(2) FORCE AND EFFECT.—The map and legal 
description referred to in paragraph (1) shall have 
the same force and effect as if included in this Act, 
except that the Secretary of Agriculture may correct 
clerical and typographical errors in the map and de-
scription. In the case of any discrepancy between the 
acreage specified in subsection (a) and the map filed 
under paragraph (1), the map shall control. 
(3) AVAILABILITY.—The map and legal descrip-
tion referred to in paragraph (1) shall be on file and 
available for public inspection in the Office of the 
Chief of the Forest Service. 
(c) MANAGEMENT.—Except as provided in subsection 
(d) and subject to valid existing rights, the Secretary of 
Agriculture shall manage the potential wilderness area as 
wilderness pending its incorporation in the Kimberling 
Creek Wilderness. 
(d) ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of ecological 
restoration (including the elimination of non-native 
species, removal of illegal, unused, or decommis-
sioned roads, and any other activities necessary to 
restore the natural ecosystems in the potential wil-
derness area), the Secretary of Agriculture may use 
motorized equipment and mechanized transport in 
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the potential wilderness area until its incorporation 
in the Kimberling Creek Wilderness. 
(2) LIMITATION.—To the maximum extent 
practicable, the Secretary shall use the minimum 
tool or administrative practice necessary to accom-
plish ecological restoration with the least amount of 
adverse impact on wilderness character and re-
sources. 
(e) WILDERNESS DESIGNATION.—The potential wil-
derness area shall be designated as wilderness and incor-
porated in the Kimberling Creek Wilderness on the earlier 
of— 
(1) the date on which the Secretary of Agri-
culture publishes in the Federal Register notice that 
the conditions in the potential wilderness area that 
are incompatible with the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 
1131 et seq.) have been removed; or 
(2) the date that is five years after the date of 
the enactment of this Act. 
(f) ADMINISTRATION.—Subject to valid existing 
rights, upon incorporation of the lands designated as wil-
derness under subsection (e) in the Kimberling Creek Wil-
derness, the Secretary of Agriculture shall administer the 
lands in accordance with the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 
1131 et seq.) and other laws applicable to that wilderness 
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area, except that, with respect to such lands, any reference 
in the Wilderness Act to the effective date of that Act shall 
be deemed to be a reference to the date on which the lands 
are designated as wilderness under subsection (e). 
SEC. 4. DESIGNATION OF SENG MOUNTAIN AND BEAR 
CREEK 
SCENIC 
AREAS, 
JEFFERSON 
NA-
TIONAL FOREST, VIRGINIA. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The following National For-
est System lands in the State of Virginia are hereby des-
ignated as National Scenic Areas (in this section referred 
to as the ‘‘scenic areas’’): 
(1) Certain lands in the Jefferson National 
Forest, which comprise approximately 6,455 acres, 
as generally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘Seng 
Mountain and Raccoon Branch’’ and dated February 
2007, and which shall be known as the Seng Moun-
tain National Scenic Area. 
(2) Certain lands in the Jefferson National 
Forest, which comprise approximately 5,128 acres, 
as generally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘Bear 
Creek’’ and dated February 2007, and which shall 
be known as the Bear Creek National Scenic Area. 
(b) MAPS AND LEGAL DESCRIPTIONS.— 
(1) FILING.—As soon as practicable after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
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Agriculture shall file with the Committee on Agri-
culture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate and 
the Committee on Natural Resources and the Com-
mittee on Agriculture of the House of Representa-
tives a map and legal description of each of the sce-
nic areas. 
(2) FORCE AND EFFECT.—The maps and legal 
descriptions referred to in paragraph (1) shall have 
the same force and effect as if included in this Act, 
except that the Secretary of Agriculture may correct 
clerical and typographical errors in the maps and de-
scriptions. In the case of any discrepancy between 
the acreage specified in subsection (a) and the cor-
responding map filed under paragraph (1), the map 
shall control. 
(3) AVAILABILITY.—The maps and legal de-
scriptions referred to in paragraph (1) shall be on 
file and available for public inspection in the Office 
of the Chief of the Forest Service. 
(c) PURPOSES OF SCENIC AREAS.—The scenic areas 
are established for the purposes of— 
(1) ensuring the protection and preservation of 
scenic quality, water quality, natural characteristics, 
and water resources; 
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