SEC. 722. 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 
(2) any reference in that Act to the Secretary 
of Agriculture shall be considered to be a reference 
to the Secretary. 
(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 
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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. 
(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-
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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 
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 
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(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 
(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 
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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 
decree that apportions water among and be-
tween the State and other States. 
(4) NEVADA WATER LAW.—The Secretary shall 
follow the procedural and substantive requirements 
of State law in order to obtain and hold any water 
rights not in existence on the date of the enactment 
of this Act with respect to the wilderness areas. 
(5) NEW PROJECTS.— 
(A) DEFINITION OF WATER RESOURCE FA-
CILITY.— 
(i) IN GENERAL.—In this paragraph, 
the term ‘‘water resource facility’’ means 
irrigation and pumping facilities, res-
ervoirs, water conservation works, aque-
ducts, canals, ditches, pipelines, wells, hy-
dropower projects, transmission and other 
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