out the trail construction, reconstruction, or realign-
ment authorized by this subsection. 
(4) MECHANIZED
VEHICLES.—The Secretary 
may permit the use of mechanized vehicles on the 
existing Bull Ridge Trail and Rocky Ridge Trail in 
accordance with existing law (including regulations) 
and this subsection until such date as the potential 
wilderness area is designated as wilderness in ac-
cordance with subsection (h). 
(e) WITHDRAWAL.—Subject to valid existing rights, 
the Federal land in the potential wilderness area is with-
drawn 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. 
(f) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.—In carrying out 
this section, the Secretary may enter into cooperative 
agreements with State, Tribal, and local governmental en-
tities and private entities to complete the trail construc-
tion, reconstruction, and realignment authorized by sub-
section (d). 
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(g) BOUNDARIES.—The Secretary shall modify the 
boundary of the potential wilderness area to exclude any 
area within 50 feet of the centerline of the new location 
of any trail that has been constructed, reconstructed, or 
realigned under subsection (d). 
(h) WILDERNESS DESIGNATION.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The potential wilderness 
area, as modified under subsection (g), shall be des-
ignated as wilderness and as a component of the Na-
tional Wilderness Preservation System on the earlier 
of— 
(A) the date on which the Secretary pub-
lishes in the Federal Register notice that the 
trail construction, reconstruction, or alignment 
authorized by subsection (d) has been com-
pleted; and 
(B) the date that is 20 years after the date 
of enactment of this Act. 
(2) ADMINISTRATION
OF
WILDERNESS.—On 
designation as wilderness under this section, the po-
tential wilderness area shall be— 
(A) incorporated into the San Rafael Wil-
derness, as designated by Public Law 90–271 
(82 Stat. 51), the California Wilderness Act of 
1984 (Public Law 98–425; 16 U.S.C. 1132 
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note), and the Los Padres Condor Range and 
River Protection Act (Public Law 102–301; 106 
Stat. 242), and section 3; and 
(B) administered in accordance with sec-
tion 5 and the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 
et seq.). 
SEC. 8. DESIGNATION OF SCENIC AREAS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to valid existing rights, 
there are established the following scenic areas: 
(1) CONDOR
RIDGE
SCENIC
AREA.—Certain 
land in the Los Padres National Forest comprising 
approximately 18,666 acres, as generally depicted on 
the map entitled ‘‘Condor Ridge Scenic Area—Pro-
posed’’ and dated October 4, 2017, which shall be 
known as the ‘‘Condor Ridge Scenic Area’’. 
(2) BLACK MOUNTAIN SCENIC AREA.—Certain 
land in the Los Padres National Forest and the Ba-
kersfield Field Office of the Bureau of Land Man-
agement comprising approximately 16,216 acres, as 
generally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘Black Moun-
tain Scenic Area—Proposed’’ and dated October 4, 
2017, which shall be known as the ‘‘Black Mountain 
Scenic Area’’. 
(b) MAPS AND LEGAL DESCRIPTIONS.— 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—As soon as practicable after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
Agriculture shall file a map and legal description of 
the Condor Ridge Scenic Area and Black Mountain 
Scenic Area with— 
(A) the Committee on Energy and Natural 
Resources of the Senate; and 
(B) the Committee on Natural Resources 
of the House of Representatives. 
(2) FORCE OF LAW.—The maps and legal de-
scriptions filed under paragraph (1) shall have the 
same force and effect as if included in this Act, ex-
cept that the Secretary of Agriculture may correct 
any clerical and typographical errors in the maps 
and legal descriptions. 
(3) PUBLIC
AVAILABILITY.—The maps and 
legal descriptions filed under paragraph (1) shall be 
on file and available for public inspection in the ap-
propriate offices of the Forest Service and Bureau 
of Land Management. 
(c) PURPOSE.—The purpose of the scenic areas is to 
conserve, protect, and enhance for the benefit and enjoy-
ment of present and future generations the ecological, sce-
nic, wildlife, recreational, cultural, historical, natural, edu-
cational, and scientific resources of the scenic areas. 
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(d) MANAGEMENT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall admin-
ister the scenic areas— 
(A) in a manner that conserves, protects, 
and enhances the resources of the scenic areas, 
and in particular the scenic character attributes 
of the scenic areas; and 
(B) in accordance with— 
(i) this section; 
(ii) the Federal Land Policy and Man-
agement Act (43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) for 
land under the jurisdiction of the Secretary 
of the Interior; 
(iii) any laws (including regulations) 
relating to the National Forest System, for 
land under the jurisdiction of the Secretary 
of Agriculture; and 
(iv) any other applicable law (includ-
ing regulations). 
(2) USES.—The Secretary shall only allow those 
uses of the scenic areas that the Secretary deter-
mines would further the purposes described in sub-
section (c). 
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