[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 518 Reported in House (RH)]
Union Calendar No. 277
103d CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 518
[Report No. 103-498]
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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.
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May 10, 1994
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
Union Calendar No. 277
103d CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 518
[Report No. 103-498]
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, Mrs. 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
May 10, 1994
Additional sponsors: Mr. Swett, Mrs. Unsoeld, Ms. Norton, Mr. Kreidler,
Mr. Bryant, Mr. Spratt, Mr. Yates, Miss Collins of Michigan, Mr.
Matsui, Mr. Nadler, Mr. Andrews of Maine, Mr. Klug, Mr. Traficant, Mr.
Deutsch, Mr. Ravenel, Mr. Barca of Wisconsin, Mr. Bilbray, Mr.
Kopetski, Mr. Markey, Mr. Ford of Michigan, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Sabo, Mr.
Gutierrez, Mr. Pallone, Ms. Kaptur, Mr. Farr of California, Mr. Wheat,
Mrs. Byrne, Mr. Zimmer, Mr. Neal of Massachusetts, Mrs. Roukema, Mr.
Coleman, Ms. Furse, Mr. Wynn, Mr. Wyden, Ms. DeLauro, Ms. English of
Arizona, Mr. Machtley, Mr. Brown of Ohio, Mr. Lewis of Georgia, Mrs.
Meek, Mr. Barrett of Wisconsin, and Mr. Klein
May 10, 1994
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed
in italic]
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on January
21, 1993]
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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 1994''.
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, 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 July 1993, 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'', dated February
1986, 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
approximately thirteen thousand nine hundred and forty acres,
as generally depicted on a map entitled ``Black Mountain
Wilderness--Proposed'', dated July 1993, 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 thirty-nine thousand seven hundred and forty
acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled ``Cadiz Dunes
Wilderness--Proposed'', dated July 1993, 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-four thousand four hundred acres, as
generally depicted on a map entitled ``Cady Mountains
Wilderness--Proposed'', dated July 1993, 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'', dated February 1986,
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 three hundred and
twenty acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled
``Chemehuevi Mountains Wilderness--Proposed'', dated July 1993,
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 seventeen thousand acres, as generally depicted
on a map entitled ``Coyote Mountains Wilderness--Proposed'',
dated July 1993, 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'', dated February
1986 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 twenty-three thousand seven hundred and eighty
acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled ``El Paso
Mountains Wilderness--Proposed'', dated July 1993, 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-five thousand nine hundred and forty
acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled ``Fish Creek
Mountains Wilderness--Proposed'', dated July 1993, 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'', dated February 1986 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'', dated February 1986 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 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.
(27) 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.
(28) Certain lands in the California Desert Conservation
Area, of the Bureau of Land Management, which comprise
approximately thirty-four thousand and fifty-five acres, as
generally depicted on a map entitled ``Indian Pass Wilderness--
Proposed'', dated May 1994, and which shall be known as the
Indian Pass Wilderness.
(29) 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.
(30) Certain lands in the California Desert Conservation
Area, of the Bureau of Land Management, which comprise
approximately thirty-three thousand six hundred and seventy
acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled ``Jacumba
Wilderness--Proposed'', dated July 1993, and which shall be
known as the Jacumba Wilderness.
(31) 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.
(32) 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.
(33) Certain lands in the California Desert Conservation
Area, of the Bureau of Land Management, which comprise
approximately two hundred forty-nine thousand three hundred and
sixty-eight acres, as generally depicted on four maps entitled
``Kingston Range Wilderness--Proposed'', numbered in the title
one through four dated May 1994, and which shall be known as
the Kingston Range Wilderness.
(34) Certain lands in the California Desert Conservation
Area, of the Bureau of Land Management, which comprise
approximately twenty-nine thousand eight hundred and eighty
acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled ``Little
Chuckwalla Mountains Wilderness--Proposed'', dated May 1991,
and which shall be known as the Little Chuckwalla Mountains
Wilderness.
(35) Certain lands in the California Desert Conservation
Area and the Yuma District, of the Bureau of Land Management,
which comprise approximately thirty-three thousand six hundred
acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled ``Little Picacho
Wilderness--Proposed'', dated July 1993, and which shall be
known as the Little Picacho Wilderness.
(36) 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.
(37) 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.
(38) Certain lands in the California Desert Conservation
Area, of the Bureau of Land Management, which comprise
approximately twenty-four thousand two hundred acres, as
generally depicted on a map entitled ``Mecca Hills Wilderness--
Proposed'', dated July 1993, and which shall be known as the
Mecca Hills Wilderness.
(39) 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.
(40) 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'', dated February 1986, and which shall be
known as the Newberry Mountains Wilderness.
(41) Certain lands in the California Desert Conservation
Area, of the Bureau of Land Management, which comprise
approximately one hundred ten thousand eight hundred and sixty
acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled ``Nopah Range
Wilderness--Proposed'', dated July 1993, and which shall be
known as the Nopah Range Wilderness.
(42) 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.
(43) 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.
(44) 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 1994 and a map entitled
``Old Woman Mountains Wilderness--Proposed 2'', dated October
1991, and which shall be known as the Old Woman Mountains
Wilderness.
(45) Certain lands in the California Desert Conservation
Area, of the Bureau of Land Management, which comprise
approximately fifty-seven thousand four hundred and eighty
acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled ``Orocopia
Mountains Wilderness--Proposed'', dated May 1994, and which
shall be known as the Orocopia Mountains Wilderness.
(46) 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'' dated February 1986 and ``Owens Peak Wilderness--Proposed
3'', dated May 1991, and which shall be known as the Owens Peak
Wilderness.
(47) 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'', dated February 1986 and which shall be
known as the Pahrump Valley Wilderness.
(48) Certain lands in the California Desert Conservation
Area, of the Bureau of Land Management, which comprise
approximately two hundred seventy thousand six hundred and
twenty-nine acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled
``Palen/McCoy Wilderness--Proposed 1'', dated July 1993, and a
map entitled ``Palen/McCoy Wilderness--Proposed 2'', dated July
1993, and which shall be known as the Palen/McCoy Wilderness.
(49) Certain lands in the California Desert Conservation
Area, of the Bureau of Land Management, which comprise
approximately thirty-two thousand three hundred and ten acres,
as generally depicted on a map entitled ``Palo Verde Mountains
Wilderness--Proposed'', dated July 1993, and which shall be
known as the Palo Verde Mountains Wilderness.
(50) 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.
(51) 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.
(52) Certain lands in the California Desert Conservation
Area, of the Bureau of Land Management, which comprise
approximately thirty-six thousand eight hundred and forty
acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled ``Piute
Mountains Wilderness--Proposed'', dated July 1993, and which
shall be known as the Piute Mountains Wilderness.
(53) 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.
(54) 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.
(55) 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.
(56) 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.
(57) 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.
(58) Certain lands in the California Desert Conservation
Area, of the Bureau of Land Management, which comprise
approximately one thousand four hundred and forty acres, as
generally depicted on a map entitled ``Saddle Peak Hills
Wilderness--Proposed'', dated July 1993, and which shall be
known as the Saddle Peak Hills Wilderness.
(59) Certain lands in the California Desert Conservation
Area, of the Bureau of Land Management, which comprise
approximately thirty-seven thousand nine hundred and eighty
acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled ``San Gorgonio
Wilderness Additions--Proposed'', dated July 1993, 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.
(60) Certain lands in the California Desert Conservation
Area, of the Bureau of Land Management, which comprise
approximately sixty-four thousand three hundred and forty
acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled ``Santa Rosa
Wilderness Additions--Proposed'', dated March 1994, and which
are hereby incorporated in, and which shall be deemed to be
part of, the Santa Rosa Wilderness designated by Public Law 98-
425.
(61) Certain lands in the California Desert District, of
the Bureau of Land Management, which comprise approximately
thirty-five thousand and eighty acres, as generally depicted on
a map entitled ``Sawtooth Mountains Wilderness--Proposed'',
dated July 1993, and which shall be known as the Sawtooth
Mountains Wilderness.
(62) 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 ``Sheep Hole
Valley Wilderness--Proposed 1'', dated July 1993, and ``Sheep
Hole Valley Wilderness--Proposed 2'', dated July 1993, and
which shall be known as the Sheephole Valley Wilderness.
(63) 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.
(64) 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'', dated February 1986, and which shall be
known as the South Nopah Range Wilderness.
(65) 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.
(66) 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'', dated February 1986, and which shall be
known as the Stepladder Mountains Wilderness.
(67) 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.
(68) 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'', dated February 1986, and
which shall be known as the Sylvania Mountains Wilderness.
(69) 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.
(70) 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.
(71) Certain lands in the California Desert Conservation
Area and the Yuma District, of the Bureau of Land Management,
which comprise approximately seventy-seven thousand five
hundred and twenty acres, as generally depicted on a map
entitled ``Whipple Mountains Wilderness--Proposed'', dated July
1993, 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 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, 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.
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. 1782), 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) The following areas shall continue to be 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:
(1) Certain lands which comprise approximately sixty-one
thousand three hundred and twenty acres, as generally depicted
on a map entitled ``Avawatz Mountains Wilderness--Proposed'',
dated May 1991.
(2) Certain lands which comprise approximately eighty
thousand four hundred and thirty acres, as generally depicted
on two maps entitled ``Soda Mountains Wilderness--Proposed 1'',
dated May 1991, and ``Soda Mountains Wilderness--Proposed 2'',
dated January 1989.
(3) Certain lands which compromise approximately twenty-
three thousand two hundred and fifty acres, as generally
depicted on a map entitled ``South Avawatz Mountains--
Proposed'', dated May 1991.
(4) Certain lands which comprise approximately eight
thousand eight hundred acres, as generally depicted on a map
entitled ``Great Falls Basin Wilderness--Proposed'', dated
February 1986.
(c) Subject to valid existing rights, the Federal lands referred to
in subsection (b) are hereby withdrawn from all forms of entry,
appropriation, or disposal under the public land laws; from location,
entry, and patent under the United States mining laws; and from
disposition under all laws pertaining to mineral and geothermal
leasing, and mineral materials, and all amendments thereto, 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
(43 U.S.C. 1782).
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 May 1994 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. (a) The privilege of grazing domestic livestock on lands
within the park shall continue to be exercised at no more than the
current level, subject to applicable laws and National Park Service
regulations.
(b) If a person holding a grazing permit referred to in subsection
(a) informs the Secretary that such permittee is willing to convey to
the United States any base property with respect to which such 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 PARK
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 park
Sec. 402. There is hereby established the Mojave National Park,
comprising approximately one million four hundred and forty-eight
thousand acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled ``Mojave
National Park Boundary--Proposed'', dated May 1994, which shall be on
file and available for inspection in the appropriate 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 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 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 park 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 park, 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 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. 409. (a) The privilege of grazing domestic livestock on lands
within the park shall continue to be exercised at no more than the
current level, subject to applicable laws and National Park Service
regulations.
(b) If a person holding a grazing permit referred to in subsection
(a) informs the Secretary that such permittee is willing to convey to
the United States any base property with respect to which such 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.
utility rights of way
Sec. 410. (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 Park, but
outside lands designated as wilderness under section 501(3). Such
activities shall be conducted in a manner which will minimize the
impact on park 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 three
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
park 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 park resources, and
(F) such upgrade activities, including helicopter aided
construction, shall be conducted in a manner which will
minimize the impact on park 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)(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; 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, its
successors or assigns, which is located on lands included in the Mojave
National Park, but outside lands designated as wilderness under section
501(3). Such activities shall be conducted in a manner which will
minimize the impact on park resources.
(2) The Secretary shall prepare within one hundred and eighty days
after the date of enactment of this title, in consultation with the
Southern California Gas Company, plans for emergency access by the
Southern California Gas Company to its rights-of-way.
(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 Park, but outside
lands designated as wilderness under section 501(3). Such activities
shall be conducted in a manner which will minimize the impact on park
resources.
(d) 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 to Molybdenum Corporation of America; Molycorp,
Incorporated; or Union Oil Company of California (d/b/a Unocal
Corporation); or its successors or assigns, or prohibiting renewal of
such right-of-way, which is located on lands included in the Mojave
National Park, but outside lands designated as wilderness under section
501(3). Such activities shall be conducted in a manner which will
minimize the impact on park resources.
preparation of management plan
Sec. 411. 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 park. Such plan shall place emphasis on historical and cultural
sites and ecological and wilderness values within the boundaries of the
park. 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 park and shall be designed
and located so as to maintain the primitive nature of the area and to
minimize the impairment of park resources or ecological values. To the
extent practicable, administrative facilities, employee housing,
commercial visitor services, accommodations, and other park-related
development shall be located or provided for outside of the boundaries
of the park. 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 park. 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. 412. (a) There is hereby designated the Granite Mountains
Natural Reserve within the park 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. 413. The Secretary is authorized to construct a visitor center
in the park for the purpose of providing information through
appropriate displays, printed material, and other interpretive
programs, about the resources of the park.
acquisition of lands
Sec. 414. The Secretary is authorized to acquire all lands and
interest in lands within the boundary of the park by donation,
purchase, or exchange, except that--
(1) any lands or interests therein within the boundary of
the park 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 the California State
Lands Commission; and
(2) lands or interests therein within the boundary of the
park 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 park or which is otherwise incompatible with the
purposes of this title.
acquired lands be made part of mojave national park
Sec. 415. Any lands acquired by the Secretary under this title
shall become part of the Mojave National Park.
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 seventy-nine thousand
four hundred and eighteen 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 May 1994 or prior, and three maps entitled ``Death
Valley National Park Wilderness'', numbered in the title one
through three, and dated May 1994 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.
(3) Mojave National Park Wilderness, comprising
approximately six hundred ninety-four thousand acres, as
generally depicted on ten maps entitled ``Mojave National Park
Boundary and Wilderness--Proposed'', numbered in the title one
through ten, and dated May 1994 or prior, and seven maps
entitled ``Mojave National Park Wilderness--Proposed'',
numbered in the title one through seven, and dated May 1994 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 a map in the Draft Plan entitled
``Wilderness Plan Death Valley National Monument'', dated
January 1988, 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 or parks 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 or parks 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 and
wilderness areas designed under this Act by Indian people for
traditional cultural and religious purposes, the Secretary shall ensure
access to such parks 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 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, 43 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.
state school lands
Sec. 608. (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 six 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, 2004, 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, 2009,
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, 2009.
(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. 609. (a) Upon request of the Catellus Development Corporation,
its subsidiaries or successors in interest (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 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 each
such land exchange agreement.
(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, 1999, 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, 2004 (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 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. 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 AND AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS
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.
authorization of appropriations
Sec. 702. There are hereby authorized to be appropriated such sums
as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act.
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