[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 518 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 518

 To designate certain lands in the California Desert as wilderness, to 
   establish the Death Valley and Joshua Tree National Parks and the 
           Mojave National Monument, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 21, 1993

   Mr. Lehman (for himself, Mr. Miller of California, Mr. Vento, Mr. 
  Stark, Mr. Owens, Mr. Olver, Mr. Mfume, Ms. Pelosi, Mr. Mineta, Mr. 
  McDermott, Mr. Brown of California, Mr. Frank of Massachusetts, Mr. 
    Waxman, Mr. Stokes, Mr. DeFazio, Ms. Maloney, and Mr. Hinchey) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                           Natural Resources

                             June 18, 1993

 Additional sponsors: Mr. Bacchus of Florida, Mr. Kildee, Mr. Conyers, 
  Mr. Clay, Mr. Berman, Mr. Beilenson, Mr. Edwards of California, Mr. 
 Becerra, Mr. Skaggs, Ms. Woolsey, Mr. Bonior, Mr. Dellums, Ms. Eshoo, 
   Mr. Evans, Mr. Torres, Mr. Cooper, Mr. Towns, Ms. Slaughter, Mr. 
Blackwell, Mr. Filner, Mr. Fazio, Mr. Payne of New Jersey, Mr. Studds, 
 Mr. Torricelli, Mr. Rangel, Mr. Shays, Mr. Reynolds, Mr. Hamburg, Mr. 
Levin, Mr. Neal of North Carolina, Mr. Smith of New Jersey, Mr. Moran, 
    Mr. Porter, Mr. Richardson, Ms. Roybal-Allard, Mr. Borski, Mr. 
 Gejdenson, Mr. Coppersmith, Mr. Hughes, Mr. Meehan, Mr. Ackerman, Ms. 
  Harman, Mr. Price of North Carolina, Mr. Gilchrest, Mr. Dixon, Mr. 
   Lantos, Mr. Fingerhut, Mr. Hoagland, Mr. Johnston of Florida, Ms. 
                Schenk, Mr. Valentine, and Ms. Shepherd

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                                 A BILL


 
 To designate certain lands in the California Desert as wilderness, to 
   establish the Death Valley and Joshua Tree National Parks and the 
           Mojave National Monument, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That this Act may be 
cited as the ``California Desert Protection Act of 1993''.

                          findings and policy

    Sec. 2. (a) The Congress finds and declares that--
            (1) the federally owned desert lands of Southern California 
        constitute a public wildland resource of extraordinary and 
        inestimable value for this and future generations;
            (2) these desert wildlands display unique scenic, 
        historical, archeological, environmental, ecological, wildlife, 
        cultural, scientific, educational, and recreational values used 
        and enjoyed by millions of Americans for hiking and camping, 
        scientific study and scenic appreciation;
            (3) the public land resources of the California desert now 
        face and are increasingly threatened by adverse pressures which 
        would impair, dilute, and destroy their public and natural 
        values;
            (4) the California desert, embracing wilderness lands, 
        units of the National Park System, other Federal lands, State 
        parks and other State lands, and private lands, constitutes a 
        cohesive unit posing unique and difficult resource protection 
        and management challenges;
            (5) through designation of national monuments by 
        Presidential proclamation, through enactment of general public 
        land statutes (including section 601 of the Federal Land Policy 
        and Management Act of 1976, 90 Stat. 2743, 43 U.S.C. 1701 et 
        seq.) and through interim administrative actions, the Federal 
        Government has begun the process of appropriately providing for 
        protection of the significant resources of the public lands in 
        the California desert; and
            (6) statutory land unit designations are needed to afford 
        the full protection which the resources and public land values 
        of the California desert merit.
    (b) In order to secure for the American people of this and future 
generations an enduring heritage of wilderness, national parks, and 
public land values in the California desert, it is hereby declared to 
be the policy of the Congress that--
            (1) appropriate public lands in the California desert shall 
        be included within the National Park System and the National 
        Wilderness Preservation System, in order to--
                    (A) preserve unrivaled scenic, geologic, and 
                wildlife values associated with these unique natural 
                landscapes;
                    (B) perpetuate in their natural state significant 
                and diverse ecosystems of the California desert;
                    (C) protect and preserve historical and cultural 
                values of the California desert associated with ancient 
                Indian cultures, patterns of western exploration and 
                settlement, and sites exemplifying the mining, ranching 
                and railroading history of the Old West;
                    (D) provide opportunities for compatible outdoor 
                public recreation, protect and interpret ecological and 
                geological features and historic, paleontological, and 
                archeological sites, maintain wilderness resource 
                values, and promote public understanding and 
                appreciation of the California desert; and
                    (E) retain and enhance opportunities for scientific 
                research in undisturbed ecosystems.

                     TITLE I--WILDERNESS ADDITIONS

                                findings

    Sec. 101. The Congress finds and declares that--
            (1) wilderness is a distinguishing characteristic of the 
        public lands in the California desert, one which affords an 
        unrivaled opportunity for experiencing vast areas of the Old 
        West essentially unaltered by man's activities, and which 
        merits preservation for the benefit of present and future 
        generations;
            (2) the wilderness values of desert lands are increasingly 
        threatened by and especially vulnerable to impairment, 
        alteration, and destruction by activities and intrusions 
        associated with incompatible use and development; and
            (3) preservation of desert wilderness necessarily requires 
        the highest forms of protective designation and management.

                       designation of wilderness

    Sec. 102. In furtherance of the purpose of the Wilderness Act (78 
Stat. 890, 16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), and sections 601 and 603 of the 
Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (90 Stat. 2743, 43 
U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), the following lands in the State of California, 
as generally depicted on maps, referenced herein, dated February 1986 
(except as otherwise dated), are hereby designated as wilderness, and 
therefore, as components of the National Wilderness Preservation 
System:
            (1) Certain lands in the California Desert Conservation 
        Area, of the Bureau of Land Management, which comprise 
        approximately seventy-four thousand eight hundred and ninety 
        acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled ``Argus Range 
        Wilderness--Proposed 1'', dated May 1991, and two maps entitled 
        ``Argus Range Wilderness--Proposed 2'' and ``Argus Range 
        Wilderness--Proposed 3'', dated January 1989, and which shall 
        be known as the Argus Range Wilderness.
            (2) Certain lands in the California Desert Conservation 
        Area, of the Bureau of Land Management, which comprise 
        approximately ten thousand three hundred and eighty acres, as 
        generally depicted on a map entitled ``Bigelow Cholla Garden 
        Wilderness--Proposed'', dated October 1991, and which shall be 
        known as the Bigelow Cholla Garden Wilderness.
            (3) Certain lands in the California Desert Conservation 
        Area, of the Bureau of Land Management, and within the San 
        Bernardino National Forest, which comprise approximately 
        thirty-nine thousand two hundred acres, as generally depicted 
        on a map entitled ``Bighorn Mountain Wilderness--Proposed'', 
        dated September 1991, and which shall be known as the Bighorn 
        Mountain Wilderness.
            (4) Certain lands in the California Desert Conservation 
        Area and the Yuma District, of the Bureau of Land Management, 
        which comprise approximately forty-seven thousand five hundred 
        and seventy acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled 
        ``Big Maria Mountains Wilderness--Proposed'', and which shall 
        be known as the Big Maria Mountains Wilderness.
            (5) Certain lands in the California Desert Conservation 
        Area, of the Bureau of Land Management, which comprise thirteen 
        thousand nine hundred and forty acres, as generally depicted on 
        a map entitled ``Black Mountain Wilderness--Proposed'', and 
        which shall be known as the Black Mountain Wilderness.
            (6) Certain lands in the California Desert Conservation 
        Area, of the Bureau of Land Management, which comprise 
        approximately nine thousand five hundred and twenty acres, as 
        generally depicted on a map entitled ``Bright Star Wilderness--
        Proposed'', dated May 1991, and which shall be known as the 
        Bright Star Wilderness.
            (7) Certain lands in the California Desert Conservation 
        Area, of the Bureau of Land Management, which comprise 
        approximately sixty-eight thousand five hundred and fifteen 
        acres, as generally depicted on two maps entitled ``Bristol 
        Mountains Wilderness--Proposed 1'', and ``Bristol Mountains 
        Wilderness--Proposed 2'', dated September 1991, and which shall 
        be known as Bristol Mountains Wilderness.
            (8) Certain lands in the California Desert Conservation 
        Area, of the Bureau of Land Management, which comprise 
        approximately forty-two thousand six hundred and forty acres, 
        as generally depicted on a map entitled ``Cadiz Dunes 
        Wilderness--Proposed'', and which shall be known as the Cadiz 
        Dunes Wilderness.
            (9) Certain lands in the California Desert Conservation 
        Area, of the Bureau of Land Management, which comprise 
        approximately eighty-five thousand nine hundred and seventy 
        acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled ``Cady Mountains 
        Wilderness--Proposed'', dated May 1991, and which shall be 
        known as the Cady Mountains Wilderness.
            (10) Certain lands in the California Desert Conservation 
        Area and Eastern San Diego County, of the Bureau of Land 
        Management, which comprise approximately fifteen thousand seven 
        hundred acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled 
        ``Carrizo Gorge Wilderness--Proposed'', and which shall be 
        known as the Carrizo Gorge Wilderness.
            (11) Certain lands in the California Desert Conservation 
        Area and Yuma District, of the Bureau of Land Management, which 
        comprise approximately sixty-four thousand six hundred and 
        forty acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled 
        ``Chemehuevi Mountains Wilderness--Proposed'', dated October 
        1991, and which shall be known as the Chemehuevi Mountains 
        Wilderness.
            (12) Certain lands in the Bakersfield District, of the 
        Bureau of Land Management, which comprise approximately 
        thirteen thousand seven hundred acres, as generally depicted on 
        two maps entitled ``Chimney Peak Wilderness--Proposed 1'' and 
        ``Chimney Peak Wilderness--Proposed 2'', dated May 1991, and 
        which shall be known as the Chimney Peak Wilderness.
            (13) Certain lands in the California Desert Conservation 
        Area, of the Bureau of Land Management, which comprise 
        approximately one hundred fifty-eight thousand nine hundred and 
        fifty acres, as generally depicted on two maps entitled 
        ``Chuckwalla Mountains Wilderness--Proposed 1'' and 
        ``Chuckwalla Mountains Wilderness--Proposed 2'', dated January 
        1989, and which shall be known as the Chuckwalla Mountains 
        Wilderness.
            (14) Certain lands in the California Desert Conservation 
        Area, of the Bureau of Land Management, which comprise thirty-
        four thousand three hundred and eighty acres, as generally 
        depicted on a map entitled ``Cleghorn Lakes Wilderness--
        Proposed'', dated September 1991, and which shall be known as 
        the Cleghorn Lakes Wilderness. The Secretary may, pursuant to 
        an application filed by the Department of Defense, grant a 
        right-of-way for, and authorize construction of, a road within 
        the area depicted as ``non-wilderness road corridor'' on such 
        map.
            (15) Certain lands in the California Desert Conservation 
        Area, of the Bureau of Land Management, which comprise 
        approximately forty thousand acres, as generally depicted on a 
        map entitled ``Clipper Mountain Wilderness--Proposed'', dated 
        May 1991, and which shall be known as Clipper Mountain 
        Wilderness.
            (16) Certain lands in the California Desert Conservation 
        Area, of the Bureau of Land Management, which comprise 
        approximately fifty thousand five hundred and twenty acres, as 
        generally depicted on a map entitled ``Coso Range Wilderness--
        Proposed'', dated May 1991, and which shall be known as Coso 
        Range Wilderness.
            (17) Certain lands in the California Desert Conservation 
        Area, of the Bureau of Land Management, which comprise 
        approximately eighteen thousand six hundred acres, as generally 
        depicted on a map entitled ``Coyote Mountains Wilderness--
        Proposed'', dated May 1991, and which shall be known as Coyote 
        Mountains Wilderness.
            (18) Certain lands in the California Desert Conservation 
        Area, of the Bureau of Land Management, which comprise 
        approximately eight thousand six hundred acres, as generally 
        depicted on a map entitled ``Darwin Falls Wilderness--
        Proposed'', dated May 1991, and which shall be known as Darwin 
        Falls Wilderness.
            (19) Certain lands in the California Desert Conservation 
        Area and the Yuma District, of the Bureau of Land Management, 
        which comprise approximately forty-eight thousand eight hundred 
        and fifty acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled ``Dead 
        Mountains Wilderness--Proposed'', dated October 1991, and which 
        shall be known as Dead Mountains Wilderness.
            (20) Certain lands in the Bakersfield District, of the 
        Bureau of Land Management, which comprise approximately thirty-
        six thousand three hundred acres, as generally depicted on two 
        maps entitled ``Domeland Wilderness Additions--Proposed 1'' and 
        ``Domeland Wilderness Additions--Proposed 2'', and which are 
        hereby incorporated in, and which shall be deemed to be a part 
        of, the Domeland Wilderness as designated by Public Laws 93-632 
        and 98-425.
            (21) Certain lands in the California Desert Conservation 
        Area, of the Bureau of Land Management, which comprise 
        approximately sixteen thousand one hundred acres, as generally 
        depicted on a map entitled ``El Paso Mountains Wilderness--
        Proposed'', and which shall be known as the El Paso Mountains 
        Wilderness.
            (22) Certain lands in the California Desert Conservation 
        Area, of the Bureau of Land Management, which comprise 
        approximately twenty-six thousand three hundred acres, as 
        generally depicted on a map entitled ``Fish Creek Mountains 
        Wilderness--Proposed'', dated May 1991, and which shall be 
        known as Fish Creek Mountains Wilderness.
            (23) Certain lands in the California Desert Conservation 
        Area, of the Bureau of Land Management, which comprise 
        approximately twenty-eight thousand one hundred and ten acres, 
        as generally depicted on a map entitled ``Funeral Mountains 
        Wilderness--Proposed'', dated May 1991, and which shall be 
        known as Funeral Mountains Wilderness.
            (24) Certain lands in the California Desert Conservation 
        Area, of the Bureau of Land Management, which comprise 
        approximately thirty-seven thousand seven hundred acres, as 
        generally depicted on a map entitled ``Golden Valley 
        Wilderness--Proposed'', and which shall be known as Golden 
        Valley Wilderness.
            (25) Certain lands in the California Desert Conservation 
        Area, of the Bureau of Land Management, which comprise 
        approximately thirty-one thousand seven hundred and twenty 
        acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled ``Grass Valley 
        Wilderness--Proposed'', and which shall be known as the Grass 
        Valley Wilderness.
            (26) Certain lands in the California Desert Conservation 
        Area, of the Bureau of Land Management, which comprise 
        approximately eight thousand eight hundred acres, as generally 
        depicted on a map entitled ``Great Falls Basin Wilderness--
        Proposed'', and which shall be known as the Great Falls Basin 
        Wilderness.
            (27) Certain lands in the California Desert Conservation 
        Area, of the Bureau of Land Management, which comprise 
        approximately twenty-two thousand two hundred and forty acres, 
        as generally depicted on a map entitled ``Hollow Hills 
        Wilderness--Proposed'', dated May 1991, and which shall be 
        known as the Hollow Hills Wilderness.
            (28) Certain lands in the California Desert Conservation 
        Area, of the Bureau of Land Management, which comprise 
        approximately twenty-six thousand four hundred and sixty acres, 
        as generally depicted on a map entitled ``Ibex Wilderness--
        Proposed'', dated May 1991, and which shall be known as the 
        Ibex Wilderness.
            (29) Certain lands in the California Desert Conservation 
        Area, of the Bureau of Land Management, which comprise 
        approximately thirty-five thousand and fifteen acres, as 
        generally depicted on a map entitled ``Indian Pass Wilderness--
        Proposed'', dated October 1991, and which shall be known as the 
        Indian Pass Wilderness.
            (30) Certain lands in the California Desert Conservation 
        Area and the Bakersfield District, of the Bureau of Land 
        Management, and within the Inyo National Forest, which comprise 
        approximately two hundred five thousand and twenty acres, as 
        generally depicted on three maps entitled ``Inyo Mountains 
        Wilderness--Proposed'', numbered in the title one through 
        three, and dated May 1991, and which shall be known as the Inyo 
        Mountains Wilderness.
            (31) Certain lands in the California Desert Conservation 
        Area, of the Bureau of Land Management, which comprise 
        approximately thirty-four thousand five hundred and fifty 
        acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled ``Jacumba 
        Wilderness--Proposed'', dated October 1991, and which shall be 
        known as the Jacumba Wilderness.
            (32) Certain lands in the California Desert Conservation 
        Area, of the Bureau of Land Management, which comprise 
        approximately one hundred and twenty-nine thousand five hundred 
        and eighty acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled 
        ``Kelso Dunes Wilderness--Proposed 1'', dated October 1991, a 
        map entitled ``Kelso Dunes Wilderness--Proposed 2'', dated May 
        1991, and a map entitled ``Kelso Dunes Wilderness--Proposed 
        3'', dated September 1991, and which shall be known as the 
        Kelso Dunes Wilderness.
            (33) Certain lands in the California Desert Conservation 
        Area, of the Bureau of Land Management, and the Sequoia 
        National Forest, which comprise approximately eighty-eight 
        thousand two hundred and ninety acres, as generally depicted on 
        a map entitled ``Kiavah Wilderness--Proposed 1'', dated 
        February 1986, and a map entitled ``Kiavah Wilderness--Proposed 
        2'', dated May 1991, and which shall be known as the Kiavah 
        Wilderness.
            (34) Certain lands in the California Desert Conservation 
        Area, of the Bureau of Land Management, which comprise 
        approximately two hundred forty-nine thousand and three hundred 
        and sixty-eight acres, as generally depicted on two maps 
        entitled ``Kingston Range Wilderness--Proposed 2'', dated 
        October 1991, and ``Kingston Range Wilderness--Proposed 4'', 
        dated January 1989, and two maps entitled ``Kingston Range 
        Wilderness--Proposed 1'' and ``Kingston Range Wilderness--
        Proposed 3'', dated May 1991, and which shall be known as the 
        Kingston Range Wilderness.
            (35) Certain lands in the California Desert Conservation 
        Area, of the Bureau of Land Management, which comprise 
        approximately forty-six thousand four hundred and sixty acres, 
        as generally depicted on a map entitled ``Little Chuckwalla 
        Mountains Wilderness--Proposed'', dated October 1991, and which 
        shall be known as the Little Chuckwalla Mountains Wilderness.
            (36) Certain lands in the California Desert Conservation 
        Area and the Yuma District, of the Bureau of Land Management, 
        which comprise approximately thirty-six thousand four hundred 
        and forty acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled 
        ``Little Picacho Wilderness--Proposed'', dated October 1991, 
        and which shall be known as the Little Picacho Wilderness.
            (37) Certain lands in the California Desert Conservation 
        Area, of the Bureau of Land Management, which comprise 
        approximately thirty-two thousand three hundred and sixty 
        acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled ``Malpais Mesa 
        Wilderness--Proposed'', dated September 1991, and which shall 
        be known as the Malpais Mesa Wilderness.
            (38) Certain lands in the California Desert Conservation 
        Area, of the Bureau of Land Management, which comprise 
        approximately sixteen thousand one hundred and five acres, as 
        generally depicted on a map entitled ``Manly Peak Wilderness--
        Proposed'', dated October 1991, and which shall be known as the 
        Manly Peak Wilderness.
            (39) Certain lands in the California Desert Conservation 
        Area, of the Bureau of Land Management, which comprise 
        approximately twenty-four thousand two hundred and eighty 
        acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled ``Mecca Hills 
        Wilderness--Proposed'', dated October 1991, and which shall be 
        known as the Mecca Hills Wilderness.
            (40) Certain lands in the California Desert Conservation 
        Area, of the Bureau of Land Management, which comprise 
        approximately forty-seven thousand three hundred and thirty 
        acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled ``Mesquite 
        Wilderness--Proposed'', dated May 1991, and which shall be 
        known as the Mesquite Wilderness.
            (41) Certain lands in the California Desert Conservation 
        Area, of the Bureau of Land Management, which comprise 
        approximately twenty-two thousand nine hundred acres, as 
        generally depicted on a map entitled ``Newberry Mountains 
        Wilderness--Proposed'', and which shall be known as the 
        Newberry Mountains Wilderness.
            (42) Certain lands in the California Desert Conservation 
        Area, of the Bureau of Land Management, which comprise 
        approximately one hundred ten thousand eight hundred and eighty 
        acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled ``Nopah Range 
        Wilderness--Proposed'', dated May 1991, and which shall be 
        known as the Nopah Range Wilderness.
            (43) Certain lands in the California Desert Conservation 
        Area, of the Bureau of Land Management, which comprise 
        approximately thirty-two thousand two hundred and forty acres, 
        as generally depicted on a map entitled ``North Algodones Dunes 
        Wilderness--Proposed'', dated October 1991, and which shall be 
        known as the North Algodones Dunes Wilderness.
            (44) Certain lands in the California Desert Conservation 
        Area, of the Bureau of Land Management, which comprise 
        approximately twenty-five thousand five hundred and forty 
        acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled ``North Mesquite 
        Mountains Wilderness--Proposed'', dated May 1991, and which 
        shall be known as the North Mesquite Mountains Wilderness.
            (45) Certain lands in the California Desert Conservation 
        Area, of the Bureau of Land Management, which comprise 
        approximately one hundred forty-six thousand and seventy acres, 
        as generally depicted on a map entitled ``Old Woman Mountains 
        Wilderness--Proposed 1'', dated May 1991 and a map entitled 
        ``Old Woman Mountains Wilderness--Proposed 2'', dated October 
        1991, and which shall be known as the Old Woman Mountains 
        Wilderness.
            (46) Certain lands in the California Desert Conservation 
        Area, of the Bureau of Land Management, which comprise 
        approximately fifty-seven thousand five hundred acres, as 
        generally depicted on a map entitled ``Orocopia Mountains 
        Wilderness--Proposed'', dated May 1991, and which shall be 
        known as the Orocopia Mountains Wilderness.
            (47) Certain lands in the California Desert Conservation 
        Area and the Bakersfield District, of the Bureau of Land 
        Management, which comprise approximately seventy-four thousand 
        six hundred and forty acres, as generally depicted on a map 
        entitled ``Owens Peak Wilderness--Proposed 1'', dated February 
        1986, and two maps entitled ``Owens Peak Wilderness--Proposed 
        2'' and ``Owens Peak Wilderness--Proposed 3'', dated May 1991, 
        and which shall be known as the Owens Peak Wilderness.
            (48) Certain lands in the California Desert Conservation 
        Area, of the Bureau of Land Management, which comprise 
        approximately seventy-four thousand eight hundred acres, as 
        generally depicted on a map entitled ``Pahrump Valley 
        Wilderness--Proposed'', and which shall be known as the Pahrump 
        Valley Wilderness.
            (49) Certain lands in the California Desert Conservation 
        Area, of the Bureau of Land Management, which comprise 
        approximately two hundred fourteen thousand one hundred and 
        forty-nine acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled 
        ``Palen/McCoy Wilderness--Proposed 1'', dated May 1991, and a 
        map entitled ``Palen/McCoy Wilderness--Proposed 2'', dated 
        February 1986, and which shall be known as the Palen/McCoy 
        Wilderness.
            (50) Certain lands in the California Desert Conservation 
        Area, of the Bureau of Land Management, which comprise 
        approximately thirty-two thousand three hundred and twenty 
        acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled ``Palo Verde 
        Mountains Wilderness--Proposed'', dated January 1987, and which 
        shall be known as the Palo Verde Mountains Wilderness.
            (51) Certain lands in the California Desert Conservation 
        Area, of the Bureau of Land Management, which comprise 
        approximately seven thousand seven hundred acres, as generally 
        depicted on a map entitled ``Picacho Peak Wilderness--
        Proposed'', dated May 1991, and which shall be known as the 
        Picacho Peak Wilderness.
            (52) Certain lands in the California Desert Conservation 
        Area, of the Bureau of Land Management, which comprise 
        approximately seventy-two thousand six hundred acres, as 
        generally depicted on a map entitled ``Piper Mountain 
        Wilderness--Proposed'', dated May 1991, and which shall be 
        known as the Piper Mountain Wilderness.
            (53) Certain lands in the California Desert Conservation 
        Area, of the Bureau of Land Management, which comprise 
        approximately thirty-seven thousand eight hundred acres, as 
        generally depicted on a map entitled ``Piute Mountains 
        Wilderness--Proposed'', dated October 1991, and which shall be 
        known as Piute Mountains Wilderness.
            (54) Certain lands in the California Desert Conservation 
        Area, of the Bureau of Land Management, which comprise 
        approximately seventy-eight thousand eight hundred and sixty-
        eight acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled ``Resting 
        Spring Range Wilderness--Proposed'', dated May 1991, and which 
        shall be known as the Resting Spring Range Wilderness.
            (55) Certain lands in the California Desert Conservation 
        Area, of the Bureau of Land Management, which comprise 
        approximately forty thousand eight hundred and twenty acres, as 
        generally depicted on a map entitled ``Rice Valley Wilderness--
        Proposed'', dated May 1991, and which shall be known as the 
        Rice Valley Wilderness.
            (56) Certain lands in the California Desert Conservation 
        Area and the Yuma District, of the Bureau of Land Management, 
        which comprise approximately twenty-two thousand three hundred 
        eighty acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled 
        ``Riverside Mountains Wilderness--Proposed'', dated May 1991, 
        and which shall be known as the Riverside Mountains Wilderness.
            (57) Certain lands in the California Desert Conservation 
        Area, of the Bureau of Land Management, which comprise 
        approximately twenty-seven thousand seven hundred acres, as 
        generally depicted on a map entitled ``Rodman Mountains 
        Wilderness--Proposed'', dated January 1989, and which shall be 
        known as the Rodman Mountains Wilderness.
            (58) Certain lands in the California Desert Conservation 
        Area and the Bakersfield District, of the Bureau of Land 
        Management, which comprise approximately fifty-one thousand 
        nine hundred acres, as generally depicted on two maps entitled 
        ``Sacatar Trail Wilderness--Proposed 1'' and ``Sacatar Trail 
        Wilderness--Proposed 2'', dated May 1991, and which shall be 
        known as the Sacatar Trail Wilderness.
            (59) Certain lands in the California Desert Conservation 
        Area, of the Bureau of Land Management, which comprise 
        approximately one thousand eight hundred acres, as generally 
        depicted on a map entitled ``Saddle Peak Hills Wilderness--
        Proposed'', dated May 1991, and which shall be known as the 
        Saddle Peak Hills Wilderness.
            (60) Certain lands in the California Desert Conservation 
        Area, of the Bureau of Land Management, which comprise 
        approximately thirty-three thousand five hundred acres, as 
        generally depicted on a map entitled ``San Gorgonio Wilderness 
        Additions--Proposed'', and which are hereby incorporated in, 
        and which shall be deemed to be a part of, the San Gorgonio 
        Wilderness as designated by Public Laws 88-577 and 98-425.
            (61) Certain lands in the California Desert Conservation 
        Area, of the Bureau of Land Management, which comprise 
        approximately fifty-three thousand two hundred and forty acres, 
        as generally depicted on a map entitled ``Santa Rosa Wilderness 
        Additions--Proposed'', dated May 1991, and which are hereby 
        incorporated in, and which shall be deemed to be a part of, the 
        Santa Rosa Wilderness designated by Public Law 98-425.
            (62) Certain lands in the California Desert District, of 
        the Bureau of Land Management, which comprise approximately 
        thirty-five thousand four hundred acres, as generally depicted 
        on a map entitled ``Sawtooth Mountains Wilderness--Proposed'', 
        and which shall be known as the Sawtooth Mountains Wilderness.
            (63) Certain lands in the California Desert Conservation 
        Area, of the Bureau of Land Management, which comprise 
        approximately one hundred seventy-four thousand eight hundred 
        acres, as generally depicted on two maps entitled ``Sheephole 
        Valley Wilderness--Proposed 1'', dated October 1991, and 
        ``Sheephole Valley Wilderness--Proposed 2'', dated February 
        1986, and which shall be known as the Sheephole Valley 
        Wilderness.
            (64) Certain lands in the California Desert Conservation 
        Area, of the Bureau of Land Management, which comprise 
        approximately forty-four thousand four hundred and ten acres, 
        as generally depicted on a map entitled ``Slate Range 
        Wilderness--Proposed'', dated October 1991, and which shall be 
        known as the Slate Range Wilderness.
            (65) Certain lands in the California Desert Conservation 
        Area, of the Bureau of Land Management, which comprise 
        approximately sixty-one thousand six hundred and thirty acres, 
        as generally depicted on a map entitled ``South Algodones Dunes 
        Wilderness--Proposed'', dated January 1989, and which shall be 
        known as the South Algodones Dunes Wilderness.
            (66) Certain lands in the California Desert Conservation 
        Area, of the Bureau of Land Management, which comprise 
        approximately sixteen thousand seven hundred and eighty acres, 
        as generally depicted on a map entitled ``South Nopah Range 
        Wilderness--Proposed'', and which shall be known as the South 
        Nopah Range Wilderness.
            (67) Certain lands in the California Desert Conservation 
        Area, of the Bureau of Land Management, which comprise 
        approximately seven thousand and fifty acres, as generally 
        depicted on a map entitled ``Stateline Wilderness--Proposed'', 
        dated May 1991, and which shall be known as the Stateline 
        Wilderness.
            (68) Certain lands in the California Desert Conservation 
        Area, of the Bureau of Land Management, which comprise 
        approximately eighty-one thousand six hundred acres, as 
        generally depicted on a map entitled ``Stepladder Mountains 
        Wilderness--Proposed'', and which shall be known as the 
        Stepladder Mountains Wilderness.
            (69) Certain lands in the California Desert Conservation 
        Area, of the Bureau of Land Management, which comprise 
        approximately twenty-nine thousand one hundred and eighty 
        acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled ``Surprise 
        Canyon Wilderness--Proposed'', dated September 1991, and which 
        shall be known as the Surprise Canyon Wilderness.
            (70) Certain lands in the California Desert Conservation 
        Area, of the Bureau of Land Management, which comprise 
        approximately seventeen thousand eight hundred and twenty 
        acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled ``Sylvania 
        Mountains Wilderness--Proposed'', and which shall be known as 
        the Sylvania Mountains Wilderness.
            (71) Certain lands in the California Desert Conservation 
        Area, of the Bureau of Land Management, which comprise 
        approximately thirty-three thousand seven hundred and twenty 
        acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled ``Trilobite 
        Wilderness--Proposed'', dated May 1991, and which shall be 
        known as the Trilobite Wilderness.
            (72) Certain lands in the California Desert Conservation 
        Area, of the Bureau of Land Management, which comprise 
        approximately one hundred forty-four thousand five hundred 
        acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled ``Turtle 
        Mountains Wilderness--Proposed 1'', dated February 1986 and a 
        map entitled ``Turtle Mountains Wilderness--Proposed 2'', dated 
        May 1991, and which shall be known as the Turtle Mountains 
        Wilderness.
            (73) Certain lands in the California Desert Conservation 
        Area and the Yuma District, of the Bureau of Land Management, 
        which comprise approximately seventy-five thousand three 
        hundred acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled 
        ``Whipple Mountains Wilderness--Proposed'', dated May 1991, and 
        which shall be known as the Whipple Mountains Wilderness.

                   administration of wilderness areas

    Sec. 103. Subject to valid existing rights, each wilderness area 
designated under section 102 shall be administered by the appropriate 
Secretary in accordance with the provisions of the Wilderness Act, 
except that any reference in such provisions to the effective date of 
the Wilderness Act shall be deemed to be a reference to the effective 
date of this title and any reference to the Secretary of Agriculture 
shall be deemed to be a reference to the Secretary who has 
administrative jurisdiction over the area.

                                grazing

    Sec. 104. Within the wilderness areas designated under section 102, 
the grazing of livestock, where established prior to the enactment of 
this Act, shall be permitted to continue subject to such reasonable 
regulations, policies, and practices as the Secretary deems necessary, 
as long as such regulations, policies, and practices fully conform with 
and implement the intent of Congress regarding grazing in such areas as 
such intent is expressed in the Wilderness Act and section 108 of 
Public Law 96-560 (16 U.S.C. 133 note).

                              buffer zones

    Sec. 105. The Congress does not intend for the designation of 
wilderness areas in section 102 of this Act to lead to the creation of 
protective perimeters or buffer zones around any such wilderness area. 
The fact that nonwilderness activities or uses can be seen or heard 
from areas within a wilderness shall not, of itself, preclude such 
activities or uses up to the boundary of the wilderness area.

                      mining claim validity review

    Sec. 106. The Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of 
Agriculture shall not approve any plan of operation prior to 
determining the validity of the unpatented mining claims, mill sites, 
and tunnel sites affected by such plan within any wilderness area 
designated under section 102.

                    filing of maps and descriptions

    Sec. 107. As soon as practicable after enactment of section 102, a 
map and a legal description on each wilderness area designated under 
this title shall be filed by the Secretary concerned with the Committee 
on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate and the Committee on 
Natural Resources of the House of Representatives, and each such map 
and description shall have the same force and effect as if included in 
this title, except that the Secretary may correct clerical and 
typographical errors in each such legal description and map. Each such 
map and legal description shall be on file and available for public 
inspection in the office of the Director of the Bureau of Land 
Management, Department of the Interior, or the Chief of the Forest 
Service, Department of Agriculture, as is appropriate.

                           wilderness review

    Sec. 108. (a) The Congress hereby finds and directs that except for 
those areas provided for in subsection (b), the public lands in the 
California Desert Conservation Area, managed by the Bureau of Land 
Management, not designated as wilderness or wilderness study areas by 
this Act, have been adequately studied for wilderness designation 
pursuant to section 603 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act 
of 1976 (90 Stat. 2743, 43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), and are no longer 
subject to the requirements of section 603(c) of the Federal Land 
Policy and Management Act of 1976 pertaining to the management of 
wilderness study areas in a manner that does not impair the suitability 
of such areas for preservation as wilderness.
    (b) Subject to valid existing rights, the Federal lands identified 
on maps as ``Avawatz Mountains Wilderness--Proposed'', dated May 1991; 
``South Avawatz Wilderness--Proposed'', dated May 1991; and two maps 
entitled ``Soda Mountains Wilderness--Proposed 1'', dated May 1991, and 
``Soda Mountains Wilderness--Proposed 2'', dated January 1989, are 
hereby withdrawn from disposition under the public lands laws and from 
entry or appropriation under the mining laws of the United States, from 
the operation of the mineral leasing laws of the United States, and 
from operation of the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970.

                  designation of wilderness study area

    Sec. 109. In furtherance of the provisions of the Wilderness Act, 
certain public lands in the California Desert Conservation Area of the 
Bureau of Land Management which comprise eleven thousand two hundred 
acres as generally depicted on a map entitled ``White Mountains 
Wilderness Study Area--Proposed'', dated May 1991, are hereby 
designated the White Mountains Wilderness Study Area and shall be 
administered by the Secretary in accordance with the provisions of 
section 603(c) of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976.

                           suitability report

    Sec. 110. The Secretary is required, ten years after the date of 
enactment of this Act, to report to Congress on current and planned 
exploration, development or mining activities on, and suitability for 
future wilderness designation of, the lands as generally depicted on 
maps entitled ``Surprise Canyon Wilderness--Proposed'', ``Middle Park 
Canyon Wilderness--Proposed'', and ``Death Valley National Park 
Boundary and Wilderness 15'', dated September 1991 and a map entitled 
``Manly Peak Wilderness--Proposed'', dated October 1991.

 wilderness designation and management in the national wildlife refuge 
                                 system

    Sec. 111. (a) In furtherance of the purposes of the Wilderness Act, 
the following lands are hereby designated as wilderness and therefore, 
as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System:
            (1) Certain lands in the Havasu National Wildlife Refuge, 
        California, which comprise approximately three thousand one 
        hundred and ninety-five acres, as generally depicted on a map 
        entitled ``Havasu Wilderness--Proposed'', and dated October 
        1991, and which shall be known as the Havasu Wilderness.
            (2) Certain lands in the Imperial National Wildlife Refuge, 
        California, which comprise approximately five thousand eight 
        hundred and thirty-six acres, as generally depicted on two maps 
        entitled ``Imperial Refuge Wilderness--Proposed 1'' and 
        ``Imperial Refuge Wilderness--Proposed 2'', and dated October 
        1991, and which shall be known as the Imperial Refuge 
        Wilderness.
    (b) Subject to valid existing rights, the wilderness areas 
designated under this section shall be administered by the Secretary in 
accordance with the provisions of the Wilderness Act governing areas 
designated by that Act as wilderness, except that any reference in such 
provisions to the effective date of the Wilderness Act (or any similar 
reference) shall be deemed to be a reference to the date of enactment 
of this Act and any reference to the Secretary of Agriculture shall be 
deemed to be a reference to the Secretary of the Interior.
    (c) As soon as practicable after enactment of this section, the 
Secretary shall file a map and a legal description of each wilderness 
area designated under this section with the Committees on Energy and 
Natural Resources and Environment and Public Works of the Senate and 
Natural Resources and Merchant Marine and Fisheries of the House of 
Representatives. Such map and description shall have the same force and 
effect as if included in this Act, except that correction of clerical 
and typographical errors in such legal description and map may be made. 
Such map and legal description shall be on file and available for 
public inspection in the Office of the Director, United States Fish and 
Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior.

                  TITLE II--DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK

                                findings

    Sec. 201. The Congress hereby finds that--
            (1) proclamations by Presidents Herbert Hoover in 1933 and 
        Franklin Roosevelt in 1937 established and expanded the Death 
        Valley National Monument for the preservation of the unusual 
        features of scenic, scientific, and educational interest 
        therein contained;
            (2) Death Valley National Monument is today recognized as a 
        major unit of the National Park System, having extraordinary 
        values enjoyed by millions of visitors;
            (3) the Monument boundaries established in the 1930's 
        exclude and thereby expose to incompatible development and 
        inconsistent management, contiguous Federal lands of essential 
        and superlative natural, ecological, geological, archeological, 
        paleontological, cultural, historical and wilderness values;
            (4) Death Valley National Monument should be substantially 
        enlarged by the addition of all contiguous Federal lands of 
        national park caliber and afforded full recognition and 
        statutory protection as a national park; and
            (5) the wilderness within Death Valley should receive 
        maximum statutory protection by designation pursuant to the 
        Wilderness Act.

              establishment of death valley national park

    Sec. 202. There is hereby established the Death Valley National 
Park, as generally depicted on 23 maps entitled ``Death Valley National 
Park Boundary and Wilderness--Proposed'', numbered in the title one 
through twenty-three, and dated September 1991 or prior, which shall be 
on file and available for public inspection in the offices of the 
Superintendent of the Park and the Director of the National Park 
Service, Department of the Interior. The Death Valley National Monument 
is hereby abolished as such, the lands and interests therein are hereby 
incorporated within and made part of the new Death Valley National 
Park, and any funds available for purposes of the monument shall be 
available for purposes of the park.

                  transfer and administration of lands

    Sec. 203. Upon enactment of this title, the Secretary shall 
transfer the lands under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land 
Management depicted on the maps described in section 202 of this title, 
without consideration, to the administrative jurisdiction of the 
Director of the National Park Service for administration as part of the 
National Park System. The boundaries of the public lands and the 
national parks shall be adjusted accordingly. The Secretary shall 
administer the areas added to the National Park System by this title in 
accordance with the provisions of law generally applicable to units of 
the National Park System, including the Act entitled ``An Act to 
establish a National Park Service, and for other purposes'', approved 
August 25, 1916 (39 Stat. 535; 16 U.S.C. 1-4).

                       maps and legal description

    Sec. 204. Within six months after the enactment of this title, the 
Secretary shall file maps and a legal description of the park 
designated under this title with the Energy and Natural Resources 
Committee of the Senate and the Natural Resources Committee of the 
House of Representatives. Such maps and legal description shall have 
the same force and effect as if included in this title, except that the 
Secretary may correct clerical and typographical errors in such legal 
description and in the maps referred to in section 202. The maps and 
legal description shall be on file and available for public inspection 
in the offices of the Superintendent of the Park and the Director of 
the National Park Service, Department of the Interior.

                               withdrawal

    Sec. 205. Subject to valid existing rights, the Federal lands and 
interests therein added to the National Park System by this title are 
withdrawn from disposition under the public land laws and from entry or 
appropriation under the mining laws of the United States, from the 
operation of the mineral leasing laws of the United States, and from 
operation of the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970.

                 study as to validity of mining claims

    Sec. 206. The Secretary shall not approve any plan of operation 
prior to determining the validity of the unpatented mining claims, mill 
sites, and tunnel sites affected by such plan within the additions to 
the park and shall submit to Congress recommendations as to whether any 
valid or patented claims should be acquired by the United States, 
including the estimated acquisition costs of such claims, and a 
discussion of the environmental consequences of the extraction of 
minerals from these lands.

                                grazing

    Sec. 207. The privilege of grazing domestic livestock on lands 
within the park may continue to be exercised at no more than the 
current level, subject to applicable laws and National Park Service 
regulations, by those persons holding permits for such grazing on July 
1, 1991. Upon the expiration of such permits the Secretary, acting 
through the Director of the National Park Service, may issue to such 
persons new permits for such grazing, subject to applicable laws and 
National Park Service regulations, but all grazing of such livestock on 
such lands shall cease on July 1, 2016. Further, if such a permittee 
informs the Secretary that such permittee is willing to convey to the 
United States any base property with respect to which the permit was 
issued and to which such permittee holds title, the Secretary shall 
make the acquisition of such base property a priority as compared with 
the acquisition of other lands within the park, provided agreement can 
be reached concerning the terms and conditions of such acquisition. Any 
such base property which is located outside the park and acquired as a 
priority pursuant to this section shall be managed by the Federal 
agency responsible for the majority of the adjacent lands in accordance 
with the laws applicable to such adjacent lands.

                  TITLE III--JOSHUA TREE NATIONAL PARK

                                findings

    Sec. 301. The Congress hereby finds that--
            (1) a proclamation by President Franklin Roosevelt in 1936 
        established Joshua Tree National Monument to protect various 
        objects of historical and scientific interest;
            (2) Joshua Tree National Monument today is recognized as a 
        major unit of the National Park System, having extraordinary 
        values enjoyed by millions of visitors;
            (3) the Monument boundaries as modified in 1950 and 1961 
        exclude and thereby expose to incompatible development and 
        inconsistent management, contiguous Federal lands of essential 
        and superlative natural, ecological, archeological, 
        paleontological, cultural, historical and wilderness values;
            (4) Joshua Tree National Monument should be enlarged by the 
        addition of contiguous Federal lands of national park caliber, 
        and afforded full recognition and statutory protection as a 
        national park; and
            (5) the nondesignated wilderness within Joshua Tree should 
        receive statutory protection by designation pursuant to the 
        Wilderness Act.

               establishment of joshua tree national park

    Sec. 302. There is hereby established the Joshua Tree National 
Park, as generally depicted on a map entitled ``Joshua Tree National 
Park Boundary--Proposed'', dated May 1991, and four maps entitled 
``Joshua Tree National Park Boundary and Wilderness'', numbered in the 
title one through four, and dated October 1991 or prior, which shall be 
on file and available for public inspection in the offices of the 
Superintendent of the Park and the Director of the National Park 
Service, Department of the Interior. The Joshua Tree National Monument 
is hereby abolished as such, the lands and interests therein are hereby 
incorporated within and made part of the new Joshua Tree National Park, 
and any funds available for purposes of the monument shall be available 
for purposes of the park.

                  transfer and administration of lands

    Sec. 303. Upon enactment of this title, the Secretary shall 
transfer the lands under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land 
Management depicted on the maps described in section 302 of this title, 
without consideration, to the administrative jurisdiction of the 
Director of the National Park Service for administration as part of the 
National Park System. The boundaries of the public lands and the 
national parks shall be adjusted accordingly. The Secretary shall 
administer the areas added to the National Park System by this title in 
accordance with the provisions of law generally applicable to units of 
the National Park System, including the Act entitled ``An Act to 
establish a National Park Service, and for other purposes'', approved 
August 25, 1916 (39 Stat. 535; 16 U.S.C. 1-4).

                       maps and legal description

    Sec. 304. Within six months after the enactment of this title, the 
Secretary shall file maps and legal description of the park designated 
by this title with the Energy and Natural Resources Committee of the 
Senate and the Natural Resources Committee of the House of 
Representatives. Such maps and legal description shall have the same 
force and effect as if included in this title, except that the 
Secretary may correct clerical and typographical errors in such legal 
description and in the maps referred to in section 302. The maps and 
legal description shall be on file and available for public inspection 
in the offices of the Superintendent of the Park and the Director of 
the National Park Service, Department of the Interior.

                               withdrawal

    Sec. 305. Subject to valid existing rights, Federal lands and 
interests therein added to the National Park System by this title are 
withdrawn from disposition under the public lands laws and from entry 
or appropriation under the mining laws of the United States, from the 
operation of the mineral leasing laws of the United States, and from 
the operation of the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970.

                         utility rights-of-way

    Sec. 306. Nothing in this title shall have the effect of 
terminating any validly issued right-of-way or customary operation 
maintenance, repair, and replacement activities in such right-of-way, 
issued, granted, or permitted to the Metropolitan Water District 
pursuant to the Boulder Canyon Project Act (43 U.S.C. 617-619b), which 
is located on lands included in the Joshua Tree National Park, but 
outside lands designated as wilderness under section 501(2). Such 
activities shall be conducted in a manner which will minimize the 
impact on park resources. Nothing in this title shall have the effect 
of terminating the fee title to lands or customary operation, 
maintenance, repair, and replacement activities on or under such lands 
granted to the Metropolitan Water District pursuant to the Act of June 
18, 1932 (47 Stat. 324), which are located on lands included in the 
Joshua Tree National Park, but outside lands designated as wilderness 
under section 501(2). Such activities shall be conducted in a manner 
which will minimize the impact on park resources. The Secretary shall 
prepare within 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, in 
consultation with the Metropolitan Water District, plans for emergency 
access by the Metropolitan Water District to its lands and rights-of-
way.

                 study as to validity of mining claims

    Sec. 307. The Secretary shall not approve any plan of operation 
prior to determining the validity of the unpatented mining claims, mill 
sites, and tunnel sites affected by such plan within the park and shall 
submit to Congress recommendations as to whether any valid or patented 
claims should be acquired by the United States, including the estimated 
acquisition costs of such claims, and a discussion of the environmental 
consequences of the extraction of minerals from these lands.

                   TITLE IV--MOJAVE NATIONAL MONUMENT

                                findings

    Sec. 401. The Congress hereby finds that--
            (1) Death Valley and Joshua Tree National Parks, as 
        established by this Act, protect unique and superlative desert 
        resources, but do not embrace the particular ecosystems and 
        transitional desert type found in the Mojave Desert area lying 
        between them on public lands now afforded only impermanent 
        administrative designation as a national scenic area;
            (2) the Mojave Desert area possesses outstanding natural, 
        cultural, historical, and recreational values meriting 
        statutory designation and recognition as a unit of the National 
        Park System;
            (3) the Mojave Desert area should be afforded full 
        recognition and statutory protection as a national park;
            (4) the wilderness within the Mojave Desert should receive 
        maximum statutory protection by designation pursuant to the 
        Wilderness Act; and
            (5) the Mojave Desert area provides an outstanding 
        opportunity to develop services, programs, accommodations and 
        facilities to ensure the use and enjoyment of the area by 
        individuals with disabilities, consistent with section 504 of 
        the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Public Law 101-336, the 
        Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12101), and 
        other appropriate laws and regulations.

             establishment of the mojave national monument

    Sec. 402. There is hereby established the Mojave National Monument, 
comprising approximately one million four hundred and ninety-one 
thousand acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled ``Mojave 
National Park Boundary--Proposed'', dated May 1991, and ten maps 
entitled ``Mojave National Park Boundary and Wilderness--Proposed'', 
numbered in the title one through ten, and dated September 1991 or 
prior, which shall be on file and available for inspection in the 
offices of the Director of the National Park Service, Department of the 
Interior.

                           transfer of lands

    Sec. 403. Upon enactment of this title, the Secretary shall 
transfer the lands under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land 
Management depicted on the maps described in section 402 of this title, 
without consideration, to the administrative jurisdiction of the 
Director of the National Park Service. The boundaries of the public 
lands shall be adjusted accordingly.

                       maps and legal description

    Sec. 404. Within six months after the enactment of this title, the 
Secretary shall file maps and a legal description of the monument 
designated under this title with the Energy and Natural Resources 
Committee of the Senate and the Natural Resources Committee of the 
House of Representatives. Such maps and legal description shall have 
the same force and effect as if included in this title, except that the 
Secretary may correct clerical and typographical errors in such legal 
description and in the maps referred to in section 402. The maps and 
legal description shall be on file and available for public inspection 
in the offices of the National Park Service, Department of the 
Interior.

                       abolishment of scenic area

    Sec. 405. The East Mojave National Scenic Area, designated on 
January 13, 1981 (46 FR 3994), and modified on August 9, 1983 (48 FR 
36210), is hereby abolished.

                        administration of lands

    Sec. 406. The Secretary shall administer the monument in accordance 
with this title and with the provisions of law generally applicable to 
units of the National Park System, including the Act entitled ``An Act 
to establish a National Park Service, and for other purposes'', 
approved August 25, 1916 (39 Stat. 535; 16 U.S.C. 1-4).

                               withdrawal

    Sec. 407. Subject to valid existing rights, Federal lands within 
the monument, and interests therein, are withdrawn from disposition 
under the public land laws and from entry or appropriation under the 
mining laws of the United States, from the operation of the mineral 
leasing laws of the United States, and from operation of the Geothermal 
Steam Act of 1970.

                 study as to validity of mining claims

    Sec. 408. The Secretary shall not approve any plan of operation 
prior to determining the validity of the unpatented mining claims, mill 
sites, and tunnel sites affected by such plan within the monument and 
shall submit to Congress recommendations as to whether any valid or 
patented claims should be acquired by the United States, including the 
estimated acquisition costs of such claims, and a discussion of the 
environmental consequences of the extraction of minerals from these 
lands.

                          regulation of mining

    Sec. 409. Subject to valid existing rights, all mining claims 
located within the monument shall be subject to such reasonable 
regulations as the Secretary may prescribe to assure that mining will, 
to the maximum extent practicable, be consistent with the protection of 
the scenic, scientific, cultural and other resources of the monument, 
and any patent which may be issued after the date of enactment of this 
title shall convey title only to the minerals together with the right 
to use the surface of lands for mining purposes subject to such 
reasonable regulations.

                                grazing

    Sec. 410. The privilege of grazing domestic livestock on lands 
within the monument may continue to be exercised at no more than the 
current level, subject to applicable laws and National Park Service 
regulations, by those persons holding permits for such grazing on July 
1, 1991. Upon the expiration of such permits the Secretary, acting 
through the Director of the National Park Service, may issue to such 
persons new permits for such grazing, subject to applicable laws and 
National Park Service regulations, but all grazing of such livestock on 
such lands shall cease on July 1, 2016. Further, if such a permittee 
informs the Secretary that such permittee is willing to convey to the 
United States any base property with respect to which the permit was 
issued and to which such permittee holds title, the Secretary shall 
make the acquisition of such base property a priority as compared with 
the acquisition of other lands within the monument, provided agreement 
can be reached concerning the terms and conditions of such acquisition. 
Any such base property which is located outside the monument and 
acquired as a priority pursuant to this section shall be managed by the 
Federal agency responsible for the majority of the adjacent lands in 
accordance with the laws applicable to such adjacent lands.

                         utility rights of way

    Sec. 411. (a)(1) Nothing in this title shall have the effect of 
terminating any validly issued right-of-way or customary operation, 
maintenance, repair, and replacement activities in such right-of-way, 
issued, granted, or permitted to Southern California Edison Company, 
which is located on lands included in the Mojave National Monument, but 
outside lands designated as wilderness under section 501(3). Such 
activities shall be conducted in a manner which will minimize the 
impact on monument resources.
    (2) Nothing in this title shall have the effect of prohibiting the 
upgrading of an existing electrical transmission line for the purpose 
of increasing the capacity of such transmission line in the Southern 
California Edison Company validly issued Eldorado-Lugo Transmission 
Line right-of-way and Mojave-Lugo Transmission Line right-of-way, or in 
a right-of-way if issued, granted, or permitted by the Secretary 
adjacent to the existing Mojave-Lugo Transmission Line right-of-way 
(hereafter in this section referred to as ``adjacent right-of-way''), 
including construction of a replacement transmission line: Provided, 
That--
            (A) in the Eldorado-Lugo Transmission Line rights-of-way 
        (hereafter in this section referred to as the ``Eldorado 
        rights-of-way'') at no time shall there be more than 3 
        electrical transmission lines,
            (B) in the Mojave-Lugo Transmission Line right-of-way 
        (hereafter in this section referred to as the ``Mojave right-
        of-way'') and adjacent right-of-way, removal of the existing 
        electrical transmission line and reclamation of the site shall 
        be completed no later than three years after the date on which 
        construction of the upgraded transmission line begins, after 
        which time there may be only one electrical transmission line 
        in the lands encompassed by Mojave right-of-way and adjacent 
        right-of-way,
            (C) if there are no more than two electrical transmission 
        lines in the Eldorado rights-of-way, two electrical 
        transmission lines in the lands encompassed by the Mojave 
        right-of-way and adjacent right-of-way may be allowed,
            (D) in the Eldorado rights-of-way and Mojave right-of-way 
        no additional land shall be issued, granted, or permitted for 
        such upgrade unless an addition would reduce the impacts to 
        monument resources,
            (E) no more than 350 feet of additional land shall be 
        issued, granted, or permitted for an adjacent right-of-way to 
        the south of the Mojave right-of-way unless a greater addition 
        would reduce the impacts to monument resources, and
            (F) such upgrade activities, including helicopter aided 
        construction, shall be conducted in a manner which will 
        minimize the impact on monument resources.
    (3) The Secretary shall prepare within 180 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act, in consultation with the Southern California 
Edison Company, plans for emergency access by the Southern California 
Edison Company to its rights-of-way.
    (b) Nothing in this title shall have the effect of terminating any 
validly issued right-of-way, or customary operation, maintenance, 
repair, and replacement activities in such right-of-way; prohibiting 
the upgrading of and construction on existing facilities in such right-
of-way for the purpose of increasing the capacity of the existing 
pipeline; or prohibiting the renewal of such right-of-way; issued, 
granted, or permitted to the Southern California Gas Company, which is 
located on lands included in the Mojave National Monument, but outside 
lands designated as wilderness under section 501(3). Such activities 
shall be conducted in a manner which will minimize the impact on 
monument resources.
    (c) Nothing in this title shall have the effect of terminating any 
validly issued right-of-way or customary operation, maintenance, 
repair, and replacement activities of existing facilities issued, 
granted, or permitted for communications cables or lines, which are 
located on lands included in the Mojave National Monument, but outside 
lands designated as wilderness under section 501(3). Such activities 
shall be conducted in a manner which will minimize the impact on 
monument resources.

                     preparation of management plan

    Sec. 412. Within three years after the date of enactment of this 
title, the Secretary shall submit to the Energy and Natural Resources 
Committee of the Senate and the Natural Resources Committee of the 
House of Representatives a detailed and comprehensive management plan 
for the monument. Such plan shall place emphasis on historical and 
cultural sites and ecological and wilderness values within the 
boundaries of the monument. Any development, including road 
improvements, proposed by such plan shall be strictly limited to that 
which is essential and appropriate for the administration of the 
monument and shall be designed and located so as to maintain its 
primitive nature of the area and to minimize the impairment of monument 
resources or ecological values. To the extent practicable, 
administrative facilities, employee housing, commercial visitor 
services, accommodations, and other monument-related development shall 
be located or provided for outside of the boundaries of the monument. 
Such plan shall evaluate the feasibility of using the Kelso Depot and 
existing railroad corridor to provide public access to and a facility 
for special interpretive, educational, and scientific programs within 
the monument. Such plan shall specifically address the needs of 
individuals with disabilities in the design of services, programs, 
accommodations and facilities consistent with section 504 of the 
Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Public Law 101-336, the Americans with 
Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12101), and other appropriate laws 
and regulations.

                   granite mountains natural reserve

    Sec. 413. (a) There is hereby designated the Granite Mountains 
Natural Reserve within the monument comprising approximately nine 
thousand acres as generally depicted on a map entitled ``Mojave 
National Park Boundary and Wilderness--Proposed 6'', dated May 1991.
    (b) Upon enactment of this title, the Secretary of the Interior 
shall enter into a cooperative management agreement with the University 
of California for the purposes of managing the lands within the Granite 
Mountains Natural Reserve. Such cooperative agreement shall ensure 
continuation of arid lands research and educational activities of the 
University of California, consistent with the provisions of law 
generally applicable to units of the National Park System.

                     construction of visitor center

    Sec. 414. The Secretary is authorized to construct a visitor center 
in the monument for the purpose of providing information through 
appropriate displays, printed material, and other interpretive 
programs, about the resources of the monument.

                          acquisition of lands

    Sec. 415. The Secretary is authorized to acquire all lands and 
interest in lands within the boundary of the monument by donation, 
purchase, or exchange, except that--
            (1) any lands or interests therein within the boundary of 
        the monument which are owned by the State of California, or any 
        political subdivision thereof, may be acquired only by donation 
        or exchange except for lands managed by California State Lands 
        Commission; and
            (2) lands or interests therein within the boundary of the 
        monument which are not owned by the State of California or any 
        political subdivision thereof may be acquired only with the 
        consent of the owner thereof unless the Secretary determines, 
        after written notice to the owner and after opportunity for 
        comment, that the property is being developed, or proposed to 
        be developed, in a manner which is detrimental to the integrity 
        of the monument or which is otherwise incompatible with the 
        purposes of this title.

                   TITLE V--NATIONAL PARK WILDERNESS

                       designation of wilderness

    Sec. 501. The following lands are hereby designated as wilderness 
in accordance with the Wilderness Act (78 Stat. 890; 16 U.S.C. 1131 et 
seq.) and shall be administered by the Secretary of the Interior in 
accordance with the applicable provisions of the Wilderness Act:
            (1) Death Valley National Park Wilderness, comprising 
        approximately three million one hundred eighty-three thousand 
        four hundred and thirty-eight acres, as generally depicted on 
        23 maps entitled ``Death Valley National Park Boundary and 
        Wilderness'', numbered in the title one through twenty-three, 
        and dated September 1991 or prior, and three maps entitled 
        ``Death Valley National Park Wilderness'', numbered in the 
        title one through three, and dated May 1991 or prior, and which 
        shall be known as the Death Valley Wilderness;
            (2) Joshua Tree National Park Wilderness Additions, 
        comprising approximately one hundred thirty-one thousand seven 
        hundred and eighty acres, as generally depicted on four maps 
        entitled ``Joshua Tree National Park Boundary and Wilderness--
        Proposed'', numbered in the title one through four, and dated 
        October 1991 or prior, and which are hereby incorporated in, 
        and which shall be deemed to be a part of the Joshua Tree 
        Wilderness as designated by Public Law 94-567; and
            (3) Mojave National Monument Wilderness, comprising 
        approximately six hundred ninety-five thousand fifty-six acres, 
        as generally depicted on ten maps entitled ``Mojave National 
        Park Boundary and Wilderness--Proposed'', numbered in the title 
        one through ten, and dated October 1991 or prior, and seven 
        maps entitled ``Mojave National Park Wilderness--Proposed'', 
        numbered in the title one through seven, and dated October 1991 
        or prior, and which shall be known as the Mojave Wilderness.
            (4) Upon cessation of all uses prohibited by the Wilderness 
        Act and publication by the Secretary in the Federal Register of 
        notice of such cessation, potential wilderness, comprising 
        approximately six thousand eight hundred and forty acres, as 
        described in ``1988 Death Valley National Monument Draft 
        General Management Plan Draft Environmental Impact Statement'' 
        (hereafter in this title referred to as ``Draft Plan'') and as 
        generally depicted on map in the Draft Plan entitled 
        ``Wilderness Plan Death Valley National Monument'', dated 
        January 1988, and which shall be deemed to be a part of the 
        Death Valley Wilderness as designated in paragraph (1). Lands 
        identified in the Draft Plan as potential wilderness shall be 
        managed by the Secretary insofar as practicable as wilderness 
        until such time as said lands are designated as wilderness.

                    filing of maps and descriptions

    Sec. 502. Maps and a legal description of the boundaries of the 
areas designated in section 501 of this title shall be on file and 
available for public inspection in the Office of the Director of the 
National Park Service, Department of the Interior, and in the Office of 
the Superintendent of each area designated in section 501. As soon as 
practicable after this title takes effect, maps of the wilderness areas 
and legal descriptions of their boundaries shall be filed with the 
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate and the 
Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives, and 
such maps and descriptions shall have the same force and effect as if 
included in this title, except that the Secretary may correct clerical 
and typographical errors in such maps and descriptions.

                   administration of wilderness areas

    Sec. 503. The areas designated by section 501 of this title as 
wilderness shall be administered by the Secretary in accordance with 
the applicable provisions of the Wilderness Act governing areas 
designated by that title as wilderness, except that any reference in 
such provision to the effective date of the Wilderness Act shall be 
deemed to be a reference to the effective date of this title, and where 
appropriate, and reference to the Secretary of Agriculture shall be 
deemed to be a reference to the Secretary of the Interior.

                   TITLE VI--MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

            transfer of lands to red rock canyon state park

    Sec. 601. Upon enactment of this title, the Secretary of the 
Interior shall transfer to the State of California certain lands within 
the California Desert Conservation Area, California, of the Bureau of 
Land Management, comprising approximately twenty thousand five hundred 
acres, as generally depicted on two maps entitled ``Red Rock Canyon 
State Park Additions 1'' and ``Red Rock Canyon State Park Additions 
2'', dated May 1991, for inclusion in the State of California Park 
System. Should the State of California cease to manage these lands as 
part of the State Park System, ownership of the lands shall revert to 
the Department of the Interior to be managed as part of the California 
Desert Conservation Area to provide maximum protection for the area's 
scenic and scientific values.

                         desert lily sanctuary

    Sec. 602. (a) There is hereby established the Desert Lily Sanctuary 
within the California Desert Conservation Area, California, of the 
Bureau of Land Management, comprising approximately two thousand forty 
acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled ``Desert Lily 
Sanctuary'', dated February 1986. The Secretary of the Interior shall 
administer the area to provide maximum protection to the desert lily.
    (b) Subject to valid existing rights, Federal lands within the 
sanctuary, and interests therein, are withdrawn from disposition under 
the public land laws and from entry or appropriation under the mining 
laws of the United States, from the operation of the mineral leasing 
laws of the United States, and from operation of the Geothermal Steam 
Act of 1970.

                        land tenure adjustments

    Sec. 603. In preparing land tenure adjustment decisions within the 
California Desert Conservation Area, of the Bureau of Land Management, 
the Secretary shall give priority to consolidating Federal ownership 
within the national park units and wilderness areas designated by this 
Act.

                          disposal prohibition

    Sec. 604. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary 
of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture may not dispose of any 
lands within the boundaries of the wilderness, park, or monument 
designated under this Act or grant a right-of-way in any lands within 
the boundaries of the wilderness designated under this Act. Further, 
none of the lands within the boundaries of the wilderness, park, or 
monument designated under this Act shall be granted to or otherwise 
made available for use by the Metropolitan Water District and any other 
agencies or persons pursuant to the Boulder Canyon Project Act (43 
U.S.C. 617-619b) or any similar acts.

                   management of newly acquired lands

    Sec. 605. Any lands within the boundaries of a wilderness area 
designated under this Act which are acquired by the Federal Government, 
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.

                          native american uses

    Sec. 606. In recognition of the past use of the parks, monument, 
and wilderness areas designed under this Act by Indian people for 
traditional cultural and religious purposes, the Secretary shall ensure 
access to such parks, monument, and wilderness areas by Indian people 
for such traditional cultural and religious purposes. In implementing 
this section, the Secretary, upon the request of an Indian tribe or 
Indian religious community, shall temporarily close to the general 
public use of one or more specific portions of park, monument, or 
wilderness areas in order to protect the privacy of traditional 
cultural and religious activities in such areas by Indian people. Such 
access shall be consistent with the purpose and intent of Public Law 
95-341 (42 U.S.C. 1996) commonly referred to as the ``American Indian 
Religious Freedom Act'', and with respect to areas designated as 
wilderness, the Wilderness Act (78 Stat. 890; 16 U.S.C. 1131).

                              water rights

    Sec. 607. (a) With respect to each wilderness area designated by 
this Act, Congress hereby reserves a quantity of water sufficient to 
fulfill the purposes of this Act. The priority date of such reserved 
water rights shall be the date of enactment of this Act.
    (b) The Secretary of the Interior and all other officers of the 
United States shall take all steps necessary to protect the rights 
reserved by this section, including the filing by the Secretary of a 
claim for the quantification of such rights in any present or future 
appropriate stream adjudication in the courts of the State of 
California in which the United States is or may be joined and which is 
conducted in accordance with section 208 of the Act of July 10, 1952 
(66 Stat. 560, 44 U.S.C. 666; commonly referred to as the McCarran 
Amendment).
    (c) Nothing in this Act shall be construed as a relinquishment or 
reduction of any water rights reserved or appropriated by the United 
States in the State of California on or before the date of enactment of 
this Act.
    (d) The Federal water rights reserved by this Act are specific to 
the wilderness areas located in the State of California designated 
under this Act. Nothing in this Act related to the reserved Federal 
water rights shall be construed as establishing a precedent with regard 
to any future designations, nor shall it constitute an interpretation 
of any other Act or any designation made thereto.

                    authorization of appropriations

    Sec. 608. There are hereby authorized to be appropriated such sums 
as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act.

                           state school lands

    Sec. 610. (a) Upon request of the California State Lands Commission 
(hereinafter in this section referred to as the ``Commission''), the 
Secretary shall enter into negotiations for an agreement to exchange 
Federal lands or interests therein on the list referred to in 
subsection (b)(2) for California State School Lands (hereinafter in 
this section referred to as ``State School Lands'') or interests 
therein which are located within the boundaries of one or more of the 
wilderness areas or park units designated by this Act. The Secretary 
shall negotiate in good faith to reach a land exchange agreement 
consistent with the requirements of section 206 of the Federal Land 
Policy and Management Act of 1976.
    (b) Within 6 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary shall send to the Commission and to the Committees a list of 
the following:
            (1) The State School Lands or interests therein (including 
        mineral interests) which are located within the boundaries of 
        the wilderness areas or park units designated by this Act.
            (2) Lands under the Secretary's jurisdiction to be offered 
        for exchange, including in the following priority:
                    (A) Lands with mineral interests, including 
                geothermal, which have the potential for commercial 
                development but which are not currently under mineral 
                lease or producing Federal mineral revenues.
                    (B) Federal lands in California managed by the 
                Bureau of Reclamation that the Secretary determines are 
                not needed for any Bureau of Reclamation project.
                    (C) Any public lands in California that the 
                Secretary, pursuant to the Federal Land Policy and 
                Management Act of 1976, has determined to be suitable 
                for disposal through exchange.
    (c)(1) If an agreement under this section is for an exchange 
involving five thousand acres or less of Federal land or interests 
therein, or Federal lands valued at less than $5,000,000, the Secretary 
may carry out the exchange in accordance with the Federal Land Policy 
and Management Act of 1976.
    (2) If an agreement under this section is for an exchange involving 
more than five thousand acres of Federal land or interests therein, or 
Federal land valued at more than $5,000,000, the agreement shall be 
submitted to the Committees, together with a report containing--
            (A) a complete list and appraisal of the lands or interests 
        in lands proposed for exchange; and
            (B) a determination that the State School Lands proposed to 
        be acquired by the United States do not contain any hazardous 
        waste, toxic waste, or radioactive waste.
    (d) An agreement submitted under subsection (c)(2) shall not take 
effect unless approved by a joint resolution enacted by the Congress.
    (e) If exchanges of all of the State School Lands are not completed 
by October 1, 1996, the Secretary shall adjust the appraised value of 
any remaining inholdings consistent with the provisions of section 206 
of the Federal Land Management Policy Act of 1976. The Secretary shall 
establish an account in the name of the Commission in the amount of 
such appraised value. Title to the State School Lands shall be 
transferred to the United States at the time such account is credited.
    (f) The Commission may use the credit in its account to bid, as any 
other bidder, for excess or surplus Federal property to be sold in the 
State of California in accordance with the applicable laws and 
regulations of the Federal agency offering such property for sale. The 
account shall be adjusted to reflect successful bids under this section 
or payments or forfeited deposits, penalties, or other costs assessed 
to the bidder in the course of such sales. In the event that the 
balance in the account has not been reduced to zero by October 1, 2000, 
there are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary for payment to 
the California State Lands Commission funds equivalent to the balance 
remaining in the account as of October 1, 2000.
    (g) As used in this section, the term ``Committees'' means the 
Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives and the 
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate.

                               exchanges

    Sec. 611. (a) Upon request of the Catellus Development Corporation 
(hereafter in this section referred to as ``Catellus''), the Secretary 
shall enter into negotiations for an agreement or agreements to 
exchange Federal lands or interests therein on the list referred to in 
subsection (b)(2) of this section for lands of Catellus or interests 
therein which are located within the boundaries of one or more of the 
wilderness areas or park units designated by this Act.
    (b) Within six months after the date of enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary shall send to Catellus and to the Committees a list of the 
following:
            (1) Lands of Catellus or interests therein (including 
        mineral interests) which are located within the boundaries of 
        the wilderness areas or park units designated by this Act.
            (2) Lands, wherever located, under the Secretary's 
        jurisdiction to be offered for exchange, in the following 
        priority:
                    (A) Lands, including lands with mineral and 
                geothermal interests, which have the potential for 
                commercial development but which are not currently 
                under lease or producing Federal revenues.
                    (B) Federal lands managed by the Bureau of 
                Reclamation that the Secretary determines are not 
                needed for any Bureau of Reclamation project.
                    (C) Any public lands that the Secretary, pursuant 
                to the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976, 
                has determined to be suitable for disposal through 
                exchange.
    (c)(1) If an agreement under this section is for (A) an exchange 
involving lands outside the State of California, (B) more than 5,000 
acres of Federal land or interests therein in California, or (C) 
Federal lands in any State valued at more than $5,000,000, the 
Secretary shall provide to the Committees a detailed report of such 
land exchange agreements.
    (2) All land exchange agreements shall be consistent with the 
Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976.
    (3) Any report submitted to the Committees under this subsection 
shall include the following:
            (A) A complete list and appraisal of the lands or interests 
        in land proposed for exchange.
            (B) A complete list of the lands, if any, to be acquired by 
        the United States which contain any hazardous waste, toxic 
        waste, or radioactive waste which requires removal or remedial 
        action under Federal or State law, together with the estimated 
        costs of any such action.
    (4) An agreement under this subsection shall not take effect unless 
approved by a joint resolution enacted by the Congress.
    (d) The Secretary shall provide the California State Lands 
Commission with a one hundred eighty-day right of first refusal to 
exchange for any Federal lands or interests therein, located in the 
State of California, on the list referred to in subsection (b)(2). Any 
lands with respect to which a right of first refusal is not noticed 
within such period or exercised under this subsection shall be 
available to Catellus for exchange in accordance with this section.
    (e) On January 3, 1996, the Secretary shall provide to the 
Committees a list and appraisal consistent with the Federal Land Policy 
and Management Act of 1976 of all Catellus lands eligible for exchange 
under this section for which an exchange has not been completed. With 
respect to any of such lands for which an exchange has not been 
completed by October 1, 1996 (hereafter in this section referred to as 
``remaining lands''), the Secretary shall establish an account in the 
name of Catellus (hereafter in this section referred to as the 
``exchange account''). Upon the transfer of title by Catellus to all or 
a portion of the remaining lands to the United States, the Secretary 
shall credit the exchange account in the amount of the appraised value 
of the transferred remaining lands at the time of such transfer.
    (f) Catellus may use the credit in the exchange account to bid, as 
any other bidder, for any property real, personal, or mixed, wherever 
located, owned or controlled by the United States, including in a 
corporate capacity or as a receiver, conservator, or similar fiduciary 
capacity to be sold in accordance with the applicable laws and 
regulations of the Federal agency or instrumentality, or any element 
thereof, offering such property for sale. Upon approval by the 
Secretary in writing, the credits in Catellus's exchange account may be 
transferred or sold in whole or in part by Catellus to any other party, 
thereby vesting such party with all the rights formerly held by 
Catellus. The exchange account shall be adjusted to reflect successful 
bids under this section or payments or forfeited deposits, penalties, 
or other costs assessed to the bidder in the course of such sales.
    (g)(1) The Secretary shall not accept title pursuant to this 
section to any lands unless such title includes all right, title, and 
interest in and to the fee estate.
    (2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), the Secretary may accept title 
to any subsurface estate where the United States holds title to the 
surface estate.
    (3) This subsection does not apply to easements and rights-of-way 
for utilities or roads.
    (h) In no event shall the Secretary accept title under this section 
to lands which contain any hazardous waste, toxic waste, or radioactive 
waste which requires removal or remedial action under Federal or State 
law unless such remedial action has been completed prior to the 
transfer.
    (i) For purposes of the section, any appraisal shall be consistent 
with the provisions of section 206 of the Federal Land Policy and 
Management Act of 1976.
    (j) As used in this section, the term ``Committees'' means the 
Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives and the 
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate.

                         TITLE VII--DEFINITIONS

                              definitions

    Sec. 701. For the purposes of this Act:
            (1) The term ``Secretary'', unless specifically designated 
        otherwise, means the Secretary of the Interior.
            (2) The term ``public lands'' means any land and interest 
        in land owned by the United States and administered by the 
        Secretary of the Interior through the Bureau of Land 
        Management.

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