(1) the removal of conditions incompatible with 
the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.) and 
publication by the Secretary concerned in the Fed-
eral Register of notice of the removal; or 
(2) the date that is 5 years after the date of en-
actment of this Act. 
(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary concerned 
to carry out the ecological restoration under subsection (c) 
$5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2007 through 2011. 
SEC. 106. RELEASE OF WILDERNESS STUDY AREAS. 
(a) FINDING.—Congress finds that, for purposes of 
section 603 of the Federal Land Policy and Management 
Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1782), any portion of a wilderness 
study area described in subsection (b) that is not des-
ignated as wilderness by this Act, or an Act enacted before 
the date of enactment of this Act, has been adequately 
studied for wilderness. 
(b) DESCRIPTION
OF STUDY AREAS.—The study 
areas referred to in subsection (a) are— 
(1) the King Range Wilderness Study Area; 
(2) the Chemise Mountain Instant Study Area; 
(3) the Red Mountain Wilderness Study Area; 
(4) the Cedar Roughs Wilderness Study Area; 
and 
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(5) those portions of the Rocky Creek/Cache 
Creek Wilderness Study Area in Lake County, Cali-
fornia that are not in sec. 22, T. 12 N., R. 5 W., 
of the Mount Diablo Meridian. 
(c) RELEASE.—Any portion of a wilderness study 
area described in subsection (b) that is not designated as 
wilderness by this Act or an Act enacted before the date 
of enactment of this Act shall not be subject to section 
603(c) of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act 
of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1782(c)). 
SEC. 107. KING RANGE NATIONAL CONSERVATION AREA 
BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT. 
Section 9 of Public Law 91–476 (16 U.S.C. 460y– 
8) is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(d) BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT.—In addition to the 
land described in subsections (a) and (c), the land identi-
fied as the King Range National Conservation Area Addi-
tions on the map entitled ‘King Range Wilderness’ and 
dated November 12, 2004, is included in the survey and 
investigation area referred to in the first section.’’. 
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TITLE II—DESIGNATION OF WIL-
DERNESS AREAS TO BE MAN-
AGED 
BY 
THE 
NATIONAL 
PARK SERVICE 
SEC. 201. DESIGNATION OF WILDERNESS AREAS. 
In accordance with the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 
1131 et seq.), the following areas in the State of California 
are designated as wilderness areas and as components of 
the National Wilderness Preservation System: 
(1) Certain land in Joshua Tree National Park, 
comprising approximately 36,672 acres, as generally 
depicted on the map entitled ‘‘Joshua Tree National 
Park Wilderness Area Additions—Proposed’’ and 
dated May 2002, and which is incorporated in and 
shall be deemed to be a part of the Joshua Tree Na-
tional Park Wilderness, as designated by Public Law 
94–567 (90 Stat. 2692) and the California Desert 
Protection Act of 1994 (16 U.S.C. 410aaa note; 
Public Law 103–433). 
(2) Certain land in Lassen Volcanic National 
Park, comprising approximately 26,366 acres, as 
generally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘Lassen Vol-
canic National Park Wilderness Area Additions— 
Proposed’’ and dated May 2002, and which is incor-
porated in and shall be deemed to be a part of the 
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Lassen Volcanic National Park Wilderness, as des-
ignated by Public Law 92–510 (86 Stat. 918). 
(3)(A) Except as provided in subparagraphs 
(B) and (C), certain land in Sequoia-Kings Canyon 
National Park, comprising approximately 68,480 
acres, as generally depicted on the map entitled 
‘‘Mineral King Wilderness Area—Proposed’’ and 
dated May 2002, and which shall be known as the 
‘‘John Krebs Wilderness’’. 
(B) The designation in subparagraph (A) does 
not preclude operation and maintenance of the exist-
ing Hockett Meadow Cabin and Quinn Patrol Cabin 
in the same manner and degree in which operation 
and maintenance of those cabins were occurring on 
the day before the date of enactment of this Act. 
(C) Nothing in this paragraph prohibits the 
periodic maintenance, as permitted by the National 
Park Service as of the date of enactment of this Act, 
of the small check dams on Lower Franklin, Crystal, 
Upper Monarch, and Eagle Lakes. 
(4) Land transferred to Death Valley National 
Park in section 203 and additional land in Death 
Valley National Park, which together comprise ap-
proximately 70,580 acres as generally depicted on 
the map entitled ‘‘Death Valley National Park Wil-
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derness Area Additions—Proposed’’ and dated Feb-
ruary 2005, and which are incorporated in and shall 
be deemed to be a part of the Death Valley National 
Park Wilderness, as designated by the California 
Desert Protection Act of 1994 (16 U.S.C. 410aaa 
note; Public Law 103–433). 
SEC. 202. ADMINISTRATION OF WILDERNESS AREAS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to valid existing rights, 
the wilderness areas designated by this Act shall be ad-
ministered by the Secretary concerned in accordance with 
the provisions of the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et 
seq.) governing areas designated by that Act as wilder-
ness, except that any reference in such provisions to the 
effective date of that Act (or any similar reference) shall 
be considered to be a reference to the date of enactment 
of this Act. 
(b) MAP AND LEGAL DESCRIPTION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—As soon as practicable, but 
not later than 3 years after enactment of this Act, 
the Secretary shall file a map and a legal description 
of each wilderness area designated by this title with 
the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of 
the Senate and the Committee on Resources of the 
House of Representatives. 
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