fornia, to be managed by the Barstow Field Office and 
the Needles Field Office of the Bureau of Land Manage-
ment. 
(b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of the Management 
Area is— 
(1) to preserve and maintain the nationally sig-
nificant biological, cultural, recreational, geological, 
educational, historic, scenic, and scientific values— 
(A) in the Central and Eastern Mojave 
Desert; and 
(B) along historic Route 66; 
(2) to secure the opportunity for present and 
future generations to experience and enjoy the mag-
nificent vistas, wildlife, land forms, and natural and 
cultural resources of the Management Area; 
(3) to provide public recreational use of the 
Management Area, including motorized vehicle use 
on designated roads and trails; and 
(4) to provide access to mineral resources for 
mining and economic development. 
(c) BOUNDARIES.—The Management Area shall con-
sist of the public lands in San Bernardino County, Cali-
fornia, comprising approximately 965,000 acres, as gen-
erally depicted on the map. 
(d) MAP; LEGAL DESCRIPTION.— 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—As soon as practicable, but 
not later than three years, after the date of enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit a map 
and legal description of the Management Area to— 
(A) the Committee on Natural Resources 
of the House of Representatives; and 
(B) the Committee on Energy and Natural 
Resources of the Senate. 
(2) EFFECT.—The map and legal description 
submitted under paragraph (1) shall have the same 
force and effect as if included in this Act, except 
that the Secretary may correct any errors in the 
map and legal description. 
(3) AVAILABILITY.—Copies of the map sub-
mitted under paragraph (1) shall be on file and 
available for public inspection in— 
(A) the Office of the Director of the Bu-
reau of Land Management; and 
(B) the appropriate office of the Bureau of 
Land Management in the State of California. 
SEC. 603. MANAGEMENT. 
(a) CERTAIN ACTIVITIES AUTHORIZED.—The Sec-
retary shall allow hiking, camping, hunting, trapping, fish-
ing, and sightseeing and the use of motorized vehicles, 
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mountain bikes, and horses on designated routes in the 
Management Area in a manner that— 
(1) is consistent with the purpose of the Man-
agement Area; 
(2) ensures public health and safety; and 
(3) is consistent with applicable law. 
(b) OFF-HIGHWAY VEHICLE USE.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Except as otherwise pro-
vided in this subsection and subject to all other ap-
plicable laws, the use of off-highway vehicles shall be 
permitted on routes in the Management Area gen-
erally depicted on the map. 
(2) CLOSURE.—Subject to paragraph (3), the 
Secretary may temporarily close or permanently re-
route a portion of a route described in paragraph (1) 
or opened pursuant to paragraph (4)— 
(A) to prevent, or allow for restoration of, 
resource damage; 
(B) to protect tribal cultural resources, in-
cluding the resources identified in the tribal cul-
tural resources management survey conducted 
under subsection (g); 
(C) to address public safety concerns; or 
(D) as otherwise required by law. 
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(3) NO NET LOSS.—Except in the case of the 
temporary closure of a route due to an emergency, 
before any routes described in paragraph (1) are 
closed, the Secretary should open new routes pursu-
ant to paragraph (4) to ensure that there is no net 
loss in the total mileage of open routes in the Man-
agement Area available for off-highway vehicle use. 
(4) DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL ROUTES.— 
During the three-year period beginning on the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Secretary— 
(A) shall accept petitions from the public 
regarding additional routes for off-highway ve-
hicles in the Management Area; and 
(B) may designate additional routes that 
the Secretary determines— 
(i) would provide significant or unique 
recreational opportunities; and 
(ii) are consistent with the purposes 
of the Management Area. 
(c) MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING WITH CALI-
FORNIA DEPARTMENT
OF FISH
AND WILDLIFE.—Not 
later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of 
this Act, the Secretary shall enter into a memorandum 
of understanding with the California Department of Fish 
and Wildlife to permit operationally feasible, ongoing ac-
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cess to the Management Area for the placement and main-
tenance of water development projects as considered nec-
essary for wildlife conservation. 
(d) HUNTING, TRAPPING, AND FISHING.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), the Secretary shall permit hunting, trap-
ping, and fishing within the Management Area in 
accordance with applicable Federal and State laws 
(including regulations). 
(2) TRAPPING.—No amphibians or reptiles may 
be collected within the Management Area, except 
for— 
(A) scientific purposes; 
(B) the removal of an invasive species; or 
(C) identification/medical purposes in re-
sponse to a snakebite. 
(3) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary, after con-
sultation with the California Department of Fish 
and Wildlife, may designate zones in which, and es-
tablish periods during which, hunting, trapping, and 
fishing shall not be allowed in the Management Area 
for reasons of public safety, administration, resource 
protection, or public use and enjoyment. 
(e) GRAZING.— 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—Nothing in this title termi-
nates any valid existing grazing permit within the 
Management Area. 
(2) EFFECT
ON
BLAIR
PERMIT.—Nothing in 
this title affects the Lazy Daisy grazing permit (per-
mittee number 9076) on land included in the Man-
agement Area including the transfer of title to the 
grazing permit to the Secretary or to a private 
party. 
(3) PERMIT RETIREMENT.—The Secretary may 
acquire base property and associated grazing per-
mits within the Management Area for purposes of 
permanently retiring the permit if— 
(A) the permittee is a willing seller; 
(B) the permittee and Secretary reach an 
agreement concerning the terms and conditions 
of the acquisition; and 
(C) termination of the allotment would fur-
ther the purposes of the Management Area de-
scribed in section 602(b). 
(f) NEW MINING.— 
(1) OPEN TO MINING.—The Management Area 
will remain— 
(A) open to location, entry, and patent 
under the public mining laws; and 
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(B) subject to the mineral leasing and min-
eral materials laws. 
(2) LIMITATIONS.—New mining will not be per-
mitted on— 
(A) any land within the Management Area 
donated to the United States for conservation 
purposes since January 1, 1995; or 
(B) more than 10 percent of the total acre-
age of the Management Area. 
(g) ACCESS TO STATE AND PRIVATE LAND.— 
(1) ACCESS.—The Secretary shall provide ade-
quate access to each owner of non-Federal land or 
interests in non-Federal land within the boundary of 
the Management Area to ensure the reasonable 
maintenance, use, and enjoyment of the land or in-
terest by the owner. 
(2) SURVEY OF EXISTING MOTORIZED ACCESS 
ROUTES.—Not later than two years after enactment 
of this title, the Secretary shall consult with the 
owners of all non-Federal land within the boundary 
of the Monument to inventory all existing motorized 
access routes to private parcels existing as of the 
date of enactment of this title. 
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(3) PROHIBITION ON CLOSING MOTORIZED AC-
CESS
ROUTES.—The Secretary shall not close or 
deny use of any routes inventoried in paragraph (2). 
(4) PUBLIC
SAFETY
EXCEPTION.—Subject to 
paragraph (5), the Secretary may temporarily or 
permanently reroute a portion of a route inventoried 
in paragraph (2) to address public safety concerns. 
(5) NO LET LOSS OF ACCESS.—Except in the 
case of temporary closure of a route due to an emer-
gency, before any route inventoried in paragraph (2) 
is closed, the Secretary must open a new motorized 
access route to private parcels impacted by the clo-
sure. 
(h) LIMITATIONS ON COMMERCIAL ENTERPRISES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graphs (2) and (3), or as required for the customary 
operation, maintenance, upgrade, expansion, or de-
velopment of energy transport facilities within cor-
ridors or rights-of-way described in subsection (g), 
no commercial enterprises shall be authorized within 
the boundary of the Management Area after the 
date of enactment of this Act. 
(2) ADDITIONAL EXCEPTIONS AUTHORIZED BY 
SECRETARY.—The Secretary may authorize excep-
tions to paragraph (1) if the Secretary determines 
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that the commercial enterprise would further the 
purposes described in section 602(b). 
(3) EXCEPTIONS.—This subsection does not 
apply to the following: 
(A) Energy transport facilities that are 
owned or operated by a utility subject to regula-
tion by the Federal Government or a State gov-
ernment or a State utility with a service obliga-
tion (as those terms may be defined in section 
217 of the Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 
824q)). 
(B) Mining. 
(C) Commercial vehicular touring enter-
prises within the Management Area that oper-
ate on designated routes. 
(D) Holders of permits for commercial en-
terprises, such as touring, wildlife viewing, or 
guiding for profit, within the Management 
Area, regardless of whether the permit is issued 
before, on, or after the date of the enactment 
of this Act. 
(E) Commercial operations that take place 
on non-Federal land within the boundary of the 
Management Area. 
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(i) RIGHTS-OF-WAY AND ENERGY TRANSPORT FA-
CILITIES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), 
nothing in this title precludes, prevents, or inhibits 
the following activities within rights-of-way or cor-
ridors in existence in the Management Area as of 
the date of the enactment of this Act: 
(A) Use of mechanized vehicles. 
(B) Customary operation. 
(C) Maintenance. 
(D) Construction. 
(E) Incidental uses. 
(F) Upgrades or expansion. 
(G) Relocation within the right-of-way. 
(H) Replacement. 
(I) Development of energy transport facili-
ties. 
(2) LIMITATION.—The activities described in 
paragraph (1) shall be conducted in a manner that 
minimizes the impact of the activities on Manage-
ment Area resources. 
(3) RIGHTS-OF-WAY.—The Secretary shall, to 
the maximum extent practicable— 
(A) permit rights-of-way and corridor 
alignments that best protect the values and re-
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sources of the Management Area described in 
section 602(b); and 
(B) ensure that— 
(i) existing rights-of-way and utility 
corridors within the Management Area are 
fully utilized before authorizing any new or 
expanded utility right-of-way or corridor; 
and 
(ii) no economically, technically, or le-
gally feasible alternative exists outside the 
Management Area before authorizing a 
new or expanded energy transport facility 
right-of-way or corridor within the Man-
agement Area. 
(4) EFFECT
ON
EXISTING
FACILITIES
AND 
RIGHTS-OF-WAY.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Nothing in this section 
terminates or limits any valid right-of-way with-
in the Management Area in existence as of the 
date of enactment of this Act (including the 
customary operation, maintenance, repair, relo-
cation within an existing right-of-way, or re-
placement of energy transport facilities within 
an existing right-of-way), or other authorized 
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right-of-way, including a right-of-way described 
in subparagraph (B). 
(B) INCLUSIONS.—A right-of-way referred 
to in subparagraph (A) includes, but is not lim-
ited to— 
(i) a right-of-way issued, granted, or 
permitted to— 
(I) the Southern California Edi-
son Company or any predecessors, 
successors, or assigns of the Southern 
California Edison Company, which are 
referred to as of the date of enact-
ment of this Act as Lugo-Mohave, El-
dorado-Lugo, Cima-Eldorado-Pisgah 1 
and 2, and Lugo-Pisgah 1 and 2 
transmission line rights-of-way, Hec-
tor, Lava, Sheephole, and Danby dis-
tribution circuit rights-of-way, and 
any rights-of-way affiliated with the 
Camino Substation; 
(II) the Pacific Gas and Electric 
Company or any predecessors, succes-
sors, or assigns of the Pacific Gas and 
Electric Company, which are referred 
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to as Gas Transmission Lines 300A, 
300B, 311, and 372 rights-of-way; 
(III) the Southern California Gas 
Company or any predecessors, succes-
sors, or assigns of the Southern Cali-
fornia Gas Company, which are re-
ferred to as Gas Transmission Lines 
235, 3000, and 6916 rights-of-way; 
and 
(IV) the Celeron Pipeline Com-
pany and the All American Pipeline 
Company by Right-of-Way Grant No. 
CA 14013 from the Bureau of Land 
Management; and 
(ii) a right-of-way authorization issued 
on the expiration of an existing right-of- 
way authorization described in clause (i). 
(C) PUBLICATION
OF
PLANS.—Not later 
than one year after the date of enactment of 
this Act, the Secretary, in consultation with the 
Southern California Edison Company, the Pa-
cific Gas and Electric Company, the Southern 
California Gas Company, and the Metropolitan 
Water District of Southern California, shall 
publish plans for regular and emergency access 
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by such utilities to the respective rights-of-way 
of those utilities within the Management Area. 
(5) UPGRADING AND EXPANSION OF EXISTING 
RIGHTS-OF-WAY.—Nothing in this subsection pro-
hibits the upgrading (including the construction, re-
location, or replacement within an existing right-of- 
way) or expansion of an existing energy transport 
facility for the purpose of increasing the trans-
mission capacity of the energy transport facility or 
for providing energy storage consistent with require-
ments of the California Public Utilities Commission, 
or the Federal or State agency with regulatory au-
thority over those actions, in— 
(A) existing rights-of-way or corridors 
within the Management Area; or 
(B) a right-of-way issued, granted, or per-
mitted by the Secretary that is contiguous or 
adjacent to existing energy transport facility 
rights-of-way, including existing Southern Cali-
fornia Edison Company, Pacific Gas and Elec-
tric Company, and Southern California Gas 
Company energy transport facility rights-of- 
way. 
(6) INTERSTATE
TRANSPORTATION
COR-
RIDOR.—For purposes of utility rights-of-way under 
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this subsection, the Secretary shall consider the 
Interstate 40 transportation corridor to be equiva-
lent to a utility right-of-way corridor in existence as 
of the date of the enactment of this Act. 
(7) NEW RIGHTS-OF-WAY.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as authorized in 
subparagraph (B), any new right-of-way within 
the Management Area shall— 
(i) only be permitted— 
(I) in an energy corridor that is 
designated as of the date of enact-
ment of this Act; or 
(II) as an expansion of an energy 
corridor described in subclause (I); 
and 
(ii) require compliance with the Na-
tional Environmental Policy Act of 1969 
(42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.). 
(B) APPROVAL.—A new right-of-way, or 
expansion of an existing energy corridor, au-
thorized by subparagraph (A) shall only be ap-
proved if the Secretary, in consultation with ap-
plicable Federal and State agencies, determines 
that the new right-of-way or expansion of an 
existing corridor is consistent with— 
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(i) this title; 
(ii) other applicable laws; 
(iii) the purposes of the Management 
Area described in section 602(b); and 
(iv) the management plan for the 
Management Area. 
(j) OVERFLIGHTS.—Nothing in this title or the man-
agement plan restricts or precludes— 
(1) overflights (including low-level overflights) 
of military, commercial, and general aviation aircraft 
that can be seen or heard within the Management 
Area; 
(2) the designation or creation of new units of 
special use airspace; 
(3) the establishment of military flight training 
routes over the Management Area; or 
(4) the use (including takeoff and landing) of 
helicopters and other aerial devices to construct or 
maintain energy transport facilities. 
(k) WITHDRAWAL.—Subject to valid existing rights, 
all Federal land within the Management Area is with-
drawn from— 
(1) all forms of entry, appropriation, or disposal 
under the public land laws; and 
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(2) right-of-way, leasing, or disposition under 
all laws relating to solar, wind, and geothermal en-
ergy. 
(l) PROHIBITION ON RENEWABLE ENERGY GENERA-
TION FACILITIES.—Development of renewable energy gen-
eration facilities (excluding rights-of-way or facilities for 
the transmission of energy and telecommunication facili-
ties and infrastructure) is prohibited within the Manage-
ment Area. 
(m) NO BUFFERS.—The establishment of the Man-
agement Area shall not— 
(1) create a protective perimeter or buffer zone 
around the Management Area; or 
(2) restrict, preclude, limit, or prevent uses or 
activities outside the Management Area that are per-
mitted under other applicable laws, even if the uses 
or activities are prohibited within the Management 
Area. 
(n) NOTICE OF AVAILABLE ROUTES.—The Secretary 
shall ensure that visitors to the Management Area have 
access to adequate notice relating to the availability of des-
ignated routes in the Management Area through— 
(1) the placement of appropriate signage along 
the designated routes; 
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(2) the distribution of maps, safety education 
materials, and other information that the Secretary 
determines to be appropriate; and 
(3) restoration of areas that are not designated 
as open routes, including vertical mulching. 
(o) STEWARDSHIP.—In consultation with Indian 
tribes and other interested persons, the Secretary shall de-
velop a program to provide opportunities for monitoring 
and stewardship of the Management Area to minimize en-
vironmental impacts and prevent resource damage from 
recreational use, including volunteer assistance with— 
(1) route signage; 
(2) restoration of closed routes; 
(3) protection of Management Area resources; 
and 
(4) recreation education. 
(p) PROTECTION
OF
TRIBAL
CULTURAL
RE-
SOURCES.—Not later than two years after the date of en-
actment of this Act, the Secretary, in accordance with 
chapter 2003 of title 54, United States Code, and any 
other applicable law, shall— 
(1) prepare and complete a tribal cultural re-
sources survey of the Management Area; and 
(2) consult with the Fort Mojave Indian Tribe, 
the Colorado River Indian Tribes, the Chemehuevi 
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Indian Tribe, the San Manuel Band of Serrano Mis-
sion Indians, and other Indian tribes with historic or 
cultural ties to land within, or adjacent to, the Man-
agement Area regarding the management of portions 
of the Management Area containing sacred sites or 
cultural importance to the Indian tribes on the de-
velopment and implementation of the tribal cultural 
resources survey under paragraph (1). 
(q) PROTECTION OF PROPERTY RIGHTS.— 
(1) NO AFFECT ON NON-FEDERAL LAND.—The 
establishment of the Management Area does not af-
fect— 
(A) any land or interest in land held by the 
State of California, political subdivision of the 
State, or special district; 
(B) any private property right (including a 
water development right) within or adjacent to 
the boundaries of the Management Area; 
(C) any land, interest in land, or cus-
tomary operation, maintenance, repair, or re-
placement activity carried out on, over, or 
under land or within an existing right-of-way in 
the Management Area; or 
(D) access to valid existing water rights 
and the operation and maintenance of water 
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conveyance structures associated with the water 
rights. 
(2) NO NEW AUTHORITY.—Nothing in this title 
grants to the Secretary any authority on or over 
non-Federal land not already provided by law. 
SEC. 604. ACQUISITION OF LAND. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may acquire for in-
clusion in the Management Area any land or interests in 
land within the boundary of the Management Area owned 
by the State, units of local government, Indian tribes, non-
profit organizations, private individuals, or any other land-
owner only by— 
(1) donation; 
(2) exchange with a willing party; or 
(3) purchase from a willing seller. 
(b) USE OF EASEMENTS.—To the maximum extent 
practicable and only with the approval of the landowner, 
the Secretary may use permanent conservation easements 
to acquire an interest in land in the Management Area 
rather than acquiring fee simple title to the land. 
(c) INCORPORATION OF ACQUIRED LAND AND INTER-
ESTS IN LAND.—Any land or interest in land within the 
boundaries of the Management Area that is acquired by 
the United States after the date of enactment of this Act 
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shall be added to and administered as part of the Manage-
ment Area. 
(d) DONATED AND ACQUIRED LAND.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—All land within the boundary 
of the Management Area donated to the United 
States or acquired using amounts from the land and 
water conservation fund established under section 
200302 of title 54, United States Code, before, on, 
or after the date of enactment of this Act— 
(A) shall be managed in accordance with 
section 603; and 
(B) shall be managed consistent with the 
purposes of the Management Area described in 
section 602(b). 
(2) EFFECT
ON
MANAGEMENT
AREA.—Land 
within the boundary of the Management Area that 
is contiguous to land donated to the United States 
or acquired through purchase or exchange shall be 
managed in a manner consistent with conservation 
purposes, subject to applicable law. 
SEC. 605. RENEWABLE ENERGY RIGHT-OF-WAY APPLICA-
TIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Applicants for rights-of-way for 
the development of solar energy facilities that have been 
terminated by the establishment of the Management Area 
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shall be granted the right of first refusal to apply for re-
placement sites that— 
(1) have not previously been encumbered by 
right-of-way applications; and 
(2) are located within the Solar Energy Zones 
designated by the Solar Energy Programmatic Envi-
ronmental Impact Statement of the Department of 
the Interior and the Department of Energy. 
(b) ELIGIBILITY.—To be eligible for a right of first 
refusal under subsection (a), an applicant shall have, on 
or before December 1, 2009— 
(1) submitted an application for a right-of-way 
to the Bureau of Land Management; 
(2) completed a plan of development to develop 
a solar energy facility on land within the Manage-
ment Area; 
(3) submitted cost recovery funds to the Bu-
reau of Land Management to assist with the costs 
of processing the right-of-way application; 
(4) successfully submitted an application for an 
interconnection agreement with an electrical grid op-
erator that is registered with the North American 
Electric Reliability Corporation; and 
(5)(A) secured a power purchase agreement; or 
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(B) a financially and technically viable solar en-
ergy facility project, as determined by the Director 
of the Bureau of Land Management. 
(c) EQUIVALENT
ENERGY
PRODUCTION.—Each 
right-of-way for a replacement site granted under this sec-
tion shall— 
(1) authorize the same energy production at the 
replacement site as had been applied for at the site 
that had been the subject of the terminated applica-
tion; and 
(2) have— 
(A) 
appropriate 
solar 
insolation 
and 
geotechnical attributes; and 
(B) adequate access to existing trans-
mission or feasible new transmission. 
(d) EXISTING
RIGHTS-OF-WAY
APPLICATIONS.— 
Nothing in this section alters, affects, or displaces primary 
rights-of-way applications within the Solar Energy Study 
Areas unless the applications are otherwise altered, af-
fected, or displaced as a result of the Solar Energy Pro-
grammatic Environmental Impact Statement of the De-
partment of the Interior and the Department of Energy. 
(e) DEADLINES.—A right of first refusal granted 
under this section shall only be exercisable by the date 
that is 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act. 
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