[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 123 (Thursday, October 5, 2000)]
[Senate]
[Pages S10005-S10007]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




      BLACK ROCK DESERT-HIGH ROCK CANYON EMIGRANT TRAILS NATIONAL 
                     CONSERVATION AREA ACT OF 2000

  The Senate proceeded to consider the bill (S. 2273) to establish the 
Black Rock Desert-High Rock Canyon Emigrant Trails National 
Conservation Area, and for other purposes, which was reported from the 
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
  The amendment (No. 4297) was agreed to, as follows:


                           amendment no. 4297

              (Purpose: to provide a complete substitute)

       Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the 
     following:

     SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

       This Act may be cited as the ``Black Rock Desert-High Rock 
     Canon Emigrant Trails National Conservation Area Act of 
     2000''.

     SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

       The Congress finds the following:
       (1) The areas of northwestern Nevada known as the Black 
     Rock Desert and High Rock Canyon contain and surround the 
     last nationally significant, untouched segments of the 
     historic California Emigrant Trails, including wagon ruts, 
     historic inscriptions, and a wilderness landscape largely 
     unchanged since the days of the pioneers.
       (2) The relative absence of development in the Black Rock 
     Desert and High Rock Canyon areas from emigrant times to the 
     present day offers a unique opportunity to capture the 
     terrain, sights, and conditions of the overland trails as 
     they were experienced by the emigrants and to make available 
     to both present and future generations of Americans the 
     opportunity of experiencing emigrant conditions in an 
     unaltered setting.
       (3) The Black Rock Desert and High Rock Canyon areas are 
     unique segments of the Northern Great Basin and contain broad 
     representation of the Great Basin's land forms and plant and 
     animal species, including golden eagles and other birds of 
     prey, sage grouse, mule deer, pronghorn antelope, bighorn 
     sheep, free roaming horses and burros, threatened fish and 
     sensitive plants.
       (4) The Black Rock-High Rock region contains a number of 
     cultural and natural resources that have been declared 
     eligible for National Historic Landmark and Natural Landmark 
     status, including a portion of the 1843-44 John Charles 
     Fremont exploration route, the site of the death of Peter 
     Lassen, early military facilities, and examples of early 
     homesteading and mining.
       (5) The archaeological, paleontological, and geographical 
     resources of the Black Rock-High Rock region include numerous 
     prehistoric and historic Native American sites, wooly mammoth 
     sites, some of the largest natural potholes of North America, 
     and a remnant dry Pelistocene lakebed (playa) where the 
     curvature of the Earth may be observed.
       (6) The two large wilderness mosaics that frame the 
     conservation area offer exceptional opportunities for 
     solitude and serve to protect the integrity of the viewshed 
     of the historic emigrant trails.
       (7) Public lands in the conservation area have been used 
     for domestic livestock grazing for over a century, with 
     resultant benefits to community stability and contributions 
     to the local and State economies. It has not been 
     demonstrated that continuation of this use would be 
     incompatible with appropriate protection and sound management 
     of the resource values of these lands; therefore, it is 
     expected that such grazing will continue in accordance with 
     the management plan for the conservation area and other 
     applicable laws and regulations.
       (8) The Black Rock Desert playa is a unique natural 
     resource that serves as the primary destination for the 
     majority of visitors to the conservation area, including 
     visitors associated with large-scale permitted events. It is 
     expected that such permitted events will continue to be 
     administered in accordance with the management plan for the 
     conservation area and other applicable laws and regulations.

     SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.

       As used in this Act:
       (1) The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of the 
     Interior.
       (2) The term ``public lands'' has the meaning stated in 
     section 103(e) of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act 
     of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1702(e)).
       (3) The term ``conservation area'' means the Black Rock 
     Desert-High Rock Canyon Emigrant Trails National Conservation 
     Area established pursuant to section 4 of this Act.

     SEC. 4. ESTABLISHMENT OF THE CONSERVATION AREA.

       (a) Establishment and Purposes.--In order to conserve, 
     protect, and enhance for the benefit and enjoyment of present 
     and future generations the unique and nationally important 
     historical, cultural, paleontological, scenic, scientific, 
     biological, educational, wildlife, riparian, wilderness, 
     endangered species, and recreational values and resources 
     associated with the Applegate-Lassen and Nobles Trails 
     corridors and surrounding areas, there is hereby established 
     the Black Rock Desert-High Rock Canyon Emigrant Trails 
     National Conservation Area in the State of Nevada.
       (b) Areas Included.--The conservation area shall consist of 
     approximately 797,100 acres of public lands as generally 
     depicted on the map entitled ``Black Rock Desert Emigrant 
     Trail National Conservation Area'' and dated July 19, 2000.
       (c) Maps and Legal Description.--As soon as practicable 
     after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
     shall submit to Congress a map and legal description of the 
     conservation area. The map and legal description shall have 
     the same force and effect as if included in this Act, except 
     the Secretary may correct clerical and typographical errors 
     in such map and legal description. Copies of the map and 
     legal description shall be on file and available for public 
     inspection in the appropriate offices of the Bureau of Land 
     Management.

     SEC. 5. MANAGEMENT.

       (a) Management.--The Secretary, acting through the Bureau 
     of Land Management, shall manage the conservation area in a 
     manner that conserves, protects and enhances its resources 
     and values, including those resources and values specified in 
     subsection 4(a), in accordance with this Act, the Federal 
     Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701 et 
     seq.), and other applicable provisions of law.
       (b) Access.--
       (1) In general.--The Secretary shall maintain adequate 
     access for the reasonable use and enjoyment of the 
     conservation area.
       (2) Private land.--The Secretary shall provide reasonable 
     access to privately owned land or interests in land within 
     the boundaries of the conservation area.
       (3) Existing public roads.--The Secretary is authorized to 
     maintain existing public access within the boundaries of the 
     conservation areas in a manner consistent with the purposes 
     for which the conservation area was established.
       (c) Uses.--
       (1) In general.--The Secretary shall only allow such uses 
     of the conservation area as the Secretary finds will further 
     the purposes for which the conservation area is established.
       (2) Off-highway vehicle use.--Except where needed for 
     administrative purposes or to respond to an emergency, use of 
     motorized vehicles in the conservation area shall be 
     permitted only on roads and trails and in other areas 
     designated for use of motorized vehicles as part of the 
     management plan prepared pursuant to subsection (e).
       (3) Permitted events.--The Secretary may continue to permit 
     large-scale events in defined, low impact areas of the Black 
     Rock Desert plays in the conservation area in accordance with 
     the management plan prepared pursuant to subsection (e).
       (d) Hunting, Trapping, and Fishing.--Nothing in this Act 
     shall be deemed to diminish the jurisdiction of the State of 
     Nevada with respect to fish and wildlife management, 
     including regulation of hunting and fishing, on public lands 
     within the conservation area.
       (e) Management plan.--Within three years following the date 
     of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall develop a 
     comprehensive resource management plan for the long-term 
     protection and management of the conservation area. The plan 
     shall be developed with full public participation and shall 
     developed with full public participation and shall describe 
     the appropriate uses and management of the conservation area 
     consistent with the provisions of this Act. The plan may 
     incorporate appropriate decisions contained in any current 
     management or activity plan for the area and may use 
     information developed in previous studies of the lands within 
     or adjacent to the conservation area.
       (f) Grazing.--Where the Secretary of the Interior currently 
     permits livestock grazing in the conservation area, such 
     grazing shall be allowed to continue subject to all 
     applicable laws, regulations, and executive orders.
       (g) Visitor Service Facilities.--The Secretary is 
     authorized to establish, in cooperation with other public or 
     private entities as the Secretary may deem appropriate, 
     visitor service facilities for the purpose of providing 
     information about the historical, cultural, ecological, 
     recreational, and other resources of the conservation area.

     SEC. 6. WITHDRAWAL.

       (a) In general.--Subject to valid existing rights, 
     all Federal lands within the conservation area and all 
     lands and interests therein which are hereafter acquired 
     by the United States are hereby withdrawn from all forms 
     of entry, appropriation, or disposal under the public land 
     laws, from location, entry, and patent under the mining 
     laws, from operation of the mineral leasing and geothermal

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     leasing laws and from the minerals materials laws and all 
     amendments thereto.

     SEC. 7. NO BUFFER ZONES.

       The Congress does not intend for the establishment of the 
     conservation area to lead to the creation of protective 
     perimeters or buffer zones around the conservation area. The 
     fact that there may be activities or uses on lands outside 
     the conservation area that would not be permitted in the 
     conservation area shall not preclude such activities or uses 
     on such lands up to the boundary of the conservation area 
     consistent with other applicable laws.

     SEC. 8. WILDERNESS.

       (a) Designatin.--In furtherance of the purposes of the 
     Wilderness Act of 1964 (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), the 
     following lands in the State of Nevada are designated as 
     wilderness, and, therefore, as components of the National 
     Wilderness Preservation System:
       (1) Certain lands in the Black Rock Desert Wilderness Study 
     Area comprised of approximately 315,700 acres, as generally 
     depicted on a map entitled ``Black Rock Desert Wilderness--
     Proposed'' and dated July 19, 2000, and which shall be known 
     as the Black Rock Desert Wilderness.
       (2) Certain lands in the Pahute Peak Wilderness Study Area 
     comprised of approximately 57,400 acres, as generally 
     depicted on a map entitled ``Pahute Peak Wilderness--
     Proposed'' and dated July 19, 2000, and which shall be known 
     as the Pahute Peak Wilderness.
       (3) Certain lands in the North Black Rock Range Wilderness 
     Study Area comprised of approximately 30,800 acres, as 
     generally depicted on a map entitled ``North Black Rock Range 
     Wilderness--Proposed'' and dated July 19, 2000, and which 
     shall be known as the North Black Rock Range Wilderness.
       (4) Certain lands in the East Fork High Rock Canyon 
     Wilderness Study Area comprised of approximately 52,800 
     acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled ``East Fork 
     High Rock Canyon Wilderness--Proposed'' and dated July 19, 
     2000, and which shall be known as the East Fork High Rock 
     Canyon Wilderness.
       (5) Certain lands in the High Rock Lake Wilderness Study 
     Area comprised of approximately 59,300 acres, as generally 
     depicted on a map entitled ``High Rock Lake Wilderness--
     Proposed'' and dated July 19, 2000, and which shall be known 
     as the High Rock Lake Wilderness.
       (6) Certain lands in the Little High Rock Canyon Wilderness 
     Study Area comprised of approximately 48,700 acres, as 
     generally depicted on a map entitled ``Little High Rock 
     Canyon Wilderness--Proposed'' and dated July 19, 2000, and 
     which shall be known as the Little High Rock Canyon 
     Wilderness.
       (7) Certain lands in the High Rock Canyon Wilderness Study 
     Area and Yellow Rock Canyon Wilderness Study Area comprised 
     of approximately 46,600 acres, as generally depicted on a map 
     entitled ``High Rock Canyon Wilderness--Proposed'' and dated 
     July 19, 2000, and which shall be known as the High Rock 
     Canyon Wilderness.
       (8) Certain land in the Calico Mountains Wilderness Study 
     Area comprised of approximately 65,400 acres, as generally 
     depicted on a map entitled ``Calico Mountains Wilderness--
     Proposed'' and dated July 19, 2000, and which shall be known 
     as the Calico Mountains Wilderness.
       (9) Certain lands in the South Jackson Mountains Wilderness 
     Study Area comprised of approximately 56,800 acres, as 
     generally depicted on a map entitled ``South Jackson 
     Mountains Wilderness--Proposed'' and dated July 19, 2000, and 
     which shall be known as the South Jackson Mountains 
     Wilderness.
       (10) Certain lands in the North Jackson Mountains 
     Wilderness Study Area comprised of approximately 24,000 
     acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled ``North 
     Jackson Mountains Wilderness--Proposed'' and dated July 19, 
     2000, and which shall be known as the North Jackson Mountains 
     Wilderness.
       (b) Administration of Wilderness Areas.--Subject to valid 
     existing rights, each wilderness area designated by this Act 
     shall be administered by the Secretary in accordance with the 
     provisions of the Wilderness Act, except that any reference 
     in such provisions to the effective date of the Wilderness 
     Act shall be deemed to be a reference to the date of 
     enactment of this Act and any reference to the Secretary of 
     Agriculture shall be deemed to be a reference to the 
     Secretary of the Interior.
       (c) Maps and Legal Description.--As soon as practicable 
     after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
     shall submit to Congress a map and legal description of the 
     wilderness areas designated under this Act. The map and legal 
     description shall have the same force and effect as if 
     included in this Act, except the Secretary may correct 
     clerical and typographical errors in such map and legal 
     description. Copies of the map and legal description shall be 
     on file and available for public inspection in the 
     appropriate offices of the Bureau of Land Management.
       (d) Grazing.--Within the wilderness areas designated under 
     subsection (a), the grazing of livestock, where established 
     prior to the date of enactment of this Act, shall be 
     permitted to continue subject to such reasonable regulations, 
     policies, and practices as the Secretary deems necessary, as 
     long as such regulations, policies, and practices fully 
     conform with and implement the intent of Congress regarding 
     grazing in such areas as such intent is expressed in the 
     Wilderness Act and section 101(f) of Public Law 101-628.

     SEC. 9. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

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

  The bill (S. 2273), as amended, was read the third time and passed, 
as follows:

                                S. 2273

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

     SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

       This Act may be cited as the ``Black Rock Desert-High Rock 
     Canyon Emigrant Trails National Conservation Area Act of 
     2000''.

     SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

       The Congress finds the following:
       (1) The areas of northwestern Nevada known as the Black 
     Rock Desert and High Rock Canyon contain and surround the 
     last nationally significant, untouched segments of the 
     historic California emigrant Trails, including wagon ruts, 
     historic inscriptions, and a wilderness landscape largely 
     unchanged since the days of the pioneers.
       (2) The relative absence of development in the Black Rock 
     Desert and high Rock Canyon areas from emigrant times to the 
     present day offers a unique opportunity to capture the 
     terrain, sights, and conditions of the overland trails as 
     they were experienced by the emigrants and to make available 
     to both present and future generations of Americans the 
     opportunity of experiencing emigrant conditions in an 
     unaltered setting.
       (3) The Black Rock Desert and High Rock Canyon areas are 
     unique segments of the Northern Great Basin and contain broad 
     representation of the Great Basin's land forms and plant and 
     animal species, including golden eagles and other birds of 
     prey, sage grouse, mule deer, pronghorn antelope, bighorn 
     sheep, free roaming horses and burros, threatened fish and 
     sensitive plants.
       (4) The Black Rock-High Rock region contains a number of 
     cultural and natural resources that have been declared 
     eligible for National Historic Landmark and Natural Landmark 
     status, including a portion of the 1843-44 John Charles 
     Fremont exploration route, the site of the death of Peter 
     Lassen, early military facilities, and examples of early 
     homesteading and mining.
       (5) The archeological, paleontological, and geographical 
     resources of the Black Rock-High Rock region include numerous 
     prehistoric and historic Native American sites, wooly mammoth 
     sites, some of the largest natural potholes of North America, 
     and a remnant dry Pleistocene lakebed (playa) where the 
     curvature of the Earth may be observed.
       (6) The two large wilderness mosaics that frame the 
     conservation area offer exceptional opportunities for 
     solitude and serve to protect the integrity of the viewshed 
     of the historic emigrant trails.
       (7) Public lands in the conservation area have been used 
     for domestic livestock grazing for over a century, with 
     resultant benefits to community stability and contributions 
     to the local and State economies. It has not been 
     demonstrated that continuation of this use would be 
     incompatible with appropriate protection and sound management 
     of the resource values of these lands; therefore, it is 
     expected that such grazing will continue in accordance with 
     the management plan for the conservation area and other 
     applicable laws and regulations.
       (8) The Black Rock Desert playa is a unique natural 
     resource that serves as the primary destination for the 
     majority of visitors to the conservation area, including 
     visitors associated with large-scale permitted events. It is 
     expected that such permitted events will continue to be 
     administered in accordance with the management plan for the 
     conservation area and other applicable laws and regulations.

     SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.

       As used in this Act:
       (1) The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of the 
     Interior.
       (2) The term ``public lands'' has the meaning stated in 
     section 103(e) of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act 
     of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1702(e)).
       (3) The term ``conservation area'' means the Black Rock 
     Desert-High Rock Canyon Emigrant Trails National Conservation 
     Area established pursuant to section 4 of this Act.

     SEC. 4. ESTABLISHMENT OF THE CONSERVATION AREA.

       (a) Establishment and Purposes.--In order to conserve, 
     protect, and enhance for the benefit and enjoyment of present 
     and future generations the unique and nationally important 
     historical, cultural, paleontological, scenic, scientific, 
     biological, educational, wildlife, riparian, wilderness, 
     endangered species, and recreational values and resources 
     associated with the Applegate-Lassen and Nobles Trails 
     corridors and surrounding areas, there is hereby established 
     the Black Rock Desert-High Rock Canyon Emigrant Trails 
     National Conservation Area in the State of Nevada.
       (b) Areas Included.--The conservation area shall consist of 
     approximately 797,100 acres of public lands as generally 
     depicted on the map entitled ``Black Rock Desert Emigrant 
     Trail National Conservation Area'' and dated July 19, 2000.
       (c) Maps and Legal Description.--As soon as practicable 
     after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
     shall submit to Congress a map and legal description of the 
     conservation area. The map and legal description shall have 
     the same force and effect as if included in this Act, except 
     the

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     Secretary may correct clerical and typographical errors in 
     such map and legal description. Copies of the map and legal 
     description shall be on file and available for public 
     inspection in the appropriate offices of the Bureau of Land 
     Management.

     SEC. 5. MANAGEMENT.

       (a) Management.--The Secretary, acting through the Bureau 
     of Land Management, shall manage the conservation area in a 
     manner that conserves, protects and enhances its resources 
     and values, including those resources and values specified in 
     subsection 4(a), in accordance with this Act, the Federal 
     Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701 et 
     seq.), and other applicable provisions of law.
       (b) Access.--
       (1) In general.--The Secretary shall maintain adequate 
     access for the reasonable use and enjoyment of the 
     conservation area.
       (2) Private land.--The Secretary shall provide reasonable 
     access to privately owned land or interests in land within 
     the boundaries of the conservation area.
       (3) Existing public roads.--The Secretary is authorized to 
     maintain existing public access within the boundaries of the 
     conservation area in a manner consistent with the purposes 
     for which the conservation area was established.
       (c) Uses.--
       (1) In general.--The Secretary shall only allow such uses 
     of the conservation area as the Secretary finds will further 
     the purposes for which the conservation area is established.
       (2) Off-highway vehicle use.--Except where needed for 
     administrative purposes or to respond to an emergency, use of 
     motorized vehicles in the conservation area shall be 
     permitted only on roads and trails and in other areas 
     designated for use of motorized vehicles as part of the 
     management plan prepared pursuant to subsection (e).
       (3) Permitted events.--The Secretary may continue to permit 
     large-scale events in defined, low impact areas of the Black 
     Rock Desert playa in the conservation area in accordance with 
     the management plan prepared pursuant to subsection (e).
       (d) Hunting, Trapping, and Fishing.--Nothing in this Act 
     shall be deemed to diminish the jurisdiction of the State of 
     Nevada with respect to fish and wildlife management, 
     including regulation of hunting and fishing, on public lands 
     within the conservation area.
       (e) Management Plan.--Within three years following the date 
     of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall develop a 
     comprehensive resource management plan for the long-term 
     protection and management of the conservation area. The plan 
     shall be developed with full public participation and shall 
     describe the appropriate uses and management of the 
     conservation area consistent with the provisions of this Act. 
     The plan may incorporate appropriate decisions contained in 
     any current management or activity plan for the area and may 
     use information developed in previous studies of the lands 
     within or adjacent to the conservation area.
       (f) Grazing.--Where the Secretary of the Interior currently 
     permits livestock grazing in the conservation area, such 
     grazing shall be allowed to continue subject to all 
     applicable laws, regulations, and executive orders.
       (g) Visitor Service Facilities.--The Secretary is 
     authorized to establish, in cooperation with other public or 
     private entities as the Secretary may deem appropriate, 
     visitor service facilities for the purpose of providing 
     information about the historical, cultural, ecological, 
     recreational, and other resources of the conservation area.

     SEC. 6. WITHDRAWAL.

       (a) In General.--Subject to valid existing rights, all 
     Federal lands within the conservation area and all lands and 
     interests therein which are hereafter acquired by the United 
     States are hereby withdrawn from all forms of entry, 
     appropriation, or disposal under the public land laws, from 
     location, entry, and patent under the mining laws, from 
     operation of the mineral leasing and geothermal leasing laws 
     and from the minerals materials laws and all amendments 
     thereto.

     SEC. 7. NO BUFFER ZONES.

       The Congress does not intend for the establishment of the 
     conservation area to lead to the creation of protective 
     perimeters or buffer zones around the conservation area. The 
     fact that there may be activities or uses on lands outside 
     the conservation area that would not be permitted in the 
     conservation area shall not preclude such activities or uses 
     on such lands up to the boundary of the conservation area 
     consistent with other applicable laws.

     SEC. 8. WILDERNESS.

       (a) Designation.--In furtherance of the purposes of the 
     Wilderness Act of 1964 (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), the 
     following lands in the State of Nevada are designated as 
     wilderness, and, therefore, as components of the National 
     Wilderness Preservation System:
       (1) Certain lands in the Black Rock Desert Wilderness Study 
     Area comprised of approximately 315,700 acres, as generally 
     depicted on a map entitled ``Black Rock Desert Wilderness--
     Proposed'' and dated July 19, 2000, and which shall be known 
     as the Black Rock Desert Wilderness.
       (2) Certain lands in the Pahute Peak Wilderness Study Area 
     comprised of approximately 57,400 acres, as generally 
     depicted on a map entitled ``Pahute Peak Wilderness--
     Proposed'' and dated July 19, 2000, and which shall be known 
     as the Pahute Peak Wilderness.
       (3) Certain lands in the North Black Rock Range Wilderness 
     Study Area comprised of approximately 30,800 acres, as 
     generally depicted on a map entitled ``North Black Rock Range 
     Wilderness--Proposed'' and dated July 19, 2000, and which 
     shall be known as the North Black Rock Range Wilderness.
       (4) Certain lands in the East Fork High Rock Canyon 
     Wilderness Study Area comprised of approximately 52,800 
     acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled ``East Fork 
     High Rock Canyon Wilderness--Proposed'' and dated July 19, 
     2000, and which shall be known as the East Fork High Rock 
     Canyon Wilderness.
       (5) Certain lands in the High Rock Lake Wilderness Study 
     Area comprised of approximately 59,300 acres, as generally 
     depicted on a map entitled ``High Rock Lake Wilderness--
     Proposed'' and dated July 19, 2000, and which shall be known 
     as the High Rock Lake Wilderness.
       (6) Certain lands in the Little High Rock Canyon Wilderness 
     Study Area comprised of approximately 48,700 acres, as 
     generally depicted on a map entitled ``Little High Rock 
     Canyon Wilderness--Proposed'' and dated July 19, 2000, and 
     which shall be known as the Little High Rock Canyon 
     Wilderness.
       (7) Certain lands in the High Rock Canyon Wilderness Study 
     Area and Yellow Rock Canyon Wilderness Study Area comprised 
     of approximately 46,600 acres, as generally depicted on a map 
     entitled ``High Rock Canyon Wilderness--Proposed'' and dated 
     July 19, 2000, and which shall be known as the High Rock 
     Canyon Wilderness.
       (8) Certain lands in the Calico Mountains Wilderness Study 
     Area comprised of approximately 65,400 acres, as generally 
     depicted on a map entitled ``Calico Mountains Wilderness--
     Proposed'' and dated July 19, 2000, and which shall be known 
     as the Calico Mountains Wilderness.
       (9) Certain lands in the South Jackson Mountains Wilderness 
     Study Area comprised of approximately 56,800 acres, as 
     generally depicted on a map entitled ``South Jackson 
     Mountains Wilderness--Proposed'' and dated July 19, 2000, and 
     which shall be known as the South Jackson Mountains 
     Wilderness.
       (10) Certain lands in the North Jackson Mountains 
     Wilderness Study Area comprised of approximately 24,000 
     acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled ``North 
     Jackson Mountains Wilderness--Proposed'' and dated July 19, 
     2000, and which shall be known as the North Jackson Mountains 
     Wilderness.
       (b) Administration of Wilderness Areas.--Subject to valid 
     existing rights, each wilderness area designated by this Act 
     shall be administered by the Secretary in accordance with the 
     provisions of the Wilderness Act, except that any reference 
     in such provisions to the effective date of the Wilderness 
     Act shall be deemed to be a reference to the date of 
     enactment of this Act and any reference to the Secretary of 
     Agriculture shall be deemed to be a reference to the 
     Secretary of the Interior.
       (c) Maps and Legal Description.--As soon as practicable 
     after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
     shall submit to Congress a map and legal description of the 
     wilderness areas designated under this Act. The map and legal 
     description shall have the same force and effect as if 
     included in this Act, except the Secretary may correct 
     clerical and typographical errors in such map and legal 
     description. Copies of the map and legal description shall be 
     on file and available for public inspection in the 
     appropriate offices of the Bureau of Land Management.
       (d) Grazing.--Within the wilderness areas designated under 
     subsection (a), the grazing of livestock, where established 
     prior to the date of enactment of this Act, shall be 
     permitted to continue subject to such reasonable regulations, 
     policies, and practices as the Secretary deems necessary, as 
     long as such regulations, policies, and practices fully 
     conform with and implement the intent of Congress regarding 
     grazing in such areas as such intent is expressed in the 
     Wilderness Act and section 101(f) of Public Law 101-628.

     SEC. 9. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

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

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