(b) COMMERCIAL ENTERPRISES, ROADS, STRUC-
TURES, ETC.—Except as specifically provided for in this
Act, and subject to existing private rights, there shall be
no commercial enterprise and no permanent road within
any wilderness area designated by this Act and, except as
necessary to meet minimum requirements for the adminis-
tration of the area for the purpose of this Act (including
measures required in emergencies involving the health and
safety of persons within the area), there shall be no tem-
porary road, no use of motor vehicles, motorized equip-
ment or motorboats, no landing of aircraft, no other form
of mechanical transport, and no structure or installation
within such area.
(c) SPECIAL PROVISIONS.—The following special pro-
visions are hereby made:
(1) Within wilderness areas designated by this
Act, the use of aircraft or motorboats, where these
uses have already become established, may be per-
mitted to continue subject to such restrictions as the
appropriate Secretary deems desirable. In addition,
such measures may be taken as may be necessary in
the control of fire, insects, and diseases, subject to
such conditions as the Secretary deems desirable.
(2) Nothing in this Act shall prevent, within
wilderness areas designated by this Act, any activity,
including prospecting, for the purpose of gathering
information about mineral or other resources, if such
activity is carried on in a manner compatible with
the preservation of the wilderness environment. Fur-
thermore, in accordance with such program as the
Secretary of the Interior shall develop and conduct
in consultation with the Secretary of Agriculture,
such areas shall be surveyed on a planned, recurring
basis consistent with the concept of wilderness pres-
ervation by the Geological Survey and the Bureau
of Mines to determine the mineral values, if any,
that may be present; and the results of such surveys
shall be made available to the public and submitted
to the President and Congress.
(3) Within wilderness areas designated by this
Act—
(A) the President may, within a specific
area and in accordance with such regulations as
he may deem desirable, authorize prospecting
for water resources, the establishment and
maintenance of reservoirs, water conservation
works, power projects, transmission lines, and
other facilities needed in the public interest, in-
cluding the road construction and maintenance
essential to development and use thereof, upon
his determination that such use or uses in the
specific area will better serve the interest of the
United States and the people thereof than will
its denial; and
(B) the grazing of livestock, where estab-
lished prior to the effective date of this Act,
shall be permitted to continue subject to such
reasonable regulations as are deemed necessary
by the Secretary of Agriculture.
(4) Commercial services may be performed
within the wilderness areas designated by this Act to
the extent necessary for activities which are proper
for realizing the recreational or other wilderness
purposes of the areas.
(5) Nothing in this Act shall constitute an ex-
press or implied claim or denial on the part of the
Federal Government as to exemption from State
water laws.
(6) Nothing in this Act shall be construed as
affecting the jurisdiction or responsibilities of the
several States with respect to wildlife and fish on
public lands.
SEC. 6. PRIVATE PROPERTY.
(a) PRIVATE PROPERTY.—In any case where State
owned or privately owned land is completely surrounded
by public lands within areas designated by this Act as wil-
derness, such State or private owner shall be given such
rights as may be necessary to assure adequate access to
such State owned or privately owned land by such State
or private owner and their successors in interest, or the
State owned or privately owned land shall be exchanged
for federally owned land in the same State of approxi-
mately equal value under authorities available to the ap-
propriate Secretary: Provided, however, That the United
States shall not transfer to a State or private owner any
mineral interests unless the State or private owner relin-
quishes or causes to be relinquished to the United States
the mineral interest in the surrounded land.
(b) ACCESS TO VALID OCCUPANCIES.—In any case
where valid mining claims or other valid occupancies are
wholly within a designated wilderness area, the appro-
priate Secretary shall, by reasonable regulations consistent
with the preservation of the area as wilderness, permit in-
gress and egress to such surrounded areas by means which
have been or are being customarily enjoyed with respect
to other such areas similarly situated.
(c) ACQUISITION.—Subject to the appropriation of
funds by Congress, the appropriate Secretary is author-
ized to acquire State owned or privately owned land in
order to establish the wilderness area or lands within the
boundaries of any area designated by this Act as wilder-
ness if—
(1) the owner consents to such acquisition; or
(2) the acquisition is specifically authorized by
Congress.
SEC. 7. ACCEPTANCE OF GIFTS.
(a) LAND.—The appropriate Secretary may accept
gifts or bequests of land within wilderness areas des-
ignated by this Act for preservation as wilderness. The
Secretary may also accept gifts or bequests of land adja-
cent to wilderness areas designated by the Act for preser-
vation as wilderness if he has given 60 days advance notice
thereof to the President of the Senate and the Speaker
of the House of Representatives. Land accepted by the
Secretary under this section shall become part of the wil-
derness area involved. Regulations with regard to any such
land may be in accordance with such agreements, consist-
ent with the policy of this Act, as are made at the time
of such gift, or such conditions, consistent with such pol-
icy, as may be included in, and accepted with, such
bequest.
(b) PRIVATE CONTRIBUTIONS.—The Secretary of Ag-
riculture or the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to
accept private contributions and gifts to be used to further
the purposes of this Act.
SEC. 8. REPORT.
At the opening of each session of Congress, the Sec-
retaries of Agriculture and the Interior shall jointly report
to the President for transmission to Congress on the sta-
tus of the wilderness system, including a list and descrip-
tions of the areas in the system, regulations in effect, and
other pertinent information, together with any rec-
ommendations they may care to make.
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