(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary shall allow 
only such uses of the National Scenic Area as the 
Secretary determines would support the purposes of 
the National Scenic Area as described in subsection 
(b). 
(2) RECREATIONAL
ACTIVITIES.—Except as 
otherwise provided in this Act or other applicable 
law, or as the Secretary determines to be necessary 
for public health and safety, the Secretary shall 
allow existing recreational uses of the National Sce-
nic Area to continue, including hiking, mountain 
biking, rock climbing, sightseeing, horseback riding, 
hunting, fishing, and appropriate authorized motor-
ized vehicle use. 
(3) MOTORIZED VEHICLES.—Except as speci-
fied within this Act and/or in cases in which motor-
ized vehicles are needed for administrative purposes, 
or to respond to an emergency, the use of motorized 
vehicles in the National Scenic Area shall be per-
mitted only on— 
(A) roads and trails designated by the Di-
rector of the Bureau of Land Management for 
use of motorized vehicles as part of a manage-
ment plan sustaining a semi-primitive motorized 
experience; or 
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(B) on county-maintained roads in accord-
ance with applicable State and county laws. 
(f) ACQUISITION OF LAND.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may acquire 
non-Federal land within the boundaries of the Na-
tional Scenic Area only through exchange, donation, 
or purchase from a willing seller. 
(2) MANAGEMENT.—Land acquired under para-
graph (1) shall be— 
(A) considered to be a part of the National 
Scenic Area; and 
(B) managed in accordance with this Act 
and any other applicable laws. 
(g) NO BUFFER ZONES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Nothing in this Act creates 
a protective perimeter or buffer zone around the Na-
tional Scenic Area. 
(2) ACTIVITIES
OUTSIDE
NATIONAL
SCENIC 
AREA.—The fact that an activity or use on land out-
side the National Scenic Area can be seen or heard 
within the National Scenic Area shall not preclude 
the activity or use outside the boundaries of the Na-
tional Scenic Area. 
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(h) ACCESS.—The Secretary shall continue to provide 
private landowners adequate access to inholdings in the 
National Scenic Area. 
(i) FILMING.—Nothing in this Act prohibits filming 
(including commercial film production, student filming, 
and still photography) within the National Scenic Area— 
(1) subject to— 
(A) such reasonable regulations, policies, 
and practices as the Secretary considers to be 
necessary; and 
(B) applicable law; and 
(2) in a manner consistent with the purposes 
described in subsection (b). 
(j) FISH AND WILDLIFE.—Nothing in this Act af-
fects the jurisdiction or responsibilities of the State with 
respect to fish and wildlife. 
(k) LIVESTOCK.—The grazing of livestock in the Na-
tional Scenic Area, including grazing under the Alabama 
Hills allotment and the George Creek allotment, as estab-
lished before the date of enactment of this Act, shall be 
permitted to continue— 
(1) subject to— 
(A) such reasonable regulations, policies, 
and practices as the Secretary considers to be 
necessary; and 
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(B) applicable law; and 
(2) in a manner consistent with the purposes 
described in subsection (b). 
(l) OVERFLIGHTS.—Nothing in this Act restricts or 
precludes flights over the National Scenic Area or over-
flights that can be seen or heard within the National Sce-
nic Area, including— 
(1) transportation, sightseeing and filming 
flights, general aviation planes, helicopters, hang- 
gliders, and balloonists, for commercial or rec-
reational purposes; 
(2) low-level overflights of military aircraft; 
(3) flight testing and evaluation; or 
(4) the designation or creation of new units of 
special use airspace, or the establishment of military 
flight training routes, over the National Scenic Area. 
(m) WITHDRAWAL.—Subject to this Act’s provisions 
and valid rights in existence on the date of enactment of 
this Act, including rights established by prior withdrawals, 
the Federal land within the National Scenic 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 
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(3) disposition under all laws pertaining to min-
eral and geothermal leasing or mineral materials. 
(n) WILDLAND FIRE OPERATIONS.—Nothing in this 
Act prohibits the Secretary, in cooperation with other Fed-
eral, State, and local agencies, as appropriate, from con-
ducting wildland fire operations in the National Scenic 
Area, consistent with the purposes described in subsection 
(b). 
(o) GRANTS; COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.—The Sec-
retary may make grants to, or enter into cooperative 
agreements with, State, tribal, and local governmental en-
tities and private entities to conduct research, interpreta-
tion, or public education or to carry out any other initia-
tive relating to the restoration, conservation, or manage-
ment of the National Scenic Area. 
(p) AIR AND WATER QUALITY.—Nothing in this Act 
modifies any standard governing air or water quality out-
side of the boundaries of the National Scenic Area. 
(q) UTILITY FACILITIES AND RIGHTS OF WAY.— 
(1) Nothing in this Act shall— 
(A) affect the existence, use, operation, 
maintenance (including but not limited to vege-
tation control), repair, construction, reconfig-
uration, expansion, inspection, renewal, recon-
struction, alteration, addition, relocation, im-
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