit the exchange account in the amount of the ap-
praised value of the transferred remaining lands at the
time of such transfer.
(f) Catellus may use the credit in the exchange ac-
count to bid, as any other bidder, for any property real,
personal, or mixed, wherever located, owned or controlled
by the United States, including in a corporate capacity
or as a receiver, conservator, or similar fiduciary capacity
to be sold in accordance with the applicable laws and regu-
lations of the Federal agency or instrumentality, or any
element thereof, offering such property for sale. Upon ap-
proval by the Secretary in writing, the credits in Catellus’s
exchange account may be transferred or sold in whole or
in part by Catellus to any other party, thereby vesting
such party with all the rights formerly held by Catellus.
The exchange account shall be adjusted to reflect success-
ful bids under this section or payments or forfeited depos-
its, penalties, or other costs assessed to the bidder in the
course of such sales.
(g)(1) The Secretary shall not accept title pursuant
to this section to any lands unless such title includes all
right, title, and interest in and to the fee estate.
(2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), the Secretary
may accept title to any subsurface estate where the United
States holds title to the surface estate.
(3) This subsection does not apply to easements and
rights-of-way for utilities or roads.
(h) In no event shall the Secretary accept title under
this section to lands which contain any hazardous waste,
toxic waste, or radioactive waste which requires removal
or remedial action under Federal or State law unless such
remedial action has been completed prior to the transfer.
(i) For purposes of the section, any appraisal shall
be consistent with the provisions of section 206 of the Fed-
eral Land Policy and Management Act of 1976.
(j) As used in this section, the term ‘‘Committees’’
means the Committee on Natural Resources of the House
of Representatives and the Committee on Energy and
Natural Resources of the Senate.
TITLE VII—DEFINITIONS
DEFINITIONS
SEC. 701. For the purposes of this Act:
(1) The term ‘‘Secretary’’, unless specifically
designated otherwise, means the Secretary of the In-
terior.
(2) The term ‘‘public lands’’ means any land
and interest in land owned by the United States and
administered by the Secretary of the Interior
through the Bureau of Land Management.
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