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(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other 
provision of law (including any termination date re-
lating to the waiver referred to in this subsection), 
the waiver by the Secretary of Homeland Security 
on April 1, 2008, under section 102(c)(1) of the Ille-
gal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsi-
bility Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1103 note; Public Law 
104–208) of the laws described in paragraph (2) 
with respect to certain sections of the international 
border between the United States and Mexico and 
between the United States and Canada shall be con-
sidered to apply to all Federal land under the juris-
diction of the Secretary of the Interior or the Sec-
retary of Agriculture within 100 miles of the inter-
national land borders of the United States for the 
activities of U.S. Customs and Border Protection de-
scribed in subsection (c). 
(2) DESCRIPTION OF LAWS WAIVED.—The laws 
referred to in paragraph (1) are limited to the Wil-
derness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), the National 
Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 
et seq.), the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 
U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), the National Historic Preser-
vation Act (16 U.S.C. 470 et seq.), Public Law 86– 
523 (16 U.S.C. 469 et seq.), the Act of June 8, 
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1906 (commonly known as the ‘‘Antiquities Act of 
1906’’; 16 U.S.C. 431 et seq.), the Wild and Scenic 
Rivers Act (16 U.S.C. 1271 et seq.), the Federal 
Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 
U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), the National Wildlife Refuge 
System Administration Act of 1966 (16 U.S.C. 
668dd et seq.), the Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956 
(16 U.S.C. 742a et seq.), the Fish and Wildlife Co-
ordination Act (16 U.S.C. 661 et seq.), subchapter 
II of chapter 5, and chapter 7, of title 5, United 
States Code (commonly known as the ‘‘Administra-
tive Procedure Act’’), the National Park Service Or-
ganic Act (16 U.S.C. 1 et seq.), the General Au-
thorities Act of 1970 (Public Law 91–383) (16 
U.S.C. 1a–1 et seq.), sections 401(7), 403, and 404 
of the National Parks and Recreation Act of 1978 
(Public Law 95–625, 92 Stat. 3467), and the Ari-
zona Desert Wilderness Act of 1990 (16 U.S.C. 
1132 note; Public Law 101–628). 
(d) PROTECTION
OF LEGAL USES.—This section 
shall not be construed to provide— 
(1) authority to restrict legal uses, such as 
grazing, hunting, mining, or public-use recreational 
and backcountry airstrips on land under the jurisdic-
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tion of the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary 
of Agriculture; or 
(2) any additional authority to restrict legal ac-
cess to such land. 
(e) EFFECT ON STATE AND PRIVATE LAND.—This 
Act shall— 
(1) have no force or effect on State or private 
lands; and 
(2) not provide authority on or access to State 
or private lands. 
(f) TRIBAL SOVEREIGNTY.—Nothing in this section 
supersedes, replaces, negates, or diminishes treaties or 
other agreements between the United States and Indian 
tribes. 
(g) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the 
Secretary of Homeland Security shall submit to the appro-
priate committees of Congress a report describing the ex-
tent to which implementation of this section has affected 
the operations of U.S. Customs and Border Protection in 
the year preceding the report. 
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