1.Short
title; table of contents
(a)This Act may be cited
as the California Desert Protection
Act of 2011
.
(b)The table of contents of this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of
contents.
Sec. 2. Amendments to the California Desert Protection Act of
1994.
TITLE XIII—Mojave Trails National
Monument
Sec. 1301.
Definitions.
Sec. 1302. Establishment of the Mojave Trails National
Monument.
Sec. 1303. Management of the
Monument.
Sec. 1304. Uses of the
monument.
Sec. 1305. Acquisition of
land.
Sec. 1306. Advisory
Committee.
Sec. 1307. Renewable energy right-of-way
applications.
TITLE XIV—Sand to Snow National
Monument
Sec. 1401.
Definitions.
Sec. 1402. Establishment of the Sand to Snow National
Monument.
Sec. 1403. Management of the
Monument.
Sec. 1404. Uses of the
Monument.
Sec. 1405. Acquisition of
land.
Sec. 1406. Advisory
Committee.
TITLE
XV—Wilderness
Sec. 1501. Designation of wilderness
areas.
Sec. 1502.
Management.
Sec. 1503. Release of wilderness study
areas.
TITLE XVI—Designation of special management
area
Sec. 1601.
Definitions.
Sec. 1602. Establishment of the Vinagre Wash Special Management
Area.
Sec. 1603.
Management.
Sec. 1604. Potential
wilderness.
TITLE XVII—National Park System
additions
Sec. 1701. Death Valley National Park boundary
revision.
Sec. 1702. Mojave National
Preserve.
Sec. 1703. Joshua Tree National Park boundary
revision.
Sec. 1704. Authorization of
appropriations.
TITLE XVIII—Off-highway vehicle recreation
areas
Sec. 1801. Designation of off-highway vehicle recreation
areas.
TITLE
XIX—Miscellaneous
Sec. 1901. State land transfers and
exchanges.
Sec. 1902. Military
activities.
Sec. 1903. Climate change and wildlife
corridors.
Sec. 1904. Prohibited uses of donated and acquired
land.
Sec. 1905. Tribal uses and
interests.
Sec. 3. Designation of wild and scenic rivers.
2.Amendments to
the California Desert Protection Act of 1994
(a)Public Law 103–433
(16 U.S.C. 410aaa et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the
following:
<enum>XIII</enum><header>Mojave Trails
National Monument</header>
<section id="id1B2210AE4528460EBFB78EFF5FA3EE4E"><enum>1301.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this title:</text>
<paragraph id="idCA88B9FD5E5D4D3F89F5471EE7387294"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Map</header><text>The
term <quote>map</quote> means the map entitled <quote>Boundary Map, Mojave
Trails National Monument</quote> and dated November 19, 2009.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id4C344D4F1C7A4828AE09341FCAE1F098"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Monument</header><text>The
term <quote>Monument</quote> means the Mojave Trails National Monument
established by section 1302(a).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id129C0E53E0104C349957C2711656A1CA"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Study
area</header><text>The term <quote>study area</quote> means the land
that—</text>
<subparagraph id="id7C6BC05D38CE462B88E74D6C40117386"><enum>(A)</enum><text>is described
in—</text>
<clause id="id19B590F5B9974138A3263BDA583EDF0E"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the notice of the
Bureau of Land Management of September 15, 2008 entitled <quote>Notice of
Proposed Legislative Withdrawal and Opportunity for Public Meeting;
California</quote> (73 Fed. Reg. 53269); or</text>
</clause><clause id="idA4A68E4E4BAB422FB1B305EAEC569604"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>any subsequent
notice in the Federal Register that is related to the notice described in
clause (i); and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id333AD817CACA4ED69F4FAE429EA58305"><enum>(B)</enum><text>has been
segregated by the Director of the Bureau of Land Management.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></section><section id="id11ABF93458C1447FB92E160AEC0FE8BA"><enum>1302.</enum><header>Establishment
of the Mojave Trails National Monument</header>
<subsection id="ID64aa19a97ce14aeaa5df370c256729af"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>There
is designated in the State the Mojave Trails National Monument.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="idC637AF2F54AD43A99A92F846EA4DDC6F"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Purposes</header><text>The
purposes of the Monument are—</text>
<paragraph id="id0374C2831264485B919C5368B5461028"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to preserve the
nationally significant biological, cultural, recreational, geological,
educational, historic, scenic, and scientific values—</text>
<subparagraph id="id406CEEC635B84AB1B5E3DF2168157C2F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the Central
and Eastern Mojave Desert; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id808F038D7C9C4BC2A45A9FF6A5CF459F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>along historic
Route 66; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idB50AA2E042DC45A39DCF883F186C1553"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to secure the
opportunity for present and future generations to experience and enjoy the
magnificent vistas, wildlife, land forms, and natural and cultural resources of
the Monument.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDcc91a9f81fe049988651c1dd2454eeac"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Boundaries</header>
<paragraph id="id658A8AE50F9C4ABC979D45550A6C37F5"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Except as provided in paragraph (2), the Monument shall
consist of the Federal land and Federal interests in land within the boundaries
depicted on the map.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id4588426659804CB3AE493D2E14D44C23"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Exclusions</header>
<subparagraph id="idE31620444DDB42959B3F4B3BBD689FAE"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Study
area</header><text>Subject to subparagraph (B), the study area shall be
excluded from the Monument to permit the Secretary of the Navy to study the
land within the study area for—</text>
<clause id="id05B5DC732D0C4911AD146C585BAA2BD5"><enum>(i)</enum><text>withdrawal in
accordance with the Act of February 28, 1958 (43 U.S.C. 155 et seq.);
and</text>
</clause><clause id="idBCEA0D13DF1E43C4987CBE8C184A27B2"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>potential
inclusion into the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center at Twentynine Palms,
California, for national defense purposes.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id28417A91D8404DBEA0CA8E5FCB2B18E7"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Incorporation
in monument</header><text>After action by the Secretary of Defense and Congress
regarding the withdrawal under subparagraph (A), any land within the study area
that is not withdrawn shall be incorporated into the Monument.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDe14e3157fe1c448f8828d0ba13fea8c7"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Map; legal
descriptions</header>
<paragraph id="ID61840edbdb114bb0bea406a14323492a"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Legal
description</header><text>As soon as practicable after the date of enactment of
this title, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Natural Resources of
the House of Representatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
of the Senate legal descriptions of the Monument, based on the map.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID93d24494f8c94ff9be20bce8e49e7c47"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Corrections</header><text>The
map and legal descriptions of the Monument 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 and legal descriptions.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idE54B6E67D8E3461D85AFE8E26FDFC515"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Availability of
map</header><text>The map shall be on file and available for public inspection
in the appropriate offices of the Bureau of Land Management.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id61D8AC5D32744D3883599D81583B6BD1"><enum>1303.</enum><header>Management of
the Monument</header>
<subsection id="IDdfbff874e3b74cbdb7c817db76212fd0"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Secretary shall—</text>
<paragraph id="id7EA35E532E9645008C076DA017BFF217"><enum>(1)</enum><text>only allow uses
of the Monument that—</text>
<subparagraph id="idDC1F082EB364466FB89A28934335ED38"><enum>(A)</enum><text>further the
purposes described in section 1302(b);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id1C043D06EFC04AC1A1D05E966859F949"><enum>(B)</enum><text>are included in
the management plan developed under subsection (g); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDc51972ff6dda4516b168b8e6ff011946"><enum>(C)</enum><text>do not interfere
with the utility rights-of-way or corridors authorized under section 1304(f);
and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idA4B0894C2EEC4238A9DB1732D34AB626"><enum>(2)</enum><text>subject to valid
existing rights, manage the Monument to protect the resources of the Monument,
in accordance with—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID3720bbfa1f304f2a95ad278525ed20a0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>this Act;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID08edfcbf2dca497997d6065e2340c184"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Federal Land
Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID3ec41698e136441cadde14bf7196337d"><enum>(C)</enum><text>any other
applicable provisions of law.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDb8b6365e61804319af26e5b9c9a792b4"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Cooperation
agreements; general authority</header><text>Consistent with the management plan
and existing authorities applicable to the Monument, the Secretary may enter
into cooperative agreements and shared management arrangements (including
special use permits with any person (including educational institutions and
Indian tribes)), for the purposes of interpreting, researching, and providing
education on the resources of the Monument.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID44fd7530638f43729ba9d70f9cedc3a3"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Administration
of subsequently acquired land</header><text>Any land or interest in land within
the boundaries of the Monument that is acquired by the Secretary after the date
of enactment of this title shall be managed by the Secretary in accordance with
this title.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID0ffcc4df24bc4990a0dc447c0505d956"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Limitations</header>
<paragraph id="id693107C764144AF7AA91D5BE1A83D766"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Property
rights</header><text>The establishment of the Monument does not—</text>
<subparagraph id="id275B96A6D17A4F698C5376568F7D432D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>affect—</text>
<clause id="id69D598AE5586435E860F6FFF47D31B4C"><enum>(i)</enum><text>any property
rights of an Indian reservation, individually held trust land, or any other
Indian allotments;</text>
</clause><clause id="id340261A79B254E55AE16D73B922306BC"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>any land or
interests in land held by the State, any political subdivision of the State, or
any special district; or</text>
</clause><clause id="idC219969EFF2E447F8B02163B85DEE738"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>any private
property rights within the boundaries of the Monument; or</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idD64BA8DF9947469A90472BC8180BBF05"><enum>(B)</enum><text>grant to the
Secretary any authority on or over non-Federal land not already provided by
law.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id21B2FB765C884E73B2DF2CE3310BA5D7"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Authority</header><text>The
authority of the Secretary under this title extends only to Federal land and
Federal interests in land included in the Monument.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDc6846e60df064a12bbfeac16b429e4d1"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Adjacent
management</header>
<paragraph id="IDe8a6aabd6a0949f79750e42d3d662767"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Nothing in this title creates any protective perimeter or
buffer zone around the Monument.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idC3C0ACC4FE4E47C6ACF2018A496C5852"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Activities
outside monument</header><text>The fact that an activity or use on land outside
the Monument can be seen or heard within the Monument shall not preclude the
activity or use outside the boundary of the Monument.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id1C77ACB9A3AE477887312A00598E47C6"><enum>(3)</enum><header>No additional
regulation</header><text>Nothing in this title requires additional regulation
of activities on land outside the boundary of the Monument.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID25b60773dd0a4310a2f1fcf8fbe29ef3"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Air and water
quality</header><text>Nothing in this title affects the standards governing air
or water quality outside the boundary of the Monument.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="IDcbda11852ebb40a5beef0ac694b2169f"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Management
plan</header>
<paragraph id="ID4d0d1bbcf7c64f1288cb8b2fe77e99a2"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Secretary shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="idB84E2D4CD64D4083AE577B0B1C1351B5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>not later than 3
years after the date of enactment of this title, complete a management plan for
the conservation and protection of the Monument; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id52568C2789BD46CBA09FE0E25F36B3F6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>on completion of
the management plan—</text>
<clause id="id97D6BB8713034950B2C2F1587FB7A5AF"><enum>(i)</enum><text>submit the
management plan to—</text>
<subclause id="idF8374093BD424937881B28E59E6FF2CF"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the Committee on
Natural Resources of the House of Representatives; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="idD136DE2D118E4C47A843EC7179359A07"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the Committee on
Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate; and</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="id8A834395E1A847B9994935544C4530FD"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>make the
management plan available to the public.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDfb50559ffff246c39695c0d2578294a5"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Inclusions</header><text>The
management plan shall include provisions that—</text>
<subparagraph id="idE9A3C81B2A814CD7B7C757CDCF124F6E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>provide for the
conservation and protection of the Monument;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idDA8D12E051F045138AE3443A34DFE792"><enum>(B)</enum><text>authorize the
continued recreational uses of the Monument (including hiking, camping,
hunting, mountain biking, sightseeing, off-highway vehicle recreation on
designated routes, rockhounding, and horseback riding), if the recreational
uses are consistent with this section and any other applicable law;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id6A0BF97E610B48E5B808C5D87681529C"><enum>(C)</enum><text>address the need
for and, as necessary, establish plans for, the installation, construction, and
maintenance of public utility energy transport facilities within rights-of-way
in the Monument, including provisions that require that the activities be
conducted in a manner that minimizes the impact on Monument resources
(including resources relating to the ecological, cultural, historic, and scenic
viewshed of the Monument), in accordance with any other applicable law;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDd605648b05254678a22cd2bfade9ae19"><enum>(D)</enum><text>address the
designation and maintenance of roads, trails, and paths in the Monument;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDe111276736b8494eb77ca85bd22ab526"><enum>(E)</enum><text>address regional
fire management planning and coordination between the Director of the Bureau of
Land Management, the Director of the National Park Service, and San Bernardino
County; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID2543923bcde64960899c5aa32ffefb40"><enum>(F)</enum><text>address the
establishment of a visitor center to serve the Monument and adjacent public
land.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID873bcd97fe2e45ee9733697779e97fb5"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Preparation and
implementation</header>
<subparagraph id="ID537e22369bd84c18b72ca23319c4fe79"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Applicable
law</header><text>The Secretary shall prepare and implement the management plan
in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C.
4321 et seq.) and any other applicable laws.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idECA0096465F0461B867C24B040A9F6BA"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Consultation</header><text>In
preparing and implementing the management plan, the Secretary shall
periodically consult with—</text>
<clause id="id5979379D085444F2AD65C6DDA7F012B4"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the advisory
committee established under section 1306;</text>
</clause><clause id="id16C9A073E6804B02B149A3571E2CCFC7"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>interested
private property owners and holders of valid existing rights located within the
boundaries of the Monument; and</text>
</clause><clause id="id3F7D4D92957E4F4CBC8DA230AC7F64EE"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>representatives
of the Fort Mojave Indian tribe, the Colorado River Indian Tribe, the
Chemehuevi Indian tribe, and other Indian tribes with historic or cultural ties
to land within, or adjacent to, the Monument regarding the management of
portions of the Monument containing sacred sites or cultural importance to the
Indian tribes.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDb53e5ec0b2634ef99ebfc56dd8d59208"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Interim
management</header><text>Except as otherwise provided in this Act, pending
completion of the management plan for the Monument, the Secretary shall manage
any Federal land and Federal interests in land within the boundary of the
Monument—</text>
<subparagraph id="id68B71D50BFDE4650A1EA9AE3FB15AFF9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>consistent with
the existing permitted uses of the land;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idEF8B15E2F1D1446681604B7456B9E0D6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in accordance
with the general guidelines and authorities of the existing management plans of
the Bureau of Land Management for the land; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id75D88A16EAE147909258965B9018D5B6"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in a manner
consistent with—</text>
<clause id="idFE7E08DFC76348F3AEF524CDC97FCFFF"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the purposes
described in section 1302(b);</text>
</clause><clause id="id8428249473BE4B1B81E6A0C37D78B0C6"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the provisions
of the management plan under paragraph (2); and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCF622F43BE124E35984FCD1860B0169A"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>applicable
Federal law.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID391111ce7c3245d2b2f840d3f516f827"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Effect of
section</header><text>Nothing in this section diminishes or alters existing
authorities applicable to Federal land included in the Monument.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="id0D3C596C3ECF43699F12BA99E7B8CBB6"><enum>1304.</enum><header>Uses of the
monument</header>
<subsection id="IDa48de18b47774390811335ec6732a664"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Use of
off-Highway vehicles</header>
<paragraph id="id68806B3C3A324B59B45EECF9B6855DD7"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The use of off-highway vehicles in the Monument
(including the use of off-highway vehicles for commercial touring) shall be
permitted to continue on designated routes, subject to all applicable law and
and authorized by the management plan.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id3753FABC9B1C403CA8BF92C8E2A8D4C2"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Nondesignated
routes</header><text>Off-highway vehicle access shall be permitted on
nondesignated routes and trails in the Monument—</text>
<subparagraph id="id6F84D121F0AA4D2E8BF8818097F0310D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>for
administrative purposes;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id6AB21E6ECAB946E78BE175D583550F9A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to respond to an
emergency; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id5947A0D29BC54B62B378C83EF1A60E06"><enum>(C)</enum><text>as authorized
under the management plan.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDe8b41e5a355d48a091b65e0ca22f5a85"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Inventory</header><text>Not
later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this title, the Director of
the Bureau of Land Management shall complete an inventory of all existing
routes in the Monument.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID42d5b90d3cc947ed9b6588a94c028128"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Hunting,
trapping, and fishing</header>
<paragraph id="ID27342bb59a0e4a1b9e07f6049f4451cc"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Except as provided in paragraph (2), the Secretary shall
permit hunting, trapping, and fishing within the Monument in accordance with
applicable Federal and State laws (including regulations) in effect as of the
date of enactment of this title.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id6E15C1D16797418E93666904CF87C3A2"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Trapping</header><text>No
amphibians or reptiles may be collected within the Monument.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDa0d45a89c0fc4580a73116d91ac580ae"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Regulations</header><text>The
Secretary, after consultation with the California Department of Fish and Game,
may issue regulations designating zones where, and establishing periods during
which, no hunting, trapping, or fishing shall be permitted in the Monument for
reasons of public safety, administration, resource protection, or public use
and enjoyment.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID62385a7dea994754b305c1086769e1d0"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Grazing</header>
<paragraph id="id8D8EFABD819043EB8ECE2BD6332B6ED7"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Nothing in this title terminates any valid existing
grazing allotment within the Monument.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id3974FC926A184C17A90D7F6AB07CB8B5"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Effect on blair
permit</header><text>Nothing in this title affects the Lazy Daisy grazing
permit (permittee number 9076) on land included in the Monument, including the
transfer of title to the grazing permit to the Secretary or to a private
party.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID301c778622634e1a89a76e0a7e725911"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Permit
retirement</header><text>The Secretary may acquire base property and associated
grazing permits within the Monument for purposes of permanently retiring the
permit if—</text>
<subparagraph id="id4EF58BD609544A5698EFE83CECA2A746"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the permittee is
a willing seller;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id41F19327BCF2469885C5EC0C2080DA88"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the permittee and
Secretary reach an agreement concerning the terms and conditions of the
acquisition; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id66FFA20DA67F4118BC76080C74F3E522"><enum>(C)</enum><text>termination of
the allotment would further the purposes of the Monument described in section
1302(b).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDddd9a4be1d8841169688839027e5d485"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Access to State
and private land</header><text>The Secretary shall provide adequate access to
each owner of non-Federal land or interests in non-Federal land within the
boundary of the Monument to ensure the reasonable use and enjoyment of the land
or interest by the owner.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID3a2dc78206f847fea37dcd854ac019aa"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Limitations</header>
<paragraph id="id19B78C736529486B8E43C1DF44ACE346"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Commercial
enterprises</header><text>Except as provided in paragraphs (2) and (3), or as
required for the maintenance, upgrade, expansion, or development of energy
transport facilities in the corridors described in subsection (g), no
commercial enterprises shall be authorized within the boundary of the Monument
after the date of enactment of this title.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id1660C24C24604BA783DB7789E0652D0B"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Authorized
exceptions</header><text>The Secretary may authorize exceptions to paragraph
(1) if the Secretary determines that the commercial enterprises would further
the purposes described in section 1302(b).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id2CA3045965F14B22B12BC68EFB03D8A7"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Applicability</header><text>This
subsection does not apply to—</text>
<subparagraph id="id02E0EC83AB6A48399EF6B74F661DEE1D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>transmission and
telecommunication facilities that are owned or operated by a utility subject to
regulation by the Federal Government or a State government or a State utility
with a service obligation (as those terms are defined in section 217 of the
Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 824q)); or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDd2134042773d4333893cbdcd0d72373b"><enum>(B)</enum><text>commercial
vehicular touring enterprises within the Monument that operate on designated
routes.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID4eaa39fda31e48979b532fdde1e467c9"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Utility
rights-of-Way</header>
<paragraph id="id877F0A62BC7A4CF096E41801013B059D"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Nothing in this title precludes, prevents, or inhibits
the maintenance, upgrade, expansion, or development of energy transport
facilities within the Monument that are critical to reducing the effects of
climate change on the environment.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idCC004DC785844880A26EF1DA54E0D21D"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Authorization</header><text>The
Secretary shall, to the maximum extent practicable—</text>
<subparagraph id="idEF3B03D40D294329A775C3E4654B0141"><enum>(A)</enum><text>permit
rights-of-way and alignments that best protect the values and resources of the
Monument described in section 1302(b); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idFE425C2AB55F4AE283991C9BF02873EA"><enum>(B)</enum><text>ensure that
existing rights-of-way and utility corridors within the Monument are fully
utilized before permitting new rights-of-way or designating new utility
corridors within the Monument.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID37397545684041d2bf73ebc74f38d8e8"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Effect on
existing facilities and rights-of-way</header><text>Nothing in this section
terminates or limits—</text>
<subparagraph id="id8EEA9FA0F4EF4B73B0B534A3487C2B4E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>any valid
right-of-way within the Monument in existence on the date of enactment of this
title (including customary operation, maintenance, repair, or replacement
activities in a right-of-way); or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idEACA56B192DC4ACF9911E253F934266E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a right-of-way
authorization issued on the expiration of an existing right-of-way
authorization described in subparagraph (A).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID9e1c5aae4e444ba18ea90848b5330173"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Upgrading and
expansion of existing rights-of-way</header><text>Nothing in this subsection
prohibits the upgrading (including the construction or replacement), expansion,
or assignment of an existing utility transmission line for the purpose of
increasing the capacity of—</text>
<subparagraph id="idE93E0B88DF924AA782D911CD9F677F17"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a transmission
line in existing rights-of-way; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idAC5F7167BAD6440495A3F76E9D9600DD"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a right-of-way
issued, granted, or permitted by the Secretary that is contiguous or adjacent
to existing transmission line rights-of-way.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID698d7ce1e4744f2c9f53711f63d76886"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Interstate 40
transportation corridor</header><text>For purposes of underground utility
rights-of-way under this subsection, the Secretary shall consider the
Interstate 40 transportation corridor to be equivalent to an existing utility
right-of-way corridor.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDdcddc809f438450c83107e610bff2b14"><enum>(6)</enum><header>New
rights-of-way</header>
<subparagraph id="id3F794A222EF347AB9359933720C2FAC3"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Any new rights-of-way or new uses within existing
rights-of-way shall—</text>
<clause id="idF79834C386E346F6A9F83088A3F1A927"><enum>(i)</enum><text>only be permitted
in energy corridors or expansions of energy corridors that are designated as of
the date of enactment of this title; and</text>
</clause><clause id="idE182205370C5433086B1C459EB1BF32C"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>subject to
subparagraph (B), require review and approval under the
<act-name parsable-cite="NEPA69">National Environmental Policy Act of
1969</act-name> (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.).</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idC370E02599A24AE48C2CE975949E22E9"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Approval</header><text>New
rights-of-way or uses or expansions of existing corridors under subparagraph
(A) shall only be approved if the head of the applicable lead Federal agency,
in consultation with other agencies as appropriate, determines that the new
rights-of-way, uses, or expansions are consistent with—</text>
<clause id="id12041880B819487C93B70A188BCE428E"><enum>(i)</enum><text>this
title;</text>
</clause><clause id="idC03FC2E14B2946EA9679376DC3274C24"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>other applicable
laws;</text>
</clause><clause id="id24A83D0E33F3443C80CF4358C2470B47"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the purposes of
the Monument described in section 1302(b); and</text>
</clause><clause id="ID645c1e4d16f24a75af883c2976d104b1"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>the management
plan for the Monument.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID8019baa552bc44d9949f82b03d5a8281"><enum>(g)</enum><header>West wide
energy corridor</header>
<paragraph id="IDb7b615eb63df48eab7d49ad6231e00fa"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Alternative
alignment</header><text>Subject to paragraph (2), to further the purposes of
the Monument described in section 1302(b), the Secretary may require a
realignment of the energy right-of-way corridor numbered 27–41 and designated
under the energy corridor planning process established by section 368 of the
Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 15926) if an alternative alignment within
the Monument—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID830e76c81eeb4203a705e52cf99cd030"><enum>(A)</enum><text>provides
substantially similar energy transmission capacity and reliability;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDafb61f202dbb467681e54a83158d35a6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>does not impair
other existing rights-of-way; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID0ab3d5af3f0b4305b622b58a0b48ddd4"><enum>(C)</enum><text>is compatible
with military training requirements.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID86e61644d953498dad6eba1d38482fda"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Consultation</header><text>Before
establishing an alternative alignment of the energy right-of-way corridor under
paragraph (1), the Secretary shall consult with—</text>
<subparagraph id="id3FF25DFD93854E3F96491CE89D9A0D68"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the Secretary of
Energy;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idCD737C770438484F8C363CC6230F3DE0"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Secretary of
Defense;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id30AD6DA0BF354B94BD8D347AFA8777D4"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the State,
including the transmission permitting agency of the State;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id6523D34500A7478DA158366EE0DDA591"><enum>(D)</enum><text>units of local
government in the State; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id64D24C37C7534FEE9B6C7B682124159F"><enum>(E)</enum><text>any entities
possessing valid existing rights-of-way within—</text>
<clause id="id25CF2943A4124A1EAF5D1420D9762823"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the energy
corridor described in paragraph (1); or</text>
</clause><clause id="id49438B00D35940739A03C1C4AB694C84"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>any potential
alternative energy corridor.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="IDeacba98646f94fb6ad3a87fe3989b788"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Effect on
energy transport corridors</header><text>Nothing in this subsection diminishes
the utility of energy transport corridors located within the Monument and
identified under section 368 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C.
15926), Energy Corridors E or I (as designated in the California Desert
Conservation Area Plan), or energy corridors numbered 27–41 and 27–225 and
designated by a record of decision—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="idB6C155772A7A49A68A57F87E418196A4"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to provide
locations for—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="idBEFC8B66D79D4DAA8FD712CB87EDE2DA"><enum>(i)</enum><text>electric
transmission facilities that improve reliability, relieve congestion, and
enhance the national grid; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="id936AA2DABE91467E885ECCC9475DF7B1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>oil, gas, and
hydrogen pipelines; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="ID3203a2f72ec5412ca68fed1d2aaac8ac"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to provide
locations for electric transmission facilities that—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="IDfafd372e64784f51918da1e358e57b43"><enum>(i)</enum><text>promote renewable
energy generation;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="ID7d187746183d40de98a0b06b640eb592"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>otherwise
further the interest of the United States if the transmission facilities are
identified as critical—</text>
<subclause commented="no" id="id4C5CED7329B0469C82A44E38483DC858"><enum>(I)</enum><text>in a Federal law;
or</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" id="idFA2E29392F9C48248D6E61CEC7D6E562"><enum>(II)</enum><text>through a
regional transmission planning process; or</text>
</subclause></clause><clause commented="no" id="ID2244ab60ebe14898bbb73ef746a988a8"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>consist of
high-voltage transmission facilities critical to the purposes described in
clause (i) or (ii).</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="IDb6a2f675361d4435856f00c5ef68562c"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Land use
planning</header><text>In conducting land use planning for the Monument, the
Secretary—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="id4C6586B9E0C24AB685ABA2949BEF5BE9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>shall consider
the existing locations of the corridors described in paragraph (3); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="idF3C8975EFA0D46788BD1ECDC185A901D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>subject to
paragraph (5), may amend the location of any energy corridors to comply with
purposes of the Monument if the amended corridor—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="IDdd410dbea48748b592e546e355d19027"><enum>(i)</enum><text>provides
connectivity across the landscape that is equivalent to the connectivity
provided by the existing location;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="IDb1f2ccf536e541cd889164df89b4fc5a"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>meets the
criteria established by—</text>
<subclause commented="no" id="id2F7780FC03734322864BE65B1CC75D75"><enum>(I)</enum><text>section 368 of
the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 15926); and</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" id="id81207B3FA7A14B2E97F285FD106123F4"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the record of
decision for the applicable corridor; and</text>
</subclause></clause><clause commented="no" id="ID5c8403c423474fbeaa4c4b1f94178c71"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>does not impair
or restrict the uses of existing rights-of-way.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="ID4bc4987cfe304b5c9fe21c7038f84ed4"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Consultation
required</header><text>Before amending a corridor under paragraph (4)(B), the
Secretary shall consult with all interested parties (including the persons
identified in section 368(a) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C.
15926(a))), in accordance with applicable laws (including regulations).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID5879c5db9f2b41aab54987d92d8c14ae"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Overflights</header><text>Nothing
in this title or the management plan restricts or precludes—</text>
<paragraph id="id79E2BC540C844D2B924DECCBE8DE41F2"><enum>(1)</enum><text>overflights
(including low-level overflights) of military, commercial, and general aviation
aircraft that can be seen or heard within the Monument;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id2B60A0777C584327B8C3A8D5A2B23911"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the designation
or creation of new units of special use airspace; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id3EE036A43BCD419B8CEB829A413B19F6"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the establishment
of military flight training routes over the Monument.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDa65b515d478348a3af40e047c4e59f9d"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Withdrawals</header>
<paragraph id="IDaef77c92846e45de8ba9c3cd48d7945a"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Subject to valid existing rights and except as provided
in paragraph (2), the Federal land and interests in Federal land included
within the Monument are withdrawn from—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDa13a3da8c60b4fd38128d0e5d0c82ca8"><enum>(A)</enum><text>all forms of
entry, appropriation, or disposal under the public land laws;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDe38053ca65c94a979ba5056fd828454e"><enum>(B)</enum><text>location, entry,
and patent under the public land mining laws;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDbecd6ac1a7cb4f39bf860619e9b063fa"><enum>(C)</enum><text>operation of the
mineral leasing, geothermal leasing, and mineral materials laws; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idBD87778F68E2474693BEA323DD90DED4"><enum>(D)</enum><text>energy
development and power generation.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDc34eeb0ac7814127a4edc0330ffd9ea8"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Exchange</header><text>Paragraph
(1) does not apply to an exchange that the Secretary determines would further
the protective purposes of the Monument.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID7d325c14feae4a8e932077c3fb595170"><enum>(j)</enum><header>Access to
renewable energy facilities</header>
<paragraph id="idFB490DE6FD204212B82AFD6B945A1F38"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>On a determination that no reasonable alternative access
exists and subject to paragraph (2), the Secretary may allow new right-of-ways
within the Monument to provide vehicular access to renewable energy project
sites outside the boundaries of the Monument.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id5F84F77852B94204AAFF2E6FD89DDB6B"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Restrictions</header><text>To
the maximum extent practicable, the rights-of-way shall be designed and sited
to be consistent with the purposes of the Monument described in section
1302(b).</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="idBB686243DD3E4DCF86C1E39EBBBC7111"><enum>1305.</enum><header>Acquisition
of land</header>
<subsection id="ID7ca3502f70a7424e8ca71417ed2914ab"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Secretary may acquire for inclusion in the Monument
any land or interests in land within the boundary of the Monument owned by the
State, units of local government, Indian tribes, or private individuals only
by—</text>
<paragraph id="IDf59aa7bf39644b0bb4f9518f9205d66a"><enum>(1)</enum><text>donation;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDddab797cd6b74066bec07e6baad864aa"><enum>(2)</enum><text>exchange with a
willing party; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID8e88c645b15841d6b21508f201e53df0"><enum>(3)</enum><text>purchase from a
willing seller for fair market value.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID8d6bf01789ea40a69fab37d9a9b59bb8"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Use of
easements</header><text>To the maximum extent practicable and only with the
approval of the landowner, the Secretary may use permanent conservation
easements to acquire an interest in land in the Monument rather than acquiring
fee simple title to the land.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="IDa1a9c9ad8c074a73b306d38b95df3213"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Incorporation
of acquired land and interests in land</header><text>Any land or interest in
land within the boundaries of the Monument that is acquired by the United
States after the date of enactment of this title shall be added to and
administered as part of the Monument.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="IDe2106fba0101400d87db8a55dead6831"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Donated and
acquired land</header>
<paragraph id="idB575CE01DACD42259D4C1A25E2BE15B7"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>All land within the boundary of the Monument donated to
the United States or acquired using amounts from the land and water
conservation fund established under section 2 of the
<act-name parsable-cite="LWCFA">Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965
(16 U.S.C. 460l</act-name>–5) before, on, or after the date of enactment of
this title—</text>
<subparagraph id="id88BF489BC1A641A5B5C0851C2D3DC65F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>is withdrawn from
mineral entry;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id2C3A1382115A4DCAAE8FB9B64E865214"><enum>(B)</enum><text>shall be managed
in accordance with section 1904; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID04379b735af649fe99498a88e084f50b"><enum>(C)</enum><text>shall be managed
consistent with the purposes of the Monument described in section
1302(b).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id41934202989747D0A86733BEC7C478BE"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Effect on
monument</header><text>Land within the boundary of the Monument that is
contiguous to land donated to the United States or acquired using amounts from
the land and water conservation fund established under section 2 of the
<act-name parsable-cite="LWCFA">Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965
(16 U.S.C. 460l</act-name>–5) shall be managed in a manner consistent with
conservation purposes, subject to applicable law.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id68516ABBB7F84A66AB027EDBD035EB79"><enum>1306.</enum><header>Advisory
Committee</header>
<subsection id="id198AB1DD5FA14355BF5CECCC7E2B1DD3"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Secretary shall establish an advisory committee for
the Monument, the purpose of which is to advise the Secretary with respect to
the preparation and implementation of the management plan required by section
1303(g).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="IDc281d9bb1ddf4fe0aa468239ed0fb964"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Membership</header><text>To
the extent practicable, the advisory committee shall include the following
members, to be appointed by the Secretary:</text>
<paragraph id="ID5d6dde2e14e948f0a13d2fcc0ac34d73"><enum>(1)</enum><text>A representative
with expertise in natural science and research selected from a regional
university or research institute.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDf14f803cf18e44619fda0e1080ded972"><enum>(2)</enum><text>A representative
of the California Natural Resources Agency.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idE2CD4593C3634F4994652780AD534984"><enum>(3)</enum><text>A representative
of the California Public Utilities Commission.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID557e81e4fc744714bb788594dafd5ef5"><enum>(4)</enum><text>A representative
of the County of San Bernardino, California.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID2051c37b7de24b86841b164fdecf0333"><enum>(5)</enum><text>A representative
of each of the cities of Barstow, Needles, Twentynine Palms, and Yucca Valley,
California.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDd05c2ca0c5324101a3148d6ed9106a99"><enum>(6)</enum><text>A representative
of each of the Colorado River, Fort Mojave, and the Chemehuevi Indian
tribes.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDe74f9c1c4afe49f0ab16c9981903e8b2"><enum>(7)</enum><text>A representative
from the Department of Defense.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID650124a47a6d42f4a8385d1da35c3cc8"><enum>(8)</enum><text>A representative
of the Wildlands Conservancy.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID0e882f799cd8415d8edadc97b0094191"><enum>(9)</enum><text>A representative
of a local conservation organization.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDa8a65fc11bd04d3da18c563b2c825988"><enum>(10)</enum><text>A representative
of a historical preservation organization.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID6c6f356e6a4c472682559a0e64b2269a"><enum>(11)</enum><text>A representative
from each of the following recreational activities:</text>
<subparagraph id="id3E3F2A831B3D4D0084D648D7DB73DDF4"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Off-highway
vehicles.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idC01B25BC51064B27A7D0E3E6AE649830"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Hunting.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id65C20D8F3F04439F852C102561A79C41"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Rockhounding.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID43c93a776e0f483dbb8663eba00c9732"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Terms</header>
<paragraph id="ID41224c430b254a63a7c1938254867254"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>In appointing members under paragraphs (1) through (11)
of subsection (b), the Secretary shall appoint 1 primary member and 1 alternate
member that meets the qualifications described in each of those
paragraphs.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id96CF1D8711BC41138E088EC856154D08"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Vacancy</header>
<subparagraph id="id33BA21934E384CADBFC69331EACC3CEA"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Primary
member</header><text>A vacancy on the advisory committee with respect to a
primary member shall be filled by the applicable alternate member.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idBC903C6873F943C7A5FC86AEEA39CBE3"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Alternate
member</header><text>The Secretary shall appoint a new alternate members in the
event of a vacancy with respect to an alternate member of the advisory
committee.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDae8d0342001843a7b52fbc673f325b70"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Termination</header>
<subparagraph id="idC6EAE8638E5D4F05961D5CF91C757A61"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The term of all members of the advisory committee shall
terminate on the termination of the advisory committee under subsection
(g).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id0ECF459F6B4B452C9D7735B5DF4B1DFD"><enum>(B)</enum><header>New advisory
committee</header><text>At the discretion of the Secretary, the Secretary may
establish a new advisory committee on the termination of the advisory committee
under subsection (g) to provide ongoing recommendations on the management of
the Monument.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDdfb2c909cca4439dabc5c68f61f63672"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Quorum</header><text>A
quorum of the advisory committee shall consist of a majority of the primary
members.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID1b2d4dd0b3c640af82d53a651ba13f71"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Chairperson and
procedures</header>
<paragraph id="idF0E11F04D54F4CBB8A73BE9BA8A15C3D"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The advisory committee shall select a chairperson and
vice chairperson from among the primary members of the advisory
committee.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id5992307FFC934E35834B480DFB9763F2"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Duties</header><text>The
chairperson and vice chairperson selected under paragraph (1) shall establish
any rules and procedures for the advisory committee that the chairperson and
vice-chairperson determine to be necessary or desirable.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID414bbf91430744efb7c7d6b8a0b6e94c"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Service without
compensation</header><text>Members of the advisory committee shall serve
without pay.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID1a0c5fd205054338a4ea7a1679ece111"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Termination</header><text>The
advisory committee shall cease to exist on—</text>
<paragraph id="id36A3D2A58AA247BC9FD22CBA8A3947AC"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the date on which
the management plan is officially adopted by the Secretary; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idCB87BD86ABAC48D0925523D07AC7F937"><enum>(2)</enum><text>at the discretion
of the Secretary, a later date established by the Secretary.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="idE923E58AB6514CDFA68AC332A20F77B0"><enum>1307.</enum><header>Renewable
energy right-of-way applications</header>
<subsection id="ID12b35d82f4254407b041195dfb36ca47"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Applicants for rights-of-way for the development of solar
energy facilities that have been terminated by the establishment of the
Monument shall be granted the right of first refusal to apply for replacement
sites that—</text>
<paragraph id="ID06c65940c5ce4a92867c45db1ffca382"><enum>(1)</enum><text>have not
previously been encumbered by right-of-way applications; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID7a9f320750f8465db76ee34dd1e24689"><enum>(2)</enum><text>are located
within the Solar Energy Zones designated by the Solar Energy Programmatic
Environmental Impact Statement of the Department of the Interior and the
Department of Energy.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID754a065b1a3544d59a441e97e9e27901"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Eligibility</header><text>To
be eligible for a right of first refusal under subsection (a), an applicant
shall have, on or before December 1, 2009—</text>
<paragraph id="idFA93270A95C940CF9119E77D0352A198"><enum>(1)</enum><text>submitted an
application for a right-of-way to the Bureau of Land Management;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id313EB3862B614B0FAE8EB9313C78D377"><enum>(2)</enum><text>completed a plan
of development to develop a solar energy facility on land within the
Monument;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id8CC228C42A354A179DCC09DC3F509F71"><enum>(3)</enum><text>submitted cost
recovery funds to the Bureau of Land Management to assist with the costs of
processing the right-of-way application;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id527FFA6912524A188106F8FB174E0950"><enum>(4)</enum><text>successfully
submitted an application for an interconnection agreement with an electrical
grid operator that is registered with the North American Electric Reliability
Corporation; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID1d6f9b4752de4aa88012e3e78d3ab85a"><enum>(5)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id765603277AE24C3CB03555339D310A3C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>secured a power
purchase agreement; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID95bc7c14b7184502978d63c953a3e00d" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a financially and technically viable
solar energy facility project, as determined by the Director of the Bureau of
Land Management.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDdbce7bfb9e524d17b837834826ef1a8a"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Equivalent
energy production</header><text>Each right-of-way for a replacement site
granted under this section shall—</text>
<paragraph id="ID4961385e467c40909aef17040c64644e"><enum>(1)</enum><text>authorize the
same energy production at the replacement site as had been applied for at the
site that had been the subject of the terminated application; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDda6a71fe80a34debac22d93065e9cd9f"><enum>(2)</enum><text>have—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDade570b1e9284fbbb289c4eadffb530e"><enum>(A)</enum><text>appropriate solar
insolation and geotechnical attributes; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID253b506e24a44976a14a43ad814cb0ce"><enum>(B)</enum><text>adequate access
to existing transmission or feasible new transmission.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID00b257e87574493d9592401dbf003e02"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Existing
rights-of-Way applications</header><text>Nothing in this section alters,
affects, or displaces primary rights-of-way applications within the Solar
Energy Study Areas unless the applications are otherwise altered, affected, or
displaced as a result of the Solar Energy Programmatic Environmental Impact
Statement of the Department of the Interior and the Department of
Energy.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID2fbde7ee7de2467d80c633b537a9076c"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Deadlines</header><text>A
right of first refusal granted under this section shall only be exercisable by
the later of—</text>
<paragraph id="ID1bb4a295811a4042ab8e258a5d461921"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the date that is
180 days after the date of enactment of this title; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID02eda90bcd63492c83b64bc20adc7b86"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the date that is
180 days after the date of the designation of the Solar Energy Zones under the
Solar Energy Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID300db26ccb8b45469649eddc651c3c60"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Expedited
application processing</header><text>The Secretary shall expedite the review of
replacement site applications from eligible applicants, as described in
subsection (b).</text>
</subsection></section><enum>XIV</enum><header>Sand to Snow
National Monument</header>
<section id="id7A68159BC68E46B69422914094D7E635"><enum>1401.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this title:</text>
<paragraph id="id7391503F84334FF69423F55D483C387E"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Map</header><text>The
term <quote>map</quote> means the map entitled <quote>Boundary Map, Sand to
Snow National Monument</quote> and dated October 26, 2009.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id28ECEF376AC4496AB5A1FEB8176B82B6"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Monument</header><text>The
term <quote>Monument</quote> means the Sand to Snow National Monument
established by section 1402(a).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id62F9E3AA894B4478AD88F59500873901"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Secretaries</header><text>The
term <quote>Secretaries</quote> means the Secretary of the Interior and the
Secretary of Agriculture, acting jointly.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="id6FD1D36875E24D2F98AABC72B61C1886"><enum>1402.</enum><header>Establishment
of the Sand to Snow National Monument</header>
<subsection id="id69FE926DDE4345209B435BDE6D3DE5AF"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>There
is designated in the State the Sand to Snow National Monument.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id272F517C432741D589011506CE0740ED"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Purposes</header><text>The
purposes of the Monument are—</text>
<paragraph id="idD0B2515E606948A78FB4905A1C191C56"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to preserve the
nationally significant biological, cultural, educational, geological, historic,
scenic, and recreational values at the convergence of the Mojave and Colorado
Desert and the San Bernardino Mountains; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id94EE6B49068747D99A6469021F58FC45"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to secure the
opportunity for present and future generations to experience and enjoy the
magnificent vistas, wildlife, land forms, and natural and cultural resources of
the Monument.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idD7320D7AE13247FEA4DB7FBA5101599E"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Boundaries</header><text>The
Monument shall consist of the Federal land and Federal interests in land within
the boundaries depicted on the map.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="idCB538F05E6BB42CC9370149BDC535ABA"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Map; legal
descriptions</header>
<paragraph id="id0F400D53665C494D88E3BC3D880CD969"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Legal
description</header><text>As soon as practicable after the date of enactment of
this title, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Natural Resources of
the House of Representatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
of the Senate legal descriptions of the Monument, based on the map.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idD97A75DCC8804503AA833D21F1CA8CA7"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Corrections</header><text>The
map and legal descriptions of the Monument 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 and legal descriptions.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idAD4C840AC2F54F8E97C37DB3484F3925"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Availability of
map</header><text>The map shall be on file and available for public inspection
in appropriate offices of the Bureau of Land Management.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="idA60AC20675124182BE0888A4A641FFAB"><enum>1403.</enum><header>Management of
the Monument</header>
<subsection id="id8555BCC01CBF45C9893203D8A123349B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Secretary shall—</text>
<paragraph id="id3899ACEEC1AF457CA0FFB39710234A7F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>only allow uses
of the Monument that—</text>
<subparagraph id="idBFE105FA74A7400EA89ACDC23725B01C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>further the
purposes described in section 1402(b);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idEACA7F3E4E9E44CD8586EBD76BB3F113"><enum>(B)</enum><text>are included in
the management plan developed under subsection (g); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID9f59b4915feb4aaabc9d77ef11f39826"><enum>(C)</enum><text>do not interfere
with the utility rights-of-way authorized under section 1405(e); and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idE62951023DF94001AF8EA71BB6227890"><enum>(2)</enum><text>subject to valid
existing rights, manage the Monument to protect the resources of the Monument,
in accordance with—</text>
<subparagraph id="id06DA3C5B3F3E46A8AFA1B6AD04992C70"><enum>(A)</enum><text>this
title;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id0D9BCD77259C420086D5F16D8F43F53C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Federal Land
Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idD5448D61B19D43C0B2E13BDE2C055818"><enum>(C)</enum><text>any other
applicable provisions of law.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id406883909B4140598A624C08BEEA5AE8"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Cooperation
agreements; general authority</header><text>Consistent with the management plan
and existing authorities applicable to the Monument, the Secretary may enter
into cooperative agreements and shared management arrangements (including
special use permits with any person (including educational institutions and
Indian tribes)), for the purposes of interpreting, researching, and providing
education on the resources of the Monument.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id7B250AE3114B43D099C9FBA341525328"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Administration
of subsequently acquired land</header><text>Any land or interest in land within
the boundaries of the Monument that is acquired by the Secretary of the
Interior or the Secretary of Agriculture after the date of enactment of this
title shall be managed by the Secretary of Agriculture or the Secretary of the
Interior, respectively, in accordance with this title.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id51FF6EDD9F1E44178D5B61B9DF16290F"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Limitations</header>
<paragraph id="id106F30BCCA714C858FD9379B47BEEB54"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Property
rights</header><text>The establishment of the Monument does not—</text>
<subparagraph id="id4152A32C8A3E4DF5B299D50FC33F22A5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>affect—</text>
<clause id="id3AA7F5696ABB4238A82ED1E0D178F3AC"><enum>(i)</enum><text>any property
rights of an Indian reservation, individually held trust land, or any other
Indian allotments;</text>
</clause><clause id="idC4BEE4F610BF4E7FB93A4E9CAFD7977E"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>any land or
interests in land held by the State, any political subdivision of the State, or
any special district; or</text>
</clause><clause id="idED7602DF77444EC7BB5C34828904FD11"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>any private
property rights within the boundaries of the Monument; or</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idF325CEBCBC8C41E99C5CE03B3E0F4E13"><enum>(B)</enum><text>grant to the
Secretary any authority on or over non-Federal land not already provided by
law.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idE7DC82D566C6489FB7F22526A87325E8"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Authority</header><text>The
authority of the Secretary under this title extends only to Federal land and
Federal interests in land included in the Monument.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idC55B0897CEF7499F9708398A7D23EA03"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Adjacent
management</header>
<paragraph id="idD32240C606A64A689BD6244FAD66E48A"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Nothing in this title creates any protective perimeter or
buffer zone around the Monument.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id5603AF3EC0AF4AA68B4002C82E20C6D4"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Activities
outside monument</header><text>The fact that an activity or use on land outside
the Monument can be seen or heard within the Monument shall not preclude the
activity or use outside the boundary of the Monument.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id4C3E780D472C488F8AE7284C055B462C"><enum>(3)</enum><header>No additional
regulation</header><text>Nothing in this title requires additional regulation
of activities on land outside the boundary of the Monument.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id2D04D80812A849B69DE26121A08CAA87"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Air and water
quality</header><text>Nothing in this title affects the standards governing air
or water quality outside the boundary of the Monument.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id60BB890BFBB6433C84F3E801E65268DB"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Management
plan</header>
<paragraph id="idF3F7F616EAA848EFBAB5080ABF759AC3"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Secretaries shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="idFF1F0774F56942D48084A8A52A0FE5DB"><enum>(A)</enum><text>not later than 3
years after the date of enactment of this title, complete a management plan for
the conservation and protection of the Monument; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id975CABBA3D66436698F1E1325807606B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>on completion of
the management plan—</text>
<clause id="id2F0246654DAF4B4A9B924FA9870951B2"><enum>(i)</enum><text>submit the
management plan to—</text>
<subclause id="idCAF84C0521624890B0C98CDDD940CFF3"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the Committee on
Natural Resources of the House of Representatives; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="id599F9A312641487EACF9D18259612568"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the Committee on
Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate; and</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="id111301F4BD674A4B927103837EA841A2"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>make the
management plan available to the public.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id7695497FE1F240ABBC967A6A7A00441B"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Inclusions</header><text>The
management plan shall include provisions that—</text>
<subparagraph id="id6D40BA3B6FB743FFA9FB6D5C8D44FC64"><enum>(A)</enum><text>provide for the
conservation and protection of the Monument;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idEC788C6540E84E9A8BE72FDDB7F7ACEB"><enum>(B)</enum><text>authorize the
continued recreational uses of the Monument (including hiking, camping,
hunting, mountain biking, sightseeing, off-highway vehicle recreation on
designated routes, rockhounding, and horseback riding), if the recreational
uses are consistent with this title and any other applicable law;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id1B114ABBAEF34BAEB17820B7B8A6A99D"><enum>(C)</enum><text>address the need
for and, as necessary, establish plans for, the installation, construction, and
maintenance of public utility energy transport facilities within rights-of-way
in the Monument outside of designated wilderness areas, including provisions
that require that—</text>
<clause id="id7DB3B4F65C8B4202B348C84E7EA86939"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the activities be
conducted in a manner that minimizes the impact on Monument resources
(including resources relating to the ecological, cultural, historic, and scenic
viewshed of the Monument), in accordance with any other applicable law;
and</text>
</clause><clause id="id7A0F721A37814AFEB68003E8FD5710BC"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the facilities
are consistent with this section and any other applicable law;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idCAD112A5B3134EF689664068A5C18B30"><enum>(D)</enum><text>address the
designation and maintenance of roads, trails, and paths in the Monument;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id8E600E0A39E347BABD86911FC31C889F"><enum>(E)</enum><text>address regional
fire management planning and coordination between the Director of the Bureau of
Land Management, the Chief of the Forest Service, Riverside County, and San
Bernardino County; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID20ca1c23e2154ff6aed13a310145a6bd"><enum>(F)</enum><text>address the
establishment of a visitor center to serve the Monument and adjacent public
land.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id92C9F3F020D34B9691065A8C5AC2EB0B"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Preparation and
implementation</header>
<subparagraph id="id7431F2CAAFF24D06BA4E666247AA22E1"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Applicable
law</header><text>The Secretary shall prepare and implement the management plan
in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C.
4321 et seq.) and any other applicable laws.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idD740142930AB44D2A277E68ADDED3F3F"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Consultation</header><text>In
preparing and implementing the management plan, the Secretary shall
periodically consult with—</text>
<clause id="id0A8CCE7927E0474C9D683755D07959B5"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the advisory
committee established under section 1406;</text>
</clause><clause id="id096E178B02BE49DDAA9CA4BFF57D6A0B"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>interested
private property owners and holders of valid existing rights located within the
boundaries of the Monument; and</text>
</clause><clause id="idB0C9B1D0CCC0413781C7BEE507374FCD"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>representatives
of the Morongo Band of Mission Indians and other Indian tribes with historic or
cultural ties to land within, or adjacent to, the Monument regarding the
management of portions of the Monument that are of cultural importance to the
Indian tribes.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idA28D860E3DD14BAAB328E3BB0253D815"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Interim
management</header><text>Except as otherwise prohibited by this Act, pending
completion of the management plan for the Monument, the Secretary shall manage
any Federal land and Federal interests in land within the boundary of the
Monument—</text>
<subparagraph id="idADA0DE5B673144928ACA42492A9F0F08"><enum>(A)</enum><text>consistent with
the existing permitted uses of the land;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id7B2164C0A7094F87B3B42E4583447FA8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in accordance
with the general guidelines and authorities of the existing management plans of
the Bureau of Land Management and the Forest Service for the land; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id6CC4688803C3454F8E8DCD8FE88182B7"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in a manner
consistent with—</text>
<clause id="idCBB9C6647C314C12850A9235CCF0E1BC"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the purposes
described in section 1402(b);</text>
</clause><clause id="idC9A24A46CFCD4287AFA0ADDB43E56F99"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the provisions
of the management plan under paragraph (2); and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id842288A1D285458A926BDCF8F588B7D7"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>applicable
Federal law.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idDAFD2009D5B643779ADA99E5C0B26EE9"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Effect of
section</header><text>Nothing in this section diminishes or alters existing
authorities applicable to Federal land included in the Monument.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="idB5494447EEE0421C98C80FA9E002766B"><enum>1404.</enum><header>Uses of the
Monument</header>
<subsection id="id0D8F263DD9C74DA1A45394A202BD10F6"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Use of
off-Highway vehicles</header>
<paragraph id="id0D8704F78DA1429BBFBE2BCDDE6284C0"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The use of off-highway vehicles in the Monument
(including the use of off-highway vehicles for commercial touring) shall be
permitted to continue on designated routes, subject to all applicable law and
authorized by the management plan.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id07C62230F5D44FDF97BEB23F358C1EA5"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Nondesignated
routes</header><text>Off-highway vehicle access shall be permitted on
nondesignated routes and trails in the Monument—</text>
<subparagraph id="idCC2AD62189824A8AA636E53D5A6806D4"><enum>(A)</enum><text>for
administrative purposes;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idBCFF56F45E5E4638A38F0D1642FE7414"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to respond to an
emergency; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idB22FDA6106F84F24A4951D8877E056FD"><enum>(C)</enum><text>as authorized
under the management plan.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id411F7E62059E42D49E0FDB5EBE212532"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Inventory</header><text>Not
later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this title, the Director of
the Bureau of Land Management shall complete an inventory of all existing
routes in the Monument.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idB8F03C05ECB148AC8B6D72401B8CA3AB"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Hunting,
trapping, and fishing</header>
<paragraph id="id2B2E81CD2E6F4E6283EAAEE9A5F4C4E5"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Except as provided in paragraph (2), the Secretary shall
permit hunting, trapping, and fishing within the Monument in accordance with
applicable Federal and State laws (including regulations) as of the date of
enactment of this title.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idF060CA4E002B456A822C66EBE281D55E"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Trapping</header><text>No
amphibians or reptiles may be collected within the Monument.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id6ADB3FCFECCA4F9D9BDFB601B6D13D3A"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Regulations</header><text>The
Secretary, after consultation with the California Department of Fish and Game,
may issue regulations designating zones where, and establishing periods during
which, no hunting, trapping, or fishing shall be permitted in the Monument for
reasons of public safety, administration, resource protection, or public use
and enjoyment.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id40BAA9BE382A400CB5CCA35612978764"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Access to State
and private land</header><text>The Secretary shall provide adequate access to
each owner of non-Federal land or interests in non-Federal land within the
boundary of the Monument to ensure the reasonable use and enjoyment of the land
or interest by the owner.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id2A08ED18E44E48A6B1E4ACD1117136D7"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Limitations</header>
<paragraph id="id988AD9782FBC4E7FA0B00132BC612E7F"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Commercial
enterprises</header><text>Except as provided in paragraphs (2) and (3), or as
required for the maintenance, upgrade, expansion, or development of energy
transport facilities in the corridors described in subsection (e), no
commercial enterprises shall be authorized within the boundary of the Monument
after the date of enactment of this title.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idEA694201105A421C9F16951AD4D5276E"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Authorized
exceptions</header><text>The Secretary may authorize exceptions to paragraph
(1) if the Secretary determines that the commercial enterprises would further
the purposes described in section 1402(b).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id06B155E819A44A15BD88F809E4057A51"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Transmission
and telecommunication facilities</header><text>This subsection does not apply
to—</text>
<subparagraph id="id26B641C2C54B431B9BB80C8F06A19ECD"><enum>(A)</enum><text>transmission and
telecommunication facilities that are owned or operated by a utility subject to
regulation by the Federal Government or a State government or a State utility
with a service obligation (as those terms are defined in section 217 of the
Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 824q)); or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDcde946f989d94420b1e4754cbf5ace73"><enum>(B)</enum><text>commercial
vehicular touring enterprises within the Monument that operate on designated
routes.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID69b7d944a7ae47e398ada3928c2953d8"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Utility
rights-of-Way</header>
<paragraph id="idB49A75F0C2CB4F1BBF082DE4BD19C283"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Nothing in this Act precludes, prevents, or inhibits the
maintenance, upgrade, expansion, or development of energy transport facilities
within the Monument that are critical to reducing the effects of climate change
on the environment.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id7FC0A078A8284B2BB645A099588632D0"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Right-of-way</header><text>To
the maximum extent practicable—</text>
<subparagraph id="id3A440D3E056A490AAE6BB0FB112CAD0F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the Secretary
shall permit rights of way and alignments that best protect the values and
resources of the Monument described in section 1402(b); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID9e9ec8a550664b3fa9ce4c282f227475"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Secretary
shall ensure that existing rights-of-way and utility corridors within the
Monument are fully utilized before permitting new rights-of-way or designating
new utility corridors within the Monument.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id367B7FFF84654CBEB815A4391646AE07"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Effect on
existing facilities and rights-of-way</header><text>Nothing in this section
terminates or limits—</text>
<subparagraph id="idDFACC1E124C44874914E3AA0713CEA14"><enum>(A)</enum><text>any valid
right-of-way in existence within the Monument on the date of enactment of this
title (including customary operation, maintenance, repair, or replacement
activities in a right-of-way); or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id25A158B377C04811BBBF1B90BF71F600"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a right-of-way
authorization issued on the expiration or the assignment of an existing
right-of-way authorization described in subparagraph (A).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idC68F5F590A2A47FEA0811D189E10E79D"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Upgrading and
expansion of existing rights-of-way</header><text>Nothing in this subsection
prohibits the upgrading (including the construction or replacement), expansion,
or assignment of an existing utility transmission line for the purpose of
increasing the capacity of—</text>
<subparagraph id="id17CF0D0BAD494F2698D9A5C9A00ED8C6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a transmission
line in existing rights-of-way; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idE16ED8835D3F4054950080A1939EEC8C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a right-of-way
issued, granted, or permitted by the Secretary that is contiguous or adjacent
to existing transmission line rights-of-way.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id9D4FDBDF0D0A4E60990141D9F2DBD1F3"><enum>(5)</enum><header>New
rights-of-way</header>
<subparagraph id="id36347CBD7E8D4AB0A606106009C3B57F"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Any new rights-of-way or new uses within existing
rights-of-way shall, subject to subparagraph (B), require review and approval
under the <act-name parsable-cite="NEPA69">National Environmental Policy Act of
1969</act-name> (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idCD990ECC084B404F8A128F1F84B5A28D"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Approval</header><text>New
uses under subparagraph (A) shall only be approved if the head of the
applicable lead Federal agency, in consultation with other applicable agencies,
determine that the uses are consistent with—</text>
<clause id="idA2A6F1EDB7B54EF9975C4B547DC91F3F"><enum>(i)</enum><text>this
title;</text>
</clause><clause id="idE395A8F7463B4A2F9C70F688145E0AB3"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>other applicable
laws;</text>
</clause><clause id="id87FA444BAF084FB385F86C0193D740A9"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the purposes of
the Monument described in section 1402(b); and</text>
</clause><clause id="id9F3FAB70413F4EC2894E94FF97FB0DD0"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>the management
plan for the Monument.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id159233D5ECA64C2695AE8E3FD8609331"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Effect on
energy transport corridors</header><text>Nothing in this subsection diminishes
the utility of energy transport corridors located within the Monument
designated by a record of decision—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="id6A2F95AE3ABA4CCBBE7D151B3A2FCA47"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to provide
locations for—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="idEECBF0EA67D04811B2AD84AC0306EE54"><enum>(i)</enum><text>electric
transmission facilities that improve reliability, relieve congestion, and
enhance the national grid; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="id0A824EE0AD7741C6953B416BEC09E304"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>oil, gas, and
hydrogen pipelines; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id9A43AAFCD2204D50843D3AB6413A851D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to provide
locations for electric transmission facilities that—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="id24DBA05FCCA64AECB8BA00A49562CAFE"><enum>(i)</enum><text>promote renewable
energy generation;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="idC5B4417673B141CCAA9D302C62149F68"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>otherwise
further the interest of the United States if the transmission facilities are
identified as critical in law or through a regional transmission planning
process; or</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="id055A2E24AE6347A4995287ADD3ED0D9B"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>consist of
high-voltage transmission facilities critical to the purposes described in
clause (i) or (ii).</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="idD1CBBC0378D94753BEE49375DB906D08"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Land use
planning</header><text>In conducting land use planning for the Monument, the
Secretary—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="id08600757F6DC4878A7494AE9C8427182"><enum>(A)</enum><text>shall consider
the existing locations of the corridors described in paragraph (6); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id2090458D2A1D4983A5F6CD7D27CCA7DD"><enum>(B)</enum><text>subject to
paragraph (8), may amend the location of any energy corridors to comply with
purposes of the Monument if the amended corridor—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="id83B99756685B499A851FF579601EB323"><enum>(i)</enum><text>provides
connectivity across the landscape that is equivalent to the connectivity
provided by the existing location;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="idEAFA810988674AD4AE94834B9111DFAB"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>meets the
criteria established by—</text>
<subclause commented="no" id="id4FF55CDF67E040B684CD9B617198FBE2"><enum>(I)</enum><text>section 368 of
the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 15926); and</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" id="idC3B3D01D735C436F99F0CB253B540270"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the record of
decision for the applicable corridor; and</text>
</subclause></clause><clause commented="no" id="id2B3F6EBE8EA147EA85D5C1E8906B1D18"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>does not impair
or restrict the uses of existing rights-of-way.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="idCFA8E70280024D9FA10FDC0675A15B79"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Consultation
required</header><text>Before amending a corridor under paragraph (7)(B), the
Secretary shall consult with all interested parties (including the persons
identified in section 368(a) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C.
15926(a))), in accordance with applicable laws (including regulations).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id873F9677E6D64BCBBD7DF3232A0700E0"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Overflights</header><text>Nothing
in this title or the management plan restricts or precludes—</text>
<paragraph id="id0C62285A0EE74FDAB807E6D5B50D37AF"><enum>(1)</enum><text>overflights
(including low-level overflights) of military, commercial, and general aviation
aircraft that can be seen or heard within the Monument;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id345BCFEDFE764DF28BCCBBF0282436F8"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the designation
or creation of new units of special use airspace; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idD80442DD3D4049A09FDDB6C5732F5741"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the establishment
of military flight training routes over the Monument.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idA1A885F442BA433DA9881543C20A2571"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Withdrawals</header>
<paragraph id="id67886C0D3FBD4FD2AE1E0A4D24B957FA"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Subject to valid existing rights and except as provided
in paragraph (2), the Federal land and interests in Federal land included
within the Monument are withdrawn from—</text>
<subparagraph id="id64AE2A3B81E34D86AFE4F7AE28B3A428"><enum>(A)</enum><text>all forms of
entry, appropriation, or disposal under the public land laws;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id30196488F1364E1494106255D087D679"><enum>(B)</enum><text>location, entry,
and patent under the public land mining laws;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id740401DEE083489C9B5CED50EE87E9A6"><enum>(C)</enum><text>operation of the
mineral leasing, geothermal leasing, and mineral materials laws; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id6AD3F024DBB5482CA46E2B921A6C131F"><enum>(D)</enum><text>energy
development and power generation.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id25A07198681A4C0EA615BFD8872DC232"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Exchange</header><text>Paragraph
(1) does not apply to an exchange that the Secretary determines would further
the protective purposes of the Monument.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id7757CC1F0C054399BFF660DFD34FC2D4"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Access to
renewable energy facilities</header>
<paragraph id="id10547CB1DB3D404799A123A32B7E5B9A"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Subject to paragraph (2), the Secretary may allow new
right-of-ways within the Monument to provide reasonable vehicular access to
renewable energy project sites outside the boundaries of the Monument.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idBC6CCA49F61F45B3A0541C13A259A621"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Restrictions</header><text>To
the maximum extent practicable, the rights-of-way shall be designed and sited
to be consistent with the purposes of the Monument described in section
1402(b).</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="idC7C473D19C1B4581B8C7BA09F13AF7C5"><enum>1405.</enum><header>Acquisition
of land</header>
<subsection id="id7C2020814C17406AB15C1CC76874D670"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Secretary may acquire for inclusion in the Monument
any land or interests in land within the boundary of the Monument owned by the
State, units of local government, Indian tribes, or private individuals only
by—</text>
<paragraph id="id0AEFB037FA3348FB8009B4520EA87AA7"><enum>(1)</enum><text>donation;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id08233C8CF06840BB994E3054F03F174D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>exchange with a
willing party; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idCB6A1A4032BF4973BE1AF7407B7791A4"><enum>(3)</enum><text>purchase from a
willing seller for fair market value.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idA753A7661ADB4ADA86B946796FD724B3"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Use of
easements</header><text>To the maximum extent practicable and only with the
approval of the landowner, the Secretary may use permanent conservation
easements to acquire an interest in land in the Monument rather than acquiring
fee simple title to the land.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id2F0BC78D1C9046A7B235C8F3127CC343"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Incorporation
of acquired land and interests in land</header><text>Any land or interest in
land within the boundaries of the Monument that is acquired by the United
States after the date of enactment of this title shall be added to and
administered as part of the Monument.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="idBDB32ED15E064A4CAE6BF817863651D2"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Donated and
acquired land</header>
<paragraph id="id2EFA7B6918954106B430B0DE437C3FF4"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>All land within the boundary of the Monument donated to
the United States or acquired using amounts from the land and water
conservation fund established under section 2 of the
<act-name parsable-cite="LWCFA">Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965
(16 U.S.C. 460l</act-name>–5) before, on, or after the date of enactment of
this title—</text>
<subparagraph id="id1D003C0F84C54A6DB51F30996EBC7840"><enum>(A)</enum><text>is withdrawn from
mineral entry;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idD20146AC500042E8A962582B85CB39A8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>shall be managed
in accordance with section 1904; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idA1BA8F21B3EF499EA62454B2EB2157B2"><enum>(C)</enum><text>shall be managed
consistent with the purposes of the Monument described in section
1402(b).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idD9F44CCF401246738237A280E05A60A0"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Effect on
monument</header><text>Land within the boundary of the Monument that is
contiguous to land donated to the United States or acquired using amounts from
the land and water conservation fund established under section 2 of the
<act-name parsable-cite="LWCFA">Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965
(16 U.S.C. 460l</act-name>–5) shall be managed in a manner consistent with
conservation purposes, subject to applicable law.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id8FB0CA5CA9304D23B6433A9737673E0A"><enum>1406.</enum><header>Advisory
Committee</header>
<subsection id="idAE5F08A2771247BEB82C572046C09C1C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Secretary shall establish an advisory committee for
the Monument, the purpose of which is to advise the Secretary with respect to
the preparation and implementation of the management plan required by section
1403(g).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id37A0F4E0EB224313920FD998F7443046"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Membership</header><text>To
the extent practicable, the advisory committee shall include the following
members, to be appointed by the Secretary:</text>
<paragraph id="id57A94CEDE47640E49644A9AB197A99FA"><enum>(1)</enum><text>A representative
with expertise in natural science and research selected from a regional
university or research institute.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id315946159FA842DD9660D4CDE5E7FF4D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>A representative
of the Department of Defense.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id38C5986F6E6D446CBE5E2C77AA5127E8"><enum>(3)</enum><text>A representative
of the California Natural Resources Agency.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id8FDB6ADAB9E3499BAC6C61569399731E"><enum>(4)</enum><text>A representative
of each of San Bernardino and Riverside Counties, California.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id993DEDAE13874CBDA134F746B8D537A5"><enum>(5)</enum><text>A representative
of each of the cities of Desert Hot Springs and Yucca Valley,
California.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idA033736F294E447BBA18862C94EACA43"><enum>(6)</enum><text>A representative
of the Morongo Band of Mission Indians.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idFAF33C1D4F9346CF9D67C1DD82D93D0E"><enum>(7)</enum><text>A representative
of the Friends of Big Morongo Preserve.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idD626248D6F11449B96C24D3F7E18FBF5"><enum>(8)</enum><text>A representative
of the Wildlands Conservancy.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idBCE16A182066421E8EF26519212CBC3C"><enum>(9)</enum><text>A representative
of the Coachella Valley Mountains Conservancy.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID018fa0383643438592d8082f373923e8"><enum>(10)</enum><text>A representative
of the San Gorgonio Wilderness Association.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID8c7a613a8de442c28b2e9bc85dd5e2a7"><enum>(11)</enum><text>A representative
of the Morongo Basin Community Services District.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id13320F4BCBAB42F6B5C12331BFBA96A6"><enum>(12)</enum><text>A representative
from each of the following recreational activities:</text>
<subparagraph id="idFFB2ADD3F0814805AC210F8E2963B33D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Off-highway
vehicles.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idC714E44DA2264612AE97B2EF31AC5163"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Hunting.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idE97EE5BD92F444F49622216E578F289C"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Rockhounding.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id5F47100170CC45D69E8CB6C53D9F70D5"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Terms</header>
<paragraph id="idBD90F352837547A99022FF70CBCC4449"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>In appointing members under paragraphs (1) through (12)
of subsection (b), the Secretary shall appoint 1 primary member and 1 alternate
member that meets the qualifications described in each of those
paragraphs.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idB6B981F596B94EFAB38B52F893FC679E"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Vacancy</header>
<subparagraph id="id161EE8BD8F1749EF80ACB5F1B0D2CB19"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Primary
member</header><text>A vacancy on the advisory committee with respect to a
primary member shall be filled by the applicable alternate member.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id43B4892630EE4D70B73B17522078D528"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Alternate
member</header><text>The Secretary shall appoint a new alternate members in the
event of a vacancy with respect to an alternate member of the advisory
committee.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id8C7EBECF80B6482AA2300E3A288AB704"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Termination</header>
<subparagraph id="id809BEAEC4DB744F4A7555C97685A272F"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The term of all members of the advisory committee shall
terminate on the termination of the advisory committee under subsection
(g).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id54DFA1D6CF1F4D5D9732752391D4EF18"><enum>(B)</enum><header>New advisory
committee</header><text>At the discretion of the Secretary, the Secretary may
establish a new advisory committee on the termination of the advisory committee
under subsection (g) to provide ongoing recommendations on the management of
the Monument.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id282EFCB04A8A402584423922C37647BA"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Quorum</header><text>A
quorum of the advisory committee shall consist of a majority of the primary
members.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id277B55810F354C6F91E73A6394AB1657"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Chairperson and
procedures</header>
<paragraph id="id1FCA10CAE3A04D229C2047BC245594DB"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The advisory committee shall select a chairperson and
vice chairperson from among the primary members of the advisory
committee.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id2D5DAB37008A4FF894CD7BCF6AA5F91C"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Duties</header><text>The
chairperson and vice chairperson selected under paragraph (1) shall establish
any rules and procedures for the advisory committee that the chairperson and
vice-chairperson determine to be necessary or desirable.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idAE52859D764343AEACA7647EA35405C9"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Service without
compensation</header><text>Members of the advisory committee shall serve
without pay.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id72044EB685F44166B8259574FAECE169"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Termination</header><text>The
advisory committee shall cease to exist on—</text>
<paragraph id="id7A7B08C2F023480E931AE99BBB493E77"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the date on which
the management plan is officially adopted by the Secretary; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idDF217FBF22BA4EA99B7C73E2548C9C82"><enum>(2)</enum><text>at the discretion
of the Secretary, a later date established by the Secretary.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><enum>XV</enum><header>Wilderness</header>
<section id="id8E98D26B587B4FC392B4DCA677D3EE1C"><enum>1501.</enum><header>Designation
of wilderness areas</header>
<subsection id="id8D8263FD7684417CABE2E261CC35AD54"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Designation of
wilderness areas To be administered by the Bureau of Land
Management</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In accordance with
the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.) and sections 601 and 603 of the
Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1781, 1782), the
following land in the State is designated as wilderness areas and as components
of the National Wilderness Preservation System:</text>
<paragraph id="ID16e59fb6ebaf4361a1c9b190a566b380"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Avawatz
mountains wilderness</header><text>Certain land in the Conservation Area
administered by the Director of the Bureau of Land Management, comprising
approximately 86,614 acres, as generally depicted on the map entitled
<quote>Avawatz Mountains Proposed Wilderness</quote> and dated July 15, 2009,
to be known as the <quote>Avawatz Mountains Wilderness</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDe303cb39c991426782186513af7d7249"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Golden valley
wilderness</header><text>Certain land in the Conservation Area administered by
the Director of the Bureau of Land Management, comprising approximately 21,633
acres, as generally depicted on the map entitled <quote>Golden Valley Proposed
Wilderness</quote> and dated July 15, 2009, which shall be considered to be
part of the <quote>Golden Valley Wilderness</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDfd46dd716b1a460c8ba29e9d41b208a1"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Great falls
basin wilderness</header>
<subparagraph id="IDe5a8a92f55ed4ee5b3d54ee7ee4ec49e"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Certain land in the Conservation Area administered by the
Director of the Bureau of Land Management, comprising approximately 7,871
acres, as generally depicted on the map entitled <quote>Great Falls Basin
Proposed Wilderness</quote> and dated October 26, 2009, to be known as the
<quote>Great Falls Basin Wilderness</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDedc385ddea8247b2be13d5eaad923af4"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Limitations</header><text>Designation
of the wilderness under subparagraph (A) shall not establish a Class I Airshed
under the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID67caad60dc834f468576c4bf34380d65"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Kingston range
wilderness</header><text>Certain land in the Conservation Area administered by
the Bureau of Land Management, comprising approximately 53,321 acres, as
generally depicted on the map entitled <quote>Kingston Range Proposed
Wilderness Additions</quote> and dated July 15, 2009, which shall be considered
to be a part of as the <quote>Kingston Range Wilderness</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID23bf2a8cbf234bea8ffcc24524eb3fab"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Soda mountains
wilderness</header><text>Certain land in the Conservation Area, administered by
the Bureau of Land Management, comprising approximately 79,376 acres, as
generally depicted on the map entitled <quote>Soda Mountains Proposed
Wilderness</quote> and dated October 26, 2009, to be known as the <quote>Soda
Mountains Wilderness</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDd2613f074e1745c8ba5a1b5673720d8d"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Designation of
wilderness areas To be administered by the National Park Service</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In accordance with the Wilderness Act (16
U.S.C. 1131 et seq.) and sections 601 and 603 of the Federal Land Policy and
Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1781, 1782), the following land in the State
is designated as wilderness areas and as components of the National Wilderness
Preservation System:</text>
<paragraph id="ID9ce264a22b1b43a8be39fa0a0022df45"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Death valley
national park wilderness additions</header><text>Certain land in the
Conservation Area administered by the Director of the National Park Service,
comprising approximately 59,264 acres, as generally depicted on the map
entitled <quote>Death Valley National Park Additions</quote> and dated October
1, 2009, which shall be considered to be a part of the Death Valley National
Park Wilderness.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID31d7387991a0413dbd714af9b251f145"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Bowling alley
wilderness</header><text>Certain land in the Conservation Area administered by
the Director of the Bureau of Land Management, comprising approximately 30,888
acres, as generally depicted on the map entitled <quote>Death Valley National
Park Proposed Wilderness Area</quote>, numbered 143/100080, and dated June
2009, which shall be considered to be a part of the Death Valley National Park
Wilderness.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id0113910E64B14C16968176C330710BD7"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Designation of
wilderness area To be administered by the Forest Service</header>
<paragraph id="idD5B9A07827D5491E8F78693F0C3BA1FE"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In accordance with
the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.) and sections 601 and 603 of the
Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1781, 1782), the land
in the State described in paragraph (2) is designated as a wilderness area and
as a component of the National Wilderness Preservation System.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID94367f91acc74f5d8f15e3c218317b5a"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Description of
land</header><text>The land referred to in paragraph (1) is certain land in the
San Bernardino National Forest, comprising approximately 7,141 acres, as
generally depicted on the map entitled <quote>Proposed Sand to Snow National
Monument</quote> and dated October 26, 2009, which shall considered to be a
part of the San Gorgonio Wilderness.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="idC0E2CFE1D5E7450682A87D503FC34117"><enum>1502.</enum><header>Management</header>
<subsection id="ID71081a16638f4b458330288a94d8bd8f"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Adjacent
management</header>
<paragraph id="ID11878fe1dbd845e89a613e67ee8b6cd5"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
General</header><text>Nothing in this title creates any protective perimeter or
buffer zone around the wilderness areas designated by section 1501.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID697103b95373429c9489f20e7ae3d0db"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Activities
outside wilderness areas</header>
<subparagraph id="idDE717B45D58347AC9FFA18484A33F828"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The fact that an activity (including military activities)
or use on land outside a wilderness area designated by section 1501 can be seen
or heard within the wilderness area shall not preclude or restrict the activity
or use outside the boundary of the wilderness area.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idDA37899E562E432AB5E59090F9CF9453"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Effect on
nonwilderness activities</header>
<clause id="idDD1E7E07CA874B6B90891CD5981CA1E7"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>In any permitting proceeding (including a review under
the <act-name parsable-cite="NEPA69">National Environmental Policy Act of
1969</act-name> (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.)) conducted with respect to a project
described in clause (ii) that is formally initiated through a notice in the
Federal Register before December 31, 2013, the consideration of any visual,
noise, or other impacts of the project on a wilderness area designated by
section 1501 shall be conducted based on the status of the area before
designation as wilderness.</text>
</clause><clause id="idF544EBA35A504801A61A2CA94375499B"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Description of
projects</header><text>A project referred to in clause (i) is a renewable
energy project—</text>
<subclause id="id4C0177E543484A0A8D6012522B3180EE"><enum>(I)</enum><text>for which the
Bureau of Land Management has received a right-of-way use application on or
before the date of enactment of this Act; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="id0E4E801A613B4EC99EF436873062ED9A"><enum>(II)</enum><text>that is located
outside the boundary of a wilderness area designated by section 1501.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID6460427843e64c399d1644c73dafb821"><enum>(3)</enum><header>No additional
regulation</header><text>Nothing in this title requires additional regulation
of activities on land outside the boundary of the wilderness areas.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id95E438580E3447C68914D46B61C32332"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Effect on
military operations</header><text>Nothing in this Act alters any authority of
the Secretary of Defense to conduct any military operations at desert
installations, facilities, and ranges of the State that are authorized under
any other provision of law.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDdef1decf81fd43b7973ba43af14562e3"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Maps; legal
descriptions</header>
<paragraph id="ID28cffb80309b4eaa905ebd6c44c242ed"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>As soon as practicable after the date of enactment of
this title, the Secretary shall file a map and legal description of each
wilderness area and wilderness addition designated by section 1501 with—</text>
<subparagraph id="id2157A776EFA0466EA9591A71D2F13B3C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the Committee on
Natural Resources of the House of Representatives; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idCE2170A21D7C4CDD91F882F92A98BA67"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Committee on
Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID79f5b5dc6ab0447bb3aade8697f6412b"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Force of
law</header><text>A map and legal description filed under paragraph (1) shall
have the same force and effect as if included in this title, except that the
Secretary may correct errors in the maps and legal descriptions.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDc0929a6b717848c9a1cdab52a4564bba"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Public
availability</header><text>Each map and legal description filed under paragraph
(1) shall be filed and made available for public inspection in the appropriate
office of the Secretary.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDf93bebaf3ab74868a72b46d6e44ad1a2"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Administration</header><text>Subject
to valid existing rights, the land designated as wilderness or as a wilderness
addition by section 1501 shall be administered by the Secretary in accordance
with this Act and the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), except that any
reference in that Act to the effective date shall be considered to be a
reference to the date of enactment of this title.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="ID9b2704aba50d450ba762abbc3c2cab85"><enum>1503.</enum><header>Release of
wilderness study areas</header>
<subsection id="IDea5051ed51e441bfbb700f5d149f2bc7"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Finding</header><text>Congress
finds that, for purposes of section 603 of the Federal Land Policy and
Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1782), any portion of a wilderness study area
described in subsection (b) that is not designated as a wilderness area or
wilderness addition by section 1501 or any other Act enacted before the date of
enactment of this title has been adequately studied for wilderness.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID4a8cd7ee77aa431197173b4fc6d98c96"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Description of
study areas</header><text>The study areas referred to in subsection (a)
are—</text>
<paragraph id="ID30d819d82e3a43fa852a9f135c910ad6"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the Cady
Mountains Wilderness Study Area;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id1C15F48676B447659773C51A56DB7394"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the Great Falls
Basin Wilderness Study Area; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID1637d11d7988415c9dd19a03a84e0e08"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the Soda
Mountains Wilderness Study Area.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID0bddaf7968ce4080ae9b1c0873c34de0"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Release</header><text>Any
portion of a wilderness study area described in subsection (b) that is not
designated as a wilderness area or wilderness addition by section 1501 is no
longer subject to section 603(c) of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act
of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1782(c)).</text>
</subsection></section><enum>XVI</enum><header>Designation of
special management area</header>
<section id="id1698DEA352D54728BED54FF9757BBBB1"><enum>1601.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this title:</text>
<paragraph id="IDf4b9fdda7cf94dda96ccf319bdf6267b"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Management
area</header><text>The term <term>Management Area</term> means the Vinagre Wash
Special Management Area.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id38FC9DA8A3A844D89C8F327A55A1DDDF"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Map</header><text>The
term <quote>map</quote> means the map entitled <quote>Vinagre Wash Special
Management Area-Proposed</quote> and dated November 10, 2009.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDc80cf08e9b3b41de88f9cf8dfca9992e"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Public
land</header><text>The term <term>public land</term> has the meaning given the
term <quote>public lands</quote> in section 103 of the Federal Land Policy and
Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1702).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID42d9a5dbc39c42faa3a43b837c5dc31c"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Secretary</header><text>The
term <term>Secretary</term> means the Secretary of the Interior.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="ID43f7420b3a0d48c8ac4443fd51d235bc"><enum>1602.</enum><header>Establishment
of the Vinagre Wash Special Management Area</header>
<subsection id="idE334D8D8A3E046A7B04E17212BBE9D34"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>There
is established the Vinagre Wash Special Management Area in the State, to be
managed by the El Centro Field Office and the Yuma Field Office of the Bureau
of Land Management.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="idEFC827D29A52409E94047BAD2E1E56C9"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Purpose</header><text>The
purpose of the Management Area is to conserve, protect, and enhance—</text>
<paragraph id="id54462A4AB1AC438EB4618DE4820C76D8"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the plant and
wildlife values of the Management Area; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idDE1E4557CE8F46B8B6AC1864AD1C0C10"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the outstanding
and nationally significant ecological, geological, scenic, recreational,
archaeological, cultural, historic, and other resources of the Management
Area.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID2ffe3eea246b472cb76334e09696e7ab"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Boundaries</header><text>The
Management Area shall consist of the public land in Imperial County,
California, comprising approximately 74,714 acres, as generally depicted on the
map.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID0e4760eea00945908b3553c38ff8c45e"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Map; legal
description</header>
<paragraph id="IDc26dc4ed0ace4d5083c600859c9533c7"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>As soon as practicable, but not later than 3 years, after
the date of enactment of this title, the Secretary shall submit a map and legal
description of the Management Area to—</text>
<subparagraph id="id41D5B4E48FFD4280AA2377127374DD6F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the Committee on
Natural Resources of the House of Representatives; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idD913CC09335E4A58AC56D424C9EB39D0"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Committee on
Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDf1d397ff605a44ce87e5e286a9c584ef"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Effect</header><text>The
map and legal description submitted under paragraph (1) shall have the same
force and effect as if included in this title, except that the Secretary may
correct any errors in the map and legal description.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID06edc4bc07a740319f4d628acfa1d945"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Availability</header><text>Copies
of the map submitted under paragraph (1) shall be on file and available for
public inspection in—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDb481db4838bb4e3cbbffcd8cde8cfe5a"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the Office of the
Director of the Bureau of Land Management; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDabf8a64711454ea8aabff9a71f59c60a"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the appropriate
office of the Bureau of Land Management in the State.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="idF5C37881CDA54AC28D4B9AAB3D2EFF6D"><enum>1603.</enum><header>Management</header>
<subsection id="ID54dcaa26605544ada84f8c21ff73112d"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Secretary shall allow hiking, camping, hunting, and
sightseeing and the use of motorized vehicles, mountain bikes, and horses on
designated routes in the Management Area in a manner that—</text>
<paragraph id="id9705CB17C32644079C6759345893B35C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>is consistent
with the purpose of the Management Area described in section 1602(b);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id8BBB15C772A74E4997B6BA23E6DA2A49"><enum>(2)</enum><text>ensures public
health and safety; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id75D48628AAD14D3B9118109213B6E61D"><enum>(3)</enum><text>is consistent
with applicable law.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID10cec1352cd34c08afc660ae3bb7d11a"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Off-Highway
vehicle use</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="id157CA6778EB94848AE0BEDEFECA8A029"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3) and all other
applicable laws, the use of off-highway vehicles shall be permitted on routes
in the Management Area generally depicted on the map.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID7eb2382f68fa46078fcf1c78e64ea9b1"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Closure</header><text>The
Secretary may temporarily close or permanently reroute a portion of a route
described in paragraph (1)—</text>
<subparagraph id="idB8329B580F5F479ABFD750D5D5A34EE1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to prevent, or
allow for restoration of, resource damage;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idB5D94E2F5DF44A5CB52AC3D51C33B6F3"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to protect tribal
cultural resources, including the resources identified in the tribal cultural
resources management plan developed under section 1905(c);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id7EE99A59536148EC9E423D6603EAEA5B"><enum>(C)</enum><text>to address public
safety concerns; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idE68ACBB700F34D56A67493EFE362A777"><enum>(D)</enum><text>as otherwise
required by law.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID8b36c9b9d37e4769994035b5ac07be2b"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Designation of
additional routes</header><text>During the 3-year period beginning on the date
of enactment of this title, the Secretary—</text>
<subparagraph id="idDAF1C375D96049E3B6D11651B9BE680E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>shall accept
petitions from the public regarding additional routes for off-highway vehicles;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id57BAEB75D60E48F8825E26B0662DC89C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>may designate
additional routes that the Secretary determines—</text>
<clause id="idEA7AC855C491420297628D127EAE05E6"><enum>(i)</enum><text>would provide
significant or unique recreational opportunities; and</text>
</clause><clause id="id96D830483BE849F285AACE3D4BCB0A67"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>are consistent
with the purposes of the Management Area.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID448d35451def4fe9a7f039ba116562a7"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Withdrawal</header><text>Subject
to valid existing rights, all Federal land within the Management Area is
withdrawn from—</text>
<paragraph id="ID1ab9d4433dff4dcba73d650015263ba2"><enum>(1)</enum><text>all forms of
entry, appropriation, or disposal under the public land laws;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID9b78f2e192e44cdbb7b5e67e89bb8504"><enum>(2)</enum><text>location, entry,
and patent under the mining laws; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDaeca1024d5064720b4ac0708ad000056"><enum>(3)</enum><text>right-of-way,
leasing, or disposition under all laws relating to—</text>
<subparagraph id="id2E77D2D363274F25B15185FED4678190"><enum>(A)</enum><text>minerals;
or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idC0EDF906865C483FAFFF09AF931D79B3"><enum>(B)</enum><text>solar, wind, and
geothermal energy.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDe8b95724d1ed4c83b8cb1a55196f4545"><enum>(d)</enum><header>No
buffers</header><text>The establishment of the Management Area shall
not—</text>
<paragraph id="ID1dca1803a6c948f2911e23054a3d7d3f"><enum>(1)</enum><text>create a
protective perimeter or buffer zone around the Management Area; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID696ef6e06e8c4b14be0029986829c0d1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>preclude uses or
activities outside the Management Area that are permitted under other
applicable laws, even if the uses or activities are prohibited within the
Management Area.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID1567cafb7d964e869390d3a9ea8f01e0"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Notice of
available routes</header><text>The Secretary shall ensure that visitors to the
Management Area have access to adequate notice relating to the availability of
designated routes in the Management Area through—</text>
<paragraph id="ID71092dbff99249ea849296edbd04ad69"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the placement of
appropriate signage along the designated routes;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDf1f43095d65346fe924180f3c59fb1e5"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the distribution
of maps, safety education materials, and other information that the Secretary
determines to be appropriate; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDc3b973d17caa4333b8be9bdb550197f4"><enum>(3)</enum><text>restoration of
areas that are not designated as open routes, including vertical
mulching.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID557e518f934b41d2a5b3d1d0bd294180"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Stewardship</header><text>The
Secretary, in consultation with Indian tribes and other interests, shall
develop a program to provide opportunities for monitoring and stewardship of
the Management Area to minimize environmental impacts and prevent resource
damage from recreational use, including volunteer assistance with—</text>
<paragraph id="id92EB589582CC4C4789777F9AEBFF969F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>route
signage;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id8769DCB531664947A73BFDDF4E71192F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>restoration of
closed routes;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idB5529FE06E5041E3BAF84528DD3C59D5"><enum>(3)</enum><text>protection of
Management Area resources; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id25B8D29E0F554F4090DE1B267751E71F"><enum>(4)</enum><text>recreation
education.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID16d1607c202a4351be760446c5ddc9a9"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Protection of
tribal cultural resources</header><text>Not later than 2 years after the date
of enactment of this title, the Secretary, in accordance with the National
Historic Preservation Act (16 U.S.C. 470 et seq.) and any other applicable law,
shall—</text>
<paragraph id="ID7724ad5b904c44d8a0b2c6d8a0cf4e8d"><enum>(1)</enum><text>prepare and
complete a tribal cultural resources survey of the Management Area; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID054bed8b204440beb42c098829320d66"><enum>(2)</enum><text>consult with the
Quechan Indian Nation and other Indian tribes demonstrating ancestral,
cultural, or other ties to the resources within the Management Area on the
development and implementation of the tribal cultural resources survey under
paragraph (1).</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="IDd85d1089e7c44991a72122664514aac2"><enum>1604.</enum><header>Potential
wilderness</header>
<subsection id="ID387aaffcdd9341aa93c2a4fc2649e73e"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Protection of
wilderness character</header>
<paragraph id="id5489236F49D846E5A67E90A0BC8BD6F6"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Secretary shall manage the Federal land in the
Management Area described in paragraph (2) in a manner that preserves the
character of the land for the eventual inclusion of the land in the National
Wilderness Preservation System.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDbb5ee0555f8547b7a6413f3bcebd06d2"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Description of
land</header><text>The Federal land described in this paragraph is—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID358dfa10425149dbbf900f56190ca574"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the approximately
9,160 acres of land, as generally depicted on the map entitled <quote>Indian
Pass Wilderness Additions-Proposed</quote> and dated November 10, 2009;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDbfa2321ffaad410b9197f08d882ef60e"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the approximately
17,436 acres of land, as generally depicted on the map entitled <quote>Milpitas
Wash Wilderness Area-Proposed</quote> and dated November 10, 2009;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDfb6abc29cea14e718dabe31118065cbd"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the approximately
13,647 acres of land, as generally depicted on the map entitled <quote>Buzzard
Peak Wilderness Area-Proposed</quote> and dated November 10, 2009; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDcf53e4af126047228afb0c7efc32c3c5"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the approximately
8,090 acres of land, as generally depicted on the map entitled <quote>Palo
Verde Mountain Wilderness Additions-Proposed</quote> and dated November 10,
2009.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id04789A25FE7B48D4B01EA2F2A7FEDA24"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Use of
land</header>
<subparagraph id="ID952ff6c526ab44c0ab397d97091ff00f"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Military
uses</header><text>The Secretary shall manage the Federal land in the
Management Area described in paragraph (2) in a manner that is consistent with
the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), except that the Secretary may
authorize use of the land by the Secretary of the Navy for Naval Special
Warfare Tactical Training, including long-range small unit training and
navigation, vehicle concealment, and vehicle sustainment training, in
accordance with applicable Federal laws.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDc7165ceaad204d3eb5ee06aadbafc503"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Prohibited
uses</header><text>The following shall be prohibited on the Federal land
described in paragraph (2):</text>
<clause id="ID3d360498f173418bbe41fd8ce0beccaf"><enum>(i)</enum><text>Permanent
roads.</text>
</clause><clause id="IDa7668b05db1246049f8647aa26baffe7"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>Commercial
enterprises.</text>
</clause><clause id="ID0accdb3017f2477c9a9bc85834557645"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>Except as
necessary to meet the minimum requirements for the administration of the
Federal land and to protect public health and safety—</text>
<subclause id="idCBBC5F2483B74848BF1A22280679858A"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the use of
mechanized vehicles; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="idCB941AA84CB14B6887FB16CD97D3A2A8"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the
establishment of temporary roads.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID3284e760e6984430a8d272a1f35410b3"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Wilderness
designation</header>
<subparagraph id="id986E72C872B845218553C8502CAFF5AA"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Federal land described in paragraph (2) shall be
designated as wilderness and as a component of the National Wilderness
Preservation System on the date on which the Secretary, in consultation with
the Secretary of Defense, publishes a notice in the Federal Register that all
activities on the Federal land that are incompatible with the Wilderness Act
(16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.) have terminated.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id43E94CF3A5B64EC086858C7D61C87A74"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Designation</header><text>On
designation of the Federal land under clause (i)—</text>
<clause id="ID0fde83ac9f0b44aba4f49ea048602d6a"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the land
described in paragraph (2)(A) shall be incorporated in, and shall be considered
to be a part of, the Indian Pass Wilderness;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID602aebccd578421aba778ff909b8a751"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the land
described in paragraph (2)(B) shall be designated as the <quote>Milpitas Wash
Wilderness</quote>;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID3cd16569941148bc90b26e8b1fc07d7b"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the land
described in paragraph (2)(C) shall be designated as the <quote>Buzzard Peak
Wilderness</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause id="IDaf8569781a1e4b3980537bed7beb5493"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>the land
described in paragraph (2)(D) shall be incorporated in, and shall be considered
to be a part of, the Palo Verde Mountains Wilderness.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID14dfa65e7076445396a5e4b2214cc7d8"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Administration
of wilderness</header><text>Subject to valid existing rights, the land
designated as wilderness or as a wilderness addition by this title shall be
administered by the Secretary in accordance with this Act and the Wilderness
Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.).</text>
</subsection></section><enum>XVII</enum><header>National Park
System additions</header>
<section id="idBEC7681B5C4A4F6A9997C1072DE234F3"><enum>1701.</enum><header>Death Valley
National Park boundary revision</header>
<subsection id="ID479773167d3b4d81a2aa7b774914bdd8"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The boundary of Death Valley National Park is adjusted to
include—</text>
<paragraph id="id079D29CAE84E4D40BA3D491D5F9777A7"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the approximately
33,041 acres of Bureau of Land Management land abutting the southern end of the
Death Valley National Park that lies between Death Valley National Park to the
north and Ft. Irwin Military Reservation to the south and which runs
approximately 34 miles from west to east, as depicted on the map entitled
<quote>Death Valley National Park Proposed Boundary Addition</quote>, numbered
143/100,080, and dated June 2009;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id909914D9D0994A24B5B550243BCF94FF"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the approximately
6,379 acres of Bureau of Land Management land in Inyo County, California,
located in the northeast area of Death Valley National Park that is within, and
surrounded by, land under the jurisdiction of the Director of the National Park
Service, as depicted on the map entitled <quote>Proposed Crater Mine Area
Addition to Death Valley National Park</quote>, numbered 143/100,079, and dated
June 2009; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDdc7356dc54d44f568f952a78b40577ef"><enum>(3)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id9EF1E63C7A824E138C166177EC9A5E19"><enum>(A)</enum><text>on transfer of title to
the private land to the National Park Service, the approximately 280 acres of
private land in Inyo County, California, located adjacent to the southeastern
boundary of Death Valley National Park, as depicted on the map entitled
<quote>Proposed Ryan Camp Addition to Death Valley National Park</quote>,
numbered 143/100,097, and dated June 2009; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idDB89C3CB9E0F42A4BF31624C485D6A80" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the approximately 1,040 acres of
Bureau of Land Management land contiguous to the private land described in
subparagraph (A), as depicted on the map entitled <quote>Proposed Ryan Camp
Addition to Death Valley National Park</quote>, numbered 143/100,097, and dated
June 2009.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID2b3eaee2fc714766a6e0ca2d7ba8fae0"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Availability of
map</header><text>The maps described in paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) of
subsection (a) shall be on file and available for public inspection in the
appropriate offices of the National Park Service.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID2dd9158ae63e40e0b4de4166214c4b85"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Administration</header><text>The
Secretary of the Interior (referred to in this section as the
<quote>Secretary</quote>) shall—</text>
<paragraph id="id7DB5FDF357114A34862E062601C8A5BE"><enum>(1)</enum><text>administer any
land added to Death Valley National Park under subsection (a)—</text>
<subparagraph id="id8887ED2AF61146FCA36EFF8A67E7390D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>as part of Death
Valley National Park; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id501F6FB10A8F44A8A965175E5D2B46C8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in accordance
with applicable laws (including regulations); and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID4209f9ac10e640dea07483d637fa8e92"><enum>(2)</enum><text>not later than
180 days after the date of enactment of this title, develop a memorandum of
understanding with Inyo County, California, permitting ongoing access and use
to existing gravel pits along Saline Valley Road within Death Valley National
Park for road maintenance and repairs in accordance with applicable laws
(including regulations).</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="idFF0D764B3F424900918550C0622A4D40"><enum>1702.</enum><header>Mojave
National Preserve</header>
<subsection id="ID4030e879e9bc449b93f700247548fd42"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The boundary of the Mojave National Preserve is adjusted
to include—</text>
<paragraph id="id4ADE881C5FCF430F8D16ADCAADEB8D19"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the 29,221 acres
of Bureau of Land Management land that is surrounded by the Mojave National
Preserve to the northwest, west, southwest, south, and southeast and by the
Nevada State line on the northeast boundary, as depicted on the map entitled
<quote>Proposed Castle Mountain Addition to the Mojave National
Preserve</quote>, numbered 170/100,075, and dated August 2009; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDd4f5259cd22b4bfd8cdecf29a37e40fb"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the 25 acres of
Bureau of Land Management land in Baker, California, as depicted on the map
entitled <quote>Mojave National Preserve–Proposed Boundary Addition</quote>,
numbered 170/100,199, and dated August 2009.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDcf8240ecc68c400190215816a44cd6ce"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Availability of
maps</header><text>The maps described in subsection (a) shall be on file and
available for public inspection in the appropriate offices of the National Park
Service.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID8cd0016f0bd14292b3b149ecf8b673bf"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Administration</header><text>The
Secretary shall administer any land added to Mojave National Preserve under
subsection (a)—</text>
<paragraph id="idD5AD40C110AD42CDB6BB2E7DBA48DFA1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>as part of the
Mojave National Preserve; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id65E39ADA26A241C3A216F8786CE22829"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in accordance
with applicable laws (including regulations).</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="IDff6e2222c1a447698872187d8816b829"><enum>1703.</enum><header>Joshua Tree
National Park boundary revision</header>
<subsection id="IDfc51d9abb9c2481ea711fe104074ebd4"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The boundary of the Joshua Tree National Park is adjusted
to include the 2,879 acres of land managed by Director of the Bureau of Land
Management that are contiguous at several different places to the northern
boundaries of Joshua Tree National Park in the northwest section of the Park,
as depicted on the map entitled <quote>Joshua Tree National Park Proposed
Boundary Additions</quote>, numbered 156/100,007, and dated June 2009.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID3da299d6297e4c46a1f55f29592590b3"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Availability of
map</header><text>The map described in subsection (a) and the map depicting the
25 acres described in subsection (c)(2) shall be on file and available for
public inspection in the appropriate offices of the National Park
Service.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID34f31d87c7d54fbc96547d7e14962b40"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Administration</header>
<paragraph id="idAAC412695F31415AB5F895243D212439"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Secretary shall administer any land added to the
Joshua Tree National Park under subsection (a) and the additional land
described in paragraph (2)—</text>
<subparagraph id="idEE074E6B0DEC4F9E987B4CD95736C0E7"><enum>(A)</enum><text>as part of Joshua
Tree National Park; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idAB1335DF33544AECA769D43244112C93"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in accordance
with applicable laws (including regulations).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idE08F4D1E9DE94691884F8FBDC7BB8407"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Description of
additional land</header><text>The additional land referred to in paragraph (1)
is the 25 acres of land—</text>
<subparagraph id="idF56BE36F98EF4A5BA016AC74A91E113D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>depicted on the
map entitled <quote>Joshua Tree National Park Boundary Adjustment Map</quote>,
numbered 156/80,049, and dated April 1, 2003;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id31DDA98045C345E891FC09FF74ED651D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>added to Joshua
Tree National Park by the notice of the Department Interior of August 28, 2003
(68 Fed. Reg. 51799); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id4B2A27B7A3FE432FBF055F720260AEBF"><enum>(C)</enum><text>more particularly
described as lots 26, 27, 28, 33, and 34 in sec. 34, T. 1 N., R. 8 E., San
Bernardino Meridian.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="idEC174C24F12B4D859BFC3F97F4B7433C"><enum>1704.</enum><header>Authorization
of appropriations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">There are
authorized to be appropriated such sums as are necessary to carry out this
title.</text>
</section><enum>XVIII</enum><header>Off-highway
vehicle recreation areas</header>
<section id="ID9c03e82a51824259bbebde2149e552e1"><enum>1801.</enum><header>Designation
of off-highway vehicle recreation areas</header>
<subsection id="IDbfdc9299ff0a4389b7418e5187dda3f6"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Designation</header><text>In
accordance with the <act-name parsable-cite="FLPMA">Federal Land Policy and
Management Act of 1976</act-name> (43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) and resource
management plans developed under this title and subject to valid existing
rights, the following land within the Conservation Area in San Bernardino
County, California, is designated as Off-Highway Vehicle Recreation
Areas:</text>
<paragraph id="IDbe61162b3e754823a13a663744e2cb17"><enum>(1)</enum><header>El mirage
off-highway vehicle recreation area</header><text>Certain Bureau of Land
Management land in the Conservation Area, comprising approximately 25,600
acres, as generally depicted on the map entitled <quote>El Mirage Off-Highway
Vehicle Recreation Area</quote> and dated July 15, 2009, which shall be known
as the <quote>El Mirage Off-Highway Vehicle Recreation Area</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID4b097f2b7a184e5f83c4f9a89967fc06"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Johnson valley
off-highway vehicle recreation area</header>
<subparagraph id="idF7FF187718D34043BDFD4D3622CBA7B9"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Certain Bureau of Land Management land in the
Conservation Area, comprising approximately 180,000 acres, as generally
depicted on the map entitled <quote>Johnson Valley Off-Highway Vehicle
Recreation Area</quote> and dated July 15, 2009, which shall be known as the
<quote>Johnson Valley Off-Highway Vehicle Recreation Area</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idFFA624CD64FE413F885D4C50456FE868"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Exclusions</header>
<clause id="id3334F86F1F9C40C18339951E3D2A9395"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Subject to clause (iii), the land described in clause
(ii) shall be excluded from the Johnson Valley Off-Highway Vehicle Recreation
Area to permit the Secretary of the Navy to study the land for—</text>
<subclause id="idD15CFD2329094E4BB7006D0D73BC0408"><enum>(I)</enum><text>withdrawal in
accordance with the Act of February 28, 1958 (43 U.S.C. 155 et seq.);
and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="id516F0C1701D24C5A8748879F0AE40E17"><enum>(II)</enum><text>potential
inclusion in the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center at Twentynine Palms,
California, for national defense purposes.</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="id733326CB19774D269C32CC9EF58C4CA5"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Study
area</header><text>The land referred to in clause (i) is the land that—</text>
<subclause id="id86E3195647294199B219426B211C6A85"><enum>(I)</enum><text>is described
in—</text>
<item id="id8821C6F5789441D5B98773625EFC20D8"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>the notice of
the Bureau of Land Management of September 15, 2008 entitled <quote>Notice of
Proposed Legislative Withdrawal and Opportunity for Public Meeting;
California</quote> (73 Fed. Reg. 53269); or</text>
</item><item id="idDE17D604FED24431BAF845E25967D97D"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>any subsequent
notice in the Federal Register that is related to the notice described in item
(aa); and</text>
</item></subclause><subclause id="id774CB1FEE3B34E3B9B8980BC420BE46B"><enum>(II)</enum><text>has been
segregated by the Director of the Bureau of Land Management.</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="id5C5073A41CB74E1EBDC1DB7F39FCD4AD"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Incorporation
in off-highway vehicle recreation area</header><text>After action by the
Secretary of Defense and Congress regarding the withdrawal under subparagraph
(A), any land within the study area that is not withdrawn shall be incorporated
into the Johnson Valley Off-Highway Vehicle Recreation Area.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDcf978c9bf32b48668d1702cd94cf0230"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Joint use of
certain land</header><text>The Secretary of Defense shall consider a potential
joint use area within the Johnson Valley Off-Highway Vehicle Recreation Area as
part of the environmental impact statement of the Department of Defense that
would allow for continued recreational opportunities on the joint use area
during periods in which—</text>
<clause id="id080DDCC192E947D4AE6C0C19E8D2FABB"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the joint use
area is not needed for military training activities; and</text>
</clause><clause id="id3EED460F5B2149EDAA71151663B48768"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>public safety
can be ensured.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID2fe88d243ac743558af5bd96f4e11b47"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Military access
for administrative purposes</header><text>In cooperation with the Secretary of
the Interior, the Secretary of the Navy may, after notifying the Secretary of
the Interior, access the Johnson Valley Off-Highway Vehicle Recreation Area for
national defense purposes supporting military training (including military
range management and exercise control activities).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID70664f1ec51d43c1aea8b85ecc60e123"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Rasor
off-highway vehicle recreation area</header><text>Certain Bureau of Land
Management land in the Conservation Area, comprising approximately 22,400
acres, as generally depicted on the map entitled <quote>Rasor Off-Highway
Vehicle Recreation Area</quote> and dated July 15, 2009, which shall be known
as the <quote>Rasor Off-Highway Vehicle Recreation Area</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDbdf149c1bd114eab82662ad6fc6312dd"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Spangler hills
off-highway vehicle recreation area</header><text>Certain Bureau of Land
Management land in the Conservation Area, comprising approximately 62,080
acres, as generally depicted on the map entitled <quote>Spangler Hills
Off-Highway Vehicle Recreation Area</quote> and dated July 15, 2009, which
shall be known as the <quote>Spangler Off-Highway Vehicle Recreation
Area</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID44fdafe545514cb38e119540372b806d"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Stoddard valley
off-highway vehicle recreation area</header><text>Certain Bureau of Land
Management land in the Conservation Area, comprising approximately 54,400
acres, as generally depicted on the map entitled <quote>Stoddard Valley
Off-Highway Vehicle Recreation Area</quote> and dated July 15, 2009, which
shall be known as the <quote>Stoddard Valley Off-Highway Vehicle Recreation
Area</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDe37db7bc886249c1a3924dfa96b3e34f"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Purpose</header><text>The
purpose of the off-highway vehicle recreation areas designated under subsection
(a) is to preserve and enhance the recreational opportunities within the
Conservation Area (including opportunities for off-highway vehicle recreation),
while conserving the wildlife and other natural resource values of the
Conservation Area.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID3a095302c7f54074949783a789457065"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Maps and
descriptions</header>
<paragraph id="ID37b885fbb4a2467194103d8930800413"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Preparation and
submission</header><text>As soon as practicable after the date of enactment of
this title, the Secretary shall file a map and legal description of each
off-highway vehicle recreation area designated by subsection (a) with—</text>
<subparagraph id="id20E449862D2644639FD86186F596FB9E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the Committee on
Natural Resources of the House of Representatives; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idE76B8E563688425E8EF12B76E31FB267"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Committee on
Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID5eb6c15d98f3430ebda0be0b0b5947e4"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Legal
effect</header><text>The map and legal descriptions of the off-highway vehicle
recreation areas filed under paragraph (1) shall have the same force and effect
as if included in this title, except that the Secretary may correct errors in
the map and legal descriptions.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDb4dfc701d3504ca09a20f401e57bf595"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Public
availability</header><text>Each map and legal description filed under paragraph
(1) shall be filed and made available for public inspection in the appropriate
offices of the Bureau of Land Management.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID816fdfabefca49b5b4e59580c1f449b7"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Use of the
land</header>
<paragraph id="IDc1a78f04f1384dc6bff873e428e00957"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Recreational
activities</header>
<subparagraph id="ID19ffc8892b45488fb03479a51714c656"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Secretary shall continue to authorize, maintain, and
enhance the recreational uses of the off-highway vehicle recreation areas
designated by subsection (a), including off-highway recreation, hiking,
camping, hunting, mountain biking, sightseeing, rockhounding, and horseback
riding, as long as the recreational use is consistent with this section and any
other applicable law.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID9b58566d8f6249f9ab08eeda8760bbe9"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Off-highway
vehicle and off-highway recreation</header><text>To the extent consistent with
applicable Federal law (including regulations) and this section, any authorized
recreation activities and use designations in effect on the date of enactment
of this title and applicable to the off-highway vehicle recreation areas
designated by subsection (a) shall continue, including casual off-highway
vehicular use, racing, competitive events, rock crawling, training, and other
forms of off-highway recreation.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID205b476e314d4dd3979c5d9248625255"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Wildlife
guzzlers</header><text>Wildlife guzzlers shall be allowed in the off-highway
vehicle recreation areas designated by subsection (a) in accordance with
applicable Bureau of Land Management guidelines.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID2f6d03fc075741eaac3f75eb566c0da9"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Prohibited
uses</header><text>Residential and commercial development (including
development of mining and energy facilities, but excluding transmission line
rights-of-way and related telecommunication facilities) shall be prohibited in
the off-highway vehicle recreation areas designated by subsection (a) if the
Secretary determines that the development is incompatible with the purpose
described in subsection (b).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID16a95dca870f4712a8b28f07b3234ce2"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Administration</header>
<paragraph id="ID3d7cc5227d8549ae8966eaa45d8707cf"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Secretary shall administer the off-highway vehicle
recreation areas designated by subsection (a) in accordance with—</text>
<subparagraph id="id99610CAFDA664C1294B62E8A8C8D5F61"><enum>(A)</enum><text>this
title;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idFC7193E99B164EEB99749F1F68DC5932"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Federal Land
Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id5AF5EE6FD1E14C38B60B8B27DFDFD3CD"><enum>(C)</enum><text>any other
applicable laws (including regulations).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDc1aadba16f4d4775baea94792cf054a6"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Management
plan</header>
<subparagraph id="id8630635889EC4B8EA7C02337F2526DA5"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>As soon as practicable, but not later than 3 years after
the date of enactment of this title, the Secretary shall—</text>
<clause id="id7BB245162E6D4042B444DFFCCD2A625B"><enum>(i)</enum><text>amend existing
resource management plans applicable to the land designated as off-highway
vehicle recreation areas under subsection (a); or</text>
</clause><clause id="id236BC6DC07C64EC3A4F50A45D4312494"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>develop new
management plans for each off-highway vehicle recreation area designated under
that subsection.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id8E298EBC29FB4452AB29EA688EC05CEA"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>All
new or amended plans under subparagraph (A) shall be designed to preserve and
enhance safe off-highway vehicle and other recreational opportunities within
the applicable recreation area consistent with—</text>
<clause id="id0FFBD138034B461C8D34775F8038C71B"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the purpose
described in subsection (b); and</text>
</clause><clause id="id1D6B8B2DE3684CE2811F16948659DAF5"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>any applicable
laws (including regulations).</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id3AC55D5BADF34D77B5805011F8A90A0F"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Interim
plans</header><text>Pending completion of a new management plan under
subparagraph (A), the existing resource management plans shall govern the use
of the applicable off-highway vehicle recreation area.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDf5572a4415ab412aaa33e41a0bb1b1e1"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Study</header>
<paragraph id="ID3a47d023a05b47ecb28eb40830f45e4e"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>As soon as practicable, but not later than 2 years, after
the date of enactment of this title, the Secretary shall complete a study to
identify Bureau of Land Management land adjacent to the off-highway vehicle
recreation areas designated by subsection (a) that is suitable for addition to
the off-highway vehicle recreation areas.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id85E14AB594A841E99EAF93A2AE5539CD"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>In
preparing the study under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID00df6886d9ef4d0f957da6cdbe00a17e"><enum>(A)</enum><text>seek input from
stakeholders, including—</text>
<clause id="id57E5F621FCE145E0A861F569D686B659"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the State;</text>
</clause><clause id="id88113BC4D08446099CBFCF3146F39691"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>San Bernardino
County, California;</text>
</clause><clause id="id7E9FA78CAFB74CC3A55D2A69A8F4CA57"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the
public;</text>
</clause><clause id="id553D6479E4FF4364B3F6A80DEA18B5F2"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>recreational
user groups; and</text>
</clause><clause id="id4B07A385B57A4BD4B90C49BD0FB43AE2"><enum>(v)</enum><text>conservation
organizations;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID55187f171b364abca488a34719e0056a"><enum>(B)</enum><text>explore the
feasibility of expanding the southern boundary of the off-highway vehicle
recreation area described in subsection (a)(4) to include previously disturbed
land;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID7c24845b89294482b5692ce38ced84e5"><enum>(C)</enum><text>identify and
exclude from consideration any land that—</text>
<clause id="idA567A362B244421FA3DB93C0ACFAAB55"><enum>(i)</enum><text>is managed for
conservation purposes;</text>
</clause><clause id="idF9A4B6F383BF47B095FBFADF377E5F5A"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>may be suitable
for renewable energy development; or</text>
</clause><clause id="id11B26E4026CC450BB257C80BC3C5DEA8"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>may be
necessary for energy transmission; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id1D80AEBCA685428D90B7E325A54DBF07"><enum>(D)</enum><text>not recommend or
approve expansion areas that collectively would exceed the total acres
administratively designated for off-highway recreation within the Conservation
Area as of the date of enactment of this title.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID0f99030f42b045229839c0a3f9b1b4ec"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Applicable
law</header><text>The Secretary shall consider the information and
recommendations of the study completed under paragraph (1) to determine the
impacts of expanding off-highway vehicle recreation areas designated by
subsection (a) on the Conservation Area, in accordance with—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDec4e7a3469404c94ad57927ce91dac5b"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDa923d93857db4428a2a9d9a582991c3d"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Endangered
Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDe3aa68dac9284740ad423b83f9949194"><enum>(C)</enum><text>any other
applicable law.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id33724D13F7554D0984BFE51DBE396108"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Submission to
congress</header><text>On completion of the study under paragraph (1), the
Secretary shall submit the study to—</text>
<subparagraph id="idE2E44702EF2043A3BE21953564D86286"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the Committee on
Natural Resources of the House of Representatives; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idE13E0F1D095243678165B97756E39A14"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Committee on
Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID27fa43a0e8fb4c9393969244a4e123dd"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Authorization
for expansion</header>
<subparagraph id="id961A449FAC194F0DBC2239A9C9EB563F"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>On completion of the study under paragraph (1) and in
accordance with all applicable laws (including regulations), the Secretary
shall authorize the expansion of the off-highway vehicle recreation areas
recommended under the study.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idD421E65020AD4AB0B82200F7283E552A"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Management</header><text>Any
land within the expanded areas under subparagraph (A) shall be managed in
accordance with this section.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><enum>XIX</enum><header>Miscellaneous</header>
<section id="ID8d458dd5b45943149d9540492fb1a564"><enum>1901.</enum><header>State land
transfers and exchanges</header>
<subsection id="ID5a4d5ecdee7147a3ab02d2f2741fc089"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Transfer of
land to Anza-Borrego Desert State Park</header>
<paragraph id="id04EB806CDD3D48929F3BE32E2BAF2D8B"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>On termination of all mining claims to the land described
in paragraph (2), the Secretary shall transfer the land described in that
paragraph to the State.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idEF85292CBA344ABDA7AFFDE2B2F5F7A4"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Description of
land</header><text>The land referred to in paragraph (1) is certain Bureau of
Land Management land in San Diego County, California, comprising approximately
934 acres, as generally depicted on the 2 maps entitled <quote>Anza-Borrego
Desert State Park Additions-Table Mountain Wilderness Study Area</quote> and
dated July 15, 2009.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idFC0525431C0C45E88E6A72D643E111E0"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Management</header>
<subparagraph id="ID774863d103d642f5ae7912024d1e7cfa"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The land transferred under paragraph (1) shall be managed
in accordance with the provisions of the California Wilderness Act (California
Public Resources Code sections 5093.30–5093.40).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDd579895d5f7944559bb2dcf285150966"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Withdrawal</header><text>Subject
to valid existing rights, the land transferred under paragraph (1) is withdrawn
from—</text>
<clause id="IDd0d9db72a7ee4025a89a53d9f0e99907"><enum>(i)</enum><text>all forms of
entry, appropriation, or disposal under the public land laws;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID433175ac5c0748c39a6785eac240bc7f"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>location, entry,
and patent under the mining laws; and</text>
</clause><clause id="IDf21d276f0b104b46be6ebe34b933ad38"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>disposition
under all laws relating to mineral and geothermal leasing.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDe179a21356294d3c92013ef5500e3867"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Reversion</header><text>If
the State ceases to manage the land transferred under paragraph (1) as part of
the State Park System or in a manner inconsistent with the California
Wilderness Act (California Public Resources Code sections 5093.30–5093.40), the
land shall revert to the Secretary, to be managed as a Wilderness Study
Area.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID5a9cfaf32a8d4ce88cf47157d04e9b9c"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Land
exchanges</header>
<paragraph id="ID9c5d3525ae3649339726700bc641e3b2"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Secretary shall, in consultation and cooperation with
the California State Lands Commission (referred to in this section as the
<quote>Commission</quote>), develop a process to exchange isolated parcels of
State land within the Conservation Area for Federal land located in the
Conservation Area or other Federal land in the State that—</text>
<subparagraph id="id9D278843E76F4EA287C3BEEAF0697DC6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>is consistent
with the plans described in paragraph (2); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idEE4BC669D9DD401BA65B61270060E52F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>ensures that the
conservation goals and objectives identified in those plans are not adversely
impacted.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id1CF2AD204AB34F3790F3144362532825"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Description of
plans</header><text>The plans referred to in paragraph (1) are—</text>
<subparagraph id="id2628637C647047E98698CC9D077204E3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the California
Desert Renewable Energy Conservation Plan;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id41BF66AC1248446A90465647F2811D96"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the California
Desert Conservation Area Plan;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id4A45DCB7DE6C4FF1893E6F4129982108"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the Northern and
Eastern Colorado Desert Plan; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idDDFDA7421C934FF29A0E4EAF01752270"><enum>(D)</enum><text>any other
applicable plans.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idF46FF0243589413FB2FFCD5C4CDA6201"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>The
process developed under paragraph (1) shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID99c67fe33ddf4665aa7de59aa37fd060"><enum>(A)</enum><text>apply to all
State land within the Conservation Area that is under the jurisdiction of the
Commission;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDdf3e985eaf1240fc8041626322f9cb63"><enum>(B)</enum><text>prioritize the
elimination of State land from units of the National Park System, national
monuments, and wilderness areas;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID7987e8906aae4680a064edd0fd7787d1"><enum>(C)</enum><text>provide the
Commission with consolidated land holdings sufficient to make the land viable
for commercial or recreation uses, including renewable energy development,
off-highway vehicle recreation, or State infrastructure or resource
needs;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID795160aaeee142f2b8400fc0309c84b3"><enum>(D)</enum><text>establish methods
to ensure that—</text>
<clause id="ID5231985b1ee344b9af1ad1638176ded6"><enum>(i)</enum><text>not later than 1
year after the date of enactment of this title, the Secretary and the
Commission complete an inventory of Federal land and State land in the
Conservation Area under the jurisdiction of the Secretary and the Commission,
respectively, and any other Federal land and property outside the Conservation
Area that is determined to be suitable for exchange consistent with paragraph
(1);</text>
</clause><clause id="IDa0a3c2591d314e06b7ea589d83093c47"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>there is a
public comment period of not less than 90 days with respect to—</text>
<subclause id="idCFF757143BA849C386BC2A85FB2E7E12"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the inventory of
land under clause (i); and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="id6700F2D138FB4499BA0848D0D3133C3A"><enum>(II)</enum><text>any proposed
land exchange under this section that involves more than 5,000 acres of Federal
land;</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="ID7e231cb63f6d46a7a2a9b90ee837e2d4"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>in preparing
the inventory of Federal land suitable for exchange under clause (i), the
Secretary shall use best efforts to give priority to—</text>
<subclause id="IDfed44abfad38432b8f8f6c8b8fa395a0"><enum>(I)</enum><text>land that has the
potential for commercial development, including renewable energy development,
such as wind and solar energy development;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="IDd95c9805ba6744e19935d15232da7669"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the land
described in section 707(b)(2);</text>
</subclause><subclause id="IDbe403d068ed54825a35ddf27159d724d"><enum>(III)</enum><text>land located
outside the boundaries of the Conservation Area (including closed military base
land and land identified as surplus by the Administrator of the General
Services Administration) to avoid, to the maximum extent feasible, conflicts
with conservation of desert land;</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="IDd409bf0a431c46749a6cf8b25f1a02b8"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>the inventory
under clause (i) is updated annually by the Secretary and resubmitted to the
Commission; and</text>
</clause><clause id="ID1a0ef86a011547ff8a01546f5e734102"><enum>(v)</enum><text>the land
exchanges are completed by the date that is 10 years after the date of
enactment of this title; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idD85F2E787464429AB609FD5FE69A4878"><enum>(E)</enum><text>provide for the
submission of annual reports to Congress that—</text>
<clause id="IDcff8e68516954f03b5dd3626ebceeed1"><enum>(i)</enum><text>describe any
progress or impediments to accomplishing the goal described in subparagraph
(D)(v); and</text>
</clause><clause id="ID20091f896f354899a565114bff0ba0a1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>any
recommendations for legislation to accomplish the goal.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDe4b10cb51ee7471dba02d2ac338994bf"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Valuation</header><text>Notwithstanding
paragraphs (2) through (5) of subsection (d) of section 206 of the Federal Land
Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1716(d)), if, within 180 days
after the submission of an appraisal under subsection (d)(1) of that section,
the Secretary and the Commission cannot agree to accept the findings of the
appraisal—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDdfece1c883b846d5bec4996064b535e1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the Secretary and
the Commission shall mutually agree to employ a process of bargaining or some
other process to determine the values of the land involved in the
exchange;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDa88b74c7c46f448e83d0cb778a8e20c9"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the appraisal
shall be submitted to an arbiter appointed by the Secretary from a list of
arbitrators submitted to the Secretary by the American Arbitration Association
for arbitration;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id49EDCB6F14DD4DD3A9E05F2D9AC56549"><enum>(C)</enum><text>although the
decision of the arbiter under subparagraph (B) shall be nonbinding, the
decision may be used by the Secretary and the Commission as a valid appraisal
for—</text>
<clause id="id97819A01E5C048F8890D15F1781C4A6C"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a
period of 2 years; and</text>
</clause><clause id="id7FBB9297F0B74A2FB9246E9FB321E183"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>on mutual
agreement of the Secretary and the Commission, an additional 2-year period;
or</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID6524dacf8215414b81dea7794cc46fa4"><enum>(D)</enum><text>on mutual
agreement of the Secretary and the Commission, the valuation process shall be
suspended or modified.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDec3c7f050b734483be69c600f5bf8869"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Treatment of
land use restrictions and pending applications</header><text>For the purposes
of this title—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDb94236ced06c419398132cfa4dd32b8c"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the Secretary
shall not exclude parcels from exchanges because the parcels are subject to
designations or pending land use applications, including applications for the
development of renewable energy;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID0d04579bb56444f2b71485739b931b24"><enum>(B)</enum><text>all Federal land
and State land proposed for exchange or sale shall be valued—</text>
<clause id="id3730C8DC3E554F5DAD3E60F923F99444"><enum>(i)</enum><text>according to fair
market value;</text>
</clause><clause id="id74959AE5DF8B49AFA64F1C55B4820F50"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in accordance
with section 206(d) of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43
U.S.C. 1716(d)); and</text>
</clause><clause id="id727F320B391845CD91CAB9A8128514BD"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>without regard
to—</text>
<subclause id="id4B3502D1CA7B4656BF53A4D8ABB744E4"><enum>(I)</enum><text>pending land use
applications;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="idC5DFE284FBBF4EB8BD549461AD61306F"><enum>(II)</enum><text>renewable energy
designations; or</text>
</subclause><subclause id="idE50D50E21D6C4979A51E4744D0B1A960"><enum>(III)</enum><text>any land use
restrictions on adjacent land.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID6661a08b34fc46debe19a24e9af54bbb"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Cooperation
agreements</header><text>The Secretary may—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDa57ecb1e5d9944a0a5bd92fd20233737"><enum>(A)</enum><text>enter into such
joint agreements with the General Services Administration and the Commission as
the Secretary determines to be necessary to facilitate land exchanges,
including agreements that establish accounting mechanisms—</text>
<clause id="idE9C12614BCB54FE5867F21209FD1904E"><enum>(i)</enum><text>to be used for
tracking the differential in dollar value of land conveyed in a series of
transactions; and</text>
</clause><clause id="id80D24C0007634AFDB05D79D6EF9B9A96"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>that,
notwithstanding part 2200 of title 43, Code of Federal Regulations (or
successor regulations), may carry outstanding cumulative credit balances until
the completion of the land exchange process developed under paragraph (1);
and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID514330146db7479ca22091de723f442f"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to the extent
that the agreement does not conflict with this section, continue using the
agreement entitled <quote>Memorandum of Agreement Between California State
Lands Commission, General Services Administration, and the Department of the
Interior Regarding: Implementation of the California Desert Protection
Act</quote>, which became effective on November 7, 1995.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDa9e3ddc3453c46a898082f8da172a316"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Existing
law</header><text>Except as otherwise provided in this section, nothing in this
section supersede or limits section 707.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID887b24c92ba246ecb71c11513c55f178"><enum>(8)</enum><header>State land
leases</header>
<subparagraph id="idA7437A5E2393493AA3943B674C714421"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Secretary shall manage any State land described in
subparagraph (B) in accordance with the terms and conditions of the applicable
State lease agreement for the duration of the lease, subject to applicable laws
(including regulations).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id16A77D308D534B14B406F958EE9C435E"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Description of
State land</header><text>The State land referred to in subparagraph (A) is any
State land within the Conservation Area that is subject to a lease or permit on
the date of enactment of this title that is transferred to the Federal
Government.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id6480CAA098684B778D428989B7BFDD72"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Expiration of
lease</header><text>On the expiration of a State lease referred to in
subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall provide lessees with the opportunity to
seek Federal permits to continue the existing use of the State land without
further action otherwise required under the <act-name parsable-cite="NEPA69">National Environmental Policy Act of 1969</act-name> (42
U.S.C. 4321 et seq.).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idF37A13638EA04192B75627F088E92D5E"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Applicable
law</header><text>Except as otherwise provided in this section, any State land
transferred to the United States under this section shall be managed in
accordance with all laws (including regulations) and rules applicable to the
public land adjacent to the transferred State land.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID81b33a7c2d7840b3b8235e2620d6da5b"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Twentynine
Palms Marine Corps Base</header>
<paragraph id="ID338be942e83d45448f51dd7334ba2396"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Secretary and the Secretary of Defense, in
consultation and in cooperation with the California State Lands Commission,
shall develop a process to purchase or exchange parcels of State land within
the area of expansion and land use restrictions planned for the Twentynine
Palms Marine Corps Base.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID4a3b022834a649a9923bbe00abb9cb49"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>The
process developed under paragraph (1) for exchanged parcels of State land shall
provide the California State Lands Commission with consolidated land holdings
sufficient to make the land viable for commercial or recreational uses,
including renewable energy development, off-highway vehicle recreation, or
State infrastructure or resource needs.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID00af075f3dcb416ca3614de9b655848e"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Applicable
law</header><text>An exchange of land under this subsection shall be subject to
the requirements of subsection (b).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDf3bc2670491d41879a121503e9bc092c"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Holtville
Airport, Imperial County</header>
<paragraph id="id960169B54C674DB98A4299699460BD35"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>On the submission of an application by Imperial County,
California, the Secretary of Transportation shall, in accordance with section
47125 of title 49, United States Code, and section 2641.1 of title 43, Code of
Federal Regulations (or successor regulations) seek a conveyance from the
Secretary of approximately 3,500 acres of Bureau of Land Management land
adjacent to the Imperial County Holtville Airport (L04) for the purposes of
airport expansion.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id01741D289FE64AC99617EB1AB630CDC5"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Segregation</header><text>The
Secretary (acting through the Director of the Bureau of Land Management) shall,
with respect to the land to be conveyed under paragraph (1)—</text>
<subparagraph id="id9EBCACEEF6AB447A81B9574E78D265FA"><enum>(A)</enum><text>segregate the
land; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id56258860ABB049EFB3E766E9AD8864AA"><enum>(B)</enum><text>prohibit the
appropriation of the land until—</text>
<clause id="id5A736C001FCA4C92B0673C2ECB7D1035"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the date on which
a notice of realty action terminates the application; or</text>
</clause><clause id="idC388A7FE3FB946E7BF4A7C949A99FEF2"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the date on
which a document of conveyance is published.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idD6217329203A41B08A9B57D14CB69C46"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Needles Solar
Reserve, San Bernardino County</header>
<paragraph id="idED37A876A1644889B7421E64858C92CA"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Secretary shall grant to the Commission a right of
first refusal to exchange the State land described in paragraph (2) for Bureau
of Land Management land identified for disposal.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id6C01D8BE2A5A41DD86A787ED909C7B28"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Secondary right
of refusal</header><text>If the Commission declines to exchange State land for
Bureau of Land Management land identified for disposal within the city limits
of Needles, California, the City of Needles shall have a secondary right of
refusal to acquire the land.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id66E77A6DECBE4673ACD2CC36BB122F94"><enum>1902.</enum><header>Military
activities</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Nothing in this
Act—</text>
<paragraph id="ID16778c2a46214f9ab239e99e63443624"><enum>(1)</enum><text>restricts or
precludes Department of Defense motorized access by land or air—</text>
<subparagraph id="idA62DAD2307F444C198C385A529C9D2F7"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to respond to an
emergency within a wilderness area designated by this Act; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idFE5A2CAFDEAC45EDA7C07A8AAFA49004"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to control access
to the emergency site;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDdf238cd35c4045e89cb8799729207e49"><enum>(2)</enum><text>prevents
nonmechanized military training activities previously conducted on wilderness
areas designated by this title that are consistent with—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEE52E28B9D66402C89B9D9ACC806A795"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the Wilderness
Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA9317DD7B0B04063B34B22BD5F8F6883"><enum>(B)</enum><text>all applicable
laws (including regulations);</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDc18c2d7463c844ef9f4d28363cfcd2cb"><enum>(3)</enum><text>restricts or
precludes low-level overflights of military aircraft over the areas designated
as wilderness, national monuments, special management areas, or recreation
areas by this Act, including military overflights that can be seen or heard
within the designated areas;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID0e39c987156f4f29ba8e64f30b77d45a"><enum>(4)</enum><text>restricts or
precludes flight testing and evaluation in the areas described in paragraph
(3); or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDf6524542f9b84003984043fba3c9ab0d"><enum>(5)</enum><text>restricts or
precludes the designation or creation of new units of special use airspace, or
the establishment of military flight training routes, over the areas described
in paragraph (3).</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="ID686cc8397dd8441bb69f7b99d61064a7"><enum>1903.</enum><header>Climate
change and wildlife corridors</header>
<subsection id="IDac7511dc012c40b0a3d94bb5a6d3e1f1"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Secretary shall—</text>
<paragraph id="idACB3EB1C42354D6B8FE2AA36D66EAE6F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>assess the
impacts of climate change on the Conservation Area; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id9A7E80EFA69A4FA2963A68CFAB439E85"><enum>(2)</enum><text>establish
policies and procedures to ensure the preservation of wildlife corridors and
facilitate species migration likely to occur due to climate change.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDd585d8b581354847ac982a8d817637b7"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Study</header>
<paragraph id="id2B125B5F35874D82ABCF102A3F2DD73F"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>As soon as practicable, but not later than 2 years, after
the date of enactment of this title, the Secretary shall complete a study
regarding the impact of global climate change on the Conservation Area.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id3BBD2B2998AA433AA66CB40490584FEE"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Components</header><text>The
study under paragraph (1) shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="idAF048CC5DEE94B2E920C200CA9C02596"><enum>(A)</enum><text>identify the
species migrating, or likely to migrate, due to climate change;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID22e428c592aa4d38ab6e0eeb25f354d5"><enum>(B)</enum><text>examine the
impacts and potential impacts of climate change on—</text>
<clause id="id343EAD76C9774995AF7D22EE8F941006"><enum>(i)</enum><text>plants, insects,
and animals;</text>
</clause><clause id="id373EF36C3FAC43959EF070C27E738588"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>soil;</text>
</clause><clause id="id6A511E40EA524EB0A8D1FF0675AC4DF0"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>air
quality;</text>
</clause><clause id="idA482353538C84B56BC92292C5A41D215"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>water quality
and quantity; and</text>
</clause><clause id="idFF20871E98154072AF8D8DA1FEE860FB"><enum>(v)</enum><text>species migration
and survival;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id8CCEB598898D4D38B5A5F2CCDDF16ADD"><enum>(C)</enum><text>identify critical
wildlife and species migration corridors recommended for preservation;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id14CA76A8C70940399DB5F511DB738F88"><enum>(D)</enum><text>include
recommendations for ensuring the biological connectivity of public land managed
by the Secretary and the Secretary of Defense throughout the Conservation
Area.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDdf5dadd364384249b03f60f41b31adae"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Rights-of-way</header><text>The
Secretary shall consider the information and recommendations of the study under
paragraph (1) to determine the individual and cumulative impacts of
rights-of-way for projects in the Conservation Area, in accordance with—</text>
<subparagraph id="id0AFC62C67C174AC0B0EEC02F475F60FC"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the
<act-name parsable-cite="NEPA69">National Environmental Policy Act of
1969</act-name> (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idB4AF0D64BC3C4AE8B3D9B6F50FE7DEAC"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the
<act-name parsable-cite="ESA">Endangered Species Act of 1973</act-name> (16
U.S.C. 1531 et seq.); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idD6A013E6E2BA4712BE0325F8FFECF6C6"><enum>(C)</enum><text>any other
applicable law.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID38678c21b4ea4162bda9133c40ad59cc"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Land management
plans</header><text>The Secretary shall incorporate into all land management
plans applicable to the Conservation Area the findings and recommendations of
the study completed under subsection (b).</text>
</subsection></section><section id="ID01548340b4b542268111cc1291b47ff0"><enum>1904.</enum><header>Prohibited
uses of donated and acquired land</header>
<subsection id="ID39e4f512a00f4eb9824b51712500dd9d"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In
this section:</text>
<paragraph id="ID587a1a2dace14b5ea4cc780b16278847"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Acquired
land</header><text>The term <term>acquired land</term> means any land acquired
for the Conservation Area using amounts from the Land and Water Conservation
Fund established under section 2 of the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of
1965 (16 U.S.C. 460l–5).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID6fcb628a9b4b4e6aab2d59403109267c"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Donated
land</header><text>The term <term>donated land</term> means any private land
donated to the United States for conservation purposes in the Conservation
Area.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID7faabf1108c6425daeadb4387828c458"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Donor</header><text>The
term <term>donor</term> means an individual or entity that donates private land
within the Conservation Area to the United States.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDccf20bfa86fd45d7a4702ef5a0835bc3"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Secretary</header><text>The
term <term>Secretary</term> means the Secretary of the Interior, acting through
the Director of the Bureau of Land Management.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID5a573fb186f0485985f6409852644ec4"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Prohibitions</header><text>Except
as provided in subsection (c), there shall be prohibited with respect to
donated land or acquired land—</text>
<paragraph id="idD0307989A5AB4449AC7443CC8A0B4FC9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>disposal;
or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id394DC42AD82A4661B5C157F2C2DE7CE8"><enum>(2)</enum><text>any land use
authorization that would result in appreciable damage or disturbance to the
public lands, including—</text>
<subparagraph id="idF51BECDDA44D440FBCD638B434719418"><enum>(A)</enum><text>rights-of-way;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idF2301A493FB946659603722342CAF1AB"><enum>(B)</enum><text>leases;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idA4CA530E1B4D4127A3DC2F229804B7AD"><enum>(C)</enum><text>livestock
grazing;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id5150A7F845C246AA899CDE8D1BE280C5"><enum>(D)</enum><text>infrastructure
development;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id17B44A48B8F6461C9389FF4FE8BEF1FE"><enum>(E)</enum><text>mineral
entry;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDefbf208152df4183baa28b9354e2ac5a"><enum>(F)</enum><text>off-highway
vehicle use, except on—</text>
<clause id="id803D76403FEF414EB64D7D81A6436415"><enum>(i)</enum><text>designated
routes;</text>
</clause><clause id="idF88752E41816433A9DD797900067E9E5"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>off-highway
vehicle areas designated by law; and</text>
</clause><clause id="id0C82BC5C934641278329F793079EF834"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>administratively
designated open areas; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id3E5DEC51B8CB40989A8139A1834A858D"><enum>(G)</enum><text>any other
activities that would create impacts contrary to the conservation purposes for
which the land was donated or acquired.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDb908d77eb58144afbd6263791eff6a97"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Exceptions</header>
<paragraph id="idAA29390D1DE14DD19778F485CDD8EA2F"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Authorization
by secretary</header><text>Subject to paragraph (2), the Secretary may
authorize limited exceptions to prohibited uses of donated land or acquired
land in the Conservation Area if—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID3d159e1ba922425ab18682e23e925307"><enum>(A)</enum><text>an applicant has
submitted a right-of-way use application to the Bureau of Land Management
proposing renewable energy development on the donated land or acquired land on
or before December 1, 2009; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id2E514DE1FD684390BBA68F866AA30469"><enum>(B)</enum><text>after the
completion of an analysis under the <act-name parsable-cite="NEPA69">National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969</act-name> (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), including
full public participation in the analysis, the Secretary has determined
that—</text>
<clause id="id0C32E9D5A1FD40E49EB02E2E1E3ED820"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the use of the
donated land or acquired land is in the public interest;</text>
</clause><clause id="id6B2935BA994F48FF97ACA83C1BF96390"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the impacts of
the use are fully and appropriately mitigated; and</text>
</clause><clause id="IDed0ac8927a904697a07d0d24d6a59792"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the land was
donated or acquired on or before December 1, 2009.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID19de2c5d2f644da396f1a67a5123096d"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Conditions</header>
<subparagraph id="idCC004B1F08DD4F4FAD70CF0691FBC701"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>If the Secretary grants an exception to the prohibition
under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall require the permittee to acquire and
donate comparable private land to the United States to mitigate the use.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id2AEEC6DCDDC947AC9068EC1C1BE06D0E"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Approval</header><text>The
private land to be donated under subparagraph (A) shall be approved by the
Secretary after consultation, to the maximum extent practicable, with the donor
of the private land proposed for non-conservation uses.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID1899536a9deb495b940bfccaf3985c2d"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Existing
agreements</header><text>Nothing in this section affects permitted or
prohibited uses of donated land or acquired land in the Conservation Area
established in any easements, deed restrictions, memoranda of understanding, or
other agreements in existence on the date of enactment of this title.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID6ad7bbf544034b57805cffd299cb646e"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Deed
restrictions</header><text>The Secretary may accept deed restrictions requested
by donors for land donated to the United States within the Conservation Area
after the date of enactment of this title.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="IDd386ae26297d4816b8b3f4bebba4f681"><enum>1905.</enum><header>Tribal uses
and interests</header>
<subsection id="id54A994CE50884A88A2ACEF659852967F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Access</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall ensure access to areas
designated under this Act by members of Indian tribes for traditional cultural
and religious purposes, consistent with applicable law, including Public Law
95–341 (commonly known as the “American Indian Religious Freedom Act”) (42
U.S.C. 1996).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="idE5C62153CE074675A83205A28EBFAB2B"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Temporary
closure</header>
<paragraph id="id940ECE4B24D94555B22931842BF8A423"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>In accordance with applicable law, including Public Law
95–341 (commonly known as the “American Indian Religious Freedom Act”) (42
U.S.C. 1996), and subject to paragraph (2), the Secretary, on request of an
Indian tribe or Indian religious community, shall temporarily close to general
public use any portion of an area designated as a national monument, special
management area, wild and scenic river, or National Park System unit under this
Act (referred to in this subsection as a <quote>designated area</quote>) to
protect the privacy of traditional cultural and religious activities in the
designated area by members of the Indian tribe or Indian religious
community.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idDE7ACAD17E6C46A9BA255135B198512A"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>In
closing a portion of a designated area under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall
limit the closure to the smallest practicable area for the minimum period
necessary for the traditional cultural and religious activities.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID0a3b1ce6db874edbb969214bb111abf9"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Tribal cultural
resources management plan</header>
<paragraph id="idA215D80001E64136A23A60484FE68273"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of
this title, the Secretary of the Interior shall develop and implement a tribal
cultural resources management plan to identify, protect, and conserve cultural
resources of Indian tribes associated with the Xam Kwatchan Trail network
extending from Avikwaame (Spirit Mountain, Nevada) to Avikwlal (Pilot Knob,
California).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDa18624ff986843efa3d8eedab798da7f"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Consultation</header><text>The
Secretary shall consult on the development and implementation of the tribal
cultural resources management plan under paragraph (1) with—</text>
<subparagraph id="id1E3A8802585D401F88E7122877E45C97"><enum>(A)</enum><text>each of—</text>
<clause id="IDe0f4844a08c342d1b789a88d845b7a29"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the Chemehuevi
Indian Tribe;</text>
</clause><clause id="IDc1cffd97d04c47ce9daad70a41208765"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the Hualapai
Tribal Nation;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID63aa11957c8a4e0eb2e2c803534b946c"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the Fort Mojave
Indian Tribe;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID90c00e54bd004a338e90322f88df056f"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>the Colorado
River Indian Tribes;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID1952fec5fbd34e47938730f1ab131f27"><enum>(v)</enum><text>the Quechan
Indian Tribe; and</text>
</clause><clause id="ID00ccdc906cac4695b51d70111175335e"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>the Cocopah
Indian Tribe; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id9C5C91C9B1B04B8FAAB8007F990224B7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Advisory
Council on Historic Preservation.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID64bb486b913c42c1acdd50389567b095"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Resource
protection</header><text>The tribal cultural resources management plan
developed under paragraph (1) shall be—</text>
<subparagraph id="id68414FCFB7D245A29654FC3F51142CB2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>based on a
completed tribal cultural resources survey; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idB0873A1E6F6246D99327AC2C156BC0CF"><enum>(B)</enum><text>include
procedures for identifying, protecting, and preserving petroglyphs, ancient
trails, intaglios, sleeping circles, artifacts, and other resources of
cultural, archaeological, or historical significance in accordance with all
applicable laws and policies, including—</text>
<clause id="id2A910BA1F6A74803BE9C3256CE1DD816"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the National
Historic Preservation Act (16 U.S.C. 470 et seq.);</text>
</clause><clause id="id36590D9DC6D54052A10E241ED5F7A74B"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>Public Law
95–341 (commonly known as the <quote>American Indian Religious Freedom
Act</quote>)(42 U.S.C. 1996);</text>
</clause><clause id="id3804170FCAAD46F5B0D71022683B95B9"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the
Archaeological Resources Protection Act of 1979 (16 U.S.C. 470aa et
seq.);</text>
</clause><clause id="id18CFF7BEE28245909EB5F19341EF931B"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>the Native
American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (25 U.S.C. 3001 et seq.);
and</text>
</clause><clause id="idE00F4CA8EB2F4E43BC565323DB2D1C85"><enum>(v)</enum><text>Public Law
103–141 (commonly known as the <quote>Religious Freedom Restoration Act of
1993</quote>)(42 U.S.C. 2000bb et seq.).</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID133bd614167547e5bc7d6612998c4fc7"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Withdrawal</header><text>Subject
to valid existing rights, all Federal land within the area administratively
withdrawn and known as the <quote>Indian Pass Withdrawal Area</quote> is
permanently withdrawn from—</text>
<paragraph id="ID1ff3324db6124bab8c1191db499c793e"><enum>(1)</enum><text>all forms of
entry, appropriation, or disposal under the public laws;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID4ca8cd1d4d944a2291573ccfa1ecbfe3"><enum>(2)</enum><text>location, entry,
and patent under the mining laws; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID76b7d50992d24a159a7031123382b6e9"><enum>(3)</enum><text>right-of-way
leasing and disposition under all laws relating to mineral, solar, wind, and
geothermal
energy.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section>.
(b)
(1)Section 1 of the California Desert Protection Act of 1994
(16 U.S.C. 410aaa note) is amended by striking 1 and 2, and titles I
through IX
and inserting 1, 2, and 3, titles I through IX, and
titles XIII through XIX
.
(2)The
California Desert Protection Act of 1994 (Public Law 103–433; 108 Stat. 4481)
is amended by inserting after section 2 the following:
3.In titles XIII through XIX:
(1)The term Conservation Area
means the
California Desert Conservation Area.
(2)The term Secretary
means—
(A)with respect to
land under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary of
the Interior; and
(B)with respect to
land under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of
Agriculture.
(3)The
term State
means the State of
California.
.
(3)Administration
of wilderness areasSection 103 of the California Desert
Protection Act of 1994 (Public Law 103–433; 108 Stat. 4481) is amended—
(A)by striking
subsection (d) and inserting the following:
(d)
(1)Congress does not intend for the designation of
wilderness areas by this Act—
(A)to require the
additional regulation of land adjacent to the wilderness areas; or
(B)to lead to the
creation of protective perimeters or buffer zones around the wilderness
areas.
(2)Any nonwilderness activities (including renewable
energy projects, mining, camping, hunting, and military activities) in areas
immediately adjacent to the boundary of a wilderness area designated by this
Act shall not be restricted or precluded by this Act, regardless of any actual
or perceived negative impacts of the nonwilderness activities on the wilderness
area, including any potential indirect impacts of nonwilderness activities
conducted outside the designated wilderness area on the viewshed, ambient noise
level, or air quality of wilderness
area.
;
(B)in subsection
(f), by striking designated by this title and
inserting
, potential wilderness areas, special management areas, and national
monuments designated by this title or titles XIII through XIX
;
and
(C)in subsection
(g), by inserting , a potential wilderness area, a special management
areas, or national monument
before by this Act
.
(4)Title V of the California Desert Protection Act of 1994
(16 U.S.C. 410aaa–41 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the
following:
520.Native
groundwater suppliesThe
Director of the Bureau of Land Management shall not access or process any
application for a right-of-way for development projects that propose to use
native groundwater from aquifers adjacent to the Mojave National Preserve that
individually or collectively, in combination with proposed or anticipated
projects on private land, require the use of native groundwater in excess of
the estimated recharge rate as determined by the United States Geological
Survey.
.
(5)Amendments to
the California Military Lands Withdrawal and Overflights Act of 1994
(A)Section
801(b)(2) of the California Military Lands Withdrawal and Overflights Act of
1994 (16 U.S.C. 410aaa–82 note) is amended by inserting , national
monuments, special management areas, potential wilderness areas,
before
and wilderness areas
.
(B)Overflights;
special airspaceSection 802 of the California Military Lands
Withdrawal and Overflights Act of 1994 (16 U.S.C. 410aaa–82) is amended—
(i)in
subsection (a), by inserting , national monuments, or special management
areas
before designated by this Act
;
(ii)in
subsection (b), by inserting , national monuments, or special management
areas
before designated by this Act
; and
(iii)by adding at
the end the following:
(d)Department of
defense facilitiesNothing in this Act alters any authority of
the Secretary of Defense to conduct military operations at installations and
ranges within the California Desert Conservation Area that are authorized under
any other provision of
law.
.
3.Designation of
wild and scenic riversSection
3(a) of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act (16 U.S.C. 1274(a)) is amended—
(1)in paragraph
(196), by striking subparagraph (A) and inserting the following:
(A)(i)The approximately
1.4-mile segment of the Amargosa River in the State of California, from the
private property boundary in sec. 19, T. 22 N., R. 7 E., to 100 feet downstream
of Highway 178, to be administered by the Secretary of the Interior as a scenic
river as an addition to the Amargosa Wild and Scenic River on publication by
the Secretary of the Interior of a notice in the Federal Register that
sufficient inholdings within the boundaries of the segment have been acquired
as scenic easements or in fee title to establish a manageable addition to the
Amargosa Wild and Scenic River.
(ii)The approximately 6.1-mile segment
of the Amargosa River in the State of California, from 100 feet downstream of
the State Highway 178 crossing to 100 feet upstream of the Tecopa Hot Springs
Road crossing, to be administered by the Secretary of the Interior as a scenic
river.
;
and
(2)by adding at the
end the following:
(208)Surprise
canyon creek, California
(A)The following segments of Surprise Canyon Creek in the
State of California, to be administered by the Secretary of the
Interior:
(i)The approximately
5.3 miles of Surprise Canyon Creek from the confluence of Frenchman’s Canyon
and Water Canyon to 100-feet upstream of Chris Wicht Camp, as a wild
river.
(ii)The
approximately 1.8 miles of Surprise Canyon Creek from 100 feet upstream of
Chris Wicht Camp to the southern boundary of sec. 14, T. 21 N., R. 44 E., as a
recreational river.
(B)Effect on
historic mining structuresNothing in this paragraph affects the
historic mining structures associated with the former Panamint Mining
District.
(209)
(A)The following segments of Deep Creek in the State of
California, to be administered by the Secretary of Agriculture:
(i)The approximately
6.5-mile segment from 0.125 mile downstream of the Rainbow Dam site in sec. 33,
T. 2 N., R. 2 W., to 0.25-miles upstream of the Road 3N34 crossing, as a wild
river.
(ii)The 0.5-mile
segment from 0.25 mile upstream of the Road 3N34 crossing to 0.25 mile
downstream of the Road 3N34 crossing, as a scenic river.
(iii)The 2.5-mile
segment from 0.25 miles downstream of the Road 3 N. 34 crossing to 0.25 miles
upstream of the Trail 2W01 crossing, as a wild river.
(iv)The 0.5-mile
segment from 0.25 miles upstream of the Trail 2W01 crossing to 0.25 mile
downstream of the Trail 2W01 crossing, as a scenic river.
(v)The 10-mile
segment from 0.25 miles downstream of the Trail 2W01 crossing to the upper
limit of the Mojave dam flood zone in sec. 17, T. 3 N., R. 3 W., as a wild
river.
(vi)The 11-mile
segment of Holcomb Creek from 100 yards downstream of the Road 3N12 crossing to
.25 miles downstream of Holcomb Crossing, as a recreational river.
(vii)The 3.5-mile
segment of the Holcomb Creek from 0.25 miles downstream of Holcomb Crossing to
the Deep Creek confluence, as a wild river.
(B)Nothing in this paragraph affects—
(i)the operations of
the Snow Valley Ski Resort; or
(ii)the State
regulation of water rights and water quality associated with the operation of
the Snow Valley Ski Resort.
(210)Whitewater
river, CaliforniaThe following segments of the Whitewater River
in the State of California, to be administered by the Secretary of Agriculture
and the Secretary of the Interior, acting jointly:
(A)The 5.8-mile
segment of the North Fork Whitewater River from the source of the River near
Mt. San Gorgonio to the confluence with the Middle Fork, as a wild
river.
(B)The 6.4-mile
segment of the Middle Fork Whitewater River from the source of the River to the
confluence with the South Fork, as a wild river.
(C)The 1-mile
segment of the South Fork Whitewater River from the confluence of the River
with the East Fork to the section line between sections 32 and 33, T. 1 S., R.
2 E., as a wild river.
(D)The 1-mile
segment of the South Fork Whitewater River from the section line between
sections 32 and 33, T. 1 S., R. 2 E., to the section line between sections 33
and 34, T. 1 S., R. 2 E., as a recreational river.
(E)The 4.9-mile
segment of the South Fork Whitewater River from the section line between
sections 33 and 34, T. 1 S., R. 2 E., to the confluence with the Middle Fork,
as a wild river.
(F)The 5.4-mile
segment of the main stem of the Whitewater River from the confluence of the
South and Middle Forks to the San Gorgonio Wilderness boundary, as a wild
river.
(G)The 2.7-mile
segment of the main stem of the Whitewater River from the San Gorgonio
Wilderness boundary to the southern boundary of section 26, T. 2 S., R. 3 E.,
as a recreational
river.
.