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to the management of the natural and cultural resources of the 
withdrawal land to include representatives of Eureka County, 
Nevada, the Nevada Department of Agriculture, and the Nevada 
Division of Minerals. 
‘‘SEC. 2998. TRIBAL LIAISON OFFICE. 
‘‘The Secretary of the Navy shall establish and maintain a 
dedicated Tribal liaison position at Naval Air Station Fallon. 
‘‘SEC. 2999. TERMINATION OF PRIOR WITHDRAWAL. 
‘‘Notwithstanding section 2842 of the William M. (Mac) 
Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2021 (Public Law 116–283) and section 3015 of the Military Lands 
Withdrawal Act of 1999 (title XXX of Public Law 106–65), the 
withdrawal and reservation under section 3011(a) of that Act is 
terminated. 
‘‘SEC. 2999A. DURATION OF WITHDRAWAL AND RESERVATION. 
‘‘The withdrawal and reservation of public land by section 2981 
shall terminate on November 6, 2047.’’. 
SEC. 2902. NUMU NEWE SPECIAL MANAGEMENT AREA. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) MANAGEMENT
PLAN.—The term ‘‘management plan’’ 
means the management plan for the Special Management Area 
developed under subsection (d). 
(2) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary 
of the Interior. 
(3) SPECIAL
MANAGEMENT
AREA.—The term ‘‘Special 
Management Area’’ means the Numu Newe Special Manage-
ment Area established by subsection (b). 
(b) ESTABLISHMENT.—To protect, conserve, and enhance the 
unique and nationally important historic, cultural, archaeological, 
natural, and educational resources of the Numu Newe traditional 
homeland, subject to valid existing rights, there is established in 
Churchill and Mineral Counties, Nevada, the Numu Newe Special 
Management Area, to be administered by the Secretary. 
(c) AREA INCLUDED.—The Special Management Area shall con-
sist of the approximately 217,845 acres of public land in Churchill 
and Mineral Counties, Nevada, administered by the Bureau of 
Land Management, as depicted on the map entitled ‘‘Churchill 
County Proposed Fallon Range Training Complex Modernization 
and Lands Bill’’ and dated November 30, 2022. 
(d) MANAGEMENT PLAN.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 2 years after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall develop a com-
prehensive management plan for the long-term management 
of the Special Management Area. 
(2) CONSULTATION.—In developing and implementing the 
management plan, the Secretary shall consult with— 
(A) appropriate Federal, Tribal, State, and local govern-
mental entities; and 
(B) interested members of the public. 
(3) REQUIREMENTS.—The management plan shall— 
(A) describe the appropriate uses of the Special 
Management Area; 
(B) with respect to any land within the Special Manage-
ment Area that is withdrawn and reserved for military
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uses, ensure that management of the Special Management 
Area is consistent with the purposes under section 
2981(c)(2) of the Military Land Withdrawals Act of 2013 
(as added by section 2901 of this title) for which the land 
is withdrawn and reserved; 
(C) authorize the use of motor vehicles in the Special 
Management Area, where appropriate, including providing 
for the maintenance of existing roads; 
(D) incorporate any provision of an applicable land 
and resource management plan that the Secretary con-
siders to be appropriate; 
(E) ensure, to the maximum extent practicable, the 
protection and preservation of traditional cultural and reli-
gious sites within the Special Management Area; 
(F) to the maximum extent practicable, carefully and 
fully integrate the traditional and historical knowledge and 
special expertise of the Fallon Paiute Shoshone Tribe and 
other affected Indian tribes; 
(G) consistent with subparagraph (D), ensure public 
access to Federal land within the Special Management 
Area for hunting, fishing, and other recreational purposes; 
(H) not affect the allocation, ownership, interest, or 
control, as in existence on the date of enactment of this 
Act, of any water, water right, or any other valid existing 
right; and 
(I) be reviewed not less frequently than annually by 
the Secretary to ensure the management plan is meeting 
the requirements of this section. 
(e) MILITARY OVERFLIGHTS.—Nothing in this section restricts 
or precludes— 
(1) low-level overflights of military aircraft over the Special 
Management Area, including military overflights that can be 
seen or heard within the Special Management Area; 
(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 Special Management Area. 
SEC. 2903. NATIONAL CONSERVATION AREAS. 
(a) NUMUNAA NOBE NATIONAL CONSERVATION AREA.— 
(1) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 
(A) CONSERVATION
AREA.—The term ‘‘Conservation 
Area’’ means the Numunaa Nobe National Conservation 
Area established by paragraph (2). 
(B) MANAGEMENT PLAN.—The term ‘‘management plan’’ 
means the management plan for the Conservation Area 
developed under paragraph (3)(B). 
(C) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Sec-
retary of the Interior. 
(2) ESTABLISHMENT.—
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(A) IN GENERAL.—To conserve, protect, and enhance 
for the benefit and enjoyment of present and future genera-
tions the cultural, archaeological, natural, wilderness, sci-
entific, geological, historical, biological, wildlife, edu-
cational, recreational, and scenic resources of the Conserva-
tion Area, subject to valid existing rights, there is estab-
lished the Numunaa Nobe National Conservation Area in 
the State of Nevada, to be administered by the Secretary. 
(B) AREA INCLUDED.— 
(i) IN GENERAL.—The Conservation Area shall con-
sist of approximately 160,224 acres of public land in 
Churchill County, Nevada, as generally depicted on 
the map entitled ‘‘Churchill County Proposed Fallon 
Range Training Complex Modernization and Lands 
Bill’’ and dated November 30, 2022. 
(ii) AVAILABILITY OF MAP.—The map described in 
clause (i) shall be on file and available for public inspec-
tion in the appropriate offices of the Bureau of Land 
Management. 
(3) MANAGEMENT.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall administer the 
Conservation Area in a manner that conserves, protects, 
and enhances the resources of the Conservation Area— 
(i) in accordance with— 
(I) this subsection; 
(II) the Federal Land Policy and Management 
Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.); and 
(III) any other applicable law; and 
(ii) as a component of the National Landscape 
Conservation System. 
(B) MANAGEMENT PLAN.— 
(i) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 2 years after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall 
develop a management plan for the Conservation Area. 
(ii) CONSULTATION.—In developing the manage-
ment plan, the Secretary shall consult with— 
(I) appropriate Federal, State, Tribal, and local 
governmental entities; and 
(II) members of the public. 
(iii) 
REQUIREMENTS.—The 
management 
plan 
shall— 
(I) describe the appropriate uses of the Con-
servation Area; 
(II) 
in 
accordance 
with 
paragraph 
(5), 
authorize the use of motor vehicles in the Con-
servation Area, where appropriate, including for 
the maintenance of existing roads; and 
(III) incorporate any provision of an applicable 
land and resource management plan that the Sec-
retary considers to be appropriate, to include the 
Search and Rescue Training Cooperative Agree-
ment between the Bureau of Land Management 
and the Naval Strike and Air Warfare Training 
Center dated July 6, 1998, and the Carson City 
District BLM Administrative Guide to Military 
Activities on and Over the Public Lands dated 
January 25, 2012.
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(4) USES.—The Secretary shall allow only those uses of 
the Conservation Area that the Secretary determines would 
further the purposes of the Conservation Area. 
(5) MOTORIZED VEHICLES.—Except as needed for adminis-
trative purposes, planned military activities authorized by para-
graph (3)(B)(iii)(III), or to respond to an emergency, the use 
of motorized vehicles in the Conservation Area shall be per-
mitted only on roads and trails designated for the use of motor-
ized vehicles by the management plan. 
(6) WITHDRAWAL.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Subject to valid existing rights, all 
public land in the Conservation Area is withdrawn from— 
(i) all forms of entry, appropriation, and disposal 
under the public land laws; 
(ii) location, entry, and patent under the mining 
laws; and 
(iii) disposition under all laws relating to mineral 
and geothermal leasing or mineral materials. 
(B) ADDITIONAL LAND.—If the Secretary acquires min-
eral or other interests in a parcel of land within the Con-
servation Area after the date of enactment of this Act, 
the parcel is withdrawn from operation of the laws referred 
to in subparagraph (A) on the date of acquisition of the 
parcel. 
(7) HUNTING, FISHING, AND TRAPPING.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subparagraph (B), nothing 
in this subsection affects the jurisdiction of the State of 
Nevada with respect to fish and wildlife, including hunting, 
fishing, and trapping in the Conservation Area. 
(B) LIMITATIONS.— 
(i) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary may designate 
by regulation areas in which, and establish periods 
during which, no hunting, fishing, or trapping will 
be permitted in the Conservation Area, for reasons 
of public safety, administration, or compliance with 
applicable laws. 
(ii) CONSULTATION REQUIRED.—Except in an emer-
gency, the Secretary shall consult with the appropriate 
State agency and notify the public before taking any 
action under clause (i). 
(8) GRAZING.—In the case of land included in the Conserva-
tion Area on which the Secretary permitted, as of the date 
of enactment of this Act, livestock grazing, the livestock grazing 
shall be allowed to continue, subject to applicable laws 
(including regulations). 
(9) NO BUFFER ZONES.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Nothing in this subsection creates 
a protective perimeter or buffer zone around the Conserva-
tion Area. 
(B) ACTIVITIES OUTSIDE CONSERVATION AREA.—The fact 
that an activity or use on land outside the Conservation 
Area can be seen or heard within the Conservation Area 
shall not preclude the activity or use outside the boundary 
of the Conservation Area. 
(10) MILITARY OVERFLIGHTS.—Nothing in this subsection 
restricts or precludes—
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(A) low-level overflights of military aircraft over the 
Conservation Area, including military overflights that can 
be seen or heard within the Conservation Area; 
(B) flight testing and evaluation; or 
(C) the designation or creation of new units of special 
use airspace, or the establishment of military flight training 
routes, over the Conservation Area. 
(10) EFFECT ON WATER RIGHTS.—Nothing in this subsection 
constitutes an express or implied reservation of any water 
rights with respect to the Conservation Area. 
(b) 
PISTONE-BLACK
MOUNTAIN
NATIONAL
CONSERVATION 
AREA.— 
(1) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 
(A) CONSERVATION
AREA.—The term ‘‘Conservation 
Area’’ means the Pistone-Black Mountain National Con-
servation Area established by paragraph (2)(A). 
(B) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Sec-
retary of the Interior. 
(C) TRIBE.—The term ‘‘Tribe’’ means the Walker River 
Paiute Tribe. 
(2) ESTABLISHMENT.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—To protect, conserve, and enhance 
the unique and nationally important historic, cultural, 
archaeological, natural, and educational resources of the 
Pistone Site on Black Mountain, subject to valid existing 
rights, there is established in Mineral County, Nevada, 
the Pistone-Black Mountain National Conservation Area. 
(B) AREA INCLUDED.— 
(i) IN GENERAL.—The Conservation Area shall con-
sist of the approximately 3,415 acres of public land 
in Mineral County, Nevada, administered by the 
Bureau of Land Management, as depicted on the map 
entitled ‘‘Black Mountain/Pistone Archaeological Dis-
trict’’ and dated May 12, 2020. 
(ii) AVAILABILITY OF MAP.—The map described in 
clause (i) shall be on file and available for public inspec-
tion in the appropriate offices of the Bureau of Land 
Management. 
(3) MANAGEMENT.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall manage the Con-
servation Area— 
(i) in a manner that conserves, protects, and 
enhances the resources and values of the Conservation 
Area, including the resources and values described in 
paragraph (2)(A); 
(ii) in accordance with— 
(I) this subsection; 
(II) the Federal Land Policy and Management 
Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.); and 
(III) any other applicable law; and 
(iii) as a component of the National Landscape 
Conservation System. 
(B) USES.—The Secretary shall allow only those uses 
of the Conservation Area that the Secretary determines 
would further the purposes of the Conservation Area. 
(C) TRIBAL
CULTURAL
RESOURCES.—In administering 
the Conservation Area, the Secretary shall provide for—
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(i) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary may designate 
by regulation areas in which, and establish periods 
during which, no hunting, fishing, or trapping will 
be permitted in the Conservation Area, for reasons 
of public safety, administration, or compliance with 
applicable laws. 
(ii) CONSULTATION REQUIRED.—Except in an emer-
gency, the Secretary shall consult with the appropriate 
State agency and notify the public before taking any 
action under clause (i). 
(7) GRAZING.—In the case of land included in the Conserva-
tion Area on which the Secretary permitted, as of the date 
of enactment of this Act, livestock grazing, the livestock grazing 
shall be allowed to continue, subject to applicable laws 
(including regulations). 
(8) NO BUFFER ZONES.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Nothing in this subsection creates 
a protective perimeter or buffer zone around the Conserva-
tion Area. 
(B) ACTIVITIES OUTSIDE CONSERVATION AREA.—The fact 
that an activity or use on land outside the Conservation 
Area can be seen or heard within the Conservation Area 
shall not preclude the activity or use outside the boundary 
of the Conservation Area. 
(9) MILITARY
OVERFLIGHTS.—Nothing in this subsection 
restricts or precludes— 
(A) low-level overflights of military aircraft over the 
Conservation Area, including military overflights that can 
be seen or heard within the Conservation Area; 
(B) flight testing and evaluation; or 
(C) the designation or creation of new units of special 
use airspace, or the establishment of military flight training 
routes, over the Conservation Area. 
(10) EFFECT ON WATER RIGHTS.—Nothing in this subsection 
constitutes an express or implied reservation of any water 
rights with respect to the Conservation Area. 
SEC. 2904. COLLABORATION WITH STATE AND COUNTY. 
It is the sense of Congress that the Secretary of the Navy 
and Secretary of the Interior should collaborate with the State 
of Nevada, Churchill County, Nevada, the city of Fallon, Nevada, 
and affected Indian tribes with the goal of preventing catastrophic 
wildfire and resource damage in the land withdrawn or owned 
within the Fallon Range Training Complex. 
SEC. 2905. WILDERNESS AREAS IN CHURCHILL COUNTY, NEVADA. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary 
of the Interior. 
(2) WILDERNESS AREA.—The term ‘‘wilderness area’’ means 
a wilderness area designated by subsection (b)(1). 
(b) ADDITIONS
TO
NATIONAL
WILDERNESS
PRESERVATION 
SYSTEM.— 
(1) ADDITIONS.—In accordance with the Wilderness Act (16 
U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), the following parcels of Federal land 
in Churchill County, Nevada, are designated as wilderness 
and as components of the National Wilderness Preservation 
System:
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(A) CLAN
ALPINE
MOUNTAINS
WILDERNESS.—Certain 
Federal land managed by the Bureau of Land Management, 
comprising approximately 128,362 acres, as generally 
depicted on the map entitled ‘‘Churchill County Proposed 
Fallon Range Training Complex Modernization and Lands 
Bill’’ and dated November 30, 2022, which shall be known 
as the ‘‘Clan Alpine Mountains Wilderness’’. 
(B) DESATOYA MOUNTAINS WILDERNESS.—Certain Fed-
eral land managed by the Bureau of Land Management, 
comprising approximately 32,537 acres, as generally 
depicted on the map entitled ‘‘Churchill County Proposed 
Fallon Range Training Complex Modernization and Lands 
Bill’’ and dated November 30, 2022, which shall be known 
as the ‘‘Desatoya Mountains Wilderness’’. 
(C) CAIN
MOUNTAIN
WILDERNESS.—Certain Federal 
land managed by the Bureau of Land Management, com-
prising approximately 7,664 acres, as generally depicted 
on the map entitled ‘‘Churchill County Proposed Fallon 
Range Training Complex Modernization and Lands Bill’’ 
and dated November 30, 2022, which shall be known as 
the ‘‘Cain Mountain Wilderness’’. 
(2) BOUNDARY.—The boundary of any portion of a wilder-
ness area that is bordered by a road shall be at least 150 
feet from the edge of the road. 
(3) MAP AND LEGAL DESCRIPTION.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—As soon as practicable after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall prepare a 
map and legal description of each wilderness area. 
(B) EFFECT.—Each map and legal description prepared 
under subparagraph (A) shall have the same force and 
effect as if included in this section, except that the Sec-
retary may correct clerical and typographical errors in the 
map or legal description. 
(C) AVAILABILITY.—Each map and legal description pre-
pared under subparagraph (A) shall be on file and available 
for public inspection in the appropriate offices of the Bureau 
of Land Management. 
(4) WITHDRAWAL.—Subject to valid existing rights, each 
wilderness area is withdrawn from— 
(A) all forms of entry, appropriation, and disposal 
under the public land laws; 
(B) location, entry, and patent under the mining laws; 
and 
(C) operation of the mineral leasing and geothermal 
leasing laws. 
(c) MANAGEMENT.—Subject to valid existing rights, each wilder-
ness area shall be administered by the Secretary in accordance 
with the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), except that— 
(1) any reference in that Act to the effective date of that 
Act shall be considered to be a reference to the date of enact-
ment 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 of the 
Interior. 
(d) LIVESTOCK.—The grazing of livestock in a wilderness area 
administered by the Bureau of Land Management, if established 
as of the date of enactment of this Act, shall be allowed to continue,
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subject to such reasonable regulations, policies, and practices as 
the Secretary considers 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 accompanying H.R. 2570 of the 101st Con-
gress (House Report 101–405). 
(e) INCORPORATION OF ACQUIRED LAND AND INTERESTS.—Any 
land or interest in land within the boundaries of a wilderness 
area that is acquired by the United States after the date of enact-
ment of this Act shall be added to and administered as part of 
the wilderness area within which the acquired land or interest 
is located. 
(f) WATER RIGHTS.— 
(1) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that— 
(A) the wilderness areas— 
(i) are located in the semiarid region of the Great 
Basin region; and 
(ii) include ephemeral and perennial streams; 
(B) the hydrology of the wilderness areas is predomi-
nantly characterized by complex flow patterns and alluvial 
fans with impermanent channels; 
(C) the subsurface hydrogeology of the region in which 
the wilderness areas are located is characterized by— 
(i) groundwater subject to local and regional flow 
gradients; and 
(ii) unconfined and artesian conditions; 
(D) the wilderness areas are generally not suitable 
for use or development of new water resource facilities; 
and 
(E) because of the unique nature and hydrology of 
the desert land in the wilderness areas, it is possible to 
provide for proper management and protection of the 
wilderness areas and other values of land in ways different 
from those used in other laws. 
(2) STATUTORY
CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sub-
section— 
(A) constitutes an express or implied reservation by 
the United States of any water or water rights with respect 
to the wilderness areas; 
(B) affects any water rights in the State of Nevada 
(including any water rights held by the United States) 
in existence on the date of enactment 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 between the State of Nevada and other 
States. 
(3) NEVADA WATER LAW.—The Secretary shall follow the 
procedural and substantive requirements of Nevada State law 
in order to obtain and hold any water rights not in existence 
on the date of enactment of this Act with respect to the wilder-
ness areas.
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(4) NEW PROJECTS.— 
(A) DEFINITION OF WATER RESOURCE FACILITY.— 
(i) IN
GENERAL.—In this paragraph, the term 
‘‘water resource facility’’ means irrigation and pumping 
facilities, reservoirs, water conservation works, aque-
ducts, canals, ditches, pipelines, wells, hydropower 
projects, transmission and other ancillary facilities, and 
other water diversion, storage, and carriage structures. 
(ii) EXCLUSION.—In this paragraph, the term 
‘‘water resource facility’’ does not include wildlife guz-
zlers. 
(B) RESTRICTION
ON
NEW
WATER
RESOURCE
FACILI-
TIES.—Except as otherwise provided in this section, on 
and after the date of enactment of this Act, neither the 
President nor any other officer, employee, or agent of the 
United States shall fund, assist, authorize, or issue a 
license or permit for the development of any new water 
resource facility within a wilderness area. 
(g) WILDFIRE, INSECTS, AND DISEASE.—In accordance with sec-
tion 4(d)(1) of the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1133(d)(1)), the Sec-
retary may take such measures in a wilderness area as are nec-
essary for the control of fire, insects, and diseases (including, as 
the Secretary determines to be appropriate, the coordination of 
the activities with a State or local agency). 
(h) DATA COLLECTION.—Subject to such terms and conditions 
as the Secretary may prescribe, nothing in this section precludes 
the installation and maintenance of hydrologic, meteorological, or 
climatological collection devices in a wilderness area, if the Sec-
retary determines that the devices and access to the devices are 
essential to flood warning, flood control, or water reservoir operation 
activities. 
(i) MILITARY OVERFLIGHTS.—Nothing in this section restricts 
or precludes— 
(1) low-level overflights of military aircraft over a wilder-
ness area, including military overflights that can be seen or 
heard within a wilderness area; 
(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 a wilderness area. 
(j) WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—In accordance with section 4(d)(7) of the 
Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1133(d)(7)), nothing in this chapter 
affects or diminishes the jurisdiction of the State of Nevada 
with respect to fish and wildlife management, including the 
regulation of hunting, fishing, and trapping, in the wilderness 
areas. 
(2) MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES.—In furtherance of the pur-
poses and principles of the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 
et seq.), the Secretary may conduct any management activities 
in the wilderness areas that are necessary to maintain or 
restore fish and wildlife populations and the habitats to support 
the populations, if the activities are carried out— 
(A) consistent with relevant wilderness management 
plans; and 
(B) in accordance with—