110 HR 7132 IH: Gold Butte National
U.S. House of Representatives
2008-09-26
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1.Short title and table of
contents
(a)This Act may be cited
as the Gold Butte National
Conservation Area and Wilderness Designation Act
.
(b)The table of contents for this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title and table of contents.
Title I—GOLD BUTTE NATIONAL CONSERVATION AREA
Sec. 101. Establishment of Gold Butte National Conservation
Area.
Sec. 102. Management of conservation area.
Sec. 103. General provisions.
Sec. 104. Gold Butte National Conservation Area Advisory
Council.
Title II—DESIGNATION OF WILDERNESS AREAS IN CLARK COUNTY,
NEVADA
Sec. 201. Findings.
Sec. 202. Additions to National Wilderness Preservation
System.
Sec. 203. Administration.
Sec. 204. Adjacent management.
Sec. 205. Native American cultural and religious
uses.
Sec. 206. Wildlife management.
Sec. 207. Wildfire management.
Sec. 208. Climatological data collection.
Sec. 209. National Park System lands.
Title III—General Provisions
Sec. 301. Relationship to Clark County Multi-Species Habitat
Conservation Plan.
<enum>I</enum><header>GOLD
BUTTE NATIONAL CONSERVATION AREA</header>
<section id="H2387F5EA36B943A6A28C00DA5C03C246"><enum>101.</enum><header>Establishment
of Gold Butte National Conservation Area</header>
<subsection id="H779372A2FA1D4A7CA23C2BF7B9E3D1DC"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>There
is established the Gold Butte National Conservation Area in the State of Nevada
(in this title referred to as the <quote>conservation area</quote>).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H33D267A45174464D8D2CA523EAA71CC"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Area
included</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The conservation
area shall consist of approximately 362,177 acres of public land administered
by the Bureau of Land Management in Clark County, Nevada, as generally depicted
on the map entitled <quote>Gold Butte National Conservation Area</quote> and
dated September 26, 2008.</text>
</subsection><subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4CAD2839335A40E7B2C3393CFB189F4F"><enum>(c)</enum><header>National
landscape conservation system</header><text>The conservation area shall be
administered as a component of the National Landscape Conservation
System.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HB5B16EC0D33A49D792403FA9AFE837FC"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Map and legal
description</header>
<paragraph id="H2629B5AD8FF04F6D0089261E9ECC5579"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">As soon as
practicable after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the
Interior shall file a map and legal description of the conservation area with
the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives and the
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate..</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2393D035FB494CDEAA62C0D7241148E0"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Effect</header><text>The
map and legal description prepared under paragraph (1) shall have the same
force and effect as if included in this title, except that the Secretary may
correct minor errors in the map or legal description.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4607F708AF034CF3AFA9B2F15FF43214"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Public
availability</header><text>A copy of the map and legal description shall be on
file and available for public inspection in the appropriate office of the
Bureau of Land Management.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H217056793DC440A3B82F2000B1B713C8"><enum>102.</enum><header>Management of
conservation area</header>
<subsection id="HA641462296F84397B535C30202BA4764"><enum>(a)</enum><header>General
management purposes</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In
accordance with this title, the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1701">43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.</external-xref>), and other applicable laws, the Secretary of the
Interior shall manage the conservation area in a manner that conserves,
protects, and enhances the resources of the conservation area.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H9FC48C87CC8149E9BC52FF5DFF87BF53"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Management
plan</header>
<paragraph id="H05D59AF78C93475EB461AF06E6A2D184"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Plan
required</header><text>Not later than three years after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior shall develop a management
plan for the long-term protection and management of the conservation
area.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H038A9727ADC14E1F9F7D4F271EF39225"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Consultation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall prepare the management
plan in consultation with the State of Nevada, local and tribal government
entities, and the public.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H35B0DB75E6924CCF8949F7D53917217C"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>The
management plan shall describe the appropriate uses and management of the
conservation area and include a recommendation on interpretive and educational
materials regarding the cultural and biological resources of the region within
which the conservation area is located.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H3AF4BC754E1A479B88F9F600182D09D9"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Uses</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of the Interior shall allow
only such uses of the conservation area that the Secretary determines will
further the purpose of the conservation area described in subsection
(a).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H5F3743DAC3674D7EB426D699B345CBF3"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Incorporation of
acquired lands and interests</header><text>Any land or interests in land
located within the boundary of the conservation area that is acquired by the
United States after the date of the enactment of this Act shall become part of
the conservation area and be managed as provided in subsection (a).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HCF27785B4A3F4825B3DFA67F4D23CE0"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Motorized
vehicles</header>
<paragraph id="H144B15D7FB3045A788D0347E104B37A7"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Use pending
management plan</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Before the
effective date of the management plan required by subsection (b), the use of
motorized vehicles in the conservation area shall be consistent with the Route
Designations for Selected Areas of Critical Environmental Concern Located in
the Northeast Portion of the Las Vegas BLM District Environmental Assessment,
NV–052–2006–433.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HEFA65C6CAE654169BEE3CCAEAF4D2EC3"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Use under
management plan</header>
<subparagraph id="HFAEC85D946CB42509315602F6BBBD2"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Authorized
uses</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">On and after the
effective date of the management plan under subsection (b), the use of
motorized vehicles in the conservation area shall be allowed only—</text>
<clause id="H7F8B1F0BA8304724BA2102FC7ED6B2DC"><enum>(i)</enum><text>on
roads and trails designated for use of motor vehicles in the management plan;
and</text>
</clause><clause id="HDA6CFF5313C6424BA35057DF19195E62"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for installing, repairing, maintaining, and
reconstructing water development projects, including guzzlers, that would
enhance the conservation area by promoting healthy, viable, and more naturally
distributed wildlife populations, subject to limitations specified in the
management plan that are not more restrictive than the limitations on such uses
authorized in wilderness areas designated under title II.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H820803DF36B742D5B67EFA83C767D006"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Minimizing
visual impacts</header><text>The management plan shall include or provide
recommendations on ways of minimizing the visual impacts of activities
authorized pursuant to subparagraph (A)(ii) on the conservation area.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H3763696C5AEA45009C8346B9B704DA8D"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Exceptions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding paragraphs (1) and (2), the
Secretary may authorize the use of motorized vehicles in the conservation area
for administrative purposes or to respond to an emergency.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HE81FEE26C292420A9300A02F24B6C612"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Roads</header><text>New
roads shall not be built within the conservation area unless the roads are
needed for public safety or natural resource protection.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HEDD71A48F9D246CE997F373ED1B9FA32"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Hunting,
fishing, and trapping</header>
<paragraph id="H02EA1960EBA04DB6B93FDB0048EF98C7"><enum>(1)</enum><header>State
jurisdiction</header><text>Nothing in this title affects the jurisdiction of
the State of Nevada with respect to fish and wildlife, including hunting,
fishing, and trapping in the conservation area.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8D12862DB1BA41E30093A0CB7D774694"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Limitations</header>
<subparagraph id="H24D320CFE7D94BB3A4423698DADBD927"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Regulations</header><text>The
Secretary of the Interior may designate, by regulation, areas in which, and
establish periods during which, for reasons of public safety, administration,
or compliance with applicable laws, no hunting, fishing, or trapping will be
permitted in the conservation area.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H114D758067AC451C8E13BB28972993E6"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Consultation</header><text>Except
in emergencies, the Secretary shall consult with the appropriate State agency
before promulgating regulations under subparagraph (A) that close a portion of
the conservation area to hunting, fishing, or trapping.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H95A292DD35FF4145A5FAEB64E1ADE8D"><enum>103.</enum><header>General
provisions</header>
<subsection id="H9054A70E9AFA4AABBE04F1C8533CFA29"><enum>(a)</enum><header>No buffer
zones</header>
<paragraph id="HF9F580C797B542D685BBF871A7EFB2B9"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The establishment of the conservation area shall not
create an express or implied protective perimeter or buffer zone around the
conservation area.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE1101CC7403E4616B7A82D6155ED00A3"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Private
land</header><text>If the use of, or conduct of an activity on, private land
that shares a boundary with the conservation area is consistent with applicable
law, nothing in this title concerning the establishment of the conservation
area prohibits or limits the use or conduct of the activity.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H7681026055C24437B1A1E986AFB62B2B"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Withdrawals</header><text>Subject
to valid existing rights, all public land within the conservation area,
including any land or interest in land that is acquired by the United States
within the conservation area after the date of the enactment of this Act, are
withdrawn from—</text>
<paragraph id="H2FC7EDE4442C471EA7C51EEEC6018D7D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>entry,
appropriation or disposal under the public land laws;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD3E5197949CE400B8FF702F1D012460"><enum>(2)</enum><text>location, entry,
and patent under the mining laws; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H72CBD5192D784BAF888678E043553FDB"><enum>(3)</enum><text>operation of the
mineral leasing, mineral materials, and geothermal leasing laws.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H7A274421B1DC4440A7F73544FA2FEFCF"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Special
management areas</header>
<paragraph id="H8C6A5302956E48018092F6FE5D901B8"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The establishment of the conservation area shall not
change the management status of any area within the boundary of the
conservation area that is protected under the Clark County Multi-Species
Habitat Conservation Plan.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H72913756609C49A89300D5B0AB09DB92"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Effect of
conflict</header><text>If there is a conflict between the laws applicable to
the areas described in paragraph (1) and this title, the more restrictive
provision shall control.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HAFD4AFF1283D4CE99B967476BD38239"><enum>104.</enum><header>Gold Butte
National Conservation Area Advisory Council</header>
<subsection id="H58932369FCA342BA9F947F59CF5CEF2B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>Not
later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of
the Interior shall establish an advisory council, to be known as the
<quote>Gold Butte National Conservation Area Advisory Council</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HC81BC6ED4486428091235ED1FD35FC58"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Duties</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Council shall advise the Secretary with
respect to the preparation and implementation of the management plan for the
long-term protection and management of the conservation area required by
section 102(b).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HB99B87E00A1B4556A07D406F47E0D606"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Applicable
law</header><text>The Council shall be subject to—</text>
<paragraph id="H7BD24A97008E4191B679E83420EC6E8D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the Federal
Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HDA3019D65A004DECA017EB00B0DFBD74"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the Federal Land
Policy and Management Act of 1976 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1701">43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.</external-xref>).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HC4A63B7C07474B6A848DCA2C3E000434"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Members</header>
<paragraph id="H75832F6EA74748BBA7EBD7C23FA7E42"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Council shall
include 10 members to be appointed by the Secretary, of whom, to the extent
practicable—</text>
<subparagraph id="H005BE6FF825B44388F82E9ED403ED2BF"><enum>(A)</enum><text>one member shall
be appointed after considering the recommendations of the Mesquite, Nevada,
City Council;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HEBE6AF9B8518408FA83825B2EF88C0EF"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">one member shall be appointed after
considering the recommendations of the Bunkerville, Nevada, Town Advisory
Board;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDDC1431EF5764E3F8E03799516BF46F4"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">one member shall be appointed after
considering the recommendations of the Moapa, Nevada, Town Advisory
Board;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H568D6145BC904E57992406B92C8D3EB8"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">one member shall be appointed after
considering the recommendations of the Logandale, Nevada, Town Advisory
Board;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H478071642B9146FA00E8A57500463933"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">one member shall be appointed after
considering the recommendations of the Overton, Nevada, Town Advisory
Board;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HCF3A10D5CB4F4181A11296F643CEBD04"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">one member shall be appointed after
considering the recommendations of the Moapa Band of Paiutes Tribal Council;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H93426B2906DB4DCEADF4F0D37D00DC5B"><enum>(G)</enum><text>four
at-large members from Clark County, Nevada, shall be appointed after
considering the recommendations of the County Commission for Clark
County.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HE9C8CCDBA2EB4C45A10028D916A146B9"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Special
appointment considerations</header><text>The at-large members appointed under
paragraph (1)(G) must have backgrounds that reflect—</text>
<subparagraph id="H3AC651976686489CADD14900B86228FC"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the purposes for
which the conservation area was established; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HFA10C5DC65F4408F86E2412F1C8D81"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the interests of
persons affected by the planning and management of the conservation
area.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HC8E7A4CBDC6347E1A4B5D388096F5583"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Representation</header><text>The
Secretary shall ensure that the membership of the Council is fairly balanced in
terms of the points of view represented and the functions to be performed by
the Council.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H5376B2F848424096B5BA51A99D725D8D"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Termination</header><text>The
Council shall terminate not later than one year after the date on which the
management plan for the conservation area is adopted by the Secretary of the
Interior.</text>
</subsection></section><enum>II</enum><header>DESIGNATION OF
WILDERNESS AREAS IN CLARK COUNTY, NEVADA</header>
<section id="HD9D6B90263F341F1AAF219EE8EE9D8AA"><enum>201.</enum><header>Findings</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Congress finds that certain public land
administered by the Bureau of Land Management in Clark County, Nevada, contains
unique and spectacular natural, cultural, and archeological resources,
including—</text>
<paragraph id="HE8A5A727637045C08D846215E9AF5587"><enum>(1)</enum><text>priceless habitat
for numerous species of plants and wildlife;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5B50B3A0857A4E4D874058D8A846B774"><enum>(2)</enum><text>thousands of acres
of pristine land that remain in a natural state; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA082C200E9F541A3AA67872DED2720E7"><enum>(3)</enum><text>numerous sites
containing significant archeological artifacts.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="HC4B6FC9F5D634AEB926E9785E3CC826"><enum>202.</enum><header>Additions to
National Wilderness Preservation System</header>
<subsection id="H8CC5BF8BA7144A0CAF00A8CD923B9B34"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Designation of
wilderness</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In furtherance of
the purposes of the Wilderness Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1131">16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.</external-xref>), the following
public lands administered by the National Park Service or the Bureau of Land
Management in Clark County, Nevada, are designated as wilderness and as either
a new component of the National Wilderness Preservation System or, in the case
of the designation made by paragraph (13), an addition to an existing component
of the National Wilderness Preservation System:</text>
<paragraph id="H69DBFD5216DF4472A1D8B925F7D14657"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Virgin Peak
wilderness</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Certain Federal
land managed by the Bureau of Land Management, comprising approximately 21,681
acres, as generally depicted on the map entitled <quote>Gold Butte National
Conservation Area</quote> and dated September 26, 2008, which shall be known as
the <quote>Virgin Peak Wilderness</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H39C8596035FA44C6B949169186AC105D"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Black Ridge
wilderness</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Certain Federal
land managed by the Bureau of Land Management, comprising approximately 17,303
acres, as generally depicted on the map entitled <quote>Gold Butte National
Conservation Area</quote> and dated September 26, 2008, which shall be known as
the <quote>Black Ridge Wilderness</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6ACD64CDB6D9451200A15E69003B6397"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Bitter Ridge
North wilderness</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Certain
Federal land managed by the Bureau of Land Management comprising approximately
15,016 acres, as generally depicted on the map entitled <quote>Gold Butte
National Conservation Area</quote> and dated September 26, 2008, which shall be
known as the <quote>Bitter Ridge North Wilderness</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H15321C252EB4426897E6AB8CA0213FE6"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Bitter Ridge
South wilderness</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Certain
Federal land managed by the Bureau of Land Management, comprising approximately
10,202 acres, as generally depicted on the map entitled <quote>Gold Butte
National Conservation Area</quote> and dated September 26, 2008, which shall be
known as the <quote>Bitter Ridge Wilderness</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD374211A7EF9409C83F2A29757FE81D"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Billy Goat Peak
wilderness</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Certain Federal
land managed by the Bureau of Land Management, comprising approximately 29,949
acres, as generally depicted on the map entitled <quote>Gold Butte National
Conservation Area</quote> and dated September 26, 2008, which shall be known as
the <quote>Billy Goat Peak Wilderness</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA433AEA6803B400FBB4582B6C0FD9D16"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Million Hills
wilderness</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Certain Federal
land managed by the Bureau of Land Management, comprising approximately 24,840
acres, as generally depicted on the map entitled <quote>Gold Butte National
Conservation Area</quote> and dated September 26, 2008, which shall be known as
the <quote>Million Hills Wilderness</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H367E0B463DB2430AAAA6B04617E4AAD4"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Overton
wilderness</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Certain Federal
land within the Lake Mead National Recreation Area, comprising approximately
23,227 acres, as generally depicted on the map entitled <quote>Gold Butte
National Conservation Area</quote> and dated September 26, 2008, which shall be
known as the <quote>Overton Wilderness</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9EB32E78C358492EAEDC9D60BE9C6967"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Twin Springs
wilderness</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Certain Federal
land within the Lake Mead National Recreation Area, comprising approximately
9,684 acres, as generally depicted on the map entitled <quote>Gold Butte
National Conservation Area</quote> and dated September 26, 2008, which shall be
known as the <quote>Twin Springs Wilderness</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H789F3FB85B294A1F881E45BE9DD41C8B"><enum>(9)</enum><header>Scanlon Wash
wilderness</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Certain Federal
land within the Lake Mead National Recreation Area, comprising approximately
22,826 acres, as generally depicted on the map entitled <quote>Gold Butte
National Conservation Area</quote> and dated September 26, 2008, and which
shall be known as the <quote>Scanlon Wash Wilderness</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8519328A80484451AC26E3B7ADEE985C"><enum>(10)</enum><header>Hiller
Mountains wilderness</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Certain
Federal land within the Lake Mead National Recreation Area, comprising
approximately 14,832 acres, as generally depicted on the map entitled
<quote>Gold Butte National Conservation Area</quote> and dated September 26,
2008, which shall be known as the <quote>Hiller Mountains
Wilderness</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0E43B34343284BC0B8A1CB18FB40C8"><enum>(11)</enum><header>Hell’s Kitchen
wilderness</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Certain Federal
land within the Lake Mead National Recreation Area, comprising approximately
12,439 acres, as generally depicted on the map entitled <quote>Gold Butte
National Conservation Area</quote> and dated September 26, 2008, which shall be
known as the <quote>Hell’s Kitchen Wilderness</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA86E14D13970408A9485F96EE42E6EBE"><enum>(12)</enum><header>Indian hills
wilderness</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Certain Federal
land within the Lake Mead National Recreation Area, comprising approximately
8,955 acres, as generally depicted on the map entitled <quote>Gold Butte
National Conservation Area</quote> and dated September 26, 2008, which shall be
known as the <quote>Indian Hills Wilderness</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA16B6D2E024A4110AFAD09F189B3CC46"><enum>(13)</enum><header>Lime Canyon
wilderness additions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Certain
Federal land managed by the Bureau of Land Management, comprising approximately
9,382 acres, as generally depicted on the map entitled <quote>Gold Butte
National Conservation Area</quote> and dated September 26, 2008, is
incorporated in, and shall be managed as part of the <quote>Lime Canyon
Wilderness</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H614FAFF31D1B4C7690023013CCB9C5CA"><enum>(b)</enum><header>National
landscape conservation system</header><text>The wilderness areas administered
by the Bureau of Land Management and designated or expanded by subsection (a)
shall be administered as components of the National Landscape Conservation
System.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HE2BDF712007A4238B2E72D3DAD951190"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Road
offset</header><text>The boundary of any portion of a wilderness area
designated by subsection (a) that is bordered by a road shall be at least 100
feet away from the edge of the road so as not to interfere with public
access.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H434530EE1C2C4B8BADE17C2C66A4A67D"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Lake
offset</header><text>The boundary of any portion of a wilderness area
designated by subsection (a) that is bordered by Lake Mead or the Colorado
River shall be 300 feet inland from the high water line.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HEA51919C2DE749FAABB6E8AE33F44000"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Map and legal
description</header>
<paragraph id="H4BF2483EDBB945B4A0AB3336D6E3231"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">As soon as
practicable after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the
Interior shall file a map and legal description of each wilderness area
designated or expanded by subsection (a) with the Committee on Natural
Resources of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Energy and
Natural Resources of the Senate.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H11AD3389A1374A83BD2C88B4126F5452"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Effect</header><text>Each
map 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 the map or legal description.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1BDF71724F16408BB9B4C459B447ECF9"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Availability</header><text>Each
map and legal description shall be on file and available for public inspection
in the appropriate offices of the Bureau of Land Management and the National
Park Service.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H7D04DBBF05C349178F8DEDE7003D6F8E"><enum>203.</enum><header>Administration</header>
<subsection id="H7704CFC75FC74026B4CB76A38D09AF74"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Management</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subject to valid existing rights, the land
designated as wilderness by this title shall be administered by the Secretary
of the Interior in accordance with the Wilderness Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1131">16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.</external-xref>),
except that—</text>
<paragraph id="HA363EFE5DABF416FA7605E167E56FADC"><enum>(1)</enum><text>any reference in
that Act to the effective date of that Act shall be considered to be a
reference to the date of the enactment of this Act; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC03FC29EE9814A1B8BEFCC7D84D164C5"><enum>(2)</enum><text>any reference in
that Act to the Secretary of Agriculture shall be considered to be a reference
to the Secretary of the Interior.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H2B6911B8F3BF45948608934D99E9C55"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Incorporation of
acquired lands and interests</header><text>Any land or interest in land within
the boundaries of the land designated as wilderness by this title that is
acquired by the United States after the date of the enactment of this Act shall
be added to and administered as part of the wilderness area within which the
acquired land or interest is located.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H3EC188DF0D9948C197CEF4C18E6EAFB0"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Water
rights</header>
<paragraph id="H9E62B320C3D04BC4B23C325DDA82EBB4"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Findings</header><text>Congress
finds the following:</text>
<subparagraph id="H06A646283DC649DB0054BED2264909CC"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The lands
designated as wilderness by this title are within the Mojave Desert, are arid
in nature, and include ephemeral streams.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3EF183FEB9D94E72BE6DB05B983E9E6F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The hydrology of
the lands designated as wilderness by this title is locally characterized by
complex flow patterns and alluvial fans with impermanent channels.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H882BF68C8E2940C09FD1CA21DD9C3C63"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The subsurface hydrogeology of the region
within which the lands designated as wilderness by this title are located is
characterized by ground water subject to local and regional flow gradients and
artesian aquifers.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H021B57B356AF4DC9AC5FD5C100D075D4"><enum>(D)</enum><text>The lands
designated as wilderness by this title are generally not suitable for use or
development of new water resource facilities, and there are no actual or
proposed water resource facilities and no opportunities for diversion, storage,
or other uses of water occurring outside such lands that would adversely affect
the wilderness or other values of such lands.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HED246637A2824674A7A6D23046F6C7D0"><enum>(E)</enum><text>Because of the
unique nature and hydrology of these desert lands designated as wilderness by
this title and the existence of the Clark County Multi-Species Habitat
Conservation Plan, it is possible to provide for proper management and
protection of the wilderness, perennial springs, and other values of such lands
in ways different from the methods used in other laws.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H9CC5063CBB91477CA9C7A592D9331E10"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Statutory
construction</header>
<subparagraph id="HA63E7FBC61074E82A1C7F877E57E410"><enum>(A)</enum><header>No
reservation</header><text>Nothing in this title shall constitute or be
construed to constitute either an express or implied reservation by the United
States of any water or water rights with respect to the lands designated as
wilderness by this title.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H06AD2789F08149C2AB4822FF44E2E300"><enum>(B)</enum><header>State
rights</header><text>Nothing in this title shall affect any water rights in the
State of Nevada existing on the date of the enactment of this Act, including
any water rights held by the United States.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HCD58E0366AE44CF6B24970462B88424D"><enum>(C)</enum><header>No
precedent</header><text>Nothing in this subsection shall be construed as
establishing a precedent with regard to any future wilderness
designations.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H99B8AC8A1C8547DCA4CA7F9F041CC94C"><enum>(D)</enum><header>No effect on
compacts</header><text>Nothing in this title shall be construed as limiting,
altering, modifying, or amending any of the interstate compacts or equitable
apportionment decrees that apportion water among and between the State of
Nevada and other States.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HF2048B1CD31E496DA538CC53E3761B5C"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Nevada water
law</header><text>The Secretary of the Interior shall follow the procedural and
substantive requirements of the law of the State of Nevada in order to obtain
and hold any water rights not in existence on the date of enactment of this Act
with respect to the lands designated as wilderness by this title.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H00771876DE2E41E9BB1162A205DBBC70"><enum>(4)</enum><header>New
projects</header>
<subparagraph id="H6ED160B56CA84ABBA021CEB97427E1C2"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Definition</header><text>In
this paragraph, the term <quote>water resource facility</quote> means
irrigation and pumping facilities, reservoirs, water conservation works,
aqueducts, canals, ditches, pipelines, wells, hydropower projects, and
transmission and other ancillary facilities, and other water diversion,
storage, and carriage structures. The term does not include wildlife
guzzlers.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA38247D6E0004FAD93FD76392948AB18"><enum>(B)</enum><header>No licenses or
permits</header><text>Except as otherwise provided in this title, on and after
the date of the enactment of this Act, neither the President nor any other
officer, employee, or agent of the United States shall fund, assist, authorize,
or issue a license or permit for the development of any new water resource
facility within the lands designated as wilderness by this title.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HE3798F3C107C401A9B7B5BFB17B0F43F"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Withdrawals</header><text>Subject
to valid existing rights, all Federal lands within the wilderness areas
designated or expanded by this title, including any land or interest in land
within the areas that is acquired by the United States after the date of
enactment of this Act, are withdrawn from—</text>
<paragraph id="HC1F0C04FCE774EDFAC28F1C164C600C9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>entry,
appropriation or disposal under the public land laws;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H759F2D9366834D3CACF7B0756C4339BE"><enum>(2)</enum><text>location, entry,
and patent under the mining laws; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HAA6ABAD5D97C49B591A38823C2ADE8DF"><enum>(3)</enum><text>operation of the
mineral leasing, mineral materials, and geothermal leasing laws.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H0501D6BFA78A419FB7BF229F2C008DF7"><enum>204.</enum><header>Adjacent
management</header>
<subsection id="HB96C01FF3B114DC2BF5CA7DA5F7FC411"><enum>(a)</enum><header>No buffer
zones</header><text>Congress does not intend for the designation of land as
wilderness by this title to lead to the creation of protective perimeters or
buffer zones around any wilderness area designated or expanded by this
title.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HBA7F44E1907145278506F39E05CE9776"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Nonwilderness
activities</header><text>The fact that nonwilderness activities or uses can be
seen or heard from areas within a wilderness area designated or expanded by
this title shall not preclude the conduct of those activities or uses outside
the boundary of the wilderness area.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H6587633932CE4B7E9BEAE2F77B9112D7"><enum>205.</enum><header>Native American
cultural and religious uses</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Nothing in this title shall be construed to
diminish the rights of any Indian tribe. Nothing in this title shall be
construed to diminish tribal rights regarding access to Federal lands for
tribal activities, including spiritual, cultural, and traditional
food-gathering activities.</text>
</section><section id="H6F08C3EE476B4CC1AD45B7A88B7918B8"><enum>206.</enum><header>Wildlife
management</header>
<subsection id="H1DE17CC109AC49B4BA2F107B9469FE1C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>State
jurisdiction</header><text>In accordance with section 4(d)(7) of the Wilderness
Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1133">16 U.S.C. 1133(d)(7)</external-xref>), nothing in this title affects or diminishes the
jurisdiction of the State of Nevada with respect to fish and wildlife
management, including the regulation of hunting, fishing, and trapping, in the
wilderness areas designated or expanded by this title.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H1C0A5C0787FF46C19FDB97245FD3A2A3"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Management
activities</header><text>In furtherance of the purposes and principles of the
Wilderness Act, management activities to maintain or restore fish and wildlife
populations and the habitats to support such populations may be carried out
within wilderness areas designated or expanded by this title where consistent
with relevant wilderness management plans, in accordance with appropriate
policies such as those set forth in Appendix B of House Report 101–405,
including the occasional and temporary use of motorized vehicles, if such use,
as determined by the Secretary of the Interior, would promote healthy, viable,
and more naturally distributed wildlife populations that would enhance
wilderness values and accomplish those purposes with the minimum impact
necessary to reasonably accomplish the task.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H54FB174C0C0747FA85CD7C8CA6828568"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Existing
activities</header><text>Consistent with section 4(d)(1) of the Wilderness Act
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1133">16 U.S.C. 1133(d)</external-xref>) and in accordance with appropriate policies such as those
set forth in Appendix B of House Report 101–405, the State of Nevada may
continue to use aircraft, including helicopters, to survey, capture,
transplant, monitor, and provide water for wildlife populations, including
bighorn sheep, and feral stock, horses, and burros.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HA9E4959DD21C4354A535C351009B05F3"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Wildlife water
development projects</header><text>Subject to subsection (f), the Secretary of
the Interior shall authorize structures and facilities, including existing
structures and facilities, for wildlife water development projects, including
guzzlers, in the wilderness areas designated or expanded by this title
if—</text>
<paragraph id="H51F97677228844B2B96FD51362CAAEC1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the structures and
facilities will, as determined by the Secretary, enhance wilderness values by
promoting healthy, viable and more naturally distributed wildlife populations;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC348F50DDC844FB0A0F9007B3776C17"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the visual impacts
of the structures and facilities on the wilderness areas can reasonably be
minimized.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H84CC7AC72A3942DE9C07F5C800ACFCF5"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Hunting,
fishing, and trapping</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The
Secretary of the Interior may designate, by regulation, areas in which, and
establish periods during which, for reasons of public safety, administration,
or compliance with applicable laws, no hunting, fishing, or trapping will be
permitted in the wilderness areas designated or expanded by this title. Except
in the case of an emergency, the Secretary shall make such designations in
consultation with the appropriate agency of the State of Nevada.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H3CE61F4C83FA4084BDB4ABAE9326EF32"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Cooperative
agreement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The State of
Nevada, including a designee of the State, may conduct wildlife management
activities in the wilderness areas designated or expanded by this title—</text>
<paragraph id="H3CC60AD8415F4265BE00A793A822D412"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in accordance with
the terms and conditions specified in the cooperative agreement between the
Secretary of the Interior and the State entitled <quote>Memorandum of
Understanding between the Bureau of Land Management and the Nevada Department
of Wildlife Supplement No. 9</quote> and signed November and December 2003,
including any amendments to the cooperative agreement agreed to by the
Secretary and the State; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HECCB0422BA4A41C3B938A01393897CD3"><enum>(2)</enum><text>subject to all
applicable laws and regulations.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H9075FFE2294141AA9FC462E355BAE62"><enum>207.</enum><header>Wildfire
management</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Consistent with
section 4 of the Wilderness Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1133">16 U.S.C. 1133</external-xref>), nothing in this title
precludes a Federal, State, or local agency from conducting wildfire management
operations (including operations using aircraft or mechanized equipment) to
manage wildfires in the wilderness areas designated or expanded by this
title.</text>
</section><section id="H65FF8A5FBB6B421A8E4470B7D632DA4B"><enum>208.</enum><header>Climatological
data collection</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Subject to
such terms and conditions as the Secretary of the Interior may prescribe,
nothing in this title precludes the installation and maintenance of hydrologic,
meteorologic, or climatological collection devices in the wilderness areas
designated or expanded by this title if the facilities and access to the
facilities are essential to flood warning, flood control, and water reservoir
operation activities.</text>
</section><section id="HD281BD83434A4178844E7D1D018EA77B"><enum>209.</enum><header>National Park
System lands</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">To the extent any
of the provisions of this title are in conflict with laws, regulations, or
management policies applicable to Federal land within the Lake Mead National
Recreation Area designated as wilderness by this title, those laws,
regulations, or policies shall control.</text>
</section><enum>III</enum><header>General
Provisions</header>
<section id="H766AE4675A8C4AE299212C9DEFFEFF96"><enum>301.</enum><header>Relationship to
Clark County Multi-Species Habitat Conservation Plan</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Nothing in this Act shall be construed as
limiting, altering, modifying, or amending the Clark County Multi-Species
Habitat Conservation Plan with respect to the Gold Butte National Conservation
Area established by title I and the lands designated as wilderness by title II,
including the specific management actions contained in the Clark County
Multi-Species Habitat Conservation Plan for the conservation of perennial
springs. However, with respect to the Gold Butte National Conservation Area and
the lands designated as wilderness, the Secretary of the Interior shall credit
the conservation area and the lands as Conservation Management Areas, as may be
required by the Clark County Multi-Species Habitat Conservation Plan or future
amendments thereto.</text>
</section>