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(2) FORCE OF LAW.—The map and legal de-
scription filed under paragraph (1) shall have the 
same force and effect as if included in this title, ex-
cept that the Secretary may correct errors in the 
map and legal description. 
(3) PUBLIC
AVAILABILITY.—Each map and 
legal description filed under paragraph (1) shall be 
filed and made available for public inspection in the 
appropriate office of the Secretary. 
SEC. 104. ADMINISTRATION OF WILDERNESS. 
(a) MANAGEMENT.—Subject to valid existing rights, 
the land designated as wilderness or as a wilderness addi-
tion by this title 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 deemed to be a reference 
to— 
(A) the date of the enactment of this Act; 
or 
(B) in the case of the wilderness addition 
designated by subsection (b) of section 513, the 
date on which the notice required by such sub-
section is published in the Federal Register; 
and 
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(2) any reference in that Act to the Secretary 
of Agriculture shall be deemed to be a reference to 
the Secretary that has jurisdiction over the land. 
(b) INCORPORATION OF ACQUIRED LAND AND IN-
TERESTS.—Any land within the boundaries of a wilderness 
area or wilderness addition designated by this title that 
is acquired by the United States shall— 
(1) become part of the wilderness area in which 
the land is located; and 
(2) be managed in accordance with this title, 
the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), and 
any other applicable law. 
(c) WITHDRAWAL.—Subject to valid rights in exist-
ence on the date of enactment of this Act, the land des-
ignated as wilderness by this title is withdrawn from all 
forms of— 
(1) entry, appropriation, or disposal under the 
public land laws; 
(2) location, entry, and patent under the mining 
laws; and 
(3) disposition under all laws pertaining to min-
eral and geothermal leasing or mineral materials. 
(d) FIRE MANAGEMENT
AND RELATED ACTIVI-
TIES.— 
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(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary may take 
such measures in a wilderness area or wilderness ad-
dition designated by this Act as are necessary for 
the control and prevention of fire, insects, and dis-
eases (including the use of prescribed burning, pri-
ority treatments, or fuels reduction) in accordance 
with section 4(d)(1) of the Wilderness Act (16 
U.S.C. 1133(d)(1)) and House Report 98–40 of the 
98th Congress. 
(2) FUNDING PRIORITIES.—The designation of 
wilderness areas and wilderness additions by this 
title is not intended to alter the priorities afforded 
the land so designated in allocating funds for fire 
and related fuels management. 
(3) REVISION
AND
DEVELOPMENT
OF
LOCAL 
FIRE MANAGEMENT PLANS.—As soon as practicable 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary shall amend the local fire management plans 
that apply to the Santa Rosa Wilderness and Agua 
Tibia Wilderness, and prepare local fire management 
plans for the Beauty Mountain Wilderness, Cahuilla 
Mountain Wilderness, and South Fork San Jacinto 
Wilderness Area, to identify appropriate local offi-
cials to take such actions in the wilderness areas as 
are necessary for fire prevention and watershed pro-
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tection consistent with paragraph (1), including best 
management practices for fire pre-suppression and 
fire suppression measures and techniques. 
(4) STATE
OR
LOCAL
AGENCIES.—Consistent 
with paragraph (1) and other applicable Federal 
law, the Secretary may delegate by written agree-
ment primary fire fighting authority and related 
public safety activities to an appropriate State or 
local agency. 
(e) GRAZING.—Grazing of livestock in a wilderness 
area or wilderness addition designated by this title shall 
be administered in accordance with the provisions of sec-
tion 4(d)(4) of the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1133(d)(4)) 
and the guidelines set forth in House Report 96–617 to 
accompany H.R. 5487 of the 96th Congress. 
(f) NATIVE AMERICAN USES AND INTERESTS.— 
(1) EFFECT OF DESIGNATION.—Nothing in the 
designation of the Cahuilla Mountain Wilderness by 
this title affects the unique cultural artifacts and sa-
cred sites of the Indian tribes that are contained 
within that wilderness area, as identified by Indian 
tribes and the Forest Service. 
(2) ACCESS
AND
USE.—To the extent prac-
ticable, the Secretary shall ensure access to the 
Cahuilla Mountain Wilderness by members of an In-
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dian tribe for traditional cultural purposes. In imple-
menting this subsection, the Secretary, upon the re-
quest of an Indian tribe, may temporarily close to 
the general public use of one or more specific por-
tions of the wilderness area in order to protect the 
privacy of traditional cultural activities in such areas 
by members of the Indian tribe. Any such closure 
shall be made to affect the smallest practicable area 
for the minimum period necessary for such purposes. 
Such access shall be consistent with the purpose and 
intent of Public Law 95–341 (42 U.S.C. 1996), 
commonly referred to as the American Indian Reli-
gious Freedom Act, and the Wilderness Act (11 
U.S.C. 1131 et seq.). 
(3) INDIAN
TRIBE
DEFINED.—In this sub-
section, the term ‘‘Indian tribe’’ means any Indian 
tribe, band, nation, or other organized group or com-
munity of Indians which is recognized as eligible by 
the Secretary of the Interior for the special pro-
grams and services provided by the United States to 
Indians because of their status as Indians. 
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