[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 21 Engrossed in Senate (ES)]

103d CONGRESS

  2d Session

                                 S. 21

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                                 AN ACT

 To designate certain lands in the California Desert as wilderness, to 
establish Death Valley, Joshua Tree, and Mojave National Parks, and for 
                            other purposes.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
103d CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                 S. 21

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                                 AN ACT


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

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``California Desert Protection Act of 
1994''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND POLICY.

    (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--DESIGNATION OF WILDERNESS AREAS TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE 
                       BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT

SEC. 101. FINDINGS.

    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.

SEC. 102. DESIGNATION OF WILDERNESS.

    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 one hundred and eighty-five acres, as 
        generally depicted on a map entitled ``Bighorn Mountain 
        Wilderness--Proposed'', dated July 1993, 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 October 1993, 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 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.
            (10) 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.
            (11) 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 Park Wilderness--Proposed 1'' and 
        ``Chimney Peak Wilderness--Proposed 2'', dated May 1991, and 
        which shall be known as the Chimney Peak Wilderness.
            (12) Certain lands in the California Desert Conservation 
        Area, of the Bureau of Land Management, which comprise 
        approximately eighty thousand seven hundred and seventy acres, 
        as generally depicted on two maps entitled ``Chuckwalla 
        Mountains Wilderness--Proposed 1'' and ``Chuckwalla Mountains 
        Wilderness--Proposed 2'', dated July 1992, and which shall be 
        known as the Chuckwalla Mountains Wilderness.
            (13) Certain lands in the California Desert Conservation 
        Area, of the Bureau of Land Management, which comprise thirty-
        three thousand nine hundred and eighty acres, as generally 
        depicted on a map entitled ``Cleghorn Lakes Wilderness--
        Proposed'', dated July 1993, 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 ``nonwilderness road corridor'' on such map.
            (14) Certain lands in the California Desert Conservation 
        Area, of the Bureau of Land Management, which comprise 
        approximately twenty-six thousand acres, as generally depicted 
        on a map entitled ``Clipper Mountain Wilderness--Proposed'', 
        dated July 1993, and which shall be known as Clipper Mountain 
        Wilderness.
            (15) 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.
            (16) 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.
            (17) 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.
            (18) 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.
            (19) 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.
            (20) 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.
            (21) 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.
            (22) 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.
            (23) 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.
            (24) Certain lands in the California Desert Conservation 
        Area, of the Bureau of Land Management, which comprise 
        approximately thirty-one thousand six hundred and ninety-five 
        acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled ``Grass Valley 
        Wilderness--Proposed'', dated July 1993, and which shall be 
        known as the Grass Valley Wilderness.
            (25) 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.
            (26) 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.
            (27) Certain lands in the California Desert Conservation 
        Area, of the Bureau of Land Management, which comprise 
        approximately thirty-three thousand eight hundred and fifty-
        five acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled ``Indian 
        Pass Wilderness--Proposed'', dated July 1993, and which shall 
        be known as the Indian Pass Wilderness.
            (28) 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 and five thousand and twenty acres, 
        as generally depicted on three maps entitled ``Inyo Mountains 
        Wilderness--Proposed 1'', ``Inyo Mountains Wilderness--Proposed 
        2'', ``Inyo Mountains Wilderness--Proposed 3'', dated May 1991, 
        and which shall be known as the Inyo Mountains Wilderness.
            (29) 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.
            (30) 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.
            (31) 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 October 1993, and which shall be known as the Kiavah 
        Wilderness.
            (32) Certain lands in the California Desert Conservation 
        Area, of the Bureau of Land Management, which comprise 
        approximately two hundred nine thousand, six hundred and eight 
        acres, as generally depicted on four maps entitled ``Kingston 
        Range Wilderness--Proposed 1'', ``Kingston Range Wilderness--
        Proposed 2'', ``Kingston Range Wilderness--Proposed 3'', 
        ``Kingston Range Wilderness--Proposed 4'', dated July 1993, and 
        which shall be known as the Kingston Range Wilderness.
            (33) 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 July 1993, 
        and which shall be known as the Little Chuckwalla Mountains 
        Wilderness.
            (34) 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.
            (35) 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.
            (36) 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.
            (37) 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.
            (38) 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.
            (39) 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.
            (40) 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.
            (41) 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.
            (42) 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.
            (43) Certain lands in the California Desert Conservation 
        Area, of the Bureau of Land Management, which comprise 
        approximately one hundred forty-six thousand and twenty acres, 
        as generally depicted on a map entitled ``Old Woman Mountains 
        Wilderness--Proposed 1'', dated July 1993 and a map entitled 
        ``Old Woman Mountains Wilderness--Proposed 2'', dated July 
        1993, and which shall be known as the Old Woman Mountains 
        Wilderness.
            (44) Certain lands in the California Desert Conservation 
        Area, of the Bureau of Land Management, which comprise 
        approximately forty thousand seven hundred and thirty-five 
        acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled ``Orocopia 
        Mountains Wilderness--Proposed'', dated July 1993, and which 
        shall be known as the Orocopia Mountains Wilderness.
            (45) Certain lands in the California Desert Conservation 
        Area and the Bakersfield District, of the Bureau of Land 
        Management, which comprise approximately seventy-four thousand 
        and sixty acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled 
        ``Owens Peak Wilderness--Proposed 1'', dated February 1986, a 
        map entitled ``Owens Peak Wilderness--Proposed 2'', dated March 
        1994, and a map entitled ``Owens Peak Wilderness--Proposed 3'', 
        dated May 1991, and which shall be known as the Owens Peak 
        Wilderness.
            (46) 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.
            (47) 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.
            (48) 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.
            (49) 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.
            (50) Certain lands in the California Desert Conservation 
        Area, of the Bureau of Land Management, which comprise 
        approximately seventy-two thousand five hundred and seventy-
        five acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled ``Piper 
        Mountain Wilderness--Proposed'', dated October 1993, and which 
        shall be known as the Piper Mountain Wilderness.
            (51) 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.
            (52) 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.
            (53) 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.
            (54) 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.
            (55) Certain lands in the California Desert Conservation 
        Area, of the Bureau of Land Management, which comprise 
        approximately twenty-one thousand three hundred acres, as 
        generally depicted on a map entitled ``Rodman Mountains 
        Wilderness--Proposed'', dated July 1993, and which shall be 
        known as the Rodman Mountains Wilderness.
            (56) 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.
            (57) 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.
            (58) 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.
            (59) 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.
            (60) 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.
            (61) 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 July 1993, and 
        ``Sheephole Valley Wilderness--Proposed 2'', dated July 1993, 
        and which shall be known as the Sheephole Valley Wilderness.
            (62) 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.
            (63) 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.
            (64) 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.
            (65) 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.
            (66) 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.
            (67) Certain lands in the California Desert Conservation 
        Area, of the Bureau of Land Management, which comprise 
        approximately thirty-one thousand one hundred and sixty acres, 
        as generally depicted on a map entitled ``Trilobite 
        Wilderness--Proposed'', dated July 1993, and which shall be 
        known as the Trilobite Wilderness.
            (68) 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.
            (69) 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.

SEC. 103. ADMINISTRATION OF WILDERNESS AREAS.

    (a) Management.--Subject to valid existing rights, each wilderness 
area designated under section 102 shall be administered by the 
Secretary of the Interior (hereinafter in this Act referred to as the 
``Secretary'') or the Secretary of Agriculture, as appropriate, 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.
    (b) Map and Legal Descriptions.--As soon as practicable after the 
date of enactment of section 102, the Secretary concerned shall file a 
map and legal description for each wilderness area designated under 
this title with the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the 
United States Senate and the Committee on Natural Resources of the 
United States House of Representatives. Each such map and description 
shall have the same force and effect as if included in this title, 
except that the Secretary or the Secretary of Agriculture, as 
appropriate, 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 
appropriate.
    (c) Livestock.--Within the wilderness areas designated under 
section 102, the grazing of livestock, where established prior to the 
date of 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 101(f) of Public Law 101-628.
    (d) No Buffer Zones.--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 area shall not, of itself, 
preclude such activities or uses up to the boundary of the wilderness 
area.
    (e) Fish and Wildlife.--As provided in section 4(d)(7) of the 
Wilderness Act, nothing in this title shall be construed as affecting 
the jurisdiction of the State of California with respect to wildlife 
and fish on the public lands located in that State.
    (f) Wildlife Management.--In furtherance of the purposes of the 
Wilderness Act, management activities to maintain or restore fish and 
wildlife populations and the habitats to support such populations may 
be carried out within wilderness areas designated by this title, where 
consistent with relevant wilderness management plans, in accordance 
with appropriate policies and guidelines, as set forth in section 
101(h) of Public Law 101-628.
    (g) Law Enforcement Border Activities.--Nothing in this Act, 
including the designation as wilderness of lands within the Coyote, 
Fish Creek Mountains, and Jacumba wilderness areas designated in 
section 102 of this Act, the Wilderness Act, or other land management 
laws generally applicable to such areas, shall restrict or preclude 
continued law enforcement and border operations within such areas, 
including the use of motor vehicles and aircraft by the Immigration and 
Naturalization Service, the Drug Enforcement Administration, the United 
States Customs Service, or State and local law enforcement agencies in 
such manner and subject to such restrictions as may be determined by 
the Attorney General of the United States or Secretary of the Treasury, 
as appropriate, in consultation with the Secretary.

SEC. 104. WILDERNESS REVIEW.

    (a) In General.--Except as provided in subsection (b), the Congress 
hereby finds and directs that lands in the California Desert 
Conservation Area, of 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 requirement 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) Areas Not Released.--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, as generally depicted on a 
        map entitled ``Avawatz Mountains Wilderness--Proposed'', dated 
        May 1991;
            (2) certain lands which comprise approximately thirty-nine 
        thousand seven hundred and fifty acres, as generally depicted 
        on a map entitled ``Kingston Range Wilderness--Proposed 4'', 
        dated July 1993;
            (3) 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;
            (4) 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;
            (5) certain lands which comprise approximately seventeen 
        thousand two hundred and eighty acres, as generally depicted on 
        a map entitled ``Death Valley National Park Boundary and 
        Wilderness 17--Proposed'', dated July 1993;
            (6) 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; and
            (7) certain lands which comprise approximately eighty-four 
        thousand four hundred acres, as generally depicted on a map 
        entitled ``Cady Mountains Wilderness--Proposed'', dated July 
        1993.
    (c) Withdrawal.--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.

SEC. 105. DESIGNATION OF WILDERNESS STUDY AREA.

    In furtherance of the provisions of the Wilderness Act, certain 
lands in the California Desert Conservation Area, of the Bureau of Land 
Management, which comprise approximately eleven thousand two hundred 
acres as generally depicted on a map entitled ``White Mountains 
Wilderness Study Area--Proposed'', dated May 1991, are hereby 
designated as 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 
(43 U.S.C. 1782).

SEC. 106. SUITABILITY REP0RT.

    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.

SEC. 107. DESERT LILY SANCTUARY.

    (a) Designation.--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 shall administer the 
area to provide maximum protection to the desert lily.
    (b) Withdrawal.--Subject to valid existing rights, all Federal 
lands within the Desert Lily Sanctuary 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.

SEC. 108. DINOSAUR TRACKWAY AREA OF CRITICAL ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERN.

    (a) Designation.--There is hereby established the Dinosaur Trackway 
Area of Critical Environmental Concern within the California Desert 
Conservation Area, of the Bureau of Land Management, comprising 
approximately five hundred and ninety acres as generally depicted on a 
map entitled ``Dinosaur Trackway Area of Critical Environmental 
Concern'', dated July 1993. The Secretary shall administer the area to 
preserve the paleontological resources within the area.
    (b) Withdrawal.--Subject to valid existing rights, the Federal 
lands within and adjacent to the Dinosaur Trackway Area of Critical 
Environmental Concern, as generally depicted on a map entitled 
``Dinosaur Trackway Mineral Withdrawal Area'', dated July 1993, 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.

  TITLE II--DESIGNATION OF WILDERNESS AREAS TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE 
                UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE

SEC. 201. DESIGNATION AND MANAGEMENT.

    (a) Designation.--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) Management.--Subject to valid existing rights, the wilderness 
areas designated under this title 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.
    (c) Maps and Legal Description.--As soon as practicable after 
enactment of this title, 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 United States Senate and Natural Resources and 
Merchant Marine and Fisheries of the United States 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.

SEC. 202. NO EFFECT ON COLORADO RIVER DAMS.

    Nothing in this title shall be construed to affect the operation of 
federally owned dams located on the Colorado River in the Lower Basin.

SEC. 203. NO EFFECT ON UPPER BASIN.

    Nothing in this Act shall amend, construe, supersede, or preempt 
any State law, Federal law, interstate compact, or international treaty 
pertaining to the Colorado River (including its tributaries) in the 
Upper Basin, including, but not limited to the appropriation, use, 
development, storage, regulation, allocation, conservation, 
exportation, or quality of those rivers.

SEC. 204. COLORADO RIVER.

    With respect to the Havasu and Imperial wilderness areas designated 
by subsection 201(a) of this title, no rights to water of the Colorado 
River are reserved, either expressly, impliedly, or otherwise.

                 TITLE III--DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK

SEC. 301. FINDINGS.

    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 ad 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.

SEC. 302. ESTABLISHMENT OF DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK.

    There is hereby established the Death Valley National Park, 
(hereinafter in this title referred to as the ``park'') as generally 
depicted on twenty-three maps entitled ``Death Valley National Park 
Boundary and Wilderness--Proposed'', numbered in the title one through 
twenty-three, and dated July 1993 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.

SEC. 303. TRANSFER AND ADMINISTRATION OF LANDS.

    Upon enactment of this title, the Secretary shall transfer the 
lands under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management depicted 
in the maps described in section 302 of this title, without 
consideration, to the administrative jurisdiction of the National Park 
Service for administration as part of the National Park System, and the 
boundary of the park shall be adjusted accordingly. The Secretary shall 
administer the areas added to the park 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, 2-4).

SEC. 304. MAPS AND LEGAL DESCRIPTION.

    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 Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the 
United States Senate and the Committee on Natural Resources of the 
United States 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.

SEC. 305. WITHDRAWAL.

    Subject to valid existing rights, all Federal lands within the park 
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.

SEC. 306. GRAZING.

    (a) In General.--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) Sale of Property.--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 IV--JOSHUA TREE NATIONAL PARK

SEC. 401. FINDINGS.

    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.

SEC. 402. ESTABLISHMENT OF JOSHUA TREE NATIONAL PARK.

    There is hereby established the Joshua Tree National Park, 
(hereinafter in this section referred to as the ``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.

SEC. 403. TRANSFER AND ADMINISTRATION OF LANDS.

    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 National Park 
Service for administration as part of the National Park System. The 
boundaries of the park shall be adjusted accordingly. The Secretary 
shall administer the areas added to the park 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, 2-4).

SEC. 404. MAPS AND LEGAL DESCRIPTION.

    Within six months after the date of enactment of this title, the 
Secretary shall file maps and legal description of the park with the 
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the United States Senate 
and the Committee on Natural Resources of the United States 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 maps. The maps and legal description shall be on file 
and available for public inspection in the appropriate offices of the 
National Park Service, Department of the Interior.

SEC. 405. WITHDRAWAL.

    Subject to valid existing rights, all Federal lands within the park 
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.

SEC. 406. UTILITY RIGHTS-OF-WAY.

    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 601(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 on 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 601(2). Such activities 
shall be conducted in a manner which will minimize the impact on park 
resources. The Secretary shall prepare within one hundred and eighty 
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.

                     TITLE V--MOJAVE NATIONAL PARK

SEC. 501. FINDINGS.

    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 possesses outstanding natural, 
        cultural, historical, and recreational values meriting 
        statutory designation and recognition as a unit of the National 
        Park System;
            (3) portions of the Mojave desert 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.

SEC. 502. ESTABLISHMENT OF MOJAVE NATIONAL PARK.

    There is hereby established the Mojave National Park (hereinafter 
in this title referred to as the ``park'') comprising approximately one 
million one hundred eighty-one thousand three hundred and fifty acres, 
as generally depicted on a map entitled ``Mojave National Park 
Boundary--Proposed'', dated March 1994, which shall be on file and 
available for inspection in the appropriate offices of the National 
Park Service, Department of the Interior.

SEC. 503. TRANSFER OF LANDS.

    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 502 of this title, without 
consideration, to the administrative jurisdiction of the National Park 
Service.

SEC. 504. MAPS AND LEGAL DESCRIPTION.

    Within six months after the date of enactment of this title, the 
Secretary shall file maps and a legal description of the park with the 
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the United States Senate 
and the Committee on Natural Resources of the United States House of 
Representatives. Such maps and legal 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 legal 
descriptions and maps. The maps and legal description shall be on file 
and available for public inspection in the appropriate offices of the 
National Park Service, Department of the Interior.

SEC. 505. ABOLISHMENT OF SCENIC AREA.

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

SEC. 506. ADMINISTRATION OF PARK.

    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, 2-4).

SEC. 507. WITHDRAWAL.

    Subject to valid existing rights, all Federal lands within the park 
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.

SEC. 508. REGULATION OF MINING.

    Subject to valid existing rights, all mining claims located within 
the park shall be subject to all applicable laws and regulations 
applicable to mining within units of the National Park System, 
including the Mining in the Parks Act (16 U.S.C. 1901 et seq.), and any 
patent 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 laws and regulations.

SEC. 509. GRAZING.

    (a) In General.--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) Offers to Sell.--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 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.

SEC. 510. UTILITY RIGHTS OF WAY.

    (a)(1) Nothing in this title shall have the effect of terminating 
any validly issued rights-of-way or customary operation, maintenance, 
repair, and replacement activities in such rights-of-way, issued, 
granted, or permitted to Southern California Edison Company, its 
successors or assigns, which is located on lands included in the Mojave 
National Park, but outside lands designated as wilderness under section 
601(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-Lugo 
        right-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 
        park resources,
            (E) no more than three hundred and fifty 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 one hundred and eighty days 
after the date of enactment of this title, 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 
601(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 601(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 
601(3). Such activities shall be conducted in a manner which will 
minimize the impact on park resources.

SEC. 511. GENERAL MANAGEMENT PLAN.

    (a) In General.--Within three years of the date of enactment of 
this title, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Energy and 
Natural Resources of the United States Senate and the Committee on 
Natural Resources of the United States House of Representatives a 
detailed and comprehensive management plan for the park.
    (b) Kelso Depot.--Such plan shall place emphasis on historical and 
cultural sites and ecological and wilderness values within the 
boundaries of the park, and 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.
    (c) Needs of Individuals With Disabilities.--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, the Americans with 
Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12101), and other appropriate laws 
and regulations.

SEC. 512. GRANITE MOUNTAINS NATURAL RESERVE.

    (a) Establishment.--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) Cooperative Management Agreement.--Upon enactment of this 
title, the Secretary 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 this title and laws generally applicable to 
units of the National Park System.

SEC. 513. SODA SPRINGS DESERT STUDY CENTER.

    Upon enactment of this title, the Secretary shall enter into a 
cooperative management agreement with California State University for 
the purposes of managing facilities at the Soda Springs Desert Study 
Center. Such cooperative agreement shall ensure continuation of the 
desert research and educational activities of California State 
University, consistent with the provisions of this title and laws 
generally applicable to units of the National Park System.

SEC. 514. CONSTRUCTION OF VISITOR CENTER.

    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.

SEC. 515. ACQUISITION OF LANDS

    In General.--The Secretary is authorized to acquire all lands and 
interests therein 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 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: Provided, however, That the 
        construction, modification, repair, improvement, or replacement 
        of a single-family residence shall not be determined to be 
        detrimental to the integrity of the park or incompatible with 
        the purposes of this title.

SEC. 516. SUITABILITY REPORT.

    The Secretary is required, twenty years after the date of enactment 
of this title, to report to Congress on current and planned 
exploration, development or mining activities on, and suitability for 
future park designation of, the lands as generally depicted on a map 
entitled ``Mojave National Park Study Area-- Proposed'', dated July 
1992.

SEC. 517. ADVISORY COMMISSION.

    (a) There is hereby established the Mojave National Park Advisory 
Commission (hereinafter in this section referred to as the ``Advisory 
Commission'').
    (b) The Advisory Commission shall be composed of fifteen members 
appointed by the Secretary for terms of three years each.
    (c) Any vacancy in the Advisory Commission shall be filled in the 
same manner in which the original appointment was made.
    (d) Members of the Advisory Commission shall serve without 
compensation as such, but the Secretary may pay, upon vouchers signed 
by the Chairman, the expenses reasonably incurred by the Commission and 
its members in carrying out their responsibilities under this Act.
    (e) The Secretary, or his designee, shall from time to time, but at 
least annually, meet and consult with the Advisory Commission on 
general policies and specific matters related to planning, 
administration and development affecting the park.
    (f) The Advisory Commission shall act and advise by affirmative 
vote of the majority of the members thereof.
    (g) The Advisory Commission shall cease to exist ten years after 
the enactment of this Act.

                   TITLE VI--NATIONAL PARK WILDERNESS

SEC. 601. DESIGNATION OF WILDERNESS.

    (a) In furtherance of the purposes of the Wilderness Act (78 Stat. 
890; 16 U.S.C. 1311 et seq.), the following lands within the units of 
the National Park System designated by this Act are hereby designated 
as wilderness, and therefore, as components of the National Wilderness 
Preservation System:
            (1) Death Valley National Park Wilderness, comprising 
        approximately three million one hundred fifty-eight thousand 
        thirty-eight acres, as generally depicted on twenty-three maps 
        entitled ``Death Valley National Park Boundary and 
        Wilderness'', numbered in the title one through twenty-three, 
        and dated October 1993 or prior, and three maps entitled 
        ``Death Valley National Park Wilderness'', numbered in the 
        title one through three, and dated July 1993 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 Naional Park Wilderness, comprising 
        approximately six hundred ninety-five thousand two hundred 
        acres, as generally depicted on ten maps entitled ``Mojave 
        National Park Boundary and Wilderness--Proposed'', and numbered 
        in the title one through ten, and dated March 1994 or prior, 
        and seven maps entitled ``Mojave National Park Wilderness--
        Proposed'', numbered in the title one through seven, and dated 
        March 1994 or prior, and which shall be known as the Mojave 
        Wilderness.
    (b) Potential Wilderness.--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.

SEC. 602. FILING OF MAPS AND DESCRIPTIONS.

    Maps and a legal description of the boundaries of the areas 
designated in section 601 of this title shall be on file and available 
for public inspection in the appropriate offices of the National Park 
Service, Department of the Interior. As soon as practicable after the 
date of enactment of this title takes effect, maps and legal 
descriptions of the wilderness areas shall be filed with the Committee 
on Energy and Natural Resources of the United States Senate and the 
Committee on Natural Resources of the United States House of 
Representatives, and such maps and legal 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 legal descriptions.

SEC. 603. ADMINISTRATION OF WILDERNESS AREAS.

    The areas designated by section 601 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 VII--MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

SEC. 701. TRANSFER OF LANDS TO RED ROCK CANYON STATE PARK.

    Upon enactment of this title, the Secretary 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 California Desert Conservation 
Area to provide maximum protection for the area's scenic and scientific 
values.

SEC. 702. LAND TENURE ADJUSTMENTS.

    In preparing land tenure adjustment decisions with 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.

SEC. 703. LAND DISPOSAL.

    Except as provided in section 406, none of the lands within the 
boundaries of the wilderness or park areas designated under this Act 
shall be granted to or otherwise made available for use by the 
Metropolitan Water District or any other agencies or persons pursuant 
to the Boulder Canyon Project Act (43 U.S.C. 617-619b) or any similar 
acts.

SEC. 704. MANAGEMENT OF NEWLY ACQUIRED LANDS.

    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.

SEC. 705. NATIVE AMERICAN USES AND INTERESTS.

    (a) Access.--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 in order to 
protect the privacy of traditional cultural and religious activities in 
such areas by Indian people. Any such closure shall be made to affect 
the smallest practicable area for the minimum period necessary for such 
purposes. 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).
    (b) Cook Inlet Regional Corporation.--Section 12 of the Act of 
January 2, 1976 (Public Law 94-204; 38 U.S.C. 1611 note), as amended, 
is further amended--
            (1) by redesignating subsections (c) through (i) as 
        subsections (d) through (j), respectively;
            (2) by inserting after subsection (b) the following new 
        subsection:
    ``(c) The Native landowner shall be required to determine the fair 
value of subsurface interests conveyed to it pursuant to subsection (b) 
utilizing the appraisal methodology customarily used by the Minerals 
Management Service for valuing similar interests (such as discounted 
cash flow based methodology). The fair value of any subsurface 
interests in land determined by a qualified independent appraiser 
designated by the Region utilizing the methodology described above 
shall be binding for all purposes, except for Federal tax matters, and 
provided that this exception shall create no inference about the 
appropriate methodology for establishing fair value in such matters.''; 
and
            (3) in paragraph (9) of subsection (b), by striking 
        ``section 12(h)'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``section 
        12(i)''.
    (c) Study.--
            (1) In general.--The Secretary, in consultation with the 
        Timbisha Shoshone Tribe and relevant Federal agencies, shall 
        conduct a study, subject to the availability of appropriations, 
        to identify lands suitable for a reservation for the Timbisha 
        Shoshone Tribe that are located within the Tribe's aboriginal 
        homeland area within and outside the boundaries of the Death 
        Valley National Monument and the Death Valley National Park, as 
        described in title III of the California Desert Protection Act 
        of 1993.
            (2) Report.--Not later than 1 year after the date of 
        enactment of the California Desert Protection Act of 1993, the 
        Secretary shall submit a report to the Committee on Energy and 
        Natural Resources and the Committee on Indian Affairs of the 
        Senate, and the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of 
        Representatives on the results of the study conducted under 
        paragraph (1).

SEC. 706. FEDERAL RESERVE WATER RIGHTS.

    (a) Except as otherwise provided in section 204, 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 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 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 area 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.

SEC. 707. CALIFORNIA STATE SCHOOL LANDS.

    (a) Negotiations to Exchange.--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 or 
interests therein which are located within the boundaries of one or 
more of the wilderness areas or park units designated by this Act 
(hereinafter in this section referred to as ``State School lands.''). 
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) Preparation of List.--Within six months after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall send to the Commission and 
to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the United States 
Senate and the Committee on Natural Resources of the United States 
House of Representatives a list of the following:
            (1) 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 within the State of California under the 
        jurisdiction of the Secretary that the Secretary determines to 
        be suitable for disposal for exchange, identified 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 claims in California managed by the 
                Bureau of Reclamation that the Secretary determines are 
                not needed for any Bureau of Reclamation project; and
                    (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.
            (3) Any other Federal land, or interest therein, within the 
        State of California, which is or becomes surplus to the needs 
        of the Federal Government. The Secretary may exclude, in his 
        discretion, lands located within, or contiguous to, the 
        exterior boundaries of lands held in trust for a federally 
        recognized Indian tribe located in the State of California.
            (4) The Secretary shall maintain such list and shall 
        annually transmit such list to the Committee on Energy and 
        Natural Resources of the United States Senate and the Committee 
        on Natural Resources of the United States House of 
        Representatives until all of the State School lands identified 
        in paragraph (1) have been acquired.
    (c) Disposal of Surplus Federal Property.--(1) Effective upon the 
date of enactment of this Act and until all State School lands 
identified in paragraph (b)(1) of this section are acquired, no Federal 
lands or interests therein within the State of California may be 
disposed of from Federal ownership unless--
            (A) the Secretary is notified of the availability of such 
        lands or interest therein;
            (B) the Secretary has notified the Commission of the 
        availability of such lands or interests therein for exchange; 
        and
            (C) the Commission has not notified the Secretary within 
        six months that it wishes to consider entering into an exchange 
        for such lands or interests therein.
    (2) If the Commission notifies the Secretary that it wishes to 
consider an exchange for such lands or interests therein, the Secretary 
shall attempt to conclude such exchange in accordance with the 
provisions of this section as quickly as possible.
    (3) If an agreement is reached and executed with the Commission, 
then upon notice to the head of the agency having administrative 
jurisdiction over such lands or interests therein, the Secretary shall 
be vested with administrative jurisdiction over such lands or interests 
therein for the purpose of concluding such exchange.
    (4) Upon the acquisition of all State School lands or upon notice 
by the Commission to the Secretary that it no longer has an interest in 
such lands or interests therein, such lands or interests shall be 
released to the agency that originally had jurisdiction over such lands 
or interests for disposal in accordance with the laws otherwise 
applicable to such lands or interests.
    (d) No Effect on Military Base Closures.--The provisions of this 
section shall not apply to the disposal of property under title II of 
the Defense Authorization Amendments and Base Closure and Realignment 
Act (Public Law 100-526; 102 Stat. 2627; 10 U.S.C. 2687 note) or the 
Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990 (Public Law 101-510; 
104 Stat. 1808; 10 U.S.C. 2687 note).

SEC. 708. ACCESS TO PRIVATE PROPERTY.

    The Secretary shall provide adequate access to nonfederally owned 
land or interests in land within the boundaries of the conservation 
units and wilderness areas designated by this Act which will provide 
the owner of such land or interest the reasonable use and enjoyment 
thereof.

SEC. 709. FEDERAL FACILITIES FEE EQUITY.

    (a) Policy Statement.--It is the intent of Congress that entrance, 
tourism or recreational use fees for use of Federal lands and 
facilities not discriminate against any State or any region of the 
country.
    (b) Fee Study.--The Secretary of the Interior, in cooperation with 
other affected agencies, shall prepare and submit a report to the 
appropriate committees of the House of Representatives and the Senate 
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the United States Senate 
and any other relevant committees by May 1, 1996, which shall--
            (1) identify all Federal lands and facilities that provide 
        recreational or tourism use; and
            (2) analyze by State and region any fees charged for 
        entrance, recreational or tourism use, if any, on Federal lands 
        or facilities in a State or region, individually and 
        collectively.
    (c) Recommendations.--Following completion of the report in 
subsection (b), the Secretary of the Interior, in cooperation with 
other affected agencies, shall prepare and submit a report to the 
appropriate committees of the House and the Energy and Natural Resource 
Committee of the United States Senate and any other relevant committees 
by May 1, 1997, which shall contain recommendations which the Secretary 
deems appropriate for implementing the congressional intent outlined in 
subsection (a).

               TITLE VIII--MILITARY LANDS AND OVERFLIGHTS

SEC. 801. SHORT TITLE AND FINDINGS.

    (a) Short Title.--This title may be cited as the ``California 
Military Lands Withdrawal and Overflights Act of 1994''.
    (b) Findings.--The Congress finds that--
            (1) military aircraft testing and training activities as 
        well as demilitarization activities in California are an 
        important part of the national defense system of the United 
        States, and are essential in order to secure for the American 
        people of this and future generations an enduring and viable 
        national defense system;
            (2) the National Parks and wilderness areas designated by 
        this Act lie within a region critical to providing training, 
        research, and development for the Armed Forces of the United 
        States and its allies;
            (3) there is a lack of alternative sites available for 
        these military training, testing, and research activities;
            (4) continued use of the lands and airspace in the 
        California desert region is essential for military purposes; 
        and
            (5) contination of these military activities, under 
        appropriate terms and conditions, is not incompatible with the 
        protection and proper management of the natural, environmental, 
        cultural, and other resources and values of the Federal lands 
        in the California desert area.

SEC. 802. MILITARY OVERFLIGHTS.

    (a) Overflights.--Nothing in this Act, the Wilderness Act, or other 
land management laws generally applicable to the new units of the 
National Park or Wilderness Preservation Systems (or any additions to 
existing units) designated by this Act, shall restrict or preclude low-
level overflights of military aircraft over such units, including 
military overflights that can be seen or heard within such units.
    (b) Special Airspace.--Nothing in this Act, the Wilderness Act, or 
other land management laws generally applicable to the new units of the 
National Park or Wilderness Preservation Systems (or any additions to 
existing units) designated by this Act, shall restrict or preclude the 
designation of new units of special airspace or the use or 
establishment of military flight training routes over such new park or 
wilderness units.
    (c) No Effect on Other Laws.--Nothing in this section shall be 
construed to modify, expand, or diminish any authority under other 
Federal law.

SEC. 803. WITHDRAWALS.

    (a) China Lake.--(1) Subject to valid existing rights and except as 
otherwise provided in this title, the Federal lands referred to in 
paragraph (2), and all other areas within the boundary of such lands as 
depicted on the map specified in such paragraph which may become 
subject to the operation of the public land laws, are hereby withdrawn 
from all forms of appropriation under the public land laws (including 
the mining laws and the mineral leasing laws). Such lands are reserved 
for use by the Secretary of the Navy for--
            (A) use as a research, development, test, and evaluation 
        laboratory;
            (B) use as a range for air warfare weapons and weapon 
        systems;
            (C) use as a high hazard training area for aerial gunnery, 
        rocketry, electronic warfare and countermeasures, tactical 
        maneuvering and air support;
            (D) geothermal leasing and development and related power 
        production activities; and
            (E) subject to the requirements of section 804(f), other 
        defense-related purposes consistent with the purposes specified 
        in this paragraph.
    (2) The lands referred to in paragraph (1) are the Federal lands 
located within the boundaries of the China Lake Naval Weapons Center, 
comprising approximately one million one hundred thousand acres in 
Inyo, Kern, and San Bernardino Counties, California, as generally 
depicted on a map entitled ``China Lake Naval Weapons Center 
Withdrawal--Proposed'', dated January 1985.
    (b) Chocolate Mountain.--(1) Subject to valid existing rights and 
except as otherwise provided in this title, the Federal lands referred 
to in paragraph (2), and all other areas within the boundary of such 
lands as depicted on the map specified in such paragraph which may 
become subject to the operation of the public land laws, are hereby 
withdrawn from all forms of appropriation under the public land laws 
(including the mining laws and the mineral leasing and the geothermal 
leasing laws). Such lands are reserved for use by the Secretary of the 
Navy for--
            (A) testing and training for aerial bombing, missile 
        firing, tactical maneuvering and air support; and
            (B) subject to the provisions of section 804(f), other 
        defense-related purposes consistent with the purposes specified 
        in this paragraph.
    (2) The lands referred to in paragraph (1) are the Federal lands 
comprising approximately two hundred twenty-six thousand seven hundred 
and eleven acres in Imperial County, California, as generally depicted 
on a map entitled ``Chocolate Mountain Aerial Gunnery Range Proposed--
Withdrawal'' dated July 1993.

SEC. 804. MAPS AND LEGAL DESCRIPTIONS.

    (a) Publication and Filing Requirement.--As soon as practicable 
after the date of enactment of this title, the Secretary shall--
            (1) publish in the Federal Register a notice containing the 
        legal description of the lands withdrawn and reserved by this 
        title; and
            (2) file maps and the legal description of the lands 
        withdrawn and reserved by this title with the Committee on 
        Energy and Natural Resources of the United States Senate and 
        with the Committee on Natural Resources of the United States 
        House of Representatives.
    (b) Technical Corrections.--Such maps and legal descriptions shall 
have the same force and effect as if they were included in this title 
except that the Secretary may correct clerical and typographical errors 
in such maps and legal descriptions.
    (c) Availability for Public Inspection.--Copies of such maps and 
legal descriptions shall be available for public inspection in the 
appropriate offices of the Bureau of Land Management; the office of the 
commander of the Naval Weapons Center, China Lake, California; the 
office of the commanding officer, Marine Corps Air Station, Yuma, 
Arizona; and the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Washington, 
District of Columbia.
    (d) Reimbursement.--The Secretary of Defense shall reimburse the 
Secretary for the cost of implementing this section.

SEC. 805. MANAGEMENT OF WITHDRAWN LANDS.

    (a) Management by the Secretary of the Interior.--(1) Except as 
provided in subsection (g), during the period of the withdrawal the 
Secretary shall manage the lands withdrawn under section 802 of this 
title pursuant to the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 
(43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) and other applicable law, including this 
title.
    (2) To the extent consistent with applicable law and Executive 
orders, the lands withdrawn under section 802 may be managed in a 
manner permitting--
            (A) the continuation of grazing pursuant to applicable law 
        and Executive orders were permitted on the date of enactment of 
        this title;
            (B) protection of wildlife and wildlife habitat;
            (C) control of predatory and other animals;
            (D) recreation (but only on lands withdrawn by section 
        802(a) (relating to China Lake));
            (E) the prevention and appropriate suppression of brush and 
        range fires resulting from nonmilitary activities; and
            (F) geothermal leasing and development and related power 
        production activities on the lands withdrawn under section 
        802(a) (relating to China Lake).
    (3)(A) All nonmilitary use of such lands, including the uses 
described in paragraph (2), shall be subject to such conditions and 
restrictions as may be necessary to permit the military use of such 
lands for the purposes specified in or authorized pursuant to this 
title.
    (B) The Secretary may issue any lease, easement, right-of-way, or 
other authorization with respect to the nonmilitary use of such lands 
only with the concurrence of the Secretary of the Navy.
    (b) Closure to Public.--(1) If the Secretary of the Navy determines 
that military operations, public safety, or national security require 
the closure to public use of any road, trail, or other portion of the 
lands withdrawn by this title, the Secretary may take such action as 
the Secretary determines necessary or desirable to effect and maintain 
such closure.
    (2) Any such closure shall be limited to the minimum areas and 
periods which the Secretary of the Navy determines are required to 
carry out this subsection.
    (3) Before and during any closure under this subsection, the 
Secretary of the Navy shall--
            (A) keep appropriate warning notices posted; and
            (B) take appropriate steps to notify the public concerning 
        such closures.
    (c) Management Plan.--The Secretary (after consultation with the 
Secretary of the Navy) shall develop a plan for the management of each 
area withdrawn under section 802 of this title during the period of 
such withdrawal. Each plan shall--
            (1) be consistent with applicable law;
            (2) be subject to conditions and restrictions specified in 
        subsection (a)(3);
            (3) include such provisions as may be necessary for proper 
        management and protection of the resources and values of such 
        area; and
            (4) be developed not later than three years after the date 
        of enactment of this title.
    (d) Brush and Range Fires.--The Secretary of the Navy shall take 
necessary precautions to prevent and suppress brush and range fires 
occurring within and outside the lands withdrawn under section 802 as a 
result of military activities and may seek assistance from the Bureau 
of Land Management in the suppression of such fires. The memorandum of 
understanding required by subsection (e) shall provide for Bureau of 
Land Management assistance in the suppression of such fires, and for a 
transfer of funds from the Department of the Navy to the Bureau of Land 
Management as compensation for such assistance.
    (e) Memorandum of Understanding.--(1) The Secretary and the 
Secretary of the Navy shall (with respect to each land withdrawal under 
section 802 of this title) enter into a memorandum of understanding to 
implement the management plan developed under subsection (c). Any such 
memorandum of understanding shall provide that the Director of the 
Bureau of Land Management shall provide assistance in the suppression 
of fires resulting from the military use of lands withdrawn under 
section 802 if requested by the Secretary of the Navy.
    (2) The duration of any such memorandum shall be the same as the 
period of the withdrawal of the lands under section 802.
    (f) Additional Military Uses.--Lands withdrawn under section 802 of 
this title may be used for defense-related uses other than those 
specified in such section. The Secretary of Defense shall promptly 
notify the Secretary in the event that the lands withdrawn by this 
title will be used for defense-related purposes other than those 
specified in section 802. Such notification shall indicate the 
additional use or uses involved, the proposed duration of such uses, 
and the extent to which such additional military uses of the withdrawn 
lands will require that additional or more stringent conditions or 
restrictions be imposed on otherwise-permitted nonmilitary uses of the 
withdrawn land or portions thereof.
    (g) Management of China Lake.--(1) The Secretary may assign the 
management responsibility for the lands withdrawn under section 802(a) 
to the Secretary of the Navy who shall manage such lands, and issue 
leases, easements, rights-of-way, and other authorizations, in 
accordance with this title and cooperative management arrangements 
between the Secretary and the Secretary of the Navy: Provided, That 
nothing in this subsection shall affect geothermal leases issued by the 
Secretary prior to the date of enactment of this title, or the 
responsibility of the Secretary to administer and manage such leases, 
consistent with the provisions of this section. In the case that the 
Secretary assigns such management responsibility to the Secretary of 
the Navy before the development of the management plan under subsection 
(c), the Secretary of the Navy (after consultation with the Secretary) 
shall develop such management plan.
    (2) The Secretary shall be responsible for the issuance of any 
lease, easement, right-of-way, and other authorization with respect to 
any activity which involves both the lands withdrawn under section 
802(a) and any other lands. Any such authorization shall be issued only 
with the consent of the Secretary of the Navy and, to the extent that 
such activity involves lands withdrawn under section 802(a), shall be 
subject to such conditions as the Secretary of the Navy may prescribe.
    (3) The Secretary of the Navy shall prepare and submit to the 
Secretary an annual report on the status of the natural and cultural 
resources and values of the lands withdrawn under section 802(a). The 
Secretary shall transmit such report to the Committee on Energy and 
Natural Resources of the United States Senate and the Committee on 
Natural Resources of the United States House of Representatives.
    (4) The Secretary of the Navy shall be responsible for the 
management of wild horses and burros located on the lands withdrawn 
under section 802(a) and may utilize helicopters and motorized vehicles 
for such purposes. Such management shall be in accordance with laws 
applicable to such management on public lands and with an appropriate 
memorandum of understanding between the Secretary and the Secretary of 
the Navy.
    (5) Neither this title nor any other provision of law shall be 
construed to prohibit the Secretary from issuing and administering any 
lease for the development and utilization of geothermal steam and 
associated geothermal resources on the lands withdrawn under section 
802(a) pursuant to the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970 (30 U.S.C. 1001 et 
seq.) and other applicable law, but no such lease shall be issued 
without the concurrence of the Secretary of the Navy.
    (6) This title shall not affect the geothermal exploration and 
development authority of the Secretary of the Navy under section 2689 
of title 10, United States Code, except that the Secretary of the Navy 
shall obtain the concurrence of the Secretary before taking action 
under that section with respect to the lands withdrawn under section 
802(a).
    (7) Upon the expiration of the withdrawal or relinquishment of 
China Lake, Navy contracts for the development of geothermal resources 
at China Lake then in effect (as amended or renewed by the Navy after 
the date of enactment of this title) shall remain in effect: Provided, 
That the Secretary, with the consent of the Secretary of the Navy, may 
offer to substitute a standard geothermal lease for any such contract.

SEC. 806. DURATION OF WITHDRAWALS.

    (a) Duration.--The withdrawals and reservations established by this 
title shall terminate twenty-five years after the date of enactment of 
this title.
    (b) Draft Environmental Impact Statement.--No later than twenty-two 
years after the date of enactment of this title, the Secretary of the 
Navy shall publish a draft environmental impact statement concerning 
continued or renewed withdrawal of any portion of the lands withdrawn 
by this title for which that Secretary intends to seek such continued 
or renewed withdrawal. Such draft environmental impact statement shall 
be consistent with the requirements of the National Environmental 
Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) applicable to such a draft 
environmental impact statement. Prior to the termination date specified 
in subsection (a), the Secretary of the Navy shall hold a public 
hearing on any draft environmental impact statement published pursuant 
to this section. Such hearing shall be held in the State of California 
in order to receive public comments on the alternatives and other 
matters included in such draft environmental impact statement.
    (c) Extensions or Renewals.--The withdrawals established by this 
title may not be extended or renewed except by an Act or joint 
resolution of Congress.

SEC. 807. ONGOING DECONTAMINATION.

    (a) Program.--Throughout the duration of the withdrawals made by 
this title, the Secretary of the Navy, to the extent funds are made 
available, shall maintain a program of decontamination of lands 
withdrawn by this title at least at the level of decontamination 
activities performed on such lands in fiscal year 1986.
    (b) Reports.--At the same time as the President transmits to the 
Congress the President's proposed budget for the first fiscal year 
beginning after the date of enactment of this title and for each 
subsequent fiscal year, the Secretary of the Navy shall transmit to the 
Committees on Appropriations, Armed Services, and Energy and Natural 
Resources of the United States Senate and to the Committees on 
Appropriations, Armed Services, and Natural Resources of the United 
States House of Representatives a description of the decontamination 
efforts undertaken during the previous fiscal year on such lands and 
the decontamination activities proposed for such lands during the next 
fiscal year including--
            (1) amounts appropriated and obligated or expended for 
        decontamination of such lands;
            (2) the methods used to decontaminate such lands;
            (3) amount and types of contaminants removed from such 
        lands;
            (4) estimated types and amounts of residual contamination 
        on such lands; and
            (5) an estimate of the costs for full contamination of such 
        lands and the estimate of the time to complete such 
        decontamination.

SEC. 808. REQUIREMENTS FOR RENEWAL.

    (a) Notice and Filing.--(1) No later than three years prior to the 
termination of the withdrawal and reservation established by this 
title, the Secretary of the Navy shall advise the Secretary as to 
whether or not the Secretary of the Navy will have a continuing 
military need for any of the lands withdrawn under section 802 after 
the termination date of such withdrawal and reservation.
    (2) If the Secretary of the Navy concludes that there will be a 
continuing military need for any of such lands after the termination 
date, the Secretary of the Navy shall file an application for extension 
of the withdrawal and reservation of such needed lands in accordance 
with the regulations and procedures of the Department of the Interior 
applicable to the extension of withdrawals of lands for military uses.
    (3) If, during the period of withdrawal and reservation, the 
Secretary of the Navy decides to relinquish all or any of the lands 
withdrawn and reserved by this title, the Secretary of the Navy shall 
file a notice of intention to relinquish with the Secretary.
    (b) Contamination.--(1) Before transmitting a notice of intention 
to relinquish pursuant to subsection (a), the Secretary of Defense, 
acting through the Department of the Navy, shall prepare a written 
determination concerning whether and to what extent the lands that are 
to be relinquished are contaminated with explosive, toxic, or other 
hazardous materials.
    (2) A copy of such determination shall be transmitted with the 
notice of intention to relinquish.
    (3) Copies of both the notice of intention to relinquish and the 
determination concerning the contaminated state of the lands shall be 
published in the Federal Register by the Secretary of the Interior.
    (c) Decontamination.--If any land which is the subject of a notice 
of intention to relinquish pursuant to subsection (a) is contaminated, 
and the Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of the Navy, 
determines that decontamination is practicable and economically 
feasible (taking into consideration the potential future use and value 
of the land) and that upon decontamination, the land could be opened to 
operation of some or all of the public land laws, including the mining 
laws, the Secretary of the Navy shall decontaminate the land to the 
extent that funds are appropriated for such purpose.
    (d) Alternatives.--If the Secretary, after consultation with the 
Secretary of the Navy, concludes that decontamination of any land which 
is the subject of a notice of intention to relinquish pursuant to 
subsection (a) is not practicable or economically feasible, or that the 
land cannot be decontaminated sufficiently to be opened to operation of 
some or all of the public land laws, or if Congress does not 
appropriate a sufficient amount of funds for the decontamination of 
such land, the Secretary shall not be required to accept the land 
proposed for relinquishment.
    (e) Status of Contaminated Lands.--If, because of their 
contaminated state, the Secretary declines to accept jurisdiction over 
lands withdrawn by this title which have been proposed for 
relinquishment, or if at the expiration of the withdrawal made by this 
title the Secretary determines that some of the lands withdrawn by this 
title are contaminated to an extent which prevents opening such 
contaminated lands to operation of the public land laws--
            (1) the Secretary of the Navy shall take appropriate steps 
        to warn the public of the contaminated state of such lands and 
        any risks associated with entry onto such lands;
            (2) after the expiration of the withdrawal, the Secretary 
        of the Navy shall undertake no activities on such lands except 
        in connection with decontamination of such lands; and
            (3) the Secretary of the Navy shall report to the Secretary 
        and to the Congress concerning the status of such lands and all 
        actions taken in furtherance of this subsection.
    (f) Revocation Authority.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, the Secretary, upon deciding that it is in the public interest to 
accept jurisdiction over lands proposed for relinquishment pursuant to 
subsection (a), is authorized to revoke the withdrawal and reservation 
established by this title as it applies to such lands. Should the 
decision be made to revoke the withdrawal and reservation, the 
Secretary shall publish in the Federal Register an appropriate order 
which shall--
            (1) terminate the withdrawal and reservation;
            (2) constitute official acceptance of full jurisdiction 
        over the lands by the Secretary; and
            (3) state the date upon which the lands will be opened to 
        the operation of some or all of the public lands law, including 
        the mining laws.

SEC. 809. DELEGABILITY.

    (a) Department of Defense.--The functions of the Secretary of 
Defense or the Secretary of the Navy under this title may be delegated.
    (b) Department of the Interior.--The functions of the Secretary 
under this title may be delegated, except that an order described in 
section 807(f) may be approved and signed only by the Secretary, the 
Under Secretary of the Interior, or an Assistant Secretary of the 
Department of the Interior.

SEC. 810. HUNTING, FISHING, AND TRAPPING.

    All hunting, fishing, and trapping on the lands withdrawn by this 
title shall be conducted in accordance with the provisions of section 
2671 of title 10, United States Code.

SEC. 811. IMMUNITY OF UNITED STATES.

    The United States and all departments or agencies thereof shall be 
held harmless and shall not be liable for any injury or damage to 
persons or property suffered in the course of any geothermal leasing or 
other authorized nonmilitary activity conducted on lands described in 
section 802 of this title.

SEC. 812. EL CENTRO RANGES.

    The Secretary is authorized to permit the Secretary of the Navy to 
use until January 1, 1997, the approximately forty-four thousand eight 
hundred and seventy acres of public lands in Imperial County, 
California, known as the East Mesa and West Mesa ranges, in accordance 
with the Memorandum of Understanding dated June 29, 1987, between the 
Bureau of Land Management, the Bureau of Reclamation, and the 
Department of the Navy. All military uses of such lands shall cease on 
January 1, 1997, unless authorized by a subsequent Act of Congress.

 TITLE IX--INITIATIVES PERTAINING TO THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI DELTA REGION

SEC. 901. FINDINGS.

    (a) The Congress finds that--
            (1) in 1988, Congress enacted Public Law 100-460, 
        establishing the Lower Mississippi Delta Development 
        Commission, to assess the needs, problems, and opportunities of 
        people living in the Lower Mississippi Delta Region that 
        includes 219 counties and parishes within the States of 
        Arkansas, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, 
        and Tennessee;
            (2) the Commission conducted a thorough investigation to 
        assess these needs, problems, and opportunities, and held 
        several public hearings throughout the Delta Region;
            (3) on the basis of these investigations, the Commission 
        issued the Delta Initiatives Report, which included 
        recommendations on natural resource protection, historic 
        preservation, and the enhancement of educational and other 
        opportunities for Delta residents;
            (4) the Delta Initiatives Report recommended--
                    (A) designating the Great River Road as a scenic 
                byway, and designating other hiking and motorized 
                trails throughout the Delta Region;
                    (B) that the Federal Government identify sites and 
                structures of historic and prehistoric importance 
                throughout the Delta Region;
                    (C) the further study of potential new units of the 
                National Park System within the Delta Region; and
                    (D) that Federal agencies target more monies in 
                selected areas to institutions of higher education in 
                the Delta Region, especially Historically Black 
                Colleges and Universities.

SEC. 902. DEFINITIONS.

    As used in this title, the term--
            (1) ``Commission'' means the Lower Mississippi Delta 
        Development Commission established pursuant to Public Law 100-
        460;
            (2) ``Delta Initiatives Report'' means the May 14, 1990 
        Final Report of the Commission entitled ``The Delta 
        Initiatives: Realizing the Dream . . . Fulfilling the 
        Potential'';
            (3) ``Delta Region'' means the Lower Mississippi Delta 
        Region including the 219 counties and parishes within the 
        States of Arkansas, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, 
        Missouri, and Tennessee, as defined in the Delta Initiatives 
        Report, except that, for any State for which the Delta Region 
        as defined in such report comprises more than half of the 
        geographic area of such State, the entire State shall be 
        considered part of the Delta Region for purposes of this title;
            (4) ``Historically Black College or University'' means a 
        college or university that would be considered a ``part B 
        institution'' by section 322(2) of the Higher Education Act of 
        1965 (20 U.S.C. 1061(2)); and
            (5) ``minority college or university'' means a Historically 
        Black College or University that would be considered a ``part B 
        institution'' by section 322(2) of the Higher Education Act of 
        1965 (20 U.S.C. 1061(2)) or a ``minority institution'' as that 
        term is defined in section 1046 of the Higher Education Act of 
        1965 (20 U.S.C. 1135d-5(3)).

SEC. 903. DEFINITIONS.

    As used in this title, the term--
            (1) ``Department'' means the United States Department of 
        the Interior, unless otherwise specifically stated; and
            (2) ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of the Interior, 
        unless otherwise specifically stated.

SEC. 904. NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATIONAL INITIATIVES.

    (a) Office of Education.--(1) There shall be established within the 
Department an Office of Education to encourage, support, and coordinate 
education programs of the Department at the elementary, secondary, 
college and university, and graduate levels.
    (2) The goals of the Office of Education shall be to--
            (A) enhance the quality of education in the areas of 
        natural resources, the environment, the sciences, cultural 
        resource management, historic preservation, archeology, 
        aquaculture, and related subjects;
            (B) establish initiatives at minority colleges or 
        universities;
            (C) encourage the consideration of careers in the areas of 
        natural resources, the environment, the sciences, cultural 
        resource management, historic preservation, archeology, 
        aquaculture, and related subjects;
            (D) enhance teacher development and recruitment;
            (E) increase research opportunities for teachers and 
        students;
            (F) enhance curriculum development; and
            (G) improve laboratory instrumentation and equipment 
        through purchase, loan, or other transfer mechanisms.
    (b) Duties.--The duties of the Secretary, through the Office of 
Education, shall be to--
            (1) coordinate the educational programs within the 
        Department, including implementation of programs established 
        under this title, in order to ensure the goals of the Office of 
        Education are met; and
            (2) inventory existing education programs within the 
        Department.
    (c) The Secretary shall report to Congress, within one year after 
the date of the enactment of this Act and annually thereafter, on an 
inventory of existing education programs of the Department, the status 
of such programs, and progress toward meeting the goals of the Office 
of Education as established in this Act.
    (d) Minority College and University Initiative.--(1) Within one 
year after the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually 
thereafter, the Secretary, through the Office of Education, shall 
submit to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the United 
States Senate and to the United States House of Representatives a 
report identifying opportunities for minority colleges or universities 
to participate in programs and activities carried out by the 
Department. The Secretary, through the Office of Education, shall 
consult with representatives of minority colleges or universities in 
preparing the report. Such report shall--
            (A) describe ongoing education and training programs 
        carried out by the Department with respect to, or in 
        conjunction with, minority colleges or universities in the 
        areas of natural resources, the environment, the sciences, 
        cultural resource management, historic preservation, 
        archeology, aquaculture, and related subjects;
            (B) describe ongoing research, development or demonstration 
        programs involving the Department and minority colleges or 
        universities;
            (C) describe funding levels for the programs referred to in 
        subparagraphs (A) and (B);
            (D) include specific proposals and recommendations for 
        providing assistance to minority colleges and universities to 
        enter into memoranda of understanding and other appropriate 
        forms of agreement with the Department in order to plan and 
        develop programs to foster greater involvement of these schools 
        in the contract, research, education, training, and recruitment 
        activities of the Department;
            (E) address the need for, and potential role of, the 
        Department in providing minority colleges or universities with 
        the following--
                    (i) increased research opportunities for facility 
                and students;
                    (ii) assistance in faculty development and 
                recruitment;
                    (iii) curriculum enhancement and development; and
                    (iv) improved laboratory instrumentation and 
                equipment, through purchase, loan, or other transfer 
                mechanisms;
            (F) address the need for, and potential role of, the 
        Department in providing financial and technical assistance for 
        the development of infrastructure facilities, including 
        buildings and laboratory facilities, at minority colleges or 
        universities; and
            (G) include specific proposals and recommendations, 
        together with estimates of necessary funding levels, for 
        initiatives to be carried out by the Department in order to 
        assist minority colleges or universities in providing education 
        and training in the areas of natural resources, the 
        environment, the sciences, cultural resource management, 
        historic preservation, archeology, aquaculture, and related 
        subjects.
    (2) The Secretary, through the Office of Education, shall encourage 
memoranda of understanding and other appropriate forms of agreement 
between the Department and minority colleges or universities directed 
at jointly planning and developing programs to foster greater 
involvement of minority colleges or universities in the research, 
education, training, and recruitment activities of the Department.
    (e) Scholarship Program.--The Secretary, through the Office of 
Education, shall establish a scholarship program for students pursuing 
undergraduate or graduate degrees in natural resource and environmental 
related fields including, but not limited to: biology, wildlife 
biology, forestry, botany, horticulture, historic preservation, 
cultural resource management, archeology, anthropology, aquaculture, 
geology, engineering, the environment, the sciences, and ecology at 
minority colleges and universities in the Delta Region. The scholarship 
program shall include tuition assistance. Recipients of such 
scholarships shall be students deemed by the Secretary to have 
demonstrated (1) a need for such assistance; and (2) academic potential 
in the particular area of study.
    (f) Pre-College Education.--The Secretary, through the Office of 
Education, shall undertake activities to encourage pre-college 
education programs in subjects relating to natural resources, the 
environment, the sciences, cultural resource management, historic 
preservation, archeology, aquaculture, and related subjects, for 
students in the Delta Region. Such activities shall include, but not be 
limited to, the following--
            (1) cooperation with, and assistance to, State departments 
        of education and local school districts in the Delta Region to 
        develop and carry out after school and summer education 
        programs for elementary, middle, and secondary school students;
            (2) cooperation with, and assistance to, institutions of 
        higher education in the Delta Region to develop and carry out 
        pre-college education programs for elementary, middle, and 
        secondary school students;
            (3) cooperation with, and assistance to, State departments 
        of education and local school districts in the Delta Region in 
        the development and use of curriculum and educational 
        materials; and
            (4) the establishment of education programs for elementary, 
        middle, and secondary school teachers in the Delta Region at 
        research facilities of the Department.
    (g) Volunteer Program.--The Secretary, through the Office of 
Education, shall establish and carry out a program to encourage the 
involvement on a voluntary basis of qualified employees of the 
Department in educational enrichment programs relating to natural 
resources, the environment, the sciences, cultural resource management, 
historic preservation, archeology, aquaculture, and related subjects, 
in cooperation with State departments of education and local school 
districts in the Delta Region.
    (h) Women and Minorities in the Sciences.--The Secretary, through 
the Office of Education, shall establish a Center for Excellence in the 
Sciences at Alcorn State in Lorman, Mississippi, in cooperation with 
Southern University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and the University of 
Arkansas at Pine Bluff, Arkansas, and other minority colleges or 
universities for purposes of encouraging women and minority students in 
the Delta Region to study and pursue careers in the sciences. The 
Center shall enter into cooperative agreements with Southern University 
in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and the University of Arkansas at Pine 
Bluff, Arkansas, and other minority colleges and universities in the 
Delta Region, to carry out affiliated programs and coordinate program 
activities at such colleges and universities. The Secretary is 
authorized to provide grants and other forms of financial assistance to 
the Center.
    (i) Center for Aquaculture Studies.--The Secretary, through the 
Office of Education, shall establish a Center for Aquaculture Studies 
at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff, Arkansas, in cooperation 
with Southern University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and Alcorn State in 
Lorman, Mississippi, and other minority colleges or universities for 
purposes of encouraging women and minority students in the Delta Region 
to study and pursue careers in the field of aquaculture. The Center 
shall enter into cooperative agreements with Southern University in 
Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and Alcorn State in Lorman, Mississippi, and 
other minority colleges or universities in the Delta Region to carry 
out affiliated programs and coordinate program activities at such 
colleges or universities.
    (j) Coordination With Other Federal Agencies.--The Secretary, 
through the Office of Education, shall ensure that the programs 
authorized in this section are coordinated with, and complimentary to, 
educational assistance programs administered by other Federal agencies. 
These agencies include, but are not limited to, the Department of 
Energy, the Department of Agriculture, the Department of Education, the 
Department of Defense, the National Science Foundation, and the 
National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

SEC. 905. LOWER MISSISSIPPI DELTA REGION HERITAGE STUDY.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary, in consultation with the States of 
the Delta Region, the Lower Mississippi Delta Development Center, and 
other appropriate Delta Region institutions, is directed to prepare and 
transmit to the Congress within three years after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, a study of significant natural, recreational, 
historical or prehistorical, and cultural lands, waters, sites, and 
structures located within the Delta Region. This study shall take into 
consideration the research and inventory of resources conducted by the 
Mississippi River Heritage Corridor Study Commission.
    (b) Transportation Routes.--(1) The study shall include 
recommendations on appropriate designation and interpretation of 
historically significant roads, trails, byways, waterways, or other 
routes within the Delta Region.
    (2) In order to provide for public appreciation, education, 
understanding, interpretation, and enjoyment of the significant sites 
identified pursuant to subsection (a), which are accessible by public 
roads, the Secretary shall recommend in the study vehicular tour routes 
along existing public roads linking such sites within the Delta Region.
    (3) Such recommendations shall include an analysis of designating 
the Great River Road (as depicted on the map entitled ``Proposed Delta 
Transportation Network'' on pages 102-103 of the Delta Initiatives 
Report) and other sections of the Great River Road between Baton Rouge 
and New Orleans, Louisiana and an analysis of designating that portion 
of the Old Antonio Road and the Louisiana Natchez Trace which extends 
generally along Highway 84 from Vidalia, Louisiana, to Clarence, 
Louisiana, and Louisiana Highway 6 from Clarence, Louisiana, to the 
Toledo Bend Reservoir, Louisiana, as a National Scenic Byway, or as a 
component of the National Trails System, or such other designation as 
the Secretary deems appropriate.
    (4) The Secretary shall also recommend in the study an appropriate 
route along existing public roads to commemorate the importance of 
timber production and trade to the economic development of the Delta 
Region in the early twentieth century, and to highlight the continuing 
importance of timber production and trade to the economic life of the 
Delta Region. Recommendations shall include an analysis of designating 
that portion of US 165 which extends from Alexandria, Louisiana, to 
Monroe, Louisiana, as a National Scenic Byway, or as a component of the 
National Trails System, or such other designation as the Secretary 
deems appropriate.
    (5) The study shall also include a comprehensive recreation, 
interpretive, and visitor use plan for the routes described in the 
above paragraphs, including bicycle and hiking paths, and make specific 
recommendations for the acquisition and construction or related 
interpretive and visitor information facilities at selected sites along 
such routes.
    (6) The Secretary is authorized to make grants to States for work 
necessary to stabilize, maintain, and widen public roads to allow for 
adequate access to the nationally significant sites and structures 
identified by the study, to allow for proper use of the vehicular tour 
route, trails, byways, including the routes defined in paragraphs (3) 
and (4) or other public roads within the Delta Region and to implement 
the comprehensive recreation, interpretive, and visitor use plan 
required in paragraph (5).
    (c) Listing.--On the basis of the study, and in consultation with 
the National Trust for Historic Preservation, the Secretary shall 
inventory significant structures and sites in the Delta Region. The 
Secretary shall further recommend and encourage cooperative 
preservation and economic development efforts such as the establishment 
of preservation districts linking groups of contiguous counties or 
parishes, especially those that lie along the aforementioned designated 
routes. The Secretary shall prepare a list of the sites and structures 
for possible inclusion by the National Park Service as National 
Historic Landmarks or such other designation as the Secretary deems 
appropriate.

SEC. 906. DELTA REGION HERITAGE CORRIDORS AND HERITAGE AND CULTURAL 
              CENTERS.

    (a) Findings.--The Congress finds that--
            (1) in 1990, the Congress authorized the Institute of 
        Museum Services to prepare a report assessing the needs of 
        small, emerging, minority, and rural museums in order to 
        identify the resources such museums needed to meet their 
        educational mission, to identify the areas of museum operation 
        in which the needs were greatest, and to make recommendations 
        on how these needs could best be met;
            (2) the Institute of Museum Services undertook a 
        comprehensive eighteen month study of such needs with the 
        assistance of two advisory groups, surveyed 524 museums from 
        throughout the Nation, held discussion groups in which 
        representatives of 25 museum groups participated, and conducted 
        case studies of 12 museum facilities around the Nation;
            (3) on the basis of this assessment, the Institute of 
        Museum Services issued a report in September, 1992, entitled, 
        ``National Needs Assessment of Small, Emerging, Minority and 
        Rural Museums in the United States'' (hereinafter ``National 
        Needs Assessment'') which found that small, emerging, minority, 
        and rural museums provide valuable educational and cultural 
        resources for their communities and contain a reservoir of the 
        Nation's material, cultural and historical heritage, but due to 
        inadequate resources are unable to meet their full potential or 
        the demands of the surrounding communities;
            (4) the needs of these institutions are not being met 
        through existing Federal programs;
            (5) fewer than half of the participants in the survey had 
        applied for Federal assistance in the past two years and that 
        many small, emerging, minority and rural museums believe 
        existing Federal programs do not meet their needs;
            (6) based on the National Needs Assessment, that funding 
        agencies should increase support available to small, emerging, 
        minority, and rural museums and make specific recommendations 
        for increasing technical assistance in order to identify such 
        institutions and provide assistance to facilitate their 
        participation in Federal programs;
            (7) the Delta Initiatives Report made specific 
        recommendations for the creation and development of centers for 
        the preservation of the cultural, historical, and literary 
        heritage of the Delta Region, including recommendations for the 
        establishment of a Delta Region Native American Heritage and 
        Cultural Center and a Delta Region African American Heritage 
        and Cultural Center with additional satellite centers or 
        museums linked throughout the Delta Region;
            (8) the Delta Initiatives Report stated that new ways of 
        coordinating, preserving, and promoting the Delta Region's 
        literature, art, and music should be established including the 
        creation of a network to promote the Delta Region's literary, 
        artistic, and musical heritage; and
            (9) wholesale destruction and attrition of archeological 
        sites and structures has eliminated a significant portion of 
        Native American heritage as well as the interpretive potential 
        of the Delta Region's parks and museums. Furthermore, site and 
        structure destruction is so severe that an ambitious program of 
        site and structure acquisition in the Delta Region is 
        necessary.
    (b) General.--The Secretary, in consultation with the States of the 
Delta Region, the Chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts, the 
Chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Director of 
the Smithsonian Institution, the Lower Mississippi Delta Development 
Center, Historically Black Colleges and Universities, and appropriate 
African American, Native American and other relevant institutions or 
organizations in the Delta Region, is further directed to prepare and 
transmit to the Congress a plan outlining specific recommendations, 
including recommendations for necessary funding, for the establishment 
of a Delta Region Native American Heritage Corridor and Heritage and 
Cultural Center and a Delta Region African American Heritage Corridor 
and Heritage and Cultural Center with a network of satellite or 
cooperative units.
    (c) Delta Region Native American Heritage Corridor and Cultural 
Center.--(1) The plan referred to in subsection (b) of this section 
shall include recommendations for establishing a network of parks, 
museums, and other centers to interpret Native American culture and 
heritage in the Delta Region, including a ten year development strategy 
for such a network.
    (2) Such plan shall include specific proposals for the development 
of a Native American Heritage Corridor and Heritage and Cultural Center 
in the Delta Region, along with recommendations for the appropriate 
Federal role in such a center including matching grants, technical and 
interpretive assistance.
    (3) Such plan shall be conducted in consultation with tribal 
leaders in the Delta Region.
    (4) Such plan shall also include specific proposals for educational 
and training assistance for Delta Region Native Americans to carry out 
the recommendations provided in the study.
    (d) Delta Region African American Heritage Corridor and Heritage 
and Cultural Center.--(1) The plan referred to in subsection (b) of 
this section shall include recommendations for establishing a heritage 
corridor or trail system, consisting of one or two major north-south 
routes and several east-west-spur loops to preserve, interpret and 
commemorate the African American heritage and culture in the Delta 
Region during all significant historical periods.
    (2) Such plan shall make specific recommendations for representing 
all forms of expensive culture including the musical, folklore, 
literary, artistic, scientific, historical, educational, and political 
contributions and accomplishments of African Americans in the Delta 
Region.
    (3) Such plan shall make specific recommendations for implementing 
the findings of the Delta Initiatives Report with respect to 
establishing an African American Heritage Corridor and Heritage and 
Cultural Center and related satellite museums in the Delta Region, 
together with specific funding levels necessary to carry out these 
recommendations and shall also include recommendations for improving 
access of small, emerging, minority or rural museums to technical and 
financial assistance.
    (4) Such plan shall be conducted in consultation with institutions 
of higher education in the Delta Region with expertise in African 
American studies, Southern studies, archeology, anthropology, history 
and other relevant fields.
    (5) Such plan shall make specific recommendations for improving 
educational programs offered by existing cultural facilities and 
museums as well as establishing new outreach programs for elementary, 
middle and secondary schools, including summer programs for youth in 
the Delta Region.
    (e)(1) In furtherance of the purposes of this section, the 
Secretary is authorized to make planning grants to State Humanities 
Councils in the Delta Region to assist small, emerging, minority and 
rural museums selected on a financial needs basis in the development of 
a comprehensive long term plan for these institutions. The Secretary is 
also authorized to make implementation grants to State Humanities 
Councils in the Delta Region who, in consultations with State Museum 
Associations, shall make grants to small, emerging, minority or rural 
museums for the purpose of carrying out an approved plan for training 
personnel, improving exhibits or other steps necessary to assure the 
integrity of collections in their facilities, for educational outreach 
programs, or for other activities the Secretary deems appropriate 
including the promotion of tourism in the region. Such institutions 
shall be selected competitively and on the basis of demonstrated 
financial need. The Secretary is also authorized to make grants to 
State Humanities Councils to update, simplify and coordinate the 
respective State Works Progress Administration guides and to develop a 
single comprehensive guide for the Delta Region.
    (2) The Secretary is authorized to provide grants and other 
appropriate technical assistance to State Humanities Councils, State 
museum Associations, and State Arts Councils in the Delta Region for 
the purpose of assessing the needs of such institutions. Such grants 
may be used by these institutions to undertake such an assessment and 
to provide other technical, administrative and planning assistance to 
small, emerging, minority or rural institutions seeking to preserve the 
Delta Region's literary, artistic, and musical heritage.
    (f) Music Heritage Program.--(1) The plan referred to in subsection 
(b) of this section shall include recommendations for establishing a 
Music Heritage Program, with specific emphasis on the Mississippi Delta 
Blues. The plan shall include specific recommendations for developing a 
network of heritage sites, structures, small museums, and festivals in 
the Delta Region.
    (2) The plan shall include an economic strategy for the promotion 
of the Delta Region's music, through the participation of musicians, 
festival developers, museum operators, universities, and other relevant 
individuals and organizations.
    (g) Completion Date.--The plan authorized in this section shall be 
completed not later than three years after the date funds are made 
available for such plan.

SEC. 907. HISTORIC AND PREHISTORIC STRUCTURES AND SITES SURVEY.

    (a) Assistance.--The Secretary is authorized to provide technical 
and financial assistance to Historically Black Colleges and 
Universities to undertake a comprehensive survey of historic and 
prehistoric structures and sites located on their campuses, including 
recommendations as to the inclusion of appropriate structures and sites 
on the National Register of Historic Places, designation as National 
Historic Landmarks, or other appropriate designation as determined by 
the Secretary. The Secretary shall also make specific proposals and 
recommendations, together with estimates of necessary funding levels, 
for a comprehensive plan to be carried out by the Department to assist 
Historically Black Colleges and Universities in the preservation and 
interpretation of such sites and structures.
    (b) Grants.--In furtherance of the purposes of this section, the 
Secretary is authorized to provide technical and financial assistance 
to Historically Black Colleges and Universities for stabilization, 
preservation and interpretation of such sites and structures.

SEC. 908. DELTA ANTIQUITIES SURVEY.

    (a) General.--(1) The Secretary is directed to prepare and transmit 
to the Congress, in cooperation with the States of the Delta Region, 
State Archaeological Surveys and Regional Archeological Centers, a 
study of the feasibility of establishing a Delta Antiquities Trail or 
Delta Antiquities Heritage Corridor in the Delta Region.
    (2) Such study shall, to the extent practicable, use nonintrusive 
methods of identifying, surveying, inventorying, and stabilizing 
ancient archeological sites and structures.
    (3) In undertaking this study, the Secretary is directed to enter 
into cooperative agreements with the States of the Delta Region, the 
State Archeological Surveys, and Regional Archeological Centers located 
in Delta Region institutions of higher education for on-site activities 
including surveys, inventories, and stabilization and other activities 
which the Secretary deems appropriate.
    (4) In addition to the over 100 known ancient archeological sites 
located in the Delta Region including Watson's Brake, Frenchman's Bend, 
Hedgepeth, Monte Sano, Banana Bayou, Hornsby, Parkin, Toltec, Menard-
Hodges, Eaker, Blytheville Mound, Nodena, Taylor Mounds, DeSoto Mound 
and others, such study shall also employ every practical means 
possible, including assistance from the National Aeronautics and Space 
Administration, the Forest Service and Soil Conservation Service of the 
Department of Agriculture, the Army Corps of Engineers of the 
Department of Defense, and other appropriate Federal agencies, to 
locate and confirm the existence of a site known as Balbansha in 
southern Louisiana and a site known as Autiamque in Arkansas. The heads 
of these Federal agencies shall cooperate with the Secretary as the 
Secretary requires on a non-reimbursable basis.
    (b) In furtherance of the purposes of this section, the Secretary 
is authorized to provide technical assistance and grants to private 
landowners for necessary stabilization activities of identified sites 
and for preparing recommendations for designating such sites as 
National Landmarks or other appropriate designations as the Secretary, 
with the concurrence of the landowners, determines to be appropriate.
    (c) The Secretary is authorized to enter into cooperative 
agreements with the States, State Archeological Surveys, and Regional 
Archeological Centers of the Delta Region to develop a ten-year plan 
for the stabilization, preservation and interpretation of those sites 
and structures as may be identified by the Secretary.

SEC. 909. HISTORIC AND ARCHEOLOGICAL RESOURCES PROGRAM.

    (a) Program.--The Secretary shall conduct a comprehensive program 
for the research, interpretation, and preservation of significant 
historic and archeological resources in the Delta Region.
    (b) Elements of the Program.--The program shall include, but not be 
limited to--
            (1) identification of research projects related to historic 
        and archeological resources in the Delta Region and a proposal 
        for the regular publication of related research materials and 
        publications;
            (2) the development of a survey program to investigate, 
        inventory and further evaluate known historic and archeological 
        sites and structures and identify those sites and structures 
        that require additional study;
            (3) identification of a core system of interpretive sites 
        and structures that would provide a comprehensive overview of 
        historic and archeological resources of the Delta Region;
            (4) preparation of educational materials to interpret the 
        historical and archeological resources of the Delta Region;
            (5) preparation of surveys and archeological and historical 
        investigations of sites, structures, and artifacts relating to 
        the Delta Region, including the preparation of reports, maps, 
        and other related activities.
    (c) Grants and Technical Assistance.--(1) The Secretary is 
authorized to award grants to qualified tribal, governmental and non-
governmental entities and individuals to assist the Secretary in 
carrying out those elements of the program which the Secretary deems 
appropriate.
    (2) The Secretary is further authorized to award grants and provide 
other types of technical and financial assistance to such entities and 
individuals to conserve and protect historic and archeological sites 
and structures in the Delta Region identified in the program prepared 
pursuant to this section.
    (d) The Secretary shall establish a national demonstration project 
for the conservation and curation of the archeological records and 
collections of Federal and State management agencies in the Delta 
Region.

                TITLE X--AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS

SEC. 1001. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

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

          TITLE XI--NEW ORLEANS JAZZ NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK

SEC. 1101. SHORT TITLE.

    This title may be cited as the ``New Orleans Jazz National 
Historical Park Act of 1994''.

SEC. 1102. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.

    (a) Findings.--The Congress finds that:
            (1) Jazz is the United States' most widely recognized 
        indigenous music and art form. Congress previously recognized 
        jazz in 1987 through Senate Concurrent Resolution 57 as a rare 
        and valuable national treasure of international importance.
            (2) The city of New Orleans is widely recognized as the 
        birthplace of jazz. In and around this city, cultural and 
        musical elements blended to form the unique American music that 
        is known as New Orleans jazz, which is an expression of the 
        cultural diversity of the lower Mississippi Delta Region.
            (3) Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve was 
        established to commemorate the cultural diversity of the lower 
        Mississippi Delta Region including a range of cultural 
        expressions like jazz.
    (b) Purpose.--In furtherance of the need to recognize the value and 
importance of jazz, it is the purpose of this title to establish a New 
Orleans Jazz National Historical Park to preserve the origins, early 
history, development and progression of jazz; provide visitors with 
opportunities to experience the sights, sounds, and places where jazz 
evolved; and implement innovative ways of establishing jazz educational 
partnerships that will help to ensure that jazz continues as a vital 
element of the culture of New Orleans and our Nation.

SEC. 1103. ESTABLISHMENT.

    (a) In General.--In order to assist in the preservation, education, 
and interpretation of jazz as it has evolved in New Orleans, and to 
provide technical assistance to a broad range of organizations involved 
with jazz music and its history, there is hereby established the New 
Orleans Jazz National Historical Park (hereinafter referred to as the 
``historical park''). The historical park shall be administered in 
conjunction with the Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and 
Preserve, which was established to preserve and interpret the cultural 
and natural resources of the lower Mississippi Delta Region.
    (b) Area Included.--The historical park shall consist of lands and 
interests therein as follows:
            (1) Lands which the Secretary of the Interior (hereinafter 
        referred to as ``the Secretary'') may designate for an 
        interpretive visitor center complex.
            (2) Sites that are the subject of cooperative agreements 
        with the National Park Service for the purposes of interpretive 
        demonstrations and programs associated with the purposes of 
        this title.
            (3)(A) Sites designated by the Secretary as provided in 
        subparagraph (B).
            (B)(i) No later than 18 months after the date of enactment 
        of this title, the Secretary is directed to complete a national 
        historic landmark evaluation of sites associated with jazz in 
        and around New Orleans as identified in the document entitled 
        ``New Orleans Jazz Special Resource Study'', prepared by the 
        National Park Service pursuant to Public Law 101-499. In 
        undertaking the evaluation, the Secretary shall, to the extent 
        practicable, utilize existing information relating to such 
        sites.
            (ii) If any of the sites evaluated are found to meet the 
        standards of the National Historic Landmark program and 
        National Park Service tests of suitability and feasibility, and 
        offer outstanding opportunities to further the purposes of this 
        title, the Secretary may designate such sites as part of the 
        historical park, following consultation with the owners of such 
        sites, the city of New Orleans, the Smithsonian Institution, 
        and the New Orleans Jazz Commission, and notification to the 
        Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the United States 
        Senate and the Committee on Natural Resources of the United 
        States House of Representatives.

SEC. 1104. ADMINISTRATION.

    (a)(1) In General.--The Secretary shall administer the historical 
park in accordance with this title and with 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, 2-4); 
and the Act of August 21, 1935 (49 Stat. 666; 16 U.S.C. 461-467). The 
Secretary shall manage the historical park in such a manner as will 
preserve and perpetuate knowledge and understanding of the history of 
jazz and its continued evolution as a true American art form.
    (2) To minimize operational costs associated with the management 
and administration of the historical park and to avoid duplication of 
effort, the Secretary shall, to the maximum extent practicable, utilize 
the facilities, administrative staff and other services of the Jean 
Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve.
    (b) Donations.--The Secretary may accept and retain donations of 
funds, property, or services from individuals, foundations, 
corporations, or other public entities for the purposes of providing 
services, programs, and facilities that further the purposes of this 
title.
    (c) Interpretive Center.--The Secretary is authorized to construct, 
operate, and maintain an interpretive center in the historical park on 
lands identified by the Secretary pursuant to section 1103(b)(1). 
Programs at the center shall include, but need not be limited to, live 
jazz interpretive and educational programs, and shall provide visitors 
with information about jazz-related programs, performances, and 
opportunities.
    (d) Jazz Heritage Districts.--The Secretary may provide technical 
assistance to the city of New Orleans and other appropriate entities 
for the designation of certain areas in and around New Orleans as jazz 
heritage districts. Such districts shall include those areas with an 
exceptional concentration of jazz historical sites and established 
community traditions of jazz street parades.
    (e) Cooperative Agreements, Grants and Technical Assistance.--In 
furtherance of the purposes of this title--
            (1) the Secretary, after consultation with the New Orleans 
        Jazz Commission established pursuant to section 1107, is 
        authorized to enter into cooperative agreements with owners of 
        properties that are designated pursuant to section 1103(b)(3) 
        which provide outstanding educational and interpretive 
        opportunities relating to the evolution of jazz in New Orleans. 
        The Secretary may assist in rehabilitating, restoring, marking, 
        and interpreting and may provide technical assistance for the 
        preservation and interpretation of such properties. Such 
        agreements shall contain, but need not be limited to, 
        provisions that the National Park Service will have reasonable 
        rights of access for operational and visitor use needs, that 
        rehabilitation and restoration will meet the Secretary's 
        standards for rehabilitation of historic buildings, and that 
        specify the roles and responsibilities of the Secretary for 
        each site or structure;
            (2) the Secretary is authorized to enter into cooperative 
        agreements with the city of New Orleans, the State of 
        Louisiana, and other appropriate public and private 
        organizations under which the other parties to the agreement 
        may contribute to the acquisition, construction, operation, and 
        maintenance of the interpretive center and to the operation of 
        educational and interpretive programs to further the purposes 
        of this title; and
            (3) the Secretary, in consultation with the New Orleans 
        Jazz Commission, is authorized to provide grants or technical 
        assistance to public and private organizations.
    (f) Jazz Educational Programs.--The Secretary shall, in the 
administration of the historical park, promote a broad range of 
educational activities relating to jazz and its history. The Secretary 
shall cooperate with schools, universities, and organizations 
supporting jazz education to develop educational programs that provide 
expanded public understanding of jazz and enhanced opportunities for 
public appreciation. The Secretary may assist appropriate entities in 
the development of an information base including archival material, 
audiovisual records, and objects that relate to the history of jazz.

SEC. 1105. ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY.

    (a) General Authority.--The Secretary may acquire lands and 
interests therein within the sites designated pursuant to section 
1103(b)(1) and (3) by donation or purchase with donated or appropriated 
funds or long term lease: Provided, That sites designated pursuant to 
section 1103(b)(3) shall only be acquired with the consent of the owner 
thereof.
    (b) State and Local Properties.--Lands and interests in lands which 
are owned by the State of Louisiana, or any political subdivision 
thereof, may be acquired only by donation.

SEC. 1106. GENERAL MANAGEMENT PLAN.

    Within 3 years after the date funds are made available therefor and 
concurrent with the national landmark study referenced in section 
1103(b)(3), the Secretary, in consultation with the New Orleans Jazz 
Commission, shall prepare a general management plan for the historical 
park. The plan shall include, but need not be limited to--
            (1) a visitor use plan indicating programs and facilities 
        associated with park programs that will be made available to 
        the public;
            (2) preservation and use plans for any structures and sites 
        that are identified through the historic landmark study for 
        inclusion within the historical park;
            (3) the location and associated cost of public facilities 
        that are proposed for inclusion within the historical park, 
        including a visitor center;
            (4) identification of programs that the Secretary will 
        implement or be associated with through cooperative agreements 
        with other groups and organizations;
            (5) a transportation plan that addresses visitor use access 
        needs to sites, facilities, and programs central to the purpose 
        of the historical park;
            (6) plans for the implementation of an archival system for 
        materials, objects, and items of importance relating to the 
        history of jazz; and
            (7) guidelines for the application of cooperative 
        agreements that will be used to assist in the management of 
        historical park facilities and programs.

SEC. 1107. ESTABLISHMENT OF THE NEW ORLEANS JAZZ COMMISSION.

    (a) Establishment.--To assist in implementing the purposes of this 
title and the document entitled ``New Orleans Jazz Special Resource 
Study'', there is established the New Orleans Jazz Commission 
(hereinafter referred to as the ``Commission'').
    (b) Membership.--The Commission shall consist of 17 members to be 
appointed no later than 6 months after the date of enactment of this 
Act. The Commission shall be appointed by the Secretary as follows:
            (1) One member from recommendations submitted by the Mayor 
        of New Orleans.
            (2) Two members who have recognized expertise in music 
        education programs that emphasize jazz.
            (3) One member, with experience in and knowledge of tourism 
        in the greater New Orleans area, from recommendations submitted 
        by local businesses.
            (4) One member from recommendations submitted by the Board 
        of the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Foundation.
            (5) One member, with experience in and knowledge of 
        historic preservation within the New Orleans area.
            (6) Two members, one from recommendations submitted by the 
        Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution and one member from 
        recommendations submitted by the Chairman of the National 
        Endowment of the Arts, who are recognized musicians with 
        knowledge and experience in the development of jazz in New 
        Orleans.
            (7) Two members, one from recommendations submitted by the 
        Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution and one member from 
        recommendations submitted by the Director of the Louisiana 
        State Museum with recognized expertise in the interpretation of 
        jazz history or traditions related to jazz in New Orleans.
            (8) Two members who represent local neighborhood groups or 
        other local associations; from recommendations submitted by the 
        Mayor of New Orleans.
            (9) One member representing local mutual aid and benevolent 
        societies as well as local social and pleasure clubs, from 
        recommendations submitted by the Board of the New Orleans Jazz 
        and Heritage Foundation.
            (10) One member from recommendations submitted by the 
        Governor of the State of Louisiana, who shall be a member of 
        the Louisiana State Music Commission.
            (11) One member representing the New Orleans Jazz Club from 
        recommendations submitted by the club.
            (12) One member who is a recognized local expert on the 
        history, development and progression of jazz in New Orleans and 
        is familiar with existing archival materials from 
        recommendations submitted by the Librarian of Congress.
            (13) The Director of the National Park Service, or the 
        Director's designee, ex officio.
    (c) Duties of the Commission.--The Commission shall--
            (1) advise the Secretary in the preparation of the general 
        management plan for the historical park; assist in public 
        discussions of planning proposals; and assist the National Park 
        Service in working with individuals, groups, and organizations 
        including economic and business interests in determining 
        programs in which the Secretary should participate through 
        cooperative agreement;
            (2) in consultation and cooperation with the Secretary, 
        develop partnerships with educational groups, schools, 
        universities, and other groups to furtherance of the purposes 
        of this title;
            (3) in consultation and cooperation with the Secretary, 
        develop partnerships with city-wide organizations, and raise 
        and disperse funds for programs that assist mutual aid and 
        benevolent societies, social and pleasure clubs and other 
        traditional groups in encouraging the continuation of and 
        enhancement of jazz cultural traditions;
            (4) acquire or lease property for jazz education, and 
        advise on hiring brass bands and musical groups to participate 
        in education programs and help train young musicians;
            (5) in consultation and cooperation with the Secretary, 
        provide recommendations for the location of the visitor center 
        and other interpretive sites;
            (6) assist the Secretary in providing funds to support 
        research on the origins and early history of jazz in New 
        Orleans; and
            (7) notwithstanding any other provision of law, seek and 
        accept donations of funds, property, or services from 
        individuals, foundations, corporations, or other public or 
        private entities and expend and use the same for the purposes 
        of providing services, programs, and facilities for jazz 
        education, or assisting in the rehabilitation and restoration 
        of structures identified in the national historic landmark 
        study referenced in section 1103(b)(3) as having outstanding 
        significance to the history of jazz in New Orleans.
    (d) Appointment.--Members of the Commission shall be appointed for 
staggered terms of 3 years, as designated by the Secretary at the time 
of the initial appointment.
    (e) Chairman.--The Commission shall elect a chairman from among its 
members. The term of the chairman shall be for 3 years.
    (f) Terms.--Any member of the Commission appointed by the Secretary 
for a 3-year term may serve after the expiration of his or her term 
until a successor is appointed. Any vacancy shall be filled in the same 
manner in which the original appointment was made. Any member appointed 
to fill a vacancy shall serve for the remainder of the term for which 
the predecessor was appointed.
    (g) Per Diem Expenses.--Members of the Commission shall serve 
without compensation. Members shall be entitled to travel expenses 
under section 5703, title 5, United States Code, when engaged in 
Commission business, including per diem in lieu of subsistence in the 
same manner as persons employed intermittently.
    (h) Administrative Support.--The Secretary shall provide the 
Commission with assistance in obtaining such personnel, equipment, and 
facilities as may be needed by the Commission to carry out its duties.
    (i) Annual Report.--The Commission shall submit an annual report to 
the Secretary identifying its expenses and income and the entities to 
which any grants or technical assistance were made during the year for 
which the report is made.

SEC. 1108. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    There is authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be 
necessary to carry out this title.

            Passed the Senate April 13 (legislative day, April 11), 
      1994.

            Attest:






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