[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2379 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2379

 To designate certain lands in the State of California as wilderness, 
                        and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 10, 1993

  Mr. Lewis of California (for himself, Mr. McCandless, Mr. Thomas of 
 California, and Mr. Hunter) introduced the following bill; which was 
             referred to the Committee on Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
 To designate certain lands in the State of California as wilderness, 
                        and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,  This Act may be cited 
as the ``California Desert and Employment Preservation Act of 1993''.
    Sec. 2. The Congress finds that--
            (a) many areas of undeveloped public land in California and 
        one parcel in Washoe County, Nevada, administered by the Bureau 
        of Land Management have outstanding natural characteristics 
        that give them high value as wilderness and that can, if 
        properly managed, serve as an enduring resource of wilderness 
        for the benefit of the American people;
            (b) it is in the national interest that these areas be 
        promptly designated as components of the National Wilderness 
        Preservation System in order to preserve and maintain them as 
        an enduring resource of wilderness to be managed to promote and 
        perpetuate their wilderness character and their specific 
        multiple values for natural systems biodiversity, watershed 
        preservation, wildlife habitat protection, scenic and historic 
        preservation, scientific research and educational use, 
        primitive recreation, solitude, physical and mental challenge, 
        and inspiration for the benefit of present and future 
        generations of the American people; and
            (c) certain areas of public lands located in Inyo and 
        Riverside Counties, California are appropriate for transfer 
        from the Bureau of Land Management to the National Park Service 
        as additions to the Death Valley and Joshua Tree National 
        Monuments.
    Sec. 3. (a) As used in this Act, the term ``public lands'' shall 
have the same meaning as defined in section 103(e) of the Federal Land 
Policy and Management Act of 1976.
    (b) As used in this Act the term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
of the Interior.
    Sec. 4. (a) In furtherance of the purposes of the Wilderness Act, 
the following public lands are hereby designated as wilderness, and 
therefore, as components of the National Wilderness Preservation 
System:
            (1) Certain public lands in the Bakersfield District of the 
        Bureau of Land Management, California, which comprise 
        approximately fifteen thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven 
        acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled ``Owens Peak 
        Proposal'', dated June 1988 (CA-010-026).
            (2) Certain public lands in the Bakersfield District of the 
        Bureau of Land Management, California, which comprise 
        approximately ten thousand seven hundred and twenty-one acres, 
        as generally depicted on a map entitled ``Sacatar Meadows 
        Proposal'', dated June 1988 (CA-010-027).
            (3) Certain public lands in the Bakersfield District of the 
        Bureau of Land Management, California, which comprise 
        approximately twenty eight thousand two hundred and ninety-one 
        acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled ``Southern Inyo 
        Proposal'', dated June 1988 (CA-010-056).
            (4) Certain public lands in the Bakersfield District of the 
        Bureau of Land Management, California, which comprise 
        approximately one thousand nine hundred and eighty-three acres, 
        as generally depicted on a map entitled ``Pinnacles Proposal'', 
        dated June 1988 (CA-040-303).
            (5) Certain public lands in the Susanville District of the 
        Bureau of Land Management, California, which comprise 
        approximately seven thousand four hundred and forty-three 
        acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled ``Pit River 
        Canyon Proposal'', dated June 1988 (CA-020-103).
            (6) Certain public lands in the Susanville District of the 
        Bureau of Land Management, California, which comprise 
        approximately seven thousand eight hundred and eighty-nine 
        acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled ``Tunnison 
        Mountain Proposal'', dated June 1988 (CA-020-311).
            (7) Certain public lands in the Susanville District of the 
        Bureau of Land Management, California, which comprise 
        approximately thirty seven thousand and fifty-five acres 
        located in Lassen County California, and five hundred and 
        eighty-nine acres located in Washoe County, Nevada, as 
        generally depicted on a map entitled ``Skedaddle Proposal'', 
        dated June 1988 (CA-020-612). However, the designation of the 
        Skedaddle Wilderness Area will in no way be construed or used 
        to restrain current or future activities associated with the 
        adjacent Sierra Army Depot.
            (8) Certain public lands in the Susanville District of the 
        Bureau of Land Management, California, which comprise 
        approximately one thousand one hundred and sixty-one acres, as 
        generally depicted on a map entitled ``South Warner Proposal'', 
        dated June 1988 (CA-020-708).
            (9) Certain public lands in the Ukiah District of the 
        Bureau of Land Management, California, which comprise 
        approximately four thousand one hundred and forty-three acres, 
        as generally depicted on a map entitled ``Chemise Mountain 
        Proposal'', dated June 1988 (CA-050-111).
            (10) Certain public lands in the Ukiah District of the 
        Bureau of Land Management, California, which comprise 
        approximately twenty thousand two hundred and forty-eight 
        acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled ``King Range 
        Proposal'', dated June 1988 (CA-050-112).
            (11) Certain public lands in the California Desert District 
        of the Bureau of Land Management, California, which comprise 
        approximately three hundred and forty-four acres, as generally 
        depicted on a map entitled ``Agua Tibia Proposal'', dated June 
        1988 (CA-060-002).
            (12) Certain public lands in the California Desert District 
        of the Bureau of Land Management, California, which comprise 
        approximately twenty-two thousand eight hundred and seventy-
        five acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled ``Sawtooth 
        Mountains Proposal'', dated June 1988 (CA-060-024B).
            (13) Certain public lands in the California Desert District 
        of the Bureau of Land Management, California, which comprise 
        approximately fifteen thousand four hundred and eight acres, as 
        generally depicted on a map entitled ``Carrizo Gorge 
        Proposal'', dated June 1988 (CA-060-025A).
            (14) Certain public lands in the California Desert District 
        of the Bureau of Land Management, California, which comprise 
        approximately four thousand three hundred and twenty-three 
        acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled ``Western Otay 
        Mountain Proposal'', dated June 1988 (CA-060-028).
            (15) Certain public lands in the California Desert District 
        of the Bureau of Land Management, California, which comprise 
        approximately six thousand seven hundred and eighty-three 
        acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled ``Southern Otay 
        Mountain Proposal'', dated June 1988 (CA-060-029).
            (16) Certain public lands in the California Desert District 
        of the Bureau of Land Management, California, which comprise 
        approximately three hundred ninety-two thousand six hundred 
        forty-three acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled 
        ``Saline Valley Proposal'', dated June 1988 (CDCA-117). Of this 
        acreage approximately thirty thousand two hundred and ninety-
        five acres are added to the National Park System pursuant to 
        section 4(a)(1) of this Act.
            (17) Certain public lands in the California Desert District 
        of the Bureau of Land Management, California, which comprise 
        approximately two thousand one hundred and fifty-four acres, as 
        generally depicted on a map entitled ``Lower Saline Valley 
        Proposal'', dated June 1988 (CDCA-117A).
            (18) Certain public lands in the California Desert District 
        of the Bureau of Land Management, California, which comprise 
        approximately thirty five thousand seven hundred and ninety-two 
        acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled ``Little Sand 
        Spring Proposal'', dated June 1988 (CDCA-119). All of this 
        acreage is hereby added to the National Park System pursuant to 
        section 4(a)(1) of this Act.
            (19) Certain public lands in the California Desert District 
        of the Bureau of Land Management, California, which comprise 
        approximately fifty eight thousand three hundred and ninety-two 
        acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled ``Inyo Mountains 
        Proposal'', dated June 1988 (CDCA-122).
            (20) Certain public lands in the California Desert District 
        of the Bureau of Land Management, California, which comprise 
        approximately twenty thousand and thirty acres, as generally 
        depicted on a map entitled ``Hunter Mountain Proposal'', dated 
        June 1988 (CDCA-123).
            (21) Certain public lands in the California Desert District 
        of the Bureau of Land Management, California, which comprise 
        approximately ninety thousand six hundred and twenty-six acres, 
        as generally depicted on a map entitled ``Panamint Dunes 
        Proposal'', dated June 1988 (CDCA-127).
            (22) Certain public lands in the California Desert District 
        of the Bureau of Land Management, California, which comprise 
        approximately fourteen thousand and seventy-nine acres, as 
        generally depicted on a map entitled ``Wild Rose Canyon 
        Proposal'', dated June 1988 (CDCA-134).
            (23) Certain public lands in the California Desert District 
        of the Bureau of Land Management, California, which comprise 
        approximately forty four thousand five hundred and thirty-six 
        acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled ``Slate Range 
        Proposal'', dated June 1988 (CDCA-142).
            (24) Certain public lands in the California Desert District 
        of the Bureau of Land Management, California, which comprise 
        approximately twenty three thousand four acres, as generally 
        depicted on a map entitled ``Funeral Mountains Proposal'', 
        dated June 1988 (CDCA-143). Of this acreage approximately 
        fifteen thousand seven hundred and seventy-eight acres are 
        added to the National Park System pursuant to section 4(a)(1) 
        of this Act.
            (25) Certain public lands in the California Desert District 
        of the Bureau of Land Management, California, which comprise 
        approximately twenty two thousand eight hundred and eleven 
        acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled ``Greenwater 
        Valley Proposal'', dated June 1988 (CDCA-148).
            (26) Certain public lands in the California Desert District 
        of the Bureau of Land Management, California, which comprise 
        approximately seventy nine thousand eight hundred and sixty-
        eight acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled ``Nopah 
        Range Proposal'', dated June 1988 (CDCA-150).
            (27) Certain public lands in the California Desert District 
        of the Bureau of Land Management, California, which comprise 
        approximately one hundred twenty one thousand nine hundred and 
        twelve acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled 
        ``Owlshead Mountains Proposal'', dated June 1988 (CDCA-156).
            (28) Certain public lands in the California Desert District 
        of the Bureau of Land Management, California, which comprise 
        approximately thirty two thousand one hundred and twenty-five 
        acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled ``Little Lake 
        Canyon Proposal'', dated June 1988 (CDCA-157).
            (29) Certain public lands in the California Desert District 
        of the Bureau of Land Management, California, which comprise 
        approximately twenty six thousand one hundred and thirteen 
        acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled ``Owens Peak 
        Proposal'', dated June 1988 (CDCA-158).
            (30) Certain public lands in the California Desert District 
        of the Bureau of Land Management, California, which comprise 
        approximately thirteen thousand nine hundred and eight-six 
        acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled ``El Paso 
        Mountains Proposal'', dated June 1988 (CDCA-164).
            (31) Certain public lands in the California Desert District 
        of the Bureau of Land Management, California, which comprise 
        approximately twenty nine thousand one hundred and thirteen 
        acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled ``Golden Valley 
        Proposal'', dated June 1988 (CDCA-170).
            (32) Certain public lands in the California Desert District 
        of the Bureau of Land Management, California, which comprise 
        approximately twenty thousand two hundred and ninety-one acres, 
        as generally depicted on a map entitled ``Newberry Mountains 
        Proposal'', dated June 1988 (CDCA-206).
            (33) Certain public lands in the California Desert District 
        of the Bureau of Land Management, California, which comprise 
        approximately seventeen thousand six hundred and thirty acres, 
        as generally depicted on a map entitled ``Rodman Mountains 
        Proposal'', dated June 1988 (CDCA-207);.
            (34) Certain public lands in the California Desert District 
        of the Bureau of Land Management, California, which comprise 
        approximately eleven thousand six-eight acres, as generally 
        depicted on a map entitled ``Bighorn Mountains Proposal'', 
        dated June 1988 (CDCA-217);.
            (35) Certain public lands in the California Desert District 
        of the Bureau of Land Management, California, which comprise 
        approximately six thousand four hundred and ten acres, as 
        generally depicted on a map entitled ``Morongo Proposal'', 
        dated June 1988 (CDCA-218).
            (36) Certain public lands in the California Desert District 
        of the Bureau of Land Management, California, which comprise 
        approximately eleven thousand one hundred and sixty-nine acres, 
        as generally depicted on a map entitled ``Whitewater 
        Proposal'', dated June 1988 (CDCA-218A).
            (37) Certain public lands in the California Desert District 
        of the Bureau of Land Management, California, which comprise 
        approximately thirty-four thousand three hundred and sixty-nine 
        acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled ``Kingston Range 
        Proposal'', dated June 1988 (CDCA-222).
            (38) Certain public lands in the California Desert District 
        of the Bureau of Land Management, California, which comprise 
        approximately forty-one thousand seven hundred and one acres, 
        as generally depicted on a map entitled ``Cinder Cones 
        Proposal'', dated June 1988 (CDCA-239).
            (39) Certain public lands in the California Desert District 
        of the Bureau of Land Management, California, which comprise 
        approximately forty-six thousand four hundred and five acres, 
        as generally depicted on a map entitled ``Kelso Dunes 
        Proposal'', dated June 1988 (CDCA-250).
            (40) Certain public lands in the California Desert District 
        of the Bureau of Land Management, California, which comprise 
        approximately forty-three thousand two hundred and thirty-two 
        acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled ``Bristol/
        Granite Mountains Proposal'', dated June 1988 (CDCA-256).
            (41) Certain public lands in the California Desert District 
        of the Bureau of Land Management, California, which comprise 
        approximately twenty-four thousand two hundred and thirty-eight 
        acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled ``South 
        Providence Mountains Proposal'', dated June 1988 (CDCA-262).
            (42) Certain public lands in the California Desert District 
        of the Bureau of Land Management, California, which comprise 
        approximately fifty-nine thousand six hundred and eighty-one 
        acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled ``Providence 
        Mountains Proposal'', dated June 1988 (CDCA-263).
            (43) Certain public lands in the California Desert District 
        of the Bureau of Land Management, California, which comprise 
        approximately forty-three thousand five hundred and nineteen 
        acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled ``Castle Peaks 
        Proposal'', dated June 1988 (CDCA-266).
            (44) Certain public lands in the California Desert District 
        of the Bureau of Land Management, California, which comprise 
        approximately thirty-four thousand eight hundred and fifty-four 
        acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled ``Fort Piute 
        Proposal'', dated June 1988 (CDCA-267).
            (45) Certain public lands in the California Desert District 
        of the Bureau of Land Management, California, which comprise 
        approximately one hundred sixteen thousand four hundred and 
        eighty acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled ``Turtle 
        Mountains Proposal'', dated June 1988 (CDCA-307).
            (46) Certain public lands in the California Desert District 
        of the Bureau of Land Management, California, which comprise 
        approximately sixty-one thousand eight hundred and fifty-three 
        acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled ``Chemehuevi 
        Mountains Proposal'', dated June 1988 (CDCA-310).
            (47) Certain public lands in the Yuma, Arizona District of 
        the Bureau of Land Management, located in California, which 
        comprise approximately nine hundred and thirty-eight acres, as 
        generally depicted on a map entitled ``Chemehuevi/Needles 
        Addition Proposal'', dated June 1988 (AZ-050-004).
            (48) Certain public lands in the California Desert District 
        of the Bureau of Land Management, located in California, which 
        comprise approximately seventy two thousand sixty-three acres, 
        as generally depicted on a map entitled ``Whipple Mountains 
        Proposal'', dated June 1988 (CDCA-312).
            (49) Certain public lands in the Yuma, Arizona, District of 
        the Bureau of Land Management, located in California, which 
        comprise approximately one thousand three hundred and forty-
        three acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled ``Whipple 
        Mountains Addition Proposal'', dated June 1988 (AZ-050-010).
            (50) Certain public lands in the California Desert District 
        of the Bureau of Land Management, California, which comprise 
        approximately seventy-five thousand six hundred and sixty-five 
        acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled ``Palen/McCoy 
        Proposal'', dated June 1988 (CDCA-325).
            (51) Certain public lands in the California Desert District 
        of the Bureau of Land Management, California, which comprise 
        approximately fifty-two thousand seven hundred and eighty-two 
        acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled ``Coxcomb 
        Mountains Proposal'', dated June 1988 (CDCA-328).
            (52) Certain public lands in the California Desert District 
        of the Bureau of Land Management, California, which comprise 
        approximately fifty-one thousand four hundred and thirty-four 
        acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled ``Eagle 
        Mountains Proposal'', dated June 1988 (CDCA-334).
            (53) Certain public lands in the California Desert District 
        of the Bureau of Land Management, California, which comprise 
        approximately forty-seven thousand one hundred and forty acres, 
        as generally depicted on a map entitled ``Santa Rosa Mountains 
        Proposal'', dated June 1988 (CDCA-341).
            (54) Certain public lands in the California Desert District 
        of the Bureau of Land Management, California, which comprise 
        approximately seven thousand one hundred and ninety-nine acres, 
        as generally depicted on a map entitled ``Mecca Hills 
        Proposal'', dated June 1988 (CDCA-343).
            (55) Certain public lands in the California Desert District 
        of the Bureau of Land Management, California, which comprise 
        approximately twenty-eight thousand two hundred and seven 
        acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled ``Orocopia 
        Mountains Proposal'', dated June 1988 (CDCA-344).
            (56) Certain public lands in the California Desert District 
        of the Bureau of Land Management, California, which comprise 
        approximately fifty-seven thousand thirty acres, as generally 
        depicted on a map entitled ``Chuckwalla Mountains Proposal'', 
        dated June 1988 (CDCA-348).
            (57) Certain public lands in the California Desert District 
        of the Bureau of Land Management, California, which comprise 
        approximately thirty-one thousand four hundred and ninety-three 
        acres, including eight hundred and ninety-one acres adjacent to 
        the Wilderness Study Area, as generally depicted on a map 
        entitled ``Julian Wash (formerly Indian Pass) Proposal'', dated 
        June 1988 (CDCA-355).
            (58) Certain public lands in the California Desert District 
        of the Bureau of Land Management, California, which comprise 
        approximately five thousand four hundred and fifty-five acres, 
        as generally depicted on a map entitled ``Gavilan (formerly 
        Picacho Peak) Proposal'', dated June 1988 (CDCA-355A).
            (59) Certain public lands in the California Desert District 
        of the Bureau of Land Management, California, which comprise 
        approximately twenty-five thousand seven hundred and sixteen 
        acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled ``North 
        Algodones Dunes Proposal'', dated June 1988 (CDCA-360).
            (60) Certain public lands in the California Desert District 
        of the Bureau of Land Management, California, which comprise 
        approximately twenty-six thousand one hundred and twenty-eight 
        acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled ``Jacumba 
        Proposal'', dated June 1988 (CDCA-368).
            (61) Certain public lands in the California Desert District 
        of the Bureau of Land Management, California, which comprise 
        approximately fifteen thousand three hundred and fifty-nine 
        acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled ``Fish Creek 
        Mountains Proposal'', dated June 1988 (CDCA-372).
            (62) Certain public lands in the Carson City, Nevada, 
        District of the Bureau of Land Management, located in 
        California, which comprise approximately five hundred and fifty 
        acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled ``Carson Iceberg 
        Proposal'', dated June 1988 (NV-030-532).
    (b) The acreages cited in this Act are approximate. In the event of 
discrepancies between acreages cited in this Act and the acreages 
depicted on the referenced maps, the maps shall control.
    Sec. 5. As soon as practicable after enactment of this Act, a map 
and a legal description for each designated wilderness area and area 
added to the National Park System shall be filed by the Secretary with 
the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the United States 
Senate and the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs of the House 
of Representatives, and each such map and legal description shall have 
the same force and effect as if included in this Act: Provided, That 
correction of clerical, and cartographic errors in each such legal 
description and map may be made. Each such map and legal description 
shall be on file and available for public inspection in the Offices of 
the Director and California State Director, Bureau of Land Management, 
Department of the Interior.
    Sec. 6. (a) Subject to valid existing rights, each wilderness area 
designated by section 4(a) of this Act shall be administered by the 
Secretary of the Interior in accordance with the provisions of the 
Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.) and pursuant to the rules and 
regulations promulgated in implementation thereof.
    (b) The following lands are hereby added to the National Park 
System:
            (1) Certain public lands in the California Desert District 
        of the Bureau of Land Management, California, which comprise 
        approximately one hundred and three thousand eight hundred 
        acres, as described in the Bureau of Land Management's Monument 
        Environmental Impact Statement, 1989, and generally depicted on 
        maps entitled Proposed Additions to National Park System Death 
        Valley National Monument, 1989, are hereby incorporated in, and 
        shall be deemed to be a part of Death Valley National Monument.
            (2) Certain public lands which comprise approximately four 
        thousand eight hundred acres, as described in the Bureau of 
        Land Management's Monument Environmental Impact Statement, 
        1989, and generally depicted on a map entitled: Proposed 
        Addition to National Park System Joshua Tree National Monument, 
        1989, are hereby incorporated in, and shall be deemed to be a 
        part of Joshua Tree National Monument.
    (c) Upon enactment of this title, the lands described in subsection 
(a) of this section, are, by operation of law and without 
consideration, transferred to the administrative jurisdiction of the 
National Park Service. The boundaries of the California Desert 
District; Death Valley National Monument and Joshua Tree National 
Monument are adjusted accordingly. The areas added to the National Park 
System by this section shall be administered in accordance with the 
provisions of law generally applicable to units of the National Park 
System.
    (d) The Secretary shall, within a reasonable period of time, 
prepare plans to manage each designated wilderness area.
    (e) For purposes of this Act, any reference in the Wilderness Act 
to the effective date of that Act shall be deemed to be a reference to 
the effective date of this Act.
    Sec. 7. Any lands within the boundaries of a wilderness area 
established by this Act that are acquired by the United States after 
the date of enactment of this Act shall become part of the wilderness 
area within which they are located and shall be managed in accordance 
with all the provisions of this Act and other laws applicable to such 
wilderness area.
    Sec. 8. Except as otherwise provided in this Act, and subject to 
valid existing rights, all Federal lands established as wilderness by 
this Act and all lands within wilderness areas designated by this Act 
which are hereafter acquired by the United States are hereby withdrawn 
from all forms of entry, appropriation, or disposal under the public 
lands laws, including the mining, mineral leasing, geothermal leasing, 
and material sales laws.
    Sec. 9. (a) Nothing in this Act designating lands as wilderness 
shall constitute or be construed to constitute either an express or 
implied reservation of water or water rights for wilderness purposes. 
The United States may acquire such water rights as it deems necessary 
to carry out its responsibilities on any lands designated as wilderness 
pursuant to the substantive and procedural requirements of the laws of 
the States of California and Nevada as appropriate.
    (b) Nothing in this Act shall be construed to limit the exercise of 
water rights as provided under California and Nevada State laws as 
appropriate.
    Sec. 10. (a) Military aircraft testing and training activities as 
well as demilitarization activities in California are an important part 
of the national defense system of the United States, and are essential 
in order to secure for the American people of this and future 
generations an enduring and viable national defense system.
    (b) Nothing in this Act shall be construed to restrict, forbid, or 
interfere with demilitarization activities and the overflight of 
military aircraft over areas designated in this Act as the components 
of the National Wilderness Preservation System.
    (c) The designation by this Act of wilderness areas in the State of 
California shall not restrict military overflights of wilderness areas 
for the purposes of military testing and training.
    (d) The fact that military overflights can be seen or heard shall 
not preclude such activities over the wilderness areas designated by 
this Act.
    (e) Nothing in this Act shall be construed to restrict, forbid, or 
interfere with demilitarization activities at Sierra Army Depot which 
is located adjacent to areas designated in this Act as components of 
the National Wilderness Preservation System and the fact that such 
demilitarization activities can be detected from within the adjacent 
wilderness areas shall not preclude such activities.
    Sec. 11. In recognition of the past use of portions of the 
wilderness areas designated by this Act by Indian people for 
traditional cultural and religious purposes, the Secretary shall assure 
access to the wilderness areas by Indian people for traditional 
cultural and religious purposes. In implementing this section, the 
Secretary, upon the request of an appropriate Indian tribe or Indian 
religious community, may from time to time temporarily close to general 
public use one or more specific portions of wilderness areas in order 
to protect the privacy of religious cultural activities in such areas 
by Indian people. Any such closure shall be made so as to affect the 
smallest practicable area for the minimum period necessary for such 
purposes.
    Sec. 12. The Congress finds and directs that all public lands in 
the State of California administered by the Bureau of Land Management 
have been adequately studied for wilderness designation pursuant to 
sections 202 and 603 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 
1976 and those lands not designated as wilderness by this Act are no 
longer subject to the requirements contained in section 603 of the 
Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 for management of 
wilderness study areas in a manner that does not impair the suitability 
of such areas for preservation as wilderness and shall be managed for 
their other resource values in accordance with land management plans 
developed pursuant to the Federal Land Policy and Management Act; or as 
part of the National Park System pursuant to section 6 of this Act.
    Sec. 13. There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may 
be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.

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