retary shall create a comprehensive management plan for 
the Clear Creek Recreation Area that— 
(1) shall describe the appropriate uses and man-
agement of the Recreation Area in accordance with 
this Act; 
(2) shall be prepared in consultation with— 
(A) appropriate Federal, State, and local 
agencies (including San Benito, Monterey, and 
Fresno Counties); 
(B) adjacent land owners; 
(C) other stakeholders (including conserva-
tion and recreational organizations); and 
(D) holders of any easements, rights-of-way, 
and other valid rights in the Recreation Area; 
(3) shall include a hazards education program to 
inform people entering the Recreation Area of the as-
bestos related risks associated with various activities 
within the Recreation Area, including off-highway ve-
hicle recreation; 
(4) shall include a user fee program for motor-
ized vehicle use within the Recreational Area and 
guidelines for the use of the funds collected for the 
management and improvement of the Recreation 
Area; 
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(5) shall designate as many previously used 
trails, roads, and other areas for off highway vehicle 
recreation as feasible in accordance with this in order 
to provide a substantially similar recreational experi-
ence, except that nothing in this paragraph shall be 
construed as precluding the Secretary from closing 
any area, trail, or route from use for the purposes of 
public safety or resource protection; 
(6) may incorporate any appropriate decisions, 
as determined by the Secretary, in accordance with 
this Act, that are contained in any management or 
activity plan for the area completed before the date of 
the enactment of this Act; 
(7) may incorporate appropriate wildlife habitat 
management plans or other plans prepared for the 
land within or adjacent to the Recreation Area before 
the date of the enactment of this Act, in accordance 
with this Act; 
(8) may use information developed under any 
studies of land within or adjacent to the Recreation 
Area carried out before the date of enactment of this 
Act; and 
(9) may include cooperative agreements with 
State or local government agencies to manage all or 
a portion of the recreational activities within the 
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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.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall pro-
vide landowners adequate access to inholdings 
within the Recreation Area. 
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(B) INHOLDINGS.—For access purposes, pri-
vate land adjacent to the Recreation Area to 
which there is no other practicable access except 
through the Recreation Area shall be managed 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 (including 
any interest in any non-Federal land). 
(3) BUFFER ZONES.—Nothing in this Act creates 
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 constitute 
either an express or implied reservation by the United 
States of any water or water rights with respect to the 
Recreation Area; or 
(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 
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(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 vehicles 
on public land in the Recreation Area shall be permitted 
only on roads, trails, and areas designated by the manage-
ment 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 continue, 
consistent with— 
(1) this Act; 
(2) the Federal Land Policy and Management 
Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.); and 
(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— 
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