(9) may include cooperative agreements with 
State or local government agencies to manage all or 
a portion of the recreational activities within the 
Recreation Area in accordance with an approved 
management plan and the requirements of this Act. 
(e) ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may acquire 
land adjacent to the National Recreation Area by 
purchase from willing sellers, donation, or exchange. 
(2) MANAGEMENT.—Any land acquired under 
paragraph (1) shall be managed 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 law (including 
regulations). 
(3) IMPROVED ACCESS.—The Secretary may ac-
quire by purchase from willing sellers, donation, ex-
change, or easement, land, or interest in land to im-
prove public safety in providing access to the Recre-
ation Area. 
(f) PRIVATE PROPERTY.— 
(1) ACCESS TO PRIVATE PROPERTY.— 
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(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 
provide landowners adequate access to in-
holdings within the Recreation Area. 
(B) INHOLDINGS.—For access purposes, 
private land adjacent to the Recreation Area to 
which there is no other practicable access ex-
cept through the Recreation Area shall be man-
aged as an inholding. 
(2) USE OF PRIVATE PROPERTY.—Nothing in 
this Act affects the ownership, management, or 
other rights relating to any non-Federal land (in-
cluding any interest in any non-Federal land). 
(3) BUFFER ZONES.—Nothing in this Act cre-
ates a protective perimeter or buffer zone around the 
Recreation Area. 
(4) VALID RIGHTS.—Nothing in this Act affects 
any easements, rights-of-way, and other valid rights 
in existence on the date of the enactment of this 
Act. 
(g) WATER RIGHT EXCLUSION.—Nothing in this 
Act— 
(1) shall constitute or be construed to con-
stitute either an express or implied reservation by 
the United States of any water or water rights with 
respect to the Recreation Area; or 
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(2) shall affect any water rights existing on the 
date of the enactment of this Act. 
(h) HUNTING AND FISHING.—Nothing in this Act— 
(1) limits hunting or fishing; or 
(2) affects the authority, jurisdiction, or respon-
sibility of the State to manage, control, or regulate 
fish and resident wildlife under State law (including 
regulations), including the regulation of hunting or 
fishing on public land managed by the Bureau of 
Land Management. 
(i) MOTORIZED VEHICLES.—Except in cases in which 
motorized vehicles are needed for administrative purposes 
or to respond to an emergency, the use of motorized vehi-
cles on public land in the Recreation Area shall be per-
mitted only on roads, trails, and areas designated by the 
management plan for the use by motorized vehicles. 
(j) GRAZING.—In the Recreation Area, the grazing 
of livestock in areas in which grazing is allowed as of the 
date of the enactment of this Act shall be allowed to con-
tinue, consistent with— 
(1) this Act; 
(2) the Federal Land Policy and Management 
Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.); and 
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(3) any regulations promulgated by the Sec-
retary, acting through the Director of the Bureau of 
Land Management. 
(k) WITHDRAWAL.—Subject to valid existing rights, 
all Federal land within the Recreation Area is withdrawn 
from— 
(1) all forms of entry, appropriation, and dis-
posal under the public land laws; 
(2) location, entry, and patenting under the 
mining laws; and 
(3) operation of the mineral leasing, mineral 
materials, and geothermal leasing laws. 
(l) FEES.—Amounts received by the Secretary under 
the fee structure required by subsection (d)(4) shall be— 
(1) deposited in a special account in the Treas-
ury of the United States; and 
(2) made available until expended to the Sec-
retary for use in the Recreation Area. 
(m) RISK STANDARD.—The National Oil and Haz-
ardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan (section 
300 of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations), published 
pursuant to section 105 of the Comprehensive Environ-
mental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 
1980 (42 U.S.C. 9605), shall not apply to the Secretary’s 
management of asbestos exposure risks faced by the public 
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when recreating within the Clear Creek Recreation Area 
described in section 3(b). 
SEC. 5. JOAQUIN ROCKS WILDERNESS. 
In accordance with the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 
1131 et seq.), the approximately 21,000 acres of Federal 
lands located in Fresno County and San Benito County, 
California, and generally depicted on a map entitled ‘‘Pro-
posed Joaquin Rocks Wilderness’’ and dated February 14, 
2017, is designated as wilderness and as a component of 
the National Wilderness Preservation System and shall be 
known as the ‘‘Joaquin Rocks Wilderness’’. 
SEC. 6. RELEASE OF SAN BENITO MOUNTAIN WILDERNESS 
STUDY AREA. 
(a) FINDING.—Congress finds that, for the purposes 
of section 603 of the Federal Land Policy and Manage-
ment Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1782), the San Benito 
Mountain wilderness study area has been adequately stud-
ied for wilderness designation. 
(b) RELEASE.—The San Benito Mountain wilderness 
study area is no longer subject to section 603(c) of the 
Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 
U.S.C. 1782(c)). 
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SEC. 7. CLARIFICATION REGARDING FUNDING. 
No additional funds are authorized to carry out the 
requirements of this Act. Such requirements shall be car-
ried out using amounts otherwise authorized. 
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Union Calendar No. 146 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 1913 
[Report No. 115–209] 
A BILL 
To establish the Clear Creek National Recreation 
Area in San Benito and Fresno Counties, Cali-
fornia, to designate the Joaquin Rocks Wilder-
ness in such counties, and for other purposes. 
JULY 11, 2017 
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 
State of the Union and ordered to be printed 
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