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

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 21

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


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

             January 21 (legislative day, January 5), 1993

 Ms. Feinstein (for herself, Mrs. Boxer, Mr. Akaka, Mr. Bingaman, Mr. 
Boren, Mr. Bryan, Mr. Feingold, Mr. Harkin, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Kohl, Mr. 
 Lautenberg, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Metzenbaum, Ms. Mikulski, Ms. Murray, Mr. 
 Nunn, Mr. Pell, Mr. Reid, Mr. Rockefeller, Mr. Simon, Mr. Wellstone, 
Mr. Wofford, and Mr. Jeffords) introduced the following bill; which was 
    read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
                               Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
 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,
That this Act may be cited as the ``California Desert Protection Act of 
1993''.

                          findings and policy

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

                     TITLE I--WILDERNESS ADDITIONS

                                findings

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

                       designation of wilderness

    Sec. 102. In furtherance of the purpose of the Wilderness Act (78 
Stat. 890, 16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), and sections 601 and 603 of the 
Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (90 Stat. 2743, 43 
U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), the following lands in the State of California, 
as generally depicted on maps, referenced herein, dated February 1986 
(except as otherwise dated), are hereby designated as wilderness, and 
therefore, as components of the National Wilderness Preservation 
System:
            (1) Certain lands in the California Desert Conservation 
        Area, of the Bureau of Land Management, which comprise 
        approximately seventy-four thousand eight hundred and ninety 
        acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled ``Argus Range 
        Wilderness--Proposed 1'', dated May 1991, and two maps entitled 
        ``Argus Range Wilderness--Proposed 2'' and ``Argus Range 
        Wilderness--Proposed 3'' dated January 1989, and which shall be 
        known as the Argus Range Wilderness.
            (2) Certain lands in the California Desert Conservation 
        Area, of the Bureau of Land Management, which comprise 
        approximately ten thousand three hundred and eighty acres, as 
        generally depicted on a map entitled ``Bigelow Cholla Garden 
        Wilderness--Proposed'', dated October 1991, and which shall be 
        known as the Bigelow Cholla Garden Wilderness.
            (3) Certain lands in the California Desert Conservation 
        Area, of the Bureau of Land Management, and within the San 
        Bernardino National Forest, which comprise approximately 
        thirty-nine thousand two hundred acres, as generally depicted 
        on a map entitled ``Bighorn Mountain Wilderness--Proposed'', 
        dated September 1991, and which shall be known as the Bighorn 
        Mountain Wilderness.
            (4) Certain lands in the California Desert Conservation 
        Area and the Yuma District, of the Bureau of Land Management, 
        which comprise approximately forty-seven thousand five hundred 
        and seventy acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled 
        ``Big Maria Mountains Wilderness--Proposed'', and which shall 
        be known as the Big Maria Mountains Wilderness.
            (5) Certain lands in the California Desert Conservation 
        Area, of the Bureau of Land Management, which comprise thirteen 
        thousand nine hundred and forty acres, as generally depicted on 
        a map entitled ``Black Mountain Wilderness--Proposed'', and 
        which shall be known as the Black Mountain Wilderness.
            (6) Certain lands in the California Desert Conservation 
        Area, of the Bureau of Land Management, which comprise 
        approximately nine thousand five hundred and twenty acres, as 
        generally depicted on a map entitled ``Bright Star Wilderness--
        Proposed'', dated May 1991, and which shall be known as the 
        Bright Star Wilderness.
            (7) Certain lands in the California Desert Conservation 
        Area, of the Bureau of Land Management, which comprise 
        approximately sixty-eight thousand five hundred and fifteen 
        acres, as generally depicted on two maps entitled ``Bristol 
        Mountains Wilderness--Proposed 1'', and ``Bristol Mountains 
        Wilderness--Proposed 2'', dated September 1991, and which shall 
        be known as Bristol Mountains Wilderness.
            (8) Certain lands in the California Desert Conservation 
        Area, of the Bureau of Land Management, which comprise 
        approximately forty-two thousand six hundred and forty acres, 
        as generally depicted on a map entitled ``Cadiz Dunes 
        Wilderness--Proposed'', and which shall be known as the Cadiz 
        Dunes Wilderness.
            (9) Certain lands in the California Desert Conservation 
        Area, of the Bureau of Land Management, which comprise 
        approximately eighty-five thousand nine hundred and seventy 
        acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled ``Cady Mountains 
        Wilderness--Proposed'', dated July 1992, and which shall be 
        known as the Cady Mountains Wilderness.
            (10) Certain lands in the California Desert Conservation 
        Area and Eastern San Diego County, of the Bureau of Land 
        Management, which comprise approximately fifteen thousand seven 
        hundred acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled 
        ``Carrizo Gorge Wilderness--Proposed'', and which shall be 
        known as the Carrizo Gorge Wilderness.
            (11) Certain lands in the California Desert Conservation 
        Area and Yuma District, of the Bureau of Land Management, which 
        comprise approximately sixty-four thousand six hundred and 
        forty acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled 
        ``Chemehuevi Mountains Wilderness--Proposed'', dated October 
        1991, and which shall be known as the Chemehuevi Mountains 
        Wilderness.
            (12) Certain lands in the Bakersfield District, of the 
        Bureau of Land Management, which comprise approximately 
        thirteen thousand seven hundred acres, as generally depicted on 
        two maps entitled ``Chimney Peak Wilderness--Proposed 1'' and 
        ``Chimney Peak Wilderness--Proposed 2'', dated May 1991, and 
        which shall be known as the Chimney Peak Wilderness.
            (13) Certain lands in the California Desert Conservation 
        Area, of the Bureau of Land Management, which comprise 
        approximately 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.
            (14) Certain lands in the California Desert Conservation 
        Area, of the Bureau of Land Management, which comprise thirty-
        four thousand three hundred and eighty acres, as generally 
        depicted on a map entitled ``Cleghorn Lakes Wilderness--
        Proposed'', dated September 1991, and which shall be known as 
        the Cleghorn Lakes Wilderness. The Secretary may, pursuant to 
        an application filed by the Department of Defense, grant a 
        right-of-way for, and authorize construction of, a road within 
        the area depicted as ``non-wilderness road corridor'' on such 
        map.
            (15) Certain lands in the California Desert Conservation 
        Area, of the Bureau of Land Management, which comprise 
        approximately forty thousand acres, as generally depicted on a 
        map entitled ``Clipper Mountain Wilderness--Proposed'', dated 
        May 1991, and which shall be known as Clipper Mountain 
        Wilderness.
            (16) Certain lands in the California Desert Conservation 
        Area, of the Bureau of Land Management, which comprise 
        approximately fifty thousand five hundred and twenty acres, as 
        generally depicted on a map entitled ``Coso Range Wilderness--
        Proposed'', dated May 1991, and which shall be known as Coso 
        Range Wilderness.
            (17) Certain lands in the California Desert Conservation 
        Area, of the Bureau of Land Management, which comprise 
        approximately eighteen thousand six hundred acres, as generally 
        depicted on a map entitled ``Coyote Mountains Wilderness--
        Proposed'', dated May 1991, and which shall be known as Coyote 
        Mountains Wilderness.
            (18) Certain lands in the California Desert Conservation 
        Area, of the Bureau of Land Management, which comprise 
        approximately eight thousand six hundred acres, as generally 
        depicted on a map entitled ``Darwin Falls Wilderness--
        Proposed'', dated May 1991, and which shall be known as Darwin 
        Falls Wilderness.
            (19) Certain lands in the California Desert Conservation 
        Area and the Yuma District, of the Bureau of Land Management, 
        which comprise approximately forty-eight thousand eight hundred 
        and fifty acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled ``Dead 
        Mountains Wilderness--Proposed'', dated October 1991, and which 
        shall be known as Dead Mountains Wilderness.
            (20) Certain lands in the Bakersfield District, of the 
        Bureau of Land Management, which comprise approximately thirty-
        six thousand three hundred acres, as generally depicted on two 
        maps entitled ``Domeland Wilderness Additions--Proposed 1'' and 
        ``Domeland Wilderness Additions--Proposed 2'', and which are 
        hereby incorporated in, and which shall be deemed to be a part 
        of, the Domeland Wilderness as designated by Public Laws 93-632 
        and 98-425.
            (21) Certain lands in the California Desert Conservation 
        Area, of the Bureau of Land Management, which comprise 
        approximately sixteen thousand one hundred acres, as generally 
        depicted on a map entitled ``El Paso Mountains Wilderness--
        Proposed'', and which shall be known as the El Paso Mountains 
        Wilderness.
            (22) Certain lands in the California Desert Conservation 
        Area, of the Bureau of Land Management, which comprise 
        approximately twenty-six thousand three hundred acres, as 
        generally depicted on a map entitled ``Fish Creek Mountains 
        Wilderness--Proposed'', dated May 1991, and which shall be 
        known as Fish Creek Mountains Wilderness.
            (23) Certain lands in the California Desert Conservation 
        Area, of the Bureau of Land Management, which comprise 
        approximately twenty-eight thousand one hundred and ten acres, 
        as generally depicted on a map entitled ``Funeral Mountains 
        Wilderness--Proposed'', dated May 1991, and which shall be 
        known as Funeral Mountains Wilderness.
            (24) Certain lands in the California Desert Conservation 
        Area, of the Bureau of Land Management, which comprise 
        approximately thirty-seven thousand seven hundred acres, as 
        generally depicted on a map entitled ``Golden Valley 
        Wilderness--Proposed'', and which shall be known as Golden 
        Valley Wilderness.
            (25) Certain lands in the California Desert Conservation 
        Area, of the Bureau of Land Management, which comprise 
        approximately thirty-one thousand seven hundred and twenty 
        acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled ``Grass Valley 
        Wilderness--Proposed'', and which shall be known as the Grass 
        Valley Wilderness.
            (26) Certain lands in the California Desert Conservation 
        Area, of the Bureau of Land Management, which comprise 
        approximately eight thousand eight hundred acres, as generally 
        depicted on a map entitled ``Great Falls Basin Wilderness--
        Proposed'', and which shall be known as the Great Falls Basin 
        Wilderness.
            (27) Certain lands in the California Desert Conservation 
        Area, of the Bureau of Land Management, which comprise 
        approximately twenty-two thousand two hundred and forty acres, 
        as generally depicted on a map entitled ``Hollow Hills 
        Wilderness--Proposed'', dated May 1991, and which shall be 
        known as the Hollow Hills Wilderness.
            (28) Certain lands in the California Desert Conservation 
        Area, of the Bureau of Land Management, which comprise 
        approximately twenty-six thousand four hundred and sixty acres, 
        as generally depicted on a map entitled ``Ibex Wilderness--
        Proposed'', dated May 1991, and which shall be known as the 
        Ibex Wilderness.
            (29) Certain lands in the California Desert Conservation 
        Area, of the Bureau of Land Management, which comprise 
        approximately thirty-five thousand and fifteen acres, as 
        generally depicted on a map entitled ``Indian Pass Wilderness--
        Proposed'', dated October 1991, and which shall be known as the 
        Indian Pass Wilderness.
            (30) Certain lands in the California Desert Conservation 
        Area and the Bakersfield District, of the Bureau of Land 
        Management, and within the Inyo National Forest, which comprise 
        approximately two hundred and five thousand and twenty acres, 
        as generally depicted on three maps entitled ``Inyo Mountains 
        Wilderness--Proposed'', numbered in the title one through 
        three, and dated May 1991, and which shall be known as the Inyo 
        Mountains Wilderness.
            (31) Certain lands in the California Desert Conservation 
        Area, of the Bureau of Land Management, which comprise 
        approximately thirty-four thousand five hundred and fifty 
        acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled ``Jacumba 
        Wilderness--Proposed'', dated October 1991, and which shall be 
        known as the Jacumba Wilderness.
            (32) Certain lands in the California Desert Conservation 
        Area, of the Bureau of Land Management, which comprise 
        approximately one hundred and twenty-nine thousand five hundred 
        and eighty acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled 
        ``Kelso Dunes Wilderness--Proposed 1'', dated October 1991, a 
        map entitled ``Kelso Dunes Wilderness--Proposed 2'', dated May 
        1991, and a map entitled ``Kelso Dunes Wilderness--Proposed 
        3'', dated September 1991, and which shall be known as the 
        Kelso Dunes Wilderness.
            (33) Certain lands in the California Desert Conservation 
        Area, of the Bureau of Land Management, and the Sequoia 
        National Forest, which comprise approximately eighty-eight 
        thousand two hundred and ninety acres, as generally depicted on 
        a map entitled ``Kiavah Wilderness--Proposed 1'', dated 
        February 1986, and a map entitled ``Kiavah Wilderness--Proposed 
        2'', dated May 1991, and which shall be known as the Kiavah 
        Wilderness.
            (34) Certain lands in the California Desert Conservation 
        Area, of the Bureau of Land Management, which comprise 
        approximately two hundred forty-nine thousand and three hundred 
        and sixty-eight acres, as generally depicted on two maps 
        entitled ``Kingston Range Wilderness--Proposed 2'', dated 
        October 1991, and ``Kingston Range Wilderness--Proposed 4'', 
        dated January 1989, and two maps entitled ``Kingston Range 
        Wilderness--Proposed 1'' and ``Kingston Range Wilderness--
        Proposed 3'', dated May 1991, and which shall be known as the 
        Kingston Range Wilderness.
            (35) Certain lands in the California Desert Conservation 
        Area, of the Bureau of Land Management, which comprise 
        approximately forty-six thousand four hundred and sixty acres, 
        as generally depicted on a map entitled ``Little Chuckwalla 
        Mountains Wilderness--Proposed'', dated October 1991, and which 
        shall be known as the Little Chuckwalla Mountains Wilderness.
            (36) Certain lands in the California Desert Conservation 
        Area and the Yuma District, of the Bureau of Land Management, 
        which comprise approximately thirty-six thousand four hundred 
        and forty acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled 
        ``Little Picacho Wilderness--Proposed'', dated October 1991, 
        and which shall be known as the Little Picacho Wilderness.
            (37) Certain lands in the California Desert Conservation 
        Area, of the Bureau of Land Management, which comprise 
        approximately thirty-two thousand three hundred and sixty 
        acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled ``Malpais Mesa 
        Wilderness--Proposed'', dated September 1991, and which shall 
        be known as the Malpais Mesa Wilderness.
            (38) Certain lands in the California Desert Conservation 
        Area, of the Bureau of Land Management, which comprise 
        approximately sixteen thousand one hundred and five acres, as 
        generally depicted on a map entitled ``Manly Peak Wilderness--
        Proposed'', dated October 1991, and which shall be known as the 
        Manly Peak Wilderness.
            (39) Certain lands in the California Desert Conservation 
        Area, of the Bureau of Land Management, which comprise 
        approximately twenty-four thousand two hundred and eighty 
        acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled ``Mecca Hills 
        Wilderness--Proposed'', dated October 1991, and which shall be 
        known as the Mecca Hills Wilderness.
            (40) Certain lands in the California Desert Conservation 
        Area, of the Bureau of Land Management, which comprise 
        approximately forty-seven thousand three hundred and thirty 
        acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled ``Mesquite 
        Wilderness--Proposed'', dated May 1991, and which shall be 
        known as the Mesquite Wilderness.
            (41) Certain lands in the California Desert Conservation 
        Area, of the Bureau of Land Management, which comprise 
        approximately twenty-two thousand nine hundred acres, as 
        generally depicted on a map entitled ``Newberry Mountains 
        Wilderness--Proposed'', and which shall be known as the 
        Newberry Mountains Wilderness.
            (42) Certain lands in the California Desert Conservation 
        Area, of the Bureau of Land Management, which comprise 
        approximately one hundred ten thousand eight hundred and eighty 
        acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled ``Nopah Range 
        Wilderness--Proposed'', dated May 1991, and which shall be 
        known as the Nopah Range Wilderness.
            (43) Certain lands in the California Desert Conservation 
        Area, of the Bureau of Land Management, which comprise 
        approximately thirty-two thousand two hundred and forty acres, 
        as generally depicted on a map entitled ``North Algodones Dunes 
        Wilderness--Proposed'', dated October 1991, and which shall be 
        known as the North Algodones Dunes Wilderness.
            (44) Certain lands in the California Desert Conservation 
        Area, of the Bureau of Land Management, which comprise 
        approximately twenty-five thousand five hundred and forty 
        acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled ``North Mesquite 
        Mountains Wilderness--Proposed'', dated May 1991, and which 
        shall be known as the North Mesquite Mountains Wilderness.
            (45) Certain lands in the California Desert Conservation 
        Area, of the Bureau of Land Management, which comprise 
        approximately one hundred forty-six thousand and seventy acres, 
        as generally depicted on a map entitled ``Old Woman Mountains 
        Wilderness--Proposed 1'', dated May 1991 and a map entitled 
        ``Old Woman Mountains Wilderness--Proposed 2'', dated October 
        1991, and which shall be known as the Old Woman Mountains 
        Wilderness.
            (46) Certain lands in the California Desert Conservation 
        Area, of the Bureau of Land Management, which comprise 
        approximately forty thousand seven hundred and seventy acres, 
        as generally depicted on a map entitled ``Orocopia Mountains 
        Wilderness--Proposed'', dated July 1992, and which shall be 
        known as the Orocopia Mountains Wilderness.
            (47) Certain lands in the California Desert Conservation 
        Area and the Bakersfield District, of the Bureau of Land 
        Management, which comprise approximately seventy-four thousand 
        six hundred and forty acres, as generally depicted on a map 
        entitled ``Owens Peak Wilderness--Proposed 1'', dated February 
        1986, and two maps entitled ``Owens Peak Wilderness--Proposed 
        2'' and ``Owens Peak Wilderness--Proposed 3'', dated May 1991, 
        and which shall be known as the Owens Peak Wilderness.
            (48) Certain lands in the California Desert Conservation 
        Area, of the Bureau of Land Management, which comprise 
        approximately seventy-four thousand eight hundred acres, as 
        generally depicted on a map entitled ``Pahrump Valley 
        Wilderness--Proposed'', and which shall be known as the Pahrump 
        Valley Wilderness.
            (49) Certain lands in the California Desert Conservation 
        Area, of the Bureau of Land Management, which comprise 
        approximately two hundred fourteen thousand one hundred and 
        forty-nine acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled 
        ``Palen/McCoy Wilderness--Proposed 1'', dated May 1991, and a 
        map entitled ``Palen/McCoy Wilderness--Proposed 2'', dated 
        February 1986, and which shall be known as the Palen/McCoy 
        Wilderness.
            (50) Certain lands in the California Desert Conservation 
        Area, of the Bureau of Land Management, which comprise 
        approximately thirty-two thousand three hundred and twenty 
        acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled ``Palo Verde 
        Mountains Wilderness--Proposed'', dated January 1987, and which 
        shall be known as the Palo Verde Mountains Wilderness.
            (51) Certain lands in the California Desert Conservation 
        Area, of the Bureau of Land Management, which comprise 
        approximately seven thousand seven hundred acres, as generally 
        depicted on a map entitled ``Picacho Peak Wilderness--
        Proposed'', dated May 1991, and which shall be known as the 
        Picacho Peak Wilderness.
            (52) Certain lands in the California Desert Conservation 
        Area, of the Bureau of Land Management, which comprise 
        approximately seventy-two thousand six hundred acres, as 
        generally depicted on a map entitled ``Piper Mountain 
        Wilderness--Proposed'', dated May 1991, and which shall be 
        known as the Piper Mountain Wilderness.
            (53) Certain lands in the California Desert Conservation 
        Area, of the Bureau of Land Management, which comprise 
        approximately thirty-seven thousand eight hundred acres, as 
        generally depicted on a map entitled ``Piute Mountains 
        Wilderness--Proposed'', dated October 1991, and which shall be 
        known as the Piute Mountains Wilderness.
            (54) Certain lands in the California Desert Conservation 
        Area, of the Bureau of Land Management, which comprise 
        approximately seventy-eight thousand eight hundred and sixty-
        eight acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled ``Resting 
        Spring Range Wilderness--Proposed'', dated May 1991, and which 
        shall be known as the Resting Spring Range Wilderness.
            (55) Certain lands in the California Desert Conservation 
        Area, of the Bureau of Land Management, which comprise 
        approximately forty thousand eight hundred and twenty acres, as 
        generally depicted on a map entitled ``Rice Valley Wilderness--
        Proposed'', dated May 1991, and which shall be known as the 
        Rice Valley Wilderness.
            (56) Certain lands in the California Desert Conservation 
        Area and the Yuma District, of the Bureau of Land Management, 
        which comprise approximately twenty-two thousand three hundred 
        eighty acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled 
        ``Riverside Mountains Wilderness--Proposed'', dated May 1991, 
        and which shall be known as the Riverside Mountains Wilderness.
            (57) Certain lands in the California Desert Conservation 
        Area, of the Bureau of Land Management, which comprise 
        approximately twenty-seven thousand seven hundred acres, as 
        generally depicted on a map entitled ``Rodman Mountains 
        Wilderness--Proposed'', dated January 1989, and which shall be 
        known as the Rodman Mountains Wilderness.
            (58) Certain lands in the California Desert Conservation 
        Area and the Bakersfield District, of the Bureau of Land 
        Management, which comprise approximately fifty-one thousand 
        nine hundred acres, as generally depicted on two maps entitled 
        ``Sacatar Trail Wilderness--Proposed 1'' and ``Sacatar Trail 
        Wilderness--Proposed 2'', dated May 1991, and which shall be 
        known as the Sacatar Trail Wilderness.
            (59) Certain lands in the California Desert Conservation 
        Area, of the Bureau of Land Management, which comprise 
        approximately one thousand eight hundred acres, as generally 
        depicted on a map entitled ``Saddle Peak Hills Wilderness--
        Proposed'', dated May 1991, and which shall be known as the 
        Saddle Peak Hills Wilderness.
            (60) Certain lands in the California Desert Conservation 
        Area, of the Bureau of Land Management, which comprise 
        approximately thirty-three thousand five hundred acres, as 
        generally depicted on a map entitled ``San Gorgonio Wilderness 
        Additions--Proposed'', and which are hereby incorporated in, 
        and which shall be deemed to be a part of, the San Gorgonio 
        Wilderness as designated by Public Laws 88-577 and 98-425.
            (61) Certain lands in the California Desert Conservation 
        Area, of the Bureau of Land Management, which comprise 
        approximately fifty-three thousand two hundred and forty acres, 
        as generally depicted on a map entitled ``Santa Rosa Wilderness 
        Additions--Proposed'', dated May 1991, and which are hereby 
        incorporated in, and which shall be deemed to be a part of, the 
        Santa Rosa Wilderness designated by Public Laws 98-425.
            (62) Certain lands in the California Desert District, of 
        the Bureau of Land Management, which comprise approximately 
        thirty-five thousand four hundred acres, as generally depicted 
        on a map entitled ``Sawtooth Mountains Wilderness--Proposed'', 
        and which shall be known as the Sawtooth Mountains Wilderness.
            (63) Certain lands in the California Desert Conservation 
        Area, of the Bureau of Land Management, which comprise 
        approximately one hundred seventy-four thousand eight hundred 
        acres, as generally depicted on two maps entitled ``Sheephole 
        Valley Wilderness--Proposed 1'', dated October 1991, and 
        ``Sheephole Valley Wilderness--Proposed 2'', dated February 
        1986, and which shall be known as the Sheephole Valley 
        Wilderness.
            (64) Certain lands in the California Desert Conservation 
        Area, of the Bureau of Land Management, which comprise 
        approximately sixty-one thousand six hundred and thirty acres, 
        as generally depicted on a map entitled ``South Algodones Dunes 
        Wilderness--Proposed'', dated January 1989, and which shall be 
        known as the South Algodones Dunes Wilderness.
            (65) Certain lands in the California Desert Conservation 
        Area, of the Bureau of Land Management, which comprise 
        approximately sixteen thousand seven hundred and eighty acres, 
        as generally depicted on a map entitled ``South Nopah Range 
        Wilderness--Proposed'', and which shall be known as the South 
        Nopah Range Wilderness.
            (66) Certain lands in the California Desert Conservation 
        Area, of the Bureau of Land Management, which comprise 
        approximately seven thousands 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.
            (67) Certain lands in the California Desert Conservation 
        Area, of the Bureau of Land Management, which comprise 
        approximately eighty-one thousand six hundred acres, as 
        generally depicted on a map entitled ``Stepladder Mountains 
        Wilderness--Proposed'', and which shall be known as the 
        Stepladder Mountains Wilderness.
            (68) 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.
            (69) Certain lands in the California Desert Conservation 
        Area, of the Bureau of Land Management, which comprise 
        approximately seventeen thousand eight hundred and twenty 
        acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled ``Sylvania 
        Mountains Wilderness--Proposed'', and which shall be known as 
        the Sylvania Mountains Wilderness.
            (70) Certain lands in the California Desert Conservation 
        Area, of the Bureau of Land Management, which comprise 
        approximately thirty-three thousand seven hundred and twenty 
        acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled ``Trilobite 
        Wilderness--Proposed'', dated May 1991, and which shall be 
        known as the Trilobite Wilderness.
            (71) 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.
            (72) Certain lands in the California Desert Conservation 
        Area and the Yuma District, of the Bureau of Land Management, 
        which comprise approximately seventy-five thousand three 
        hundred acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled 
        ``Whipple Mountains Wilderness--Proposed'', dated May 1991, and 
        which shall be known as the Whipple Mountains Wilderness.
            (73) Certain lands in the California Desert Conservation 
        Area, of the Bureau of Land Management, which comprise 
        approximately forty-six thousand and seventy acres, as 
        generally depicted on a map entitled ``Avawatz Mountains 
        Wilderness--Proposed'', dated July 1992, and which shall be 
        known as the Avawatz Mountains Wilderness.
            (74) Certain lands in the California Desert Conservation 
        Area, of the Bureau of Land Management, which comprise fifty-
        five thousand five hundred and sixty acres, as generally 
        depicted on a map entitled ``Soda Mountains Wilderness--
        Proposed'', dated July 1992, and which shall be known as the 
        Soda Mountain Wilderness.''

                   administration of wilderness areas

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

                                grazing

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

                              buffer zones

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

                      mining claim validity review

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

                    filing of maps and descriptions

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

                           wilderness review

    Sec. 108. 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.

                  designation of wilderness study area

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

                           suitability report

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

 wilderness designation and management in the national wildlife refuge 
                                 system

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

                  TITLE II--DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK

                                findings

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

              establishment of death valley national park

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

                  transfer and administration of lands

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

                       maps and legal description

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

                     disposition under mining laws

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

                 study as to validity of mining claims

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

                                grazing

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

                  TITLE III--JOSHUA TREE NATIONAL PARK

                                findings

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

               establishment of joshua tree national park

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

                  transfer and administration of lands

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

                       maps and legal description

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

                     disposition under mining laws

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

                         utility rights-of-way

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

                 study as to validity of mining claims

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

                     TITLE IV--MOJAVE NATIONAL PARK

                                findings

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

               establishment of the mojave national park

    Sec. 402. There is hereby established the Mojave National Park, 
comprising approximately one million four hundred and sixty thousand 
acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled ``Mojave National Park 
Boundary--Proposed'', dated July 1992, and ten maps entitled ``Mojave 
National Park Boundary and Wilderness--Proposed'', numbered in the 
title one through ten, and dated July 1992 or prior, which shall be on 
file and available for inspection in the offices of the Director of the 
National Park Service, Department of the Interior.

                           transfer of lands

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

                       maps and legal description

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

                       abolishment of scenic area

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

                        administration of lands

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

                     disposition under mining laws

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

                 study as to validity of mining claims

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

                          regulation of mining

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

                                grazing

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

                         utility rights of way

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

                     preparation of management plan

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

                   granite mountains natural reserve

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

                    soda springs desert study center

    Sec. 414. 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 law 
generally applicable to units of the National Park System.

                     construction of visitor center

    Sec. 415. The Secretary is authorized to construct a visitor center 
in the park for the purpose of providing information through 
appropriate displays, printed material, and other interpretive 
programs, about the resources of the park.

                          acquisition of lands

    Sec. 416. The Secretary is authorized to acquire all lands and 
interest in lands within the boundary of the park by donation, 
purchase, or exchange, except that--
            (1) any lands or interests therein within the boundary of 
        the park which are owned by the State of California, or any 
        political subdivision thereof, may be acquired only by donation 
        or exchange except for lands managed by 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.

                           suitability report

    Sec. 417. The Secretary is required, twenty 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 park designation of, the lands as generally depicted on a map 
entitled ``Mojave National Park Study Area--Proposed'', dated July 
1992.

                   TITLE V--NATIONAL PARK WILDERNESS

                       designation of wilderness

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

                    filing of maps and descriptions

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

                   administration of wilderness areas

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

                   TITLE VI--MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

            transfer of lands to red rock canyon state park

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

                         desert lily sanctuary

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

                        land tenure adjustments

    Sec. 603. In preparing land tenure adjustment decisions 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.

                             land disposal

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

                   management of newly acquired lands

    Sec. 605. Any lands within the boundaries of a wilderness area 
designated under this Act which are acquired by the Federal government, 
shall become part of the wilderness area within which they are located 
and shall be managed in accordance with all the provisions of this Act 
and other laws applicable to such wilderness area.

                          native american uses

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

                              water rights

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

                    authorization of appropriations

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

                           state school lands

    Sec. 609. (a) Upon request of the California State Lands Commission 
(hereinafter in this section referred to as the ``Commission''), the 
Secretary shall enter into negotiations for an agreement to exchange 
Federal lands or interests therein on the list referred to in 
subsection (b)(2) for California State School Lands (hereinafter in 
this section referred to as ``State School Lands'') or interests 
therein which are located within the boundaries of one or more of the 
wilderness areas or park units designated by this Act. The Secretary 
shall negotiate in good faith to reach a land exchange agreement 
consistent with the requirements of section 206 of the Federal Land 
Policy and Management Act of 1976.
    (b) Within six months after the date of enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary shall send to the Commission and to the Committees a list of 
the following:
            (1) The State School Lands or interests therein (including 
        mineral interests) which are located within the boundaries of 
        the wilderness areas or park units designated by this Act.
            (2) Lands under the Secretary's jurisdiction to be offered 
        for exchange, including in the following priority:
                    (A) Lands with mineral interests, including 
                geothermal, which have the potential for commercial 
                development but which are not currently under mineral 
                lease or producing Federal mineral revenues.
                    (B) Federal lands in California managed by the 
                Bureau of Reclamation that the Secretary determines are 
                not needed for any Bureau of Reclamation project.
                    (C) Any public lands in California that the 
                Secretary, pursuant to the Federal Land Policy and 
                Management Act of 1976, has determined to be suitable 
                for disposal through exchange.
    (c)(1) If an agreement under this section is for an exchange 
involving five thousand acres or less of Federal land or interests 
therein, or Federal lands valued at less than $5,000,000, the Secretary 
may carry out the exchange in accordance with the Federal Land Policy 
and Management Act of 1976.
    (2) If an agreement under this section is for an exchange involving 
more than five thousand acres of Federal land or interests therein, or 
Federal land valued at more than $5,000,000, the agreement shall be 
submitted to the Committees, together with a report containing--
            (A) a complete list and appraisal of the lands or interests 
        in lands proposed for exchange; and
            (B) a determination that the State School Lands proposed to 
        be acquired by the United States do not contain any hazardous 
        waste, toxic waste, or radioactive waste.
    (d) An agreement submitted under subsection (c)(2) shall not take 
effect unless approved by a joint resolution enacted by the Congress.
    (e) If exchanges of all the State School Lands are not completed by 
October 1, 1996, the Secretary shall adjust the appraised value of any 
remaining inholdings consistent with the provisions of section 206 of 
the Federal Land Management Policy Act of 1976. The Secretary shall 
establish an account in the name of the Commission in the amount of 
such appraised value. Title to the State School Lands shall be 
transferred to the United States at the time such account is credited.
    (f) The Commission may use the credit in its account to bid, as any 
other bidder, for excess or surplus Federal property to be sold in the 
State of California in accordance with the applicable laws and 
regulations of the Federal agency offering such property for sale. The 
account shall be adjusted to reflect successful bids under this section 
or payments or forfeited deposits, penalties, or other costs assessed 
to the bidder in the course of such sales. In the event that the 
balance in the account has not been reduced to zero by October 1, 2000, 
there are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary for payment to 
the California State Lands Commission funds equivalent to the balance 
remaining in the account as of October 1, 2000.
    (g) As used in this section, the term ``Committees'' means the 
Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives and the 
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate.

                               exchanges

    Sec. 610. (a) Upon request of the Catellus Development Corporation 
(hereafter in this section referred to as ``Catellus''), the Secretary 
shall enter into negotiations for an agreement or agreements to 
exchange Federal lands or interests therein on the list referred to in 
subsection (b)(2) of this section for lands of Catellus or interests 
therein which are located within the boundaries of one or more of the 
wilderness areas or park units designated by this Act.
    (b) Within six months after the date of enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary shall send to Catellus and to the Committees a list of the 
following:
            (1) Lands of Catellus or interests therein (including 
        mineral interests) which are located within the boundaries of 
        the wilderness areas or park units designated by this Act.
            (2) Lands, wherever located, under the Secretary's 
        jurisdiction to be offered for exchange, in the following 
        priority:
                    (A) Lands, including lands with mineral and 
                geothermal interests, which have the potential for 
                commercial development but which are not currently 
                under lease or producing Federal revenues.
                    (B) Federal lands managed by the Bureau of 
                Reclamation that the Secretary determines are not 
                needed for any Bureau of Reclamation project.
                    (C) Any public lands that the Secretary, pursuant 
                to the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976, 
                has determined to be suitable for disposal through 
                exchange.
    (c)(1) If an agreement under this section is for (A) an exchange 
involving lands outside the State of California, (B) more than five 
thousand acres of Federal land or interests therein in California, or 
(C) Federal lands in any State valued at more than $5,000,000, the 
Secretary shall provide to the Committees a detailed report of such 
land exchange agreements.
    (2) All land exchange agreements shall be consistent with the 
Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976.
    (3) Any report submitted to the Committees under this subsection 
shall include the following:
            (A) A complete list and appraisal of the lands or interests 
        in land proposed for exchange.
            (B) A complete list of the lands, if any, to be acquired by 
        the United States which contain any hazardous waste, toxic 
        waste, or radioactive waste which requires removal or remedial 
        action under Federal or State law, together with the estimated 
        costs of any such action.
    (4) An agreement under this subsection shall not take effect unless 
approved by a joint resolution enacted by the Congress.
    (d) The Secretary shall provide the California State Lands 
Commission with a 180-day right of first refusal to exchange for any 
Federal lands or interests therein, located in the State of California, 
on the list referred to in subsection (b)(2). Any lands with respect to 
which a right of first refusal is not noticed within such period or 
exercised under this subsection shall be available to Catellus for 
exchange in accordance with this section.
    (e) On January 3, 1996, the Secretary shall provide to the 
Committees a list and appraisal consistent with the Federal Land Policy 
and Management Act of 1976 of all Catellus lands eligible for exchange 
under this section for which an exchange has not been completed. With 
respect to any of such lands for which an exchange has not been 
completed by October 1, 1996 (hereafter in this section referred to as 
``remaining lands''), the Secretary shall establish an account in the 
name of Catellus (hereafter in this section referred to as the 
``exchange account''). Upon the transfer of title by Catellus to all or 
a portion of the remaining lands to the United States, the Secretary 
shall credit the exchange account in the amount of the appraised value 
of the transferred remaining lands at the time of such transfer.
    (f) Catellus may use the credit in the exchange account to bid, as 
any other bidder, for any property real, personal, or mixed, wherever 
located, owned or controlled by the United States, including in a 
corporate capacity or as a receiver, conservator, or similar fiduciary 
capacity to be sold in accordance with the applicable laws and 
regulations of the Federal agency or instrumentality, or any element 
thereof, offering such property for sale. Upon approval by the 
Secretary in writing, the credits in Catellus's exchange account may be 
transferred or sold in whole or in part by Catellus to any other party, 
thereby vesting such party with all the rights formerly held by 
Catellus. The exchange account shall be adjusted to reflect successful 
bids under this section or payments or forfeited deposits, penalties, 
or other costs assessed to the bidder in the course of such sales.
    (g)(1) The Secretary shall not accept title pursuant to this 
section to any lands unless such title includes all right, title, and 
interest in and to the fee estate.
    (2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), the Secretary may accept title 
to any subsurface estate where the United States holds title to the 
surface estate.
    (3) This subsection does not apply to easements and rights-of-way 
for utilities or roads.
    (h) In no event shall the Secretary accept title under this section 
to lands which contain any hazardous waste, toxic waste, or radioactive 
waste which requires removal or remedial action under Federal or State 
law unless such remedial action has been completed prior to the 
transfer.
    (i) For purposes of the section, any appraisal shall be consistent 
with the provisions of section 206 of the Federal Land Policy and 
Management Act of 1976.
    (j) As used in this section, the term ``Committees'' means the 
Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives and the 
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate.

                         TITLE VII--DEFINITIONS

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

               TITLE VIII--MILITARY LANDS AND OVERFLIGHTS

                        short title and findings

    Sec. 801. (a) Short title.--This title may be cited as the 
``California Military Lands Withdrawal and Overflights Act of 1991''.
    (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) continuation 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.

                          military overflights

    Sec. 802. (a) Nothing in this Act shall restrict or preclude low-
level overflights of military aircraft over the new units of the 
National Park or Wilderness Preservation System (or any additions to 
existing units) designated by this Act, including military overflights 
that can be seen or heard within the areas designated by this Act.
    (b) Nothing in this Act shall restrict or preclude the designation 
of new units of special airspace or the use of establishment of 
military flight training routes over the new units of the National Park 
or Wilderness Preservation Systems (or any additions to existing units) 
designated by this Act.
    (c) Nothing in this section shall be construed to modify, expand, 
or diminish any authority under other Federal law.

                              withdrawals

    Sec. 803. (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; and
            (D) 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, and filed in accordance 
with section 803.
    (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 November 1991 and filed in accordance with section 
803.

                      maps and legal descriptions

    Sec. 804. (a) Publication and Filing Requirement.--As soon as 
practicable after the date of enactment of this title, the Secretary of 
the Interior 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 of the Interior 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 
Office of the Director of the Bureau of Land Management, Washington, 
District of Columbia; the Office of the Director, California State 
Office of the Bureau of Land Management, Sacramento, California; 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 of the Interior for the cost of implementing this section.

                     management of withdrawn lands

    Sec. 805. (a) Management by the Secretary of the Interior.--(1) 
Except as provided in subsection (g), during the period of the 
withdrawal the Secretary of the Interior shall manage the lands 
withdrawn under section 802 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 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 of the Interior 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 of the Interior (after 
consultation with the Secretary of the Navy) shall develop a plan for 
the management of each area withdrawn under section 802 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 of the Interior 
and the Secretary of the Navy shall (with respect to each land 
withdrawal under section 802) 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.--(1) Lands withdrawn by section 802 
may be used for defense-related uses other than those specified in such 
section. The Secretary of Defense shall promptly notify the Secretary 
of the Interior 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 of the Interior 
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 of the Interior and the 
Secretary of the Navy. In the case that the Secretary of the Interior 
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 of the 
Interior) shall develop such management plan.
    (2) The Secretary of the Interior 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 of the Interior an annual report on the status of the natural 
and cultural resources and values of the lands withdrawn under section 
802(a). The Secretary of the Interior shall transmit such report to the 
Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives and the 
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate.
    (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 of the Interior and 
the Secretary of the Navy.
    (5) Neither this title nor any other provision of law shall be 
construed to prohibit the Secretary of the Interior 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 of the Interior before 
taking action under that section with respect to the lands withdrawn 
under section 802(a).

                        duration of withdrawals

    Sec. 806. (a) Duration.--The withdrawal and reservation 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 subsection. 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.

                        ongoing decontamination

    Sec. 807. (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 Senate and to the Committees on Appropriations, Armed 
Services, and Natural Resources of the 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 decontamination of 
        such lands and the estimate of the time to complete such 
        decontamination.

                        requirements for renewal

    Sec. 808. (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 of 
the Interior 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 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 shall file a notice 
of intention to relinquish with the Secretary of the Interior.
    (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 of the Interior, 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 of the Interior, 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 of the 
Interior shall not be required to accept the land proposed for 
relinquishment.
    (e) Status of Contaminated Lands.--If, because of their 
contaminated state, the Secretary of the Interior 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 of the Interior 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 
        of the Interior 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 of the Interior, 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 of the Interior shall published 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 of the Interior; 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.

                              delegability

    Sec. 809. (a) Defense.--The functions of the Secretary of Defense 
or the Secretary of the Navy under this title may be delegated.
    (b) Interior.--The functions of the Secretary of the Interior under 
this title may be delegated, except that an order described in section 
807(f) may be approved and signed only by the Secretary of the 
Interior, the Under Secretary of the Interior, or an Assistant 
Secretary of the Department of the Interior.

                     hunting, fishing, and trapping

    Sec. 810. 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.

                       immunity of united states

    Sec. 811. 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.

                            el centro ranges

    Sec. 812. The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to permit the 
Secretary of the Navy to use until January 1, 1996, 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. Such use shall be 
consistent with such Memorandum of Understanding and such additional 
terms and conditions as the Secretary of the Interior may require in 
order to protect the natural, scientific, environmental, cultural, and 
other resources and values of such lands and to minimize the extent to 
which use of such lands for military purposes impedes or restricts use 
of such or other public lands for other purposes. All military uses of 
such lands shall cease on January 1, 1996, unless authorized by 
subsequent Act of Congress.

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