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Calendar No. 7 116TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION S. 47 To provide for the management of the natural resources of the United

States, and for other purposes.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

JANUARY 8, 2019

Ms. MURKOWSKI (for herself and Ms. CANTWELL) introduced the following

bill; which was read the first time

JANUARY 9, 2019

Read the second time and placed on the calendar

A BILL To provide for the management of the natural resources

of the United States, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1

tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 3

(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 4

‘‘Natural Resources Management Act’’. 5

(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 6

this Act is as follows: 7

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.

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Sec. 2. Definition of Secretary.

TITLE I—PUBLIC LAND AND FORESTS

Subtitle A—Land Exchanges and Conveyances

Sec. 1001. Crags land exchange, Colorado.

Sec. 1002. Arapaho National Forest boundary adjustment.

Sec. 1003. Santa Ana River Wash Plan land exchange.

Sec. 1004. Udall Park land exchange.

Sec. 1005. Confirmation of State land grants.

Sec. 1006. Custer County Airport conveyance.

Sec. 1007. Pascua Yaqui Tribe land conveyance.

Sec. 1008. La Paz County land conveyance.

Sec. 1009. Lake Bistineau land title stability.

Sec. 1010. Lake Fannin land conveyance.

Sec. 1011. Land conveyance and utility right-of-way, Henry’s Lake Wilderness

Study Area, Idaho.

Sec. 1012. Conveyance to Ukpeagvik Inupiat Corporation.

Sec. 1013. Public purpose conveyance to City of Hyde Park, Utah.

Sec. 1014. Juab County conveyance.

Sec. 1015. Black Mountain Range and Bullhead City land exchange.

Sec. 1016. Cottonwood land exchange.

Sec. 1017. Embry-Riddle Tri-City land exchange.

Subtitle B—Public Land and National Forest System Management

Sec. 1101. Bolts Ditch access.

Sec. 1102. Clarification relating to a certain land description under the North-

ern Arizona Land Exchange and Verde River Basin Partner-

ship Act of 2005.

Sec. 1103. Frank and Jeanne Moore Wild Steelhead Special Management Area.

Sec. 1104. Maintenance or replacement of facilities and structures at Smith

Gulch.

Sec. 1105. Repeal of provision limiting the export of timber harvested from cer-

tain Kake Tribal Corporation land.

Sec. 1106. Designation of Fowler and Boskoff Peaks.

Sec. 1107. Coronado National Forest land conveyance.

Sec. 1108. Deschutes Canyon-Steelhead Falls Wilderness Study Area boundary

adjustment, Oregon.

Sec. 1109. Maintenance of Federal mineral leases based on extraction of he-

lium.

Sec. 1110. Small miner waivers to claim maintenance fees.

Sec. 1111. Saint Francis Dam Disaster National Memorial and National Monu-

ment.

Sec. 1112. Owyhee Wilderness Areas boundary modifications.

Sec. 1113. Chugach Region land study.

Sec. 1114. Wildfire technology modernization.

Sec. 1115. McCoy Flats Trail System.

Sec. 1116. Technical corrections to certain laws relating to Federal land in the

State of Nevada.

Sec. 1117. Ashley Karst National Recreation and Geologic Area.

Sec. 1118. John Wesley Powell National Conservation Area.

Sec. 1119. Alaska Native Vietnam era veterans land allotment.

Sec. 1120. Red River gradient boundary survey.


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Subtitle C—Wilderness Designations and Withdrawals

PART I—GENERAL PROVISIONS

Sec. 1201. Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks conservation.

Sec. 1202. Cerro del Yuta and Rıo San Antonio Wilderness Areas.

Sec. 1203. Methow Valley, Washington, Federal land withdrawal.

Sec. 1204. Emigrant Crevice withdrawal.

Sec. 1205. Oregon Wildlands.

PART II—EMERY COUNTY PUBLIC LAND MANAGEMENT

Sec. 1211. Definitions.

Sec. 1212. Administration.

Sec. 1213. Effect on water rights.

Sec. 1214. Savings clause.

SUBPART A—SAN RAFAEL SWELL WESTERN HERITAGE AND HISTORIC MINING

RECREATION AREA

Sec. 1221. Establishment of Recreation Area.

Sec. 1222. Management of Recreation Area.

Sec. 1223. San Rafael Swell Western Heritage and Historic Mining Recreation

Area Advisory Council.

SUBPART B—WILDERNESS AREAS

Sec. 1231. Additions to the National Wilderness Preservation System.

Sec. 1232. Administration.

Sec. 1233. Fish and wildlife management.

Sec. 1234. Release.

SUBPART C—WILD AND SCENIC RIVER DESIGNATION

Sec. 1241. Green River wild and scenic river designation.

SUBPART D—LAND MANAGEMENT AND CONVEYANCES

Sec. 1251. Goblin Valley State Park.

Sec. 1252. Jurassic National Monument.

Sec. 1253. Public land disposal and acquisition.

Sec. 1254. Public purpose conveyances.

Sec. 1255. Exchange of BLM and School and Institutional Trust Lands Ad-

ministration land.

Subtitle D—Wild and Scenic Rivers

Sec. 1301. Lower Farmington River and Salmon Brook wild and scenic river.

Sec. 1302. Wood-Pawcatuck watershed wild and scenic river segments.

Sec. 1303. Nashua wild and scenic rivers, Massachusetts and New Hampshire.

Subtitle E—California Desert Protection and Recreation


PART I—DESIGNATION OF WILDERNESS IN THE CALIFORNIA DESERT

CONSERVATION AREA

Sec. 1411. California desert conservation and recreation.


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PART II—DESIGNATION OF SPECIAL MANAGEMENT AREA

Sec. 1421. Vinagre Wash Special Management Area.

PART III—NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM ADDITIONS

Sec. 1431. Death Valley National Park boundary revision.

Sec. 1432. Mojave National Preserve.

Sec. 1433. Joshua Tree National Park.

PART IV—OFF-HIGHWAY VEHICLE RECREATION AREAS

Sec. 1441. Off-highway vehicle recreation areas.

PART V—MISCELLANEOUS

Sec. 1451. Transfer of land to Anza-Borrego Desert State Park.

Sec. 1452. Wildlife corridors.

Sec. 1453. Prohibited uses of acquired, donated, and conservation land.

Sec. 1454. Tribal uses and interests.

Sec. 1455. Release of Federal reversionary land interests.

Sec. 1456. California State school land.

Sec. 1457. Designation of wild and scenic rivers.

Sec. 1458. Conforming amendments.

Sec. 1459. Juniper Flats.

Sec. 1460. Conforming amendments to California Military Lands Withdrawal

and Overflights Act of 1994.

Sec. 1461. Desert tortoise conservation center.

TITLE II—NATIONAL PARKS

Subtitle A—Special Resource Studies

Sec. 2001. Special resource study of James K. Polk presidential home.

Sec. 2002. Special resource study of Thurgood Marshall school.

Sec. 2003. Special resource study of President Street Station.

Sec. 2004. Amache special resource study.

Sec. 2005. Special resource study of George W. Bush Childhood Home.

Subtitle B—National Park System Boundary Adjustments and Related

Matters

Sec. 2101. Shiloh National Military Park boundary adjustment.

Sec. 2102. Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park boundary.

Sec. 2103. Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park boundary.

Sec. 2104. Fort Frederica National Monument, Georgia.

Sec. 2105. Fort Scott National Historic Site boundary.

Sec. 2106. Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument boundary.

Sec. 2107. Voyageurs National Park boundary adjustment.

Sec. 2108. Acadia National Park boundary.

Sec. 2109. Authority of Secretary of the Interior to accept certain properties,

Missouri.

Sec. 2110. Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site.

Subtitle C—National Park System Redesignations

Sec. 2201. Designation of Saint-Gaudens National Historical Park.

Sec. 2202. Redesignation of Robert Emmet Park.


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Sec. 2203. Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie National Historical Park.

Sec. 2204. Reconstruction Era National Historical Park and Reconstruction

Era National Historic Network.

Sec. 2205. Golden Spike National Historical Park.

Sec. 2206. World War II Pacific sites.

Subtitle D—New Units of the National Park System

Sec. 2301. Medgar and Myrlie Evers Home National Monument.

Sec. 2302. Mill Springs Battlefield National Monument.

Sec. 2303. Camp Nelson Heritage National Monument.

Subtitle E—National Park System Management

Sec. 2401. Denali National Park and Preserve natural gas pipeline.

Sec. 2402. Historically Black Colleges and Universities Historic Preservation

program reauthorized.

Sec. 2403. Authorizing cooperative management agreements between the Dis-

trict of Columbia and the Secretary of the Interior.

Sec. 2404. Fees for Medical Services.

Sec. 2405. Authority to grant easements and rights-of-way over Federal lands

within Gateway National Recreation Area.

Sec. 2406. Adams Memorial Commission.

Sec. 2407. Technical corrections to references to the African American Civil

Rights Network.

Sec. 2408. Transfer of the James J. Howard Marine Sciences Laboratory.

Sec. 2409. Bows in parks.

Sec. 2410. Wildlife management in parks.

Subtitle F—National Trails and Related Matters

Sec. 2501. North Country Scenic Trail Route adjustment.

Sec. 2502. Extension of Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail.

Sec. 2503. American Discovery Trail signage.

Sec. 2504. Pike National Historic Trail study.

TITLE III—CONSERVATION REAUTHORIZATION

Sec. 3001. Reauthorization of Land and Water Conservation Fund.

TITLE IV—SPORTSMEN’S ACCESS AND RELATED MATTERS

Subtitle A—National Policy

Sec. 4001. Congressional declaration of national policy.

Subtitle B—Sportsmen’s Access to Federal Land


Sec. 4102. Federal land open to hunting, fishing, and recreational shooting.

Sec. 4103. Closure of Federal land to hunting, fishing, and recreational shoot-

ing.

Sec. 4104. Shooting ranges.

Sec. 4105. Identifying opportunities for recreation, hunting, and fishing on

Federal land.

Subtitle C—Open Book on Equal Access to Justice

Sec. 4201. Federal action transparency.


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Subtitle D—Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act

Sec. 4301. Target practice and markmanship training.

Subtitle E—Migratory Bird Framework and Hunting Opportunities for

Veterans

Sec. 4401. Federal closing date for hunting of ducks, mergansers, and coots.

Subtitle F—Miscellaneous

Sec. 4501. Respect for treaties and rights.

Sec. 4502. No priority.

Sec. 4503. State authority for fish and wildlife.

TITLE V—HAZARDS AND MAPPING

Sec. 5001. National Volcano Early Warning and Monitoring System.

Sec. 5002. Reauthorization of National Geologic Mapping Act of 1992.

TITLE VI—NATIONAL HERITAGE AREAS

Sec. 6001. National Heritage Area designations.

Sec. 6002. Adjustment of boundaries of Lincoln National Heritage Area.

Sec. 6003. Finger Lakes National Heritage Area study.

TITLE VII—WILDLIFE HABITAT AND CONSERVATION

Sec. 7001. WILD Act.

Sec. 7002. Reauthorization of Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act.

Sec. 7003. John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System.

TITLE VIII—WATER AND POWER

Subtitle A—Reclamation Title Transfer

Sec. 8001. Purpose.


Sec. 8003. Authorization of transfers of title to eligible facilities.

Sec. 8004. Eligibility criteria.

Sec. 8005. Liability.

Sec. 8006. Benefits.

Sec. 8007. Compliance with other laws.

Subtitle B—Endangered Fish Recovery Programs

Sec. 8101. Extension of authorization for annual base funding of fish recovery

programs; removal of certain reporting requirement.

Sec. 8102. Report on recovery implementation programs.

Subtitle C—Yakima River Basin Water Enhancement Project

Sec. 8201. Authorization of phase III.

Sec. 8202. Modification of purposes and definitions.

Sec. 8203. Yakima River Basin Water Conservation Program.

Sec. 8204. Yakima Basin water projects, operations, and authorizations.

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Sec. 8301. Conveyance of Maintenance Complex and District Office of the Ar-

buckle Project, Oklahoma.

Sec. 8302. Contra Costa Canal transfer.

TITLE IX—MISCELLANEOUS

Sec. 9001. Every Kid Outdoors Act.

Sec. 9002. Good Samaritan Search and Recovery Act.

Sec. 9003. 21st Century Conservation Service Corps Act.

Sec. 9004. National Nordic Museum Act.

Sec. 9005. Designation of National George C. Marshall Museum and Library.

Sec. 9006. 21st Century Respect Act.

Sec. 9007. American World War II Heritage Cities.

Sec. 9008. Quindaro Townsite National Commemorative Site.

Sec. 9009. Designation of National Comedy Center in Jamestown, New York.

SEC. 2. DEFINITION OF SECRETARY. 1

In this Act, the term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Sec-2

retary of the Interior. 3

TITLE I—PUBLIC LAND AND 4

FORESTS 5

Subtitle A—Land Exchanges and 6

Conveyances 7

SEC. 1001. CRAGS LAND EXCHANGE, COLORADO. 8

(a) PURPOSES.—The purposes of this section are— 9

(1) to authorize, direct, expedite and facilitate 10

the land exchange set forth herein; and 11

(2) to promote enhanced public outdoor rec-12

reational and natural resource conservation opportu-13

nities in the Pike National Forest near Pikes Peak, 14

Colorado, via acquisition of the non-Federal land 15

and trail easement. 16

(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 17


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(1) BHI.—The term ‘‘BHI’’ means Broadmoor 1

Hotel, Inc., a Colorado corporation. 2

(2) FEDERAL LAND.—The term ‘‘Federal land’’ 3

means all right, title, and interest of the United 4

States in and to approximately 83 acres of land 5

within the Pike National Forest, El Paso County, 6

Colorado, together with a nonexclusive perpetual ac-7

cess easement to BHI to and from such land on 8

Forest Service Road 371, as generally depicted on 9

the map entitled ‘‘Proposed Crags Land Exchange– 10

Federal Parcel–Emerald Valley Ranch’’ and dated 11

March 2015. 12

(3) NON-FEDERAL LAND.—The term ‘‘non-Fed-13

eral land’’ means the land and trail easement to be 14

conveyed to the Secretary by BHI in the exchange 15

and is— 16

(A) approximately 320 acres of land within 17

the Pike National Forest, Teller County, Colo-18

rado, as generally depicted on the map entitled 19

‘‘Proposed Crags Land Exchange–Non-Federal 20

Parcel–Crags Property’’ and dated March 2015; 21

and 22

(B) a permanent trail easement for the 23

Barr Trail in El Paso County, Colorado, as 24

generally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘Pro-25


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posed Crags Land Exchange–Barr Trail Ease-1

ment to United States’’ and dated March 2015, 2

and which shall be considered as a voluntary 3

donation to the United States by BHI for all 4

purposes of law. 5

(4) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 6

the Secretary of Agriculture, unless otherwise speci-7

fied. 8

(c) LAND EXCHANGE.— 9

(1) IN GENERAL.—If BHI offers to convey to 10

the Secretary all right, title, and interest of BHI in 11

and to the non-Federal land, the Secretary shall ac-12

cept the offer and simultaneously convey to BHI the 13

Federal land. 14

(2) LAND TITLE.—Title to the non-Federal 15

land conveyed and donated to the Secretary under 16

this section shall be acceptable to the Secretary and 17

shall conform to the title approval standards of the 18

Attorney General of the United States applicable to 19

land acquisitions by the Federal Government. 20

(3) PERPETUAL ACCESS EASEMENT TO BHI.— 21

The nonexclusive perpetual access easement to be 22

granted to BHI as shown on the map referred to in 23

subsection (b)(2) shall allow— 24


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(A) BHI to fully maintain, at BHI’s ex-1

pense, and use Forest Service Road 371 from 2

its junction with Forest Service Road 368 in 3

accordance with historic use and maintenance 4

patterns by BHI; and 5

(B) full and continued public and adminis-6

trative access and use of Forest Service Road 7

371 in accordance with the existing Forest 8

Service travel management plan, or as such 9

plan may be revised by the Secretary. 10

(4) ROUTE AND CONDITION OF ROAD.—BHI 11

and the Secretary may mutually agree to improve, 12

relocate, reconstruct, or otherwise alter the route 13

and condition of all or portions of such road as the 14

Secretary, in close consultation with BHI, may de-15

termine advisable. 16

(5) EXCHANGE COSTS.—BHI shall pay for all 17

land survey, appraisal, and other costs to the Sec-18

retary as may be necessary to process and consum-19

mate the exchange directed by this section, including 20

reimbursement to the Secretary, if the Secretary so 21

requests, for staff time spent in such processing and 22

consummation. 23

(d) EQUAL VALUE EXCHANGE AND APPRAISALS.— 24


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(1) APPRAISALS.—The values of the lands to be 1

exchanged under this section shall be determined by 2

the Secretary through appraisals performed— 3

(A) in accordance with— 4

(i) the Uniform Appraisal Standards 5

for Federal Land Acquisitions; 6

(ii) the Uniform Standards of Profes-7

sional Appraisal Practice; and 8

(iii) appraisal instructions issued by 9

the Secretary; and 10

(B) by an appraiser mutually agreed to by 11

the Secretary and BHI. 12

(2) EQUAL VALUE EXCHANGE.—The values of 13

the Federal land and non-Federal land parcels ex-14

changed shall be equal, or if they are not equal, shall 15

be equalized as follows: 16

(A) SURPLUS OF FEDERAL LAND 17

VALUE.—If the final appraised value of the 18

Federal land exceeds the final appraised value 19

of the non-Federal land parcel identified in sub-20

section (b)(3)(A), BHI shall make a cash 21

equalization payment to the United States as 22

necessary to achieve equal value, including, if 23

necessary, an amount in excess of that author-24

ized pursuant to section 206(b) of the Federal 25


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Land Policy and Management Act of l976 (43 1

U.S.C. 1716(b)). 2

(B) USE OF FUNDS.—Any cash equali-3

zation moneys received by the Secretary under 4

subparagraph (A) shall be— 5

(i) deposited in the fund established 6

under Public Law 90–171 (commonly 7

known as the ‘‘Sisk Act’’; 16 U.S.C. 484a); 8

and 9

(ii) made available to the Secretary 10

for the acquisition of land or interests in 11

land in Region 2 of the Forest Service. 12

(C) SURPLUS OF NON-FEDERAL LAND 13


non-Federal land parcel identified in subsection 15

(b)(3)(A) exceeds the final appraised value of 16

the Federal land, the United States shall not 17

make a cash equalization payment to BHI, and 18

surplus value of the non-Federal land shall be 19

considered a donation by BHI to the United 20

States for all purposes of law. 21

(3) APPRAISAL EXCLUSIONS.— 22

(A) SPECIAL USE PERMIT.—The appraised 23

value of the Federal land parcel shall not reflect 24

any increase or diminution in value due to the 25


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special use permit existing on the date of enact-1

ment of this Act to BHI on the parcel and im-2

provements thereunder. 3

(B) BARR TRAIL EASEMENT.—The Barr 4

Trail easement donation identified in subsection 5

(b)(3)(B) shall not be appraised for purposes of 6

this section. 7

(e) MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS.— 8

(1) WITHDRAWAL PROVISIONS.— 9

(A) WITHDRAWAL.—Lands acquired by 10

the Secretary under this section shall, without 11

further action by the Secretary, be permanently 12

withdrawn from all forms of appropriation and 13

disposal under the public land laws (including 14

the mining and mineral leasing laws) and the 15

Geothermal Steam Act of 1930 (30 U.S.C. 16

1001 et seq.). 17

(B) WITHDRAWAL REVOCATION.—Any 18

public land order that withdraws the Federal 19

land from appropriation or disposal under a 20

public land law shall be revoked to the extent 21

necessary to permit disposal of the Federal land 22

parcel to BHI. 23

(C) WITHDRAWAL OF FEDERAL LAND.— 24

All Federal land authorized to be exchanged 25


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under this section, if not already withdrawn or 1

segregated from appropriation or disposal under 2

the public lands laws upon enactment of this 3

Act, is hereby so withdrawn, subject to valid ex-4

isting rights, until the date of conveyance of the 5

Federal land to BHI. 6

(2) POSTEXCHANGE LAND MANAGEMENT.— 7

Land acquired by the Secretary under this section 8

shall become part of the Pike-San Isabel National 9

Forest and be managed in accordance with the laws, 10

rules, and regulations applicable to the National 11

Forest System. 12

(3) EXCHANGE TIMETABLE.—It is the intent of 13

Congress that the land exchange directed by this 14

section be consummated no later than 1 year after 15

the date of enactment of this Act. 16

(4) MAPS, ESTIMATES, AND DESCRIPTIONS.— 17

(A) MINOR ERRORS.—The Secretary and 18

BHI may by mutual agreement make minor 19

boundary adjustments to the Federal and non- 20

Federal lands involved in the exchange, and 21

may correct any minor errors in any map, acre-22

age estimate, or description of any land to be 23

exchanged. 24


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(B) CONFLICT.—If there is a conflict be-1

tween a map, an acreage estimate, or a descrip-2

tion of land under this section, the map shall 3

control unless the Secretary and BHI mutually 4

agree otherwise. 5

(C) AVAILABILITY.—Upon enactment of 6

this Act, the Secretary shall file and make 7

available for public inspection in the head-8

quarters of the Pike-San Isabel National Forest 9

a copy of all maps referred to in this section. 10

SEC. 1002. ARAPAHO NATIONAL FOREST BOUNDARY AD-11

JUSTMENT. 12

(a) IN GENERAL.—The boundary of the Arapaho Na-13

tional Forest in the State of Colorado is adjusted to incor-14

porate the approximately 92.95 acres of land generally de-15

picted as ‘‘The Wedge’’ on the map entitled ‘‘Arapaho Na-16

tional Forest Boundary Adjustment’’ and dated November 17

6, 2013, and described as lots three, four, eight, and nine 18

of section 13, Township 4 North, Range 76 West, Sixth 19

Principal Meridian, Colorado. A lot described in this sub-20

section may be included in the boundary adjustment only 21

after the Secretary of Agriculture obtains written permis-22

sion for such action from the lot owner or owners. 23

(b) BOWEN GULCH PROTECTION AREA.—The Sec-24

retary of Agriculture shall include all Federal land within 25


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the boundary described in subsection (a) in the Bowen 1

Gulch Protection Area established under section 6 of the 2

Colorado Wilderness Act of 1993 (16 U.S.C. 539j). 3

(c) LAND AND WATER CONSERVATION FUND.—For 4

purposes of section 200306(a)(2)(B)(i) of title 54, United 5

States Code, the boundaries of the Arapaho National For-6

est, as modified under subsection (a), shall be considered 7

to be the boundaries of the Arapaho National Forest as 8

in existence on January 1, 1965. 9

(d) PUBLIC MOTORIZED USE.—Nothing in this sec-10

tion opens privately owned lands within the boundary de-11

scribed in subsection (a) to public motorized use. 12

(e) ACCESS TO NON-FEDERAL LANDS.—Notwith-13

standing the provisions of section 6(f) of the Colorado Wil-14

derness Act of 1993 (16 U.S.C. 539j(f)) regarding motor-15

ized travel, the owners of any non-Federal lands within 16

the boundary described in subsection (a) who historically 17

have accessed their lands through lands now or hereafter 18

owned by the United States within the boundary described 19

in subsection (a) shall have the continued right of motor-20

ized access to their lands across the existing roadway. 21

SEC. 1003. SANTA ANA RIVER WASH PLAN LAND EXCHANGE. 22

(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 23

(1) CONSERVATION DISTRICT.—The term ‘‘Con-24

servation District’’ means the San Bernardino Valley 25


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Water Conservation District, a political subdivision 1

of the State of California. 2

(2) FEDERAL EXCHANGE PARCEL.—The term 3

‘‘Federal exchange parcel’’ means the approximately 4

90 acres of Federal land administered by the Bu-5

reau of Land Management generally depicted as 6

‘‘BLM Equalization Land to SBVWCD’’ on the Map 7

and is to be conveyed to the Conservation District 8

if necessary to equalize the fair market values of the 9

lands otherwise to be exchanged. 10


means the approximately 327 acres of Federal land 12

administered by the Bureau of Land Management 13

generally depicted as ‘‘BLM Land to SBVWCD’’ on 14

the Map. 15

(4) MAP.—The term ‘‘Map’’ means the map en-16

titled ‘‘Santa Ana River Wash Land Exchange’’ and 17

dated September 3, 2015. 18

(5) NON-FEDERAL EXCHANGE PARCEL.—The 19

term ‘‘non-Federal exchange parcel’’ means the ap-20

proximately 59 acres of land owned by the Conserva-21

tion District generally depicted as ‘‘SBVWCD 22

Equalization Land’’ on the Map and is to be con-23

veyed to the United States if necessary to equalize 24


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the fair market values of the lands otherwise to be 1

exchanged. 2


eral Land’’ means the approximately 310 acres of 4

land owned by the Conservation District generally 5

depicted as ‘‘SBVWCD to BLM’’ on the Map. 6

(b) EXCHANGE OF LAND; EQUALIZATION OF 7

VALUE.— 8

(1) EXCHANGE AUTHORIZED.—Notwithstanding 9

the land use planning requirements of sections 202, 10

210, and 211 of the Federal Land Policy and Man-11

agement Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1712, 1720, 21), 12

subject to valid existing rights, and conditioned upon 13

any equalization payment necessary under section 14

206(b) of the Federal Land Policy and Management 15

Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1716(b)), and paragraph 16

(2), as soon as practicable, but not later than 2 17

years after the date of enactment of this Act, if the 18

Conservation District offers to convey the exchange 19

land to the United States, the Secretary shall— 20

(A) convey to the Conservation District all 21

right, title, and interest of the United States in 22

and to the Federal land, and any such portion 23

of the Federal exchange parcel as may be re-24


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quired to equalize the values of the lands ex-1

changed; and 2

(B) accept from the Conservation District 3

a conveyance of all right, title, and interest of 4

the Conservation District in and to the non- 5

Federal land, and any such portion of the non- 6

Federal exchange parcel as may be required to 7

equalize the values of the lands exchanged. 8

(2) EQUALIZATION PAYMENT.—To the extent 9

an equalization payment is necessary under section 10

206(b) of the Federal Land Policy and Management 11

Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1716(b)), the amount of 12

such equalization payment shall first be made by 13

way of in-kind transfer of such portion of the Fed-14

eral exchange parcel to the Conservation District, or 15

transfer of such portion of the non-Federal exchange 16

parcel to the United States, as the case may be, as 17

may be necessary to equalize the fair market values 18

of the exchanged properties. The fair market value 19

of the Federal exchange parcel or non-Federal ex-20

change parcel, as the case may be, shall be credited 21

against any required equalization payment. To the 22

extent such credit is not sufficient to offset the en-23

tire amount of equalization payment so indicated, 24


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any remaining amount of equalization payment shall 1

be treated as follows: 2

(A) If the equalization payment is to 3

equalize values by which the Federal land ex-4

ceeds the non-Federal land and the credited 5

value of the non-Federal exchange parcel, Con-6

servation District may make the equalization 7

payment to the United States, notwithstanding 8

any limitation regarding the amount of the 9

equalization payment under section 206(b) of 10

the Federal Land Policy and Management Act 11

of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1716(b)). In the event Con-12

servation District opts not to make the indi-13

cated equalization payment, the exchange shall 14

not proceed. 15

(B) If the equalization payment is to 16

equalize values by which the non-Federal land 17

exceeds the Federal land and the credited value 18

of the Federal exchange parcel, the Secretary 19

shall order the exchange without requirement of 20

any additional equalization payment by the 21

United States to the Conservation District. 22

(3) APPRAISALS.— 23

(A) The value of the land to be exchanged 24

under this section shall be determined by ap-25


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praisals conducted by one or more independent 1

and qualified appraisers. 2

(B) The appraisals shall be conducted in 3

accordance with nationally recognized appraisal 4

standards, including, as appropriate, the Uni-5

form Appraisal Standards for Federal Land Ac-6

quisitions and the Uniform Standards of Pro-7

fessional Appraisal Practice. 8

(4) TITLE APPROVAL.—Title to the land to be 9

exchanged under this section shall be in a format ac-10

ceptable to the Secretary and the Conservation Dis-11

trict. 12

(5) MAP AND LEGAL DESCRIPTIONS.—As soon 13

as practicable after the date of enactment of this 14

Act, the Secretary shall finalize a map and legal de-15

scriptions of all land to be conveyed under this sec-16

tion. The Secretary may correct any minor errors in 17

the map or in the legal descriptions. The map and 18

legal descriptions shall be on file and available for 19

public inspection in appropriate offices of the Bu-20

reau of Land Management. 21

(6) COSTS OF CONVEYANCE.—As a condition of 22

conveyance, any costs related to the conveyance 23

under this section shall be paid by the Conservation 24

District. 25


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(c) APPLICABLE LAW.— 1

(1) ACT OF FEBRUARY 20, 1909.— 2

(A) The Act of February 20, 1909 (35 3

Stat. 641), shall not apply to the Federal land 4

and any public exchange land transferred under 5

this section. 6

(B) The exchange of lands under this sec-7

tion shall be subject to continuing rights of the 8

Conservation District under the Act of Feb-9

ruary 20, 1909 (35 Stat. 641), on the non-Fed-10

eral land and any exchanged portion of the non- 11

Federal exchange parcel for the continued use, 12

maintenance, operation, construction, or reloca-13

tion of, or expansion of, groundwater recharge 14

facilities on the non-Federal land, to accommo-15

date groundwater recharge of the Bunker Hill 16

Basin to the extent that such activities are not 17

in conflict with any Habitat Conservation Plan 18

or Habitat Management Plan under which such 19

non-Federal land or non-Federal exchange par-20

cel may be held or managed. 21

(2) FLPMA.—Except as otherwise provided in 22

this section, the Federal Land Policy and Manage-23

ment Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), shall 24

apply to the exchange of land under this section. 25


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(d) CANCELLATION OF SECRETARIAL ORDER 241.— 1

Secretarial Order 241, dated November 11, 1929 (with-2

drawing a portion of the Federal land for an 3

unconstructed transmission line), is terminated and the 4

withdrawal thereby effected is revoked. 5

SEC. 1004. UDALL PARK LAND EXCHANGE. 6


(1) CITY.—The term ‘‘City’’ means the city of 8

Tucson, Arizona. 9


eral land’’ means the approximately 172.8-acre par-11

cel of City land identified in the patent numbered 12

02–90–0001 and dated October 4, 1989, and more 13

particularly described as lots 3 and 4, S1⁄2NW1⁄4, 14

sec. 5, T.14 S., R.15 E., Gila and Salt River Merid-15

ian, Arizona. 16

(b) CONVEYANCE OF FEDERAL REVERSIONARY IN-17

TEREST IN LAND LOCATED IN TUCSON, ARIZONA.— 18

(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other 19

provision of law, the Secretary shall convey to the 20

City, without consideration, the reversionary inter-21

ests of the United States in and to the non-Federal 22

land for the purpose of unencumbering the title to 23

the non-Federal land to enable economic develop-24

ment of the non-Federal land. 25


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(2) LEGAL DESCRIPTIONS.—As soon as prac-1

ticable after the date of enactment of this Act, the 2

exact legal descriptions of the non-Federal land shall 3

be determined in a manner satisfactory to the Sec-4

retary. 5

(3) ADDITIONAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS.— 6

The Secretary may require such additional terms 7

and conditions to the conveyance under paragraph 8

(1), consistent with that paragraph, as the Secretary 9

considers appropriate to protect the interests of the 10

United States. 11

(4) COSTS.—The City shall pay all costs associ-12

ated with the conveyance under paragraph (1), con-13

sistent with that paragraph, including the costs of 14

any surveys, recording costs, and other reasonable 15

costs. 16

SEC. 1005. CONFIRMATION OF STATE LAND GRANTS. 17

(a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to valid existing rights, 18

the State of Utah may select any lands in T. 6 S. and 19

T. 7 S., R. 1 W., Salt Lake Base and Meridian, that are 20

owned by the United States, under the administrative ju-21

risdiction of the Bureau of Land Management, and identi-22

fied as available for disposal by land exchange in the 23

Record of Decision for the Pony Express Resource Man-24

agement Plan and Rangeland Program Summary for Utah 25


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County (January 1990), as amended by the Pony Express 1

Plan Amendment (November 1997), in fulfillment of the 2

land grants made in sections 6, 8, and 12 of the Act of 3

July 16, 1894 (28 Stat. 107) as generally depicted on the 4

map entitled ‘‘Proposed Utah County Quantity Grants’’ 5

and dated June 27, 2017, to further the purposes of the 6

State of Utah School and Institutional Trust Lands Ad-7

ministration, without further land use planning action by 8

the Bureau of Land Management. 9

(b) APPLICATION.—The criteria listed in Decision 3 10

of the Lands Program of the resource management plan 11

described in subsection (a) shall not apply to any land se-12

lected under that subsection. 13

(c) EFFECT ON LIMITATION.—Nothing in this sec-14

tion affects the limitation established under section 15

2815(d) of the National Defense Authorization Act for 16

Fiscal Year 2000 (Public Law 106–65). 17

SEC. 1006. CUSTER COUNTY AIRPORT CONVEYANCE. 18


(1) COUNTY.—The term ‘‘County’’ means Cus-20

ter County, South Dakota. 21



States in and to approximately 65.7 acres of Na-24


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tional Forest System land, as generally depicted on 1

the map. 2

(3) MAP.—The term ‘‘map’’ means the map en-3

titled ‘‘Custer County Airport Conveyance’’ and 4

dated October 19, 2017. 5


the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the 7

Chief of the Forest Service. 8

(b) LAND CONVEYANCE.— 9

(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to the terms and 10

conditions described in paragraph (2), if the County 11

submits to the Secretary an offer to acquire the 12

Federal land for the market value, as determined by 13

the appraisal under paragraph (3), the Secretary 14

shall convey the Federal land to the County. 15

(2) TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—The conveyance 16

under paragraph (1) shall be— 17

(A) subject to valid existing rights; 18

(B) made by quitclaim deed; and 19

(C) subject to any other terms and condi-20

tions as the Secretary considers appropriate to 21

protect the interests of the United States. 22

(3) APPRAISAL.— 23

(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 60 days 24

after the date of enactment of this Act, the Sec-25


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retary shall complete an appraisal to determine 1

the market value of the Federal land. 2

(B) STANDARDS.—The appraisal under 3

subparagraph (A) shall be conducted in accord-4

ance with— 5


for Federal Land Acquisitions; and 7


sional Appraisal Practice. 9

(4) MAP.— 10

(A) AVAILABILITY OF MAP.—The map 11

shall be kept on file and available for public in-12

spection in the appropriate office of the Forest 13

Service. 14

(B) CORRECTION OF ERRORS.—The Sec-15

retary may correct any errors in the map. 16

(5) CONSIDERATION.—As consideration for the 17

conveyance under paragraph (1), the County shall 18

pay to the Secretary an amount equal to the market 19

value of the Federal land, as determined by the ap-20

praisal under paragraph (3). 21

(6) SURVEY.—The exact acreage and legal de-22

scription of the Federal land to be conveyed under 23

paragraph (1) shall be determined by a survey satis-24

factory to the Secretary. 25


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(7) COSTS OF CONVEYANCE.—As a condition on 1

the conveyance under paragraph (1), the County 2

shall pay to the Secretary all costs associated with 3

the conveyance, including the cost of— 4

(A) the appraisal under paragraph (3); and 5

(B) the survey under paragraph (6). 6

(8) PROCEEDS FROM THE SALE OF LAND.— 7

Any proceeds received by the Secretary from the 8

conveyance under paragraph (1) shall be— 9

(A) deposited in the fund established under 10

Public Law 90–171 (commonly known as the 11

‘‘Sisk Act’’) (16 U.S.C. 484a); and 12

(B) available to the Secretary until ex-13

pended, without further appropriation, for the 14

acquisition of inholdings in units of the Na-15

tional Forest System in the State of South Da-16

kota. 17

SEC. 1007. PASCUA YAQUI TRIBE LAND CONVEYANCE. 18


(1) DISTRICT.—The term ‘‘District’’ means the 20

Tucson Unified School District No. 1, a school dis-21

trict recognized as such under the laws of the State 22

of Arizona. 23


titled ‘‘ ‘Pascua Yaqui Tribe Land Conveyance Act’’, 25


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dated March 14, 2016, and on file and available for 1

public inspection in the local office of the Bureau of 2

Land Management. 3

(3) RECREATION AND PUBLIC PURPOSES 4

ACT.—The term ‘‘Recreation and Public Purposes 5

Act’’ means the Act of June 14, 1926 (43 U.S.C. 6

869 et seq.). 7

(4) TRIBE.—The term ‘‘Tribe’’ means the 8

Pascua Yaqui Tribe of Arizona, a federally recog-9

nized Indian Tribe. 10

(b) LAND TO BE HELD IN TRUST.— 11

(1) PARCEL A.—Subject to paragraph (2) and 12

to valid existing rights, all right, title, and interest 13

of the United States in and to the approximately 14

39.65 acres of Federal lands generally depicted on 15

the map as ‘‘Parcel A’’ are declared to be held in 16

trust by the United States for the benefit of the 17

Tribe. 18

(2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Paragraph (1) shall 19

take effect on the day after the date on which the 20

District relinquishes all right, title, and interest of 21

the District in and to the approximately 39.65 acres 22

of land described in paragraph (1). 23

(c) LANDS TO BE CONVEYED TO THE DISTRICT.— 24

(1) PARCEL B.— 25


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(A) IN GENERAL.—Subject to valid exist-1

ing rights and payment to the United States of 2

the fair market value, the United States shall 3

convey to the District all right, title, and inter-4

est of the United States in and to the approxi-5

mately 13.24 acres of Federal lands generally 6

depicted on the map as ‘‘Parcel B’’. 7

(B) DETERMINATION OF FAIR MARKET 8

VALUE.—The fair market value of the property 9

to be conveyed under subparagraph (A) shall be 10

determined by the Secretary in accordance with 11

the Uniform Appraisal Standards for Federal 12

Land Acquisitions and the Uniform Standards 13

of Professional Appraisal Practice. 14

(C) COSTS OF CONVEYANCE.—As a condi-15

tion of the conveyance under this paragraph, all 16

costs associated with the conveyance shall be 17

paid by the District. 18

(2) PARCEL C.— 19

(A) IN GENERAL.—If, not later than 1 20

year after the completion of the appraisal re-21

quired by subparagraph (C), the District sub-22

mits to the Secretary an offer to acquire the 23

Federal reversionary interest in all of the ap-24

proximately 27.5 acres of land conveyed to the 25


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District under Recreation and Public Purposes 1

Act and generally depicted on the map as ‘‘Par-2

cel C’’, the Secretary shall convey to the Dis-3

trict such reversionary interest in the lands cov-4

ered by the offer. The Secretary shall complete 5

the conveyance not later than 30 days after the 6

date of the offer. 7

(B) SURVEY.—Not later than 90 days 8


retary shall complete a survey of the lands de-10

scribed in this paragraph to determine the pre-11

cise boundaries and acreage of the lands subject 12

to the Federal reversionary interest. 13

(C) APPRAISAL.—Not later than 180 days 14


retary shall complete an appraisal of the Fed-16

eral reversionary interest in the lands identified 17

by the survey required by subparagraph (B). 18

The appraisal shall be completed in accordance 19

with the Uniform Appraisal Standards for Fed-20

eral Land Acquisitions and the Uniform Stand-21

ards of Professional Appraisal Practice. 22

(D) CONSIDERATION.—As consideration 23

for the conveyance of the Federal reversionary 24

interest under this paragraph, the District shall 25


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pay to the Secretary an amount equal to the 1

appraised value of the Federal interest, as de-2

termined under subparagraph (C). The consid-3

eration shall be paid not later than 30 days 4

after the date of the conveyance. 5

(E) COSTS OF CONVEYANCE.—As a condi-6

tion of the conveyance under this paragraph, all 7

costs associated with the conveyance, including 8

the cost of the survey required by subparagraph 9

(B) and the appraisal required by subparagraph 10

(C), shall be paid by the District. 11

(d) GAMING PROHIBITION.—The Tribe may not con-12

duct gaming activities on lands taken into trust pursuant 13

to this section, either as a matter of claimed inherent au-14

thority, under the authority of any Federal law, including 15

the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (25 U.S.C. 2701 et 16

seq.), or under regulations promulgated by the Secretary 17

or the National Indian Gaming Commission. 18

(e) WATER RIGHTS.— 19

(1) IN GENERAL.—There shall be no Federal 20

reserved right to surface water or groundwater for 21

any land taken into trust by the United States for 22

the benefit of the Tribe under this section. 23

(2) STATE WATER RIGHTS.—The Tribe retains 24

any right or claim to water under State law for any 25


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land taken into trust by the United States for the 1

benefit of the Tribe under this section. 2

(3) FORFEITURE OR ABANDONMENT.—Any 3

water rights that are appurtenant to land taken into 4

trust by the United States for the benefit of the 5

Tribe under this section may not be forfeited or 6

abandoned. 7

(4) ADMINISTRATION.—Nothing in this section 8

affects or modifies any right of the Tribe or any ob-9

ligation of the United States under Public Law 95– 10

375. 11

SEC. 1008. LA PAZ COUNTY LAND CONVEYANCE. 12


(1) COUNTY.—The term ‘‘County’’ means La 14

Paz County, Arizona. 15


means the approximately 5,935 acres of land man-17

aged by the Bureau of Land Management and des-18

ignated as ‘‘Federal land to be conveyed’’ on the 19

map. 20

(3) MAP.—The term ‘‘map’’ means the map 21

prepared by the Bureau of Land Management enti-22

tled ‘‘Proposed La Paz County Land Conveyance’’ 23

and dated October 1, 2018. 24

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(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding the plan-1

ning requirement of sections 202 and 203 of the 2

Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 3

(43 U.S.C. 1712, 1713) and in accordance with this 4

section and other applicable law, as soon as prac-5

ticable after receiving a request from the County to 6

convey the Federal land, the Secretary shall convey 7

the Federal land to the County. 8

(2) RESTRICTIONS ON CONVEYANCE.— 9

(A) IN GENERAL.—The conveyance under 10

paragraph (1) shall be subject to— 11

(i) valid existing rights; and 12

(ii) such terms and conditions as the 13

Secretary determines to be necessary. 14

(B) EXCLUSION.—The Secretary shall ex-15

clude from the conveyance under paragraph (1) 16

any Federal land that contains significant cul-17

tural, environmental, wildlife, or recreational re-18

sources. 19

(3) PAYMENT OF FAIR MARKET VALUE.—The 20

conveyance under paragraph (1) shall be for the fair 21

market value of the Federal land to be conveyed, as 22

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(A) in accordance with the Federal Land 1

Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 2

1701 et seq.); and 3

(B) based on an appraisal that is con-4

ducted in accordance with— 5





(4) PROTECTION OF TRIBAL CULTURAL ARTI-10

FACTS.—As a condition of the conveyance under 11

paragraph (1), the County shall, and as a condition 12

of any subsequent conveyance, any subsequent owner 13

shall— 14

(A) make good faith efforts to avoid dis-15

turbing Tribal artifacts; 16

(B) minimize impacts on Tribal artifacts if 17

they are disturbed; 18

(C) coordinate with the Colorado River In-19

dian Tribes Tribal Historic Preservation Office 20

to identify artifacts of cultural and historic sig-21

nificance; and 22

(D) allow Tribal representatives to rebury 23

unearthed artifacts at or near where they were 24

discovered. 25


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(5) AVAILABILITY OF MAP.— 1

(A) IN GENERAL.—The map shall be on 2

file and available for public inspection in the 3

appropriate offices of the Bureau of Land Man-4

agement. 5

(B) CORRECTIONS.—The Secretary and 6

the County may, by mutual agreement— 7

(i) make minor boundary adjustments 8

to the Federal land to be conveyed under 9

paragraph (1); and 10

(ii) correct any minor errors in the 11

map, an acreage estimate, or the descrip-12

tion of the Federal land. 13

(6) WITHDRAWAL.—The Federal land is with-14

drawn from the operation of the mining and mineral 15

leasing laws of the United States. 16

(7) COSTS.—As a condition of the conveyance 17

of the Federal land under paragraph (1), the County 18

shall pay— 19

(A) an amount equal to the appraised 20

value determined in accordance with paragraph 21

(3)(B); and 22

(B) all costs related to the conveyance, in-23

cluding all surveys, appraisals, and other ad-24

ministrative costs associated with the convey-25


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ance of the Federal land to the County under 1

paragraph (1). 2

(8) PROCEEDS FROM THE SALE OF LAND.—The 3

proceeds from the sale of land under this subsection 4

shall be— 5

(A) deposited in the Federal Land Dis-6

posal Account established by section 206(a) of 7

the Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act 8

(43 U.S.C. 2305(a)); and 9

(B) used in accordance with that Act (43 10

U.S.C. 2301 et seq.). 11

SEC. 1009. LAKE BISTINEAU LAND TITLE STABILITY. 12


(1) CLAIMANT.—The term ‘‘claimant’’ means 14

any individual, group, or corporation authorized to 15

hold title to land or mineral interests in land in the 16

State of Louisiana with a valid claim to the omitted 17

land, including any mineral interests. 18


titled ‘‘Lands as Delineated by Original Survey De-20

cember 18, 1842 showing the 1969 Meander Line at 21

the 148.6 Elevation Line’’ and dated January 30, 22

2018. 23

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(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘omitted 1

land’’ means the land in lots 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 2

12, and 13 of sec. 30, T. 16 N., R. 10 W., Lou-3

isiana Meridian, comprising a total of approxi-4

mately 229.72 acres, as depicted on the Map, 5

that— 6

(i) was in place during the Original 7

Survey; but 8

(ii) was not included in the Original 9

Survey. 10

(B) INCLUSION.—The term ‘‘omitted land’’ 11

includes— 12

(i) Peggy’s Island in lot 1 of sec. 17, 13

T. 16 N., R. 10 W., Louisiana Meridian; 14

and 15

(ii) Hog Island in lot 1 of sec. 29, T. 16

16 N., R. 10 W., Louisiana Meridian. 17

(4) ORIGINAL SURVEY.—The term ‘‘Original 18

Survey’’ means the survey of land surrounding Lake 19

Bistineau, Louisiana, conducted by the General 20

Land Office in 1838 and approved by the Surveyor 21

General on December 8, 1842. 22

(b) CONVEYANCES.— 23

(1) IN GENERAL.—Consistent with the first sec-24

tion of the Act of December 22, 1928 (commonly 25


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known as the ‘‘Color of Title Act’’) (45 Stat. 1069, 1

chapter 47; 43 U.S.C. 1068), except as provided by 2

this section, the Secretary shall convey to the claim-3

ant the omitted land, including any mineral inter-4

ests, that has been held in good faith and in peace-5

ful, adverse possession by a claimant or an ancestor 6

or grantor of the claimant, under claim or color of 7

title, based on the Original Survey. 8

(2) CONFIRMATION OF TITLE.—The conveyance 9

or patent of omitted land to a claimant under para-10

graph (1) shall have the effect of confirming title to 11

the surface and minerals in the claimant and shall 12

not serve as any admission by a claimant. 13

(c) PAYMENT OF COSTS.— 14

(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-15

graph (2), the conveyance required under subsection 16

(b) shall be without consideration. 17

(2) EXCEPTION.—Before the conveyance of the 18

omitted land under subsection (b), the claimant shall 19

pay to the Secretary any costs incurred by the Sec-20

retary relating to any survey, platting, legal descrip-21

tion, or associated activities required to prepare and 22

issue a patent under that subsection. 23

(d) MAP AND LEGAL DESCRIPTION.—As soon as 24

practicable after the date of enactment of this Act, the 25


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Secretary shall file, and make available for public inspec-1

tion in the appropriate offices of the Bureau of Land and 2

Management, the Map and legal descriptions of the omit-3

ted land to be conveyed under subsection (b). 4

SEC. 1010. LAKE FANNIN LAND CONVEYANCE. 5


(1) COUNTY.—The term ‘‘County’’ means 7

Fannin County, Texas. 8


titled ‘‘Lake Fannin Conveyance’’ and dated Novem-10

ber 21, 2013. 11

(3) NATIONAL FOREST SYSTEM LAND.—The 12

term ‘‘National Forest System land’’ means the ap-13

proximately 2,025 acres of National Forest System 14

land generally depicted on the map. 15




(b) LAND CONVEYANCE.— 19

(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to the terms and 20

conditions described in paragraph (2), if the County 21

submits to the Secretary an offer to acquire the Na-22

tional Forest System land for the fair market value, 23

as determined by the appraisal under paragraph (3), 24


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the Secretary shall convey the National Forest Sys-1

tem land to the County. 2

(2) TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—The conveyance 3


(A) subject to valid existing rights; 5

(B) made by quitclaim deed; and 6

(C) subject to any other terms and condi-7

tions as the Secretary considers appropriate to 8

protect the interests of the United States. 9

(3) APPRAISAL.— 10

(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 11

days after the date of enactment of this Act, 12

the Secretary shall complete an appraisal to de-13

termine the fair market value of the National 14

Forest System land. 15

(B) STANDARDS.—The appraisal under 16

subparagraph (A) shall be conducted in accord-17

ance with— 18





(4) MAP.— 23

(A) AVAILABILITY OF MAP.—The map 24

shall be kept on file and available for public in-25


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spection in the appropriate office of the Forest 1

Service. 2

(B) CORRECTION OF ERRORS.—The Sec-3

retary may correct minor errors in the map. 4

(5) CONSIDERATION.—As consideration for the 5

conveyance under paragraph (1), the County shall 6

pay to the Secretary an amount equal to the fair 7

market value of the National Forest System land, as 8

determined by the appraisal under paragraph (3). 9

(6) SURVEY.—The exact acreage and legal de-10

scription of the National Forest System land to be 11

conveyed under paragraph (1) shall be determined 12

by a survey satisfactory to the Secretary and the 13

County. 14

(7) USE.—As a condition of the conveyance 15

under paragraph (1), the County shall agree to man-16

age the land conveyed under that subsection for pub-17

lic recreational purposes. 18

(8) COSTS OF CONVEYANCE.—As a condition on 19

the conveyance under paragraph (1), the County 20

shall pay to the Secretary all costs associated with 21

the conveyance, including the cost of— 22

(A) the appraisal under paragraph (3); and 23

(B) the survey under paragraph (6). 24


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SEC. 1011. LAND CONVEYANCE AND UTILITY RIGHT-OF- 1

WAY, HENRY’S LAKE WILDERNESS STUDY 2

AREA, IDAHO. 3

(a) CONVEYANCE AND RIGHT-OF-WAY AUTHOR-4

IZED.—Notwithstanding section 603(c) of the Federal 5

Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 6

1782(c)), the Secretary may— 7

(1) convey to the owner of a private residence 8

located at 3787 Valhalla Road in Island Park, Idaho 9

(in this section referred to as the ‘‘owner’’), all 10

right, title, and interest of the United States in and 11

to the approximately 0.5 acres of Federal land in the 12

Henry’s Lake Wilderness Study Area described as 13

lot 14, section 33, Township 16 North, Range 43 14

East, Boise Meridian, Fremont County, Idaho; and 15

(2) grant Fall River Electric in Ashton, Idaho, 16

the right to operate, maintain, and rehabilitate a 17

right-of-way encumbering approximately 0.4 acres of 18

Federal land in the Henry’s Lake Wilderness Study 19

Area described as lot 15, section 33, Township 16 20

North, Range 43 East, Boise Meridian, Fremont 21

County, Idaho, which includes an electric distribu-22

tion line and access road, 850′ in length, 20′ in 23

width. 24

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(1) LAND DISPOSAL.—The Secretary shall con-1

vey the land under subsection (a)(1) in accordance 2

with section 203 of the Federal Land Policy and 3

Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1713) and part 4

2711.3–3 of title 43, Code of Federal Regulations. 5

As consideration for the conveyance the owner shall 6

pay to the Secretary an amount equal to the fair 7

market value as valued by a qualified land appraisal 8

and approved by the Appraisal and Valuation Serv-9

ices Office. 10

(2) RIGHT-OF-WAY.—The Secretary shall grant 11

the right-of-way granted under subsection (a)(2) in 12

accordance with section 205 of the Federal Land 13


1715), and part 2800 of title 43, Code of Federal 15

Regulations. 16

(c) ADDITIONAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—The 17

Secretary may require such additional terms and condi-18

tions in connection with the conveyance of the land and 19

the grant of the right-of-way under this section as the Sec-20

retary considers appropriate to protect the interests of the 21

United States. 22


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SEC. 1012. CONVEYANCE TO UKPEAGVIK INUPIAT COR-1

PORATION. 2

(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after the 3

date of enactment of this Act, subject to valid existing 4

rights, the Secretary shall convey to the Ukpeagvik 5

Inupiat Corporation all right, title, and interest held by 6

the United States in and to sand and gravel deposits un-7

derlying the surface estate owned by the Ukpeagvik 8

Inupiat Corporation within and contiguous to the Barrow 9

gas fields, and more particularly described as follows: 10

(1) T. 21 N. R. 16 W., secs. 7, 17–18, 19–21, 11

and 28–29, of the Umiat Meridian. 12

(2) T. 21 N. R. 17 W., secs. 1–2 and 11–14, 13

of the Umiat Meridian. 14

(3) T. 22 N. R. 18 W., secs. 4, 9, and 29–32, 15

of the Umiat Meridian. 16

(4) T. 22 N. R. 19 W., secs. 25 and 36, of the 17

Umiat Meridian. 18

(b) ENTITLEMENT FULFILLED.—The conveyance 19

under this section shall fulfill the entitlement granted to 20

the Ukpeagvik Inupiat Corporation under section 12(a) of 21

the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 22

1611(a)). 23

(c) COMPLIANCE WITH ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT 24

OF 1973.—Nothing in this section affects any require-25


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ment, prohibition, or exception under the Endangered 1

Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.). 2

SEC. 1013. PUBLIC PURPOSE CONVEYANCE TO CITY OF 3

HYDE PARK, UTAH. 4

(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding the land use 5

planning requirement of sections 202 and 203 of the Fed-6

eral Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 7

1712, 1713), on written request by the City of Hyde Park, 8

Utah (referred to in this section as the ‘‘City’’), the Sec-9

retary shall convey, without consideration, to the City the 10

parcel of public land described in subsection (b)(1) for 11

public recreation or other public purposes consistent with 12

uses allowed under the Act of June 14, 1926 (commonly 13

known as the ‘‘Recreation and Public Purposes Act’’) (43 14

U.S.C. 869 et seq.). 15

(b) DESCRIPTION OF LAND.— 16

(1) IN GENERAL.—The parcel of public land re-17

ferred to in subsection (a) is the approximately 80- 18

acre parcel identified on the map entitled ‘‘Hyde 19

Park Land Conveyance Act’’ and dated October 23, 20

2017. 21

(2) AVAILABILITY OF MAP.—The map referred 22

to in paragraph (1) shall be on file and available for 23

public inspection in appropriate offices of the Bu-24



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(c) SURVEY.—The exact acreage and legal descrip-1

tion of the land to be conveyed under this section shall 2

be determined by a survey satisfactory to the Secretary. 3

(d) CONVEYANCE COSTS.—As a condition for the 4

conveyance under this section, all costs associated with the 5

conveyance shall be paid by the City. 6

SEC. 1014. JUAB COUNTY CONVEYANCE. 7


(1) COUNTY.—The term ‘‘County’’ means Juab 9

County, Utah. 10




(3) NEPHI WORK CENTER CONVEYANCE PAR-14

CEL.—The term ‘‘Nephi Work Center conveyance 15

parcel’’ means the parcel of approximately 2.17 16

acres of National Forest System land in the County, 17

located at 740 South Main Street, Nephi, Utah, as 18

depicted as Tax Lot Numbers #XA00–0545–1111 19

and #XA00–0545–2 on the map entitled ‘‘Nephi 20

Plat B’’ and dated May 6, 1981. 21

(b) CONVEYANCE OF NEPHI WORK CENTER CON-22

VEYANCE PARCEL, JUAB COUNTY, UTAH.— 23

(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after 24

the date on which the Secretary receives a request 25


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from the County and subject to valid existing rights 1

and such terms and conditions as are mutually satis-2

factory to the Secretary and the County, including 3

such additional terms as the Secretary determines to 4

be necessary, the Secretary shall convey to the 5

County without consideration all right, title, and in-6

terest of the United States in and to the Nephi 7

Work Center conveyance parcel. 8

(2) COSTS.—Any costs relating to the convey-9

ance under paragraph (1), including processing and 10

transaction costs, shall be paid by the County. 11

(3) USE OF LAND.—The land conveyed to the 12

County under paragraph (1) shall be used by the 13

County— 14

(A) to house fire suppression and fuels 15

mitigation personnel; 16

(B) to facilitate fire suppression and fuels 17

mitigation activities; and 18

(C) for infrastructure and equipment nec-19

essary to carry out subparagraphs (A) and (B). 20

SEC. 1015. BLACK MOUNTAIN RANGE AND BULLHEAD CITY 21

LAND EXCHANGE. 22


(1) CITY.—The term ‘‘City’’ means Bullhead 24

City, Arizona. 25


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eral Land’’ means the approximately 1,100 acres of 2

land owned by Bullhead City in the Black Mountain 3

Range generally depicted as ‘‘Bullhead City Land to 4

be Exchanged to BLM’’ on the Map. 5


titled ‘‘Bullhead City Land Exchange’’ and dated 7

August 24, 2018. 8


means the approximately 345.2 acres of land in 10

Bullhead City, Arizona, generally depicted as ‘‘Fed-11

eral Land to be exchanged to Bullhead City’’ on the 12

Map. 13

(b) LAND EXCHANGE.— 14

(1) IN GENERAL.—If after December 15, 2020, 15

the City offers to convey to the Secretary all right, 16

title, and interest of the City in and to the non-Fed-17

eral land, the Secretary shall accept the offer and si-18

multaneously convey to the City all right, title, and 19

interest of the United States in and to the Federal 20

land. 21


land conveyed to the Secretary under this section 23

shall be in a form acceptable to the Secretary and 24

shall conform to the title approval standards of the 25


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Attorney General of the United States applicable to 1

land acquisitions by the Federal Government. 2

(3) EXCHANGE COSTS.—The City shall pay for 3

all land survey, appraisal, and other costs to the 4

Secretary as may be necessary to process and con-5

summate the exchange under this section. 6

(c) EQUAL VALUE EXCHANGE AND APPRAISALS.— 7












the Secretary and the City. 19


the Federal and non-Federal land parcels exchanged 21

shall be equal, or if they are not equal, shall be 22

equalized as follows: 23




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of the non-Federal land, the City shall reduce 2

the amount of land it is requesting from the 3

Federal Government in order to create an equal 4

value in accordance with section 206(b) of the 5

Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 6

1976 (43 U.S.C. 1716(b)). Land that is not ex-7

changed because of equalization under this sub-8

paragraph shall remain subject to lease under 9

the Act of June 14, 1926 (commonly known as 10

the ‘‘Recreation and Public Purposes Act’’) (44 11

Stat. 741, chapter 578; 43 U.S.C. 869 et seq.). 12




(i) deposited in the Federal Land Dis-16

posal Account established by section 17

206(a) of the Federal Land Transaction 18

Facilitation Act (43 U.S.C. 2305(a)); and 19

(ii) used in accordance with that Act 20

(43 U.S.C. 2301 et seq.). 21



non-Federal land exceeds the final appraised 24

value of the Federal land, the United States 25


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shall not make a cash equalization payment to 1

the City, and surplus value of the non-Federal 2

land shall be considered a donation by the City 3

to the United States for all purposes of law. 4

(d) WITHDRAWAL PROVISIONS.—Lands acquired by 5

the Secretary under this section are, upon such acquisi-6

tion, automatically and permanently withdrawn from all 7

forms of appropriation and disposal under the public land 8

laws (including the mining and mineral leasing laws) and 9

the Geothermal Steam Act of 1930 (30 U.S.C. 1001 et 10

seq.). 11

(e) MAPS, ESTIMATES, AND DESCRIPTIONS.— 12

(1) MINOR ERRORS.—The Secretary and the 13

City may, by mutual agreement— 14

(A) make minor boundary adjustments to 15

the Federal and non-Federal lands involved in 16

the exchange; and 17

(B) correct any minor errors in any map, 18

acreage estimate, or description of any land to 19

be exchanged. 20

(2) CONFLICT.—If there is a conflict between a 21

map, an acreage estimate, or a description of land 22

under this section, the map shall control unless the 23

Secretary and the City mutually agree otherwise. 24


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(3) AVAILABILITY.—The Secretary shall file 1

and make available for public inspection in the Ari-2

zona headquarters of the Bureau of Land Manage-3

ment a copy of all maps referred to in this section. 4

SEC. 1016. COTTONWOOD LAND EXCHANGE. 5



Yavapai County, Arizona. 8



States in and to approximately 80 acres of land 11

within the Coconino National Forest, in Yavapai 12

County, Arizona, generally depicted as ‘‘Coconino 13

National Forest Parcels ‘Federal Land’ ’’ on the 14

map. 15


titled ‘‘Cottonwood Land Exchange’’, with the revi-17

sion date July 5, 2018\Version 1. 18


eral land’’ means the approximately 369 acres of 20

land in Yavapai County, Arizona, generally depicted 21

as ‘‘Yavapai County Parcels ‘Non-Federal Land’ ’’ 22

on the map. 23


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the Secretary of Agriculture, unless otherwise speci-2

fied. 3

(b) LAND EXCHANGE.— 4

(1) IN GENERAL.—If the County offers to con-5

vey to the Secretary all right, title, and interest of 6

the County in and to the non-Federal land, the Sec-7

retary shall accept the offer and simultaneously con-8

vey to the County all right, title, and interest of the 9

United States to the Federal land. 10


land conveyed to the Secretary under this section 12

shall be acceptable to the Secretary and shall con-13

form to the title approval standards of the Attorney 14

General of the United States applicable to land ac-15

quisitions by the Federal Government. 16

(3) EXCHANGE COSTS.—The County shall pay 17

for all land survey, appraisal, and other costs to the 18

Secretary as may be necessary to process and con-19

summate the exchange under this section, including 20

reimbursement to the Secretary, if the Secretary so 21

requests, for staff time spent in such processing and 22

consummation. 23

(c) EQUAL VALUE EXCHANGE AND APPRAISALS.— 24


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the Secretary and the County. 12


the Federal and non-Federal land parcels exchanged 14

shall be equal, or if they are not equal, shall be 15

equalized as follows: 16




of the non-Federal land, the County shall make 20

a cash equalization payment to the United 21

States as necessary to achieve equal value, in-22

cluding, if necessary, an amount in excess of 23

that authorized pursuant to section 206(b) of 24


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of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1716(b)). 2




(i) deposited in the fund established 6

under Public Law 90–171 (commonly 7

known as the ‘‘Sisk Act’’; 16 U.S.C. 484a); 8

and 9

(ii) made available to the Secretary 10

for the acquisition of land or interests in 11

land in Region 3 of the Forest Service. 12



non-Federal land exceeds the final appraised 15

value of the Federal land, the United States 16

shall not make a cash equalization payment to 17

the County, and surplus value of the non-Fed-18

eral land shall be considered a donation by the 19

County to the United States for all purposes of 20

law. 21

(d) WITHDRAWAL PROVISIONS.—Lands acquired by 22

the Secretary under this section are, upon such acquisi-23

tion, automatically and permanently withdrawn from all 24

forms of appropriation and disposal under the public land 25


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laws (including the mining and mineral leasing laws) and 1

the Geothermal Steam Act of 1930 (30 U.S.C. 1001 et 2

seq.). 3

(e) MANAGEMENT OF LAND.—Land acquired by the 4

Secretary under this section shall become part of the 5

Coconino National Forest and be managed in accordance 6

with the laws, rules, and regulations applicable to the Na-7

tional Forest System. 8

(f) MAPS, ESTIMATES, AND DESCRIPTIONS.— 9

(1) MINOR ERRORS.—The Secretary and the 10

County may, by mutual agreement— 11

(A) make minor boundary adjustments to 12

the Federal and non-Federal lands involved in 13

the exchange; and 14

(B) correct any minor errors in any map, 15

acreage estimate, or description of any land to 16

be exchanged. 17

(2) CONFLICT.—If there is a conflict between a 18

map, an acreage estimate, or a description of land 19

under this section, the map shall control unless the 20

Secretary and the County mutually agree otherwise. 21

(3) AVAILABILITY.—The Secretary shall file 22

and make available for public inspection in the head-23

quarters of the Coconino National Forest a copy of 24

all maps referred to in this section. 25


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SEC. 1017. EMBRY-RIDDLE TRI-CITY LAND EXCHANGE. 1



eral land’’ means the approximately 16-acre parcel 4

of University land identified in section 3(a) of Public 5

Law 105–363 (112 Stat. 3297). 6

(2) UNIVERSITY.—The term ‘‘University’’ 7

means Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Flor-8

ida. 9

(b) CONVEYANCE OF FEDERAL REVERSIONARY IN-10

TEREST IN LAND LOCATED IN THE COUNTY OF YAVAPAI, 11

ARIZONA.— 12


provision of law, if after the completion of the ap-14

praisal required under subsection (c), the University 15

submits to the Secretary an offer to acquire the re-16

versionary interests of the United States in and to 17

the non-Federal land, the Secretary shall convey to 18

the University the reversionary interests of the 19

United States in and to the non-Federal land for the 20

purpose of unencumbering the title to the non-Fed-21

eral land to enable economic development of the non- 22

Federal land. 23

(2) LEGAL DESCRIPTIONS.—As soon as prac-24


exact legal description of the non-Federal land shall 26


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be determined in a manner satisfactory to the Sec-1

retary. 2

(3) ADDITIONAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS.— 3

The Secretary may require such additional terms 4

and conditions to the conveyance under paragraph 5

(1), consistent with this section, as the Secretary 6

considers appropriate to protect the interests of the 7

United States. 8

(4) COSTS.—The University shall pay all costs 9

associated with the conveyance under paragraph (1), 10

including the costs of the appraisal required under 11

subsection (c), the costs of any surveys, recording 12

costs, and other reasonable costs. 13

(c) APPRAISAL.— 14

(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 15


retary shall complete an appraisal of the rever-17

sionary interests of the United States in and to the 18

non-Federal land. 19

(2) APPLICABLE LAW.—The appraisal shall be 20

completed in accordance with— 21

(A) the Uniform Appraisal Standards for 22

Federal Land Acquisitions; and 23

(B) the Uniform Standards of Professional 24

Appraisal Practice. 25


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(d) CONSIDERATION.— 1

(1) IN GENERAL.—As consideration for the con-2

veyance of the reversionary interests of the United 3

States in and to the non-Federal land under this 4

section, the University shall pay to the Secretary an 5

amount equal to the appraised value of the interests 6

of the United States, as determined under sub-7

section (c). 8

(2) DEPOSIT; USE.—Amounts received under 9

paragraph (1) shall be— 10

(A) deposited in the Federal Land Dis-11

posal Account established by section 206(a) of 12

the Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act 13

(43 U.S.C. 2305(a)); and 14

(B) used in accordance with that Act (43 15

U.S.C. 2301 et seq.). 16

Subtitle B—Public Land and Na-17

tional Forest System Manage-18

ment 19

SEC. 1101. BOLTS DITCH ACCESS. 20

(a) ACCESS GRANTED.—The Secretary of Agriculture 21

shall permit by special use authorization nonmotorized ac-22

cess and use, in accordance with section 293.6 of title 36, 23

Code of Federal Regulations, of the Bolts Ditch Headgate 24

and the Bolts Ditch within the Holy Cross Wilderness, 25


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Colorado, as designated by Public Law 96–560 (94 Stat. 1

3265), for the purposes of the diversion of water and use, 2

maintenance, and repair of such ditch and headgate by 3

the Town of Minturn, Colorado, a Colorado Home Rule 4

Municipality. 5

(b) LOCATION OF FACILITIES.—The Bolts Ditch 6

headgate and ditch segment referenced in subsection (a) 7

are as generally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘Bolts Ditch 8

headgate and Ditch Segment’’ and dated November 2015. 9

SEC. 1102. CLARIFICATION RELATING TO A CERTAIN LAND 10

DESCRIPTION UNDER THE NORTHERN ARI-11

ZONA LAND EXCHANGE AND VERDE RIVER 12

BASIN PARTNERSHIP ACT OF 2005. 13

Section 104(a)(5) of the Northern Arizona Land Ex-14

change and Verde River Basin Partnership Act of 2005 15

(Public Law 109–110; 119 Stat. 2356) is amended by in-16

serting before the period at the end ‘‘, which, notwith-17

standing section 102(a)(4)(B), includes the N1⁄2 NE1⁄4 18

SW1⁄4 SW1⁄4, the N1⁄2 N1⁄2 SE1⁄4 SW1⁄4, and the N1⁄2 N1⁄2 19

SW1⁄4 SE1⁄4, sec. 34, Township 22 North, Range 2 East, 20

Gila and Salt River Meridian, Coconino County, Arizona, 21

comprising approximately 25 acres’’. 22

SEC. 1103. FRANK AND JEANNE MOORE WILD STEELHEAD 23

SPECIAL MANAGEMENT AREA. 24

(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that— 25


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(1) Frank Moore has committed his life to fam-1

ily, friends, his country, and fly fishing; 2

(2) Frank Moore is a World War II veteran 3

who stormed the beaches of Normandy along with 4

150,000 troops during the D-Day Allied invasion 5

and was awarded the Chevalier of the French Legion 6

of Honor for his bravery; 7

(3) Frank Moore returned home after the war, 8

started a family, and pursued his passion of fishing 9

on the winding rivers in Oregon; 10

(4) as the proprietor of the Steamboat Inn 11

along the North Umpqua River in Oregon for nearly 12

20 years, Frank Moore, along with his wife Jeanne, 13

shared his love of fishing, the flowing river, and the 14

great outdoors, with visitors from all over the United 15

States and the world; 16

(5) Frank Moore has spent most of his life fish-17

ing the vast rivers of Oregon, during which time he 18

has contributed significantly to efforts to conserve 19

fish habitats and protect river health, including serv-20

ing on the State of Oregon Fish and Wildlife Com-21

mission; 22

(6) Frank Moore has been recognized for his 23

conservation work with the National Wildlife Fed-24

eration Conservationist of the Year award, the Wild 25


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Steelhead Coalition Conservation Award, and his 1

2010 induction into the Fresh Water Fishing Hall 2

of Fame; and 3

(7) in honor of the many accomplishments of 4

Frank Moore, both on and off the river, approxi-5

mately 99,653 acres of Forest Service land in the 6

State of Oregon should be designated as the ‘‘Frank 7

and Jeanne Moore Wild Steelhead Special Manage-8

ment Area’’. 9



titled ‘‘Frank Moore Wild Steelhead Special Man-12

agement Area Designation Act’’ and dated June 23, 13

2016. 14




(3) SPECIAL MANAGEMENT AREA.—The term 18

‘‘Special Management Area’’ means the Frank and 19

Jeanne Moore Wild Steelhead Special Management 20

Area designated by subsection (c)(1). 21

(4) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means the State 22

of Oregon. 23

(c) FRANK AND JEANNE MOORE WILD STEELHEAD 24

SPECIAL MANAGEMENT AREA, OREGON.— 25


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(1) DESIGNATION.—The approximately 99,653 1

acres of Forest Service land in the State, as gen-2

erally depicted on the Map, is designated as the 3

‘‘Frank and Jeanne Moore Wild Steelhead Special 4

Management Area’’. 5

(2) MAP; LEGAL DESCRIPTION.— 6

(A) IN GENERAL.—As soon as practicable 7


retary shall prepare a map and legal description 9

of the Special Management Area. 10

(B) FORCE OF LAW.—The map and legal 11

description prepared under subparagraph (A) 12

shall have the same force and effect as if in-13

cluded in this section, except that the Secretary 14

may correct clerical and typographical errors in 15

the map and legal description. 16

(C) AVAILABILITY.—The map and legal 17


shall be on file and available for public inspec-19

tion in the appropriate offices of the Forest 20

Service. 21

(3) ADMINISTRATION.—Subject to valid existing 22

rights, the Special Management Area shall be ad-23

ministered by the Secretary— 24


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(A) in accordance with all laws (including 1

regulations) applicable to the National Forest 2

System; and 3

(B) in a manner that— 4

(i) conserves and enhances the natural 5

character, scientific use, and the botanical, 6

recreational, ecological, fish and wildlife, 7

scenic, drinking water, and cultural values 8

of the Special Management Area; 9

(ii) maintains and seeks to enhance 10

the wild salmonid habitat of the Special 11

Management Area; 12

(iii) maintains or enhances the water-13

shed as a thermal refuge for wild 14

salmonids; and 15

(iv) preserves opportunities for recre-16

ation, including primitive recreation. 17

(4) FISH AND WILDLIFE.—Nothing in this sec-18

tion affects the jurisdiction or responsibilities of the 19

State with respect to fish and wildlife in the State. 20

(5) ADJACENT MANAGEMENT.—Nothing in this 21

section— 22

(A) creates any protective perimeter or 23

buffer zone around the Special Management 24

Area; or 25


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(B) modifies the applicable travel manage-1

ment plan for the Special Management Area. 2

(6) WILDFIRE MANAGEMENT.—Nothing in this 3

section prohibits the Secretary, in cooperation with 4

other Federal, State, and local agencies, as appro-5

priate, from conducting wildland fire operations in 6

the Special Management Area, consistent with the 7

purposes of this section, including the use of air-8

craft, machinery, mechanized equipment, fire breaks, 9

backfires, and retardant. 10

(7) VEGETATION MANAGEMENT.—Nothing in 11

this section prohibits the Secretary from conducting 12

vegetation management projects within the Special 13

Management Area in a manner consistent with— 14

(A) the purposes described in paragraph 15

(3); and 16

(B) the applicable forest plan. 17

(8) PROTECTION OF TRIBAL RIGHTS.—Nothing 18

in this section diminishes any treaty rights of an In-19

dian Tribe. 20

(9) WITHDRAWAL.—Subject to valid existing 21

rights, the Federal land within the boundaries of the 22

Special Management Area river segments designated 23

by paragraph (1) is withdrawn from all forms of— 24


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(A) entry, appropriation, or disposal under 1

the public land laws; 2

(B) location, entry, and patent under the 3

mining laws; and 4

(C) disposition under all laws relating to 5

mineral and geothermal leasing or mineral ma-6

terials. 7

SEC. 1104. MAINTENANCE OR REPLACEMENT OF FACILI-8

TIES AND STRUCTURES AT SMITH GULCH. 9

The authorization of the Secretary of Agriculture to 10

maintain or replace facilities or structures for commercial 11

recreation services at Smith Gulch under section 12

3(a)(24)(D) of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act (16 U.S.C. 13

1274(a)(24)(D))— 14

(1) may include improvements or replacements 15

that the Secretary of Agriculture determines— 16

(A) are consistent with section 9(b) of the 17

Central Idaho Wilderness Act of 1980 (16 18

U.S.C. 1281 note; Public Law 96–312); and 19

(B) would reduce the impact of the com-20

mercial recreation facilities or services on wil-21

derness or wild and scenic river resources and 22

values; and 23

(2) authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to 24

consider including, as appropriate— 25


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(A) hydroelectric generators and associated 1

electrical transmission facilities; 2

(B) water pumps for fire suppression; 3

(C) transitions from propane to electrical 4

lighting; 5

(D) solar energy systems; 6

(E) 6-volt or 12-volt battery banks for 7

power storage; and 8

(F) other improvements or replacements 9

which are consistent with this section that the 10

Secretary of Agriculture determines appro-11

priate. 12

SEC. 1105. REPEAL OF PROVISION LIMITING THE EXPORT 13

OF TIMBER HARVESTED FROM CERTAIN 14

KAKE TRIBAL CORPORATION LAND. 15

Section 42 of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement 16

Act (43 U.S.C. 1629h) is amended— 17

(1) by striking subsection (h); 18

(2) by redesignating subsection (i) as subsection 19

(h); and 20

(3) in subsection (h) (as so redesignated), in 21

the first sentence, by striking ‘‘and to provide’’ and 22

all that follows through ‘‘subsection (h)’’. 23

SEC. 1106. DESIGNATION OF FOWLER AND BOSKOFF PEAKS. 24

(a) DESIGNATION OF FOWLER PEAK.— 25


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(1) IN GENERAL.—The 13,498-foot mountain 1

peak, located at 37.8569° N, by ¥108.0117° W, in 2

the Uncompahgre National Forest in the State of 3

Colorado, shall be known and designated as ‘‘Fowler 4

Peak’’. 5

(2) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, 6

map, regulation, document, paper, or other record of 7

the United States to the peak described in para-8

graph (1) shall be deemed to be a reference to 9

‘‘Fowler Peak’’. 10

(b) DESIGNATION OF BOSKOFF PEAK.— 11

(1) IN GENERAL.—The 13,123-foot mountain 12

peak, located at 37.85549° N, by ¥108.03112° W, 13

in the Uncompahgre National Forest in the State of 14

Colorado, shall be known and designated as 15

‘‘Boskoff Peak’’. 16



the United States to the peak described in para-19

graph (1) shall be deemed to be a reference to 20

‘‘Boskoff Peak’’. 21

SEC. 1107. CORONADO NATIONAL FOREST LAND CONVEY-22

ANCE. 23


(1) PERMITTEE.— 25


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(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘permittee’’ 1

means a person who, on the date of enactment 2

of this Act, holds a valid permit for use of a 3

property. 4

(B) INCLUSIONS.—The term ‘‘permittee’’ 5

includes any heirs, executors, and assigns of the 6

permittee or interest of the permittee. 7

(2) PROPERTY.—The term ‘‘property’’ means— 8

(A) the approximately 1.1 acres of Na-9

tional Forest System land in sec. 8, T. 10 S., 10

R. 16 E., Gila and Salt River Meridian, as gen-11

erally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘Coronado 12

National Forest Land Conveyance Act of 13

2017’’, special use permit numbered SAN5005– 14

03, and dated October 2017; 15

(B) the approximately 4.5 acres of Na-16

tional Forest System land in sec. 8, T. 10 S., 17

R. 16 E., Gila and Salt River Meridian, as gen-18

erally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘Coronado 19

National Forest Land Conveyance Act of 20

2017’’, special use permit numbered SAN5116– 21

03, and dated October 2017; and 22

(C) the approximately 3.9 acres of Na-23

tional Forest System land in NW1⁄4, sec. 1, T. 24

10 S., R. 15 E., Gila and Salt River Meridian, 25


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as generally depicted on the map entitled 1

‘‘Coronado National Forest Land Conveyance 2

Act of 2017’’, special use permit numbered 3

SAN5039–02, and dated October 2017. 4


the Secretary of Agriculture. 6

(b) SALE.— 7

(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to valid existing 8

rights, during the period described in paragraph (2), 9

not later than 90 days after the date on which a 10

permittee submits a request to the Secretary, the 11

Secretary shall— 12

(A) accept tender of consideration from 13

that permittee; and 14

(B) sell and quitclaim to that permittee all 15

right, title, and interest of the United States in 16

and to the property for which the permittee 17

holds a permit. 18

(2) PERIOD DESCRIBED.—The period referred 19

to in paragraph (1) is the period beginning on the 20

date of enactment of this Act and ending on the 21

date of expiration of the applicable permit. 22

(c) TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—The Secretary may 23

establish such terms and conditions on the sales of the 24


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properties under this section as the Secretary determines 1

to be in the public interest. 2

(d) CONSIDERATION.—A sale of a property under 3

this section shall be for cash consideration equal to the 4

market value of the property, as determined by the ap-5

praisal described in subsection (e). 6

(e) APPRAISAL.— 7

(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall complete 8

an appraisal of each property, which shall— 9

(A) include the value of any appurtenant 10

easements; and 11

(B) exclude the value of any private im-12

provements made by a permittee of the property 13

before the date of appraisal. 14

(2) STANDARDS.—An appraisal under para-15

graph (1) shall be conducted in accordance with— 16


Federal Land Acquisitions, established in ac-18

cordance with the Uniform Relocation Assist-19

ance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act 20

of 1970 (42 U.S.C. 4601 et seq.); and 21



(f) COSTS.—The Secretary shall pay— 24


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(1) the cost of a conveyance of a property under 1

this section; and 2

(2) the cost of an appraisal under subsection 3

(e). 4

(g) PROCEEDS FROM THE SALE OF LAND.—Any 5

payment received by the Secretary from the sale of prop-6

erty under this section shall be deposited in the fund es-7

tablished under Public Law 90–171 (commonly known as 8

the ‘‘Sisk Act’’) (16 U.S.C. 484a) and shall be available 9

to the Secretary until expended for the acquisition of 10

inholdings in national forests in the State of Arizona. 11

(h) MAPS AND LEGAL DESCRIPTIONS.— 12

(1) IN GENERAL.—As soon as practicable after 13

the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary 14

shall file maps and legal descriptions of each prop-15

erty. 16

(2) FORCE OF LAW.—The maps and legal de-17

scriptions filed under paragraph (1) shall have the 18

same force and effect as if included in this section, 19

except that the Secretary may correct typographical 20

errors in the maps and legal descriptions. 21

(3) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—The maps and 22

legal descriptions filed under paragraph (1) shall be 23

on file and available for public inspection in the of-24


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fice of the Supervisor of the Coronado National For-1

est. 2

SEC. 1108. DESCHUTES CANYON-STEELHEAD FALLS WIL-3

DERNESS STUDY AREA BOUNDARY ADJUST-4

MENT, OREGON. 5

(a) BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT.—The boundary of the 6

Deschutes Canyon-Steelhead Falls Wilderness Study Area 7

is modified to exclude approximately 688 acres of public 8

land, as depicted on the map entitled ‘‘Deschutes Canyon- 9

Steelhead Falls Wilderness Study Area (WSA) Proposed 10

Boundary Adjustment’’ and dated September 26, 2018. 11

(b) EFFECT OF EXCLUSION.— 12

(1) IN GENERAL.—The public land excluded 13

from the Deschutes Canyon-Steelhead Falls Wilder-14

ness Study Area under subsection (a)— 15

(A) is no longer subject to section 603(c) 16

of the Federal Land Policy and Management 17

Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1782(c)); and 18

(B) shall be managed in accordance with— 19

(i) this section; 20

(ii) the Federal Land Policy and Man-21

agement Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701 et 22

seq.); and 23

(iii) any applicable resource manage-24

ment plan. 25


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(2) MANAGEMENT.—The Secretary shall man-1

age the land excluded from the Deschutes Canyon- 2

Steelhead Falls Wilderness Study Area under sub-3

section (a) to improve fire resiliency and forest 4

health, including the conduct of wildfire prevention 5

and response activities, as appropriate. 6

(3) OFF-ROAD RECREATIONAL MOTORIZED 7

USE.—The Secretary shall not permit off-road rec-8

reational motorized use on the public land excluded 9

from the Deschutes Canyon-Steelhead Falls Wilder-10

ness Study Area under subsection (a). 11

SEC. 1109. MAINTENANCE OF FEDERAL MINERAL LEASES 12

BASED ON EXTRACTION OF HELIUM. 13

The first section of the Mineral Leasing Act (30 14

U.S.C. 181) is amended in the fifth paragraph by insert-15

ing after ‘‘purchaser thereof’’ the following: ‘‘, and that 16

extraction of helium from gas produced from such lands 17

shall maintain the lease as if the extracted helium were 18

oil and gas’’. 19

SEC. 1110. SMALL MINER WAIVERS TO CLAIM MAINTE-20

NANCE FEES. 21


(1) COVERED CLAIMHOLDER.—The term ‘‘cov-23

ered claimholder’’ means— 24


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(A) the claimholder of the claims in the 1

State numbered AA023149, AA023163, 2

AA047913, AA047914, AA047915, AA047916, 3

AA047917, AA047918, and AA047919 (as of 4

December 29, 2004); 5

(B) the claimholder of the claim in the 6

State numbered FF–059315 (as of December 7

29, 2004); 8

(C) the claimholder of the claims in the 9

State numbered FF–58607, FF–58608, FF– 10

58609, FF–58610, FF–58611, FF–58613, 11

FF–58615, FF–58616, FF–58617, and FF– 12

58618 (as of December 31, 2003); and 13

(D) the claimholder of the claims in the 14

State numbered FF–53988, FF–53989, and 15

FF–53990 (as of December 31, 1987). 16

(2) DEFECT.—The term ‘‘defect’’ includes a 17

failure— 18

(A) to timely file— 19

(i) a small miner maintenance fee 20

waiver application; 21

(ii) an affidavit of annual labor associ-22

ated with a small miner maintenance fee 23

waiver application; or 24


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(iii) an instrument required under sec-1

tion 314(a) of the Federal Land Policy 2

and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 3

1744(a)); and 4

(B) to pay the required application fee for 5

a small maintenance fee waiver application. 6


of Alaska. 8

(b) TREATMENT OF COVERED CLAIMHOLDERS.— 9

Notwithstanding section 10101(d) of the Omnibus Budget 10

Reconciliation Act of 1993 (30 U.S.C. 28f(d)) and section 11

314(c) of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act 12

of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1744(c)), each covered claimholder 13

shall, during the 60-day period beginning on the date on 14

which the covered claimholder receives written notification 15

from the Bureau of Land Management by registered mail 16

of the opportunity, have the opportunity— 17

(1)(A) to cure any defect in a small miner 18

maintenance fee waiver application (including the 19

failure to timely file a small miner maintenance fee 20

waiver application) for any prior period during which 21

the defect existed; or 22

(B) to pay any claim maintenance fees due for 23

any prior period during which the defect existed; and 24


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(2) to cure any defect in the filing of any in-1

strument required under section 314(a) of the Fed-2

eral Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 3

U.S.C. 1744(a)) (including the failure to timely file 4

any required instrument) for any prior period during 5

which the defect existed. 6

(c) REINSTATEMENT OF CLAIMS DEEMED FOR-7

FEITED.—The Secretary shall reinstate any claim of a 8

covered claimholder as of the date declared forfeited and 9

void— 10

(1) under section 10104 of the Omnibus Budg-11

et Reconciliation Act of 1993 (30 U.S.C. 28i) for 12

failure to pay the claim maintenance fee or obtain 13

a valid waiver under section 10101 of the Omnibus 14

Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993 (30 U.S.C. 28f); 15

or 16

(2) under section 314(c) of the Federal Land 17


1744(c)) for failure to file any instrument required 19

under section 314(a) of that Act (43 U.S.C. 20

1744(a)) for any prior period during which the de-21

fect existed if the covered claimholder— 22

(A) cures the defect; or 23

(B) pays the claim maintenance fee under 24

subsection (b)(1)(B). 25


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SEC. 1111. SAINT FRANCIS DAM DISASTER NATIONAL ME-1

MORIAL AND NATIONAL MONUMENT. 2


(1) MEMORIAL.—The term ‘‘Memorial’’ means 4

the Saint Francis Dam Disaster National Memorial 5

authorized under subsection (b)(1). 6

(2) MONUMENT.—The term ‘‘Monument’’ 7

means the Saint Francis Dam Disaster National 8

Monument established by subsection (d)(1). 9




of California. 13

(b) SAINT FRANCIS DAM DISASTER NATIONAL ME-14

MORIAL.— 15

(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary may es-16

tablish a memorial at the Saint Francis Dam site in 17

the county of Los Angeles, California, for the pur-18

pose of honoring the victims of the Saint Francis 19

Dam disaster of March 12, 1928. 20

(2) REQUIREMENTS.—The Memorial shall be— 21

(A) known as the ‘‘Saint Francis Dam 22

Disaster National Memorial’’; and 23

(B) managed by the Forest Service. 24

(3) DONATIONS.—The Secretary may accept, 25

hold, administer, invest, and spend any gift, devise, 26


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or bequest of real or personal property made to the 1

Secretary for purposes of developing, designing, con-2

structing, and managing the Memorial. 3

(c) RECOMMENDATIONS FOR MEMORIAL.— 4

(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 3 years after 5


shall submit to Congress recommendations regard-7

ing— 8

(A) the planning, design, construction, and 9

long-term management of the Memorial; 10

(B) the proposed boundaries of the Memo-11

rial; 12

(C) a visitor center and educational facili-13

ties at the Memorial; and 14

(D) ensuring public access to the Memo-15

rial. 16

(2) CONSULTATION.—In preparing the rec-17

ommendations required under paragraph (1), the 18

Secretary shall consult with— 19

(A) appropriate Federal agencies; 20

(B) State, Tribal, and local governments, 21

including the Santa Clarita City Council; and 22

(C) the public. 23

(d) ESTABLISHMENT OF SAINT FRANCIS DAM DIS-24

ASTER NATIONAL MONUMENT.— 25


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(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established as 1

a national monument in the State certain National 2

Forest System land administered by the Secretary in 3

the county of Los Angeles, California, comprising 4

approximately 353 acres, as generally depicted on 5

the map entitled ‘‘Proposed Saint Francis Dam Dis-6

aster National Monument’’ and dated September 12, 7

2018, to be known as the ‘‘Saint Francis Dam Dis-8

aster National Monument’’. 9

(2) PURPOSE.—The purpose of the Monument 10

is to conserve and enhance for the benefit and enjoy-11

ment of the public the cultural, archaeological, his-12

torical, watershed, educational, and recreational re-13

sources and values of the Monument. 14

(e) DUTIES OF THE SECRETARY WITH RESPECT TO 15

MONUMENT.— 16

(1) MANAGEMENT PLAN.— 17

(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 4 years 18


retary shall develop a management plan for the 20

Monument. 21

(B) CONSULTATION.—The management 22

plan shall be developed in consultation with— 23

(i) appropriate Federal agencies; 24


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(ii) State, Tribal, and local govern-1

ments; and 2

(iii) the public. 3

(C) CONSIDERATIONS.—In developing and 4

implementing the management plan, the Sec-5

retary shall, with respect to methods of pro-6

tecting and providing access to the Monument, 7

consider the recommendations of the Saint 8

Francis Disaster National Memorial Founda-9

tion, the Santa Clarita Valley Historical Soci-10

ety, and the Community Hiking Club of Santa 11

Clarita. 12

(2) MANAGEMENT.—The Secretary shall man-13

age the Monument— 14

(A) in a manner that conserves and en-15

hances the cultural and historic resources of the 16

Monument; and 17

(B) in accordance with— 18

(i) the Forest and Rangeland Renew-19

able Resources Planning Act of 1974 (16 20

U.S.C. 1600 et seq.); 21

(ii) the laws generally applicable to 22

the National Forest System; 23

(iii) this section; and 24

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(3) USES.— 1

(A) USE OF MOTORIZED VEHICLES.—The 2

use of motorized vehicles within the Monument 3

may be permitted only— 4

(i) on roads designated for use by mo-5

torized vehicles in the management plan 6

required under paragraph (1); 7

(ii) for administrative purposes; or 8

(iii) for emergency responses. 9

(B) GRAZING.—The Secretary shall permit 10

grazing within the Monument, where estab-11

lished before the date of enactment of this 12

Act— 13

(i) subject to all applicable laws (in-14

cluding regulations and Executive orders); 15

and 16

(ii) consistent with the purpose de-17

scribed in subsection (d)(2). 18

(4) NO BUFFER ZONES.— 19

(A) IN GENERAL.—Nothing in this section 20

creates a protective perimeter or buffer zone 21

around the Monument. 22

(B) ACTIVITIES OUTSIDE NATIONAL MONU-23

MENT.—The fact that an activity or use on 24

land outside the Monument can be seen or 25


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heard within the Monument shall not preclude 1

the activity or use outside the boundary of the 2

Monument. 3

(f) CLARIFICATION ON FUNDING.— 4

(1) USE OF EXISTING FUNDS.—This section 5

shall be carried out using amounts otherwise made 6

available to the Secretary. 7

(2) NO ADDITIONAL FUNDS.—No additional 8

funds are authorized to be appropriated to carry out 9

this section. 10

SEC. 1112. OWYHEE WILDERNESS AREAS BOUNDARY MODI-11

FICATIONS. 12

(a) BOUNDARY MODIFICATIONS.— 13

(1) NORTH FORK OWYHEE WILDERNESS.—The 14

boundary of the North Fork Owyhee Wilderness es-15

tablished by section 1503(a)(1)(D) of the Omnibus 16

Public Land Management Act of 2009 (Public Law 17

111–11; 123 Stat. 1033) is modified to exclude cer-18

tain land, as depicted on— 19

(A) the Bureau of Land Management map 20

entitled ‘‘North Fork Owyhee and Pole Creek 21

Wilderness Aerial’’ and dated July 19, 2016; 22

and 23

(B) the Bureau of Land Management map 24

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Big Springs Camp Zoom Aerial’’ and dated 1

July 19, 2016. 2

(2) OWYHEE RIVER WILDERNESS.—The bound-3

ary of the Owyhee River Wilderness established by 4

section 1503(a)(1)(E) of the Omnibus Public Land 5

Management Act of 2009 (Public Law 111–11; 123 6

Stat. 1033) is modified to exclude certain land, as 7

depicted on— 8


entitled ‘‘North Fork Owyhee, Pole Creek, and 10

Owyhee River Wilderness Aerial’’ and dated 11

July 19, 2016; 12


entitled ‘‘Owyhee River Wilderness Kincaid 14

Reservoir Zoom Aerial’’ and dated July 19, 15

2016; and 16

(C) the Bureau of Land Management map 17

entitled ‘‘Owyhee River Wilderness Dickshooter 18

Road Zoom Aerial’’ and dated July 19, 2016. 19

(3) POLE CREEK WILDERNESS.—The boundary 20

of the Pole Creek Wilderness established by section 21

1503(a)(1)(F) of the Omnibus Public Land Manage-22

ment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111–11; 123 Stat. 23

1033) is modified to exclude certain land, as de-24

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entitled ‘‘North Fork Owyhee, Pole Creek, and 2

Owyhee River Wilderness Aerial’’ and dated 3

July 19, 2016; and 4


entitled ‘‘Pole Creek Wilderness Pullout Zoom 6

Aerial’’ and dated July 19, 2016. 7

(b) MAPS.— 8

(1) EFFECT.—The maps referred to in sub-9

section (a) shall have the same force and effect as 10

if included in this Act, except that the Secretary 11

may correct minor errors in the maps. 12

(2) AVAILABILITY.—The maps referred to in 13

subsection (a) shall be available in the appropriate 14

offices of the Bureau of Land Management. 15

SEC. 1113. CHUGACH REGION LAND STUDY. 16


(1) CAC.—The term ‘‘CAC’’ means the Chu-18

gach Alaska Corporation. 19

(2) CAC LAND.—The term ‘‘CAC land’’ means 20

land conveyed to CAC pursuant to the Alaska Native 21

Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) 22

under which— 23

(A) both the surface estate and the sub-24

surface estate were conveyed to CAC; or 25


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(B)(i) the subsurface estate was conveyed 1

to CAC; and 2

(ii) the surface estate or a conservation 3

easement in the surface estate was acquired by 4

the State or by the United States as part of the 5

program. 6

(3) PROGRAM.—The term ‘‘program’’ means 7

the Habitat Protection and Acquisition Program of 8

the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council. 9

(4) REGION.—The term ‘‘Region’’ means the 10

Chugach Region, Alaska. 11

(5) STUDY.—The term ‘‘study’’ means the 12

study conducted under subsection (b)(1). 13

(b) CHUGACH REGION LAND EXCHANGE STUDY.— 14


the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary, in 16

coordination with the Secretary of Agriculture and 17

in consultation with CAC, shall conduct a study of 18

land ownership and use patterns in the Region. 19

(2) STUDY REQUIREMENTS.—The study shall— 20

(A) assess the social and economic impacts 21

of the program, including impacts caused by 22

split estate ownership patterns created by Fed-23

eral acquisitions under the program, on— 24

(i) the Region; and 25


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(ii) CAC and CAC land; 1

(B) identify sufficient acres of accessible 2

and economically viable Federal land that can 3

be offered in exchange for CAC land identified 4

by CAC as available for exchange; and 5

(C) provide recommendations for land ex-6

change options with CAC that would— 7

(i) consolidate ownership of the sur-8

face and mineral estate of Federal land 9

under the program; and 10

(ii) convey to CAC Federal land iden-11

tified under subparagraph (B). 12

(c) REPORT.—Not later than 18 months after the 13

date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit 14

to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of 15

the Senate and the Committee on Natural Resources of 16

the House of Representatives a report describing the re-17

sults of the study, including— 18

(1) a recommendation on options for 1 or more 19

land exchanges; and 20

(2) detailed information on— 21

(A) the acres of Federal land identified for 22

exchange; and 23

(B) any other recommendations provided 24

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SEC. 1114. WILDFIRE TECHNOLOGY MODERNIZATION. 1

(a) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this section is to pro-2

mote the use of the best available technology to enhance 3

the effective and cost-efficient response to wildfires— 4

(1) to meet applicable protection objectives; and 5

(2) to increase the safety of— 6

(A) firefighters; and 7

(B) the public. 8


(1) SECRETARIES.—The term ‘‘Secretaries’’ 10

means— 11

(A) the Secretary of Agriculture; and 12

(B) the Secretary. 13

(2) SECRETARY CONCERNED.—The term ‘‘Sec-14

retary concerned’’ means— 15

(A) the Secretary of Agriculture, with re-16

spect to activities under the Department of Ag-17

riculture; and 18

(B) the Secretary, with respect to activities 19

under the Department of the Interior. 20

(c) UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS.— 21

(1) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection, the 22

terms ‘‘unmanned aircraft’’ and ‘‘unmanned aircraft 23

system’’ have the meanings given those terms in sec-24

tion 44801 of title 49, United States Code. 25


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(2) ESTABLISHMENT OF PROGRAM.—Not later 1

than 180 days after the date of enactment of this 2

Act, the Secretary, in consultation with the Sec-3

retary of Agriculture, shall establish a research, de-4

velopment, and testing program, or expand an appli-5

cable existing program, to assess unmanned aircraft 6

system technologies, including optionally piloted air-7

craft, across the full range of wildland fire manage-8

ment operations in order to accelerate the deploy-9

ment and integration of those technologies into the 10

operations of the Secretaries. 11

(3) EXPANDING USE OF UNMANNED AIRCRAFT 12

SYSTEMS ON WILDFIRES.—In carrying out the pro-13

gram established under paragraph (2), the Secre-14

taries, in coordination with the Federal Aviation Ad-15

ministration, State wildland firefighting agencies, 16

and other relevant Federal agencies, shall enter into 17

an agreement under which the Secretaries shall de-18

velop consistent protocols and plans for the use on 19

wildland fires of unmanned aircraft system tech-20

nologies, including for the development of real-time 21

maps of the location of wildland fires. 22

(d) LOCATION SYSTEMS FOR WILDLAND FIRE-23

FIGHTERS.— 24


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the date of enactment of this Act, subject to the 2

availability of appropriations, the Secretaries, in co-3

ordination with State wildland firefighting agencies, 4

shall jointly develop and operate a tracking system 5

(referred to in this subsection as the ‘‘system’’) to 6

remotely locate the positions of fire resources for use 7

by wildland firefighters, including, at a minimum, 8

any fire resources assigned to Federal type 1 9

wildland fire incident management teams. 10

(2) REQUIREMENTS.—The system shall— 11

(A) use the most practical and effective 12

technology available to the Secretaries to re-13

motely track the location of an active resource, 14

such as a Global Positioning System; 15

(B) depict the location of each fire re-16

source on the applicable maps developed under 17

subsection (c)(3); 18

(C) operate continuously during the period 19

for which any firefighting personnel are as-20

signed to the applicable Federal wildland fire; 21

and 22

(D) be subject to such terms and condi-23

tions as the Secretary concerned determines 24


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necessary for the effective implementation of 1

the system. 2

(3) OPERATION.—The Secretary concerned 3

shall— 4

(A) before commencing operation of the 5

system— 6

(i) conduct not fewer than 2 pilot 7

projects relating to the operation, manage-8

ment, and effectiveness of the system; and 9

(ii) review the results of those pilot 10

projects; 11

(B) conduct training, and maintain a cul-12

ture, such that an employee, officer, or con-13

tractor shall not rely on the system for safety; 14

and 15

(C) establish procedures for the collection, 16

storage, and transfer of data collected under 17

this subsection to ensure— 18

(i) data security; and 19

(ii) the privacy of wildland fire per-20

sonnel. 21

(e) WILDLAND FIRE DECISION SUPPORT.— 22

(1) PROTOCOL.—To the maximum extent prac-23

ticable, the Secretaries shall ensure that wildland 24

fire management activities conducted by the Secre-25


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taries, or conducted jointly by the Secretaries and 1

State wildland firefighting agencies, achieve compli-2

ance with applicable incident management objectives 3

in a manner that— 4

(A) minimizes firefighter exposure to the 5

lowest level necessary; and 6

(B) reduces overall costs of wildfire inci-7

dents. 8

(2) WILDFIRE DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM.— 9

(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretaries, in co-10

ordination with State wildland firefighting 11

agencies, shall establish a system or expand an 12

existing system to track and monitor decisions 13

made by the Secretaries or State wildland fire-14

fighting agencies in managing wildfires. 15

(B) COMPONENTS.—The system estab-16

lished or expanded under subparagraph (A) 17

shall be able to alert the Secretaries if— 18

(i) unusual costs are incurred; 19

(ii) an action to be carried out would 20

likely— 21

(I) endanger the safety of a fire-22

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(II) be ineffective in meeting an 1

applicable suppression or protection 2

goal; or 3

(iii) a decision regarding the manage-4

ment of a wildfire deviates from— 5

(I) an applicable protocol estab-6

lished by the Secretaries, including 7

the requirement under paragraph (1); 8

or 9

(II) an applicable spatial fire 10

management plan or fire management 11

plan of the Secretary concerned. 12

(f) SMOKE PROJECTIONS FROM ACTIVE WILDLAND 13

FIRES.—The Secretaries shall establish a program, to be 14

known as the ‘‘Interagency Wildland Fire Air Quality Re-15

sponse Program’’, under which the Secretary concerned— 16

(1) to the maximum extent practicable, shall as-17

sign 1 or more air resource advisors to a type 1 inci-18

dent management team managing a Federal 19

wildland fire; and 20

(2) may assign 1 or more air resource advisors 21

to a type 2 incident management team managing a 22

wildland fire. 23

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(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 9(a) of the Federal 1

Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 2

2208(a)) is amended— 3

(A) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘, cat-4

egorized by the type of fire’’ after ‘‘such inju-5

ries and deaths’’; and 6

(B) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘activi-7

ties;’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘activities, in-8

cluding— 9

‘‘(A) all injuries sustained by a firefighter 10

and treated by a doctor, categorized by the type 11

of firefighter; 12

‘‘(B) all deaths sustained while undergoing 13

a pack test or preparing for a work capacity; 14

‘‘(C) all injuries or deaths resulting from 15

vehicle accidents; and 16

‘‘(D) all injuries or deaths resulting from 17

aircraft crashes;’’. 18

(2) USE OF EXISTING DATA GATHERING AND 19

ANALYSIS ORGANIZATIONS.—Section 9(b)(3) of the 20

Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 21

(15 U.S.C. 2208(b)(3)) is amended by inserting ‘‘, 22

including the Center for Firefighter Injury Research 23

and Safety Trends’’ after ‘‘public and private’’. 24


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(3) MEDICAL PRIVACY OF FIREFIGHTERS.— 1

Section 9 of the Federal Fire Prevention and Con-2

trol Act of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 2208) is amended by 3

adding at the end the following: 4

‘‘(e) MEDICAL PRIVACY OF FIREFIGHTERS.—The 5

collection, storage, and transfer of any medical data col-6

lected under this section shall be conducted in accordance 7

with— 8

‘‘(1) the privacy regulations promulgated under 9

section 264(c) of the Health Insurance Portability 10

and Accountability Act of 1996 (42 U.S.C. 1320d– 11

2 note; Public Law 104–191); and 12

‘‘(2) other applicable regulations, including 13

parts 160, 162, and 164 of title 45, Code of Federal 14

Regulations (as in effect on the date of enactment 15

of this subsection).’’. 16

(h) RAPID RESPONSE EROSION DATABASE.— 17

(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretaries, in consulta-18

tion with the Administrator of the National Aero-19

nautics and Space Administration and the Secretary 20

of Commerce, shall establish and maintain a data-21

base, to be known as the ‘‘Rapid Response Erosion 22

Database’’ (referred to in this subsection as the 23

‘‘Database’’). 24

(2) OPEN-SOURCE DATABASE.— 25


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(A) AVAILABILITY.—The Secretaries shall 1

make the Database (including the original 2

source code)— 3

(i) web-based; and 4

(ii) available without charge. 5

(B) COMPONENTS.—To the maximum ex-6

tent practicable, the Database shall provide 7

for— 8

(i) the automatic incorporation of spa-9

tial data relating to vegetation, soils, and 10

elevation into an applicable map created by 11

the Secretary concerned that depicts the 12

changes in land-cover and soil properties 13

caused by a wildland fire; and 14

(ii) the generation of a composite map 15

that can be used by the Secretary con-16

cerned to model the effectiveness of treat-17

ments in the burned area to prevent flood-18

ing, erosion, and landslides under a range 19

of weather scenarios. 20

(3) USE.—The Secretary concerned shall use 21

the Database, as applicable, in developing rec-22

ommendations for emergency stabilization treat-23

ments or modifications to drainage structures to 24

protect values-at-risk following a wildland fire. 25


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(4) COORDINATION.—The Secretaries may 1

share the Database, and any results generated in 2

using the Database, with any State or unit of local 3

government. 4

(i) PREDICTING WHERE WILDFIRES WILL START.— 5

(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretaries, in consulta-6

tion with the Administrator of the National Aero-7

nautics and Space Administration, the Secretary of 8

Energy, and the Secretary of Commerce, through 9

the capabilities and assets located at the National 10

Laboratories, shall establish and maintain a system 11

to predict the locations of future wildfires for fire- 12

prone areas of the United States. 13

(2) COOPERATION; COMPONENTS.—The system 14

established under paragraph (1) shall be based on, 15

and seek to enhance, similar systems in existence on 16

the date of enactment of this Act, including the Fire 17

Danger Assessment System. 18

(3) USE IN FORECASTS.—Not later than 1 year 19

after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secre-20

taries shall use the system established under para-21

graph (1), to the maximum extent practicable, for 22

purposes of developing any wildland fire potential 23

forecasts. 24


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(4) COORDINATION.—The Secretaries may 1

share the system established under paragraph (1), 2

and any results generated in using the system, with 3

any State or unit of local government. 4

(j) TERMINATION OF AUTHORITY.—The authority 5

provided by this section terminates on the date that is 10 6

years after the date of enactment of this Act. 7

(k) SAVINGS CLAUSE.—Nothing in this section— 8

(1) requires the Secretary concerned to estab-9

lish a new program, system, or database to replace 10

an existing program, system, or database that meets 11

the objectives of this section; or 12

(2) precludes the Secretary concerned from 13

using existing or future technology that— 14

(A) is more efficient, safer, or better meets 15

the needs of firefighters, other personnel, or the 16

public; and 17

(B) meets the objectives of this section. 18

SEC. 1115. MCCOY FLATS TRAIL SYSTEM. 19



Uintah County, Utah. 22

(2) DECISION RECORD.—The term ‘‘Decision 23

Record’’ means the Decision Record prepared by the 24

Bureau of Land Management for the Environmental 25


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Assessment for the McCoy Flats Trail System num-1

bered DOI-BLM-G010-2012-0057 and dated Octo-2

ber 2012. 3


of Utah. 5

(4) TRAIL SYSTEM.—The term ‘‘Trail System’’ 6

means the McCoy Flats Trail System established by 7

subsection (b)(1). 8

(b) ESTABLISHMENT.— 9


rights, there is established the McCoy Flats Trail 11

System in the State. 12

(2) AREA INCLUDED.—The Trail System shall 13

include public land administered by the Bureau of 14

Land Management in the County, as described in 15

the Decision Record. 16

(c) MAP AND LEGAL DESCRIPTION.— 17



shall prepare a map and legal description of the 20

Trail System. 21

(2) AVAILABILITY; TRANSMITTAL TO CON-22

GRESS.—The map and legal description prepared 23



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(A) available in appropriate offices of the 1

Bureau of Land Management; and 2

(B) transmitted by the Secretary to— 3

(i) the Committee on Natural Re-4

sources of the House of Representatives; 5

and 6

(ii) the Committee on Energy and 7

Natural Resources of the Senate. 8

(3) FORCE AND EFFECT.—The map and legal 9

description prepared under paragraph (1) shall have 10

the same force and effect as if included in this sec-11

tion, except that the Secretary may correct any cler-12

ical or typographical errors in the map and legal de-13

scription. 14

(d) ADMINISTRATION.—The Secretary shall admin-15

ister the Trail System in accordance with— 16

(1) the Federal Land Policy and Management 17

Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.); 18

(2) this section; and 19

(3) other applicable law. 20

(e) MANAGEMENT PLAN.— 21



consultation and coordination with the County and 24


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affected Indian Tribes, shall prepare a management 1

plan for the Trail System. 2

(2) PUBLIC COMMENT.—The management plan 3

shall be developed with opportunities for public com-4

ment. 5

(3) INTERIM MANAGEMENT.—Until the comple-6

tion of the management plan, the Trail System shall 7

be administered in accordance with the Decision 8

Record. 9

(4) RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES.—In devel-10

oping the management plan, the Secretary shall seek 11

to provide for new mountain bike route and trail 12

construction to increase recreational opportunities 13

within the Trail System, consistent with this section. 14

(f) USES.—The Trail System shall be used for non-15

motorized mountain bike recreation, as described in the 16

Decision Record. 17

(g) ACQUISITION.— 18

(1) IN GENERAL.—On the request of the State, 19

the Secretary shall seek to acquire State land, or in-20

terests in State land, located within the Trail Sys-21

tem by purchase from a willing seller or exchange. 22

(2) ADMINISTRATION OF ACQUIRED LAND.— 23

Any land acquired under this subsection shall be ad-24

ministered as part of the Trail System. 25


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(h) FEES.—No fees shall be charged for access to, 1

or use of, the Trail System and associated parking areas. 2

SEC. 1116. TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS TO CERTAIN LAWS 3

RELATING TO FEDERAL LAND IN THE STATE 4

OF NEVADA. 5

(a) AMENDMENT TO CONVEYANCE OF FEDERAL 6

LAND IN STOREY COUNTY, NEVADA.—Section 3009(d) of 7

the Carl Levin and Howard P. ‘‘Buck’’ McKeon National 8

Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 (Public 9

Law 113–291; 128 Stat. 3751) is amended— 10

(1) in paragraph (1)— 11

(A) by striking subparagraphs (B) through 12

(D) and redesignating subparagraph (E) as 13

subparagraph (D); and 14

(B) by inserting after subparagraph (A) 15

the following: 16

‘‘(B) FEDERAL LAND.—The term ‘Federal 17

land’ means the land generally depicted as 18

‘Federal land’ on the map. 19

‘‘(C) MAP.—The term ‘map’ means the 20

map entitled ‘Storey County Land Conveyance’ 21

and dated June 6, 2018.’’. 22


(A) in subparagraph (A)(i), by striking 24

‘‘after completing the mining claim validity re-25


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view under paragraph (2)(B), if requested by 1

the County,’’; and 2

(B) in subparagraph (B)— 3

(i) in clause (i)— 4

(I) in the matter preceding sub-5

clause (I), by striking ‘‘each parcel of 6

land located in a mining townsite’’ 7

and inserting ‘‘any Federal land’’; 8

(II) in subclause (I), by striking 9

‘‘mining townsite’’ and inserting 10

‘‘Federal land’’; and 11

(III) in subclause (II), by strik-12

ing ‘‘mining townsite (including im-13

provements to the mining townsite), 14

as identified for conveyance on the 15

map’’ and inserting ‘‘Federal land (in-16

cluding improvements)’’; 17

(ii) by striking clause (ii); 18

(iii) by striking the subparagraph des-19

ignation and heading and all that follows 20

through ‘‘With respect’’ in the matter pre-21

ceding subclause (I) of clause (i) and in-22

serting the following: 23

‘‘(B) VALID MINING CLAIMS.—With re-24

spect’’; and 25


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(iv) by redesignating subclauses (I) 1

and (II) as clauses (i) and (ii), respec-2

tively, and indenting appropriately; 3

(3) in paragraph (4)(A), by striking ‘‘a mining 4

townsite conveyed under paragraph (3)(B)(i)(II)’’ 5

and inserting ‘‘Federal land conveyed under para-6

graph (2)(B)(ii)’’; 7

(4) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘a mining 8

townsite under paragraph (3)’’ and inserting ‘‘Fed-9

eral land under paragraph (2)’’; 10

(5) in paragraph (6), in the matter preceding 11

subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘mining townsite’’ 12

and inserting ‘‘Federal land’’; 13

(6) in paragraph (7), by striking ‘‘A mining 14

townsite to be conveyed by the United States under 15

paragraph (3)’’ and inserting ‘‘The exterior bound-16

ary of the Federal land to be conveyed by the United 17

States under paragraph (2)’’; 18


(A) by striking ‘‘a mining townsite under 20

paragraph (3)’’ and inserting ‘‘the Federal land 21

under paragraph (2)’’; and 22

(B) by striking ‘‘the mining townsite’’ and 23

inserting ‘‘the Federal land’’; 24


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(8) in paragraph (10), by striking ‘‘the exam-1

ination’’ and all that follows through the period at 2

the end and inserting ‘‘the conveyance under para-3

graph (2) should be completed by not later than 18 4

months after the date of enactment of the Natural 5

Resources Management Act.’’; 6

(9) by striking paragraphs (2) and (8); 7

(10) by redesignating paragraphs (3) through 8

(7) and (9) and (10) as paragraphs (2) through (6) 9

and (7) and (8) respectively; and 10

(11) by adding at the end the following: 11

‘‘(9) AVAILABILITY OF MAP.—The map shall be 12

on file and available for public inspection in the ap-13

propriate offices of the Bureau of Land Manage-14

ment.’’. 15

(b) MODIFICATION OF UTILITY CORRIDOR.—The 16

Secretary shall realign the utility corridor established by 17

section 301(a) of the Lincoln County Conservation, Recre-18

ation, and Development Act of 2004 (Public Law 108– 19

424; 118 Stat. 2412) to be aligned as generally depicted 20

on the map entitled ‘‘Proposed LCCRDA Utility Corridor 21

Realignment’’ and dated March 14, 2017, by modifying 22

the map entitled ‘‘Lincoln County Conservation, Recre-23

ation, and Development Act’’ (referred to in this sub-24

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(1) removing the utility corridor from sections 1

5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 14, and 15, T. 7 N., R. 68 2

E., of the Map; and 3

(2) redesignating the utility corridor so as to 4

appear on the Map in— 5

(A) sections 31, 32, and 33, T. 8 N., R. 6

68 E.; 7

(B) sections 4, 5, 6, and 7, T. 7 N., R. 68 8

E.; and 9

(C) sections 1 and 12, T. 7 N., 67 E. 10

(c) FINAL CORRECTIVE PATENT IN CLARK COUNTY, 11

NEVADA.— 12

(1) VALIDATION OF PATENT.—Patent number 13

27–2005–0081, issued by the Bureau of Land Man-14

agement on February 18, 2005, is affirmed and vali-15

dated as having been issued pursuant to, and in 16

compliance with, the Nevada-Florida Land Ex-17

change Authorization Act of 1988 (Public Law 100– 18

275; 102 Stat. 52), the National Environmental Pol-19

icy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), and the 20


(43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) for the benefit of the desert 22

tortoise, other species, and the habitat of the desert 23

tortoise and other species to increase the likelihood 24


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of the recovery of the desert tortoise and other spe-1

cies. 2

(2) RATIFICATION OF RECONFIGURATION.—The 3

process used by the United States Fish and Wildlife 4

Service and the Bureau of Land Management in re-5

configuring the land described in paragraph (1), as 6

depicted on Exhibit 1–4 of the Final Environmental 7

Impact Statement for the Planned Development 8

Project MSHCP, Lincoln County, NV (FWS–R8– 9

ES–2008–N0136), and the reconfiguration provided 10

for in special condition 10 of the Corps of Engineers 11

Permit No. 000005042, are ratified. 12

(d) ISSUANCE OF CORRECTIVE PATENT IN LINCOLN 13

COUNTY, NEVADA.— 14

(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, acting 15

through the Director of the Bureau of Land Man-16

agement, may issue a corrective patent for the 7,548 17

acres of land in Lincoln County, Nevada, depicted 18

on the map prepared by the Bureau of Land Man-19

agement entitled ‘‘Proposed Lincoln County Land 20

Reconfiguration’’ and dated January 28, 2016. 21

(2) APPLICABLE LAW.—A corrective patent 22

issued under paragraph (1) shall be treated as 23

issued pursuant to, and in compliance with, the Ne-24


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vada-Florida Land Exchange Authorization Act of 1

1988 (Public Law 100–275; 102 Stat. 52). 2

(e) CONVEYANCE TO LINCOLN COUNTY, NEVADA, TO 3

SUPPORT A LANDFILL.— 4


the date of enactment of this Act, and subject to 6

valid existing rights, at the request of Lincoln Coun-7

ty, Nevada, the Secretary shall convey without con-8

sideration under the Act of June 14, 1926 (com-9

monly known as the ‘‘Recreation and Public Pur-10

poses Act’’) (44 Stat. 741, chapter 578; 43 U.S.C. 11

869 et seq.), to Lincoln County all right, title and 12

interest of the United States in and to approxi-13

mately 400 acres of land in Lincoln County, Nevada, 14

more particularly described as follows: T. 11 S., R. 15

62, E., Section 25 E 1⁄2 of W 1⁄2; and W 1⁄2 of E 16

1⁄2; and E 1⁄2 of SE 1⁄4. 17

(2) RESERVATION.—The Secretary shall reserve 18

to the United States the mineral estate in any land 19

conveyed under paragraph (1). 20

(3) USE OF CONVEYED LAND.—The land con-21

veyed under paragraph (1) shall be used by Lincoln 22

County, Nevada, to provide a suitable location for 23

the establishment of a centralized landfill and to 24

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discourage unauthorized dumping and trash disposal 1

on environmentally-sensitive public land. Lincoln 2

County may not dispose of the land conveyed under 3

paragraph (1). 4

(4) REVERSION.—If Lincoln County, Nevada, 5

ceases to use any parcel of land conveyed under 6

paragraph (1) for the purposes described in para-7

graph (3)— 8

(A) title to the parcel shall revert to the 9

Secretary, at the option of the Secretary; and 10

(B) Lincoln County shall be responsible for 11

any reclamation necessary to restore the parcel 12

to a condition acceptable to the Secretary. 13

(f) MT. MORIAH WILDERNESS, HIGH SCHELLS WIL-14

DERNESS, AND ARC DOME WILDERNESS BOUNDARY AD-15

JUSTMENTS.— 16

(1) AMENDMENTS TO THE PAM WHITE WILDER-17

NESS ACT OF 2006.—Section 323 of the Pam White 18

Wilderness Act of 2006 (16 U.S.C. 1132 note; 120 19

Stat. 3031) is amended by striking subsection (e) 20

and inserting the following: 21

‘‘(e) MT. MORIAH WILDERNESS ADJUSTMENT.—The 22

boundary of the Mt. Moriah Wilderness established under 23

section 2(13) of the Nevada Wilderness Protection Act of 24

1989 (16 U.S.C. 1132 note) is adjusted to include— 25


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‘‘(1) the land identified as the ‘Mount Moriah 1

Wilderness Area’ and ‘Mount Moriah Additions’ on 2

the map entitled ‘Eastern White Pine County’ and 3

dated November 29, 2006; and 4

‘‘(2) the land identified as ‘NFS Lands’ on the 5

map entitled ‘Proposed Wilderness Boundary Ad-6

justment Mt. Moriah Wilderness Area’ and dated 7

January 19, 2017. 8

‘‘(f) HIGH SCHELLS WILDERNESS ADJUSTMENT.— 9

The boundary of the High Schells Wilderness established 10

under subsection (a)(11) is adjusted— 11

‘‘(1) to include the land identified as ‘Include 12

as Wilderness’ on the map entitled ‘McCoy Creek 13

Adjustment’ and dated November 3, 2014; and 14

‘‘(2) to exclude the land identified as ‘NFS 15

Lands’ on the map entitled ‘Proposed Wilderness 16

Boundary Adjustment High Schells Wilderness 17

Area’ and dated January 19, 2017.’’. 18

(2) AMENDMENTS TO THE NEVADA WILDER-19

NESS PROTECTION ACT OF 1989.—The Nevada Wil-20

derness Protection Act of 1989 (Public Law 101– 21

195; 16 U.S.C. 1132 note) is amended by adding at 22

the end the following: 23


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‘‘SEC. 12. ARC DOME BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT. 1

‘‘The boundary of the Arc Dome Wilderness estab-2

lished under section 2(2) is adjusted to exclude the land 3

identified as ‘Exclude from Wilderness’ on the map enti-4

tled ‘Arc Dome Adjustment’ and dated November 3, 5

2014.’’. 6

SEC. 1117. ASHLEY KARST NATIONAL RECREATION AND 7

GEOLOGIC AREA. 8


(1) MANAGEMENT PLAN.—The term ‘‘Manage-10

ment Plan’’ means the management plan for the 11

Recreation Area prepared under subsection 12

(e)(2)(A). 13


titled ‘‘Northern Utah Lands Management Act-Over-15

view’’ and dated December 11, 2018. 16

(3) RECREATION AREA.—The term ‘‘Recreation 17

Area’’ means the Ashley Karst National Recreation 18

and Geologic Area established by subsection (b)(1). 19




of Utah. 23



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rights, there is established the Ashley Karst Na-2

tional Recreation and Geologic Area in the State. 3

(2) AREA INCLUDED.—The Recreation Area 4

shall consist of approximately 173,163 acres of land 5

in the Ashley National Forest, as generally depicted 6

on the Map. 7

(c) PURPOSES.—The purposes of the Recreation Area 8

are to conserve and protect the watershed, geological, rec-9

reational, wildlife, scenic, natural, cultural, and historic 10

resources of the Recreation Area. 11

(d) MAP AND LEGAL DESCRIPTION.— 12



shall prepare and submit to the Committee on Nat-15

ural Resources and the Committee on Agriculture of 16

the House of Representatives and the Committee on 17

Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate a map 18

and legal description of the Recreation Area. 19

(2) EFFECT.—The map and legal description 20

prepared under paragraph (1) shall have the same 21

force and effect as if included in this section, except 22

that the Secretary may correct minor errors in the 23

map or legal description. 24


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(3) AVAILABILITY.—A copy of the map and 1

legal description prepared under paragraph (1) shall 2

be on file and available for public inspection in the 3

appropriate offices of the Forest Service. 4

(e) ADMINISTRATION.— 5

(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall admin-6

ister the Recreation Area in accordance with— 7

(A) the laws generally applicable to the 8

National Forest System, including the Forest 9

and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning 10

Act of 1974 (16 U.S.C. 1600 et seq.); 11

(B) this section; and 12

(C) any other applicable law. 13




retary shall prepare a management plan for the 17

Recreation Area. 18

(B) CONSULTATION.—The Secretary 19

shall— 20

(i) prepare the management plan in 21

consultation and coordination with Uintah 22

County, Utah, and affected Indian Tribes; 23

and 24


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(ii) provide for public input in the 1

preparation of the management plan. 2

(f) USES.—The Secretary shall only allow such uses 3

of the Recreation Area that would— 4

(1) further the purposes for which the Recre-5

ation Area is established; and 6

(2) promote the long-term protection and man-7

agement of the watershed and underground karst 8

system of the Recreation Area. 9

(g) MOTORIZED VEHICLES.— 10

(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as needed for emer-11

gency response or administrative purposes, the use 12

of motorized vehicles in the Recreation Area shall be 13

permitted only on roads and motorized routes des-14

ignated in the Management Plan for the use of mo-15

torized vehicles. 16

(2) NEW ROADS.—No new permanent or tem-17

porary roads or other motorized vehicle routes shall 18

be constructed within the Recreation Area after the 19

date of enactment of this Act. 20

(3) EXISTING ROADS.— 21

(A) IN GENERAL.—Necessary maintenance 22

or repairs to existing roads designated in the 23

Management Plan for the use of motorized ve-24

hicles, including necessary repairs to keep exist-25


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ing roads free of debris or other safety hazards, 1

shall be permitted after the date of enactment 2

of this Act, consistent with the requirements of 3

this section. 4

(B) REROUTING.—Nothing in this sub-5

section prevents the Secretary from rerouting 6

an existing road or trail to protect Recreation 7

Area resources from degradation, or to protect 8

public safety, as determined to be appropriate 9

by the Secretary. 10

(4) OVER SNOW VEHICLES.—Where allowed 11

prior to the date of enactment of this Act, the Sec-12

retary shall authorize the use of snowmobiles and 13

other over snow vehicles within the Recreation Area 14

if there is at least 6 inches of snow coverage, subject 15

to such terms and conditions as the Secretary deter-16

mines to be necessary. 17

(5) APPLICABLE LAW.—Activities authorized 18

under this subsection shall be consistent with the ap-19

plicable forest plan and travel management plan for, 20

and any law (including regulations) applicable to, 21

the Ashley National Forest. 22

(h) WATER INFRASTRUCTURE.— 23

(1) EXISTING ACCESS.—The designation of the 24

Recreation Area shall not affect the ability of au-25


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thorized users to access, operate, and maintain 1

water infrastructure facilities within the Recreation 2

Area in accordance with applicable authorizations 3

and permits. 4

(2) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.— 5

(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 6

offer to enter into a cooperative agreement with 7

authorized users and local governmental entities 8

to provide, in accordance with any applicable 9

law (including regulations)— 10

(i) access, including motorized access, 11

for repair and maintenance to water infra-12

structure facilities within the Recreation 13

Area, including Whiterocks Reservoir, sub-14

ject to such terms and conditions as the 15

Secretary determines to be necessary; and 16

(ii) access and maintenance by au-17

thorized users and local governmental enti-18

ties for the continued delivery of water to 19

the Ashley Valley if water flows cease or 20

become diminished due to impairment of 21

the karst system, subject to such terms 22

and conditions as the Secretary determines 23

to be necessary. 24


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(i) GRAZING.—The grazing of livestock in the Recre-1

ation Area, where established before the date of enactment 2

of this Act, shall be allowed to continue, subject to such 3

reasonable regulations, policies, and practices as the Sec-4

retary considers to be necessary in accordance with— 5

(1) applicable law (including regulations); 6

(2) the purposes of the Recreation Area; and 7

(3) the guidelines set forth in the report of the 8

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs of the 9

House of Representatives accompanying H.R. 5487 10

of the 96th Congress (H. Rept. 96–617). 11

(j) FISH AND WILDLIFE.—Nothing in this section af-12

fects the jurisdiction of the State with respect to the man-13

agement of fish and wildlife on Federal land in the State. 14

(k) WILDLIFE WATER PROJECTS.—The Secretary, in 15

consultation with the State, may authorize wildlife water 16

projects (including guzzlers) within the Recreation Area. 17

(l) WATER RIGHTS.—Nothing in this section— 18

(1) constitutes an express or implied reservation 19

by the United States of any water rights with re-20

spect to the Recreation Area; 21

(2) affects any water rights in the State; 22

(3) affects the use or allocation, in existence on 23

the date of enactment of this Act, of any water, 24

water right, or interest in water; 25


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(4) affects any vested absolute or decreed condi-1

tional water right in existence on the date of enact-2

ment of this Act, including any water right held by 3

the United States; 4

(5) affects any interstate water compact in ex-5

istence on the date of enactment of this Act; or 6

(6) shall be considered to be a relinquishment 7

or reduction of any water rights reserved or appro-8

priated by the United States in the State on or be-9

fore the date of enactment of this Act. 10

(m) WITHDRAWAL.—Subject to valid existing rights, 11

all Federal land in the Recreation Area is withdrawn 12

from— 13

(1) all forms of entry, appropriation, and dis-14

posal under the public land laws; 15

(2) location, entry, and patent under the mining 16

laws; and 17

(3) operation of the mineral leasing, mineral 18

materials, and geothermal leasing laws. 19

(n) VEGETATION MANAGEMENT.—Nothing in this 20

section prevents the Secretary from conducting vegetation 21

management projects, including fuels reduction activities, 22

within the Recreation Area for the purposes of improving 23

water quality and reducing risks from wildfire. 24


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(o) WILDLAND FIRE OPERATIONS.—Nothing in this 1

section prohibits the Secretary, in consultation with other 2

Federal, State, local, and Tribal agencies, as appropriate, 3

from conducting wildland fire treatment operations or res-4

toration operations in the Recreation Area, consistent with 5

the purposes of this section. 6

(p) RECREATION FEES.—Except for fees for im-7

proved campgrounds, the Secretary is prohibited from col-8

lecting recreation entrance or recreation use fees within 9

the Recreation Area. 10

(q) COMMUNICATION INFRASTRUCTURE.—Nothing in 11

this section affects the continued use of, and access to, 12

communication infrastructure (including necessary up-13

grades) within the Recreation Area, in accordance with ap-14

plicable authorizations and permits. 15

(r) NON-FEDERAL LAND.— 16

(1) IN GENERAL.—Nothing in this section af-17

fects non-Federal land or interests in non-Federal 18

land within the Recreation Area. 19

(2) ACCESS.—The Secretary shall provide rea-20

sonable access to non-Federal land or interests in 21

non-Federal land within the Recreation Area. 22

(s) OUTFITTING AND GUIDE ACTIVITIES.—Outfitting 23

and guide services within the Recreation Area, including 24

commercial outfitting and guide services, are authorized 25


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in accordance with this section and other applicable law 1

(including regulations). 2

SEC. 1118. JOHN WESLEY POWELL NATIONAL CONSERVA-3

TION AREA. 4


(1) MAP.—The term ‘‘Map’’ means the Bureau 6

of Land Management map entitled ‘‘Proposed John 7

Wesley Powell National Conservation Area’’ and 8

dated December 10, 2018. 9

(2) NATIONAL CONSERVATION AREA.—The 10

term ‘‘National Conservation Area’’ means the John 11

Wesley Powell National Conservation Area estab-12

lished by subsection (b)(1). 13



rights, there is established the John Wesley Powell 16

National Conservation Area in the State of Utah. 17

(2) AREA INCLUDED.—The National Conserva-18

tion Area shall consist of approximately 29,868 19

acres of public land administered by the Bureau of 20

Land Management as generally depicted on the 21

Map. 22

(c) PURPOSES.—The purposes of the National Con-23

servation Area are to conserve, protect, and enhance for 24

the benefit of present and future generations the nation-25


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ally significant historic, cultural, natural, scientific, scenic, 1

recreational, archaeological, educational, and wildlife re-2

sources of the National Conservation Area. 3

(d) MAP AND LEGAL DESCRIPTION.— 4



shall prepare and file a map and legal description of 7

the National Conservation Area with the Committee 8

on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate and 9

the Committee on Natural Resources of the House 10

of Representatives. 11


prepared under paragraph (1) shall have the same 13


that the Secretary may correct minor errors in the 15

map or legal description. 16

(3) AVAILABILITY.—A copy of the map and 17

legal description shall be on file and available for 18

public inspection in the appropriate offices of the 19

Bureau of Land Management. 20

(e) MANAGEMENT.—The Secretary shall manage the 21

National Conservation Area— 22

(1) in a manner that conserves, protects, and 23

enhances the resources of the National Conservation 24

Area; 25


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(2) in accordance with— 1

(A) the Federal Land Policy and Manage-2

ment Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.); 3

(B) this section; and 4

(C) any other applicable law; and 5

(3) as a component of the National Landscape 6

Conservation System. 7




retary shall develop a management plan for the 11

National Conservation Area. 12

(B) CONSULTATION.—The Secretary shall 13

prepare the management plan— 14

(i) in consultation and coordination 15

with the State of Utah, Uintah County, 16

and affected Indian Tribes; and 17

(ii) after providing for public input. 18

(f) USES.—The Secretary shall only allow such uses 19

of the National Conservation Area as the Secretary deter-20

mines would further the purposes for which the National 21

Conservation is established. 22

(g) ACQUISITION.— 23

(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may acquire 24

land or interests in land within the boundaries of the 25


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National Conservation Area by purchase from a will-1

ing seller, donation, or exchange. 2

(2) INCORPORATION IN NATIONAL CONSERVA-3

TION AREA.—Any land or interest in land located in-4

side the boundary of the National Conservation Area 5

that is acquired by the United States after the date 6

of enactment of this Act shall be added to and ad-7

ministered as part of the National Conservation 8

Area. 9

(3) STATE LAND.—On request of the Utah 10

School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration 11

and, if practicable, not later than 5 years after the 12

date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall 13

seek to acquire all State-owned land within the 14

boundaries of the National Conservation Area by ex-15

change or purchase, subject to the appropriation of 16

necessary funds. 17

(h) MOTORIZED VEHICLES.— 18

(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), 19

except in cases in which motorized vehicles are need-20

ed for administrative purposes or to respond to an 21

emergency, the use of motorized vehicles in the Na-22

tional Conservation Area shall be permitted only on 23

roads designated in the management plan. 24


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(2) USE OF MOTORIZED VEHICLES PRIOR TO 1

COMPLETION OF MANAGEMENT PLAN.—Prior to 2

completion of the management plan, the use of mo-3

torized vehicles within the National Conservation 4

Area shall be permitted in accordance with the appli-5

cable Bureau of Land Management resource man-6

agement plan. 7

(i) GRAZING.—The grazing of livestock in the Na-8

tional Conservation Area, where established before the 9

date of enactment of this Act, shall be allowed to continue, 10

subject to such reasonable regulations, policies, and prac-11

tices as the Secretary considers to be necessary in accord-12

ance with— 13


(2) the purposes of the National Conservation 15

Area; and 16

(3) the guidelines set forth in Appendix A of 17

the report of the Committee on Interior and Insular 18

Affairs of the House of Representatives accom-19

panying H.R. 2570 of the 101st Congress (House 20

Report 101–405). 21

(j) FISH AND WILDLIFE.—Nothing in this section af-22

fects the jurisdiction of the State of Utah with respect 23

to the management of fish and wildlife on Federal land 24

in the State. 25


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(k) WILDLIFE WATER PROJECTS.—The Secretary, in 1

consultation with the State of Utah, may authorize wildlife 2

water projects (including guzzlers) within the National 3

Conservation Area. 4

(l) GREATER SAGE-GROUSE CONSERVATION 5

PROJECTS.—Nothing in this section affects the authority 6

of the Secretary to undertake Greater sage-grouse 7

(Centrocercus urophasianus) conservation projects to 8

maintain and improve Greater sage-grouse habitat, includ-9

ing the management of vegetation through mechanical 10

means, to further the purposes of the National Conserva-11

tion Area. 12

(m) WATER RIGHTS.—Nothing in this section— 13

(1) constitutes an express or implied reservation 14

by the United States of any water rights with re-15

spect to the National Conservation Area; 16

(2) affects any water rights in the State; 17









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(n) NO BUFFER ZONES.— 7

(1) IN GENERAL.—Nothing in this section cre-8

ates a protective perimeter or buffer zone around the 9

National Conservation Area. 10

(2) ACTIVITIES OUTSIDE NATIONAL CONSERVA-11

TION AREA.—The fact that an authorized activity or 12

use on land outside the National Conservation Area 13

can be seen or heard within the National Conserva-14

tion Area shall not preclude the activity or use out-15

side the boundary of the Area. 16

(o) WITHDRAWAL.— 17


rights, all Federal land in the National Conservation 19

Area (including any land acquired after the date of 20

enactment of this Act) is withdrawn from— 21

(A) all forms of entry, appropriation, and 22

disposal under the public land laws; 23


mining laws; and 25


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(C) operation of the mineral leasing, min-1

eral materials, and geothermal leasing laws. 2

(p) VEGETATION MANAGEMENT.—Nothing in this 3

section prevents the Secretary from conducting vegetation 4

management projects, including fuels reduction activities, 5

within the National Conservation Area that are consistent 6

with this section and that further the purposes of the Na-7

tional Conservation Area. 8

(q) WILDLAND FIRE OPERATIONS.—Nothing in this 9

section prohibits the Secretary, in consultation with other 10

Federal, State, local, and Tribal agencies, as appropriate, 11

from conducting wildland fire prevention and restoration 12

operations in the National Conservation Area, consistent 13

with the purposes of this section. 14

(r) RECREATION FEES.—Except for improved camp-15

grounds, the Secretary is prohibited from collecting recre-16

ation entrance or use fees within the National Conserva-17

tion Area. 18

(s) OUTFITTING AND GUIDE ACTIVITIES.—Outfitting 19

and guide services within the National Conservation Area, 20

including commercial outfitting and guide services, are au-21

thorized in accordance with this section and other applica-22

ble law (including regulations). 23

(t) NON-FEDERAL LAND.— 24


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fects non-Federal land or interests in non-Federal 2

land within the National Conservation Area. 3

(2) REASONABLE ACCESS.—The Secretary shall 4

provide reasonable access to non-Federal land or in-5

terests in non-Federal land within the National Con-6

servation Area. 7

(u) RESEARCH AND INTERPRETIVE MANAGEMENT.— 8

The Secretary may establish programs and projects for 9

the conduct of scientific, historical, cultural, archeological, 10

and natural studies through the use of public and private 11

partnerships that further the purposes of the National 12

Conservation Area. 13

SEC. 1119. ALASKA NATIVE VIETNAM ERA VETERANS LAND 14

ALLOTMENT. 15


(1) AVAILABLE FEDERAL LAND.— 17

(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘available 18

Federal land’’ means Federal land in the State 19

that— 20

(i) is vacant, unappropriated, and un-21

reserved and is identified as available for 22

selection under subsection (b)(5); or 23

(ii) has been selected by, but not yet 24

conveyed to— 25


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(I) the State, if the State agrees 1

to voluntarily relinquish the selection 2

of the Federal land for selection by an 3

eligible individual; or 4

(II) a Regional Corporation or a 5

Village Corporation, if the Regional 6

Corporation or Village Corporation 7

agrees to voluntarily relinquish the se-8

lection of the Federal land for selec-9

tion by an eligible individual. 10

(B) EXCLUSIONS.—The term ‘‘available 11

Federal land’’ does not include any Federal 12

land in the State that is— 13

(i)(I) a right-of-way of the 14

TransAlaska Pipeline; or 15

(II) an inner or outer corridor of such 16

a right-of-way; 17

(ii) withdrawn or acquired for pur-18

poses of the Armed Forces; 19

(iii) under review for a pending right- 20

of-way for a natural gas corridor; 21

(iv) within the Arctic National Wild-22

life Refuge; 23

(v) within a unit of the National For-24

est System; 25


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(vi) designated as wilderness by Con-1

gress; 2

(vii) within a unit of the National 3

Park System, a National Preserve, or a 4

National Monument; 5

(viii) within a component of the Na-6

tional Trails System; 7

(ix) within a component of the Na-8

tional Wild and Scenic Rivers System; or 9

(x) within the National Petroleum Re-10

serve–Alaska. 11

(2) ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUAL.—The term ‘‘eligible 12

individual’’ means an individual who, as determined 13

by the Secretary in accordance with subsection 14

(c)(1), is— 15

(A) a Native veteran— 16

(i) who served in the Armed Forces 17

during the period between August 5, 1964, 18

and December 31, 1971; and 19

(ii) has not received an allotment 20

made pursuant to— 21

(I) the Act of May 17, 1906 (34 22

Stat. 197, chapter 2469) (as in effect 23

on December 17, 1971); 24


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(II) section 14(h)(5) of the Alas-1

ka Native Claims Settlement Act (43 2

U.S.C. 1613(h)(5)); or 3

(III) section 41 of the Alaska 4

Native Claims Settlement Act (43 5

U.S.C. 1629g); or 6

(B) is the personal representative of the 7

estate of a deceased eligible individual described 8

in subparagraph (A), who has been duly ap-9

pointed in the appropriate Alaska State court 10

or a registrar has qualified, acting for the ben-11

efit of the heirs of the estate of a deceased eligi-12

ble individual described in subparagraph (A). 13

(3) NATIVE; REGIONAL CORPORATION; VILLAGE 14

CORPORATION.—The terms ‘‘Native’’, ‘‘Regional 15

Corporation’’, and ‘‘Village Corporation’’ have the 16

meanings given those terms in section 3 of the Alas-17

ka Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1602). 18


of Alaska. 20

(5) VETERAN.—The term ‘‘veteran’’ has the 21

meaning given the term in section 101 of title 38, 22

United States Code. 23

(b) ALLOTMENTS FOR ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUALS.— 24


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(1) INFORMATION TO DETERMINE ELIGI-1

BILITY.— 2


days after the date of enactment of this Act, 4

the Secretary of Defense, in coordination with 5

the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, shall provide 6

to the Secretary a list of all members of the 7

Armed Forces who served during the period be-8

tween August 5, 1964, and December 31, 1971. 9

(B) USE.—The Secretary shall use the in-10

formation provided under subparagraph (A) to 11

determine whether an individual meets the mili-12

tary service requirements under subsection 13

(a)(2)(A)(i). 14

(C) OUTREACH AND ASSISTANCE.—The 15

Secretary, in coordination with the Secretary of 16

Veterans Affairs, shall conduct outreach, and 17

provide assistance in applying for allotments, to 18

eligible individuals. 19

(2) REGULATIONS.—Not later than 18 months 20

after the date of enactment of this section, the Sec-21

retary shall promulgate regulations to carry out this 22

subsection. 23

(3) SELECTION BY ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUALS.— 24

(A) IN GENERAL.—An eligible individual— 25


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(i) may select 1 parcel of not less than 1

2.5 acres and not more than 160 acres of 2

available Federal land; and 3

(ii) on making a selection pursuant to 4

clause (i), shall submit to the Secretary an 5

allotment selection application for the ap-6

plicable parcel of available Federal land. 7

(B) SELECTION PERIOD.—An eligible indi-8

vidual may apply for an allotment during the 5- 9

year period beginning on the effective date of 10

the final regulations issued under paragraph 11

(2). 12

(4) CONFLICTING SELECTIONS.—If 2 or more 13

eligible individuals submit to the Secretary an allot-14

ment selection application under paragraph 15

(3)(A)(ii) for the same parcel of available Federal 16

land, the Secretary shall— 17

(A) give preference to the selection applica-18

tion received on the earliest date; and 19

(B) provide to each eligible individual the 20

selection application of whom is rejected under 21

subparagraph (A) an opportunity to select a 22

substitute parcel of available Federal land. 23


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(5) IDENTIFICATION OF AVAILABLE FEDERAL 1

LAND ADMINISTERED BY THE BUREAU OF LAND 2

MANAGEMENT.— 3

(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year 4


retary, in consultation with the State, Regional 6

Corporations, and Village Corporations, shall 7

identify Federal land administered by the Bu-8

reau of Land Management as available Federal 9

land for allotment selection in the State by eli-10

gible individuals. 11

(B) CERTIFICATION; SURVEY.—The Sec-12

retary shall— 13

(i) certify that the available Federal 14

land identified under subparagraph (A) is 15

free of known contamination; and 16

(ii) survey the available Federal land 17

identified under subparagraph (A) into ali-18

quot parts and lots, segregating all navi-19

gable and meanderable waters and land 20

not available for allotment selection. 21

(C) MAPS.—As soon as practicable after 22

the date on which available Federal land is 23

identified under subparagraph (A), the Sec-24

retary shall submit to Congress, and publish in 25


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the Federal Register, 1 or more maps depicting 1

the identified available Federal land. 2

(D) CONVEYANCES.—Any available Fed-3

eral land conveyed to an eligible individual 4

under this paragraph shall be subject to— 5


(ii) the reservation of minerals to the 7

United States. 8

(E) INTENT OF CONGRESS.—It is the in-9

tent of Congress that not later than 1 year 10

after the date on which an eligible individual 11

submits an allotment selection application for 12

available Federal land that meets the require-13

ments of this section, as determined by the Sec-14

retary, the Secretary shall issue to the eligible 15

individual a certificate of allotment with respect 16

to the available Federal land covered by the al-17

lotment selection application, subject to the re-18

quirements of subparagraph (D). 19

(c) IDENTIFICATION OF AVAILABLE FEDERAL LAND 20

IN UNITS OF THE NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE SYS-21

TEM.— 22

(1) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the 23

date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall— 24


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(A) conduct a study to determine whether 1

any additional Federal lands within units of the 2

National Wildlife Refuge System in the State 3

should be made available for allotment selec-4

tion; and 5

(B) report the findings and conclusions of 6

the study to Congress. 7

(2) CONTENT OF THE REPORT.—The Secretary 8

shall include in the report required under paragraph 9

(1)— 10

(A) the Secretary’s determination whether 11

Federal lands within units of the National 12

Wildlife Refuge System in the State should be 13

made available for allotment selection by eligi-14

ble individuals; and 15

(B) identification of the specific areas (in-16

cluding maps) within units of the National 17

Wildlife Refuge System in the State that the 18

Secretary determines should be made available, 19

consistent with the mission of the National 20

Wildlife Refuge System and the specific pur-21

poses for which the unit was established, and 22

this subsection. 23

(3) FACTORS TO BE CONSIDERED.—In deter-24

mining whether Federal lands within units of the 25


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National Wildlife Refuge System in the State should 1

be made available under paragraph (1)(A), the Sec-2

retary shall take into account— 3

(A) the proximity of the Federal land 4

made available for allotment selection under 5

subsection (b)(5) to eligible individuals; 6

(B) the proximity of the units of the Na-7

tional Wildlife Refuge System in the State to el-8

igible individuals; and 9

(C) the amount of additional Federal land 10

within units of the National Wildlife Refuge 11

System in the State that the Secretary esti-12

mates would be necessary to make allotments 13

available for selection by eligible individuals. 14

(4) IDENTIFYING FEDERAL LAND IN UNITS OF 15

THE NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE SYSTEM.—In 16

identifying whether Federal lands within units of the 17

National Wildlife Refuge System in the State should 18

be made available for allotment under paragraph 19

(2)(B), the Secretary shall not identify any Federal 20

land in a unit of the National Wildlife Refuge Sys-21

tem— 22

(A) the conveyance of which, independently 23

or as part of a group of allotments— 24


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(i) could significantly interfere with 1

biological, physical, cultural, scenic, rec-2

reational, natural quiet, or subsistence val-3

ues of the unit of the National Wildlife 4

Refuge System; 5

(ii) could obstruct access by the public 6

or the Fish and Wildlife Service to the re-7

source values of the unit; 8

(iii) could trigger development or fu-9

ture uses in an area that would adversely 10

affect resource values of the surrounding 11

National Wildlife Refuge System land; 12

(iv) could open an area of a unit to 13

new access and uses that adversely affect 14

resources values of the unit; or 15

(v) could interfere with the manage-16

ment plan of the unit; 17

(B) that is located within 300 feet from 18

the shore of a navigable water body; 19

(C) that is not consistent with the pur-20

poses for which the unit of the National Wild-21

life Refuge System was established; 22

(D) that is designated as wilderness by 23

Congress; or 24


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(E) that is within the Arctic National 1

Wildlife Refuge. 2

(d) LIMITATION.—No Federal land may be identified 3

for selection or made available for allotment within a unit 4

of the National Wildlife Refuge System unless it has been 5

authorized by an Act of Congress subsequent to the date 6

of enactment of this Act. Further, any proposed convey-7

ance of land within a unit of the National Wildlife Refuge 8

System must have been identified by the Secretary in ac-9

cordance with subsection (c)(4) in the report to Congress 10

required by subsection (c) and include patent provisions 11

that the land remains subject to the laws and regulations 12

governing the use and development of the Refuge. 13

SEC. 1120. RED RIVER GRADIENT BOUNDARY SURVEY. 14


(1) AFFECTED AREA.— 16

(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘affected 17

area’’ means land along the approximately 116- 18

mile stretch of the Red River, from its con-19

fluence with the north fork of the Red River on 20

the west to the 98th meridian on the east. 21

(B) EXCLUSIONS.—The term ‘‘affected 22

area’’ does not include the portion of the Red 23

River within the boundary depicted on the sur-24

vey prepared by the Bureau of Land Manage-25


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ment entitled ‘‘Township 5 South, Range 14 1

West, of the Indian Meridian, Oklahoma, De-2

pendent Resurvey and Survey’’ and dated Feb-3

ruary 28, 2006. 4

(2) GRADIENT BOUNDARY SURVEY METHOD.— 5

The term ‘‘gradient boundary survey method’’ 6

means the measurement technique used to locate the 7

South Bank boundary line in accordance with the 8

methodology established in Oklahoma v. Texas, 261 9

U.S. 340 (1923) (recognizing that the boundary line 10

along the Red River is subject to change due to ero-11

sion and accretion). 12

(3) LANDOWNER.—The term ‘‘landowner’’ 13

means any individual, group, association, corpora-14

tion, federally recognized Indian tribe or member of 15

such an Indian tribe, or other private or govern-16

mental legal entity that owns an interest in land in 17

the affected area. 18


the Secretary, acting through the Director of the 20


(5) SOUTH BANK.—The term ‘‘South Bank’’ 22

means the water-washed and relatively permanent 23

elevation or acclivity (commonly known as a ‘‘cut 24


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bank’’) along the southerly or right side of the Red 1

River that— 2

(A) separates the bed of that river from 3

the adjacent upland, whether valley or hill; and 4

(B) usually serves, as specified in the fifth 5

paragraph of Oklahoma v. Texas, 261 U.S. 340 6

(1923)— 7

(i) to confine the waters within the 8

bed; and 9

(ii) to preserve the course of the river. 10

(6) SOUTH BANK BOUNDARY LINE.—The term 11

‘‘South Bank boundary line’’ means the boundary, 12

with respect to title and ownership, between the 13

States of Oklahoma and Texas identified through 14

the gradient boundary survey method that does not 15

impact or alter the permanent political boundary line 16

between the States along the Red River, as outlined 17

under article II, section B of the Red River Bound-18

ary Compact enacted by the States and consented to 19

by Congress pursuant to Public Law 106–288 (114 20

Stat. 919). 21

(b) SURVEY OF SOUTH BANK BOUNDARY LINE.— 22

(1) SURVEY REQUIRED.— 23


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commission a survey to identify the South Bank 2

boundary line in the affected area. 3

(B) REQUIREMENTS.—The survey shall— 4

(i) adhere to the gradient boundary 5

survey method; 6

(ii) span the length of the affected 7

area; 8

(iii) be conducted by 1 or more inde-9

pendent third-party surveyors that are— 10

(I) licensed and qualified to con-11

duct official gradient boundary sur-12

veys; and 13

(II) selected by the Secretary, in 14

consultation with— 15

(aa) the Texas General 16

Land Office; 17

(bb) the Oklahoma Commis-18

sioners of the Land Office, in 19

consultation with the attorney 20

general of the State of Okla-21

homa; and 22

(cc) each affected federally 23

recognized Indian Tribe; and 24


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(iv) subject to the availability of ap-1

propriations, be completed not later than 2 2

years after the date of enactment of this 3

Act. 4

(2) APPROVAL OF THE BOUNDARY SURVEY.— 5

(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 60 days 6

after the date on which the survey or a portion 7

of the survey under paragraph (1)(A) is com-8

pleted, the Secretary shall submit the survey for 9

approval to— 10

(i) the Texas General Land Office; 11

(ii) the Oklahoma Commissioners of 12

the Land Office, in consultation with the 13

attorney general of the State of Oklahoma; 14

and 15

(iii) each affected federally recognized 16

Indian Tribe. 17

(B) TIMING OF APPROVAL.—Not later 18

than 60 days after the date on which each of 19

the Texas General Land Office, the Oklahoma 20

Commissioners of the Land Office, in consulta-21

tion with the attorney general of the State of 22

Oklahoma, and each affected federally recog-23

nized Indian Tribe notify the Secretary of the 24

approval of the boundary survey or a portion of 25


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the survey by the applicable office or federally 1

recognized Indian Tribe, the Secretary shall de-2

termine whether to approve the survey or por-3

tion of the survey, subject to subparagraph (D). 4

(C) SUBMISSION OF PORTIONS OF SURVEY 5

FOR APPROVAL.—As portions of the survey are 6

completed, the Secretary may submit the com-7

pleted portions of the survey for approval under 8

subparagraph (A). 9

(D) WRITTEN APPROVAL.—The Secretary 10

shall only approve the survey, or a portion of 11

the survey, that has the written approval of 12

each of— 13

(i) the Texas General Land Office; 14

(ii) the Oklahoma Commissioners of 15

the Land Office, in consultation with the 16

attorney general of the State of Oklahoma; 17

and 18

(iii) each affected federally recognized 19

Indian Tribe. 20

(c) SURVEY OF INDIVIDUAL PARCELS.—Surveys of 21

individual parcels in the affected area shall be conducted 22

in accordance with the boundary survey approved under 23



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(d) NOTICE AND AVAILABILITY OF SURVEY.—Not 1

later than 60 days after the date on which the boundary 2

survey is approved under subsection (b)(2), the Secretary 3

shall— 4

(1) publish notice of the approval of the survey 5

in— 6

(A) the Federal Register; and 7

(B) 1 or more local newspapers; and 8

(2) on request, furnish to any landowner a copy 9

of— 10

(A) the survey; and 11

(B) any field notes relating to— 12

(i) the individual parcel of the land-13

owner; or 14

(ii) any individual parcel adjacent to 15

the individual parcel of the landowner. 16

(e) EFFECT OF SECTION.—Nothing in this section— 17

(1) modifies any interest of the State of Okla-18

homa or Texas, or the sovereignty, property, or trust 19

rights of any federally recognized Indian Tribe, re-20

lating to land located north of the South Bank 21

boundary line, as established by the survey; 22

(2) modifies any land patented under the Act of 23

December 22, 1928 (45 Stat. 1069, chapter 47; 43 24


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U.S.C. 1068) (commonly known as the ‘‘Color of 1

Title Act’’), before the date of enactment of this Act; 2

(3) modifies or supersedes the Red River 3

Boundary Compact enacted by the States of Okla-4

homa and Texas and consented to by Congress pur-5

suant to Public Law 106–288 (114 Stat. 919); 6

(4) creates or reinstates any Indian reservation 7

or any portion of such a reservation; 8

(5) modifies any interest or any property or 9

trust rights of any individual Indian allottee; or 10

(6) alters any valid right of the State of Okla-11

homa or the Kiowa, Comanche, or Apache Indian 12

tribes to the mineral interest trust fund established 13

under the Act of June 12, 1926 (44 Stat. 740, chap-14

ter 572). 15

(f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 16

authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry 17

out this section $1,000,000. 18

Subtitle C—Wilderness 19

Designations and Withdrawals 20

PART I—GENERAL PROVISIONS 21

SEC. 1201. ORGAN MOUNTAINS-DESERT PEAKS CONSERVA-22

TION. 23



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means the Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks National 2

Monument established by Presidential Proclamation 3

9131 (79 Fed. Reg. 30431). 4


of New Mexico. 6

(3) WILDERNESS AREA.—The term ‘‘wilderness 7

area’’ means a wilderness area designated by sub-8

section (b)(1). 9

(b) DESIGNATION OF WILDERNESS AREAS.— 10

(1) IN GENERAL.—In accordance with the Wil-11

derness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), the following 12

areas in the State are designated as wilderness and 13

as components of the National Wilderness Preserva-14

tion System: 15

(A) ADEN LAVA FLOW WILDERNESS.—Cer-16

tain land administered by the Bureau of Land 17

Management in Dona Ana County comprising 18

approximately 27,673 acres, as generally de-19

picted on the map entitled ‘‘Potrillo Mountains 20

Complex’’ and dated September 27, 2018, 21

which shall be known as the ‘‘Aden Lava Flow 22

Wilderness’’. 23

(B) BROAD CANYON WILDERNESS.—Cer-24



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Management in Dona Ana County comprising 1

approximately 13,902 acres, as generally de-2

picted on the map entitled ‘‘Desert Peaks Com-3

plex’’ and dated October 1, 2018, which shall 4

be known as the ‘‘Broad Canyon Wilderness’’. 5

(C) CINDER CONE WILDERNESS.—Certain 6

land administered by the Bureau of Land Man-7

agement in Dona Ana County comprising ap-8

proximately 16,935 acres, as generally depicted 9

on the map entitled ‘‘Potrillo Mountains Com-10

plex’’ and dated September 27, 2018, which 11

shall be known as the ‘‘Cinder Cone Wilder-12

ness’’. 13

(D) EAST POTRILLO MOUNTAINS WILDER-14

NESS.—Certain land administered by the Bu-15

reau of Land Management in Dona Ana and 16

Luna counties comprising approximately 12,155 17

acres, as generally depicted on the map entitled 18

‘‘Potrillo Mountains Complex’’ and dated Sep-19

tember 27, 2018, which shall be known as the 20

‘‘East Potrillo Mountains Wilderness’’. 21

(E) MOUNT RILEY WILDERNESS.—Certain 22


agement in Dona Ana and Luna counties com-24

prising approximately 8,382 acres, as generally 25


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depicted on the map entitled ‘‘Potrillo Moun-1

tains Complex’’ and dated September 27, 2018, 2

which shall be known as the ‘‘Mount Riley Wil-3

derness’’. 4

(F) ORGAN MOUNTAINS WILDERNESS.— 5

Certain land administered by the Bureau of 6

Land Management in Dona Ana County com-7

prising approximately 19,916 acres, as gen-8

erally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘Organ 9

Mountains Area’’ and dated September 21, 10

2016, which shall be known as the ‘‘Organ 11

Mountains Wilderness’’, the boundary of which 12

shall be offset 400 feet from the centerline of 13

Dripping Springs Road in T. 23 S., R. 04 E., 14

sec. 7, New Mexico Principal Meridian. 15

(G) POTRILLO MOUNTAINS WILDER-16

NESS.—Certain land administered by the Bu-17

reau of Land Management in Dona Ana and 18

Luna counties comprising approximately 19

105,085 acres, as generally depicted on the map 20

entitled ‘‘Potrillo Mountains Complex’’ and 21

dated September 27, 2018, which shall be 22

known as the ‘‘Potrillo Mountains Wilderness’’. 23

(H) ROBLEDO MOUNTAINS WILDERNESS.— 24



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erally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘Desert 3

Peaks Complex’’ and dated October 1, 2018, 4

which shall be known as the ‘‘Robledo Moun-5

tains Wilderness’’. 6

(I) SIERRA DE LAS UVAS WILDERNESS.— 7




erally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘Desert 11

Peaks Complex’’ and dated October 1, 2018, 12

which shall be known as the ‘‘Sierra de las 13

Uvas Wilderness’’. 14

(J) WHITETHORN WILDERNESS.—Certain 15


agement in Dona Ana and Luna counties com-17

prising approximately 9,616 acres, as generally 18

depicted on the map entitled ‘‘Potrillo Moun-19


which shall be known as the ‘‘Whitethorn Wil-21

derness’’. 22

(2) MAPS AND LEGAL DESCRIPTIONS.— 23




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retary shall file maps and legal descriptions of 1

the wilderness areas with— 2

(i) the Committee on Energy and 3

Natural Resources of the Senate; and 4

(ii) the Committee on Natural Re-5

sources of the House of Representatives. 6

(B) FORCE OF LAW.—The maps and legal 7

descriptions filed under subparagraph (A) shall 8

have the same force and effect as if included in 9

this section, except that the Secretary may cor-10

rect errors in the maps and legal descriptions. 11

(C) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—The maps 12

and legal descriptions filed under subparagraph 13

(A) shall be on file and available for public in-14

spection in the appropriate offices of the Bu-15


(3) MANAGEMENT.—Subject to valid existing 17

rights, the wilderness areas shall be administered by 18

the Secretary— 19

(A) as components of the National Land-20

scape Conservation System; and 21


(i) this section; and 23

(ii) the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 24

1131 et seq.), except that— 25


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(I) any reference in the Wilder-1

ness Act to the effective date of that 2

Act shall be considered to be a ref-3

erence to the date of enactment of 4

this Act; and 5

(II) any reference in the Wilder-6

ness Act to the Secretary of Agri-7

culture shall be considered to be a ref-8

erence to the Secretary. 9

(4) INCORPORATION OF ACQUIRED LAND AND 10

INTERESTS IN LAND.—Any land or interest in land 11

that is within the boundary of a wilderness area that 12

is acquired by the United States shall— 13

(A) become part of the wilderness area 14

within the boundaries of which the land is lo-15

cated; and 16

(B) be managed in accordance with— 17

(i) the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 18

1131 et seq.); 19

(ii) this section; and 20

(iii) any other applicable laws. 21

(5) GRAZING.—Grazing of livestock in the wil-22

derness areas, where established before the date of 23

enactment of this Act, shall be administered in ac-24

cordance with— 25


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(A) section 4(d)(4) of the Wilderness Act 1

(16 U.S.C. 1133(d)(4)); and 2

(B) the guidelines set forth in Appendix A 3

of the Report of the Committee on Interior and 4

Insular Affairs to accompany H.R. 2570 of the 5

101st Congress (H. Rept. 101–405). 6

(6) MILITARY OVERFLIGHTS.—Nothing in this 7

subsection restricts or precludes— 8

(A) low-level overflights of military aircraft 9

over the wilderness areas, including military 10

overflights that can be seen or heard within the 11

wilderness areas; 12

(B) the designation of new units of special 13

airspace over the wilderness areas; or 14

(C) the use or establishment of military 15

flight training routes over the wilderness areas. 16

(7) BUFFER ZONES.— 17

(A) IN GENERAL.—Nothing in this sub-18

section creates a protective perimeter or buffer 19

zone around any wilderness area. 20

(B) ACTIVITIES OUTSIDE WILDERNESS 21

AREAS.—The fact that an activity or use on 22

land outside any wilderness area can be seen or 23

heard within the wilderness area shall not pre-24


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clude the activity or use outside the boundary 1

of the wilderness area. 2

(8) PARAGLIDING.—The use of paragliding 3

within areas of the East Potrillo Mountains Wilder-4

ness designated by paragraph (1)(D) in which the 5

use has been established before the date of enact-6

ment of this Act, shall be allowed to continue in ac-7

cordance with section 4(d)(1) of the Wilderness Act 8

(16 U.S.C. 1133(d)(1)), subject to any terms and 9

conditions that the Secretary determines to be nec-10

essary. 11

(9) CLIMATOLOGIC DATA COLLECTION.—Sub-12

ject to such terms and conditions as the Secretary 13

may prescribe, nothing in this section precludes the 14

installation and maintenance of hydrologic, meteoro-15

logic, or climatologic collection devices in wilderness 16

areas if the facilities and access to the facilities are 17

essential to flood warning, flood control, or water 18

reservoir operation activities. 19

(10) FISH AND WILDLIFE.—Nothing in this 20

section affects the jurisdiction of the State with re-21

spect to fish and wildlife located on public land in 22

the State, except that the Secretary, after consulta-23

tion with the New Mexico Department of Game and 24

Fish, may designate zones where, and establish peri-25


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ods during which, no hunting or fishing shall be per-1

mitted for reasons of public safety, administration, 2

or compliance with applicable law. 3

(11) WITHDRAWALS.— 4

(A) IN GENERAL.—Subject to valid exist-5

ing rights, the Federal land within the wilder-6

ness areas and any land or interest in land that 7

is acquired by the United States in the wilder-8

ness areas after the date of enactment of this 9

Act is withdrawn from— 10

(i) entry, appropriation, or disposal 11

under the public land laws; 12

(ii) location, entry, and patent under 13

the mining laws; and 14

(iii) operation of the mineral leasing, 15

mineral materials, and geothermal leasing 16

laws. 17

(B) PARCEL B.—The approximately 6,498 18

acres of land generally depicted as ‘‘Parcel B’’ 19

on the map entitled ‘‘Organ Mountains Area’’ 20

and dated September 21, 2016, is withdrawn in 21

accordance with subparagraph (A), except that 22

the land is not withdrawn for purposes of the 23

issuance of oil and gas pipeline or road rights- 24

of-way. 25


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(C) PARCEL C.—The approximately 1,297 1

acres of land generally depicted as ‘‘Parcel C’’ 2

on the map entitled ‘‘Organ Mountains Area’’ 3

and dated September 21, 2016, is withdrawn in 4

accordance with subparagraph (A), except that 5

the land is not withdrawn from disposal under 6

the Act of June 14, 1926 (commonly known as 7

the ‘‘Recreation and Public Purposes Act’’) (43 8

U.S.C. 869 et seq.). 9

(D) PARCEL D.— 10

(i) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of 11

the Army shall allow for the conduct of 12

certain recreational activities on the ap-13

proximately 2,035 acres of land generally 14

depicted as ‘‘Parcel D’’ on the map enti-15

tled ‘‘Organ Mountains Area’’ and dated 16

September 21, 2016 (referred to in this 17

paragraph as the ‘‘parcel’’), which is a por-18

tion of the public land withdrawn and re-19

served for military purposes by Public 20

Land Order 833 dated May 21, 1952 (17 21

Fed. Reg. 4822). 22

(ii) OUTDOOR RECREATION PLAN.— 23

(I) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary 24

of the Army shall develop a plan for 25


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public outdoor recreation on the par-1

cel that is consistent with the primary 2

military mission of the parcel. 3

(II) REQUIREMENT.—In devel-4

oping the plan under subclause (I), 5

the Secretary of the Army shall en-6

sure, to the maximum extent prac-7

ticable, that outdoor recreation activi-8

ties may be conducted on the parcel, 9

including hunting, hiking, wildlife 10

viewing, and camping. 11

(iii) CLOSURES.—The Secretary of the 12

Army may close the parcel or any portion 13

of the parcel to the public as the Secretary 14

of the Army determines to be necessary to 15

protect— 16

(I) public safety; or 17

(II) the safety of the military 18

members training on the parcel. 19

(iv) TRANSFER OF ADMINISTRATIVE 20

JURISDICTION; WITHDRAWAL.— 21

(I) IN GENERAL.—On a deter-22

mination by the Secretary of the 23

Army that military training capabili-24

ties, personnel safety, and installation 25


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security would not be hindered as a 1

result of the transfer to the Secretary 2

of administrative jurisdiction over the 3

parcel, the Secretary of the Army 4

shall transfer to the Secretary admin-5

istrative jurisdiction over the parcel. 6

(II) WITHDRAWAL.—On transfer 7

of the parcel under subclause (I), the 8

parcel shall be— 9

(aa) under the jurisdiction 10

of the Director of the Bureau of 11

Land Management; and 12

(bb) withdrawn from— 13

(AA) entry, appropria-14

tion, or disposal under the 15

public land laws; 16

(BB) location, entry, 17

and patent under the mining 18

laws; and 19

(CC) operation of the 20

mineral leasing, mineral ma-21

terials, and geothermal leas-22

ing laws. 23

(III) RESERVATION.—On trans-24

fer under subclause (I), the parcel 25


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shall be reserved for management of 1

the resources of, and military training 2

conducted on, the parcel in accord-3

ance with a memorandum of under-4

standing entered into under clause 5

(v). 6

(v) MEMORANDUM OF UNDER-7

STANDING RELATING TO MILITARY TRAIN-8

ING.— 9

(I) IN GENERAL.—If, after the 10

transfer of the parcel under clause 11

(iv)(I), the Secretary of the Army re-12

quests that the Secretary enter into a 13

memorandum of understanding, the 14

Secretary shall enter into a memo-15

randum of understanding with the 16

Secretary of the Army providing for 17

the conduct of military training on the 18

parcel. 19

(II) REQUIREMENTS.—The 20

memorandum of understanding en-21

tered into under subclause (I) shall— 22

(aa) address the location, 23

frequency, and type of training 24


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activities to be conducted on the 1

parcel; 2

(bb) provide to the Secretary 3

of the Army access to the parcel 4

for the conduct of military train-5

ing; 6

(cc) authorize the Secretary 7

or the Secretary of the Army to 8

close the parcel or a portion of 9

the parcel to the public as the 10

Secretary or the Secretary of the 11

Army determines to be necessary 12

to protect— 13

(AA) public safety; or 14

(BB) the safety of the 15

military members training; 16

and 17

(dd) to the maximum extent 18

practicable, provide for the pro-19

tection of natural, historic, and 20

cultural resources in the area of 21

the parcel. 22

(vi) MILITARY OVERFLIGHTS.—Noth-23

ing in this subparagraph restricts or pre-24

cludes— 25


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(I) low-level overflights of mili-1

tary aircraft over the parcel, including 2

military overflights that can be seen 3

or heard within the parcel; 4

(II) the designation of new units 5

of special airspace over the parcel; or 6

(III) the use or establishment of 7

military flight training routes over the 8

parcel. 9

(12) ROBLEDO MOUNTAINS.— 10


manage the Federal land described in subpara-12

graph (B) in a manner that preserves the char-13

acter of the land for the future inclusion of the 14

land in the National Wilderness Preservation 15

System. 16

(B) LAND DESCRIPTION.—The land re-17

ferred to in subparagraph (A) is certain land 18

administered by the Bureau of Land Manage-19

ment, comprising approximately 100 acres as 20

generally depicted as ‘‘Lookout Peak Commu-21

nication Site’’ on the map entitled ‘‘Desert 22

Peaks Complex’’ and dated October 1, 2018. 23

(C) USES.—The Secretary shall permit 24

only such uses on the land described in sub-25


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paragraph (B) as were permitted on the date of 1

enactment of this Act. 2

(13) RELEASE OF WILDERNESS STUDY 3

AREAS.—Congress finds that, for purposes of section 4

603(c) of the Federal Land Policy and Management 5

Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1782(c)), the public land in 6

Dona Ana County administered by the Bureau of 7

Land Management not designated as wilderness by 8

paragraph (1) or described in paragraph (12)— 9

(A) has been adequately studied for wilder-10

ness designation; 11

(B) is no longer subject to section 603(c) 12


Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1782(c)); and 14

(C) shall be managed in accordance with— 15

(i) the Federal Land Policy and Man-16


seq.); 18



(14) PRIVATE LAND.—In accordance with sec-21

tion 5 of the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1134), the 22

Secretary shall ensure adequate access to non-Fed-23

eral land located within the boundary of a wilderness 24

area. 25


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(c) BORDER SECURITY.— 1

(1) IN GENERAL.—Nothing in this section— 2

(A) prevents the Secretary of Homeland 3

Security from undertaking law enforcement and 4

border security activities, in accordance with 5

section 4(c) of the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 6

1133(c)), within the wilderness areas, including 7

the ability to use motorized access within a wil-8

derness area while in pursuit of a suspect; 9

(B) affects the 2006 Memorandum of Un-10

derstanding among the Department of Home-11

land Security, the Department of the Interior, 12

and the Department of Agriculture regarding 13

cooperative national security and counterter-14

rorism efforts on Federal land along the bor-15

ders of the United States; or 16

(C) prevents the Secretary of Homeland 17

Security from conducting any low-level over-18

flights over the wilderness areas that may be 19

necessary for law enforcement and border secu-20

rity purposes. 21

(2) WITHDRAWAL AND ADMINISTRATION OF 22

CERTAIN AREA.— 23

(A) WITHDRAWAL.—The area identified as 24

‘‘Parcel A’’ on the map entitled ‘‘Potrillo Moun-25


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is withdrawn in accordance with subsection 2

(b)(11)(A). 3

(B) ADMINISTRATION.—Except as pro-4

vided in subparagraphs (C) and (D), the Sec-5

retary shall administer the area described in 6

subparagraph (A) in a manner that, to the 7

maximum extent practicable, protects the wil-8

derness character of the area. 9

(C) USE OF MOTOR VEHICLES.—The use 10

of motor vehicles, motorized equipment, and 11

mechanical transport shall be prohibited in the 12

area described in subparagraph (A) except as 13

necessary for— 14

(i) the administration of the area (in-15

cluding the conduct of law enforcement 16

and border security activities in the area); 17

or 18

(ii) grazing uses by authorized permit-19

tees. 20

(D) EFFECT OF SUBSECTION.—Nothing in 21

this paragraph precludes the Secretary from al-22

lowing within the area described in subpara-23

graph (A) the installation and maintenance of 24

communication or surveillance infrastructure 25


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necessary for law enforcement or border secu-1

rity activities. 2

(3) RESTRICTED ROUTE.—The route excluded 3

from the Potrillo Mountains Wilderness identified as 4

‘‘Restricted—Administrative Access’’ on the map en-5

titled ‘‘Potrillo Mountains Complex’’ and dated Sep-6

tember 27, 2018, shall be— 7

(A) closed to public access; but 8

(B) available for administrative and law 9

enforcement uses, including border security ac-10

tivities. 11

(d) ORGAN MOUNTAINS-DESERT PEAKS NATIONAL 12

MONUMENT.— 13

(1) MANAGEMENT PLAN.—In preparing and im-14

plementing the management plan for the Monument, 15

the Secretary shall include a watershed health as-16

sessment to identify opportunities for watershed res-17

toration. 18

(2) INCORPORATION OF ACQUIRED STATE 19

TRUST LAND AND INTERESTS IN STATE TRUST 20

LAND.— 21

(A) IN GENERAL.—Any land or interest in 22

land that is within the State trust land de-23

scribed in subparagraph (B) that is acquired by 24

the United States shall— 25


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(i) become part of the Monument; and 1

(ii) be managed in accordance with— 2

(I) Presidential Proclamation 3

9131 (79 Fed. Reg. 30431); 4

(II) this section; and 5

(III) any other applicable laws. 6

(B) DESCRIPTION OF STATE TRUST 7

LAND.—The State trust land referred to in sub-8

paragraph (A) is the State trust land in T. 22 9

S., R 01 W., New Mexico Principal Meridian 10

and T. 22 S., R. 02 W., New Mexico Principal 11

Meridian. 12

(3) LAND EXCHANGES.— 13

(A) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subpara-14

graphs (C) through (F), the Secretary shall at-15

tempt to enter into an agreement to initiate an 16

exchange under section 2201.1 of title 43, Code 17

of Federal Regulations (or successor regula-18

tions), with the Commissioner of Public Lands 19

of New Mexico, by the date that is 18 months 20

after the date of enactment of this Act, to pro-21

vide for a conveyance to the State of all right, 22

title, and interest of the United States in and 23

to Bureau of Land Management land in the 24

State identified under subparagraph (B) in ex-25


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change for the conveyance by the State to the 1

Secretary of all right, title, and interest of the 2

State in and to parcels of State trust land with-3

in the boundary of the Monument identified 4

under that subparagraph or described in para-5

graph (2)(B). 6

(B) IDENTIFICATION OF LAND FOR EX-7

CHANGE.—The Secretary and the Commissioner 8

of Public Lands of New Mexico shall jointly 9

identify the Bureau of Land Management land 10

and State trust land eligible for exchange under 11

this paragraph, the exact acreage and legal de-12

scription of which shall be determined by sur-13

veys approved by the Secretary and the New 14

Mexico State Land Office. 15

(C) APPLICABLE LAW.—A land exchange 16

under subparagraph (A) shall be carried out in 17

accordance with section 206 of the Federal 18

Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 19

U.S.C. 1716). 20

(D) CONDITIONS.—A land exchange under 21

subparagraph (A) shall be subject to— 22


(ii) such terms as the Secretary and 24

the State shall establish. 25


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(E) VALUATION, APPRAISALS, AND 1

EQUALIZATION.— 2

(i) IN GENERAL.—The value of the 3

Bureau of Land Management land and the 4

State trust land to be conveyed in a land 5

exchange under this paragraph— 6

(I) shall be equal, as determined 7

by appraisals conducted in accordance 8

with clause (ii); or 9

(II) if not equal, shall be equal-10

ized in accordance with clause (iii). 11

(ii) APPRAISALS.— 12

(I) IN GENERAL.—The Bureau of 13

Land Management land and State 14

trust land to be exchanged under this 15

paragraph shall be appraised by an 16

independent, qualified appraiser that 17

is agreed to by the Secretary and the 18

State. 19

(II) REQUIREMENTS.—An ap-20

praisal under subclause (I) shall be 21

conducted in accordance with— 22

(aa) the Uniform Appraisal 23

Standards for Federal Land Ac-24

quisitions; and 25


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(bb) the Uniform Standards 1

of Professional Appraisal Prac-2

tice. 3

(iii) EQUALIZATION.— 4

(I) IN GENERAL.—If the value of 5

the Bureau of Land Management land 6

and the State trust land to be con-7

veyed in a land exchange under this 8

paragraph is not equal, the value may 9

be equalized by— 10

(aa) making a cash equali-11

zation payment to the Secretary 12

or to the State, as appropriate, in 13

accordance with section 206(b) of 14

the Federal Land Policy and 15

Management Act of 1976 (43 16

U.S.C. 1716(b)); or 17

(bb) reducing the acreage of 18

the Bureau of Land Management 19

land or State trust land to be ex-20

changed, as appropriate. 21

(II) CASH EQUALIZATION PAY-22

MENTS.—Any cash equalization pay-23

ments received by the Secretary under 24

subclause (I)(aa) shall be— 25


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(aa) deposited in the Fed-1

eral Land Disposal Account es-2

tablished by section 206(a) of the 3

Federal Land Transaction Facili-4

tation Act (43 U.S.C. 2305(a)); 5

and 6

(bb) used in accordance with 7

that Act. 8

(F) LIMITATION.—No exchange of land 9

shall be conducted under this paragraph unless 10

mutually agreed to by the Secretary and the 11

State. 12

SEC. 1202. CERRO DEL YUTA AND RIO SAN ANTONIO WIL-13

DERNESS AREAS. 14



titled ‘‘Rıo Grande del Norte National Monument 17

Proposed Wilderness Areas’’ and dated July 28, 18

2015. 19


area’’ means a wilderness area designated by sub-21

section (b)(1). 22

(b) DESIGNATION OF CERRO DEL YUTA AND RIO 23

SAN ANTONIO WILDERNESS AREAS.— 24


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(1) IN GENERAL.—In accordance with the Wil-1

derness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), the following 2

areas in the Rıo Grande del Norte National Monu-3

ment are designated as wilderness and as compo-4

nents of the National Wilderness Preservation Sys-5

tem: 6

(A) CERRO DEL YUTA WILDERNESS.—Cer-7


Management in Taos County, New Mexico, 9

comprising approximately 13,420 acres as gen-10

erally depicted on the map, which shall be 11

known as the ‘‘Cerro del Yuta Wilderness’’. 12

(B) RIO SAN ANTONIO WILDERNESS.—Cer-13


Management in Rıo Arriba County, New Mex-15

ico, comprising approximately 8,120 acres, as 16

generally depicted on the map, which shall be 17

known as the ‘‘Rıo San Antonio Wilderness’’. 18

(2) MANAGEMENT OF WILDERNESS AREAS.— 19

Subject to valid existing rights, the wilderness areas 20

shall be administered in accordance with the Wilder-21

ness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.) and this section, 22

except that with respect to the wilderness areas des-23

ignated by this section— 24


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(A) any reference to the effective date of 1

the Wilderness Act shall be considered to be a 2

reference to the date of enactment of this Act; 3

and 4

(B) any reference in the Wilderness Act to 5

the Secretary of Agriculture shall be considered 6

to be a reference to the Secretary. 7

(3) INCORPORATION OF ACQUIRED LAND AND 8

INTERESTS IN LAND.—Any land or interest in land 9

within the boundary of the wilderness areas that is 10

acquired by the United States shall— 11

(A) become part of the wilderness area in 12

which the land is located; and 13

(B) be managed in accordance with— 14

(i) the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 15

1131 et seq.); 16



(4) GRAZING.—Grazing of livestock in the wil-19

derness areas, where established before the date of 20

enactment of this Act, shall be administered in ac-21

cordance with— 22


(16 U.S.C. 1133(d)(4)); and 24


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(B) the guidelines set forth in appendix A 1

of the Report of the Committee on Interior and 2

Insular Affairs to accompany H.R. 2570 of the 3

101st Congress (H. Rept. 101–405). 4

(5) BUFFER ZONES.— 5


creates a protective perimeter or buffer zone 7

around the wilderness areas. 8

(B) ACTIVITIES OUTSIDE WILDERNESS 9

AREAS.—The fact that an activity or use on 10

land outside a wilderness area can be seen or 11

heard within the wilderness area shall not pre-12

clude the activity or use outside the boundary 13

of the wilderness area. 14

(6) RELEASE OF WILDERNESS STUDY AREAS.— 15

Congress finds that, for purposes of section 603(c) 16

of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 17

1976 (43 U.S.C. 1782(c)), the public land within the 18

San Antonio Wilderness Study Area not designated 19

as wilderness by this section— 20

(A) has been adequately studied for wilder-21

ness designation; 22

(B) is no longer subject to section 603(c) 23


Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1782(c)); and 25


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(C) shall be managed in accordance with 1

this section. 2

(7) MAPS AND LEGAL DESCRIPTIONS.— 3



retary shall file the map and legal descriptions 6

of the wilderness areas with— 7

(i) the Committee on Energy and 8

Natural Resources of the Senate; and 9

(ii) the Committee on Natural Re-10

sources of the House of Representatives. 11


descriptions filed under subparagraph (A) shall 13

have the same force and effect as if included in 14

this section, except that the Secretary may cor-15

rect errors in the legal description and map. 16

(C) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—The map and 17

legal descriptions filed under subparagraph (A) 18


tion in the appropriate offices of the Bureau of 20

Land Management. 21

(8) NATIONAL LANDSCAPE CONSERVATION SYS-22

TEM.—The wilderness areas shall be administered as 23

components of the National Landscape Conservation 24

System. 25


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(9) FISH AND WILDLIFE.—Nothing in this sec-1

tion affects the jurisdiction of the State of New 2

Mexico with respect to fish and wildlife located on 3

public land in the State. 4

(10) WITHDRAWALS.—Subject to valid existing 5

rights, any Federal land within the wilderness areas 6

designated by paragraph (1), including any land or 7

interest in land that is acquired by the United 8

States after the date of enactment of this Act, is 9

withdrawn from— 10

(A) entry, appropriation, or disposal under 11

the public land laws; 12


mining laws; and 14

(C) operation of the mineral leasing, min-15

eral materials, and geothermal leasing laws. 16

(11) TREATY RIGHTS.—Nothing in this section 17

enlarges, diminishes, or otherwise modifies any trea-18

ty rights. 19

SEC. 1203. METHOW VALLEY, WASHINGTON, FEDERAL LAND 20

WITHDRAWAL. 21

(a) DEFINITION OF MAP.—In this section, the term 22

‘‘Map’’ means the Forest Service map entitled ‘‘Methow 23

Headwaters Withdrawal Proposal Legislative Map’’ and 24

dated May 24, 2016. 25


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(b) WITHDRAWAL.—Subject to valid existing rights, 1

the approximately 340,079 acres of Federal land and in-2

terests in the land located in the Okanogan-Wenatchee 3

National Forest within the area depicted on the Map as 4

‘‘Proposed Withdrawal’’ is withdrawn from all forms of— 5

(1) entry, appropriation, or disposal under the 6

public land laws; 7


laws; and 9

(3) disposition under the mineral leasing and 10

geothermal leasing laws. 11

(c) ACQUIRED LAND.—Any land or interest in land 12

within the area depicted on the Map as ‘‘Proposed With-13

drawal’’ that is acquired by the United States after the 14

date of enactment of this Act shall, on acquisition, be im-15

mediately withdrawn in accordance with this section. 16

(d) AVAILABILITY OF MAP.—The Map shall be kept 17

on file and made available for public inspection in the ap-18

propriate offices of the Forest Service and the Bureau of 19

Land Management. 20

SEC. 1204. EMIGRANT CREVICE WITHDRAWAL. 21

(a) DEFINITION OF MAP.—In this section, the term 22

‘‘map’’ means the map entitled ‘‘Emigrant Crevice Pro-23

posed Withdrawal Area’’ and dated November 10, 2016. 24


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(b) WITHDRAWAL.—Subject to valid existing rights 1

in existence on the date of enactment of this Act, the Na-2

tional Forest System land and interests in the National 3

Forest System land, as depicted on the map, is withdrawn 4

from— 5


laws; and 7

(2) disposition under all laws pertaining to min-8

eral and geothermal leasing. 9

(c) ACQUIRED LAND.—Any land or interest in land 10

within the area depicted on the map that is acquired by 11

the United States after the date of enactment of this Act 12

shall, on acquisition, be immediately withdrawn in accord-13

ance with this section. 14

(d) MAP.— 15

(1) SUBMISSION OF MAP.—As soon as prac-16


Secretary of Agriculture shall file the map with— 18

(A) the Committee on Energy and Natural 19

Resources of the Senate; and 20

(B) the Committee on Natural Resources 21

of the House of Representatives. 22

(2) FORCE OF LAW.—The map filed under 23

paragraph (1) shall have the same force and effect 24

as if included in this section, except that the Sec-25


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retary of Agriculture may correct clerical and typo-1

graphical errors in the map. 2

(3) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—The map filed 3

under paragraph (1) shall be on file and available 4

for public inspection in the appropriate offices of the 5

Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Manage-6

ment. 7

(e) EFFECT.—Nothing in this section affects any rec-8

reational use, including hunting or fishing, that is author-9

ized on land within the area depicted on the map under 10

applicable law as of the date of enactment of this Act. 11

SEC. 1205. OREGON WILDLANDS. 12

(a) WILD AND SCENIC RIVER ADDITIONS, DESIGNA-13

TIONS AND TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS.— 14

(1) ADDITIONS TO ROGUE WILD AND SCENIC 15

RIVER.— 16

(A) IN GENERAL.—Section 3(a) of the 17

Wild and Scenic Rivers Act (16 U.S.C. 18

1274(a)) is amended by striking paragraph (5) 19


‘‘(5) ROGUE, OREGON.— 21

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The segment of the 22

river extending from the mouth of the Apple-23

gate River downstream to the Lobster Creek 24

Bridge, to be administered by the Secretary of 25


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the Interior or the Secretary of Agriculture, as 1

agreed to by the Secretaries of the Interior and 2

Agriculture or as directed by the President. 3

‘‘(B) ADDITIONS.—In addition to the seg-4

ment described in subparagraph (A), there are 5

designated the following segments in the Rogue 6

River: 7

‘‘(i) KELSEY CREEK.—The approxi-8

mately 6.8-mile segment of Kelsey Creek 9

from the Wild Rogue Wilderness boundary 10

in T. 32 S., R. 9 W., sec. 25, Willamette 11

Meridian, to the confluence with the Rogue 12

River, as a wild river. 13

‘‘(ii) EAST FORK KELSEY CREEK.— 14

‘‘(I) SCENIC RIVER.—The ap-15

proximately 0.2-mile segment of East 16

Fork Kelsey Creek from headwaters 17

downstream to the Wild Rogue Wil-18

derness boundary in T. 33 S., R. 8 19

W., sec. 5, Willamette Meridian, as a 20

scenic river. 21

‘‘(II) WILD RIVER.—The ap-22


Fork Kelsey Creek from the Wild 24

Rogue Wilderness boundary in T. 33 25


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S., R. 8 W., sec. 5, Willamette Merid-1

ian, to the confluence with Kelsey 2

Creek, as a wild river. 3

‘‘(iii) WHISKY CREEK.— 4

‘‘(I) RECREATIONAL RIVER.— 5

The approximately 1.6-mile segment 6

of Whisky Creek from the confluence 7

of the East Fork and West Fork to 8

the south boundary of the non-Fed-9

eral land in T. 33 S., R. 8 W., sec. 10

17, Willamette Meridian, as a rec-11

reational river. 12


proximately 1.2-mile segment of Whis-14

ky Creek from road 33-8-23 to the 15

confluence with the Rogue River, as a 16

wild river. 17

‘‘(iv) EAST FORK WHISKY CREEK.— 18



Fork Whisky Creek from its head-21

waters to Wild Rogue Wilderness 22

boundary in T. 33 S., R. 8 W., sec. 23

11, Willamette Meridian, as a scenic 24

river. 25


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Fork Whisky Creek from the Wild 3


S., R. 8 W., sec. 11, Willamette Me-5

ridian, downstream to road 33-8-26 6

crossing, as a wild river. 7

‘‘(III) RECREATIONAL RIVER.— 8

The approximately 0.3-mile segment 9

of East Fork Whisky Creek from road 10

33-8-26 to the confluence with Whis-11

ky Creek, as a recreational river. 12

‘‘(v) WEST FORK WHISKY CREEK.— 13

The approximately 4.8-mile segment of 14

West Fork Whisky Creek from its head-15

waters to the confluence with the East 16

Fork Whisky Creek, as a wild river. 17

‘‘(vi) BIG WINDY CREEK.— 18


proximately 1.5-mile segment of Big 20

Windy Creek from its headwaters to 21

road 34-9-17.1, as a scenic river. 22


proximately 5.8-mile segment of Big 24

Windy Creek from road 34-9-17.1 to 25


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the confluence with the Rogue River, 1

as a wild river. 2

‘‘(vii) EAST FORK BIG WINDY 3

CREEK.— 4



Fork Big Windy Creek from its head-7

waters to road 34-8-36, as a scenic 8

river. 9



Fork Big Windy Creek from road 34- 12

8-36 to the confluence with Big 13

Windy Creek, as a wild river. 14

‘‘(viii) LITTLE WINDY CREEK.— 15


proximately 1.2-mile segment of Little 17

Windy Creek from its headwaters to 18

the Wild Rogue Wilderness boundary 19

in T. 33 S., R. 9 W., sec. 33, Willam-20

ette Meridian, as a scenic river. 21


proximately 1.9-mile segment of Little 23

Windy Creek from the Wild Rogue 24

Wilderness boundary in T. 33 S., R. 25


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9 W., sec. 34, Willamette Meridian, to 1


as a wild river. 3

‘‘(ix) HOWARD CREEK.— 4


proximately 3.5-mile segment of How-6

ard Creek from its headwaters to road 7

34-9-34, as a scenic river. 8


proximately 6.9-mile segment of How-10

ard Creek from 0.1 miles downstream 11

of road 34-9-34 to the confluence with 12

the Rogue River, as a wild river. 13

‘‘(III) WILD RIVER.—The ap-14

proximately 3.5-mile segment of Anna 15

Creek from its headwaters to the con-16

fluence with Howard Creek, as a wild 17

river. 18

‘‘(x) MULE CREEK.— 19


proximately 3.5-mile segment of Mule 21

Creek from its headwaters down-22

stream to the Wild Rogue Wilderness 23

boundary as a scenic river. 24


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proximately 7.8-mile segment of Mule 2

Creek from the Wild Rogue Wilder-3

ness boundary in T. 32 S., R. 9 W., 4

sec. 29, Willamette Meridian, to the 5


wild river. 7

‘‘(xi) MISSOURI CREEK.— 8


proximately 3.1-mile segment of Mis-10

souri Creek from its headwaters 11




scenic river. 15


proximately 1.6-mile segment of Mis-17

souri Creek from the Wild Rogue Wil-18


W., sec. 24, Willamette Meridian, to 20


as a wild river. 22

‘‘(xii) JENNY CREEK.— 23


proximately 3.1-mile segment of 25


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Jenny Creek from its headwaters 1




scenic river. 5



Jenny Creek from the Wild Rogue 8

Wilderness boundary in T. 33 S., R. 9

9 W., sec. 28, Willamette Meridian, to 10


as a wild river. 12

‘‘(xiii) RUM CREEK.— 13


proximately 2.2-mile segment of Rum 15

Creek from its headwaters to the Wild 16



ian, as a scenic river. 19


proximately 2.2-mile segment of Rum 21

Creek from the Wild Rogue Wilder-22




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wild river. 2

‘‘(xiv) EAST FORK RUM CREEK.— 3



Fork Rum Creek from its headwaters 6

to the Wild Rogue Wilderness bound-7

ary in T. 34 S., R. 8 W., sec. 10, Wil-8

lamette Meridian, as a scenic river. 9



Fork Rum Creek from the Wild 12



ridian, to the confluence with Rum 15


‘‘(xv) WILDCAT CREEK.—The approxi-17

mately 1.7-mile segment of Wildcat Creek 18

from its headwaters downstream to the 19

confluence with the Rogue River, as a wild 20

river. 21

‘‘(xvi) MONTGOMERY CREEK.—The 22

approximately 1.8-mile segment of Mont-23

gomery Creek from its headwaters down-24


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stream to the confluence with the Rogue 1


‘‘(xvii) HEWITT CREEK.— 3


proximately 1.4-mile segment of Hew-5

itt Creek from its headwaters to the 6

Wild Rogue Wilderness boundary in 7

T. 33 S., R. 9 W., sec. 19, Willamette 8

Meridian, as a scenic river. 9


proximately 1.2-mile segment of Hew-11

itt Creek from the Wild Rogue Wil-12


W., sec. 19, Willamette Meridian, to 14


as a wild river. 16

‘‘(xviii) BUNKER CREEK.—The ap-17

proximately 6.6-mile segment of Bunker 18


fluence with the Rogue River, as a wild 20

river. 21

‘‘(xix) DULOG CREEK.— 22



Dulog Creek from its headwaters to 25


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0.1 miles downstream of road 34-8- 1

36, as a scenic river. 2



Dulog Creek from road 34-8-36 to the 5


wild river. 7

‘‘(xx) QUAIL CREEK.—The approxi-8

mately 1.7-mile segment of Quail Creek 9



Meridian, to the confluence with the Rogue 12


‘‘(xxi) MEADOW CREEK.—The ap-14

proximately 4.1-mile segment of Meadow 15



river. 18

‘‘(xxii) RUSSIAN CREEK.—The ap-19

proximately 2.5-mile segment of Russian 20

Creek from the Wild Rogue Wilderness 21

boundary in T. 33 S., R. 8 W., sec. 20, 22

Willamette Meridian, to the confluence 23

with the Rogue River, as a wild river. 24


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‘‘(xxiii) ALDER CREEK.—The approxi-1

mately 1.2-mile segment of Alder Creek 2

from its headwaters to the confluence with 3


‘‘(xxiv) BOOZE CREEK.—The approxi-5

mately 1.5-mile segment of Booze Creek 6

from its headwaters to the confluence with 7


‘‘(xxv) BRONCO CREEK.—The ap-9

proximately 1.8-mile segment of Bronco 10



river. 13

‘‘(xxvi) COPSEY CREEK.—The ap-14

proximately 1.5-mile segment of Copsey 15



river. 18

‘‘(xxvii) CORRAL CREEK.—The ap-19

proximately 0.5-mile segment of Corral 20



river. 23

‘‘(xxviii) COWLEY CREEK.—The ap-24

proximately 0.9-mile segment of Cowley 25


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river. 3

‘‘(xxix) DITCH CREEK.—The approxi-4

mately 1.8-mile segment of Ditch Creek 5



Meridian, to its confluence with the Rogue 8


‘‘(xxx) FRANCIS CREEK.—The ap-10

proximately 0.9-mile segment of Francis 11



river. 14

‘‘(xxxi) LONG GULCH.— 15


proximately 1.4-mile segment of Long 17

Gulch from its headwaters to the Wild 18



ridian, as a scenic river. 21


proximately 1.1-mile segment of Long 23

Gulch from the Wild Rogue Wilder-24



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wild river. 3

‘‘(xxxii) BAILEY CREEK.— 4


proximately 1.4-mile segment of Bai-6

ley Creek from its headwaters to the 7

Wild Rogue Wilderness boundary on 8

the west section line of T. 34 S., R. 9

8 W., sec. 14, Willamette Meridian, as 10

a scenic river. 11


proximately 1.7-mile segment of Bai-13

ley Creek from the west section line of 14

T. 34 S., R.8 W., sec. 14, Willamette 15

Meridian, to the confluence of the 16

Rogue River, as a wild river. 17

‘‘(xxxiii) SHADY CREEK.—The ap-18

proximately 0.7-mile segment of Shady 19



river. 22

‘‘(xxxiv) SLIDE CREEK.— 23


proximately 0.5-mile segment of Slide 25


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Creek from its headwaters to road 33- 1

9-6, as a scenic river. 2


proximately 0.7-mile section of Slide 4

Creek from road 33-9-6 to the con-5

fluence with the Rogue River, as a 6

wild river.’’. 7

(B) MANAGEMENT.—Each river segment 8

designated by subparagraph (B) of section 9

3(a)(5) of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act (16 10

U.S.C. 1274(a)(5)) (as added by subparagraph 11

(A)) shall be managed as part of the Rogue 12

Wild and Scenic River. 13

(C) WITHDRAWAL.—Subject to valid exist-14

ing rights, the Federal land within the bound-15

aries of the river segments designated by sub-16

paragraph (B) of section 3(a)(5) of the Wild 17

and Scenic Rivers Act (16 U.S.C. 1274(a)(5)) 18

(as added by subparagraph (A)) is withdrawn 19

from all forms of— 20

(i) entry, appropriation, or disposal 21


(ii) location, entry, and patent under 23



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(iii) disposition under all laws per-1

taining to mineral and geothermal leasing 2

or mineral materials. 3

(D) ADDITIONAL PROTECTIONS FOR 4

ROGUE RIVER TRIBUTARIES.— 5

(i) LICENSING BY COMMISSION.—The 6

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission 7

shall not license the construction of any 8

dam, water conduit, reservoir, powerhouse, 9

transmission line, or other project works 10

on or directly affecting any stream de-11

scribed in clause (iv). 12

(ii) OTHER AGENCIES.— 13

(I) IN GENERAL.—No depart-14

ment or agency of the United States 15

shall assist by loan, grant, license, or 16

otherwise in the construction of any 17

water resources project on or directly 18

affecting any stream segment that is 19

described in clause (iv), except to 20

maintain or repair water resources 21

projects in existence on the date of 22


(II) EFFECT.—Nothing in this 24

clause prohibits any department or 25


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agency of the United States in assist-1

ing by loan, grant, license, or other-2

wise, a water resources project— 3

(aa) the primary purpose of 4

which is ecological or aquatic res-5

toration; 6

(bb) that provides a net ben-7

efit to water quality and aquatic 8

resources; and 9

(cc) that is consistent with 10

protecting and enhancing the val-11

ues for which the river was des-12

ignated. 13

(iii) WITHDRAWAL.—Subject to valid 14

existing rights, the Federal land located 15

within 1⁄4 mile on either side of the stream 16

segments described in clause (iv) is with-17

drawn from all forms of— 18

(I) entry, appropriation, or dis-19


(II) location, entry, and patent 21

under the mining laws; and 22

(III) disposition under all laws 23

pertaining to mineral and geothermal 24

leasing or mineral materials. 25


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(iv) DESCRIPTION OF STREAM SEG-1

MENTS.—The following are the stream seg-2

ments referred to in clause (i): 3

(I) KELSEY CREEK.—The ap-4


Kelsey Creek from its headwaters to 6

the Wild Rogue Wilderness boundary 7

in T. 32 S., R. 9 W., sec. 25, Willam-8

ette Meridian. 9

(II) GRAVE CREEK.—The ap-10


Grave Creek from the east boundary 12

of T. 34 S., R. 7 W., sec. 1, Willam-13

ette Meridian, downstream to the con-14

fluence with the Rogue River. 15

(III) CENTENNIAL GULCH.—The 16

approximately 2.2-mile segment of 17

Centennial Gulch from its headwaters 18

to its confluence with the Rogue River 19

in T. 34 S., R. 7, W., sec. 18, Willam-20

ette Meridian. 21

(IV) QUAIL CREEK.—The ap-22

proximately 0.8-mile segment of Quail 23




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ridian. 2

(V) DITCH CREEK.—The ap-3

proximately 0.7-mile segment of Ditch 4




ian. 8

(VI) GALICE CREEK.—The ap-9


Galice Creek from the confluence with 11

the North Fork Galice Creek down-12

stream to the confluence with the 13

Rogue River in T. 34 S., R. 8 W., sec. 14

36, Willamette Meridian. 15

(VII) QUARTZ CREEK.—The ap-16


Quartz Creek from its headwaters to 18

its confluence with the North Fork 19

Galice Creek in T. 35 S., R. 8 W., 20

sec. 4, Willamette Meridian. 21

(VIII) NORTH FORK GALICE 22

CREEK.—The approximately 5.7-mile 23

segment of the North Fork Galice 24

Creek from its headwaters to its con-25


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fluence with the South Fork Galice 1

Creek in T. 35 S., R. 8 W., sec. 3, 2

Willamette Meridian. 3

(2) TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS TO THE WILD 4

AND SCENIC RIVERS ACT.— 5

(A) CHETCO, OREGON.—Section 3(a)(69) 6

of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act (16 U.S.C. 7

1274(a)(69)) is amended— 8

(i) by redesignating subparagraphs 9

(A), (B), and (C) as clauses (i), (ii), and 10

(iii), respectively, and indenting appro-11

priately; 12

(ii) in the matter preceding clause (i) 13

(as so redesignated), by striking ‘‘The 14

44.5-mile’’ and inserting the following: 15

‘‘(A) DESIGNATIONS.—The 44.5-mile’’; 16

(iii) in clause (i) (as so redesig-17

nated)— 18

(I) by striking ‘‘25.5-mile’’ and 19

inserting ‘‘27.5-mile’’; and 20

(II) by striking ‘‘Boulder Creek 21

at the Kalmiopsis Wilderness bound-22

ary’’ and inserting ‘‘Mislatnah 23

Creek’’; 24


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(iv) in clause (ii) (as so redesig-1

nated)— 2

(I) by striking ‘‘8-mile’’ and in-3

serting ‘‘7.5-mile’’; and 4

(II) by striking ‘‘Boulder Creek 5

to Steel Bridge’’ and inserting 6

‘‘Mislatnah Creek to Eagle Creek’’; 7

(v) in clause (iii) (as so redesig-8

nated)— 9

(I) by striking ‘‘11-mile’’ and in-10

serting ‘‘9.5-mile’’; and 11

(II) by striking ‘‘Steel Bridge’’ 12

and inserting ‘‘Eagle Creek’’; and 13

(vi) by adding at the end the fol-14

lowing: 15

‘‘(B) WITHDRAWAL.—Subject to valid 16

rights, the Federal land within the boundaries 17

of the river segments designated by subpara-18

graph (A) is withdrawn from all forms of— 19

‘‘(i) entry, appropriation, or disposal 20


‘‘(ii) location, entry, and patent under 22



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‘‘(iii) disposition under all laws per-1

taining to mineral and geothermal leasing 2

or mineral materials.’’. 3

(B) WHYCHUS CREEK, OREGON.—Section 4

3(a)(102) of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act 5

(16 U.S.C. 1274(a)(102)) is amended— 6

(i) in the paragraph heading, by strik-7

ing ‘‘SQUAW CREEK’’ and inserting 8

‘‘WHYCHUS CREEK’’; 9

(ii) by redesignating subparagraphs 10

(A) and (B) as clauses (i) and (ii), respec-11

tively, and indenting appropriately; 12

(iii) in the matter preceding clause (i) 13

(as so redesignated)— 14

(I) by striking ‘‘The 15.4-mile’’ 15


‘‘(A) DESIGNATIONS.—The 15.4-mile’’; 17

and 18

(II) by striking ‘‘McAllister 19

Ditch, including the Soap Fork Squaw 20

Creek, the North Fork, the South 21

Fork, the East and West Forks of 22

Park Creek, and Park Creek Fork’’ 23

and inserting ‘‘Plainview Ditch, in-24

cluding the Soap Creek, the North 25


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and South Forks of Whychus Creek, 1

the East and West Forks of Park 2

Creek, and Park Creek’’; 3

(iv) in clause (ii) (as so redesignated), 4

by striking ‘‘McAllister Ditch’’ and insert-5

ing ‘‘Plainview Ditch’’; and 6

(v) by adding at the end the following: 7

‘‘(B) WITHDRAWAL.—Subject to valid ex-8

isting rights, the Federal land within the 9

boundaries of the river segments designated by 10

subparagraph (A) is withdrawn from all forms 11

of— 12





‘‘(iii) disposition under all laws relat-17

ing to mineral and geothermal leasing or 18

mineral materials.’’. 19

(3) WILD AND SCENIC RIVER DESIGNATIONS, 20

WASSON CREEK AND FRANKLIN CREEK, OREGON.— 21

Section 3(a) of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act (16 22

U.S.C. 1274(a)) is amended by adding at the end 23

the following: 24


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‘‘(214) FRANKLIN CREEK, OREGON.—The 4.5- 1

mile segment from its headwaters to the private land 2

boundary in sec. 8, to be administered by the Sec-3

retary of Agriculture as a wild river. 4

‘‘(215) WASSON CREEK, OREGON.—The 10.1- 5

mile segment in the following classes: 6

‘‘(A) The 4.2-mile segment from the east-7

ern boundary of T. 21 S., R. 9 W., sec. 17, 8

downstream to the western boundary of T. 21 9

S., R. 10 W., sec. 12, to be administered by the 10

Secretary of the Interior as a wild river. 11

‘‘(B) The 5.9-mile segment from the west-12

ern boundary of T. 21 S., R. 10 W., sec. 12, 13

downstream to the eastern boundary of the 14

northwest quarter of T. 21 S., R. 10 W., sec. 15

22, to be administered by the Secretary of Agri-16

culture as a wild river.’’. 17

(4) WILD AND SCENIC RIVER DESIGNATIONS, 18

MOLALLA RIVER, OREGON.—Section 3(a) of the Wild 19

and Scenic Rivers Act (16 U.S.C. 1274(a)) (as 20

amended by paragraph (3)) is amended by adding at 21


‘‘(216) MOLALLA RIVER, OREGON.— 23

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The following seg-24

ments in the State of Oregon, to be adminis-25


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tered by the Secretary of the Interior as a rec-1

reational river: 2

‘‘(i) MOLALLA RIVER.—The approxi-3

mately 15.1-mile segment from the south-4

ern boundary line of T. 7 S., R. 4 E., sec. 5

19, downstream to the edge of the Bureau 6

of Land Management boundary in T. 6 S., 7

R. 3 E., sec. 7. 8

‘‘(ii) TABLE ROCK FORK MOLALLA 9

RIVER.—The approximately 6.2-mile seg-10

ment from the easternmost Bureau of 11

Land Management boundary line in the 12

NE1⁄4 sec. 4, T. 7 S., R. 4 E., downstream 13

to the confluence with the Molalla River. 14

‘‘(B) WITHDRAWAL.—Subject to valid ex-15

isting rights, the Federal land within the 16

boundaries of the river segments designated by 17

subparagraph (A) is withdrawn from all forms 18

of— 19






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‘‘(iii) disposition under all laws relat-1

ing to mineral and geothermal leasing or 2

mineral materials.’’. 3

(5) DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL WILD AND 4

SCENIC RIVERS.— 5

(A) ELK RIVER, OREGON.— 6

(i) IN GENERAL.—Section 3(a) of the 7


1274(a)) is amended by striking paragraph 9

(76) and inserting the following: 10

‘‘(76) ELK, OREGON.—The 69.2-mile segment 11

to be administered by the Secretary of Agriculture 12

in the following classes: 13

‘‘(A) MAINSTEM.—The 17-mile segment 14

from the confluence of the North and South 15

Forks of the Elk to Anvil Creek as a rec-16

reational river. 17

‘‘(B) NORTH FORK.— 18

‘‘(i) SCENIC RIVER.—The approxi-19

mately 0.6-mile segment of the North Fork 20

Elk from its source in T. 33 S., R. 12 W., 21

sec. 21, Willamette Meridian, downstream 22

to 0.01 miles below Forest Service Road 23

3353, as a scenic river. 24


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‘‘(ii) WILD RIVER.—The approxi-1

mately 5.5-mile segment of the North Fork 2

Elk from 0.01 miles below Forest Service 3

Road 3353 to its confluence with the 4

South Fork Elk, as a wild river. 5

‘‘(C) SOUTH FORK.— 6

‘‘(i) SCENIC RIVER.—The approxi-7

mately 0.9-mile segment of the South Fork 8

Elk from its source in the southeast quar-9

ter of T. 33 S., R. 12 W., sec. 32, Willam-10

ette Meridian, Forest Service Road 3353, 11

as a scenic river. 12

‘‘(ii) WILD RIVER.—The approxi-13

mately 4.2-mile segment of the South Fork 14

Elk from 0.01 miles below Forest Service 15

Road 3353 to its confluence with the 16

North Fork Elk, as a wild river. 17

‘‘(D) OTHER TRIBUTARIES.— 18

‘‘(i) ROCK CREEK.—The approxi-19

mately 1.7-mile segment of Rock Creek 20

from its headwaters to the west boundary 21

of T. 32 S., R. 14 W., sec. 30, Willamette 22

Meridian, as a wild river. 23

‘‘(ii) BALD MOUNTAIN CREEK.—The 24

approximately 8-mile segment of Bald 25


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Mountain Creek from its headwaters, in-1

cluding Salal Spring to its confluence with 2

Elk River, as a recreational river. 3

‘‘(iii) SOUTH FORK BALD MOUNTAIN 4

CREEK.—The approximately 3.5-mile seg-5

ment of South Fork Bald Mountain Creek 6

from its headwaters to its confluence with 7

Bald Mountain Creek, as a scenic river. 8

‘‘(iv) PLATINUM CREEK.—The ap-9

proximately 1-mile segment of Platinum 10

Creek from— 11

‘‘(I) its headwaters to Forest 12

Service Road 5325, as a wild river; 13

and 14

‘‘(II) Forest Service Road 5325 15

to its confluence with Elk River, as a 16

scenic river. 17

‘‘(v) PANTHER CREEK.—The approxi-18

mately 5.0-mile segment of Panther Creek 19

from— 20

‘‘(I) its headwaters, including 21

Mountain Well, to Forest Service 22

Road 5325, as a wild river; and 23


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to its confluence with Elk River, as a 2

scenic river. 3

‘‘(vi) EAST FORK PANTHER CREEK.— 4

The approximately 3.0-mile segment of 5

East Fork Panther Creek from it head-6

waters, to the confluence with Panther 7


‘‘(vii) WEST FORK PANTHER 9


ment of West Fork Panther Creek from its 11

headwaters to the confluence with Panther 12

Creek as a wild river. 13

‘‘(viii) LOST CREEK.—The approxi-14

mately 1.0-mile segment of Lost Creek 15

from— 16



and 19


to its confluence with the Elk River, 21


‘‘(ix) MILBURY CREEK.—The approxi-23

mately 1.5-mile segment of Milbury Creek 24

from— 25


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and 3




‘‘(x) BLACKBERRY CREEK.—The ap-7

proximately 5.0-mile segment of Black-8

berry Creek from— 9



and 12




‘‘(xi) EAST FORK BLACKBERRY 16


ment of the unnamed tributary locally 18

known as ‘East Fork Blackberry Creek’ 19

from its headwaters in T. 33 S., R. 13 W., 20

sec. 26, Willamette Meridian, to its con-21

fluence with Blackberry Creek, as a wild 22

river. 23


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‘‘(xii) MCCURDY CREEK.—The ap-1

proximately 1.0-mile segment of McCurdy 2

Creek from— 3



and 6




‘‘(xiii) BEAR CREEK.—The approxi-10

mately 1.5-mile segment of Bear Creek 11

from headwaters to the confluence with 12

Bald Mountain Creek, as a recreational 13

river. 14

‘‘(xiv) BUTLER CREEK.—The approxi-15

mately 4-mile segment of Butler Creek 16

from— 17

‘‘(I) its headwaters to the south 18

boundary of T. 33 S., R. 13 W., sec. 19

8, Willamette Meridian, as a wild 20

river; and 21

‘‘(II) from the south boundary of 22

T. 33 S., R. 13 W., sec. 8, Willamette 23

Meridian, to its confluence with Elk 24

River, as a scenic river. 25


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‘‘(xv) EAST FORK BUTLER CREEK.— 1

The approximately 2.8-mile segment locally 2

known as the ‘East Fork of Butler Creek’ 3

from its headwaters on Mount Butler in T. 4

32 S., R. 13 W., sec. 29, Willamette Me-5

ridian, to its confluence with Butler Creek, 6


‘‘(xvi) PURPLE MOUNTAIN CREEK.— 8

The approximately 2.0-mile segment locally 9

known as ‘Purple Mountain Creek’ from— 10

‘‘(I) its headwaters in secs. 35 11

and 36, T. 33 S., R. 14 W., Willam-12

ette Meridian, to 0.01 miles above 13

Forest Service Road 5325, as a wild 14

river; and 15

‘‘(II) 0.01 miles above Forest 16

Service Road 5325 to its confluence 17

with the Elk River, as a scenic river.’’. 18

(ii) WITHDRAWAL.—Subject to valid 19

existing rights, the Federal land within the 20

boundaries of the river segments des-21

ignated by paragraph (76) of section 3(a) 22

of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act (16 23

U.S.C. 1274(a)) (as amended by clause (i)) 24

is withdrawn from all forms of— 25


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relating to mineral and geothermal 6


(B) DESIGNATION OF WILD AND SCENIC 8

RIVER SEGMENTS.— 9

(i) IN GENERAL.—Section 3(a) of the 10


1274(a)) (as amended by paragraph (4)) is 12

amended by adding at the end the fol-13

lowing: 14

‘‘(217) NESTUCCA RIVER, OREGON.—The ap-15

proximately 15.5-mile segment from its confluence 16

with Ginger Creek downstream until it crosses the 17

western edge of T. 4 S., R. 7 W., sec. 7, Willamette 18

Meridian, to be administered by the Secretary of the 19

Interior as a recreational river. 20

‘‘(218) WALKER CREEK, OREGON.—The ap-21

proximately 2.9-mile segment from the headwaters 22

in T. 3 S., R. 6 W., sec. 20 downstream to the con-23

fluence with the Nestucca River in T. 3 S., R. 6 W., 24


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sec. 15, Willamette Meridian, to be administered by 1

the Secretary of the Interior as a recreational river. 2

‘‘(219) NORTH FORK SILVER CREEK, OR-3

EGON.—The approximately 6-mile segment from the 4

headwaters in T. 35 S., R. 9 W., sec. 1 downstream 5

to the western edge of the Bureau of Land Manage-6

ment boundary in T. 35 S., R. 9 W., sec. 17, Wil-7

lamette Meridian, to be administered by the Sec-8

retary of the Interior as a recreational river. 9

‘‘(220) JENNY CREEK, OREGON.—The approxi-10

mately 17.6-mile segment from the Bureau of Land 11

Management boundary located at the north bound-12

ary of the southwest quarter of the southeast quar-13

ter of T. 38 S., R. 4 E., sec. 34, Willamette Merid-14

ian, downstream to the Oregon State border, to be 15

administered by the Secretary of the Interior as a 16

scenic river. 17

‘‘(221) SPRING CREEK, OREGON.—The approxi-18

mately 1.1-mile segment from its source at Shoat 19

Springs in T. 40 S., R. 4 E., sec. 34, Willamette 20

Meridian, downstream to the confluence with Jenny 21

Creek in T. 41 S., R. 4 E., sec. 3, Willamette Merid-22

ian, to be administered by the Secretary of the Inte-23

rior as a scenic river. 24


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‘‘(222) LOBSTER CREEK, OREGON.—The ap-1

proximately 5-mile segment from T. 15 S., R. 8 W., 2

sec. 35, Willamette Meridian, downstream to the 3

northern edge of the Bureau of Land Management 4

boundary in T. 15 S., R. 8 W., sec. 15, Willamette 5

Meridian, to be administered by the Secretary of the 6

Interior as a recreational river. 7

‘‘(223) ELK CREEK, OREGON.—The approxi-8

mately 7.3-mile segment from its confluence with 9

Flat Creek near river mile 9, to the southern edge 10

of the Army Corps of Engineers boundary in T. 33 11

S., R. 1 E., sec. 30, Willamette Meridian, near river 12

mile 1.7, to be administered by the Secretary of the 13

Interior as a scenic river.’’. 14

(ii) ADMINISTRATION OF ELK 15

CREEK.— 16

(I) LATERAL BOUNDARIES OF 17

ELK CREEK.—The lateral boundaries 18

of the river segment designated by 19

paragraph (223) of section 3(a) of the 20

Wild and Scenic Rivers Act (16 21

U.S.C. 1274(a)) (as added by clause 22

(i)) shall include an average of not 23

more than 640 acres per mile meas-24

ured from the ordinary high water 25


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mark on both sides of the river seg-1

ment. 2

(II) DEAUTHORIZATION.—The 3

Elk Creek Project authorized under 4

the Flood Control Act of 1962 (Public 5

Law 87–874; 76 Stat. 1192) is de-6

authorized. 7

(iii) WITHDRAWAL.—Subject to valid 8

existing rights, the Federal land within the 9

boundaries of the river segments des-10

ignated by paragraphs (217) through 11

(223) of section 3(a) of the Wild and Sce-12

nic Rivers Act (16 U.S.C. 1274(a)) (as 13

added by clause (i)) is withdrawn from all 14

forms of— 15






relating to mineral and geothermal 21


(b) DEVIL’S STAIRCASE WILDERNESS.— 23

(1) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 24


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(A) MAP.—The term ‘‘map’’ means the 1

map entitled ‘‘Devil’s Staircase Wilderness Pro-2

posal’’ and dated July 26, 2018. 3

(B) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ 4

means— 5

(i) the Secretary, with respect to pub-6

lic land administered by the Secretary; or 7

(ii) the Secretary of Agriculture, with 8

respect to National Forest System land. 9

(C) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means the 10

State of Oregon. 11

(D) WILDERNESS.—The term ‘‘Wilder-12

ness’’ means the Devil’s Staircase Wilderness 13

designated by paragraph (2). 14

(2) DESIGNATION.—In accordance with the 15

Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), the ap-16

proximately 30,621 acres of Forest Service land and 17

Bureau of Land Management land in the State, as 18

generally depicted on the map, is designated as wil-19

derness and as a component of the National Wilder-20

ness Preservation System, to be known as the ‘‘Dev-21

il’s Staircase Wilderness’’. 22

(3) MAP; LEGAL DESCRIPTION.— 23




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retary shall prepare a map and legal description 1

of the Wilderness. 2



shall have the same force and effect as if in-5

cluded in this subsection, except that the Sec-6

retary may correct clerical and typographical 7

errors in the map and legal description. 8

(C) AVAILABILITY.—The map and legal 9



tion in the appropriate offices of the Forest 12

Service and Bureau of Land Management. 13

(4) ADMINISTRATION.—Subject to valid existing 14

rights, the area designated as wilderness by this sub-15

section shall be administered by the Secretary in ac-16

cordance with the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 17

et seq.), except that— 18

(A) any reference in that Act to the effec-19

tive date shall be considered to be a reference 20

to the date of enactment of this Act; and 21

(B) any reference in that Act to the Sec-22

retary of Agriculture shall be considered to be 23

a reference to the Secretary that has jurisdic-24

tion over the land within the Wilderness. 25


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(5) FISH AND WILDLIFE.—Nothing in this sub-1

section affects the jurisdiction or responsibilities of 2

the State with respect to fish and wildlife in the 3

State. 4

(6) ADJACENT MANAGEMENT.— 5

(A) IN GENERAL.—Nothing in this sub-6

section creates any protective perimeter or buff-7

er zone around the Wilderness. 8

(B) ACTIVITIES OUTSIDE WILDERNESS.— 9

The fact that a nonwilderness activity or use on 10

land outside the Wilderness can be seen or 11

heard within the Wilderness shall not preclude 12

the activity or use outside the boundary of the 13

Wilderness. 14

(7) PROTECTION OF TRIBAL RIGHTS.—Nothing 15

in this subsection diminishes any treaty rights of an 16

Indian Tribe. 17

(8) TRANSFER OF ADMINISTRATIVE JURISDIC-18

TION.— 19

(A) IN GENERAL.—Administrative jurisdic-20

tion over the approximately 49 acres of Bureau 21

of Land Management land north of the Ump-22

qua River in T. 21 S., R. 11 W., sec. 32, is 23

transferred from the Bureau of Land Manage-24

ment to the Forest Service. 25


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(B) ADMINISTRATION.—The Secretary 1

shall administer the land transferred by sub-2

paragraph (A) in accordance with— 3

(i) the Act of March 1, 1911 (com-4

monly known as the ‘‘Weeks Law’’) (16 5

U.S.C. 480 et seq.); and 6

(ii) any laws (including regulations) 7

applicable to the National Forest System. 8

PART II—EMERY COUNTY PUBLIC LAND 9

MANAGEMENT 10

SEC. 1211. DEFINITIONS. 11

In this part: 12

(1) COUNCIL.—The term ‘‘Council’’ means the 13

San Rafael Swell Western Heritage and Historic 14

Mining Recreation Area Advisory Council established 15

under section 1223(a). 16


Emery County in the State. 18

(3) MANAGEMENT PLAN.—The term ‘‘Manage-19

ment Plan’’ means the management plan for the 20

Recreation Area developed under section 1222(c). 21


titled ‘‘Emery County Public Land Management Act 23

of 2018 Overview Map’’ and dated December 11, 24

2018. 25


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(5) RECREATION AREA.—The term ‘‘Recreation 1

Area’’ means the San Rafael Swell Western Herit-2

age and Historic Mining Recreation Area established 3

by section 1221(a)(1). 4

(6) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ 5

means— 6

(A) the Secretary, with respect to public 7


agement; and 9

(B) the Secretary of Agriculture, with re-10

spect to National Forest System land. 11


of Utah. 13


area’’ means a wilderness area designated by section 15

1231(a). 16

SEC. 1212. ADMINISTRATION. 17

Nothing in this part affects or modifies— 18

(1) any right of any federally recognized Indian 19

Tribe; or 20

(2) any obligation of the United States to any 21

federally recognized Indian Tribe. 22

SEC. 1213. EFFECT ON WATER RIGHTS. 23

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SEC. 1214. SAVINGS CLAUSE. 14

Nothing in this part diminishes the authority of the 15

Secretary under Public Law 92–195 (commonly known as 16

the ‘‘Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act’’) (16 17

U.S.C. 1331 et seq.). 18

Subpart A—San Rafael Swell Western Heritage and 19

Historic Mining Recreation Area 20

SEC. 1221. ESTABLISHMENT OF RECREATION AREA. 21

(a) ESTABLISHMENT.— 22


rights, there is established the San Rafael Swell 24


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Western Heritage and Historic Mining Recreation 1

Area in the State. 2

(2) AREA INCLUDED.—The Recreation Area 3

shall consist of approximately 216,754 acres of Fed-4

eral land managed by the Bureau of Land Manage-5

ment, as generally depicted on the Map. 6

(b) PURPOSES.—The purposes of the Recreation 7

Area are to provide for the protection, conservation, and 8

enhancement of the recreational, cultural, natural, scenic, 9

wildlife, ecological, historical, and educational resources of 10

the Recreation Area. 11

(c) MAP AND LEGAL DESCRIPTION.— 12



shall file a map and legal description of the Recre-15

ation Area with the Committee on Natural Re-16

sources of the House of Representatives and the 17

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the 18

Senate. 19


filed under paragraph (1) shall have the same force 21

and effect as if included in this subpart, except that 22

the Secretary may correct clerical and typographical 23

errors in the map and legal description. 24


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(3) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—A copy of the map 1

and legal description filed under paragraph (1) shall 2


appropriate offices of the Bureau of Land Manage-4

ment. 5

SEC. 1222. MANAGEMENT OF RECREATION AREA. 6

(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall administer 7

the Recreation Area— 8

(1) in a manner that conserves, protects, and 9

enhances the purposes for which the Recreation 10

Area is established; and 11

(2) in accordance with— 12

(A) this section; 13

(B) the Federal Land Policy and Manage-14

ment Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.); and 15

(C) other applicable laws. 16

(b) USES.—The Secretary shall allow only uses of the 17

Recreation Area that are consistent with the purposes for 18

which the Recreation Area is established. 19

(c) MANAGEMENT PLAN.— 20



shall develop a comprehensive management plan for 23

the long-term protection and management of the 24

Recreation Area. 25


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(2) REQUIREMENTS.—The Management Plan 1

shall— 2

(A) describe the appropriate uses and 3

management of the Recreation Area; 4

(B) be developed with extensive public 5

input; 6

(C) take into consideration any informa-7

tion developed in studies of the land within the 8

Recreation Area; and 9

(D) be developed fully consistent with the 10

settlement agreement entered into on January 11

13, 2017, in the case in the United States Dis-12

trict Court for the District of Utah styled 13

‘‘Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance, et al. v. 14

U.S. Department of the Interior, et al.’’ and 15

numbered 2:12–cv–257 DAK. 16

(d) MOTORIZED VEHICLES; NEW ROADS.— 17

(1) MOTORIZED VEHICLES.—Except as needed 18

for emergency response or administrative purposes, 19

the use of motorized vehicles in the Recreation Area 20

shall be permitted only on roads and motorized 21

routes designated in the Management Plan for the 22

use of motorized vehicles. 23

(2) NEW ROADS.—No new permanent or tem-24

porary roads or other motorized vehicle routes shall 25


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be constructed within the Recreation Area after the 1

date of enactment of this Act. 2

(3) EXISTING ROADS.— 3

(A) IN GENERAL.—Necessary maintenance 4

or repairs to existing roads designated in the 5

Management Plan for the use of motorized ve-6

hicles, including necessary repairs to keep exist-7

ing roads free of debris or other safety hazards, 8

shall be permitted after the date of enactment 9

of this Act, consistent with the requirements of 10

this section. 11

(B) EFFECT.—Nothing in this subsection 12

prevents the Secretary from rerouting an exist-13

ing road or trail to protect Recreation Area re-14

sources from degradation or to protect public 15

safety, as determined to be appropriate by the 16

Secretary. 17

(e) GRAZING.— 18

(1) IN GENERAL.—The grazing of livestock in 19

the Recreation Area, if established before the date of 20

enactment of this Act, shall be allowed to continue, 21

subject to such reasonable regulations, policies, and 22

practices as the Secretary considers to be necessary 23

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(A) applicable law (including regulations); 1

and 2

(B) the purposes of the Recreation Area. 3

(2) INVENTORY.—Not later than 5 years after 4


collaboration with any affected grazing permittee, 6

shall carry out an inventory of facilities and im-7

provements associated with grazing activities in the 8

Recreation Area. 9

(f) COLD WAR SITES.—The Secretary shall manage 10

the Recreation Area in a manner that educates the public 11

about Cold War and historic uranium mine sites in the 12

Recreation Area, subject to such terms and conditions as 13

the Secretary considers necessary to protect public health 14

and safety. 15

(g) INCORPORATION OF ACQUIRED LAND AND IN-16

TERESTS.—Any land or interest in land located within the 17

boundary of the Recreation Area that is acquired by the 18

United States after the date of enactment of this Act 19

shall— 20

(1) become part of the Recreation Area; and 21

(2) be managed in accordance with applicable 22

laws, including as provided in this section. 23

(h) WITHDRAWAL.—Subject to valid existing rights, 24

all Federal land within the Recreation Area, including any 25


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land or interest in land that is acquired by the United 1

States within the Recreation Area after the date of enact-2

ment of this Act, is withdrawn from— 3


public land laws; 5


laws; and 7

(3) operation of the mineral leasing, mineral 8

materials, and geothermal leasing laws. 9

(i) STUDY OF NONMOTORIZED RECREATION OPPOR-10

TUNITIES.—Not later than 2 years after the date of enact-11

ment of this Act, the Secretary, in consultation with inter-12

ested parties, shall conduct a study of nonmotorized recre-13

ation trail opportunities, including bicycle trails, within 14

the Recreation Area, consistent with the purposes of the 15

Recreation Area. 16

(j) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT.—The Secretary may 17

enter into a cooperative agreement with the State in ac-18

cordance with section 307(b) of the Federal Land Policy 19

and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1737(b)) and 20

other applicable laws to provide for the protection, man-21

agement, and maintenance of the Recreation Area. 22


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SEC. 1223. SAN RAFAEL SWELL WESTERN HERITAGE AND 1

HISTORIC MINING RECREATION AREA ADVI-2

SORY COUNCIL. 3

(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 180 days after 4

the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall es-5

tablish an advisory council, to be known as the ‘‘San 6

Rafael Swell Western Heritage and Historic Mining 7

Recreation Area Advisory Council’’. 8

(b) DUTIES.—The Council shall advise the Secretary 9

with respect to the preparation and implementation of the 10

Management Plan for the Recreation Area. 11

(c) APPLICABLE LAW.—The Council shall be subject 12

to— 13

(1) the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 14

U.S.C. App.); and 15

(2) section 309 of the Federal Land Policy and 16

Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1739). 17

(d) MEMBERS.—The Council shall include 7 mem-18

bers, to be appointed by the Secretary, of whom, to the 19

maximum extent practicable— 20

(1) 1 member shall represent the Emery Coun-21

ty Commission; 22

(2) 1 member shall represent motorized rec-23

reational users; 24

(3) 1 member shall represent nonmotorized rec-25

reational users; 26


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(4) 1 member shall represent permittees holding 1

grazing allotments within the Recreation Area or 2

wilderness areas designated in this part; 3

(5) 1 member shall represent conservation orga-4

nizations; 5

(6) 1 member shall have expertise in the histor-6

ical uses of the Recreation Area; and 7

(7) 1 member shall be appointed from the elect-8

ed leadership of a Federally recognized Indian Tribe 9

that has significant cultural or historical connections 10

to, and expertise in, the landscape, archeological 11

sites, or cultural sites within the County. 12

Subpart B—Wilderness Areas 13

SEC. 1231. ADDITIONS TO THE NATIONAL WILDERNESS 14

PRESERVATION SYSTEM. 15

(a) ADDITIONS.—In accordance with the Wilderness 16

Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), the following land in the 17

State is designated as wilderness and as components of 18

the National Wilderness Preservation System: 19

(1) BIG WILD HORSE MESA.—Certain Federal 20

land managed by the Bureau of Land Management, 21

comprising approximately 18,192 acres, generally 22

depicted on the Map as ‘‘Proposed Big Wild Horse 23

Mesa Wilderness’’, which shall be known as the ‘‘Big 24

Wild Horse Mesa Wilderness’’. 25


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(2) COLD WASH.—Certain Federal land man-1

aged by the Bureau of Land Management, com-2

prising approximately 11,001 acres, generally de-3

picted on the Map as ‘‘Proposed Cold Wash Wilder-4

ness’’, which shall be known as the ‘‘Cold Wash Wil-5

derness’’. 6

(3) DESOLATION CANYON.—Certain Federal 7



depicted on the Map as ‘‘Proposed Desolation Can-10

yon Wilderness’’, which shall be known as the ‘‘Des-11

olation Canyon Wilderness’’. 12

(4) DEVIL’S CANYON.—Certain Federal land 13

managed by the Bureau of Land Management, com-14


picted on the Map as ‘‘Proposed Devil’s Canyon Wil-16

derness’’, which shall be known as the ‘‘Devil’s Can-17

yon Wilderness’’. 18

(5) EAGLE CANYON.—Certain Federal land 19



picted on the Map as ‘‘Proposed Eagle Canyon Wil-22

derness’’, which shall be known as the ‘‘Eagle Can-23



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(6) HORSE VALLEY.—Certain Federal land 1



picted on the Map as ‘‘Proposed Horse Valley Wil-4

derness’’, which shall be known as the ‘‘Horse Valley 5

Wilderness’’. 6

(7) LABYRINTH CANYON.—Certain Federal land 7



picted on the Map as ‘‘Proposed Labyrinth Canyon 10

Wilderness’’, which shall be known as the ‘‘Lab-11

yrinth Canyon Wilderness’’. 12

(8) LITTLE OCEAN DRAW.—Certain Federal 13



depicted on the Map as ‘‘Proposed Little Ocean 16

Draw Wilderness’’, which shall be known as the 17

‘‘Little Ocean Draw Wilderness’’. 18

(9) LITTLE WILD HORSE CANYON.—Certain 19

Federal land managed by the Bureau of Land Man-20

agement, comprising approximately 5,479 acres, 21

generally depicted on the Map as ‘‘Proposed Little 22

Wild Horse Canyon Wilderness’’, which shall be 23

known as the ‘‘Little Wild Horse Canyon Wilder-24

ness’’. 25


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(10) MEXICAN MOUNTAIN.—Certain Federal 1



depicted on the Map as ‘‘Proposed Mexican Moun-4

tain Wilderness’’, which shall be known as the 5

‘‘Mexican Mountain Wilderness’’. 6

(11) MIDDLE WILD HORSE MESA.—Certain 7

Federal land managed by the Bureau of Land Man-8

agement, comprising approximately 16,343 acres, 9

generally depicted on the Map as ‘‘Proposed Middle 10

Wild Horse Mesa Wilderness’’, which shall be known 11

as the ‘‘Middle Wild Horse Mesa Wilderness’’. 12

(12) MUDDY CREEK.—Certain Federal land 13



picted on the Map as ‘‘Proposed Muddy Creek Wil-16

derness’’, which shall be known as the ‘‘Muddy 17

Creek Wilderness’’. 18

(13) NELSON MOUNTAIN.— 19

(A) IN GENERAL.—Certain Federal land 20

managed by the Forest Service, comprising ap-21

proximately 7,176 acres, and certain Federal 22

land managed by the Bureau of Land Manage-23

ment, comprising approximately 257 acres, gen-24

erally depicted on the Map as ‘‘Proposed Nelson 25


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Mountain Wilderness’’, which shall be known as 1

the ‘‘Nelson Mountain Wilderness’’. 2

(B) TRANSFER OF ADMINISTRATIVE JURIS-3

DICTION.—Administrative jurisdiction over the 4

257-acre portion of the Nelson Mountain Wil-5

derness designated by subparagraph (A) is 6

transferred from the Bureau of Land Manage-7

ment to the Forest Service. 8

(14) RED’S CANYON.—Certain Federal land 9



picted on the Map as ‘‘Proposed Red’s Canyon Wil-12

derness’’, which shall be known as the ‘‘Red’s Can-13


(15) RHINO HEAD.—Certain Federal land man-15

aged by the Bureau of Land Management, com-16


picted on the Map as ‘‘Proposed Rhino Head Wil-18

derness’’, which shall be known as the ‘‘Rhino Head 19

Wilderness’’. 20

(16) SAN RAFAEL REEF.—Certain Federal land 21



picted on the Map as ‘‘Proposed San Rafael Reef 24


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Wilderness’’, which shall be known as the ‘‘San 1

Rafael Reef Wilderness’’. 2

(17) SID’S MOUNTAIN.—Certain Federal land 3



picted on the Map as ‘‘Proposed Sid’s Mountain 6

Wilderness’’, which shall be known as the ‘‘Sid’s 7

Mountain Wilderness’’. 8

(18) TURTLE CANYON.—Certain Federal land 9



picted on the Map as ‘‘Proposed Turtle Canyon Wil-12

derness’’, which shall be known as the ‘‘Turtle Can-13


(b) MAP AND LEGAL DESCRIPTION.— 15



shall file a map and legal description of each wilder-18

ness area with— 19

(A) the Committee on Natural Resources 20

of the House of Representatives; and 21

(B) the Committee on Energy and Natural 22

Resources of the Senate. 23

(2) EFFECT.—Each map and legal description 24



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and effect as if included in this part, except that the 1

Secretary may correct clerical and typographical er-2

rors in the maps and legal descriptions. 3

(3) AVAILABILITY.—Each map and legal de-4

scription filed under paragraph (1) shall be on file 5

and available for public inspection in the appropriate 6

office of the Secretary. 7

SEC. 1232. ADMINISTRATION. 8

(a) MANAGEMENT.—Subject to valid existing rights, 9

the wilderness areas shall be administered by the Sec-10

retary in accordance with the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 11

1131 et seq.), except that— 12

(1) any reference in that Act to the effective 13

date shall be considered to be a reference to the date 14

of enactment of this Act; and 15

(2) any reference in that Act to the Secretary 16

of Agriculture shall be considered to be a reference 17

to the Secretary. 18

(b) RECREATIONAL CLIMBING.—Nothing in this part 19

prohibits recreational rock climbing activities in the wil-20

derness areas, such as the placement, use, and mainte-21

nance of fixed anchors, including any fixed anchor estab-22

lished before the date of the enactment of this Act— 23

(1) in accordance with the Wilderness Act (16 24

U.S.C. 1131 et seq.); and 25


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(2) subject to any terms and conditions deter-1

mined to be necessary by the Secretary. 2

(c) TRAIL PLAN.—After providing opportunities for 3

public comment, the Secretary shall establish a trail plan 4

that addresses hiking and equestrian trails on the wilder-5

ness areas in a manner consistent with the Wilderness Act 6

(16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.). 7

(d) LIVESTOCK.— 8

(1) IN GENERAL.—The grazing of livestock in 9

the wilderness areas, if established before the date of 10

enactment of this Act, shall be allowed to continue, 11

subject to such reasonable regulations, policies, and 12

practices as the Secretary considers to be necessary 13



(16 U.S.C. 1133(d)(4)); and 16

(B) the guidelines set forth in Appendix A 17

of the report of the Committee on Interior and 18

Insular Affairs of the House of Representatives 19

accompanying H.R. 2570 of the 101st Congress 20

(House Report 101–405). 21

(2) INVENTORY.—With respect to each wilder-22

ness area in which grazing of livestock is allowed to 23

continue under paragraph (1), not later than 2 years 24



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retary, in collaboration with any affected grazing 1

permittee, shall carry out an inventory of facilities 2

and improvements associated with grazing activities 3

in the wilderness area. 4

(e) ADJACENT MANAGEMENT.— 5

(1) IN GENERAL.—Congress does not intend for 6

the designation of the wilderness areas to create pro-7

tective perimeters or buffer zones around the wilder-8

ness areas. 9

(2) NONWILDERNESS ACTIVITIES.—The fact 10

that nonwilderness activities or uses can be seen or 11

heard from areas within a wilderness area shall not 12

preclude the conduct of those activities or uses out-13

side the boundary of the wilderness area. 14

(f) MILITARY OVERFLIGHTS.—Nothing in this sub-15

part restricts or precludes— 16

(1) low-level overflights of military aircraft over 17

the wilderness areas, including military overflights 18

that can be seen or heard within the wilderness 19

areas; 20

(2) flight testing and evaluation; or 21

(3) the designation or creation of new units of 22

special use airspace, or the establishment of military 23

flight training routes, over the wilderness areas. 24


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(g) COMMERCIAL SERVICES.—Commercial services 1

(including authorized outfitting and guide activities) with-2

in the wilderness areas may be authorized to the extent 3

necessary for activities that are appropriate for realizing 4

the recreational or other wilderness purposes of the wilder-5

ness areas, in accordance with section 4(d)(5) of the Wil-6

derness Act (16 U.S.C. 1133(d)(5)). 7

(h) LAND ACQUISITION AND INCORPORATION OF AC-8

QUIRED LAND AND INTERESTS.— 9

(1) ACQUISITION AUTHORITY.—The Secretary 10

may acquire land and interests in land within the 11

boundaries of a wilderness area by donation, pur-12

chase from a willing seller, or exchange. 13

(2) INCORPORATION.—Any land or interest in 14

land within the boundary of a wilderness area that 15

is acquired by the United States after the date of 16

enactment of this Act shall be added to and adminis-17

tered as part of the wilderness area. 18

(i) WATER RIGHTS.— 19

(1) STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in 20

this subpart— 21

(A) shall constitute or be construed to con-22

stitute either an express or implied reservation 23

by the United States of any water or water 24


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rights with respect to the land designated as 1

wilderness by section 1231; 2

(B) shall affect any water rights in the 3

State existing on the date of enactment of this 4

Act, including any water rights held by the 5

United States; 6

(C) shall be construed as establishing a 7

precedent with regard to any future wilderness 8

designations; 9

(D) shall affect the interpretation of, or 10

any designation made pursuant to, any other 11

Act; or 12

(E) shall be construed as limiting, altering, 13

modifying, or amending any of the interstate 14

compacts or equitable apportionment decrees 15

that apportions water among and between the 16

State and other States. 17

(2) STATE WATER LAW.—The Secretary shall 18

follow the procedural and substantive requirements 19

of the State in order to obtain and hold any water 20

rights not in existence on the date of enactment of 21

this Act with respect to the wilderness areas. 22

(j) MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING.—The Sec-23

retary shall offer to enter into a memorandum of under-24

standing with the County, in accordance with the Wilder-25


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ness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), to clarify the approval 1

processes for the use of motorized equipment and mechan-2

ical transport for search and rescue activities in the 3

Muddy Creek Wilderness established by section 4

1231(a)(12). 5

SEC. 1233. FISH AND WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT. 6

Nothing in this subpart affects the jurisdiction of the 7

State with respect to fish and wildlife on public land lo-8

cated in the State. 9

SEC. 1234. RELEASE. 10

(a) FINDING.—Congress finds that, for the purposes 11

of section 603(c) of the Federal Land Policy and Manage-12

ment Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1782(c)), the approximately 13

17,420 acres of public land administered by the Bureau 14

of Land Management in the County that has not been des-15

ignated as wilderness by section 1231(a) has been ade-16

quately studied for wilderness designation. 17

(b) RELEASE.—The public land described in sub-18

section (a)— 19

(1) is no longer subject to section 603(c) of the 20


(43 U.S.C. 1782(c)); and 22

(2) shall be managed in accordance with— 23

(A) applicable law; and 24


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(B) any applicable land management plan 1

adopted under section 202 of the Federal Land 2


1712). 4

Subpart C—Wild and Scenic River Designation 5

SEC. 1241. GREEN RIVER WILD AND SCENIC RIVER DES-6

IGNATION. 7

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 3(a) of the Wild and Sce-8

nic Rivers Act (16 U.S.C. 1274(a)) (as amended by sec-9

tion 1205(a)(5)(B)(i)) is amended by adding at the end 10

the following: 11

‘‘(224) GREEN RIVER.—The approximately 63- 12

mile segment, as generally depicted on the map enti-13

tled ‘Emery County Public Land Management Act of 14

2018 Overview Map’ and dated December 11, 2018, 15

to be administered by the Secretary of the Interior, 16

in the following classifications: 17

‘‘(A) WILD RIVER SEGMENT.—The 5.3- 18

mile segment from the boundary of the Uintah 19

and Ouray Reservation, south to the Nefertiti 20

boat ramp, as a wild river. 21

‘‘(B) RECREATIONAL RIVER SEGMENT.— 22

The 8.5-mile segment from the Nefertiti boat 23

ramp, south to the Swasey’s boat ramp, as a 24

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‘‘(C) SCENIC RIVER SEGMENT.—The 49.2- 1

mile segment from Bull Bottom, south to the 2

county line between Emery and Wayne Coun-3

ties, as a scenic river.’’. 4

(b) INCORPORATION OF ACQUIRED NON-FEDERAL 5

LAND.—If the United States acquires any non-Federal 6

land within or adjacent to a river segment of the Green 7

River designated by paragraph (224) of section 3(a) of 8

the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act (16 U.S.C. 1274(a)) (as 9

added by subsection (a)), the acquired land shall be incor-10

porated in, and be administered as part of, the applicable 11

wild, scenic, or recreational river. 12

Subpart D—Land Management and Conveyances 13

SEC. 1251. GOBLIN VALLEY STATE PARK. 14

(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall offer to con-15

vey to the Utah Division of Parks and Recreation of the 16

Utah Department of Natural Resources (referred to in 17

this section as the ‘‘State’’), approximately 6,261 acres of 18

land identified on the Map as the ‘‘Proposed Goblin Valley 19

State Park Expansion’’, without consideration, for the 20

management by the State as a State park, consistent with 21

uses allowed under the Act of June 14, 1926 (commonly 22

known as the ‘‘Recreation and Public Purposes Act’’) (44 23



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(b) REVERSIONARY CLAUSE REQUIRED.—A convey-1

ance under subsection (a) shall include a reversionary 2

clause to ensure that management of the land described 3

in that subsection shall revert to the Secretary if the land 4

is no longer being managed as a State park in accordance 5

with subsection (a). 6

SEC. 1252. JURASSIC NATIONAL MONUMENT. 7

(a) ESTABLISHMENT PURPOSES.—To conserve, in-8

terpret, and enhance for the benefit of present and future 9

generations the paleontological, scientific, educational, and 10

recreational resources of the area and subject to valid ex-11

isting rights, there is established in the State the Jurassic 12

National Monument (referred to in this section as the 13

‘‘Monument’’), consisting of approximately 850 acres of 14

Federal land administered by the Bureau of Land Man-15

agement in the County and generally depicted as ‘‘Pro-16

posed Jurassic National Monument’’ on the Map. 17




shall file with the Committee on Energy and Natural 21

Resources of the Senate and the Committee on Nat-22

ural Resources of the House of Representatives a 23

map and legal description of the Monument. 24


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and effect as if included in this section, except that 3

the Secretary may correct clerical and typographical 4

errors in the map and legal description, subject to 5

the requirement that, before making the proposed 6

corrections, the Secretary shall submit to the State 7

and any affected county the proposed corrections. 8

(3) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—A copy of the map 9

and legal description filed under paragraph (1) shall 10



ment. 13

(c) WITHDRAWAL.—Subject to valid existing rights, 14

any Federal land within the boundaries of the Monument 15

and any land or interest in land that is acquired by the 16

United States for inclusion in the Monument after the 17

date of enactment of this Act is withdrawn from— 18




laws; and 22

(3) operation of the mineral leasing laws, geo-23

thermal leasing laws, and minerals materials laws. 24

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(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall manage 1

the Monument— 2

(A) in a manner that conserves, protects, 3

and enhances the resources and values of the 4

Monument, including the resources and values 5

described in subsection (a); and 6


(i) this section; 8

(ii) the Federal Land Policy and Man-9


seq.); and 11

(iii) any other applicable Federal law. 12

(2) NATIONAL LANDSCAPE CONSERVATION SYS-13

TEM.—The Monument shall be managed as a com-14

ponent of the National Landscape Conservation Sys-15

tem. 16

(e) MANAGEMENT PLAN.— 17



shall develop a comprehensive management plan for 20

the long-term protection and management of the 21

Monument. 22

(2) COMPONENTS.—The management plan de-23

veloped under paragraph (1) shall— 24


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(A) describe the appropriate uses and 1

management of the Monument, consistent with 2

the provisions of this section; and 3

(B) allow for continued scientific research 4

at the Monument during the development of the 5

management plan for the Monument, subject to 6

any terms and conditions that the Secretary de-7

termines necessary to protect Monument re-8

sources. 9

(f) AUTHORIZED USES.—The Secretary shall only 10

allow uses of the Monument that the Secretary determines 11

would further the purposes for which the Monument has 12

been established. 13

(g) INTERPRETATION, EDUCATION, AND SCIENTIFIC 14

RESEARCH.— 15

(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall provide 16

for public interpretation of, and education and sci-17

entific research on, the paleontological resources of 18

the Monument. 19

(2) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.—The Sec-20

retary may enter into cooperative agreements with 21

appropriate public entities to carry out paragraph 22

(1). 23

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(1) IN GENERAL.—The establishment of the 1

Monument shall not modify the management status 2

of any area within the boundary of the Monument 3

that is managed as an area of critical environmental 4

concern. 5

(2) CONFLICT OF LAWS.—If there is a conflict 6

between the laws applicable to an area described in 7

paragraph (1) and this section, the more restrictive 8

provision shall control. 9

(i) MOTORIZED VEHICLES.—Except as needed for 10

administrative purposes or to respond to an emergency, 11

the use of motorized vehicles in the Monument shall be 12

allowed only on roads and trails designated for use by mo-13

torized vehicles under the management plan for the Monu-14

ment developed under subsection (e). 15

(j) WATER RIGHTS.—Nothing in this section con-16

stitutes an express or implied reservation by the United 17

States of any water or water rights with respect to the 18

Monument. 19

(k) GRAZING.—The grazing of livestock in the Monu-20

ment, if established before the date of enactment of this 21

Act, shall be allowed to continue, subject to such reason-22

able regulations, policies, and practices as the Secretary 23

considers to be necessary in accordance with— 24



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(2) the guidelines set forth in Appendix A of 1

the report of the Committee on Interior and Insular 2

Affairs of the House of Representatives accom-3

panying H.R. 2570 of the 101st Congress (House 4

Report 101–405); and 5

(3) the purposes of the Monument. 6

SEC. 1253. PUBLIC LAND DISPOSAL AND ACQUISITION. 7

(a) IN GENERAL.—In accordance with applicable law, 8

the Secretary may sell public land located in the County 9

that has been identified as suitable for disposal based on 10

specific criteria as listed in the Federal Land Policy and 11

Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1713) in the applica-12

ble resource management plan in existence on the date of 13


(b) USE OF PROCEEDS.— 15


provision of law (other than a law that specifically 17

provides for a portion of the proceeds of a land sale 18

to be distributed to any trust fund of the State), 19

proceeds from the sale of public land under sub-20

section (a) shall be deposited in a separate account 21

in the Treasury, to be known as the ‘‘Emery County, 22

Utah, Land Acquisition Account’’ (referred to in this 23

section as the ‘‘Account’’). 24

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(A) IN GENERAL.—Amounts in the Ac-1

count shall be available to the Secretary, with-2

out further appropriation, to purchase from 3

willing sellers land or interests in land within a 4

wilderness area or the Recreation Area. 5

(B) APPLICABILITY.—Any purchase of 6

land or interest in land under subparagraph (A) 7

shall be in accordance with applicable law. 8

(C) PROTECTION OF CULTURAL RE-9

SOURCES.—To the extent that there are 10

amounts in the Account in excess of the 11

amounts needed to carry out subparagraph (A), 12

the Secretary may use the excess amounts for 13

the protection of cultural resources on Federal 14

land within the County. 15

SEC. 1254. PUBLIC PURPOSE CONVEYANCES. 16

(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding the land use 17

planning requirement of sections 202 and 203 of the Fed-18

eral Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 19

1712, 1713), on request by the applicable local govern-20

mental entity, the Secretary shall convey without consider-21

ation the following parcels of public land to be used for 22

public purposes: 23

(1) EMERY CITY RECREATION AREA.—The ap-24

proximately 640-acre parcel as generally depicted on 25


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the Map, to the City of Emery, Utah, for the cre-1

ation or enhancement of public recreation opportuni-2

ties consistent with uses allowed under the Act of 3

June 14, 1926 (commonly known as the ‘‘Recreation 4

and Public Purposes Act’’) (44 Stat. 741, chapter 5

578; 43 U.S.C. 869 et seq.). 6

(2) HUNTINGTON AIRPORT.—The approxi-7

mately 320-acre parcel as generally depicted on the 8

Map, to Emery County, Utah, for expansion of Hun-9

tington Airport consistent with uses allowed under 10

the Act of June 14, 1926 (commonly known as the 11

‘‘Recreation and Public Purposes Act’’) (44 Stat. 12

741, chapter 578; 43 U.S.C. 869 et seq.). 13

(3) EMERY COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE.—The 14

approximately 5-acre parcel as generally depicted on 15

the Map, to Emery County, Utah, for the Emery 16

County Sheriff’s Office substation consistent with 17

uses allowed under the Act of June 14, 1926 (com-18

monly known as the ‘‘Recreation and Public Pur-19

poses Act’’) (44 Stat. 741, chapter 578; 43 U.S.C. 20

869 et seq.). 21

(4) BUCKHORN INFORMATION CENTER.—The 22

approximately 5-acre parcel as generally depicted on 23

the Map, to Emery County, Utah, for the Buckhorn 24

Information Center consistent with uses allowed 25


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under the Act of June 14, 1926 (commonly known 1

as the ‘‘Recreation and Public Purposes Act’’) (44 2





shall file a map and legal description of each parcel 7

of land to be conveyed under subsection (a) with— 8

(A) the Committee on Energy and Natural 9

Resources of the Senate; and 10

(B) the Committee on Natural Resources 11


(2) EFFECT.—Each map and legal description 13


and effect as if included in this part, except that the 15

Secretary may correct clerical or typographical er-16

rors in the map and legal description. 17

(3) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—Each map and 18

legal description filed under paragraph (1) shall be 19

on file and available for public inspection in the 20

Price Field Office of the Bureau of Land Manage-21

ment. 22

(c) REVERSION.— 23

(1) IN GENERAL.—If a parcel of land conveyed 24

under subsection (a) is used for a purpose other 25


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than the purpose described in that subsection, the 1

parcel of land shall, at the discretion of the Sec-2

retary, revert to the United States. 3

(2) RESPONSIBILITY FOR REMEDIATION.—In 4

the case of a reversion under paragraph (1), if the 5

Secretary determines that the parcel of land is con-6

taminated with hazardous waste, the local govern-7

mental entity to which the parcel of land was con-8

veyed under subsection (a) shall be responsible for 9

remediation. 10

SEC. 1255. EXCHANGE OF BLM AND SCHOOL AND INSTITU-11

TIONAL TRUST LANDS ADMINISTRATION 12

LAND. 13


(1) EXCHANGE MAP.—The term ‘‘Exchange 15

Map’’ means the map prepared by the Bureau of 16

Land Management entitled ‘‘Emery County Public 17

Land Management Act—Proposed Land Exchange’’ 18

and dated December, 10, 2018. 19


means public land located in the State of Utah that 21

is identified on the Exchange Map as— 22

(A) ‘‘BLM Surface and Mineral Lands 23

Proposed for Transfer to SITLA’’; 24


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(B) ‘‘BLM Mineral Lands Proposed for 1

Transfer to SITLA’’; and 2

(C) ‘‘BLM Surface Lands Proposed for 3

Transfer to SITLA’’. 4


eral land’’ means the land owned by the State in the 6

Emery and Uintah Counties that is identified on the 7

Exchange Map as— 8

(A) ‘‘SITLA Surface and Mineral Land 9

Proposed for Transfer to BLM’’; 10

(B) ‘‘SITLA Mineral Lands Proposed for 11

Transfer to BLM’’; and 12

(C) ‘‘SITLA Surface Lands Proposed for 13

Transfer to BLM’’. 14

(4) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means the 15

State, acting through the School and Institutional 16

Trust Lands Administration. 17

(b) EXCHANGE OF FEDERAL LAND AND NON-FED-18

ERAL LAND.— 19

(1) IN GENERAL.—If the State offers to convey 20

to the United States title to the non-Federal land, 21

the Secretary, in accordance with this section, 22

shall— 23

(A) accept the offer; and 24


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(B) on receipt of all right, title, and inter-1

est in and to the non-Federal land, convey to 2

the State (or a designee) all right, title, and in-3

terest of the United States in and to the Fed-4

eral land. 5

(2) CONVEYANCE OF PARCELS IN PHASES.— 6

(A) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding that 7

appraisals for all of the parcels of Federal land 8

and non-Federal land may not have been ap-9

proved under subsection (c)(5), parcels of the 10

Federal land and non-Federal land may be ex-11

changed under paragraph (1) in phases, to be 12

mutually agreed by the Secretary and the State, 13

beginning on the date on which the appraised 14

values of the parcels included in the applicable 15

phase are approved. 16

(B) NO AGREEMENT ON EXCHANGE.—If 17

any dispute or delay arises with respect to the 18

exchange of an individual parcel of Federal land 19

or non-Federal land under paragraph (1), the 20

Secretary and the State may mutually agree to 21

set aside the individual parcel to allow the ex-22

change of the other parcels of Federal land and 23

non-Federal land to proceed. 24

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(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall ex-1

clude from any conveyance of a parcel of Fed-2

eral land under paragraph (1) any Federal land 3

that contains critical habitat designated for a 4

species listed as an endangered species or a 5

threatened species under the Endangered Spe-6

cies Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.). 7

(B) REQUIREMENT.—Any Federal land ex-8

cluded under subparagraph (A) shall be the 9

smallest area necessary to protect the applicable 10

critical habitat. 11

(4) APPLICABLE LAW.— 12

(A) IN GENERAL.—The land exchange 13

under paragraph (1) shall be subject to section 14

206 of the Federal Land Policy and Manage-15

ment Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1716) and other 16

applicable law. 17

(B) LAND USE PLANNING.—With respect 18

to the Federal land to be conveyed under para-19

graph (1), the Secretary shall not be required 20

to undertake any additional land use planning 21

under section 202 of the Federal Land Policy 22

and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1712) 23

before the conveyance of the Federal land. 24


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(5) VALID EXISTING RIGHTS.—The land ex-1

change under paragraph (1) shall be subject to valid 2

existing rights. 3

(6) TITLE APPROVAL.—Title to the Federal 4

land and non-Federal land to be exchanged under 5

paragraph (1) shall be in a form acceptable to the 6

Secretary and the State. 7

(c) APPRAISALS.— 8

(1) IN GENERAL.—The value of the Federal 9

land and the non-Federal land to be exchanged 10

under subsection (b)(1) shall be determined by ap-11

praisals conducted by 1 or more independent and 12

qualified appraisers. 13

(2) STATE APPRAISER.—The Secretary and the 14

State may agree to use an independent and qualified 15

appraiser— 16

(A) retained by the State; and 17

(B) approved by the Secretary. 18

(3) APPLICABLE LAW.—The appraisals under 19

paragraph (1) shall be conducted in accordance with 20

nationally recognized appraisal standards, including, 21

as appropriate— 22


Federal Land Acquisitions; and 24


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(4) MINERALS.— 3

(A) MINERAL REPORTS.—The appraisals 4

under paragraph (1) may take into account 5

mineral and technical reports provided by the 6

Secretary and the State in the evaluation of 7

mineral deposits in the Federal land and non- 8

Federal land. 9

(B) MINING CLAIMS.—To the extent per-10

missible under applicable appraisal standards, 11

the appraisal of any parcel of Federal land that 12

is encumbered by a mining or millsite claim lo-13

cated under sections 2318 through 2352 of the 14

Revised Statutes (commonly known as the 15

‘‘Mining Law of 1872’’) (30 U.S.C. 21 et seq.) 16

shall be appraised in accordance with standard 17

appraisal practices, including, as appropriate, 18

the Uniform Appraisal Standards for Federal 19

Land Acquisition. 20

(C) VALIDITY EXAMINATIONS.—Nothing in 21

this subsection requires the United States to 22

conduct a mineral examination for any mining 23

claim on the Federal land. 24

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(i) IN GENERAL.—If value is attrib-1

uted to any parcel of Federal land because 2

of the presence of minerals subject to leas-3

ing under the Mineral Leasing Act (30 4

U.S.C. 181 et seq.), the value of the parcel 5

(as otherwise established under this sub-6

section) shall be reduced by the percentage 7

of the applicable Federal revenue sharing 8

obligation under section 35(a) of the Min-9

eral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 191(a)). 10

(ii) LIMITATION.—An adjustment 11

under clause (i) shall not be considered to 12

be a property right of the State. 13

(5) APPROVAL.—An appraisal conducted under 14

paragraph (1) shall be submitted to the Secretary 15

and the State for approval. 16

(6) DURATION.—An appraisal conducted under 17

paragraph (1) shall remain valid for 3 years after 18

the date on which the appraisal is approved by the 19

Secretary and the State. 20

(7) COST OF APPRAISAL.— 21

(A) IN GENERAL.—The cost of an ap-22

praisal conducted under paragraph (1) shall be 23

paid equally by the Secretary and the State. 24


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(B) REIMBURSEMENT BY SECRETARY.—If 1

the State retains an appraiser in accordance 2

with paragraph (2), the Secretary shall reim-3

burse the State in an amount equal to 50 per-4

cent of the costs incurred by the State. 5

(d) CONVEYANCE OF TITLE.—It is the intent of Con-6

gress that the land exchange authorized under subsection 7

(b)(1) shall be completed not later than 1 year after the 8

date of final approval by the Secretary and the State of 9

the appraisals conducted under subsection (c). 10

(e) PUBLIC INSPECTION AND NOTICE.— 11

(1) PUBLIC INSPECTION.—Not later than 30 12

days before the date of any exchange of Federal land 13

and non-Federal land under subsection (b)(1), all 14

final appraisals and appraisal reviews for the land to 15

be exchanged shall be available for public review at 16

the office of the State Director of the Bureau of 17

Land Management in the State of Utah. 18

(2) NOTICE.—The Secretary shall make avail-19

able on the public website of the Secretary, and the 20

Secretary or the State, as applicable, shall publish in 21

a newspaper of general circulation in Salt Lake 22

County, Utah, a notice that the appraisals conducted 23

under subsection (c) are available for public inspec-24

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(f) EQUAL VALUE EXCHANGE.— 1

(1) IN GENERAL.—The value of the Federal 2

land and non-Federal land to be exchanged under 3

subsection (b)(1)— 4

(A) shall be equal; or 5

(B) shall be made equal in accordance with 6

paragraph (2). 7

(2) EQUALIZATION.— 8

(A) SURPLUS OF FEDERAL LAND.—With 9

respect to any Federal land and non-Federal 10

land to be exchanged under subsection (b)(1), if 11

the value of the Federal land exceeds the value 12

of the non-Federal land, the value of the Fed-13

eral land and non-Federal land shall be equal-14

ized by— 15

(i) the State conveying to the Sec-16

retary, as necessary to equalize the value 17

of the Federal land and non-Federal land, 18

after the acquisition of all State trust land 19

located within the wilderness areas or 20

recreation area designated by this part, 21

State trust land located within any of the 22

wilderness areas or national conservation 23

areas in Washington County, Utah, estab-24

lished under subtitle O of title I of the 25


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Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 1

2009 (Public Law 111–11; 123 Stat. 2

1075); and 3

(ii) the State, to the extent necessary 4

to equalize any remaining imbalance of 5

value after all available Washington Coun-6

ty, Utah, land described in clause (i) has 7

been conveyed to the Secretary, conveying 8

to the Secretary additional State trust land 9

as identified and agreed on by the Sec-10

retary and the State. 11

(B) SURPLUS OF NON-FEDERAL LAND.—If 12

the value of the non-Federal land exceeds the 13

value of the Federal land, the value of the Fed-14

eral land and the non-Federal land shall be 15

equalized— 16

(i) by the Secretary making a cash 17

equalization payment to the State, in ac-18

cordance with section 206(b) of the Fed-19

eral Land Policy and Management Act of 20

1976 (43 U.S.C. 1716(b)); or 21

(ii) by removing non-Federal land 22

from the exchange. 23

(g) INDIAN TRIBES.—The Secretary shall consult 24

with any federally recognized Indian Tribe in the vicinity 25


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of the Federal land and non-Federal land to be exchanged 1

under subsection (b)(1) before the completion of the land 2

exchange. 3

(h) APPURTENANT WATER RIGHTS.—Any convey-4

ance of a parcel of Federal land or non-Federal land under 5

subsection (b)(1) shall include the conveyance of water 6

rights appurtenant to the parcel conveyed. 7

(i) GRAZING PERMITS.— 8

(1) IN GENERAL.—If the Federal land or non- 9

Federal land exchanged under subsection (b)(1) is 10

subject to a lease, permit, or contract for the graz-11

ing of domestic livestock in effect on the date of ac-12

quisition, the Secretary and the State shall allow the 13

grazing to continue for the remainder of the term of 14

the lease, permit, or contract, subject to the related 15

terms and conditions of user agreements, including 16

permitted stocking rates, grazing fee levels, access 17

rights, and ownership and use of range improve-18

ments. 19

(2) RENEWAL.—To the extent allowed by Fed-20

eral or State law, on expiration of any grazing lease, 21

permit, or contract described in paragraph (1), the 22

holder of the lease, permit, or contract shall be enti-23

tled to a preference right to renew the lease, permit, 24

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(3) CANCELLATION.— 1


prevents the Secretary or the State from can-3

celing or modifying a grazing permit, lease, or 4

contract if the Federal land or non-Federal 5

land subject to the permit, lease, or contract is 6

sold, conveyed, transferred, or leased for non- 7

grazing purposes by the Secretary or the State. 8

(B) LIMITATION.—Except to the extent 9

reasonably necessary to accommodate surface 10

operations in support of mineral development, 11

the Secretary or the State shall not cancel or 12

modify a grazing permit, lease, or contract be-13

cause the land subject to the permit, lease, or 14

contract has been leased for mineral develop-15

ment. 16

(4) BASE PROPERTIES.—If non-Federal land 17

conveyed by the State under subsection (b)(1) is 18

used by a grazing permittee or lessee to meet the 19

base property requirements for a Federal grazing 20

permit or lease, the land shall continue to qualify as 21

a base property for— 22

(A) the remaining term of the lease or per-23

mit; and 24


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(B) the term of any renewal or extension 1

of the lease or permit. 2

(j) WITHDRAWAL OF FEDERAL LAND FROM MIN-3

ERAL ENTRY PRIOR TO EXCHANGE.—Subject to valid ex-4

isting rights, the Federal land to be conveyed to the State 5

under subsection (b)(1) is withdrawn from mineral loca-6

tion, entry, and patent under the mining laws pending 7

conveyance of the Federal land to the State. 8

Subtitle D—Wild and Scenic Rivers 9

SEC. 1301. LOWER FARMINGTON RIVER AND SALMON 10

BROOK WILD AND SCENIC RIVER. 11

(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that— 12

(1) the Lower Farmington River and Salmon 13

Brook Study Act of 2005 (Public Law 109–370) au-14

thorized the study of the Farmington River down-15

stream from the segment designated as a rec-16

reational river by section 3(a)(156) of the Wild and 17

Scenic Rivers Act (16 U.S.C. 1277(a)(156)) to its 18

confluence with the Connecticut River, and the seg-19

ment of the Salmon Brook including its main stem 20

and east and west branches for potential inclusion in 21

the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System; 22

(2) the studied segments of the Lower Farm-23

ington River and Salmon Brook support natural, 24

cultural, and recreational resources of exceptional 25


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significance to the citizens of Connecticut and the 1

Nation; 2

(3) concurrently with the preparation of the 3

study, the Lower Farmington River and Salmon 4

Brook Wild and Scenic Study Committee prepared 5

the Lower Farmington River and Salmon Brook 6

Management Plan, June 2011 (referred to in this 7

section as the ‘‘management plan’’), that establishes 8

objectives, standards, and action programs that will 9

ensure the long-term protection of the outstanding 10

values of the river segments without Federal man-11

agement of affected lands not owned by the United 12

States; 13

(4) the Lower Farmington River and Salmon 14

Brook Wild and Scenic Study Committee has voted 15

in favor of Wild and Scenic River designation for the 16

river segments, and has included this recommenda-17

tion as an integral part of the management plan; 18

(5) there is strong local support for the protec-19

tion of the Lower Farmington River and Salmon 20

Brook, including votes of support for Wild and Sce-21

nic designation from the governing bodies of all ten 22

communities abutting the study area; 23

(6) the State of Connecticut General Assembly 24

has endorsed the designation of the Lower Farm-25


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ington River and Salmon Brook as components of 1

the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System (Public 2

Act 08–37); and 3

(7) the Rainbow Dam and Reservoir are located 4

entirely outside of the river segment designated by 5

subsection (b), and, based on the findings of the 6

study of the Lower Farmington River pursuant to 7

Public Law 109–370, this hydroelectric project (in-8

cluding all aspects of its facilities, operations, and 9

transmission lines) is compatible with the designa-10

tion made by subsection (b). 11

(b) DESIGNATION.—Section 3(a) of the Wild and 12

Scenic Rivers Act (16 U.S.C. 1274(a)) (as amended by 13

section 1241(a)) is amended by adding at the end the fol-14

lowing: 15

‘‘(225) LOWER FARMINGTON RIVER AND SALM-16

ON BROOK, CONNECTICUT.—Segments of the main 17

stem and its tributary, Salmon Brook, totaling ap-18

proximately 62 miles, to be administered by the Sec-19

retary of the Interior as follows: 20

‘‘(A) The approximately 27.2-mile segment 21

of the Farmington River beginning 0.2 miles 22

below the tailrace of the Lower Collinsville Dam 23

and extending to the site of the Spoonville Dam 24


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in Bloomfield and East Granby as a rec-1

reational river. 2

‘‘(B) The approximately 8.1-mile segment 3

of the Farmington River extending from 0.5 4

miles below the Rainbow Dam to the confluence 5

with the Connecticut River in Windsor as a rec-6

reational river. 7

‘‘(C) The approximately 2.4-mile segment 8

of the main stem of Salmon Brook extending 9

from the confluence of the East and West 10

Branches to the confluence with the Farm-11

ington River as a recreational river. 12

‘‘(D) The approximately 12.6-mile segment 13

of the West Branch of Salmon Brook extending 14

from its headwaters in Hartland, Connecticut, 15

to its confluence with the East Branch of Salm-16

on Brook as a recreational river. 17

‘‘(E) The approximately 11.4-mile segment 18

of the East Branch of Salmon Brook extending 19

from the Massachusetts-Connecticut State line 20

to the confluence with the West Branch of 21

Salmon Brook as a recreational river.’’. 22

(c) MANAGEMENT.— 23

(1) IN GENERAL.—The river segments des-24

ignated by subsection (b) shall be managed in ac-25


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cordance with the management plan and such 1

amendments to the management plan as the Sec-2

retary determines are consistent with this section. 3

The management plan shall be deemed to satisfy the 4

requirements for a comprehensive management plan 5

pursuant to section 3(d) of the Wild and Scenic Riv-6

ers Act (16 U.S.C. 1274(d)). 7

(2) COMMITTEE.—The Secretary shall coordi-8

nate the management responsibilities of the Sec-9

retary under this section with the Lower Farm-10

ington River and Salmon Brook Wild and Scenic 11

Committee, as specified in the management plan. 12


(A) IN GENERAL.—In order to provide for 14

the long-term protection, preservation, and en-15

hancement of the river segment designated by 16

subsection (b), the Secretary is authorized to 17

enter into cooperative agreements pursuant to 18

sections 10(e) and 11(b)(1) of the Wild and 19

Scenic Rivers Act (16 U.S.C. 1281(e), 20

1282(b)(1)) with— 21

(i) the State of Connecticut; 22

(ii) the towns of Avon, Bloomfield, 23

Burlington, East Granby, Farmington, 24


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Granby, Hartland, Simsbury, and Windsor 1

in Connecticut; and 2

(iii) appropriate local planning and 3

environmental organizations. 4

(B) CONSISTENCY.—All cooperative agree-5

ments provided for under this section shall be 6

consistent with the management plan and may 7

include provisions for financial or other assist-8

ance from the United States. 9

(4) LAND MANAGEMENT.— 10

(A) ZONING ORDINANCES.—For the pur-11

poses of the segments designated in subsection 12

(b), the zoning ordinances adopted by the towns 13

in Avon, Bloomfield, Burlington, East Granby, 14

Farmington, Granby, Hartland, Simsbury, and 15

Windsor in Connecticut, including provisions for 16

conservation of floodplains, wetlands, and wa-17

tercourses associated with the segments, shall 18

be deemed to satisfy the standards and require-19

ments of section 6(c) of the Wild and Scenic 20

Rivers Act (16 U.S.C. 1277(c)). 21

(B) ACQUISITION OF LAND.—The provi-22

sions of section 6(c) of the Wild and Scenic 23

Rivers Act (16 U.S.C. 1277(c)) that prohibit 24

Federal acquisition of lands by condemnation 25


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shall apply to the segments designated in sub-1

section (b). The authority of the Secretary to 2

acquire lands for the purposes of the segments 3

designated in subsection (b) shall be limited to 4

acquisition by donation or acquisition with the 5

consent of the owner of the lands, and shall be 6

subject to the additional criteria set forth in the 7

management plan. 8

(5) RAINBOW DAM.—The designation made by 9

subsection (b) shall not be construed to— 10

(A) prohibit, pre-empt, or abridge the po-11

tential future licensing of the Rainbow Dam 12

and Reservoir (including any and all aspects of 13

its facilities, operations and transmission lines) 14

by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission 15

as a federally licensed hydroelectric generation 16

project under the Federal Power Act (16 17

U.S.C. 791a et seq.), provided that the Com-18

mission may, in the discretion of the Commis-19

sion and consistent with this section, establish 20

such reasonable terms and conditions in a hy-21

dropower license for Rainbow Dam as are nec-22

essary to reduce impacts identified by the Sec-23

retary as invading or unreasonably diminishing 24

the scenic, recreational, and fish and wildlife 25


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values of the segments designated by subsection 1

(b); or 2

(B) affect the operation of, or impose any 3

flow or release requirements on, the unlicensed 4

hydroelectric facility at Rainbow Dam and Res-5

ervoir. 6

(6) RELATION TO NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM.— 7

Notwithstanding section 10(c) of the Wild and Sce-8

nic Rivers Act (16 U.S.C. 1281(c)), the Lower 9

Farmington River shall not be administered as part 10

of the National Park System or be subject to regula-11

tions which govern the National Park System. 12

(d) FARMINGTON RIVER, CONNECTICUT, DESIGNA-13

TION REVISION.—Section 3(a)(156) of the Wild and Sce-14

nic Rivers Act (16 U.S.C. 1274(a)(156)) is amended in 15

the first sentence— 16

(1) by striking ‘‘14-mile’’ and inserting ‘‘15.1- 17

mile’’; and 18

(2) by striking ‘‘to the downstream end of the 19

New Hartford-Canton, Connecticut town line’’ and 20

inserting ‘‘to the confluence with the Nepaug River’’. 21

SEC. 1302. WOOD-PAWCATUCK WATERSHED WILD AND SCE-22

NIC RIVER SEGMENTS. 23

(a) DESIGNATION.—Section 3(a) of the Wild and 24

Scenic Rivers Act (16 U.S.C. 1274(a)) (as amended by 25


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section 1301(b)) is amended by adding at the end the fol-1

lowing: 2

‘‘(226) WOOD-PAWCATUCK WATERSHED, RHODE 3

ISLAND AND CONNECTICUT.—The following river 4

segments within the Wood-Pawcatuck watershed, to 5

be administered by the Secretary of the Interior, in 6

cooperation with the Wood-Pawcatuck Wild and Sce-7

nic Rivers Stewardship Council: 8

‘‘(A) The approximately 11-mile segment 9

of the Beaver River from its headwaters in Exe-10

ter and West Greenwich, Rhode Island, to its 11

confluence with the Pawcatuck River in Rich-12

mond, Rhode Island, as a scenic river. 13

‘‘(B) The approximately 3-mile segment of 14

the Chipuxet River from the Kingstown Road 15

Bridge, South Kingstown, Rhode Island, to its 16

outlet in Worden Pond, as a wild river. 17

‘‘(C) The approximately 9-mile segment of 18

the Green Fall River from its headwaters in 19

Voluntown, Connecticut, to its confluence with 20

the Ashaway River in Hopkinton, Rhode Island, 21


‘‘(D) The approximately 3-mile segment of 23

the Ashaway River from its confluence with the 24

Green Fall River to its confluence with the 25


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Pawcatuck River in Hopkinton, Rhode Island, 1

as a recreational river. 2

‘‘(E) The approximately 3-mile segment of 3

the Pawcatuck River from the Worden Pond 4

outlet in South Kingstown, Rhode Island, to the 5

South County Trail Bridge, Charlestown and 6

South Kingstown, Rhode Island, as a wild river. 7

‘‘(F) The approximately 4-mile segment of 8

the Pawcatuck River from South County Trail 9

Bridge, Charlestown and South Kingstown, 10

Rhode Island, to the Carolina Back Road 11

Bridge in Richmond and Charlestown, Rhode 12

Island, as a recreational river. 13

‘‘(G) The approximately 21-mile segment 14

of the Pawcatuck River from Carolina Back 15

Road Bridge in Richmond and Charlestown, 16

Rhode Island, to the confluence with Shunock 17

River in Stonington, Connecticut, as a scenic 18

river. 19

‘‘(H) The approximately 8-mile segment of 20

the Pawcatuck River from the confluence with 21

Shunock River in Stonington, Connecticut, to 22

the mouth of the river between Pawcatuck 23

Point in Stonington, Connecticut, and Rhodes 24


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Point in Westerly, Rhode Island, as a rec-1

reational river. 2

‘‘(I) The approximately 11-mile segment of 3

the Queen River from its headwaters in Exeter 4

and West Greenwich, Rhode Island, to the 5

Kingstown Road Bridge in South Kingstown, 6

Rhode Island, as a scenic river. 7

‘‘(J) The approximately 5-mile segment of 8

the Usquepaugh River from the Kingstown 9

Road Bridge to its confluence with the 10

Pawcatuck River in South Kingstown, Rhode 11

Island, as a wild river. 12

‘‘(K) The approximately 8-mile segment of 13

the Shunock River from its headwaters in 14

North Stonington, Connecticut, to its con-15

fluence with the Pawcatuck River as a rec-16

reational river. 17

‘‘(L) The approximately 13-mile segment 18

of the Wood River from its headwaters in Ster-19

ling and Voluntown, Connecticut, and Exeter 20

and West Greenwich, Rhode Island, to the Ar-21

cadia Road Bridge in Hopkinton and Rich-22

mond, Rhode Island, as a wild river. 23

‘‘(M) The approximately 11-mile segment 24

of the Wood River from the Arcadia Road 25


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Bridge in Hopkinton and Richmond, Rhode Is-1

land, to the confluence with the Pawcatuck 2

River in Charlestown, Hopkinton, and Rich-3

mond, Rhode Island, as a recreational river.’’. 4

(b) MANAGEMENT OF RIVER SEGMENTS.— 5


(A) COVERED TRIBUTARY.—The term 7

‘‘covered tributary’’ means— 8

(i) each of Assekonk Brook, 9

Breakheart Brook, Brushy Brook, 10

Canochet Brook, Chickasheen Brook, 11

Cedar Swamp Brook, Fisherville Brook, 12

Glade Brook, Glen Rock Brook, Kelly 13

Brook, Locke Brook, Meadow Brook, Pen-14

dleton Brook, Parris Brook, Passquisett 15

Brook, Phillips Brook, Poquiant Brook, 16

Queens Fort Brook, Roaring Brook, Sher-17

man Brook, Taney Brook, Tomaquag 18

Brook, White Brook, and Wyassup Brook 19

within the Wood-Pawcatuck watershed; 20

and 21

(ii) any other perennial stream within 22

the Wood-Pawcatuck watershed. 23

(B) RIVER SEGMENT.—The term ‘‘river 24

segment’’ means a river segment designated by 25


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paragraph (226) of section 3(a) of the Wild and 1

Scenic Rivers Act (16 U.S.C. 1274(a)) (as 2

added by subsection (a)). 3

(C) STEWARDSHIP PLAN.—The term 4

‘‘Stewardship Plan’’ means the plan entitled the 5

‘‘Wood-Pawcatuck Wild and Scenic Rivers 6

Stewardship Plan for the Beaver, Chipuxet, 7

Green Fall-Ashaway, Pawcatuck, Queen- 8

Usquepaugh, Shunock, and Wood Rivers’’ and 9

dated June 2018, which takes a watershed ap-10

proach to the management of the river seg-11

ments. 12

(2) WOOD-PAWCATUCK WILD AND SCENIC RIV-13

ERS STEWARDSHIP PLAN.— 14

(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, in co-15

operation with the Wood-Pawcatuck Wild and 16

Scenic Rivers Stewardship Council, shall man-17

age the river segments in accordance with— 18

(i) the Stewardship Plan; and 19

(ii) any amendment to the Steward-20

ship Plan that the Secretary determines is 21

consistent with this subsection. 22

(B) WATERSHED APPROACH.—In further-23

ance of the watershed approach to resource 24

preservation and enhancement described in the 25


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Stewardship Plan, the covered tributaries are 1

recognized as integral to the protection and en-2

hancement of the river segments. 3

(C) REQUIREMENTS FOR COMPREHENSIVE 4

MANAGEMENT PLAN.—The Stewardship Plan 5

shall be considered to satisfy each requirement 6

for a comprehensive management plan required 7

under section 3(d) of the Wild and Scenic Riv-8

ers Act (16 U.S.C. 1274(d)). 9

(3) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.—To provide 10

for the long-term protection, preservation, and en-11

hancement of each river segment, in accordance with 12

sections 10(e) and 11(b)(1) of the Wild and Scenic 13

Rivers Act (16 U.S.C. 1281(e), 1282(b)(1)), the 14

Secretary may enter into cooperative agreements 15

(which may include provisions for financial or other 16

assistance from the Federal Government) with— 17

(A) the States of Connecticut and Rhode 18

Island; 19

(B) political subdivisions of the States of 20

Connecticut and Rhode Island, including— 21

(i) the towns of North Stonington, 22

Sterling, Stonington, and Voluntown, Con-23

necticut; and 24


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(ii) the towns of Charlestown, Exeter, 1

Hopkinton, North Kingstown, Richmond, 2

South Kingstown, Westerly, and West 3

Kingstown, Rhode Island; 4

(C) the Wood-Pawcatuck Wild and Scenic 5

Rivers Stewardship Council; and 6

(D) any appropriate nonprofit organiza-7

tion, as determined by the Secretary. 8

(4) RELATION TO NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM.— 9

Notwithstanding section 10(c) of the Wild and Sce-10

nic Rivers Act (16 U.S.C. 1281(c)), each river seg-11

ment shall not be— 12

(A) administered as a unit of the National 13

Park System; or 14

(B) subject to the laws (including regula-15

tions) that govern the administration of the Na-16

tional Park System. 17


(A) ZONING ORDINANCES.—The zoning or-19

dinances adopted by the towns of North 20

Stonington, Sterling, Stonington, and 21

Voluntown, Connecticut, and Charlestown, Exe-22

ter, Hopkinton, North Kingstown, Richmond, 23

South Kingstown, Westerly, and West Green-24

wich, Rhode Island (including any provision of 25


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the zoning ordinances relating to the conserva-1

tion of floodplains, wetlands, and watercourses 2

associated with any river segment), shall be 3

considered to satisfy the standards and require-4

ments described in section 6(c) of the Wild and 5

Scenic Rivers Act (16 U.S.C. 1277(c)). 6

(B) VILLAGES.—For purposes of section 7

6(c) of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act (16 8

U.S.C. 1277(c)), each town described in sub-9

paragraph (A) shall be considered to be a vil-10

lage. 11

(C) ACQUISITION OF LAND.— 12

(i) LIMITATION OF AUTHORITY OF 13

SECRETARY.—With respect to each river 14

segment, the Secretary may only acquire 15

parcels of land— 16

(I) by donation; or 17

(II) with the consent of the 18

owner of the parcel of land. 19

(ii) PROHIBITION RELATING TO THE 20

ACQUISITION OF LAND BY CONDEMNA-21

TION.—In accordance with 6(c) of the 22


1277(c)), with respect to each river seg-24


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ment, the Secretary may not acquire any 1

parcel of land by condemnation. 2

SEC. 1303. NASHUA WILD AND SCENIC RIVERS, MASSACHU-3

SETTS AND NEW HAMPSHIRE. 4

(a) DESIGNATION OF WILD AND SCENIC RIVER SEG-5

MENTS.—Section 3(a) of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act 6

(16 U.S.C. 1274(a)) (as amended by section 1302(a)) is 7

amended by adding at the end the following: 8

‘‘(227) NASHUA, SQUANNACOOK, AND 9

NISSITISSIT WILD AND SCENIC RIVERS, MASSACHU-10

SETTS AND NEW HAMPSHIRE.— 11

‘‘(A) The following segments in the Com-12

monwealth of Massachusetts and State of New 13

Hampshire, to be administered by the Secretary 14

of the Interior as a scenic river: 15

‘‘(i) The approximately 27-mile seg-16

ment of the mainstem of the Nashua River 17

from the confluence of the North and 18

South Nashua Rivers in Lancaster, Massa-19

chusetts, and extending north to the Mas-20

sachusetts-New Hampshire border, except 21

as provided in subparagraph (B). 22

‘‘(ii) The approximately 16.3-mile seg-23

ment of the Squannacook River from its 24

headwaters in Ash Swamp, Townsend, 25


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Massachusetts, extending downstream to 1

the confluence of the river with the Nash-2

ua River in Shirley/Ayer, Massachusetts, 3

except as provided in subparagraph (B). 4

‘‘(iii) The approximately 9.5-mile seg-5

ment of the Nissitissit River from its head-6

waters in Brookline, New Hampshire, to 7

the confluence of the river with the Nash-8

ua River in Pepperell, Massachusetts. 9

‘‘(B) EXCLUSION AREAS.—The designation 10

of the river segments in subparagraph (A) shall 11

exclude— 12

‘‘(i) with respect to the Ice House hy-13

droelectric project (FERC P–12769), from 14

700 feet upstream from the crest of the 15

dam to 500 feet downstream from the 16

crest of the dam; 17

‘‘(ii) with respect to the Pepperell hy-18

droelectric project (FERC P12721), from 19

9,240 feet upstream from the crest of the 20

dam to 1,000 feet downstream from the 21

crest of the dam; and 22

‘‘(iii) with respect to the Hollings-23

worth and Vose dam (non-FERC), from 24

1,200 feet upstream from the crest of the 25


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dam to 2,665 feet downstream from the 1

crest of the dam.’’. 2

(b) MANAGEMENT.— 3

(1) PROCESS.— 4

(A) IN GENERAL.—The river segments 5

designated by paragraph (227) of section 3(a) 6


1274(a)) (as added by subsection (a)) shall be 8

managed in accordance with— 9

(i) the Nashua, Squannacook, and 10

Nissitissit Rivers Stewardship Plan devel-11

oped pursuant to the study described in 12

section 5(b)(21) of the Wild and Scenic 13

Rivers Act (16 U.S.C. 1276(b)(21)) (re-14

ferred to in this subsection as the ‘‘man-15

agement plan’’), dated February 15, 2018; 16

and 17

(ii) such amendments to the manage-18

ment plan as the Secretary determines are 19

consistent with this section and as are ap-20

proved by the Nashua, Squannacook, and 21

Nissitissit Rivers Stewardship Council (re-22

ferred to in this subsection as the ‘‘Stew-23

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(B) COMPREHENSIVE MANAGEMENT 1

PLAN.—The management plan shall be consid-2

ered to satisfy the requirements for a com-3

prehensive management plan under section 3(d) 4


1274(d)). 6

(2) COMMITTEE.—The Secretary shall coordi-7

nate the management responsibilities of the Sec-8

retary under this section with the Stewardship 9

Council, as specified in the management plan. 10


(A) IN GENERAL.—In order to provide for 12

the long-term protection, preservation, and en-13

hancement of the river segments designated by 14

paragraph (227) of section 3(a) of the Wild and 15


added by subsection (a)), the Secretary may 17

enter into cooperative agreements pursuant to 18

sections 10(e) and 11(b)(1) of that Act (16 19

U.S.C. 1281(e), 1282(b)(1)) with— 20

(i) the Commonwealth of Massachu-21

setts and the State of New Hampshire; 22

(ii) the municipalities of— 23

(I) Ayer, Bolton, Dunstable, 24

Groton, Harvard, Lancaster, Pepper-25


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ell, Shirley, and Townsend in Massa-1

chusetts; and 2

(II) Brookline and Hollis in New 3

Hampshire; and 4

(iii) appropriate local, regional, State, 5

or multistate, planning, environmental, or 6

recreational organizations. 7

(B) CONSISTENCY.—Each cooperative 8

agreement entered into under this paragraph 9

shall be consistent with the management plan 10

and may include provisions for financial or 11

other assistance from the United States. 12

(4) EFFECT ON WORKING DAMS.— 13

(A) IN GENERAL.—The designation of the 14

river segments by paragraph (227) of section 15

3(a) of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act (16 16

U.S.C. 1274(a)) (as added by subsection (a)), 17

does not— 18

(i) impact or alter the existing terms 19

of permitting, licensing, or operation of— 20

(I) the Pepperell hydroelectric 21

project (FERC Project P–12721, 22

Nashua River, Pepperell, MA); 23


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(II) the Ice House hydroelectric 1

project (FERC Project P–12769, 2

Nashua River, Ayer, MA); or 3

(III) the Hollingsworth and Vose 4

Dam (non-FERC industrial facility, 5

Squannacook River, West Groton, 6

MA) as further described in the man-7

agement plan (Appendix A, ‘‘Working 8

Dams’’); or 9

(ii) preclude the Federal Energy Reg-10

ulatory Commission from licensing, reli-11

censing, or otherwise authorizing the oper-12

ation or continued operation of the 13

Pepperell and Ice House hydroelectric 14

projects under the terms of licenses or ex-15

emptions in effect on the date of enact-16

ment of this Act; or 17

(iii) limit actions taken to modernize, 18

upgrade, or carry out other changes to 19

such projects authorized pursuant to 20

clause (i), subject to written determination 21

by the Secretary that the changes are con-22

sistent with the purposes of the designa-23

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(A) ZONING ORDINANCES.—For the pur-1

pose of the segments designated by paragraph 2

(227) of section 3(a) of the Wild and Scenic 3

Rivers Act (16 U.S.C. 1274(a)) (as added by 4

subsection (a)), the zoning ordinances adopted 5

by the municipalities described in paragraph 6

(3)(A)(ii), including provisions for conservation 7

of floodplains, wetlands, and watercourses asso-8

ciated with the segments, shall be deemed to 9

satisfy the standards and requirements of sec-10

tion 6(c) of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act (16 11

U.S.C. 1277(c)). 12

(B) ACQUISITIONS OF LANDS.—The au-13

thority of the Secretary to acquire land for the 14

purposes of the segments designated by para-15

graph (227) of section 3(a) of the Wild and 16


added by subsection (a)) shall be— 18

(i) limited to acquisition by donation 19

or acquisition with the consent of the 20

owner of the land; and 21

(ii) subject to the additional criteria 22

set forth in the management plan. 23

(C) NO CONDEMNATION.—No land or in-24

terest in land within the boundary of the river 25


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segments designated by paragraph (227) of sec-1

tion 3(a) of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act (16 2

U.S.C. 1274(a)) (as added by subsection (a)) 3

may be acquired by condemnation. 4

(6) RELATION TO THE NATIONAL PARK SYS-5

TEM.—Notwithstanding section 10(c) of the Wild 6

and Scenic Rivers Act(16 U.S.C. 1281(c)), each seg-7

ment of the Nashua, Squannacook, and Nissitissit 8

Rivers designated as a component of the Wild and 9

Scenic Rivers System under this section shall not— 10

(A) be administered as a unit of the Na-11

tional Park System; or 12

(B) be subject to regulations that govern 13

the National Park System. 14

Subtitle E—California Desert 15

Protection and Recreation 16


In this subtitle: 18

(1) CONSERVATION AREA.—The term ‘‘Con-19

servation Area’’ means the California Desert Con-20

servation Area. 21


means— 23


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(A) the Secretary, with respect to land ad-1

ministered by the Department of the Interior; 2

or 3


spect to National Forest System land. 5


of California. 7

PART I—DESIGNATION OF WILDERNESS IN THE 8

CALIFORNIA DESERT CONSERVATION AREA 9

SEC. 1411. CALIFORNIA DESERT CONSERVATION AND 10

RECREATION. 11

(a) DESIGNATION OF WILDERNESS AREAS TO BE 12

ADMINISTERED BY THE BUREAU OF LAND MANAGE-13

MENT.—Section 102 of the California Desert Protection 14

Act of 1994 (16 U.S.C. 1132 note; Public Law 103–433; 15

108 Stat. 4472) is amended by adding at the end the fol-16

lowing: 17

‘‘(70) AVAWATZ MOUNTAINS WILDERNESS.— 18

Certain land in the California Desert Conservation 19

Area administered by the Director of the Bureau of 20

Land Management, comprising approximately 21

89,500 acres, as generally depicted on the map enti-22

tled ‘Proposed Avawatz Mountains Wilderness’ and 23

dated November 7, 2018, to be known as the 24

‘Avawatz Mountains Wilderness’. 25


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‘‘(71) GREAT FALLS BASIN WILDERNESS.—Cer-1

tain land in the California Desert Conservation Area 2

administered by the Director of the Bureau of Land 3

Management, comprising approximately 7,810 acres, 4

as generally depicted on the map entitled ‘Proposed 5

Great Falls Basin Wilderness’ and dated November 6

7, 2018, to be known as the ‘Great Falls Basin Wil-7

derness’. 8

‘‘(72) SODA MOUNTAINS WILDERNESS.—Cer-9

tain land in the California Desert Conservation 10

Area, administered by the Bureau of Land Manage-11

ment, comprising approximately 80,090 acres, as 12

generally depicted on the map entitled ‘Proposed 13

Soda Mountains Wilderness’ and dated November 7, 14

2018, to be known as the ‘Soda Mountains Wilder-15

ness’. 16

‘‘(73) MILPITAS WASH WILDERNESS.—Certain 17

land in the California Desert Conservation Area, ad-18

ministered by the Bureau of Land Management, 19

comprising approximately 17,250 acres, depicted as 20

‘Proposed Milpitas Wash Wilderness’ on the map en-21

titled ‘Proposed Vinagre Wash Special Management 22

Area and Proposed Wilderness’ and dated December 23

4, 2018, to be known as the ‘Milpitas Wash Wilder-24

ness’. 25


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‘‘(74) BUZZARDS PEAK WILDERNESS.—Certain 1

land in the California Desert Conservation Area, ad-2

ministered by the Bureau of Land Management, 3


‘Proposed Buzzards Peak Wilderness’ on the map 5

entitled ‘Proposed Vinagre Wash Special Manage-6

ment Area and Proposed Wilderness’ and dated De-7

cember 4, 2018, to be known as the ‘Buzzards Peak 8

Wilderness’.’’. 9

(b) ADDITIONS TO EXISTING WILDERNESS AREAS 10

ADMINISTERED BY THE BUREAU OF LAND MANAGE-11

MENT.—In furtherance of the purposes of the Wilderness 12

Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), the following land in the 13

State is designated as wilderness and as components of 14

the National Wilderness Preservation System: 15

(1) GOLDEN VALLEY WILDERNESS.—Certain 16

land in the Conservation Area administered by the 17

Director of the Bureau of Land Management, com-18

prising approximately 1,250 acres, as generally de-19

picted on the map entitled ‘‘Proposed Golden Valley 20

Wilderness Addition’’ and dated November 7, 2018, 21

which shall be added to and administered as part of 22

the ‘‘Golden Valley Wilderness’’. 23

(2) KINGSTON RANGE WILDERNESS.—Certain 24

land in the Conservation Area administered by the 25


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Director of the Bureau of Land Management, com-1

prising approximately 52,410 acres, as generally de-2

picted on the map entitled ‘‘Proposed Kingston 3

Range Wilderness Additions’’ and dated November 4

7, 2018, which shall be added to and administered 5

as part of the ‘‘Kingston Range Wilderness’’. 6

(3) PALO VERDE MOUNTAINS WILDERNESS.— 7

Certain land in the Conservation Area administered 8

by the Director of the Bureau of Land Management, 9


‘‘Proposed Palo Verde Mountains Wilderness Addi-11

tions’’ on the map entitled ‘‘Proposed Vinagre Wash 12

Special Management Area and Proposed Wilder-13

ness’’ and dated December 4, 2018, which shall be 14

added to and administered as part of the ‘‘Palo 15

Verde Mountains Wilderness’’. 16

(4) INDIAN PASS MOUNTAINS WILDERNESS.— 17

Certain land in the Conservation Area administered 18

by the Director of the Bureau of Land Management, 19


‘‘Proposed Indian Pass Wilderness Additions’’ on 21

the map entitled ‘‘Proposed Vinagre Wash Special 22

Management Area and Proposed Wilderness’’ and 23

dated December 4, 2018, which shall be added to 24


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and administered as part of the ‘‘Indian Pass Moun-1

tains Wilderness’’. 2

(c) DESIGNATION OF WILDERNESS AREAS TO BE 3

ADMINISTERED BY THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE.—In 4

furtherance of the purposes of the Wilderness Act (16 5

U.S.C. 1131 et seq.) the following land in Death Valley 6

National Park is designated as wilderness and as a compo-7

nent of the National Wilderness Preservation System, 8

which shall be added to, and administered as part of the 9

Death Valley National Park Wilderness established by sec-10

tion 601(a)(1) of the California Desert Protection Act of 11

1994 (16 U.S.C. 1132 note; Public Law 103–433; 108 12

Stat. 4496): 13

(1) DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK WILDER-14

NESS ADDITIONS-NORTH EUREKA VALLEY.—Ap-15

proximately 11,496 acres, as generally depicted on 16

the map entitled ‘‘Death Valley National Park Pro-17

posed Wilderness Area-North Eureka Valley’’, num-18

bered 143/100,082D, and dated November 1, 2018. 19


NESS ADDITIONS-IBEX.—Approximately 23,650 21


‘‘Death Valley National Park Proposed Wilderness 23

Area-Ibex’’, numbered 143/100,081D, and dated No-24

vember 1, 2018. 25


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NESS ADDITIONS-PANAMINT VALLEY.—Approxi-2

mately 4,807 acres, as generally depicted on the 3

map entitled ‘‘Death Valley National Park Proposed 4

Wilderness Area-Panamint Valley’’, numbered 143/ 5

100,083D, and dated November 1, 2018. 6


NESS ADDITIONS-WARM SPRINGS.—Approximately 8


tled ‘‘Death Valley National Park Proposed Wilder-10

ness Area-Warm Spring Canyon/Galena Canyon’’, 11

numbered 143/100,084D, and dated November 1, 12

2018. 13


NESS ADDITIONS-AXE HEAD.—Approximately 8,638 15


‘‘Death Valley National Park Proposed Wilderness 17

Area-Axe Head’’, numbered 143/100,085D, and 18

dated November 1, 2018. 19


NESS ADDITIONS-BOWLING ALLEY.—Approximately 21


tled ‘‘Death Valley National Park Proposed Wilder-23

ness Area-Bowling Alley’’, numbered 143/128,606A, 24

and dated November 1, 2018. 25


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(d) ADDITIONS TO EXISTING WILDERNESS AREA AD-1

MINISTERED BY THE FOREST SERVICE.— 2

(1) IN GENERAL.—In furtherance of the pur-3

poses of the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et 4

seq.), the land described in paragraph (2)— 5

(A) is designated as wilderness and as a 6

component of the National Wilderness Preser-7

vation System; and 8

(B) shall be added to and administered as 9

part of the San Gorgonio Wilderness estab-10

lished by the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 11

et seq.). 12

(2) DESCRIPTION OF LAND.—The land referred 13

to in paragraph (1) is certain land in the San 14

Bernardino National Forest, comprising approxi-15

mately 7,141 acres, as generally depicted on the 16

map entitled ‘‘San Gorgonio Wilderness Additions— 17

Proposed’’ and dated November 7, 2018. 18

(3) FIRE MANAGEMENT AND RELATED ACTIVI-19

TIES.— 20

(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may 21

carry out such activities in the wilderness area 22

designated by paragraph (1) as are necessary 23

for the control of fire, insects, and disease, in 24

accordance with section 4(d)(1) of the Wilder-25


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ness Act (16 U.S.C. 1133(d)(1)) and House 1

Report 98–40 of the 98th Congress. 2

(B) FUNDING PRIORITIES.—Nothing in 3

this subsection limits the provision of any fund-4

ing for fire or fuel management in the wilder-5

ness area designated by paragraph (1). 6

(C) REVISION AND DEVELOPMENT OF 7

LOCAL FIRE MANAGEMENT PLANS.—As soon as 8

practicable after the date of enactment of this 9

Act, the Secretary shall amend the local fire 10

management plans that apply to the wilderness 11

area designated by paragraph (1). 12

(D) ADMINISTRATION.—In accordance 13

with subparagraph (A) and other applicable 14

Federal law, to ensure a timely and efficient re-15

sponse to fire emergencies in the wilderness 16

area designated by paragraph (1), the Secretary 17

shall— 18

(i) not later than 1 year after the date 19

of enactment of this Act, establish agency 20

approval procedures (including appropriate 21

delegations of authority to the Forest Su-22

pervisor, District Manager, or other agency 23

officials) for responding to fire emergencies 24


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in the wilderness area designated by para-1

graph (1); and 2

(ii) enter into agreements with appro-3

priate State or local firefighting agencies 4

relating to the wilderness area. 5

(e) EFFECT ON UTILITY FACILITIES AND RIGHTS- 6

OF-WAY.—Nothing in this section or an amendment made 7

by this section affects or precludes the renewal or reau-8

thorization of any valid existing right-of-way or customary 9

operation, maintenance, repair, upgrading, or replacement 10

activities in a right-of-way acquired by or issued, granted, 11

or permitted to the Southern California Edison Company 12

or successors or assigns of the Southern California Edison 13

Company. 14

(f) RELEASE OF WILDERNESS STUDY AREAS.— 15

(1) FINDING.—Congress finds that, for pur-16

poses of section 603 of the Federal Land Policy and 17

Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1782), any 18

portion of a wilderness study area described in para-19

graph (2) that is not designated as a wilderness area 20

or a wilderness addition by this subtitle (including 21

an amendment made by this subtitle) or any other 22

Act enacted before the date of enactment of this Act 23

has been adequately studied for wilderness designa-24

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(2) DESCRIPTION OF STUDY AREAS.—The 1

study areas referred to in subsection (a) are— 2

(A) the Cady Mountains Wilderness Study 3

Area; 4

(B) the Soda Mountains Wilderness Study 5

Area; 6

(C) the Kingston Range Wilderness Study 7

Area; 8

(D) the Avawatz Mountain Wilderness 9

Study Area; 10

(E) the Death Valley 17 Wilderness Study 11

Area; and 12

(F) the Great Falls Basin Wilderness 13

Study Area. 14

(3) RELEASE.—The following are no longer 15

subject to section 603(c) of the Federal Land Policy 16

and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1782(c)): 17

(A) Any portion of a wilderness study area 18

described in paragraph (2) that is not des-19

ignated as a wilderness area or a wilderness ad-20

dition by this subtitle (including an amendment 21

made by this subtitle) or any other Act enacted 22

before the date of enactment of this Act. 23

(B) Any portion of a wilderness study area 24

described in paragraph (2) that is not trans-25


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ferred to the administrative jurisdiction of the 1

National Park Service for inclusion in a unit of 2

the National Park System by this subtitle (in-3

cluding an amendment made by this subtitle) or 4

any other Act enacted before the date of enact-5

ment of this Act. 6

PART II—DESIGNATION OF SPECIAL 7

MANAGEMENT AREA 8

SEC. 1421. VINAGRE WASH SPECIAL MANAGEMENT AREA. 9

Title I of the California Desert Protection Act of 10

1994 (16 U.S.C. 1132 note; Public Law 103–433; 108 11

Stat. 4472) is amended by adding at the end the following: 12

‘‘SEC. 109. VINAGRE WASH SPECIAL MANAGEMENT AREA. 13

‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 14

‘‘(1) MANAGEMENT AREA.—The term ‘Manage-15

ment Area’ means the Vinagre Wash Special Man-16

agement Area established by subsection (b). 17

‘‘(2) MAP.—The term ‘map’ means the map en-18

titled ‘Proposed Vinagre Wash Special Management 19

Area and Proposed Wilderness’ and dated December 20

4, 2018. 21

‘‘(3) PUBLIC LAND.—The term ‘public land’ 22

has the meaning given the term ‘public lands’ in sec-23

tion 103 of the Federal Land Policy and Manage-24

ment Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1702). 25


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‘‘(4) STATE.—The term ‘State’ means the State 1

of California. 2

‘‘(b) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established the 3

Vinagre Wash Special Management Area in the State, to 4

be managed by the Secretary. 5

‘‘(c) PURPOSE.—The purpose of the Management 6

Area is to conserve, protect, and enhance— 7

‘‘(1) the plant and wildlife values of the Man-8

agement Area; and 9

‘‘(2) the outstanding and nationally significant 10

ecological, geological, scenic, recreational, archae-11

ological, cultural, historic, and other resources of the 12

Management Area. 13

‘‘(d) BOUNDARIES.—The Management Area shall 14

consist of the public land in Imperial County, California, 15

comprising approximately 81,880 acres, as generally de-16

picted on the map as ‘Proposed Special Management 17

Area’. 18

‘‘(e) MAP; LEGAL DESCRIPTION.— 19

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—As soon as practicable, but 20

not later than 3 years, after the date of enactment 21

of this section, the Secretary shall submit a map and 22

legal description of the Management Area to— 23

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‘‘(B) the Committee on Energy and Nat-1

ural Resources of the Senate. 2

‘‘(2) EFFECT.—The map and legal description 3

submitted under paragraph (1) shall have the same 4


that the Secretary may correct any errors in the 6

map and legal description. 7

‘‘(3) AVAILABILITY.—Copies of the map sub-8

mitted under paragraph (1) shall be on file and 9

available for public inspection in the appropriate of-10

fices of the Bureau of Land Management. 11

‘‘(f) MANAGEMENT.— 12

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall man-13

age the Management Area— 14

‘‘(A) in a manner that conserves, protects, 15

and enhances the purposes for which the Man-16

agement Area is established; and 17

‘‘(B) in accordance with— 18

‘‘(i) this section; 19

‘‘(ii) the Federal Land Policy and 20

Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701 21

et seq.); and 22

‘‘(iii) other applicable laws. 23

‘‘(2) USES.—The Secretary shall allow only 24

those uses that are consistent with the purposes of 25


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the Management Area, including hiking, camping, 1

hunting, and sightseeing and the use of motorized 2

vehicles, mountain bikes, and horses on designated 3

routes in the Management Area in a manner that— 4

‘‘(A) is consistent with the purpose of the 5

Management Area described in subsection (c); 6

‘‘(B) ensures public health and safety; and 7

‘‘(C) is consistent with all applicable laws 8

(including regulations), including the Desert 9

Renewable Energy Conservation Plan. 10

‘‘(3) OFF-HIGHWAY VEHICLE USE.— 11

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subpara-12

graphs (B) and (C) and all other applicable 13

laws, the use of off-highway vehicles shall be 14

permitted on routes in the Management Area as 15

generally depicted on the map. 16

‘‘(B) CLOSURE.—The Secretary may close 17

or permanently reroute a portion of a route de-18

scribed in subparagraph (A)— 19

‘‘(i) to prevent, or allow for restora-20

tion of, resource damage; 21

‘‘(ii) to protect Tribal cultural re-22

sources, including the resources identified 23

in the Tribal cultural resources manage-24

ment plan developed under section 705(d); 25


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‘‘(iii) to address public safety con-1

cerns; or 2

‘‘(iv) as otherwise required by law. 3

‘‘(C) DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL 4

ROUTES.—During the 3-year period beginning 5

on the date of enactment of this section, the 6

Secretary— 7

‘‘(i) shall accept petitions from the 8

public regarding additional routes for off- 9

highway vehicles; and 10

‘‘(ii) may designate additional routes 11

that the Secretary determines— 12

‘‘(I) would provide significant or 13

unique recreational opportunities; and 14

‘‘(II) are consistent with the pur-15

poses of the Management Area. 16

‘‘(4) WITHDRAWAL.—Subject to valid existing 17

rights, all Federal land within the Management Area 18

is withdrawn from— 19

‘‘(A) all forms of entry, appropriation, or 20


‘‘(B) location, entry, and patent under the 22

mining laws; and 23

‘‘(C) right-of-way, leasing, or disposition 24

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‘‘(i) minerals and mineral materials; 1

or 2

‘‘(ii) solar, wind, and geothermal en-3

ergy. 4

‘‘(5) NO BUFFER ZONE.—The establishment of 5

the Management Area shall not— 6

‘‘(A) create a protective perimeter or buff-7

er zone around the Management Area; or 8

‘‘(B) preclude uses or activities outside the 9

Management Area that are permitted under 10

other applicable laws, even if the uses or activi-11

ties are prohibited within the Management 12

Area. 13

‘‘(6) NOTICE OF AVAILABLE ROUTES.—The 14

Secretary shall ensure that visitors to the Manage-15

ment Area have access to adequate notice relating to 16

the availability of designated routes in the Manage-17

ment Area through— 18

‘‘(A) the placement of appropriate signage 19

along the designated routes; 20

‘‘(B) the distribution of maps, safety edu-21

cation materials, and other information that the 22

Secretary determines to be appropriate; and 23


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‘‘(C) restoration of areas that are not des-1

ignated as open routes, including vertical 2

mulching. 3

‘‘(7) STEWARDSHIP.—The Secretary, in con-4

sultation with Indian Tribes and other interests, 5

shall develop a program to provide opportunities for 6

monitoring and stewardship of the Management 7

Area to minimize environmental impacts and prevent 8

resource damage from recreational use, including 9

volunteer assistance with— 10

‘‘(A) route signage; 11

‘‘(B) restoration of closed routes; 12

‘‘(C) protection of Management Area re-13

sources; and 14

‘‘(D) recreation education. 15

‘‘(8) PROTECTION OF TRIBAL CULTURAL RE-16

SOURCES.—Not later than 2 years after the date of 17

enactment of this section, the Secretary, in accord-18

ance with chapter 2003 of title 54, United States 19

Code, and any other applicable law, shall— 20

‘‘(A) prepare and complete a Tribal cul-21

tural resources survey of the Management Area; 22

and 23

‘‘(B) consult with the Quechan Indian Na-24

tion and other Indian Tribes demonstrating an-25


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cestral, cultural, or other ties to the resources 1

within the Management Area on the develop-2

ment and implementation of the Tribal cultural 3

resources survey under subparagraph (A). 4

‘‘(9) MILITARY USE.—The Secretary may au-5

thorize use of the non-wilderness portion of the 6

Management Area by the Secretary of the Navy for 7

Naval Special Warfare Tactical Training, including 8

long-range small unit training and navigation, vehi-9

cle concealment, and vehicle sustainment training, 10

consistent with this section and other applicable 11

laws.’’. 12

PART III—NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM ADDITIONS 13

SEC. 1431. DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK BOUNDARY RE-14

VISION. 15

(a) IN GENERAL.—The boundary of Death Valley 16

National Park is adjusted to include— 17

(1) the approximately 28,923 acres of Bureau 18

of Land Management land in San Bernardino Coun-19

ty, California, abutting the southern end of the 20

Death Valley National Park that lies between Death 21

Valley National Park to the north and Ft. Irwin 22

Military Reservation to the south and which runs 23

approximately 34 miles from west to east, as de-24

picted on the map entitled ‘‘Death Valley National 25


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Park Proposed Boundary Addition-Bowling Alley’’, 1

numbered 143/128,605A, and dated November 1, 2

2018; and 3

(2) the approximately 6,369 acres of Bureau of 4

Land Management land in Inyo County, California, 5

located in the northeast area of Death Valley Na-6

tional Park that is within, and surrounded by, land 7

under the jurisdiction of the Director of the Na-8

tional Park Service, as depicted on the map entitled 9

‘‘Death Valley National Park Proposed Boundary 10

Addition-Crater’’, numbered 143/100,079D, and 11

dated November 1, 2018. 12

(b) AVAILABILITY OF MAP.—The maps described in 13

paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (a) shall be on file 14

and available for public inspection in the appropriate of-15

fices of the National Park Service. 16

(c) ADMINISTRATION.—The Secretary— 17

(1) shall administer any land added to Death 18

Valley National Park under subsection (a)— 19

(A) as part of Death Valley National Park; 20

and 21

(B) in accordance with applicable laws (in-22

cluding regulations); and 23

(2) may enter into a memorandum of under-24

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operationally feasible, ongoing access to and use (in-1

cluding material storage and excavation) of existing 2

gravel pits along Saline Valley Road within Death 3

Valley National Park for road maintenance and re-4

pairs in accordance with applicable laws (including 5

regulations). 6

(d) MORMON PEAK MICROWAVE FACILITY.—Title VI 7

of the California Desert Protection Act of 1994 (16 U.S.C. 8

1132 note; Public Law 103–433; 108 Stat. 4496) is 9

amended by adding at the end the following: 10

‘‘SEC. 604. MORMON PEAK MICROWAVE FACILITY. 11

‘‘The designation of the Death Valley National Park 12

Wilderness by section 601(a)(1) shall not preclude the op-13

eration and maintenance of the Mormon Peak Microwave 14

Facility.’’. 15

SEC. 1432. MOJAVE NATIONAL PRESERVE. 16

The boundary of the Mojave National Preserve is ad-17

justed to include the 25 acres of Bureau of Land Manage-18

ment land in Baker, California, as depicted on the map 19

entitled ‘‘Mojave National Preserve Proposed Boundary 20

Addition’’, numbered 170/100,199A, and dated November 21

1, 2018. 22

SEC. 1433. JOSHUA TREE NATIONAL PARK. 23

(a) BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT.—The boundary of the 24

Joshua Tree National Park is adjusted to include— 25


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(1) the approximately 2,879 acres of land man-1

aged by the Bureau of Land Management that are 2

depicted as ‘‘BLM Proposed Boundary Addition’’ on 3

the map entitled ‘‘Joshua Tree National Park Pro-4

posed Boundary Additions’’, numbered 156/149,375, 5

and dated November 1, 2018; and 6

(2) the approximately 1,639 acres of land that 7

are depicted as ‘‘MDLT Proposed Boundary Addi-8

tion’’ on the map entitled ‘‘Joshua Tree National 9

Park Proposed Boundary Additions’’, numbered 10

156/149,375, and dated November 1, 2018. 11

(b) AVAILABILITY OF MAPS.—The map described in 12

subsection (a) and the map depicting the 25 acres de-13

scribed in subsection (c)(2) shall be on file and available 14

for public inspection in the appropriate offices of the Na-15

tional Park Service. 16

(c) ADMINISTRATION.— 17


ister any land added to the Joshua Tree National 19

Park under subsection (a) and the additional land 20

described in paragraph (2)— 21

(A) as part of Joshua Tree National Park; 22

and 23

(B) in accordance with applicable laws (in-24

cluding regulations). 25


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(2) DESCRIPTION OF ADDITIONAL LAND.—The 1

additional land referred to in paragraph (1) is the 2

25 acres of land— 3

(A) depicted on the map entitled ‘‘Joshua 4

Tree National Park Boundary Adjustment 5

Map’’, numbered 156/80,049, and dated April 6

1, 2003; 7

(B) added to Joshua Tree National Park 8

by the notice of the Department of the Interior 9

of August 28, 2003 (68 Fed. Reg. 51799); and 10

(C) more particularly described as lots 26, 11

27, 28, 33, and 34 in sec. 34, T. 1 N., R. 8 12

E., San Bernardino Meridian. 13

(d) SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON COMPANY EN-14

ERGY TRANSPORT FACILITIES AND RIGHTS-OF-WAY.— 15


fects any valid right-of-way for the customary oper-17

ation, maintenance, upgrade, repair, relocation with-18

in an existing right-of-way, replacement, or other au-19

thorized energy transport facility activities in a 20

right-of-way issued, granted, or permitted to the 21

Southern California Edison Company or the succes-22

sors or assigns of the Southern California Edison 23

Company that is located on land described in para-24

graphs (1) and (2) of subsection (a), including, at 25


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a minimum, the use of mechanized vehicles, heli-1

copters, or other aerial devices. 2

(2) UPGRADES AND REPLACEMENTS.—Nothing 3

in this section prohibits the upgrading or replace-4

ment of— 5

(A) Southern California Edison Company 6

energy transport facilities, including the energy 7

transport facilities referred to as the Jellystone, 8

Burnt Mountain, Whitehorn, Allegra, and Utah 9

distribution circuits rights-of-way; or 10

(B) an energy transport facility in rights- 11

of-way issued, granted, or permitted by the Sec-12

retary adjacent to Southern California Edison 13

Joshua Tree Utility Facilities. 14

(3) PUBLICATION OF PLANS.—Not later than 15

the date that is 1 year after the date of enactment 16

of this Act or the issuance of a new energy transport 17

facility right-of-way within the Joshua Tree National 18

Park, whichever is earlier, the Secretary, in con-19

sultation with the Southern California Edison Com-20

pany, shall publish plans for regular and emergency 21

access by the Southern California Edison Company 22

to the rights-of-way of the Southern California Edi-23

son Company within Joshua Tree National Park. 24


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(e) VISITOR CENTER.—Title IV of the California 1

Desert Protection Act of 1994 (16 U.S.C. 410aaa–21 et 2

seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following: 3

‘‘SEC. 408. VISITOR CENTER. 4

‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may acquire not 5

more than 5 acres of land and interests in land, and im-6

provements on the land and interests, outside the bound-7

aries of the park, in the unincorporated village of Joshua 8

Tree, for the purpose of operating a visitor center. 9

‘‘(b) BOUNDARY.—The Secretary shall modify the 10

boundary of the park to include the land acquired under 11

this section as a noncontiguous parcel. 12

‘‘(c) ADMINISTRATION.—Land and facilities acquired 13

under this section— 14

‘‘(1) may include the property owned (as of the 15

date of enactment of this section) by the Joshua 16

Tree National Park Association and commonly re-17

ferred to as the ‘Joshua Tree National Park Visitor 18

Center’; 19

‘‘(2) shall be administered by the Secretary as 20

part of the park; and 21

‘‘(3) may be acquired only with the consent of 22

the owner, by donation, purchase with donated or 23

appropriated funds, or exchange.’’. 24


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PART IV—OFF-HIGHWAY VEHICLE RECREATION 1

AREAS 2

SEC. 1441. OFF-HIGHWAY VEHICLE RECREATION AREAS. 3

Public Law 103–433 is amended by inserting after 4

title XII (16 U.S.C. 410bbb et seq.) the following: 5

‘‘TITLE XIII—OFF-HIGHWAY 6

VEHICLE RECREATION AREAS 7

‘‘SEC. 1301. DESIGNATION OF OFF-HIGHWAY VEHICLE 8

RECREATION AREAS. 9

‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.— 10

‘‘(1) DESIGNATION.—In accordance with the 11


(43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) and resource management 13

plans developed under this title and subject to valid 14

rights, the following land within the Conservation 15

Area in San Bernardino County, California, is des-16

ignated as Off-Highway Vehicle Recreation Areas: 17

‘‘(A) DUMONT DUNES OFF-HIGHWAY VEHI-18

CLE RECREATION AREA.—Certain Bureau of 19

Land Management land in the Conservation 20

Area, comprising approximately 7,620 acres, as 21

generally depicted on the map entitled ‘Pro-22

posed Dumont Dunes OHV Recreation Area’ 23

and dated November 7, 2018, which shall be 24

known as the ‘Dumont Dunes Off-Highway Ve-25

hicle Recreation Area’. 26


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‘‘(B) EL MIRAGE OFF-HIGHWAY VEHICLE 1

RECREATION AREA.—Certain Bureau of Land 2

Management land in the Conservation Area, 3

comprising approximately 16,370 acres, as gen-4

erally depicted on the map entitled ‘Proposed 5

El Mirage OHV Recreation Area’ and dated 6

December 10, 2018, which shall be known as 7

the ‘El Mirage Off-Highway Vehicle Recreation 8

Area’. 9

‘‘(C) RASOR OFF-HIGHWAY VEHICLE 10

RECREATION AREA.—Certain Bureau of Land 11

Management land in the Conservation Area, 12

comprising approximately 23,900 acres, as gen-13

erally depicted on the map entitled ‘Proposed 14

Rasor OHV Recreation Area’ and dated No-15

vember 7, 2018, which shall be known as the 16

‘Rasor Off-Highway Vehicle Recreation Area’. 17

‘‘(D) SPANGLER HILLS OFF-HIGHWAY VE-18

HICLE RECREATION AREA.—Certain Bureau of 19

Land Management land in the Conservation 20

Area, comprising approximately 92,340 acres, 21

as generally depicted on the map entitled ‘Pro-22

posed Spangler Hills OHV Recreation Area’ 23

and dated December 10, 2018, which shall be 24


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known as the ‘Spangler Hills Off-Highway Ve-1


‘‘(E) STODDARD VALLEY OFF-HIGHWAY 3

VEHICLE RECREATION AREA.—Certain Bureau 4

of Land Management land in the Conservation 5

Area, comprising approximately 40,110 acres, 6

as generally depicted on the map entitled ‘Pro-7

posed Stoddard Valley OHV Recreation Area’ 8

and dated November 7, 2018, which shall be 9

known as the ‘Stoddard Valley Off-Highway Ve-10


‘‘(2) EXPANSION OF JOHNSON VALLEY OFF- 12

HIGHWAY VEHICLE RECREATION AREA.—The John-13

son Valley Off-Highway Vehicle Recreation Area 14

designated by section 2945 of the Military Construc-15

tion Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 (divi-16

sion B of Public Law 113–66; 127 Stat. 1038) is ex-17

panded to include approximately 20,240 acres, de-18

picted as ‘Proposed OHV Recreation Area Additions’ 19

and ‘Proposed OHV Recreation Area Study Areas’ 20

on the map entitled ‘Proposed Johnson Valley OHV 21

Recreation Area’ and dated November 7, 2018. 22

‘‘(b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of the off-highway ve-23

hicle recreation areas designated or expanded under sub-24

section (a) is to preserve and enhance the recreational op-25


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portunities within the Conservation Area (including oppor-1

tunities for off-highway vehicle recreation), while con-2

serving the wildlife and other natural resource values of 3

the Conservation Area. 4

‘‘(c) MAPS AND DESCRIPTIONS.— 5

‘‘(1) PREPARATION AND SUBMISSION.—As soon 6

as practicable after the date of enactment of this 7

title, the Secretary shall file a map and legal de-8

scription of each off-highway vehicle recreation area 9

designated or expanded by subsection (a) with— 10

‘‘(A) the Committee on Natural Resources 11


‘‘(B) the Committee on Energy and Nat-13

ural Resources of the Senate. 14

‘‘(2) LEGAL EFFECT.—The map and legal de-15

scriptions of the off-highway vehicle recreation areas 16


and effect as if included in this title, except that the 18

Secretary may correct errors in the map and legal 19

descriptions. 20

‘‘(3) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—Each map and 21


filed and made available for public inspection in the 23


ment. 25


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‘‘(d) USE OF THE LAND.— 1

‘‘(1) RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES.— 2

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 3

continue to authorize, maintain, and enhance 4

the recreational uses of the off-highway vehicle 5

recreation areas designated or expanded by sub-6

section (a), as long as the recreational use is 7

consistent with this section and any other appli-8

cable law. 9

‘‘(B) OFF-HIGHWAY VEHICLE AND OFF- 10

HIGHWAY RECREATION.—To the extent con-11

sistent with applicable Federal law (including 12

regulations) and this section, any authorized 13

recreation activities and use designations in ef-14

fect on the date of enactment of this title and 15

applicable to the off-highway vehicle recreation 16

areas designated or expanded by subsection (a) 17

shall continue, including casual off-highway ve-18

hicular use, racing, competitive events, rock 19

crawling, training, and other forms of off-high-20

way recreation. 21

‘‘(2) WILDLIFE GUZZLERS.—Wildlife guzzlers 22

shall be allowed in the off-highway vehicle recreation 23

areas designated or expanded by subsection (a) in 24

accordance with— 25


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‘‘(A) applicable Bureau of Land Manage-1

ment guidelines; and 2

‘‘(B) State law. 3

‘‘(3) PROHIBITED USES.— 4

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 5

subparagraph (B), commercial development (in-6

cluding development of energy facilities, but ex-7

cluding energy transport facilities, rights-of- 8

way, and related telecommunication facilities) 9

shall be prohibited in the off-highway vehicle 10

recreation areas designated or expanded by sub-11

section (a) if the Secretary determines that the 12

development is incompatible with the purpose 13

described in subsection (b). 14

‘‘(B) EXCEPTION.—The Secretary may 15

issue a temporary permit to a commercial ven-16

dor to provide accessories and other support for 17

off-highway vehicle use in an off-highway vehi-18

cle recreation area designated or expanded by 19

subsection (a) for a limited period and con-20

sistent with the purposes of the off-highway ve-21

hicle recreation area and applicable laws. 22

‘‘(e) ADMINISTRATION.— 23

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall admin-24

ister the off-highway vehicle recreation areas des-25


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ignated or expanded by subsection (a) in accordance 1

with— 2

‘‘(A) this title; 3

‘‘(B) the Federal Land Policy and Man-4

agement Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.); 5

and 6

‘‘(C) any other applicable laws (including 7

regulations). 8

‘‘(2) MANAGEMENT PLAN.— 9

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—As soon as prac-10

ticable, but not later than 3 years after the date 11

of enactment of this title, the Secretary shall— 12

‘‘(i) amend existing resource manage-13

ment plans applicable to the off-highway 14

vehicle recreation areas designated or ex-15

panded by subsection (a); or 16

‘‘(ii) develop new management plans 17

for each off-highway vehicle recreation 18

area designated or expanded under that 19

subsection. 20

‘‘(B) REQUIREMENTS.—All new or amend-21

ed plans under subparagraph (A) shall be de-22

signed to preserve and enhance safe off-highway 23

vehicle and other recreational opportunities 24


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within the applicable recreation area consistent 1

with— 2

‘‘(i) the purpose described in sub-3

section (b); and 4

‘‘(ii) any applicable laws (including 5

regulations). 6

‘‘(C) INTERIM PLANS.—Pending comple-7

tion of a new management plan under subpara-8

graph (A), the existing resource management 9

plans shall govern the use of the applicable off- 10

highway vehicle recreation area. 11

‘‘(f) WITHDRAWAL.—Subject to valid existing rights, 12

all Federal land within the off-highway vehicle recreation 13

areas designated or expanded by subsection (a) is with-14

drawn from— 15

‘‘(1) all forms of entry, appropriation, or dis-16


‘‘(2) location, entry, and patent under the min-18

ing laws; and 19

‘‘(3) right-of-way, leasing, or disposition under 20

all laws relating to mineral leasing, geothermal leas-21

ing, or mineral materials. 22

‘‘(g) SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON COMPANY 23

UTILITY FACILITIES AND RIGHTS-OF-WAY.— 24


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‘‘(1) EFFECT OF TITLE.—Nothing in this 1

title— 2

‘‘(A) affects any validly issued right-of-way 3

for the customary operation, maintenance, up-4

grade, repair, relocation within an existing 5

right-of-way, replacement, or other authorized 6

energy transport facility activities (including the 7

use of any mechanized vehicle, helicopter, and 8

other aerial device) in a right-of-way acquired 9

by or issued, granted, or permitted to Southern 10

California Edison Company (including any suc-11

cessor in interest or assign) that is located on 12

land included in— 13

‘‘(i) the El Mirage Off-Highway Vehi-14

cle Recreation Area; 15

‘‘(ii) the Spangler Hills Off-Highway 16

Vehicle Recreation Area; 17

‘‘(iii) the Stoddard Valley Off-High-18

way Vehicle Recreation Area; or 19

‘‘(iv) the Johnson Valley Off-Highway 20


‘‘(B) affects the application, siting, route 22

selection, right-of-way acquisition, or construc-23

tion of the Coolwater-Lugo transmission 24

project, as may be approved by the California 25


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Public Utilities Commission and the Bureau of 1

Land Management; or 2

‘‘(C) prohibits the upgrading or replace-3

ment of any Southern California Edison Com-4

pany— 5

‘‘(i) utility facility, including such a 6

utility facility known on the date of enact-7

ment of this title as— 8

‘‘(I) ‘Gale-PS 512 transmission 9

lines or rights-of-way’; 10

‘‘(II) ‘Patio, Jack Ranch, and 11

Kenworth distribution circuits or 12

rights-of-way’; or 13

‘‘(III) ‘Bessemer and Peacor dis-14

tribution circuits or rights-of-way’; or 15

‘‘(ii) energy transport facility in a 16

right-of-way issued, granted, or permitted 17

by the Secretary adjacent to a utility facil-18

ity referred to in clause (i). 19

‘‘(2) PLANS FOR ACCESS.—The Secretary, in 20

consultation with the Southern California Edison 21

Company, shall publish plans for regular and emer-22

gency access by the Southern California Edison 23

Company to the rights-of-way of the Company by 24

the date that is 1 year after the later of— 25


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‘‘(A) the date of enactment of this title; 1

and 2

‘‘(B) the date of issuance of a new energy 3

transport facility right-of-way within— 4

‘‘(i) the El Mirage Off-Highway Vehi-5

cle Recreation Area; 6

‘‘(ii) the Spangler Hills Off-Highway 7


‘‘(iii) the Stoddard Valley Off-High-9

way Vehicle Recreation Area; or 10

‘‘(iv) the Johnson Valley Off-Highway 11

Vehicle Recreation Area. 12

‘‘(h) PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY UTILITY 13

FACILITIES AND RIGHTS-OF-WAY.— 14


title— 16

‘‘(A) affects any validly issued right-of-way 17

for the customary operation, maintenance, up-18

grade, repair, relocation within an existing 19

right-of-way, replacement, or other authorized 20

activity (including the use of any mechanized 21

vehicle, helicopter, and other aerial device) in a 22

right-of-way acquired by or issued, granted, or 23

permitted to Pacific Gas and Electric Company 24

(including any successor in interest or assign) 25


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that is located on land included in the Spangler 1

Hills Off-Highway Vehicle Recreation Area; or 2

‘‘(B) prohibits the upgrading or replace-3

ment of any— 4

‘‘(i) utility facilities of the Pacific Gas 5

and Electric Company, including those 6

utility facilities known on the date of en-7

actment of this title as— 8

‘‘(I) ‘Gas Transmission Line 311 9

or rights-of-way’; or 10

‘‘(II) ‘Gas Transmission Line 11

372 or rights-of-way’; or 12

‘‘(ii) utility facilities of the Pacific 13

Gas and Electric Company in rights-of-way 14

issued, granted, or permitted by the Sec-15

retary adjacent to a utility facility referred 16

to in clause (i). 17

‘‘(2) PLANS FOR ACCESS.—Not later than 1 18

year after the date of enactment of this title or the 19

issuance of a new utility facility right-of-way within 20

the Spangler Hills Off-Highway Vehicle Recreation 21

Area, whichever is later, the Secretary, in consulta-22

tion with the Pacific Gas and Electric Company, 23

shall publish plans for regular and emergency access 24

by the Pacific Gas and Electric Company to the 25


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rights-of-way of the Pacific Gas and Electric Com-1

pany. 2

‘‘TITLE XIV—ALABAMA HILLS 3

NATIONAL SCENIC AREA 4

‘‘SEC. 1401. DEFINITIONS. 5

‘‘In this title: 6

‘‘(1) MANAGEMENT PLAN.—The term ‘manage-7

ment plan’ means the management plan for the Sce-8

nic Area developed under section 1403(a). 9

‘‘(2) MAP.—The term ‘Map’ means the map en-10

titled ‘Proposed Alabama Hills National Scenic 11

Area’ and dated November 7, 2018. 12

‘‘(3) MOTORIZED VEHICLE.—The term ‘motor-13

ized vehicle’ means a motorized or mechanized vehi-14

cle and includes, when used by a utility, mechanized 15

equipment, a helicopter, and any other aerial device 16

necessary to maintain electrical or communications 17

infrastructure. 18

‘‘(4) SCENIC AREA.—The term ‘Scenic Area’ 19

means the Alabama Hills National Scenic Area es-20

tablished by section 1402(a). 21


of California. 23

‘‘(6) TRIBE.—The term ‘Tribe’ means the Lone 24

Pine Paiute-Shoshone Tribe. 25


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‘‘SEC. 1402. ALABAMA HILLS NATIONAL SCENIC AREA, CALI-1

FORNIA. 2

‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Subject to valid existing 3

rights, there is established in Inyo County, California, the 4

Alabama Hills National Scenic Area, to be comprised of 5

the approximately 18,610 acres generally depicted on the 6

Map as ‘National Scenic Area’. 7

‘‘(b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of the Scenic Area is 8

to conserve, protect, and enhance for the benefit, use, and 9

enjoyment of present and future generations the nationally 10

significant scenic, cultural, geological, educational, biologi-11

cal, historical, recreational, cinematographic, and sci-12

entific resources of the Scenic Area managed consistent 13

with section 302(a) of the Federal Land Policy and Man-14

agement Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1732(a)). 15

‘‘(c) MAP; LEGAL DESCRIPTIONS.— 16

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—As soon as practicable 17

after the date of enactment of this title, the Sec-18

retary shall file a map and a legal description of the 19

Scenic Area with— 20

‘‘(A) the Committee on Energy and Nat-21

ural Resources of the Senate; and 22

‘‘(B) the Committee on Natural Resources 23


‘‘(2) FORCE OF LAW.—The map and legal de-25

scriptions filed under paragraph (1) shall have the 26


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same force and effect as if included in this title, ex-1

cept that the Secretary may correct any clerical and 2

typographical errors in the map and legal descrip-3

tions. 4

‘‘(3) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—Each map and 5



propriate offices of the Forest Service and the Bu-8


‘‘(d) ADMINISTRATION.—The Secretary shall manage 10

the Scenic Area— 11

‘‘(1) as a component of the National Landscape 12

Conservation System; 13

‘‘(2) so as not to impact the future continuing 14

operation and maintenance of any activities associ-15

ated with valid, existing rights, including water 16

rights; 17

‘‘(3) in a manner that conserves, protects, and 18

enhances the resources and values of the Scenic 19

Area described in subsection (b); and 20

‘‘(4) in accordance with— 21

‘‘(A) the Federal Land Policy and Manage-22

ment Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.); 23

‘‘(B) this title; and 24

‘‘(C) any other applicable laws. 25


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‘‘(e) MANAGEMENT.— 1

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall allow 2

only such uses of the Scenic Area as the Secretary 3

determines would further the purposes of the Scenic 4

Area as described in subsection (b). 5

‘‘(2) RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES.—Except as 6

otherwise provided in this title or other applicable 7

law, or as the Secretary determines to be necessary 8

for public health and safety, the Secretary shall 9

allow existing recreational uses of the Scenic Area to 10

continue, including hiking, mountain biking, rock 11

climbing, sightseeing, horseback riding, hunting, 12

fishing, and appropriate authorized motorized vehicle 13

use in accordance with paragraph (3). 14

‘‘(3) MOTORIZED VEHICLES.—Except as other-15

wise specified in this title, or as necessary for ad-16

ministrative purposes or to respond to an emer-17

gency, the use of motorized vehicles in the Scenic 18

Area shall be permitted only on— 19

‘‘(A) roads and trails designated by the 20

Secretary for use of motorized vehicles as part 21

of a management plan sustaining a 22

semiprimitive motorized experience; or 23

‘‘(B) county-maintained roads in accord-24

ance with applicable State and county laws. 25


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‘‘(f) NO BUFFER ZONES.— 1

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Nothing in this title creates 2

a protective perimeter or buffer zone around the 3

Scenic Area. 4

‘‘(2) ACTIVITIES OUTSIDE SCENIC AREA.—The 5

fact that an activity or use on land outside the Sce-6

nic Area can be seen or heard within the Scenic 7

Area shall not preclude the activity or use outside 8

the boundaries of the Scenic Area. 9

‘‘(g) ACCESS.—The Secretary shall provide private 10

landowners adequate access to inholdings in the Scenic 11

Area. 12

‘‘(h) FILMING.—Nothing in this title prohibits film-13

ing (including commercial film production, student film-14

ing, and still photography) within the Scenic Area— 15

‘‘(1) subject to— 16

‘‘(A) such reasonable regulations, policies, 17

and practices as the Secretary considers to be 18

necessary; and 19

‘‘(B) applicable law; and 20

‘‘(2) in a manner consistent with the purposes 21


‘‘(i) FISH AND WILDLIFE.—Nothing in this title af-23

fects the jurisdiction or responsibilities of the State with 24

respect to fish and wildlife. 25


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‘‘(j) LIVESTOCK.—The grazing of livestock in the 1

Scenic Area, including grazing under the Alabama Hills 2

allotment and the George Creek allotment, as established 3

before the date of enactment of this title, shall be per-4

mitted to continue— 5

‘‘(1) subject to— 6

‘‘(A) such reasonable regulations, policies, 7

and practices as the Secretary considers to be 8

necessary; and 9

‘‘(B) applicable law; and 10

‘‘(2) in a manner consistent with the purposes 11


‘‘(k) WITHDRAWAL.—Subject to the provisions of this 13

title and valid rights in existence on the date of enactment 14

of this title, including rights established by prior with-15

drawals, the Federal land within the Scenic Area is with-16

drawn from all forms of— 17

‘‘(1) entry, appropriation, or disposal under the 18



ing laws; and 21

‘‘(3) disposition under all laws pertaining to 22

mineral and geothermal leasing or mineral materials. 23

‘‘(l) WILDLAND FIRE OPERATIONS.—Nothing in this 24

title prohibits the Secretary, in cooperation with other 25


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Federal, State, and local agencies, as appropriate, from 1

conducting wildland fire operations in the Scenic Area, 2

consistent with the purposes described in subsection (b). 3

‘‘(m) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.—The Secretary 4

may enter into cooperative agreements with, State, Tribal, 5

and local governmental entities and private entities to con-6

duct research, interpretation, or public education or to 7

carry out any other initiative relating to the restoration, 8

conservation, or management of the Scenic Area. 9

‘‘(n) UTILITY FACILITIES AND RIGHTS-OF-WAY.— 10


title— 12

‘‘(A) affects the existence, use, operation, 13

maintenance (including vegetation control), re-14

pair, construction, reconfiguration, expansion, 15

inspection, renewal, reconstruction, alteration, 16

addition, relocation, improvement, funding, re-17

moval, or replacement of any utility facility or 18

appurtenant right-of-way within or adjacent to 19

the Scenic Area; 20

‘‘(B) subject to subsection (e), affects nec-21

essary or efficient access to utility facilities or 22

rights-of-way within or adjacent to the Scenic 23

Area; and 24


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‘‘(C) precludes the Secretary from author-1

izing the establishment of new utility facility 2

rights-of-way (including instream sites, routes, 3

and areas) within the Scenic Area in a manner 4

that minimizes harm to the purpose of the Sce-5

nic Area as described in subsection (b)— 6

‘‘(i) in accordance with the National 7

Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 8

U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) and any other appli-9

cable law; 10

‘‘(ii) subject to such terms and condi-11

tions as the Secretary determines to be ap-12

propriate; and 13

‘‘(iii) that are determined by the Sec-14

retary to be the only technical or feasible 15

location, following consideration of alter-16

natives within existing rights-of-way or 17

outside of the Scenic Area. 18

‘‘(2) MANAGEMENT PLAN.—Consistent with 19

this title, the Management Plan shall establish provi-20

sions for maintenance of public utility and other 21

rights-of-way within the Scenic Area. 22

‘‘SEC. 1403. MANAGEMENT PLAN. 23

‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 3 years after the 24

date of enactment of this title, in accordance with sub-25


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sections (b) and (c), the Secretary shall develop a com-1

prehensive plan for the long-term management of the Sce-2

nic Area. 3

‘‘(b) CONSULTATION.—In developing the manage-4

ment plan, the Secretary shall consult with— 5

‘‘(1) appropriate State, Tribal, and local gov-6

ernmental entities, including Inyo County and the 7

Tribe; 8

‘‘(2) utilities, including Southern California 9

Edison Company and the Los Angeles Department 10

of Water and Power; 11

‘‘(3) the Alabama Hills Stewardship Group; and 12

‘‘(4) members of the public. 13

‘‘(c) REQUIREMENT.—In accordance with this title, 14

the management plan shall include provisions for mainte-15

nance of existing public utility and other rights-of-way 16

within the Scenic Area. 17

‘‘(d) INCORPORATION.—In developing the manage-18

ment plan, in accordance with this section, the Secretary 19

may allow casual use mining limited to the use of hand 20

tools, metal detectors, hand-fed dry washers, vacuum 21

cleaners, gold pans, small sluices, and similar items. 22

‘‘(e) INTERIM MANAGEMENT.—Pending completion 23

of the management plan, the Secretary shall manage the 24

Scenic Area in accordance with section 1402(b). 25


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‘‘SEC. 1404. LAND TAKEN INTO TRUST FOR LONE PINE PAI-1

UTE-SHOSHONE RESERVATION. 2

‘‘(a) TRUST LAND.— 3

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—On completion of the sur-4

vey described in subsection (b), all right, title, and 5

interest of the United States in and to the approxi-6

mately 132 acres of Federal land depicted on the 7

Map as ‘Lone Pine Paiute-Shoshone Reservation Ad-8

dition’ shall be held in trust for the benefit of the 9

Tribe, subject to paragraphs (2) and (3). 10

‘‘(2) CONDITIONS.—The land described in para-11

graph (1) shall be subject to all easements, cov-12

enants, conditions, restrictions, withdrawals, and 13

other matters of record in existence on the date of 14

enactment of this title. 15

‘‘(3) EXCLUSION.—The Federal land over 16

which the right-of-way for the Los Angeles Aqueduct 17

is located, generally described as the 250-foot-wide 18

right-of-way granted to the City of Los Angeles pur-19

suant to the Act of June 30, 1906 (34 Stat. 801, 20

chapter 3926), shall not be taken into trust for the 21

Tribe. 22

‘‘(b) SURVEY.—Not later than 180 days after the 23

date of enactment of this title, the Secretary shall com-24

plete a survey of the boundary lines to establish the bound-25


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aries of the land to be held in trust under subsection 1

(a)(1). 2

‘‘(c) RESERVATION LAND.—The land held in trust 3

pursuant to subsection (a)(1) shall be considered to be a 4

part of the reservation of the Tribe. 5

‘‘(d) GAMING PROHIBITION.—Land held in trust 6

under subsection (a)(1) shall not be eligible, or considered 7

to have been taken into trust, for gaming (within the 8

meaning of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (25 U.S.C. 9

2701 et seq.)). 10

‘‘SEC. 1405. TRANSFER OF ADMINISTRATIVE JURISDICTION. 11

‘‘Administrative jurisdiction over the approximately 12

56 acres of Federal land depicted on the Map as ‘USFS 13

Transfer to BLM’ is transferred from the Forest Service 14

to the Bureau of Land Management. 15

‘‘SEC. 1406. PROTECTION OF SERVICES AND REC-16

REATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES. 17

‘‘(a) EFFECT OF TITLE.—Nothing in this title limits 18

commercial services for existing or historic recreation uses, 19

as authorized by the permit process of the Bureau of Land 20

Management. 21

‘‘(b) GUIDED RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES.— 22

Commercial permits to exercise guided recreational oppor-23

tunities for the public that are authorized as of the date 24

of enactment of this title may continue to be authorized.’’. 25


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PART V—MISCELLANEOUS 1

SEC. 1451. TRANSFER OF LAND TO ANZA-BORREGO DESERT 2

STATE PARK. 3

Title VII of the California Desert Protection Act is 4

1994 (16 U.S.C. 410aaa–71 et seq.) is amended by adding 5

at the end the following: 6

‘‘SEC. 712. TRANSFER OF LAND TO ANZA-BORREGO DESERT 7

STATE PARK. 8

‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—On termination of all mining 9

claims to the land described in subsection (b), the Sec-10

retary shall transfer the land described in that subsection 11

to the State of California. 12

‘‘(b) DESCRIPTION OF LAND.—The land referred to 13

in subsection (a) is certain Bureau of Land Management 14

land in San Diego County, California, comprising approxi-15

mately 934 acres, as generally depicted on the map enti-16

tled ‘Proposed Table Mountain Wilderness Study Area 17

Transfer to the State’ and dated November 7, 2018. 18

‘‘(c) MANAGEMENT.— 19

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The land transferred under 20

subsection (a) shall be managed in accordance with 21

the provisions of the California Wilderness Act (Cali-22

fornia Public Resources Code sections 5093.30– 23

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‘‘(2) WITHDRAWAL.—Subject to valid existing 1

rights, the land transferred under subsection (a) is 2

withdrawn from— 3

‘‘(A) all forms of entry, appropriation, or 4


‘‘(B) location, entry, and patent under the 6

mining laws; and 7

‘‘(C) disposition under all laws relating to 8

mineral and geothermal leasing. 9

‘‘(3) REVERSION.—If the State ceases to man-10

age the land transferred under subsection (a) as 11

part of the State Park System or in a manner incon-12

sistent with the California Wilderness Act (Cali-13

fornia Public Resources Code sections 5093.30– 14

5093.40), the land shall revert to the Secretary at 15

the discretion of the Secretary, to be managed as a 16

Wilderness Study Area.’’. 17

SEC. 1452. WILDLIFE CORRIDORS. 18


1994 (16 U.S.C. 410aaa–71 et seq.) (as amended by sec-20

tion 1451) is amended by adding at the end the following: 21

‘‘SEC. 713. WILDLIFE CORRIDORS. 22

‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall— 23


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‘‘(1) assess the impacts of habitat fragmenta-1

tion on wildlife in the California Desert Conservation 2

Area; and 3

‘‘(2) establish policies and procedures to ensure 4

the preservation of wildlife corridors and facilitate 5

species migration. 6

‘‘(b) STUDY.— 7

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—As soon as practicable, but 8

not later than 2 years, after the date of enactment 9

of this section, the Secretary shall complete a study 10

regarding the impact of habitat fragmentation on 11

wildlife in the California Desert Conservation Area. 12

‘‘(2) COMPONENTS.—The study under para-13

graph (1) shall— 14

‘‘(A) identify the species migrating, or like-15

ly to migrate in the California Desert Conserva-16

tion Area; 17

‘‘(B) examine the impacts and potential 18

impacts of habitat fragmentation on— 19

‘‘(i) plants, insects, and animals; 20

‘‘(ii) soil; 21

‘‘(iii) air quality; 22

‘‘(iv) water quality and quantity; and 23

‘‘(v) species migration and survival; 24


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‘‘(C) identify critical wildlife and species 1

migration corridors recommended for preserva-2

tion; and 3

‘‘(D) include recommendations for ensur-4

ing the biological connectivity of public land 5

managed by the Secretary and the Secretary of 6

Defense throughout the California Desert Con-7

servation Area. 8

‘‘(3) RIGHTS-OF-WAY.—The Secretary shall 9

consider the information and recommendations of 10

the study under paragraph (1) to determine the in-11

dividual and cumulative impacts of rights-of-way for 12

projects in the California Desert Conservation Area, 13


‘‘(A) the National Environmental Policy 15

Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.); 16

‘‘(B) the Endangered Species Act of 1973 17

(16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.); and 18

‘‘(C) any other applicable law. 19

‘‘(c) LAND MANAGEMENT PLANS.—The Secretary 20

shall incorporate into all land management plans applica-21

ble to the California Desert Conservation Area the find-22

ings and recommendations of the study completed under 23

subsection (b).’’. 24


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SEC. 1453. PROHIBITED USES OF ACQUIRED, DONATED, 1

AND CONSERVATION LAND. 2


1994 (16 U.S.C. 410aaa–71 et seq.) (as amended by sec-4

tion 1452) is amended by adding at the end the following: 5

‘‘SEC. 714. PROHIBITED USES OF ACQUIRED, DONATED, 6

AND CONSERVATION LAND. 7


‘‘(1) ACQUIRED LAND.—The term ‘acquired 9

land’ means any land acquired within the Conserva-10

tion Area using amounts from the land and water 11

conservation fund established under section 200302 12

of title 54, United States Code. 13

‘‘(2) CONSERVATION AREA.—The term ‘Con-14

servation Area’ means the California Desert Con-15

servation Area. 16

‘‘(3) CONSERVATION LAND.—The term ‘con-17

servation land’ means any land within the Conserva-18

tion Area that is designated to satisfy the conditions 19

of a Federal habitat conservation plan, general con-20

servation plan, or State natural communities con-21

servation plan, including— 22

‘‘(A) national conservation land established 23

pursuant to section 2002(b)(2)(D) of the Omni-24

bus Public Land Management Act of 2009 (16 25

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‘‘(B) areas of critical environmental con-1

cern established pursuant to section 202(c)(3) 2


Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1712(c)(3)). 4

‘‘(4) DONATED LAND.—The term ‘donated 5

land’ means any private land donated to the United 6

States for conservation purposes in the Conservation 7

Area. 8

‘‘(5) DONOR.—The term ‘donor’ means an indi-9

vidual or entity that donates private land within the 10

Conservation Area to the United States. 11

‘‘(6) SECRETARY.—The term ‘Secretary’ means 12




of California. 16

‘‘(b) PROHIBITIONS.—Except as provided in sub-17

section (c), the Secretary shall not authorize the use of 18

acquired land, conservation land, or donated land within 19

the Conservation Area for any activities contrary to the 20

conservation purposes for which the land was acquired, 21

designated, or donated, including— 22

‘‘(1) disposal; 23

‘‘(2) rights-of-way; 24

‘‘(3) leases; 25


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‘‘(4) livestock grazing; 1

‘‘(5) infrastructure development, except as pro-2

vided in subsection (c); 3

‘‘(6) mineral entry; and 4

‘‘(7) off-highway vehicle use, except on— 5

‘‘(A) designated routes; 6

‘‘(B) off-highway vehicle areas designated 7

by law; and 8

‘‘(C) administratively designated open 9

areas. 10

‘‘(c) EXCEPTIONS.— 11

‘‘(1) AUTHORIZATION BY SECRETARY.—Subject 12

to paragraph (2), the Secretary may authorize lim-13

ited exceptions to prohibited uses of acquired land or 14

donated land in the Conservation Area if— 15

‘‘(A) a right-of-way application for a re-16

newable energy development project or associ-17

ated energy transport facility on acquired land 18

or donated land was submitted to the Bureau 19

of Land Management on or before December 1, 20

2009; or 21

‘‘(B) after the completion and consider-22

ation of an analysis under the National Envi-23

ronmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 24


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et seq.), the Secretary has determined that pro-1

posed use is in the public interest. 2

‘‘(2) CONDITIONS.— 3

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—If the Secretary 4

grants an exception to the prohibition under 5

paragraph (1), the Secretary shall require the 6

permittee to donate private land of comparable 7

value located within the Conservation Area to 8

the United States to mitigate the use. 9

‘‘(B) APPROVAL.—The private land to be 10

donated under subparagraph (A) shall be ap-11

proved by the Secretary after— 12

‘‘(i) consultation, to the maximum ex-13

tent practicable, with the donor of the pri-14

vate land proposed for nonconservation 15

uses; and 16

‘‘(ii) an opportunity for public com-17

ment regarding the donation. 18

‘‘(d) EXISTING AGREEMENTS.—Nothing in this sec-19

tion affects permitted or prohibited uses of donated land 20

or acquired land in the Conservation Area established in 21

any easements, deed restrictions, memoranda of under-22

standing, or other agreements in existence on the date of 23

enactment of this section. 24


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‘‘(e) DEED RESTRICTIONS.—Effective beginning on 1

the date of enactment of this section, within the Conserva-2

tion Area, the Secretary may— 3

‘‘(1) accept deed restrictions requested by land-4

owners for land donated to, or otherwise acquired 5

by, the United States; and 6

‘‘(2) consistent with existing rights, create deed 7

restrictions, easements, or other third-party rights 8

relating to any public land determined by the Sec-9

retary to be necessary— 10

‘‘(A) to fulfill the mitigation requirements 11

resulting from the development of renewable re-12

sources; or 13

‘‘(B) to satisfy the conditions of— 14

‘‘(i) a habitat conservation plan or 15

general conservation plan established pur-16

suant to section 10 of the Endangered 17

Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1539); or 18

‘‘(ii) a natural communities conserva-19

tion plan approved by the State.’’. 20

SEC. 1454. TRIBAL USES AND INTERESTS. 21

Section 705 of the California Desert Protection Act 22

is 1994 (16 U.S.C. 410aaa–75) is amended— 23

(1) by redesignating subsection (b) as sub-24

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(2) by striking subsection (a) and inserting the 1

following: 2

‘‘(a) ACCESS.—The Secretary shall ensure access to 3

areas designated under this Act by members of Indian 4

Tribes for traditional cultural and religious purposes, con-5

sistent with applicable law, including Public Law 95–341 6

(commonly known as the ‘American Indian Religious 7

Freedom Act’) (42 U.S.C. 1996). 8

‘‘(b) TEMPORARY CLOSURE.— 9

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In accordance with applica-10

ble law, including Public Law 95–341 (commonly 11

known as the ‘American Indian Religious Freedom 12

Act’) (42 U.S.C. 1996), and subject to paragraph 13

(2), the Secretary, on request of an Indian Tribe or 14

Indian religious community, shall temporarily close 15

to general public use any portion of an area des-16

ignated as a national monument, special manage-17

ment area, wild and scenic river, area of critical en-18

vironmental concern, or National Park System unit 19

under this Act (referred to in this subsection as a 20

‘designated area’) to protect the privacy of tradi-21

tional cultural and religious activities in the des-22

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‘‘(2) LIMITATION.—In closing a portion of a 1

designated area under paragraph (1), the Secretary 2

shall limit the closure to the smallest practicable 3

area for the minimum period necessary for the tradi-4

tional cultural and religious activities.’’; and 5


‘‘(d) TRIBAL CULTURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT 7

PLAN.— 8

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 2 years 9

after the date of enactment of the Natural Re-10

sources Management Act, the Secretary shall develop 11

and implement a Tribal cultural resources manage-12

ment plan to identify, protect, and conserve cultural 13

resources of Indian Tribes associated with the Xam 14

Kwatchan Trail network extending from Avikwaame 15

(Spirit Mountain, Nevada) to Avikwlal (Pilot Knob, 16

California). 17

‘‘(2) CONSULTATION.—The Secretary shall con-18

sult on the development and implementation of the 19

Tribal cultural resources management plan under 20

paragraph (1) with— 21

‘‘(A) each of— 22

‘‘(i) the Chemehuevi Indian Tribe; 23

‘‘(ii) the Hualapai Tribal Nation; 24

‘‘(iii) the Fort Mojave Indian Tribe; 25


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‘‘(iv) the Colorado River Indian 1

Tribes; 2

‘‘(v) the Quechan Indian Tribe; and 3

‘‘(vi) the Cocopah Indian Tribe; 4

‘‘(B) the Advisory Council on Historic 5

Preservation; and 6

‘‘(C) the State Historic Preservation Of-7

fices of Nevada, Arizona, and California. 8

‘‘(3) RESOURCE PROTECTION.—The Tribal cul-9

tural resources management plan developed under 10

paragraph (1) shall— 11

‘‘(A) be based on a completed Tribal cul-12

tural resources survey; and 13

‘‘(B) include procedures for identifying, 14

protecting, and preserving petroglyphs, ancient 15

trails, intaglios, sleeping circles, artifacts, and 16

other resources of cultural, archaeological, or 17

historical significance in accordance with all ap-18

plicable laws and policies, including— 19

‘‘(i) chapter 2003 of title 54, United 20

States Code; 21

‘‘(ii) Public Law 95–341 (commonly 22

known as the ‘American Indian Religious 23

Freedom Act’) (42 U.S.C. 1996); 24


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‘‘(iii) the Archaeological Resources 1

Protection Act of 1979 (16 U.S.C. 470aa 2

et seq.); 3

‘‘(iv) the Native American Graves 4

Protection and Repatriation Act (25 5


‘‘(v) Public Law 103–141 (commonly 7

known as the ‘Religious Freedom Restora-8

tion Act of 1993’) (42 U.S.C. 2000bb et 9

seq.). 10

‘‘(e) WITHDRAWAL.—Subject to valid existing rights, 11

all Federal land within the area administratively with-12

drawn and known as the ‘Indian Pass Withdrawal Area’ 13

is permanently withdrawn from— 14

‘‘(1) all forms of entry, appropriation, or dis-15



ing laws; and 18

‘‘(3) right-of-way leasing and disposition under 19

all laws relating to minerals or solar, wind, or geo-20

thermal energy.’’. 21

SEC. 1455. RELEASE OF FEDERAL REVERSIONARY LAND IN-22

TERESTS. 23



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(1) 1932 ACT.—The term ‘‘1932 Act’’ means 1

the Act of June 18, 1932 (47 Stat. 324, chapter 2

270). 3


Metropolitan Water District of Southern California. 5

(b) RELEASE.—Subject to valid existing claims per-6

fected prior to the effective date of the 1932 Act and the 7

reservation of minerals set forth in the 1932 Act, the Sec-8

retary shall release, convey, or otherwise quitclaim to the 9

District, in a form recordable in local county records, and 10

subject to the approval of the District, after consultation 11

and without monetary consideration, all right, title, and 12

remaining interest of the United States in and to the land 13

that was conveyed to the District pursuant to the 1932 14

Act or any other law authorizing conveyance subject to 15

restrictions or reversionary interests retained by the 16

United States, on request by the District. 17

(c) TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—A conveyance author-18

ized by subsection (b) shall be subject to the following 19

terms and conditions: 20

(1) The District shall cover, or reimburse the 21

Secretary for, the costs incurred by the Secretary to 22

make the conveyance, including title searches, sur-23

veys, deed preparation, attorneys’ fees, and similar 24

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(2) By accepting the conveyances, the District 1

agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the United 2

States with regard to any boundary dispute relating 3

to any parcel conveyed under this section. 4

SEC. 1456. CALIFORNIA STATE SCHOOL LAND. 5

Section 707 of the California Desert Protection Act 6

of 1994 (16 U.S.C. 410aaa–77) is amended— 7

(1) in subsection (a)— 8

(A) in the first sentence— 9

(i) by striking ‘‘Upon request of the 10

California State Lands Commission (here-11

inafter in this section referred to as the 12

‘Commission’), the Secretary shall enter 13

into negotiations for an agreement’’ and 14

inserting the following: 15

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall nego-16

tiate in good faith to reach an agreement with the 17

California State Lands Commission (referred to in 18

this section as the ‘Commission’)’’; and 19

(ii) by inserting ‘‘, national monu-20

ments, off-highway vehicle recreation 21

areas,’’ after ‘‘more of the wilderness 22

areas’’; and 23


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(B) in the second sentence, by striking 1

‘‘The Secretary shall negotiate in good faith to’’ 2


‘‘(2) AGREEMENT.—To the maximum extent 4

practicable, not later than 10 years after the date of 5

enactment of this title, the Secretary shall’’; and 6

(2) in subsection (b)(1), by inserting ‘‘, national 7

monuments, off-highway vehicle recreation areas,’’ 8

after ‘‘wilderness areas’’. 9

SEC. 1457. DESIGNATION OF WILD AND SCENIC RIVERS. 10

(a) AMARGOSA RIVER, CALIFORNIA.—Section 11

3(a)(196)(A) of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act (16 12

U.S.C. 1274(a)(196)(A)) is amended to read as follows: 13

‘‘(A) The approximately 7.5-mile segment 14

of the Amargosa River in the State of Cali-15

fornia, the private property boundary in sec. 19, 16

T. 22 N., R. 7 E., to 100 feet upstream of the 17

Tecopa Hot Springs Road crossing, to be ad-18

ministered by the Secretary of the Interior as a 19

scenic river.’’. 20

(b) ADDITIONAL SEGMENTS.—Section 3(a) of the 21

Wild and Scenic Rivers Act (16 U.S.C. 1274(a)) (as 22

amended by section 1303(a)) is amended by adding at the 23

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‘‘(228) SURPRISE CANYON CREEK, CALI-1

FORNIA.— 2


ments of Surprise Canyon Creek in the State of 4

California, to be administered by the Secretary 5

of the Interior: 6

‘‘(i) The approximately 5.3 miles of 7

Surprise Canyon Creek from the con-8

fluence of Frenchman’s Canyon and Water 9

Canyon to 100 feet upstream of Chris 10

Wicht Camp, as a wild river. 11

‘‘(ii) The approximately 1.8 miles of 12

Surprise Canyon Creek from 100 feet up-13

stream of Chris Wicht Camp to the south-14

ern boundary of sec. 14, T. 21 S., R. 44 15

E., as a recreational river. 16

‘‘(B) EFFECT ON HISTORIC MINING STRUC-17

TURES.—Nothing in this paragraph affects the 18

historic mining structures associated with the 19

former Panamint Mining District. 20

‘‘(229) DEEP CREEK, CALIFORNIA.— 21


ments of Deep Creek in the State of California, 23

to be administered by the Secretary of Agri-24

culture: 25


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‘‘(i) The approximately 6.5-mile seg-1

ment from 0.125 mile downstream of the 2

Rainbow Dam site in sec. 33, T. 2 N., R. 3

2 W., San Bernardino Meridian, to 0.25 4

miles upstream of the Road 3N34 crossing, 5

as a wild river. 6

‘‘(ii) The 0.5-mile segment from 0.25 7

mile upstream of the Road 3N34 crossing 8

to 0.25 mile downstream of the Road 9

3N34 crossing, as a scenic river. 10

‘‘(iii) The 2.5-mile segment from 0.25 11

miles downstream of the Road 3 N. 34 12

crossing to 0.25 miles upstream of the 13

Trail 2W01 crossing, as a wild river. 14

‘‘(iv) The 0.5-mile segment from 0.25 15

miles upstream of the Trail 2W01 crossing 16

to 0.25 mile downstream of the Trail 17

2W01 crossing, as a scenic river. 18

‘‘(v) The 10-mile segment from 0.25 19

miles downstream of the Trail 2W01 cross-20

ing to the upper limit of the Mojave dam 21

flood zone in sec. 17, T. 3 N., R. 3 W., 22

San Bernardino Meridian, as a wild river. 23

‘‘(vi) The 11-mile segment of Hol-24

comb Creek from 100 yards downstream of 25


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the Road 3N12 crossing to .25 miles down-1

stream of Holcomb Crossing, as a rec-2

reational river. 3

‘‘(vii) The 3.5-mile segment of the 4

Holcomb Creek from 0.25 miles down-5

stream of Holcomb Crossing to the Deep 6

Creek confluence, as a wild river. 7

‘‘(B) EFFECT ON SKI OPERATIONS.—Noth-8

ing in this paragraph affects— 9

‘‘(i) the operations of the Snow Valley 10

Ski Resort; or 11

‘‘(ii) the State regulation of water 12

rights and water quality associated with 13

the operation of the Snow Valley Ski Re-14

sort. 15

‘‘(230) WHITEWATER RIVER, CALIFORNIA.— 16

The following segments of the Whitewater River in 17

the State of California, to be administered by the 18

Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the In-19

terior, acting jointly: 20

‘‘(A) The 5.8-mile segment of the North 21

Fork Whitewater River from the source of the 22

River near Mt. San Gorgonio to the confluence 23

with the Middle Fork, as a wild river. 24


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‘‘(B) The 6.4-mile segment of the Middle 1

Fork Whitewater River from the source of the 2

River to the confluence with the South Fork, as 3

a wild river. 4

‘‘(C) The 1-mile segment of the South 5

Fork Whitewater River from the confluence of 6

the River with the East Fork to the section line 7

between sections 32 and 33, T. 1 S., R. 2 E., 8

San Bernardino Meridian, as a wild river. 9

‘‘(D) The 1-mile segment of the South 10

Fork Whitewater River from the section line be-11

tween sections 32 and 33, T. 1 S., R. 2 E., San 12

Bernardino Meridian, to the section line be-13


Bernardino Meridian, as a recreational river. 15

‘‘(E) The 4.9-mile segment of the South 16

Fork Whitewater River from the section line be-17


Bernardino Meridian, to the confluence with the 19

Middle Fork, as a wild river. 20

‘‘(F) The 5.4-mile segment of the main 21

stem of the Whitewater River from the con-22

fluence of the South and Middle Forks to the 23

San Gorgonio Wilderness boundary, as a wild 24

river. 25


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‘‘(G) The 3.6-mile segment of the main 1

stem of the Whitewater River from the San 2

Gorgonio Wilderness boundary to .25 miles up-3

stream of the southern boundary of section 35, 4

T. 2 S., R. 3 E., San Bernardino Meridian, as 5

a recreational river.’’. 6

SEC. 1458. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS. 7

(a) SHORT TITLE.—Section 1 of the California 8

Desert Protection Act of 1994 (16 U.S.C. 410aaa note; 9

Public Law 103–433) is amended by striking ‘‘1 and 2, 10

and titles I through IX’’ and inserting ‘‘1, 2, and 3, titles 11

I through IX, and titles XIII and XIV’’. 12

(b) DEFINITIONS.—The California Desert Protection 13

Act of 1994 (Public Law 103–433; 108 Stat. 4471) is 14

amended by inserting after section 2 the following: 15

‘‘SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 16

‘‘(a) TITLES I THROUGH IX.—In titles I through IX, 17

the term ‘this Act’ means only— 18

‘‘(1) sections 1 and 2; and 19

‘‘(2) titles I through IX. 20

‘‘(b) TITLES XIII AND XIV.—In titles XIII and XIV: 21

‘‘(1) CONSERVATION AREA.—The term ‘Con-22

servation Area’ means the California Desert Con-23

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‘‘(2) SECRETARY.—The term ‘Secretary’ 1

means— 2

‘‘(A) with respect to land under the juris-3

diction of the Secretary of the Interior, the Sec-4

retary of the Interior; and 5

‘‘(B) with respect to land under the juris-6

diction of the Secretary of Agriculture, the Sec-7

retary of Agriculture. 8


of California.’’. 10

SEC. 1459. JUNIPER FLATS. 11

The California Desert Protection Act of 1994 is 12

amended by striking section 711 (16 U.S.C. 410aaa–81) 13


‘‘SEC. 711. JUNIPER FLATS. 15

‘‘Development of renewable energy generation facili-16

ties (excluding rights-of-way or facilities for the trans-17

mission of energy and telecommunication facilities and in-18

frastructure) is prohibited on the approximately 27,990 19

acres of Federal land generally depicted as ‘BLM Land 20

Unavailable for Energy Development’ on the map entitled 21

‘Juniper Flats’ and dated November 7, 2018.’’. 22


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SEC. 1460. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS TO CALIFORNIA 1

MILITARY LANDS WITHDRAWAL AND OVER-2

FLIGHTS ACT OF 1994. 3

(a) FINDINGS.—Section 801(b)(2) of the California 4

Military Lands Withdrawal and Overflights Act of 1994 5

(16 U.S.C. 410aaa–82 note; Public Law 103–433) is 6

amended by inserting ‘‘, special management areas, off- 7

highway vehicle recreation areas, scenic areas,’’ before 8

‘‘and wilderness areas’’. 9

(b) OVERFLIGHTS; SPECIAL AIRSPACE.—Section 802 10

of the California Military Lands Withdrawal and Over-11

flights Act of 1994 (16 U.S.C. 410aaa–82) is amended— 12

(1) in subsection (a), by inserting ‘‘, scenic 13

areas, off-highway vehicle recreation areas, or special 14

management areas’’ before ‘‘designated by this Act’’; 15

(2) in subsection (b), by inserting ‘‘, scenic 16

areas, off-highway vehicle recreation areas, or special 17

management areas’’ before ‘‘designated by this Act’’; 18

and 19


‘‘(d) DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE FACILITIES.— 21

Nothing in this Act alters any authority of the Secretary 22

of Defense to conduct military operations at installations 23

and ranges within the California Desert Conservation 24

Area that are authorized under any other provision of 25

law.’’. 26


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SEC. 1461. DESERT TORTOISE CONSERVATION CENTER. 1

(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall establish, op-2

erate, and maintain a trans-State desert tortoise conserva-3

tion center (referred to in this section as the ‘‘Center’’) 4

on public land along the California-Nevada border— 5

(1) to support desert tortoise research, disease 6

monitoring, handling training, rehabilitation, and re-7

introduction; 8

(2) to provide temporary quarters for animals 9

collected from authorized salvage from renewable en-10

ergy sites; and 11

(3) to ensure the full recovery and ongoing sur-12

vival of the species. 13

(b) CENTER.—In carrying out this section, the Sec-14

retary shall— 15

(1) seek the participation of or contract with 16

qualified organizations with expertise in desert tor-17

toise disease research and experience with desert tor-18

toise translocation techniques, and scientific training 19

of professional biologists for handling tortoises, to 20

staff and manage the Center; 21

(2) ensure that the Center engages in public 22

outreach and education on tortoise handling; and 23

(3) consult with the State and the State of Ne-24

vada to ensure that the Center is operated consistent 25

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(c) NON-FEDERAL CONTRIBUTIONS.—The Secretary 1

may accept and expend contributions of non-Federal funds 2

to establish, operate, and maintain the Center. 3

TITLE II—NATIONAL PARKS 4

Subtitle A—Special Resource 5

Studies 6

SEC. 2001. SPECIAL RESOURCE STUDY OF JAMES K. POLK 7

PRESIDENTIAL HOME. 8

(a) DEFINITION OF STUDY AREA.—In this section, 9

the term ‘‘study area’’ means the President James K. Polk 10

Home in Columbia, Tennessee, and adjacent property. 11

(b) SPECIAL RESOURCE STUDY.— 12

(1) STUDY.—The Secretary shall conduct a spe-13

cial resource study of the study area. 14

(2) CONTENTS.—In conducting the study under 15

paragraph (1), the Secretary shall— 16

(A) evaluate the national significance of 17

the study area; 18

(B) determine the suitability and feasibility 19

of designating the study area as a unit of the 20

National Park System; 21

(C) consider other alternatives for preser-22

vation, protection, and interpretation of the 23

study area by the Federal Government, State or 24


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local government entities, or private and non-1

profit organizations; 2

(D) consult with interested Federal agen-3

cies, State or local governmental entities, pri-4

vate and nonprofit organizations, or any other 5

interested individuals; and 6

(E) identify cost estimates for any Federal 7

acquisition, development, interpretation, oper-8

ation, and maintenance associated with the al-9

ternatives. 10

(3) APPLICABLE LAW.—The study required 11

under paragraph (1) shall be conducted in accord-12

ance with section 100507 of title 54, United States 13

Code. 14

(4) REPORT.—Not later than 3 years after the 15

date on which funds are first made available for the 16

study under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall sub-17

mit to the Committee on Energy and Natural Re-18

sources of the Senate and the Committee on Natural 19

Resources of the House of Representatives a report 20

that describes— 21

(A) the results of the study; and 22

(B) any conclusions and recommendations 23

of the Secretary. 24


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SEC. 2002. SPECIAL RESOURCE STUDY OF THURGOOD MAR-1

SHALL SCHOOL. 2


the term ‘‘study area’’ means— 4

(1) P.S. 103, the public school located in West 5

Baltimore, Maryland, which Thurgood Marshall at-6

tended as a youth; and 7

(2) any other resources in the neighborhood 8

surrounding P.S. 103 that relate to the early life of 9

Thurgood Marshall. 10







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date on which funds are first made available to carry 14

out the study under paragraph (1), the Secretary 15

shall submit to the Committee on Natural Resources 16

of the House of Representatives and the Committee 17

on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate a 18

report that describes— 19





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SEC. 2003. SPECIAL RESOURCE STUDY OF PRESIDENT 1

STREET STATION. 2


the term ‘‘study area’’ means the President Street Station, 4

a railroad terminal in Baltimore, Maryland, the history 5

of which is tied to the growth of the railroad industry in 6

the 19th century, the Civil War, the Underground Rail-7

road, and the immigrant influx of the early 20th century. 8







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mit to the Committee on Natural Resources of the 14

House of Representatives and the Committee on En-15

ergy and Natural Resources of the Senate a report 16

that describes— 17




SEC. 2004. AMACHE SPECIAL RESOURCE STUDY. 21


the term ‘‘study area’’ means the site known as 23

‘‘Amache’’, ‘‘Camp Amache’’, and ‘‘Granada Relocation 24

Center’’ in Granada, Colorado, which was 1 of the 10 relo-25


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cation centers where Japanese Americans were incarcer-1

ated during World War II. 2


(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall conduct 4

a special resource study of the study area. 5




the study area; 9

















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ternatives described in subparagraphs (B) and 1

(C). 2




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SEC. 2005. SPECIAL RESOURCE STUDY OF GEORGE W. BUSH 17

CHILDHOOD HOME. 18


the term ‘‘study area’’ means the George W. Bush Child-20

hood Home, located at 1412 West Ohio Avenue, Midland, 21

Texas. 22





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mit to the Committee on Energy and Natural Re-4

sources of the Senate and the Committee on Natural 5

Resources of the House of Representatives a report 6

that describes— 7




Subtitle B—National Park System 11

Boundary Adjustments and Re-12

lated Matters 13

SEC. 2101. SHILOH NATIONAL MILITARY PARK BOUNDARY 14

ADJUSTMENT. 15


(1) AFFILIATED AREA.—The term ‘‘affiliated 17

area’’ means the Parker’s Crossroads Battlefield es-18

tablished as an affiliated area of the National Park 19

System by subsection (c)(1). 20

(2) PARK.—The term ‘‘Park’’ means Shiloh 21

National Military Park, a unit of the National Park 22

System. 23

(b) AREAS TO BE ADDED TO SHILOH NATIONAL 24

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(1) ADDITIONAL AREAS.—The boundary of the 1

Park is modified to include the areas that are gen-2

erally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘Shiloh National 3

Military Park, Proposed Boundary Adjustment’’, 4

numbered 304/80,011, and dated July 2014, and 5

which are comprised of the following: 6

(A) Fallen Timbers Battlefield. 7

(B) Russell House Battlefield. 8

(C) Davis Bridge Battlefield. 9


may acquire the land described in paragraph (1) by 11

donation, purchase from willing sellers with donated 12

or appropriated funds, or exchange. 13

(3) ADMINISTRATION.—Any land acquired 14

under this subsection shall be administered as part 15

of the Park. 16

(c) ESTABLISHMENT OF AFFILIATED AREA.— 17

(1) IN GENERAL.—Parker’s Crossroads Battle-18

field in the State of Tennessee is established as an 19

affiliated area of the National Park System. 20

(2) DESCRIPTION OF AFFILIATED AREA.—The 21

affiliated area shall consist of the area generally de-22

picted within the ‘‘Proposed Boundary’’ on the map 23

entitled ‘‘Parker’s Crossroads Battlefield, Proposed 24


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Boundary’’, numbered 903/80,073, and dated July 1

2014. 2

(3) ADMINISTRATION.—The affiliated area shall 3

be managed in accordance with— 4

(A) this section; and 5

(B) any law generally applicable to units of 6

the National Park System. 7

(4) MANAGEMENT ENTITY.—The City of Park-8

ers Crossroads and the Tennessee Historical Com-9

mission shall jointly be the management entity for 10

the affiliated area. 11

(5) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.—The Sec-12

retary may provide technical assistance and enter 13

into cooperative agreements with the management 14

entity for the purpose of providing financial assist-15

ance for the marketing, marking, interpretation, and 16

preservation of the affiliated area. 17

(6) LIMITED ROLE OF THE SECRETARY.—Noth-18

ing in this section authorizes the Secretary to ac-19

quire property at the affiliated area or to assume 20

overall financial responsibility for the operation, 21

maintenance, or management of the affiliated area. 22

(7) GENERAL MANAGEMENT PLAN.— 23

(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, in con-24

sultation with the management entity, shall de-25


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velop a general management plan for the affili-1

ated area in accordance with section 100502 of 2

title 54, United States Code. 3

(B) TRANSMITTAL.—Not later than 3 4

years after the date on which funds are made 5

available to carry out this section, the Secretary 6

shall submit to the Committee on Natural Re-7

sources of the House of Representatives and the 8

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of 9

the Senate the general management plan devel-10

oped under subparagraph (A). 11

SEC. 2102. OCMULGEE MOUNDS NATIONAL HISTORICAL 12

PARK BOUNDARY. 13


(1) HISTORICAL PARK.—The term ‘‘Historical 15

Park’’ means the Ocmulgee Mounds National His-16

torical Park in the State of Georgia, as redesignated 17

by subsection(b)(1)(A). 18


titled ‘‘Ocmulgee National Monument Proposed 20

Boundary Adjustment’’, numbered 363/125996, and 21

dated January 2016. 22

(3) STUDY AREA.—The term ‘‘study area’’ 23

means the Ocmulgee River corridor between the cit-24

ies of Macon, Georgia, and Hawkinsville, Georgia. 25


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(b) OCMULGEE MOUNDS NATIONAL HISTORICAL 1

PARK.— 2

(1) REDESIGNATION.— 3

(A) IN GENERAL.—The Ocmulgee National 4

Monument, established pursuant to the Act of 5

June 14, 1934 (48 Stat. 958, chapter 519), 6

shall be known and designated as the 7

‘‘Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park’’. 8

(B) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a 9

law, map, regulation, document, paper, or other 10

record of the United States to the ‘‘Ocmulgee 11

National Monument’’ shall be deemed to be a 12

reference to the ‘‘Ocmulgee Mounds National 13

Historical Park’’. 14

(2) BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT.— 15

(A) IN GENERAL.—The boundary of the 16

Historical Park is revised to include approxi-17

mately 2,100 acres of land, as generally de-18

picted on the map. 19

(B) AVAILABILITY OF MAP.—The map 20


tion in the appropriate offices of the National 22

Park Service. 23

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(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may ac-1

quire land and interests in land within the 2

boundaries of the Historical Park by donation, 3

purchase from a willing seller with donated or 4

appropriated funds, or exchange. 5

(B) LIMITATION.—The Secretary may not 6

acquire by condemnation any land or interest in 7

land within the boundaries of the Historical 8

Park. 9

(4) ADMINISTRATION.—The Secretary shall ad-10

minister any land acquired under paragraph (3) as 11

part of the Historical Park in accordance with appli-12

cable laws (including regulations). 13

(c) OCMULGEE RIVER CORRIDOR SPECIAL RE-14

SOURCE STUDY.— 15

(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall conduct 16

a special resource study of the study area. 17




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of the Secretary. 2

SEC. 2103. KENNESAW MOUNTAIN NATIONAL BATTLEFIELD 3

PARK BOUNDARY. 4



titled ‘‘Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield 7

Park, Proposed Boundary Adjustment’’, numbered 8

325/80,020, and dated February 2010. 9

(2) PARK.—The term ‘‘Park’’ means the Ken-10

nesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park. 11

(b) KENNESAW MOUNTAIN NATIONAL BATTLEFIELD 12

PARK BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT.— 13

(1) BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT.—The boundary 14

of the Park is modified to include the approximately 15

8 acres of land or interests in land identified as 16

‘‘Wallis House and Harriston Hill’’, as generally de-17

picted on the map. 18

(2) MAP.—The map shall be on file and avail-19

able for inspection in the appropriate offices of the 20

National Park Service. 21

(3) LAND ACQUISITION.—The Secretary may 22

acquire land or interests in land described in para-23

graph (1) by donation, purchase from willing sellers, 24

or exchange. 25


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(4) ADMINISTRATION OF ACQUIRED LAND.— 1

The Secretary shall administer land and interests in 2

land acquired under this section as part of the Park 3

in accordance with applicable laws (including regula-4

tions). 5

SEC. 2104. FORT FREDERICA NATIONAL MONUMENT, GEOR-6

GIA. 7

(a) MAXIMUM ACREAGE.—The first section of the 8

Act of May 26, 1936 (16 U.S.C. 433g), is amended by 9

striking ‘‘two hundred and fifty acres’’ and inserting ‘‘305 10

acres’’. 11

(b) BOUNDARY EXPANSION.— 12

(1) IN GENERAL.—The boundary of the Fort 13

Frederica National Monument in the State of Geor-14

gia is modified to include the land generally depicted 15

as ‘‘Proposed Acquisition Areas’’ on the map enti-16

tled ‘‘Fort Frederica National Monument Proposed 17

Boundary Expansion’’, numbered 369/132,469, and 18

dated April 2016. 19

(2) AVAILABILITY OF MAP.—The map described 20

in paragraph (1) shall be on file and available for 21

public inspection in the appropriate offices of the 22


(3) ACQUISITION OF LAND.—The Secretary 24

may acquire the land and interests in land described 25


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in paragraph (1) by donation or purchase with do-1

nated or appropriated funds from willing sellers 2

only. 3

(4) NO USE OF CONDEMNATION OR EMINENT 4

DOMAIN.—The Secretary may not acquire by con-5

demnation or eminent domain any land or interests 6

in land under this section or for the purposes of this 7

section. 8

SEC. 2105. FORT SCOTT NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE BOUND-9

ARY. 10

Public Law 95–484 (92 Stat. 1610) is amended— 11

(1) in the first section— 12

(A) by inserting ‘‘, by purchase with ap-13

propriated funds, or by exchange’’ after ‘‘dona-14

tion’’; and 15

(B) by striking the proviso; and 16

(2) in section 2— 17

(A) by striking ‘‘SEC. 2. When’’ and in-18


‘‘SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT. 20

‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—When’’; and 21

(B) by adding at the end the following: 22

‘‘(b) BOUNDARY MODIFICATION.—The boundary of 23

the Fort Scott National Historic Site established under 24

subsection (a) is modified as generally depicted on the 25


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map referred to as ‘Fort Scott National Historic Site Pro-1

posed Boundary Modification’, numbered 471/80,057, and 2

dated February 2016.’’. 3

SEC. 2106. FLORISSANT FOSSIL BEDS NATIONAL MONU-4

MENT BOUNDARY. 5

The first section of Public Law 91–60 (83 Stat. 101) 6

is amended— 7

(1) by striking ‘‘entitled ‘Proposed Florissant 8

Fossil Beds National Monument’, numbered NM– 9

FFB–7100, and dated March 1967, and more par-10

ticularly described by metes and bounds in an at-11

tachment to that map,’’ and inserting ‘‘entitled 12

‘Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument Pro-13

posed Boundary Adjustment’, numbered 171/ 14

132,544, and dated May 3, 2016,’’; and 15

(2) by striking ‘‘six thousand acres’’ and insert-16

ing ‘‘6,300 acres’’. 17

SEC. 2107. VOYAGEURS NATIONAL PARK BOUNDARY AD-18

JUSTMENT. 19

(a) BOUNDARIES.— 20

(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 102(a) of Public 21

Law 91–661 (16 U.S.C. 160a–1(a)) is amended— 22

(A) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘the 23

drawing entitled’’ and all that follows through 24

‘‘February 1969’’ and inserting ‘‘the map enti-25


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tled ‘Voyageurs National Park, Proposed Land 1

Transfer & Boundary Adjustment’, numbered 2

172/80,056, and dated June 2009 (22 sheets)’’; 3

and 4

(B) in the second and third sentences, by 5

striking ‘‘drawing’’ each place it appears and 6

inserting ‘‘map’’. 7

(2) TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS.—Section 8

102(b)(2)(A) of Public Law 91–661 (16 U.S.C. 9

160a–1(b)(2)(A)) is amended— 10

(A) by striking ‘‘paragraph (1)(C) and 11

(D)’’ and inserting ‘‘subparagraphs (C) and (D) 12

of paragraph (1)’’; and 13

(B) in the second proviso, by striking 14

‘‘paragraph 1(E)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph 15

(1)(E)’’. 16

(b) LAND ACQUISITIONS.—Section 201 of Public 17

Law 91–661 (16 U.S.C. 160b) is amended— 18

(1) by striking the section designation and 19

heading and all that follows through ‘‘(a) The Sec-20

retary’’ and inserting the following: 21

‘‘SEC. 201. LAND ACQUISITIONS. 22

‘‘(a) AUTHORIZATION.— 23

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(A) in the second sentence, by striking 1

‘‘When any tract of land is only partly within 2

such boundaries’’ and inserting the following: 3

‘‘(2) CERTAIN PORTIONS OF TRACTS.— 4

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—In any case in which 5

only a portion of a tract of land is within the 6

boundaries of the park’’; 7

(B) in the third sentence, by striking 8

‘‘Land so acquired’’ and inserting the following: 9

‘‘(B) EXCHANGE.— 10

‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Any land acquired 11

pursuant to subparagraph (A)’’; 12

(C) in the fourth sentence, by striking 13

‘‘Any portion’’ and inserting the following: 14

‘‘(ii) PORTIONS NOT EXCHANGED.— 15

Any portion’’; 16

(D) in the fifth sentence, by striking ‘‘Any 17

Federal property’’ and inserting the following: 18

‘‘(C) TRANSFERS OF FEDERAL PROP-19

ERTY.—Any Federal property’’; and 20

(E) by striking the last sentence and in-21


‘‘(D) ADMINISTRATIVE JURISDICTION.— 23

Effective beginning on the date of enactment of 24

this subparagraph, there is transferred to the 25


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National Park Service administrative jurisdic-1

tion over— 2

‘‘(i) any land managed by the Bureau 3

of Land Management within the bound-4

aries of the park, as depicted on the map 5

described in section 102(a); and 6

‘‘(ii) any additional public land identi-7

fied by the Bureau of Land Management 8

as appropriate for transfer within the 9

boundaries of the park. 10

‘‘(E) LAND OWNED BY STATE.— 11

‘‘(i) DONATIONS AND EXCHANGES.— 12

Any land located within or adjacent to the 13

boundaries of the park that is owned by 14

the State of Minnesota (or a political sub-15

division of the State) may be acquired by 16

the Secretary only through donation or ex-17

change. 18

‘‘(ii) REVISION.—On completion of an 19

acquisition from the State under clause (i), 20

the Secretary shall revise the boundaries of 21

the park to reflect the acquisition.’’; and 22

(3) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘(b) In exer-23

cising his’’ and inserting the following: 24

‘‘(b) OFFERS BY INDIVIDUALS.—In exercising the’’. 25


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SEC. 2108. ACADIA NATIONAL PARK BOUNDARY. 1

(a) BOUNDARY CLARIFICATION.—Section 101 of 2

Public Law 99–420 (16 U.S.C. 341 note) is amended— 3

(1) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘In order 4

to’’ and inserting the following: 5

‘‘(a) BOUNDARIES.—Subject to subsections (b) and 6

(c)(2), to’’; 7

(2) in the second sentence— 8

(A) by striking ‘‘The map shall be on file’’ 9


‘‘(c) AVAILABILITY AND REVISIONS OF MAPS.— 11

‘‘(1) AVAILABILITY.—The map, together with 12

the map described in subsection (b)(1) and any re-13

vised boundary map published under paragraph (2), 14

if applicable, shall be— 15

‘‘(A) on file’’; and 16

(B) by striking ‘‘Interior, and it shall be 17

made’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘Interior; 18

and 19

‘‘(B) made’’; 20

(3) by inserting after subsection (a) (as des-21

ignated by paragraph (1)) the following: 22

‘‘(b) SCHOODIC PENINSULA ADDITION.— 23

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The boundary of the Park 24

is confirmed to include approximately 1,441 acres of 25

land and interests in land, as depicted on the map 26


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entitled ‘Acadia National Park, Hancock County, 1

Maine, Schoodic Peninsula Boundary Revision’, 2

numbered 123/129102, and dated July 10, 2015. 3

‘‘(2) RATIFICATION AND APPROVAL OF ACQUISI-4

TIONS OF LAND.—Congress ratifies and approves— 5

‘‘(A) effective as of September 26, 2013, 6

the acquisition by the United States of the land 7

and interests in the land described in paragraph 8

(1); and 9

‘‘(B) effective as of the date on which the 10

alteration occurred, any alteration of the land 11

or interests in the land described in paragraph 12

(1) that is held or claimed by the United States 13

(including conversion of the land to fee simple 14

interest) that occurred after the date described 15

in subparagraph (A).’’; and 16

(4) in subsection (c) (as designated by para-17

graph (2)(A)), by adding at the end the following: 18

‘‘(2) TECHNICAL AND LIMITED REVISIONS.— 19

Subject to section 102(k), notwithstanding any other 20

provision of this section, the Secretary of the Inte-21

rior (referred to in this title as the ‘Secretary’), by 22

publication in the Federal Register of a revised 23

boundary map or other description, may make— 24


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‘‘(A) such technical boundary revisions as 1

the Secretary determines to be appropriate to 2

the permanent boundaries of the Park (includ-3

ing any property of the Park located within the 4

Schoodic Peninsula and Isle Au Haut districts) 5

to resolve issues resulting from causes such as 6

survey error or changed road alignments; and 7

‘‘(B) such limited boundary revisions as 8

the Secretary determines to be appropriate to 9

the permanent boundaries of the Park to take 10

into account acquisitions or losses, by exchange, 11

donation, or purchase from willing sellers using 12

donated or appropriated funds, of land adjacent 13

to or within the Park, respectively, in any case 14

in which the total acreage of the land to be so 15

acquired or lost is less than 10 acres, subject 16

to the condition that— 17

‘‘(i) any such boundary revision shall 18

not be a part of a more-comprehensive 19

boundary revision; and 20

‘‘(ii) all such boundary revisions, con-21

sidered collectively with any technical 22

boundary revisions made pursuant to sub-23

paragraph (A), do not increase the size of 24

the Park by more than a total of 100 25


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acres, as compared to the size of the Park 1

on the date of enactment of this para-2

graph.’’. 3

(b) LIMITATION ON ACQUISITIONS OF LAND FOR 4

ACADIA NATIONAL PARK.—Section 102 of Public Law 5

99–420 (16 U.S.C. 341 note) is amended— 6

(1) in subsection (a), in the matter preceding 7

paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘of the Interior (herein-8

after in this title referred to as ‘the Secretary’)’’; 9

(2) in subsection (d)(1), in the first sentence, 10

by striking ‘‘the the’’ and inserting ‘‘the’’; 11

(3) in subsection (k)— 12

(A) by redesignating the subsection as 13

paragraph (4) and indenting the paragraph ap-14

propriately; and 15

(B) by moving the paragraph so as to ap-16

pear at the end of subsection (b); and 17


‘‘(k) REQUIREMENTS.—Before revising the bound-19

aries of the Park pursuant to this section or section 20

101(c)(2)(B), the Secretary shall— 21

‘‘(1) certify that the proposed boundary revision 22

will contribute to, and is necessary for, the proper 23

preservation, protection, interpretation, or manage-24

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‘‘(2) consult with the governing body of each 1

county, city, town, or other jurisdiction with primary 2

taxing authority over the land or interest in land to 3

be acquired regarding the impacts of the proposed 4

boundary revision; 5

‘‘(3) obtain from each property owner the land 6

or interest in land of which is proposed to be ac-7

quired for, or lost from, the Park written consent for 8

the proposed boundary revision; and 9

‘‘(4) submit to the Acadia National Park Advi-10

sory Commission established by section 103(a), the 11

Committee on Natural Resources of the House of 12

Representatives, the Committee on Energy and Nat-13

ural Resources of the Senate, and the Maine Con-14

gressional Delegation a written notice of the pro-15

posed boundary revision. 16

‘‘(l) LIMITATION.—The Secretary may not use the 17

authority provided by section 100506 of title 54, United 18

States Code, to adjust the permanent boundaries of the 19

Park pursuant to this title.’’. 20

(c) ACADIA NATIONAL PARK ADVISORY COMMIS-21

SION.— 22

(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall reestab-23

lish and appoint members to the Acadia National 24

Park Advisory Commission in accordance with sec-25


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tion 103 of Public Law 99–420 (16 U.S.C. 341 1

note). 2

(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 103 3

of Public Law 99–420 (16 U.S.C. 341 note) is 4

amended by striking subsection (f). 5

(d) REPEAL OF CERTAIN PROVISIONS RELATING TO 6

ACADIA NATIONAL PARK.—The following are repealed: 7

(1) Section 3 of the Act of February 26, 1919 8

(40 Stat. 1178, chapter 45). 9

(2) The first section of the Act of January 19, 10

1929 (45 Stat. 1083, chapter 77). 11

(e) MODIFICATION OF USE RESTRICTION.—The Act 12

of August 1, 1950 (64 Stat. 383, chapter 511), is amend-13

ed— 14

(1) by striking ‘‘That the Secretary’’ and in-15


‘‘SECTION 1. CONVEYANCE OF LAND IN ACADIA NATIONAL 17

PARK. 18

‘‘The Secretary’’; and 19

(2) by striking ‘‘for school purposes’’ and in-20

serting ‘‘for public purposes, subject to the condi-21

tions that use of the land shall not degrade or ad-22

versely impact the resources or values of Acadia Na-23

tional Park and that the land shall remain in public 24


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ownership for recreational, educational, or similar 1

public purposes’’. 2

(f) CONTINUATION OF CERTAIN TRADITIONAL 3

USES.—Title I of Public Law 99–420 (16 U.S.C. 341 4

note) is amended by adding at the end the following: 5

‘‘SEC. 109. CONTINUATION OF CERTAIN TRADITIONAL USES. 6


‘‘(1) LAND WITHIN THE PARK.—The term ‘land 8

within the Park’ means land owned or controlled by 9

the United States— 10

‘‘(A) that is within the boundary of the 11

Park established by section 101; or 12

‘‘(B)(i) that is outside the boundary of the 13

Park; and 14

‘‘(ii) in which the Secretary has or acquires 15

a property interest or conservation easement 16

pursuant to this title. 17

‘‘(2) MARINE SPECIES; MARINE WORM; SHELL-18

FISH.—The terms ‘marine species’, ‘marine worm’, 19

and ‘shellfish’ have the meanings given those terms 20

in section 6001 of title 12 of the Maine Revised 21

Statutes (as in effect on the date of enactment of 22

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‘‘(3) STATE LAW.—The term ‘State law’ means 1

the law (including regulations) of the State of 2

Maine, including the common law. 3

‘‘(4) TAKING.—The term ‘taking’ means the re-4

moval or attempted removal of a marine species, ma-5

rine worm, or shellfish from the natural habitat of 6

the marine species, marine worm, or shellfish. 7

‘‘(b) CONTINUATION OF TRADITIONAL USES.—The 8

Secretary shall allow for the traditional taking of marine 9

species, marine worms, and shellfish, on land within the 10

Park between the mean high watermark and the mean low 11

watermark in accordance with State law.’’. 12

(g) CONVEYANCE OF CERTAIN LAND IN ACADIA NA-13

TIONAL PARK TO THE TOWN OF BAR HARBOR, MAINE.— 14

(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall convey 15

to the Town of Bar Harbor all right, title, and inter-16

est of the United States in and to the .29-acre par-17

cel of land in Acadia National Park identified as lot 18

110–055–000 on the tax map of the Town of Bar 19

Harbor for section 110, dated April 1, 2015, to be 20

used for a solid waste transfer facility. 21

(2) REVERSION.—If the land conveyed under 22

paragraph (1) is used for a purpose other than the 23

purpose described in that paragraph, the land shall, 24


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at the discretion of the Secretary, revert to the 1

United States. 2

SEC. 2109. AUTHORITY OF SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR 3

TO ACCEPT CERTAIN PROPERTIES, MIS-4

SOURI. 5

(a) STE. GENEVIEVE NATIONAL HISTORICAL 6

PARK.—Section 7134(a)(3) of the Energy and Natural 7

Resources Act of 2017 (as enacted into law by section 8

121(a)(2) of division G of the Consolidated Appropriations 9

Act, 2018 (Public Law 115–141)) is amended by striking 10

‘‘ ‘Ste. Genevieve National Historical Park Proposed 11

Boundary’, numbered 571/132,626, and dated May 2016’’ 12

and inserting ‘‘ ‘Ste. Genevieve National Historical Park 13

Proposed Boundary Addition’, numbered 571/149,942, 14

and dated December 2018’’. 15

(b) HARRY S TRUMAN NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE.— 16

Public Law 98–32 (54 U.S.C. 320101 note) is amended— 17

(1) in section 3, by striking the section designa-18

tion and all that follows through ‘‘is authorized’’ and 19


‘‘SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 21

‘‘There are authorized’’; 22

(2) in section 2— 23

(A) in the second sentence, by striking 24

‘‘The Secretary is further authorized, in the ad-25


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ministration of the site, to’’ and inserting the 1

following: 2

‘‘(b) USE BY MARGARET TRUMAN DANIEL.—In ad-3

ministering the Harry S Truman National Historic Site, 4

the Secretary may’’; and 5

(B) by striking the section designation and 6

all that follows through ‘‘and shall be’’ in the 7

first sentence and inserting the following: 8

‘‘SEC. 3. DESIGNATION; USE BY MARGARET TRUMAN DAN-9

IEL. 10

‘‘(a) DESIGNATION.—Any property acquired pursu-11

ant to section 2— 12

‘‘(1) is designated as the ‘Harry S Truman Na-13

tional Historic Site’; and 14

‘‘(2) shall be’’; and 15

(3) in the first section— 16

(A) by redesignating subsection (e) as 17

paragraph (2), indenting the paragraph appro-18

priately, and moving the paragraph so as to ap-19

pear at the end of subsection (c); 20

(B) in subsection (c)— 21

(i) by striking the subsection designa-22

tion and all that follows through ‘‘author-23

ized to’’ and inserting the following: 24

‘‘(c) TRUMAN FARM HOME.— 25


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‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may’’; and 1

(ii) in paragraph (2) (as redesignated 2

by subparagraph (A))— 3

(I) by striking ‘‘Farm House’’ 4

and inserting ‘‘Farm Home’’; and 5

(II) by striking the paragraph 6

designation and all that follows 7

through ‘‘authorized and directed to’’ 8


‘‘(2) TECHNICAL AND PLANNING ASSIST-10

ANCE.—The Secretary shall’’; 11

(C) in subsection (b)— 12

(i) by striking ‘‘(b)(1) The Secretary 13

is further authorized to’’ and inserting the 14

following: 15

‘‘(b) NOLAND/HAUKENBERRY AND WALLACE 16

HOUSES.— 17

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may’’; and 18

(ii) in paragraph (1), by indenting 19

subparagraphs (A) and (B) appropriately; 20

(D) by adding at the end the following: 21

‘‘(e) ADDITIONAL LAND IN INDEPENDENCE FOR VIS-22

ITOR CENTER.— 23


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‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may acquire, 1

by donation from the city of Independence, Missouri, 2

the land described in paragraph (2) for— 3

‘‘(A) inclusion in the Harry S Truman Na-4

tional Historic Site; and 5

‘‘(B) if the Secretary determines appro-6

priate, use as a visitor center of the historic 7

site, which may include administrative services. 8

‘‘(2) DESCRIPTION OF LAND.—The land re-9

ferred to in paragraph (1) consists of the approxi-10

mately 1.08 acres of land— 11

‘‘(A) owned by the city of Independence, 12

Missouri; 13

‘‘(B) designated as Lots 6 through 19, 14

DELAYS Subdivision, a subdivision in Inde-15

pendence, Jackson County, Missouri; and 16

‘‘(C) located in the area of the city bound 17

by Truman Road on the south, North Lynn 18

Street on the west, East White Oak Street on 19

the north, and the city transit center on the 20

east. 21

‘‘(3) BOUNDARY MODIFICATION.—On acquisi-22

tion of the land under this subsection, the Secretary 23

shall modify the boundary of the Harry S Truman 24


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National Historic Site to reflect that acquisition.’’; 1

and 2

(E) in subsection (a)— 3

(i) in the second sentence, by striking 4

‘‘The Secretary may also acquire, by any 5

of the above means, fixtures,’’ and insert-6

ing the following: 7

‘‘(2) FIXTURES AND PERSONAL PROPERTY.— 8

The Secretary may acquire, by any means described 9

in paragraph (1), any fixtures’’; and 10

(ii) in the first sentence— 11

(I) by striking ‘‘of the Interior 12

(hereinafter referred to as the ‘Sec-13

retary’)’’; and 14

(II) by striking ‘‘That (a) in 15

order to’’ and inserting the following: 16

‘‘SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; DEFINITION OF SECRETARY. 17

‘‘(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 18

‘Harry S Truman National Historic Site Establishment 19

Act’. 20

‘‘(b) DEFINITION OF SECRETARY.—In this Act, the 21

term ‘Secretary’ means the Secretary of the Interior. 22

‘‘SEC. 2. PURPOSE; ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY. 23

‘‘(a) PURPOSE; ACQUISITION.— 24

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—To’’. 25


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SEC. 2110. HOME OF FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT NATIONAL 1

HISTORIC SITE. 2

(a) LAND ACQUISITION.—The Secretary may ac-3

quire, by donation, purchase from a willing seller using 4

donated or appropriated funds, or exchange, the approxi-5

mately 89 acres of land identified as the ‘‘Morgan Prop-6

erty’’ and generally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘Home 7

of Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site, Proposed 8

Park Addition’’, numbered 384/138,461, and dated May 9

2017. 10

(b) AVAILABILITY OF MAP.—The map referred to in 11

subsection (a) shall be available for public inspection in 12

the appropriate offices of the National Park Service. 13

(c) BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT; ADMINISTRATION.— 14

On acquisition of the land referred to in subsection (a), 15

the Secretary shall— 16

(1) adjust the boundary of the Home of Frank-17

lin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site to reflect the 18

acquisition; and 19

(2) administer the acquired land as part of the 20

Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic 21

Site, in accordance with applicable laws. 22


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Subtitle C—National Park System 1

Redesignations 2

SEC. 2201. DESIGNATION OF SAINT-GAUDENS NATIONAL 3

HISTORICAL PARK. 4

(a) IN GENERAL.—The Saint-Gaudens National His-5

toric Site shall be known and designated as the ‘‘Saint- 6

Gaudens National Historical Park’’. 7

(b) AMENDMENTS TO PUBLIC LAW 88–543.—Public 8

Law 88–543 (78 Stat.749) is amended— 9

(1) by striking ‘‘National Historic Site’’ each 10

place it appears and inserting ‘‘National Historical 11

Park’’; 12

(2) in section 2(a), by striking ‘‘historic site’’ 13

and inserting ‘‘Saint-Gaudens National Historical 14

Park’’; 15

(3) in section 3, by— 16

(A) striking ‘‘national historical site’’ and 17

inserting ‘‘Saint-Gaudens National Historical 18

Park’’; and 19

(B) striking ‘‘part of the site’’ and insert-20

ing ‘‘part of the park’’; and 21

(4) in section 4(b), by striking ‘‘traditional to 22

the site’’ and inserting ‘‘traditional to the park’’. 23

(c) REFERENCES.—Any reference in any law, regula-24

tion, document, record, map, or other paper of the United 25


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States to the Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site shall 1

be considered to be a reference to the ‘‘Saint-Gaudens Na-2

tional Historical Park’’. 3

SEC. 2202. REDESIGNATION OF ROBERT EMMET PARK. 4

(a) REDESIGNATION.—The small triangular property 5

designated by the National Park Service as reservation 6

302, shall be known as ‘‘Robert Emmet Park’’. 7

(b) REFERENCE.—Any reference in any law, regula-8

tion, document, record, map, paper, or other record of the 9

United States to the property referred to in subsection (a) 10

is deemed to be a reference to ‘‘Robert Emmet Park’’. 11

(c) SIGNAGE.—The Secretary may post signs on or 12

near Robert Emmet Park that include 1 or more of the 13

following: 14

(1) Information on Robert Emmet, his con-15

tribution to Irish Independence, and his respect for 16

the United States and the American Revolution. 17

(2) Information on the history of the statue of 18

Robert Emmet located in Robert Emmet Park. 19

SEC. 2203. FORT SUMTER AND FORT MOULTRIE NATIONAL 20

HISTORICAL PARK. 21



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Moultrie National Historical Park’’, numbered 392/ 1

80,088, and dated August 2009. 2

(2) PARK.—The term ‘‘Park’’ means the Fort 3

Sumter and Fort Moultrie National Historical Park 4

established by subsection (b). 5


of South Carolina. 7

(4) SULLIVAN’S ISLAND LIFE SAVING STATION 8

HISTORIC DISTRICT.—The term ‘‘Sullivan’s Island 9

Life Saving Station Historic District’’ means the 10

Charleston Lighthouse, the boathouse, garage, bunk-11

er/sighting station, signal tower, and any associated 12

land and improvements to the land that are located 13

between Sullivan’s Island Life Saving Station and 14

the mean low water mark. 15

(b) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established the Fort 16

Sumter and Fort Moultrie National Historical Park in the 17

State as a single unit of the National Park System to pre-18

serve, maintain, and interpret the nationally significant 19

historical values and cultural resources associated with 20

Fort Sumter National Monument, Fort Moultrie National 21

Monument, and the Sullivan’s Island Life Saving Station 22

Historic District. 23

(c) BOUNDARY.—The boundary of the Park shall be 24

as generally depicted on the map. 25


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(d) AVAILABILITY OF MAP.—The map shall be on file 1



(e) ADMINISTRATION.— 4


through the Director of the National Park Service, 6

shall administer the Park in accordance with this 7

section and the laws generally applicable to units of 8

the National Park System, including— 9

(A) section 100101(a), chapter 1003, and 10

sections 100751(a), 100752, 100753, and 11

102101 of title 54, United States Code; and 12

(B) chapter 3201 of title 54, United States 13

Code. 14

(2) INTERPRETATION OF HISTORICAL 15

EVENTS.—The Secretary shall provide for the inter-16

pretation of historical events and activities that oc-17

curred in the vicinity of Fort Sumter and Fort 18

Moultrie, including— 19

(A) the Battle of Sullivan’s Island on June 20

28, 1776; 21

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(i) the bombardment of Fort Sumter 1

by Confederate forces on April 12, 1861; 2

and 3

(ii) any other events of the Civil War 4

that are associated with Fort Sumter and 5

Fort Moultrie; 6

(D) the development of the coastal defense 7

system of the United States during the period 8

from the Revolutionary War to World War II, 9

including— 10

(i) the Sullivan’s Island Life Saving 11

Station; 12

(ii) the lighthouse associated with the 13

Sullivan’s Island Life Saving Station; and 14

(iii) the coastal defense sites con-15

structed during the period of fortification 16

construction from 1898 to 1942, known as 17

the ‘‘Endicott Period’’; and 18

(E) the lives of— 19

(i) the free and enslaved workers who 20

built and maintained Fort Sumter and 21

Fort Moultrie; 22

(ii) the soldiers who defended the 23

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(iii) the prisoners held at the forts; 1

and 2

(iv) captive Africans bound for slavery 3

who, after first landing in the United 4

States, were brought to quarantine houses 5

in the vicinity of Fort Moultrie in the 18th 6

century, if the Secretary determines that 7

the quarantine houses and associated his-8

torical values are nationally significant. 9

(f) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.—The Secretary 10

may enter into cooperative agreements with public and 11

private entities and individuals to carry out this section. 12

(g) REPEAL OF EXISTING LAW.—Section 2 of the 13

Joint Resolution entitled ‘‘Joint Resolution to establish 14

the Fort Sumter National Monument in the State of 15

South Carolina’’, approved April 28, 1948 (16 U.S.C. 16

450ee–1), is repealed. 17

SEC. 2204. RECONSTRUCTION ERA NATIONAL HISTORICAL 18

PARK AND RECONSTRUCTION ERA NATIONAL 19

HISTORIC NETWORK. 20


(1) HISTORICAL PARK.—The term ‘‘historical 22

park’’ means the Reconstruction Era National His-23

torical Park. 24


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(2) MAP.—The term ‘‘Map’’ means the maps 1

entitled ‘‘Reconstruction Era National Monument 2

Old Beaufort Firehouse’’, numbered 550/135,755, 3

and dated January 2017; ‘‘Reconstruction Era Na-4

tional Monument Darrah Hall and Brick Baptist 5

Church’’, numbered 550/135,756, and dated Janu-6

ary 2017; and ‘‘Reconstruction Era National Monu-7

ment Camp Saxton’’, numbered 550/135,757, and 8

dated January 2017, collectively. 9

(3) NETWORK.—The term ‘‘Network’’ means 10

the Reconstruction Era National Historic Network 11

established pursuant to this section. 12

(b) RECONSTRUCTION ERA NATIONAL HISTORICAL 13

PARK.— 14

(1) REDESIGNATION OF RECONSTRUCTION ERA 15

NATIONAL MONUMENT.— 16

(A) IN GENERAL.—The Reconstruction 17

Era National Monument is redesignated as the 18

Reconstruction Era National Historical Park, 19

as generally depicted on the Map. 20

(B) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Any funds 21

available for the purposes of the Reconstruction 22

Era National Monument shall be available for 23

the purposes of the historical park. 24


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(C) REFERENCES.—Any references in a 1

law, regulation, document, record, map, or 2

other paper of the United States to the Recon-3

struction Era National Monument shall be con-4

sidered to be a reference to the historical park. 5

(2) BOUNDARY EXPANSION.— 6

(A) BEAUFORT NATIONAL HISTORIC LAND-7

MARK DISTRICT.—Subject to subparagraph (D), 8

the Secretary is authorized to acquire land or 9

interests in land within the Beaufort National 10

Historic Landmark District that has historic 11

connection to the Reconstruction Era. Upon fi-12

nalizing an agreement to acquire land, the Sec-13

retary shall expand the boundary of the histor-14

ical park to encompass the property. 15

(B) ST. HELENA ISLAND.—Subject to sub-16

paragraph (D), the Secretary is authorized to 17

acquire the following and shall expand the 18

boundary of the historical park to include ac-19

quisitions under this authority: 20

(i) Land and interests in land adja-21

cent to the existing boundary on St. Hel-22

ena Island, South Carolina, as reflected on 23

the Map. 24


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(ii) Land or interests in land on St. 1

Helena Island, South Carolina, that has a 2

historic connection to the Reconstruction 3

Era. 4

(C) CAMP SAXTON.—Subject to subpara-5

graph (D), the Secretary is authorized to accept 6

administrative jurisdiction of Federal land or 7

interests in Federal land adjacent to the exist-8

ing boundary at Camp Saxton, as reflected on 9

the Map. Upon finalizing an agreement to ac-10

cept administrative jurisdiction of Federal land 11

or interests in Federal land, the Secretary shall 12

expand the boundary of the historical park to 13

encompass that Federal land or interests in 14

Federal land. 15

(D) LAND ACQUISITION AUTHORITY.—The 16

Secretary may only acquire land under this sec-17

tion by donation, exchange, or purchase with 18

donated funds. 19

(3) ADMINISTRATION.— 20

(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall ad-21

minister the historical park in accordance with 22

this section and with the laws generally applica-23

ble to units of the National Park System. 24


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(B) MANAGEMENT PLAN.—If the manage-1

ment plan for the Reconstruction Era National 2

Monument— 3

(i) has not been completed on or be-4

fore the date of enactment of this Act, the 5

Secretary shall incorporate all provisions of 6

this section into the planning process and 7

complete a management plan for the his-8

torical park within 3 years; and 9

(ii) has been completed on or before 10

the date of enactment of this Act, the Sec-11

retary shall update the plan incorporating 12

the provisions of this section. 13

(c) RECONSTRUCTION ERA NATIONAL HISTORIC 14

NETWORK.— 15

(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall— 16

(A) establish, within the National Park 17

Service, a program to be known as the ‘‘Recon-18

struction Era National Historic Network’’; 19

(B) not later than 1 year after the date of 20

enactment of this Act, solicit proposals from 21

sites interested in being a part of the Network; 22

and 23

(C) administer the Network through the 24

historical park. 25


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(2) DUTIES OF SECRETARY.—In carrying out 1

the Network, the Secretary shall— 2

(A) review studies and reports to com-3

plement and not duplicate studies of the histor-4

ical importance of Reconstruction Era that may 5

be underway or completed, such as the National 6

Park Service Reconstruction Handbook and the 7

National Park Service Theme Study on Recon-8

struction; 9

(B) produce and disseminate appropriate 10

educational and promotional materials relating 11

to the Reconstruction Era and the sites in the 12

Network, such as handbooks, maps, interpretive 13

guides, or electronic information; 14

(C) enter into appropriate cooperative 15

agreements and memoranda of understanding 16

to provide technical assistance; 17

(D)(i) create and adopt an official, uniform 18

symbol or device for the Network; and 19

(ii) issue regulations for the use of the 20

symbol or device adopted under clause (i); and 21

(E) conduct research relating to Recon-22

struction and the Reconstruction Era. 23

(3) ELEMENTS.—The Network shall encompass 24

the following elements: 25


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(A) All units and programs of the National 1

Park Service that are determined by the Sec-2

retary to relate to the Reconstruction Era. 3

(B) Other Federal, State, local, and pri-4

vately owned properties that the Secretary de-5

termines— 6

(i) relate to the Reconstruction Era; 7

and 8

(ii) are included in, or determined by 9

the Secretary to be eligible for inclusion in, 10

the National Register of Historic Places. 11

(C) Other governmental and nongovern-12

mental sites, facilities, and programs of an edu-13

cational, research, or interpretive nature that 14

are directly related to the Reconstruction Era. 15

(4) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS AND MEMO-16

RANDA OF UNDERSTANDING.—To achieve the pur-17

poses of this section and to ensure effective coordi-18

nation of the Federal and non-Federal elements of 19

the Network and units and programs of the National 20

Park Service, the Secretary may enter into coopera-21

tive agreements and memoranda of understanding 22

with, and provide technical assistance to, the heads 23

of other Federal agencies, States, units of local gov-24


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ernment, regional governmental bodies, and private 1

entities. 2

SEC. 2205. GOLDEN SPIKE NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK. 3


(1) PARK.—The term ‘‘Park’’ means the Gold-5

en Spike National Historical Park designated by 6


(2) PROGRAM.—The term ‘‘Program’’ means 8

the program to commemorate and interpret the 9

Transcontinental Railroad authorized under sub-10

section (c). 11




(4) TRANSCONTINENTAL RAILROAD.—The term 15

‘‘Transcontinental Railroad’’ means the approxi-16

mately 1,912-mile continuous railroad constructed 17

between 1863 and 1869 extending from Council 18

Bluffs, Iowa, to San Francisco, California. 19

(b) REDESIGNATION.— 20

(1) REDESIGNATION.—The Golden Spike Na-21

tional Historic Site designated April 2, 1957, and 22

placed under the administration of the National 23

Park Service under Public Law 89–102 (54 U.S.C. 24

320101 note; 79 Stat. 426), shall be known and des-25


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ignated as the ‘‘Golden Spike National Historical 1

Park’’. 2



the United States to the Golden Spike National His-5

toric Site shall be considered to be a reference to the 6

‘‘Golden Spike National Historical Park’’. 7

(c) TRANSCONTINENTAL RAILROAD COMMEMORA-8

TION AND PROGRAM.— 9


the Secretary shall establish within the National 11

Park Service a program to commemorate and inter-12

pret the Transcontinental Railroad. 13

(2) STUDY.—Before establishing the Program, 14

the Secretary shall conduct a study of alternatives 15

for commemorating and interpreting the Trans-16

continental Railroad that includes— 17

(A) a historical assessment of the Trans-18

continental Railroad; 19

(B) the identification of— 20

(i) existing National Park System 21

land and affiliated areas, land managed by 22

other Federal agencies, and Federal pro-23

grams that may be related to preserving, 24


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commemorating, and interpreting the 1

Transcontinental Railroad; 2

(ii) any properties relating to the 3

Transcontinental Railroad— 4

(I) that are designated as, or 5

could meet the criteria for designation 6

as, National Historic Landmarks; or 7

(II) that are included, or eligible 8

for inclusion, on the National Register 9

of Historic Places; 10

(iii) any objects relating to the Trans-11

continental Railroad that have educational, 12

research, or interpretative value; and 13

(iv) any governmental programs and 14

nongovernmental programs of an edu-15

cational, research, or interpretive nature 16

relating to the Transcontinental Railroad; 17

and 18

(C) recommendations for— 19

(i) incorporating the resources identi-20

fied under subparagraph (B) into the Pro-21

gram; and 22

(ii) other appropriate ways to enhance 23

historical research, education, interpreta-24


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tion, and public awareness of the Trans-1

continental Railroad. 2


date on which funds are made available to carry out 4

the study under paragraph (2), the Secretary shall 5

submit to the Committee on Natural Resources of 6

the House of Representatives and the Committee on 7

Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate a re-8

port containing the findings and recommendations of 9

the study. 10

(4) FREIGHT RAILROAD OPERATIONS.—The 11

Program shall not include any properties that are— 12

(A) used in active freight railroad oper-13

ations (or other ancillary purposes); or 14

(B) reasonably anticipated to be used for 15

freight railroad operations in the future. 16

(5) ELEMENTS OF THE PROGRAM.—In carrying 17

out the Program under this subsection, the Sec-18

retary— 19

(A) shall produce and disseminate appro-20

priate education materials relating to the his-21

tory, construction, and legacy of the Trans-22

continental Railroad, such as handbooks, maps, 23

interpretive guides, or electronic information; 24


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(B) may enter into appropriate cooperative 1

agreements and memoranda of understanding 2

and provide technical assistance to the heads of 3

other Federal agencies, States, units of local 4

government, regional governmental bodies, and 5

private entities to further the purposes of the 6

Program and this section; and 7

(C) may— 8

(i) create and adopt an official, uni-9

form symbol or device to identify the Pro-10

gram; and 11

(ii) issue guidance for the use of the 12

symbol or device created and adopted 13

under clause (i). 14

(d) PROGRAMMATIC AGREEMENT.— 15



retary shall seek to enter into a programmatic agree-18

ment with the Utah State Historic Preservation Of-19

ficer to add to the list of undertakings eligible for 20

streamlined review under section 306108 of title 54, 21

United States Code, certain uses that would have 22

limited physical impact to land in the Park. 23


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(2) DEVELOPMENT AND CONSULTATION.—The 1

programmatic agreement entered into under para-2

graph (1) shall be developed— 3

(A) in accordance with applicable laws (in-4

cluding regulations); and 5

(B) in consultation with adjacent land-6

owners, Indian Tribes, and other interested par-7

ties. 8

(3) APPROVAL.—The Secretary shall— 9

(A) consider any application for uses cov-10

ered by the programmatic agreement; and 11

(B) not later than 60 days after the re-12

ceipt of an application described in subpara-13

graph (A), approve the application, if the Sec-14

retary determines the application is consistent 15

with— 16

(i) the programmatic agreement en-17

tered into under paragraph (1); and 18

(ii) applicable laws (including regula-19

tions). 20

(e) INVASIVE SPECIES.—The Secretary shall consult 21

with, and seek to coordinate with, adjacent landowners to 22

address the treatment of invasive species adjacent to, and 23

within the boundaries of, the Park. 24


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SEC. 2206. WORLD WAR II PACIFIC SITES. 1

(a) PEARL HARBOR NATIONAL MEMORIAL, 2

HAWAI’I.— 3


(A) MAP.—The term ‘‘Map’’ means the 5

map entitled ‘‘Pearl Harbor National Memo-6

rial—Proposed Boundary’’, numbered 580/ 7

140,514, and dated November 2017. 8

(B) NATIONAL MEMORIAL.—The term 9

‘‘National Memorial’’ means the Pearl Harbor 10

National Memorial established by paragraph 11

(2)(A)(i). 12

(2) PEARL HARBOR NATIONAL MEMORIAL.— 13

(A) ESTABLISHMENT.— 14

(i) IN GENERAL.—There is established 15

the Pearl Harbor National Memorial in the 16

State of Hawai’i as a unit of the National 17

Park System. 18

(ii) BOUNDARIES.—The boundaries of 19

the National Memorial shall be the bound-20

aries generally depicted on the Map. 21

(iii) AVAILABILITY OF MAP.—The 22

Map shall be on file and available for pub-23

lic inspection in appropriate offices of the 24



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(B) PURPOSES.—The purposes of the Na-1

tional Memorial are to preserve, interpret, and 2

commemorate for the benefit of present and fu-3

ture generations the history of World War II in 4

the Pacific from the events leading to the De-5

cember 7, 1941, attack on O’ahu, to peace and 6

reconciliation. 7


minister the National Memorial in accordance with 9

this subsection, section 121 of Public Law 111–88 10

(123 Stat. 2930), and the laws generally applicable 11

to units of the National Park System including— 12

(A) section 100101(a), chapter 1003, and 13

sections 100751(a), 100752, 100753, and 14

102101 of title 54, United States Code; and 15

(B) chapter 3201 of title 54, United States 16

Code. 17

(4) REMOVAL OF PEARL HARBOR NATIONAL 18

MEMORIAL FROM THE WORLD WAR II VALOR IN THE 19

PACIFIC NATIONAL MONUMENT.— 20

(A) BOUNDARIES.—The boundaries of the 21

World War II Valor in the Pacific National 22

Monument are revised to exclude from the 23

monument the land and interests in land identi-24


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fied as the ‘‘Pearl Harbor National Memorial’’, 1

as depicted on the Map. 2

(B) INCORPORATION INTO NATIONAL ME-3

MORIAL.— 4

(i) IN GENERAL.—The land and inter-5

ests in land excluded from the monument 6

under subparagraph (A) are incorporated 7

in and made part of the National Memorial 8

in accordance with this subsection. 9

(ii) USE OF FUNDS.—Any funds for 10

the purposes of the land and interests in 11

land excluded from the monument under 12

subparagraph (A) shall be made available 13

for the purposes of the National Memorial. 14

(iii) REFERENCES.—Any reference in 15

a law (other than this section), regulation, 16

document, record, map, or other paper of 17

the United States to resources in the State 18

of Hawai’i included in the World War II 19

Valor in the Pacific National Monument 20

shall be considered a reference to the 21

‘‘Pearl Harbor National Memorial’’. 22

(b) TULE LAKE NATIONAL MONUMENT, CALI-23

FORNIA.— 24


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(1) IN GENERAL.—The areas of the World War 1

II Valor in the Pacific National Monument located 2

in the State of California, as established by Presi-3

dential Proclamation 8327 (73 Fed. Reg. 75293; 4

December 10, 2008), are redesignated as the ‘‘Tule 5

Lake National Monument’’. 6


minister the Tule Lake National Monument in ac-8

cordance with the provisions of Presidential Procla-9

mation 8327 (73 Fed. Reg. 75293; December 10, 10

2008) applicable to the sites and resources in the 11

State of California that are subject to that procla-12

mation. 13

(3) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law 14

(other than this section), regulation, document, 15

record, map, or other paper of the United States to 16

resources in the State of California included in the 17

World War II Valor in the Pacific National Monu-18

ment shall be considered to be a reference to ‘‘Tule 19

Lake National Monument’’. 20

(c) ALEUTIAN ISLANDS WORLD WAR II NATIONAL 21

MONUMENT, ALASKA.— 22

(1) IN GENERAL.—The areas of the World War 23

II Valor in the Pacific National Monument located 24

in the State of Alaska, as established by Presidential 25


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Proclamation 8327 (73 Fed. Reg. 75293; December 1

10, 2008), are redesignated as the ‘‘Aleutian Islands 2

World War II National Monument’’. 3


minister the Aleutian Islands World War II National 5

Monument in accordance with the provisions of 6

Presidential Proclamation 8327 (73 Fed. Reg. 7

75293; December 10, 2008) applicable to the sites 8

and resources in the State of Alaska that are subject 9

to that proclamation. 10

(3) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law 11

(other than this section), regulation, document, 12

record, map, or other paper of the United States to 13

the sites and resources in the State of Alaska in-14

cluded in the World War II Valor in the Pacific Na-15

tional Monument shall be considered to be a ref-16

erence to the ‘‘Aleutian Islands World War II Na-17

tional Monument’’. 18

(d) HONOULIULI NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE, 19

HAWAI’I.— 20


(A) HISTORIC SITE.—The term ‘‘Historic 22

Site’’ means the Honouliuli National Historic 23

Site established by paragraph (2)(A)(i). 24


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(B) MAP.—The term ‘‘Map’’ means the 1

map entitled ‘‘Honouliuli National Historic 2

Site—Proposed Boundary’’, numbered 680/ 3

139428, and dated June 2017. 4

(2) HONOULIULI NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE.— 5

(A) ESTABLISHMENT.— 6

(i) IN GENERAL.—There is established 7

the Honouliuli National Historic Site in 8

the State of Hawai’i as a unit of the Na-9

tional Park System. 10

(ii) BOUNDARIES.—The boundaries of 11

the Historic Site shall be the boundaries 12

generally depicted on the Map. 13

(iii) AVAILABILITY OF MAP.—The 14

Map shall be on file and available for pub-15

lic inspection in appropriate offices of the 16


(B) PURPOSES.—The purposes of the His-18

toric Site are to preserve and interpret for the 19

benefit of present and future generations the 20

history associated with the internment and de-21

tention of civilians of Japanese and other an-22

cestries during World War II in Hawai’i, the 23

impacts of war and martial law on society in 24

the Hawaiian Islands, and the co-location and 25


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diverse experiences of Prisoners of War at the 1

Honouliuli Internment Camp site. 2

(3) ADMINISTRATION.— 3

(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall ad-4

minister the Historic Site in accordance with 5

this subsection and the laws generally applica-6

ble to units of the National Park System, in-7

cluding— 8

(i) section 100101(a), chapter 1003, 9

and sections 100751(a), 100752, 100753, 10

and 102101 of title 54, United States 11

Code; and 12

(ii) chapter 3201 of title 54, United 13

States Code. 14

(B) PARTNERSHIPS.— 15

(i) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may 16

enter into agreements with, or acquire 17

easements from, the owners of property 18

adjacent to the Historic Site to provide 19

public access to the Historic Site. 20

(ii) INTERPRETATION.—The Secretary 21

may enter into cooperative agreements 22

with governmental and nongovernmental 23

organizations to provide for interpretation 24

at the Historic Site. 25


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(C) SHARED RESOURCES.—To the max-1

imum extent practicable, the Secretary may use 2

the resources of the Pearl Harbor National Me-3

morial to administer the Historic Site. 4

(4) ABOLISHMENT OF HONOULIULI NATIONAL 5

MONUMENT.— 6

(A) IN GENERAL.—In light of the estab-7

lishment of the Honouliuli National Historic 8

Site, the Honouliuli National Monument is 9

abolished and the lands and interests therein 10

are incorporated within and made part of 11

Honouliuli National Historic Site. Any funds 12

available for purposes of Honouliuli National 13

Monument shall be available for purposes of the 14

Historic Site. 15

(B) REFERENCES.—Any references in law 16

(other than in this section), regulation, docu-17

ment, record, map or other paper of the United 18

States to Honouliuli National Monument shall 19

be considered a reference to Honouliuli Na-20

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Subtitle D—New Units of the 1

National Park System 2

SEC. 2301. MEDGAR AND MYRLIE EVERS HOME NATIONAL 3

MONUMENT. 4


(1) COLLEGE.—The term ‘‘College’’ means 6

Tougaloo College, a private educational institution 7

located in Tougaloo, Mississippi. 8

(2) HISTORIC DISTRICT.—The term ‘‘Historic 9

District’’ means the Medgar Evers Historic District, 10

as included on the National Register of Historic 11

Places, and as generally depicted on the Map. 12


titled ‘‘Medgar and Myrlie Evers Home National 14

Monument’’, numbered 515/142561, and dated Sep-15

tember 2018. 16


means the Medgar and Myrlie Evers Home National 18

Monument established by subsection (b). 19






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Home National Monument in the State of Mis-1

sissippi as a unit of the National Park System to 2

preserve, protect, and interpret for the benefit of 3

present and future generations resources associated 4

with the pivotal roles of Medgar and Myrlie Evers 5

in the American Civil Rights Movement. 6

(2) DETERMINATION BY THE SECRETARY.— 7

The Monument shall not be established until the 8

date on which the Secretary determines that a suffi-9

cient quantity of land or interests in land has been 10

acquired to constitute a manageable park unit. 11

(c) BOUNDARIES.—The boundaries of the Monument 12

shall be the boundaries generally depicted on the Map. 13

(d) AVAILABILITY OF MAP.—The Map shall be on file 14



(e) ACQUISITION AUTHORITY.—The Secretary may 17

only acquire any land or interest in land located within 18

the boundary of the Monument by— 19

(1) donation; 20

(2) purchase from a willing seller with donated 21

or appropriated funds; or 22

(3) exchange. 23

(f) ADMINISTRATION.— 24


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ister the Monument in accordance with— 2


(B) the laws generally applicable to units 4

of the National Park System, including— 5


and sections 100751(a), 100752, 100753, 7


Code; and 9


States Code. 11



after the date on which funds are first made 14

available to the Secretary for this purpose, the 15

Secretary shall prepare a general management 16

plan for the Monument in accordance with sec-17

tion 100502 of title 54, United States Code. 18

(B) SUBMISSION.—On completion of the 19

general management plan under subparagraph 20

(A), the Secretary shall submit it to the Com-21

mittee on Natural Resources of the House of 22

Representatives and the Committee on Energy 23

and Natural Resources of the Senate. 24

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(1) MONUMENT.—The Secretary— 1

(A) shall seek to enter into an agreement 2

with the College to provide interpretive and 3

educational services relating to the Monument; 4

and 5

(B) may enter into agreements with the 6

College and other entities for the purposes of 7

carrying out this section. 8

(2) HISTORIC DISTRICT.—The Secretary may 9

enter into agreements with the owner of a nationally 10

significant property within the Historic District, to 11

identify, mark, interpret, and provide technical as-12

sistance with respect to the preservation and inter-13

pretation of the property. 14

SEC. 2302. MILL SPRINGS BATTLEFIELD NATIONAL MONU-15

MENT. 16



titled ‘‘Mill Springs Battlefield National Monument, 19

Nancy, Kentucky’’, numbered 297/145513, and 20

dated June 2018. 21


means the Mill Springs Battlefield National Monu-23

ment established by subsection (b)(1). 24


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there is established as a unit of the National Park 6

System, the Mill Springs Battlefield National Monu-7

ment in the State of Kentucky, to preserve, protect, 8

and interpret for the benefit of present and future 9

generations— 10

(A) the nationally significant historic re-11

sources of the Mill Springs Battlefield; and 12

(B) the role of the Mill Springs Battlefield 13

in the Civil War. 14

(2) DETERMINATION BY THE SECRETARY.— 15

The Monument shall not be established until the 16

date on which the Secretary determines that a suffi-17

cient quantity of land or interests in land has been 18

acquired to constitute a manageable park unit. 19

(3) NOTICE.—Not later than 30 days after the 20

date on which the Secretary makes a determination 21

under paragraph (2), the Secretary shall publish in 22

the Federal Register notice of the establishment of 23

the Monument. 24


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(4) BOUNDARY.—The boundary of the Monu-1

ment shall be as generally depicted on the Map. 2

(5) AVAILABILITY OF MAP.—The Map shall be 3


propriate offices of the National Park Service. 5


may only acquire land or an interest in land located 7

within the boundary of the Monument by— 8

(A) donation; 9

(B) purchase from a willing seller with do-10

nated or appropriated funds; or 11

(C) exchange. 12

(c) ADMINISTRATION.— 13




(B) the laws generally applicable to units 17



and sections 100751(a), 100752, 100753, 20


Code; and 22


States Code. 24



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available to prepare a general management plan 3

for the Monument, the Secretary shall prepare 4

the general management plan in accordance 5

with section 100502 of title 54, United States 6

Code. 7

(B) SUBMISSION TO CONGRESS.—On com-8

pletion of the general management plan, the 9

Secretary shall submit to the Committee on 10

Natural Resources of the House of Representa-11

tives and the Committee on Energy and Nat-12

ural Resources of the Senate the general man-13

agement plan. 14

(d) PRIVATE PROPERTY PROTECTION.—Nothing in 15

this section affects the land use rights of private property 16

owners within or adjacent to the Monument. 17

(e) NO BUFFER ZONES.— 18



Monument. 21

(2) ACTIVITIES OUTSIDE NATIONAL MONU-22

MENT.—The fact that an activity or use on land out-23

side the Monument can be seen or heard within the 24


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Monument shall not preclude the activity or use out-1

side the boundary of the Monument. 2

SEC. 2303. CAMP NELSON HERITAGE NATIONAL MONU-3

MENT. 4



titled ‘‘Camp Nelson Heritage National Monument 7

Nicholasville, Kentucky’’, numbered 532/144,148, 8

and dated April 2018. 9


means the Camp Nelson Heritage National Monu-11

ment established by subsection (b)(1). 12






there is established, as a unit of the National Park 18

System, the Camp Nelson Heritage National Monu-19

ment in the State of Kentucky, to preserve, protect, 20

and interpret for the benefit of present and future 21

generations, the nationally significant historic re-22

sources of Camp Nelson and the role of Camp Nel-23

son in the American Civil War, Reconstruction, and 24

African American history and civil rights. 25


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(2) CONDITIONS.—The Monument shall not be 1

established until after the Secretary— 2

(A) has entered into a written agreement 3

with the owner of any private or non-Federal 4

land within the boundary of the Monument, as 5

depicted on the Map, providing that the prop-6

erty shall be donated to the United States for 7

inclusion in the Monument, to be managed con-8

sistently with the purposes of the Monument; 9

and 10

(B) has determined that sufficient land or 11

interests in land have been acquired within the 12

boundary of the Monument to constitute a man-13

ageable unit. 14

(c) BOUNDARIES.—The boundaries of the Monument 15

shall be the boundaries generally depicted on the Map. 16

(d) AVAILABILITY OF MAP.—The Map shall be on file 17



(e) ACQUISITION AUTHORITY.—The Secretary may 20

only acquire any land or interest in land located within 21

the boundary of the Monument by donation, purchase with 22

donated or appropriated funds, or exchange. 23

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(A) this section; 3

(B) Presidential Proclamation 9811 (83 4

Fed. Reg. 54845 (October 31, 2018)); and 5

(C) the laws generally applicable to units 6



and sections 100751(a), 100752, 100753, 9


Code; and 11


States Code. 13




available to the Secretary for the preparation of 17

a general management plan for the Monument, 18

the Secretary shall prepare a general manage-19

ment plan for the Monument in accordance 20

with section 100502 of title 54, United States 21

Code. 22

(B) SUBMISSION TO CONGRESS.—On com-23

pletion of the general management plan, the 24

Secretary shall submit to the Committee on En-25


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ergy and Natural Resources of the Senate and 1

the Committee on Natural Resources of the 2

House of Representatives the general manage-3

ment plan. 4

(g) NO BUFFER ZONES.— 5



Monument. 8

(2) ACTIVITIES OUTSIDE NATIONAL MONU-9

MENT.—The fact that an activity or use on land out-10

side the Monument can be seen or heard within the 11

Monument shall not preclude the activity or use out-12

side the boundary of the Monument. 13

(h) CONFLICTS.—If there is conflict between this sec-14

tion and Proclamation 9811 (83 Fed. Reg. 54845; Octo-15

ber 31, 2018), this section shall control. 16

Subtitle E—National Park System 17

Management 18

SEC. 2401. DENALI NATIONAL PARK AND PRESERVE NAT-19

URAL GAS PIPELINE. 20

(a) PERMIT.—Section 3(b)(1) of the Denali National 21

Park Improvement Act (Public Law 113–33; 127 Stat. 22

516) is amended by striking ‘‘within, along, or near the 23

approximately 7-mile segment of the George Parks High-24

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(b) TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—Section 3(c)(1) of the 1

Denali National Park Improvement Act (Public Law 113– 2

33; 127 Stat. 516) is amended— 3

(1) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ‘‘and’’ 4

after the semicolon; 5

(2) by striking subparagraph (B); and 6

(3) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as sub-7

paragraph (B). 8

(c) APPLICABLE LAW.—Section 3 of the Denali Na-9

tional Park Improvement Act (Public Law 113–33; 127 10

Stat. 515) is amended by adding at the end the following: 11

‘‘(d) APPLICABLE LAW.—A high pressure gas trans-12

mission pipeline (including appurtenances) in a nonwilder-13

ness area within the boundary of the Park, shall not be 14

subject to title XI of the Alaska National Interest Lands 15

Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 3161 et seq.).’’. 16

SEC. 2402. HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVER-17

SITIES HISTORIC PRESERVATION PROGRAM 18

REAUTHORIZED. 19

Section 507(d)(2) of the Omnibus Parks and Public 20

Lands Management Act of 1996 (54 U.S.C. 302101 note) 21

is amended by striking the period at the end and inserting 22

‘‘and each of fiscal years 2018 through 2024.’’. 23


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SEC. 2403. AUTHORIZING COOPERATIVE MANAGEMENT 1

AGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE DISTRICT OF 2

COLUMBIA AND THE SECRETARY OF THE IN-3

TERIOR. 4

The Secretary may enter into a cooperative manage-5

ment agreement with the District of Columbia in accord-6

ance with section 101703 of title 54, United States Code. 7

SEC. 2404. FEES FOR MEDICAL SERVICES. 8

(a) FEES AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary may estab-9

lish and collect fees for medical services provided to per-10

sons in units of the National Park System or for medical 11

services provided by National Park Service personnel out-12

side units of the National Park System. 13

(b) NATIONAL PARK MEDICAL SERVICES FUND.— 14

There is established in the Treasury a fund, to be known 15

as the ‘‘National Park Medical Services Fund’’ (referred 16

to in this section as the ‘‘Fund’’). The Fund shall consist 17

of— 18

(1) donations to the Fund; and 19

(2) fees collected under subsection (a). 20

(c) AVAILABILITY OF AMOUNTS.—All amounts depos-21

ited into the Fund shall be available to the Secretary, to 22

the extent provided in advance by Acts of appropriation, 23

for the following in units of the National Park System: 24

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(2) Preparing needs assessments or other pro-1

grammatic analyses for medical facilities, equipment, 2

vehicles, and other needs and costs of providing serv-3

ices listed in subsection (a). 4

(3) Developing management plans for medical 5

facilities, equipment, vehicles, and other needs and 6

costs of services listed in subsection (a). 7

(4) Training related to providing services listed 8

in subsection (a). 9

(5) Obtaining or improving medical facilities, 10

equipment, vehicles, and other needs and costs of 11

providing services listed in subsection (a). 12

SEC. 2405. AUTHORITY TO GRANT EASEMENTS AND 13

RIGHTS-OF-WAY OVER FEDERAL LANDS 14

WITHIN GATEWAY NATIONAL RECREATION 15

AREA. 16

Section 3 of Public Law 92–592 (16 U.S.C. 460cc– 17

2) is amended by adding at the end the following: 18

‘‘(j) AUTHORITY TO GRANT EASEMENTS AND 19

RIGHTS-OF-WAY.— 20

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Inte-21

rior may grant, to any State or local government, an 22

easement or right-of-way over Federal lands within 23

Gateway National Recreation Area for construction, 24


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operation, and maintenance of projects for control 1

and prevention of flooding and shoreline erosion. 2

‘‘(2) CHARGES AND REIMBURSEMENT OF 3

COSTS.—The Secretary may grant such an easement 4

or right-of-way without charge for the value of the 5

right so conveyed, except for reimbursement of costs 6

incurred by the United States for processing the ap-7

plication therefore and managing such right. 8

Amounts received as such reimbursement shall be 9

credited to the relevant appropriation account.’’. 10

SEC. 2406. ADAMS MEMORIAL COMMISSION. 11

(a) COMMISSION.—There is established a commission 12

to be known as the ‘‘Adams Memorial Commission’’ (re-13

ferred to in this section as the ‘‘Commission’’) for the pur-14

pose of establishing a permanent memorial to honor John 15

Adams and his legacy as authorized by Public Law 107– 16

62 (115 Stat. 411), located in the city of Washington, Dis-17

trict of Columbia, including sites authorized by Public 18

Law 107–315 (116 Stat. 2763). 19

(b) MEMBERSHIP.—The Commission shall be com-20

posed of— 21

(1) 4 persons appointed by the President, not 22

more than 2 of whom may be members of the same 23

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(2) 4 Members of the Senate appointed by the 1

President pro tempore of the Senate in consultation 2

with the Majority Leader and Minority Leader of 3

the Senate, of which not more than 2 appointees 4

may be members of the same political party; and 5

(3) 4 Members of the House of Representatives 6

appointed by the Speaker of the House of Rep-7

resentatives in consultation with the Majority Lead-8

er and Minority Leader of the House of Representa-9

tives, of which not more than 2 appointees may be 10

members of the same political party. 11

(c) CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR.—The members of the 12

Commission shall select a Chair and Vice Chair of the 13

Commission. The Chair and Vice Chair shall not be mem-14

bers of the same political party. 15

(d) VACANCIES.—Any vacancy in the Commission 16

shall not affect its powers if a quorum is present, but shall 17

be filled in the same manner as the original appointment. 18

(e) MEETINGS.— 19

(1) INITIAL MEETING.—Not later than 45 days 20

after the date on which a majority of the members 21

of the Commission have been appointed, the Com-22

mission shall hold its first meeting. 23

(2) SUBSEQUENT MEETINGS.—The Commission 24

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(f) QUORUM.—A majority of the members of the 1

Commission shall constitute a quorum but a lesser number 2

of members may hold hearings. 3

(g) NO COMPENSATION.—A member of the Commis-4

sion shall serve without compensation, but may be reim-5

bursed for expenses incurred in carrying out the duties 6

of the Commission. 7

(h) DUTIES.—The Commission shall consider and 8

formulate plans for a permanent memorial to honor John 9

Adams and his legacy, including the nature, location, de-10

sign, and construction of the memorial. 11

(i) POWERS.—The Commission may— 12

(1) make such expenditures for services and 13

materials for the purpose of carrying out this section 14

as the Commission considers advisable from funds 15

appropriated or received as gifts for that purpose; 16

(2) accept gifts, including funds from the 17

Adams Memorial Foundation, to be used in carrying 18

out this section or to be used in connection with the 19

construction or other expenses of the memorial; and 20

(3) hold hearings, enter into contracts for per-21

sonal services and otherwise, and do such other 22

things as are necessary to carry out this section. 23

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(1) report the plans required by subsection (h), 1

together with recommendations, to the President 2

and the Congress at the earliest practicable date; 3

and 4

(2) in the interim, make annual reports on its 5

progress to the President and the Congress. 6

(k) APPLICABILITY OF OTHER LAWS.—The Federal 7

Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.) shall not apply 8

to the Commission. 9

(l) TERMINATION.—The Commission shall terminate 10

on December 2, 2025. 11

(m) AMENDMENTS TO PUBLIC LAW 107–62.— 12

(1) REFERENCES TO COMMISSION.—Public Law 13

107–62 (115 Stat. 411) is amended by striking 14

‘‘Adams Memorial Foundation’’ each place it occurs 15

and inserting ‘‘Adams Memorial Commission’’. 16

(2) EXTENSION OF AUTHORIZATION.—Section 17

1(c) of Public Law 107–62 (115 Stat. 411; 124 18

Stat. 1192; 127 Stat. 3880) is amended by striking 19

‘‘2020’’ and inserting ‘‘2025’’. 20

SEC. 2407. TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS TO REFERENCES TO 21

THE AFRICAN AMERICAN CIVIL RIGHTS NET-22

WORK. 23

(a) CHAPTER AMENDMENTS.—Chapter 3084 of title 24

54, United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘U.S. 25


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Civil Rights Network’’ each place it appears and inserting 1

‘‘African American Civil Rights Network’’ (using identical 2

font as used in the text being replaced). 3

(b) AMENDMENTS TO LIST OF ITEMS.—The list of 4

items of title 54, United States Code, is amended by strik-5

ing ‘‘U.S. Civil Rights Network’’ each place it appears and 6

inserting ‘‘African American Civil Rights Network’’ (using 7

identical font as used in the text being replaced). 8

(c) REFERENCES.—Any reference in any law (other 9

than in this section), regulation, document, record, map, 10

or other paper of the United States to the ‘‘U.S. Civil 11

Rights Network’’ shall be considered to be a reference to 12

the ‘‘African American Civil Rights Network’’. 13

SEC. 2408. TRANSFER OF THE JAMES J. HOWARD MARINE 14

SCIENCES LABORATORY. 15

Section 7 of Public Law 100–515 (16 U.S.C. 1244 16

note) is amended by striking subsection (b) and inserting 17

the following: 18

‘‘(b) TRANSFER FROM THE STATE TO THE NA-19

TIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION.— 20

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other 21

provision of law, or the provisions of the August 13, 22

1991, Ground Lease Agreement (‘Lease’) between 23

the Department of the Interior and the State of New 24

Jersey (‘State’), upon notice to the National Park 25


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Service, the State may transfer without consider-1

ation, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 2

Administration may accept, all State improvements 3

within the land assignment and right of way, includ-4

ing the James J. Howard Marine Sciences Labora-5

tory (‘Laboratory’), two parking lots, and the sea-6

water supply and backflow pipes as generally de-7

picted on the map entitled ‘Gateway National Recre-8

ation Area, James J. Howard Marine Science Lab-9

oratory Land Assignment’, numbered 646/142,581A, 10

and dated April 2018 (‘Map’) and any related State 11

personal property. 12

‘‘(2) LEASE AMENDMENT.—Upon the transfer 13

authorized in paragraph (1), the Lease shall be 14

amended to exclude any obligations of the State and 15

the Department of the Interior related to the Lab-16

oratory and associated property and improvements 17

transferred to the National Oceanic and Atmos-18

pheric Administration. However, all obligations of 19

the State to rehabilitate Building 74 and modify 20

landscaping on the surrounding property as depicted 21

on the Map, under the Lease and pursuant to sub-22

section (a), shall remain in full force and effect. 23

‘‘(3) USE BY THE NATIONAL OCEANIC AND AT-24

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authorized in paragraph (1), the Administrator of 1

the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administra-2

tion is authorized to use the land generally depicted 3

on the Map as a land assignment and right of way 4

and associated land and appurtenances for continued 5

use of the Laboratory, including providing mainte-6

nance and repair, and access to the Laboratory, the 7

parking lots and the seawater supply and back flow 8

pipes, without consideration, except for reimburse-9

ment to the National Park Service of agreed upon 10

reasonable actual costs of subsequently provided 11

goods and services. 12

‘‘(4) AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE NATIONAL 13

PARK SERVICE AND THE NATIONAL OCEANIC AND 14

ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION.—Upon the transfer 15

authorized in paragraph (1), the Director of the Na-16

tional Park Service and the Administrator of the 17

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 18

shall enter into an agreement addressing responsibil-19

ities pertaining to the use of the land assignment 20

within the Sandy Hook Unit of the Gateway Na-21

tional Recreation Area as authorized in paragraph 22

(3). The agreement shall prohibit any new construc-23

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significant alteration to the exterior of the Labora-1

tory, without National Park Service approval. 2

‘‘(5) RESTORATION.— 3

‘‘(A) Notwithstanding any provision of the 4

Lease to the contrary, if the State does not 5

transfer the improvements as authorized in 6

paragraph (1), and these improvements are not 7

used as or in support of a marine science lab-8

oratory, the State shall demolish and remove 9

the improvements and restore the land in ac-10

cordance with the standards set forth by the 11

National Park Service, free of unacceptable en-12

cumbrances and in compliance with all applica-13

ble laws and regulations regarding known con-14

taminants. 15

‘‘(B) If the National Oceanic and Atmos-16

pheric Administration accepts the improvements 17

as authorized in paragraph (1) and these im-18

provements are not used as or in support of a 19

marine science laboratory, the National Oceanic 20

and Atmospheric Administration shall be re-21

sponsible for demolishing and removing these 22

improvements and restoring the land, in accord-23

ance with the standards set forth by the Na-24

tional Park Service, free of unacceptable en-25


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cumbrances and in compliance with all applica-1

ble laws and regulations regarding known con-2

taminants.’’. 3

SEC. 2409. BOWS IN PARKS. 4

(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 1049 of title 54, United 5

States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-6

lowing: 7

‘‘§ 104908. Bows in parks 8

‘‘(a) DEFINITION OF NOT READY FOR IMMEDIATE 9

USE.—The term ‘not ready for immediate use’ means— 10

‘‘(1) a bow or crossbow, the arrows of which are 11

secured or stowed in a quiver or other arrow trans-12

port case; and 13

‘‘(2) with respect to a crossbow, uncocked. 14

‘‘(b) VEHICULAR TRANSPORTATION AUTHORIZED.— 15

The Director shall not promulgate or enforce any regula-16

tion that prohibits an individual from transporting bows 17

and crossbows that are not ready for immediate use across 18

any System unit in the vehicle of the individual if— 19

‘‘(1) the individual is not otherwise prohibited 20

by law from possessing the bows and crossbows; 21

‘‘(2) the bows or crossbows that are not ready 22

for immediate use remain inside the vehicle of the 23

individual throughout the period during which the 24


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bows or crossbows are transported across System 1

land; and 2

‘‘(3) the possession of the bows and crossbows 3

is in compliance with the law of the State in which 4

the System unit is located.’’. 5

(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 6

for chapter 1049 of title 54, United States Code, is 7

amended by inserting after the item relating to section 8

104907 the following: 9

‘‘104908. Bows in parks.’’.

SEC. 2410. WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT IN PARKS. 10

(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 1049 of title 54, United 11

States Code (as amended by section 2409(a)), is amended 12

by adding at the end the following: 13

‘‘§ 104909. Wildlife management in parks 14

‘‘(a) USE OF QUALIFIED VOLUNTEERS.—If the Sec-15

retary determines it is necessary to reduce the size of a 16

wildlife population on System land in accordance with ap-17

plicable law (including regulations), the Secretary may use 18

qualified volunteers to assist in carrying out wildlife man-19

agement on System land. 20

‘‘(b) REQUIREMENTS FOR QUALIFIED VOLUN-21

TEERS.—Qualified volunteers providing assistance under 22

subsection (a) shall be subject to— 23

‘‘(1) any training requirements or qualifications 24

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‘‘(2) any other terms and conditions that the 1

Secretary may require. 2

‘‘(c) DONATIONS.—The Secretary may authorize the 3

donation and distribution of meat from wildlife manage-4

ment activities carried out under this section, including 5

the donation and distribution to Indian Tribes, qualified 6

volunteers, food banks, and other organizations that work 7

to address hunger, in accordance with applicable health 8

guidelines and such terms and conditions as the Secretary 9

may require.’’. 10

(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 11

for chapter 1049 of title 54 (as amended by section 12

2409(b)), United States Code, is amended by inserting 13

after the item relating to section 104908 the following: 14

‘‘104909. Wildlife management in parks.’’.

Subtitle F—National Trails and 15

Related Matters 16

SEC. 2501. NORTH COUNTRY SCENIC TRAIL ROUTE ADJUST-17

MENT. 18

Section 5(a)(8) of the National Trails System Act (16 19

U.S.C. 1244(a)(8)) is amended in the first sentence— 20

(1) by striking ‘‘thirty two hundred miles, ex-21

tending from eastern New York State’’ and inserting 22

‘‘4,600 miles, extending from the Appalachian Trail 23

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(2) by striking ‘‘Proposed North Country Trail’’ 1

and all that follows through ‘‘June 1975.’’ and in-2

serting ‘‘ ‘North Country National Scenic Trail, Au-3

thorized Route’, dated February 2014, and num-4

bered 649/116870.’’. 5

SEC. 2502. EXTENSION OF LEWIS AND CLARK NATIONAL 6

HISTORIC TRAIL. 7

(a) EXTENSION.—Section 5(a)(6) of the National 8

Trails System Act (16 U.S.C. 1244(a)(6)) is amended— 9

(1) by striking ‘‘three thousand seven hundred’’ 10

and inserting ‘‘4,900’’; 11

(2) by striking ‘‘Wood River, Illinois,’’ and in-12

serting ‘‘the Ohio River in Pittsburgh, Pennsyl-13

vania,’’; and 14

(3) by striking ‘‘maps identified as, ‘Vicinity 15

Map, Lewis and Clark Trail’ study report dated 16

April 1977.’’ and inserting ‘‘the map entitled ‘Lewis 17

and Clark National Historic Trail Authorized Trail 18

Including Proposed Eastern Legacy Extension’, 19

dated April 2018, and numbered 648/143721.’’. 20

(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 21

subsection (a) shall take effect on the date that is 60 days 22

after the date of enactment of this Act. 23

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(A) the Secretary, with respect to Federal 3

land under the jurisdiction of the Secretary; or 4


spect to Federal land under the jurisdiction of 6


(2) TRAIL.—The term ‘‘Trail’’ means the trail 8

known as the ‘‘American Discovery Trail’’, which 9

consists of approximately 6,800 miles of trails ex-10

tending from Cape Henlopen State Park in Dela-11

ware to Point Reyes National Seashore in California, 12

as generally described in volume 2 of the National 13

Park Service feasibility study dated June 1995. 14

(b) SIGNAGE AUTHORIZED.—As soon as practicable 15

after the date on which signage acceptable to the Sec-16

retary concerned is donated to the United States for place-17

ment on Federal land at points along the Trail, the Sec-18

retary concerned shall place the signage on the Federal 19

land. 20

(c) NO FEDERAL FUNDS.—No Federal funds may be 21

used to acquire signage authorized for placement under 22

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SEC. 2504. PIKE NATIONAL HISTORIC TRAIL STUDY. 1

Section 5(c) of the National Trails System Act (16 2

U.S.C. 1244(c)) is amended by adding at the end the fol-3

lowing: 4

‘‘(46) PIKE NATIONAL HISTORIC TRAIL.—The 5

Pike National Historic Trail, a series of routes ex-6

tending approximately 3,664 miles, which follows the 7

route taken by Lt. Zebulon Montgomery Pike during 8

the 1806–1807 Pike expedition that began in Fort 9

Bellefontaine, Missouri, extended through portions 10

of the States of Kansas, Nebraska, Colorado, New 11

Mexico, and Texas, and ended in Natchitoches, Lou-12

isiana.’’. 13

TITLE III—CONSERVATION 14

REAUTHORIZATION 15

SEC. 3001. REAUTHORIZATION OF LAND AND WATER CON-16

SERVATION FUND. 17

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 200302 of title 54, United 18

States Code, is amended— 19

(1) in subsection (b), in the matter preceding 20

paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘During the period end-21

ing September 30, 2018, there’’ and inserting 22

‘‘There’’; and 23

(2) in subsection (c)(1), by striking ‘‘through 24

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(b) ALLOCATION OF FUNDS.—Section 200304 of title 1

54, United States Code, is amended— 2

(1) by striking the second sentence; 3

(2) by striking ‘‘There’’ and inserting the fol-4

lowing: 5

‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—There’’; and 6


‘‘(b) ALLOCATION OF FUNDS.—Of the total amount 8

made available to the Fund through appropriations or de-9

posited in the Fund under section 105(a)(2)(B) of the 10

Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006 (43 U.S.C. 11

1331 note; Public Law 109–432)— 12

‘‘(1) not less than 40 percent shall be used for 13

Federal purposes; and 14

‘‘(2) not less than 40 percent shall be used to 15

provide financial assistance to States.’’. 16

(c) PARITY FOR TERRITORIES AND THE DISTRICT OF 17

COLUMBIA.—Section 200305(b) of title 54, United States 18

Code, is amended by striking paragraph (5). 19

(d) RECREATIONAL PUBLIC ACCESS.—Section 20

200306 of title 54, United States Code, is amended by 21

adding at the end the following: 22

‘‘(c) RECREATIONAL PUBLIC ACCESS.— 23

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Of the amounts made 24

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section 200303, there shall be made available for 1

recreational public access projects identified on the 2

priority list developed under paragraph (2) not less 3

than the greater of— 4

‘‘(A) an amount equal to 3 percent of 5

those amounts; or 6

‘‘(B) $15,000,000. 7

‘‘(2) PRIORITY LIST.—The Secretary and the 8

Secretary of Agriculture, in consultation with the 9

head of each affected Federal agency, shall annually 10

develop a priority list for projects that, through ac-11

quisition of land (or an interest in land), secure rec-12

reational public access to Federal land under the ju-13

risdiction of the applicable Secretary for hunting, 14

fishing, recreational shooting, or other outdoor rec-15

reational purposes.’’. 16

(e) ACQUISITION CONSIDERATIONS.—Section 200306 17

of title 54, United States Code (as amended by subsection 18

(d)), is amended by adding at the end the following: 19

‘‘(d) ACQUISITION CONSIDERATIONS.—In deter-20

mining whether to acquire land (or an interest in land) 21

under this section, the Secretary and the Secretary of Ag-22

riculture shall take into account— 23

‘‘(1) the significance of the acquisition; 24

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‘‘(3) management efficiencies; 1

‘‘(4) management cost savings; 2

‘‘(5) geographic distribution; 3

‘‘(6) threats to the integrity of the land; and 4

‘‘(7) the recreational value of the land.’’. 5

TITLE IV—SPORTSMEN’S ACCESS 6

AND RELATED MATTERS 7

Subtitle A—National Policy 8

SEC. 4001. CONGRESSIONAL DECLARATION OF NATIONAL 9

POLICY. 10

(a) IN GENERAL.—Congress declares that it is the 11

policy of the United States that Federal departments and 12

agencies, in accordance with the missions of the depart-13

ments and agencies, Executive Orders 12962 and 13443 14

(60 Fed. Reg. 30769 (June 7, 1995); 72 Fed. Reg. 46537 15

(August 16, 2007)), and applicable law, shall— 16

(1) facilitate the expansion and enhancement of 17

hunting, fishing, and recreational shooting opportu-18

nities on Federal land, in consultation with the 19

Wildlife and Hunting Heritage Conservation Coun-20

cil, the Sport Fishing and Boating Partnership 21

Council, State and Tribal fish and wildlife agencies, 22

and the public; 23

(2) conserve and enhance aquatic systems and 24

the management of game species and the habitat of 25


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those species on Federal land, including through 1

hunting and fishing, in a manner that respects— 2

(A) State management authority over wild-3

life resources; and 4

(B) private property rights; and 5

(3) consider hunting, fishing, and recreational 6

shooting opportunities as part of all Federal plans 7

for land, resource, and travel management. 8

(b) EXCLUSION.—In this title, the term ‘‘fishing’’ 9

does not include commercial fishing in which fish are har-10

vested, either in whole or in part, that are intended to 11

enter commerce through sale. 12

Subtitle B—Sportsmen’s Access to 13

Federal Land 14




means— 18

(A) any land in the National Forest Sys-19

tem (as defined in section 11(a) of the Forest 20

and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning 21

Act of 1974 (16 U.S.C. 1609(a))) that is ad-22

ministered by the Secretary of Agriculture, act-23

ing through the Chief of the Forest Service; 24

and 25


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(B) public lands (as defined in section 103 1


Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1702)), the surface of 3

which is administered by the Secretary, acting 4

through the Director of the Bureau of Land 5

Management. 6



(A) the Secretary of Agriculture, with re-9

spect to land described in paragraph (1)(A); 10

and 11

(B) the Secretary, with respect to land de-12

scribed in paragraph (1)(B). 13

SEC. 4102. FEDERAL LAND OPEN TO HUNTING, FISHING, 14

AND RECREATIONAL SHOOTING. 15

(a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subsection (b), Federal 16

land shall be open to hunting, fishing, and recreational 17

shooting, in accordance with applicable law, unless the 18

Secretary concerned closes an area in accordance with sec-19

tion 4103. 20

(b) EFFECT OF PART.—Nothing in this subtitle 21

opens to hunting, fishing, or recreational shooting any 22

land that is not open to those activities as of the date 23

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SEC. 4103. CLOSURE OF FEDERAL LAND TO HUNTING, FISH-1

ING, AND RECREATIONAL SHOOTING. 2

(a) AUTHORIZATION.— 3

(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2) 4

and in accordance with section 302(b) of the Federal 5

Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 6

U.S.C. 1732(b)), the Secretary concerned may des-7

ignate any area on Federal land in which, and estab-8

lish any period during which, for reasons of public 9

safety, administration, or compliance with applicable 10

laws, no hunting, fishing, or recreational shooting 11

shall be permitted. 12

(2) REQUIREMENT.—In making a designation 13

under paragraph (1), the Secretary concerned shall 14

designate the smallest area for the least amount of 15

time that is required for public safety, administra-16

tion, or compliance with applicable laws. 17

(b) CLOSURE PROCEDURES.— 18

(1) IN GENERAL.—Except in an emergency, be-19

fore permanently or temporarily closing any Federal 20

land to hunting, fishing, or recreational shooting, 21

the Secretary concerned shall— 22

(A) consult with State fish and wildlife 23

agencies; and 24

(B) provide public notice and opportunity 25

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(2) PUBLIC NOTICE AND COMMENT.— 1

(A) IN GENERAL.—Public notice and com-2

ment shall include— 3

(i) a notice of intent— 4

(I) published in advance of the 5

public comment period for the clo-6

sure— 7

(aa) in the Federal Register; 8

(bb) on the website of the 9

applicable Federal agency; 10

(cc) on the website of the 11

Federal land unit, if available; 12

and 13

(dd) in at least 1 local news-14

paper; 15

(II) made available in advance of 16

the public comment period to local of-17

fices, chapters, and affiliate organiza-18

tions in the vicinity of the closure that 19

are signatories to the memorandum of 20

understanding entitled ‘‘Federal 21

Lands Hunting, Fishing, and Shoot-22

ing Sports Roundtable Memorandum 23

of Understanding’’; and 24

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(aa) the proposed closure; 1

and 2

(bb) the justification for the 3

proposed closure, including an 4

explanation of the reasons and 5

necessity for the decision to close 6

the area to hunting, fishing, or 7

recreational shooting; and 8

(ii) an opportunity for public comment 9

for a period of— 10

(I) not less than 60 days for a 11

permanent closure; or 12

(II) not less than 30 days for a 13

temporary closure. 14

(B) FINAL DECISION.—In a final decision 15

to permanently or temporarily close an area to 16

hunting, fishing, or recreation shooting, the 17

Secretary concerned shall— 18

(i) respond in a reasoned manner to 19

the comments received; 20

(ii) explain how the Secretary con-21

cerned resolved any significant issues 22

raised by the comments; and 23

(iii) show how the resolution led to 24

the closure. 25


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(c) TEMPORARY CLOSURES.— 1

(1) IN GENERAL.—A temporary closure under 2

this section may not exceed a period of 180 days. 3

(2) RENEWAL.—Except in an emergency, a 4

temporary closure for the same area of land closed 5

to the same activities— 6

(A) may not be renewed more than 3 times 7

after the first temporary closure; and 8

(B) must be subject to a separate notice 9

and comment procedure in accordance with sub-10

section (b)(2). 11

(3) EFFECT OF TEMPORARY CLOSURE.—Any 12

Federal land that is temporarily closed to hunting, 13

fishing, or recreational shooting under this section 14

shall not become permanently closed to that activity 15

without a separate public notice and opportunity to 16

comment in accordance with subsection (b)(2). 17

(d) REPORTING.—On an annual basis, the Secre-18

taries concerned shall— 19

(1) publish on a public website a list of all 20

areas of Federal land temporarily or permanently 21

subject to a closure under this section; and 22

(2) submit to the Committee on Energy and 23

Natural Resources and the Committee on Agri-24

culture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate and 25


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the Committee on Natural Resources and the Com-1

mittee on Agriculture of the House of Representa-2

tives a report that identifies— 3

(A) a list of each area of Federal land tem-4

porarily or permanently subject to a closure; 5

(B) the acreage of each closure; and 6

(C) a survey of— 7

(i) the aggregate areas and acreage 8

closed under this section in each State; 9

and 10

(ii) the percentage of Federal land in 11

each State closed under this section with 12

respect to hunting, fishing, and rec-13

reational shooting. 14

(e) APPLICATION.—This section shall not apply if the 15

closure is— 16

(1) less than 14 days in duration; and 17

(2) covered by a special use permit. 18

SEC. 4104. SHOOTING RANGES. 19

(a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subsection 20

(b), the Secretary concerned may, in accordance with this 21

section and other applicable law, lease or permit the use 22

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(b) EXCEPTION.—The Secretary concerned shall not 1

lease or permit the use of Federal land for a shooting 2

range within— 3

(1) a component of the National Landscape 4

Conservation System; 5

(2) a component of the National Wilderness 6

Preservation System; 7

(3) any area that is— 8

(A) designated as a wilderness study area; 9

(B) administratively classified as— 10

(i) wilderness-eligible; or 11

(ii) wilderness-suitable; or 12

(C) a primitive or semiprimitive area; 13

(4) a national monument, national volcanic 14

monument, or national scenic area; or 15

(5) a component of the National Wild and Sce-16

nic Rivers System (including areas designated for 17

study for potential addition to the National Wild 18

and Scenic Rivers System). 19

SEC. 4105. IDENTIFYING OPPORTUNITIES FOR RECRE-20

ATION, HUNTING, AND FISHING ON FEDERAL 21

LAND. 22



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(A) the Secretary, with respect to land ad-1

ministered by— 2

(i) the Director of the National Park 3

Service; 4

(ii) the Director of the United States 5

Fish and Wildlife Service; and 6

(iii) the Director of the Bureau of 7



spect to land administered by the Chief of the 10

Forest Service. 11

(2) STATE OR REGIONAL OFFICE.—The term 12

‘‘State or regional office’’ means— 13

(A) a State office of the Bureau of Land 14

Management; or 15

(B) a regional office of— 16

(i) the National Park Service; 17

(ii) the United States Fish and Wild-18

life Service; or 19

(iii) the Forest Service. 20

(3) TRAVEL MANAGEMENT PLAN.—The term 21

‘‘travel management plan’’ means a plan for the 22

management of travel— 23

(A) with respect to land under the jurisdic-24

tion of the National Park Service, on park 25


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roads and designated routes under section 4.10 1

of title 36, Code of Federal Regulations (or suc-2

cessor regulations); 3

(B) with respect to land under the jurisdic-4

tion of the United States Fish and Wildlife 5

Service, on the land under a comprehensive con-6

servation plan prepared under section 4(e) of 7

the National Wildlife Refuge System Adminis-8

tration Act of 1966 (16 U.S.C. 668dd(e)); 9

(C) with respect to land under the jurisdic-10

tion of the Forest Service, on National Forest 11

System land under part 212 of title 36, Code 12

of Federal Regulations (or successor regula-13

tions); and 14

(D) with respect to land under the jurisdic-15

tion of the Bureau of Land Management, under 16

a resource management plan developed under 17


of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.). 19

(b) PRIORITY LISTS REQUIRED.— 20


the date of enactment of this Act, and biennially 22

thereafter during the 10-year period beginning on 23

the date on which the first priority list is completed, 24

the Secretary shall prepare a priority list, to be 25


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made publicly available on the website of the appli-1

cable Federal agency referred to in subsection 2

(a)(1), which shall identify the location and acreage 3

of land within the jurisdiction of each State or re-4

gional office on which the public is allowed, under 5

Federal or State law, to hunt, fish, or use the land 6

for other recreational purposes but— 7

(A) to which there is no public access or 8

egress; or 9

(B) to which public access or egress to the 10

legal boundaries of the land is significantly re-11

stricted (as determined by the Secretary). 12

(2) MINIMUM SIZE.—Any land identified under 13

paragraph (1) shall consist of contiguous acreage of 14

at least 640 acres. 15

(3) CONSIDERATIONS.—In preparing the pri-16

ority list required under paragraph (1), the Sec-17

retary shall consider, with respect to the land— 18

(A) whether access is absent or merely re-19

stricted, including the extent of the restriction; 20

(B) the likelihood of resolving the absence 21

of or restriction to public access; 22

(C) the potential for recreational use; 23


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(D) any information received from the 1

public or other stakeholders during the nomina-2

tion process described in paragraph (5); and 3

(E) any other factor, as determined by the 4

Secretary. 5

(4) ADJACENT LAND STATUS.—For each parcel 6

of land on the priority list, the Secretary shall in-7

clude in the priority list whether resolving the issue 8

of public access or egress to the land would require 9

acquisition of an easement, right-of-way, or fee title 10

from— 11

(A) another Federal agency; 12

(B) a State, local, or Tribal government; 13

or 14

(C) a private landowner. 15

(5) NOMINATION PROCESS.—In preparing a pri-16

ority list under this section, the Secretary shall pro-17

vide an opportunity for members of the public to 18

nominate parcels for inclusion on the priority list. 19

(c) ACCESS OPTIONS.—With respect to land included 20

on a priority list described in subsection (b), the Secretary 21

shall develop and submit to the Committees on Appropria-22

tions and Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate 23

and the Committees on Appropriations and Natural Re-24


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sources of the House of Representatives a report on op-1

tions for providing access that— 2

(1) identifies how public access and egress 3

could reasonably be provided to the legal boundaries 4

of the land in a manner that minimizes the impact 5

on wildlife habitat and water quality; 6

(2) specifies the steps recommended to secure 7

the access and egress, including acquiring an ease-8

ment, right-of-way, or fee title from a willing owner 9

of any land that abuts the land or the need to co-10

ordinate with State land management agencies or 11

other Federal, State, or Tribal governments to allow 12

for such access and egress; and 13

(3) is consistent with the travel management 14

plan in effect on the land. 15

(d) PROTECTION OF PERSONALLY IDENTIFYING IN-16

FORMATION.—In making the priority list and report pre-17

pared under subsections (b) and (c) available, the Sec-18

retary shall ensure that no personally identifying informa-19

tion is included, such as names or addresses of individuals 20

or entities. 21

(e) WILLING OWNERS.—For purposes of providing 22

any permits to, or entering into agreements with, a State, 23

local, or Tribal government or private landowner with re-24

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ernment or landowner, the Secretary shall not take into 1

account whether the State, local, or Tribal government or 2

private landowner has granted or denied public access or 3

egress to the land. 4

(f) MEANS OF PUBLIC ACCESS AND EGRESS IN-5

CLUDED.—In considering public access and egress under 6

subsections (b) and (c), the Secretary shall consider public 7

access and egress to the legal boundaries of the land de-8

scribed in those subsections, including access and egress— 9

(1) by motorized or non-motorized vehicles; and 10

(2) on foot or horseback. 11

(g) EFFECT.— 12

(1) IN GENERAL.—This section shall have no 13

effect on whether a particular recreational use shall 14

be allowed on the land included in a priority list 15

under this section. 16

(2) EFFECT OF ALLOWABLE USES ON AGENCY 17

CONSIDERATION.—In preparing the priority list 18

under subsection (b), the Secretary shall only con-19

sider recreational uses that are allowed on the land 20

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Subtitle C—Open Book on Equal 1

Access to Justice 2

SEC. 4201. FEDERAL ACTION TRANSPARENCY. 3

(a) MODIFICATION OF EQUAL ACCESS TO JUSTICE 4

PROVISIONS.— 5

(1) AGENCY PROCEEDINGS.—Section 504 of 6

title 5, United States Code, is amended— 7

(A) in subsection (c)(1), by striking ‘‘, 8

United States Code’’; 9

(B) by redesignating subsection (f) as sub-10

section (i); and 11

(C) by striking subsection (e) and inserting 12

the following: 13

‘‘(e)(1) Not later than March 31 of the first fiscal 14

year beginning after the date of enactment of the Natural 15

Resources Management Act, and every fiscal year there-16

after, the Chairman of the Administrative Conference of 17

the United States, after consultation with the Chief Coun-18

sel for Advocacy of the Small Business Administration, 19

shall submit to Congress and make publicly available on-20

line a report on the amount of fees and other expenses 21

awarded during the preceding fiscal year under this sec-22

tion. 23

‘‘(2) Each report under paragraph (1) shall describe 24

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involved in the controversy, and any other relevant infor-1

mation that may aid Congress in evaluating the scope and 2

impact of such awards. 3

‘‘(3)(A) Each report under paragraph (1) shall ac-4

count for all payments of fees and other expenses awarded 5

under this section that are made pursuant to a settlement 6

agreement, regardless of whether the settlement agree-7

ment is sealed or otherwise subject to a nondisclosure pro-8

vision. 9

‘‘(B) The disclosure of fees and other expenses re-10

quired under subparagraph (A) shall not affect any other 11

information that is subject to a nondisclosure provision in 12

a settlement agreement. 13

‘‘(f) As soon as practicable, and in any event not later 14

than the date on which the first report under subsection 15

(e)(1) is required to be submitted, the Chairman of the 16

Administrative Conference of the United States shall cre-17

ate and maintain online a searchable database containing, 18

with respect to each award of fees and other expenses 19

under this section made on or after the date of enactment 20

of the Natural Resources Management Act, the following 21

information: 22

‘‘(1) The case name and number of the adver-23

sary adjudication, if available, hyperlinked to the 24

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‘‘(2) The name of the agency involved in the 1

adversary adjudication. 2

‘‘(3) A description of the claims in the adver-3

sary adjudication. 4

‘‘(4) The name of each party to whom the 5

award was made as such party is identified in the 6

order or other court document making the award. 7

‘‘(5) The amount of the award. 8

‘‘(6) The basis for the finding that the position 9

of the agency concerned was not substantially justi-10

fied. 11

‘‘(g) The online searchable database described in sub-12

section (f) may not reveal any information the disclosure 13

of which is prohibited by law or a court order. 14

‘‘(h) The head of each agency shall provide to the 15

Chairman of the Administrative Conference of the United 16

States in a timely manner all information requested by 17

the Chairman to comply with the requirements of sub-18

sections (e), (f), and (g).’’. 19

(2) COURT CASES.—Section 2412(d) of title 28, 20

United States Code, is amended by adding at the 21

end the following: 22

‘‘(5)(A) Not later than March 31 of the first fiscal 23

year beginning after the date of enactment of the Natural 24

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after, the Chairman of the Administrative Conference of 1

the United States shall submit to Congress and make pub-2

licly available online a report on the amount of fees and 3

other expenses awarded during the preceding fiscal year 4

pursuant to this subsection. 5

‘‘(B) Each report under subparagraph (A) shall de-6

scribe the number, nature, and amount of the awards, the 7

claims involved in the controversy, and any other relevant 8

information that may aid Congress in evaluating the scope 9

and impact of such awards. 10

‘‘(C)(i) Each report under subparagraph (A) shall ac-11

count for all payments of fees and other expenses awarded 12

under this subsection that are made pursuant to a settle-13

ment agreement, regardless of whether the settlement 14

agreement is sealed or otherwise subject to a nondisclosure 15

provision. 16

‘‘(ii) The disclosure of fees and other expenses re-17

quired under clause (i) shall not affect any other informa-18

tion that is subject to a nondisclosure provision in a settle-19

ment agreement. 20

‘‘(D) The Chairman of the Administrative Conference 21

of the United States shall include and clearly identify in 22

each annual report under subparagraph (A), for each case 23

in which an award of fees and other expenses is included 24

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‘‘(i) any amounts paid under section 1304 of 1

title 31 for a judgment in the case; 2

‘‘(ii) the amount of the award of fees and other 3

expenses; and 4

‘‘(iii) the statute under which the plaintiff filed 5

suit. 6

‘‘(6) As soon as practicable, and in any event not 7

later than the date on which the first report under para-8

graph (5)(A) is required to be submitted, the Chairman 9

of the Administrative Conference of the United States 10

shall create and maintain online a searchable database 11

containing, with respect to each award of fees and other 12

expenses under this subsection made on or after the date 13

of enactment of the Natural Resources Management Act, 14

the following information: 15

‘‘(A) The case name and number, hyperlinked 16

to the case, if available. 17

‘‘(B) The name of the agency involved in the 18

case. 19

‘‘(C) The name of each party to whom the 20

award was made as such party is identified in the 21

order or other court document making the award. 22

‘‘(D) A description of the claims in the case. 23

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‘‘(F) The basis for the finding that the position 1

of the agency concerned was not substantially justi-2

fied. 3

‘‘(7) The online searchable database described in 4

paragraph (6) may not reveal any information the disclo-5

sure of which is prohibited by law or a court order. 6

‘‘(8) The head of each agency (including the Attorney 7

General of the United States) shall provide to the Chair-8

man of the Administrative Conference of the United 9

States in a timely manner all information requested by 10

the Chairman to comply with the requirements of para-11

graphs (5), (6), and (7).’’. 12

(3) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMEND-13

MENTS.—Section 2412 of title 28, United States 14

Code, is amended— 15

(A) in subsection (d)(3), by striking 16

‘‘United States Code,’’; and 17

(B) in subsection (e)— 18

(i) by striking ‘‘of section 2412 of 19

title 28, United States Code,’’ and insert-20

ing ‘‘of this section’’; and 21

(ii) by striking ‘‘of such title’’ and in-22

serting ‘‘of this title’’. 23


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(b) JUDGMENT FUND TRANSPARENCY.—Section 1

1304 of title 31, United States Code, is amended by add-2

ing at the end the following: 3

‘‘(d) Beginning not later than the date that is 60 4

days after the date of enactment of the Natural Resources 5

Management Act, and unless the disclosure of such infor-6

mation is otherwise prohibited by law or a court order, 7

the Secretary of the Treasury shall make available to the 8

public on a website, as soon as practicable, but not later 9

than 30 days after the date on which a payment under 10

this section is tendered, the following information with re-11

gard to that payment: 12

‘‘(1) The name of the specific agency or entity 13

whose actions gave rise to the claim or judgment. 14

‘‘(2) The name of the plaintiff or claimant. 15

‘‘(3) The name of counsel for the plaintiff or 16

claimant. 17

‘‘(4) The amount paid representing principal li-18

ability, and any amounts paid representing any an-19

cillary liability, including attorney fees, costs, and 20

interest. 21

‘‘(5) A brief description of the facts that gave 22

rise to the claim. 23

‘‘(6) The name of the agency that submitted 24

the claim.’’. 25


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Subtitle D—Pittman-Robertson 1

Wildlife Restoration Act 2

SEC. 4301. TARGET PRACTICE AND MARKMANSHIP TRAIN-3

ING. 4

(a) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this section is to fa-5

cilitate the construction and expansion of public target 6

ranges, including ranges on Federal land managed by the 7

Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management. 8

(b) DEFINITION OF PUBLIC TARGET RANGE.—In 9

this section, the term ‘‘public target range’’ means a spe-10

cific location that— 11

(1) is identified by a governmental agency for 12

recreational shooting; 13

(2) is open to the public; 14

(3) may be supervised; and 15

(4) may accommodate archery or rifle, pistol, or 16

shotgun shooting. 17

(c) AMENDMENTS TO PITTMAN-ROBERTSON WILD-18

LIFE RESTORATION ACT.— 19

(1) DEFINITIONS.—Section 2 of the Pittman- 20

Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act (16 U.S.C. 21

669a) is amended— 22

(A) by redesignating paragraphs (2) 23

through (8) as paragraphs (3) through (9), re-24

spectively; and 25


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(B) by inserting after paragraph (1) the 1

following: 2

‘‘(2) the term ‘public target range’ means a 3

specific location that— 4

‘‘(A) is identified by a governmental agen-5

cy for recreational shooting; 6

‘‘(B) is open to the public; 7

‘‘(C) may be supervised; and 8

‘‘(D) may accommodate archery or rifle, 9

pistol, or shotgun shooting;’’. 10

(2) EXPENDITURES FOR MANAGEMENT OF 11

WILDLIFE AREAS AND RESOURCES.—Section 8(b) of 12

the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act (16 13

U.S.C. 669g(b)) is amended— 14

(A) by striking ‘‘(b) Each State’’ and in-15


‘‘(b) EXPENDITURES FOR MANAGEMENT OF WILD-17

LIFE AREAS AND RESOURCES.— 18

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-19

graph (2), each State’’; 20

(B) in paragraph (1) (as so designated), by 21

striking ‘‘construction, operation,’’ and insert-22

ing ‘‘operation’’; 23


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(C) in the second sentence, by striking 1

‘‘The non-Federal share’’ and inserting the fol-2

lowing: 3

‘‘(3) NON-FEDERAL SHARE.—The non-Federal 4

share’’; 5

(D) in the third sentence, by striking ‘‘The 6

Secretary’’ and inserting the following: 7

‘‘(4) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary’’; and 8

(E) by inserting after paragraph (1) (as 9

designated by subparagraph (A)) the following: 10

‘‘(2) EXCEPTION.—Notwithstanding the limita-11

tion described in paragraph (1), a State may pay up 12

to 90 percent of the cost of acquiring land for, ex-13

panding, or constructing a public target range.’’. 14

(3) FIREARM AND BOW HUNTER EDUCATION 15

AND SAFETY PROGRAM GRANTS.—Section 10 of the 16

Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act (16 17

U.S.C. 669h–1) is amended— 18

(A) in subsection (a), by adding at the end 19

the following: 20

‘‘(3) ALLOCATION OF ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS.— 21

Of the amount apportioned to a State for any fiscal 22

year under section 4(b), the State may elect to allo-23

cate not more than 10 percent, to be combined with 24

the amount apportioned to the State under para-25


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graph (1) for that fiscal year, for acquiring land for, 1

expanding, or constructing a public target range.’’; 2

(B) by striking subsection (b) and insert-3


‘‘(b) COST SHARING.— 5

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-6

graph (2), the Federal share of the cost of any activ-7

ity carried out using a grant under this section shall 8

not exceed 75 percent of the total cost of the activ-9

ity. 10

‘‘(2) PUBLIC TARGET RANGE CONSTRUCTION OR 11

EXPANSION.—The Federal share of the cost of ac-12

quiring land for, expanding, or constructing a public 13

target range in a State on Federal or non-Federal 14

land pursuant to this section or section 8(b) shall 15

not exceed 90 percent of the cost of the activity.’’; 16

and 17

(C) in subsection (c)(1)— 18

(i) by striking ‘‘Amounts made’’ and 19


‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 21

subparagraph (B), amounts made’’; and 22

(ii) by adding at the end the fol-23

lowing: 24


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‘‘(B) EXCEPTION.—Amounts provided for 1

acquiring land for, constructing, or expanding a 2

public target range shall remain available for 3

expenditure and obligation during the 5-fiscal- 4

year period beginning on October 1 of the first 5

fiscal year for which the amounts are made 6

available.’’. 7

(d) SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING COOPERA-8

TION.—It is the sense of Congress that, consistent with 9

applicable laws (including regulations), the Secretary and 10

the Secretary of Agriculture should cooperate with State 11

and local authorities and other entities to carry out waste 12

removal and other activities on any Federal land used as 13

a public target range to encourage continued use of that 14

land for target practice or marksmanship training. 15

Subtitle E—Migratory Bird Frame-16

work and Hunting Opportuni-17

ties for Veterans 18

SEC. 4401. FEDERAL CLOSING DATE FOR HUNTING OF 19

DUCKS, MERGANSERS, AND COOTS. 20

Section 3 of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (16 21

U.S.C. 704) is amended by adding at the end the fol-22

lowing: 23

‘‘(c) FEDERAL FRAMEWORK CLOSING DATE FOR 24

HUNTING OF DUCKS, MERGANSERS, AND COOTS.— 25


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‘‘(1) REGULATIONS RELATING TO FRAMEWORK 1

CLOSING DATE.— 2

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—In promulgating regu-3

lations under subsection (a) relating to the Fed-4

eral framework for the closing date up to which 5

the States may select seasons for migratory 6

bird hunting, except as provided in paragraph 7

(2), the Secretary shall, with respect to the 8

hunting season for ducks, mergansers, and 9

coots— 10

‘‘(i) subject to subparagraph (B), 11

adopt the recommendation of each respec-12

tive flyway council (as defined in section 13

20.152 of title 50, Code of Federal Regula-14

tions) for the Federal framework if the 15

Secretary determines that the rec-16

ommendation is consistent with science- 17

based and sustainable harvest manage-18

ment; and 19

‘‘(ii) allow the States to establish the 20

closing date for the hunting season in ac-21

cordance with the Federal framework. 22

‘‘(B) REQUIREMENT.—The framework 23

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under subparagraph (A) shall not be later than 1

January 31 of each year. 2

‘‘(2) SPECIAL HUNTING DAYS FOR YOUTHS, 3

VETERANS, AND ACTIVE MILITARY PERSONNEL.— 4

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding the 5

Federal framework closing date under para-6

graph (1) and subject to subparagraphs (B) 7

and (C), the Secretary shall allow States to se-8

lect 2 days for youths and 2 days for veterans 9

(as defined in section 101 of title 38, United 10

States Code) and members of the Armed Forces 11

on active duty, including members of the Na-12

tional Guard and Reserves on active duty (other 13

than for training), to hunt eligible ducks, geese, 14

swans, mergansers, coots, moorhens, and galli-15

nules, if the Secretary determines that the addi-16

tion of those days is consistent with science- 17

based and sustainable harvest management. 18

Such days shall be treated as separate from, 19

and in addition to, the annual Federal frame-20

work hunting season lengths. 21

‘‘(B) REQUIREMENTS.—In selecting days 22

under subparagraph (A), a State shall ensure 23

that— 24

‘‘(i) the days selected— 25


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‘‘(I) may only include the hunt-1

ing of duck, geese, swan, merganser, 2

coot, moorhen, and gallinule species 3

that are eligible for hunting under the 4

applicable annual Federal framework; 5

‘‘(II) are not more than 14 days 6

before or after the Federal framework 7

hunting season for ducks, mergansers, 8

and coots; and 9

‘‘(III) are otherwise consistent 10

with the Federal framework; and 11

‘‘(ii) the total number of days in a 12

hunting season for any migratory bird spe-13

cies, including any days selected under 14

subparagraph (A), is not more than 107 15

days. 16

‘‘(C) LIMITATION.—A State may combine 17

the 2 days allowed for youths with the 2 days 18

allowed for veterans and members of the Armed 19

Forces on active duty under subparagraph (A), 20

but in no circumstance may a State have more 21

than a total of 4 additional days added to its 22

regular hunting season for any purpose. 23

‘‘(3) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary shall pro-24

mulgate regulations in accordance with this sub-25


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section for the Federal framework for migratory bird 1

hunting for the 2019–2020 hunting season and each 2

hunting season thereafter.’’. 3

Subtitle F—Miscellaneous 4

SEC. 4501. RESPECT FOR TREATIES AND RIGHTS. 5

Nothing in this title or the amendments made by this 6

title— 7

(1) affects or modifies any treaty or other right 8

of any federally recognized Indian Tribe; or 9

(2) modifies any provision of Federal law relat-10

ing to migratory birds or to endangered or threat-11

ened species. 12

SEC. 4502. NO PRIORITY. 13

Nothing in this title or the amendments made by this 14

title provides a preference to hunting, fishing, or rec-15

reational shooting over any other use of Federal land or 16

water. 17

SEC. 4503. STATE AUTHORITY FOR FISH AND WILDLIFE. 18

Nothing in this title— 19

(1) authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture or 20

the Secretary to require Federal licenses or permits 21

to hunt and fish on Federal land; or 22

(2) enlarges or diminishes the responsibility or 23

authority of States with respect to fish and wildlife 24

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TITLE V—HAZARDS AND 1

MAPPING 2

SEC. 5001. NATIONAL VOLCANO EARLY WARNING AND MON-3

ITORING SYSTEM. 4




United States Geological Survey. 8

(2) SYSTEM.—The term ‘‘System’’ means the 9

National Volcano Early Warning and Monitoring 10

System established under subsection (b)(1)(A). 11

(b) NATIONAL VOLCANO EARLY WARNING AND MON-12

ITORING SYSTEM.— 13

(1) ESTABLISHMENT.— 14

(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall es-15

tablish within the United States Geological Sur-16

vey a system, to be known as the ‘‘National 17

Volcano Early Warning and Monitoring Sys-18

tem’’, to monitor, warn, and protect citizens of 19

the United States from undue and avoidable 20

harm from volcanic activity. 21

(B) PURPOSES.—The purposes of the Sys-22

tem are— 23

(i) to organize, modernize, stand-24

ardize, and stabilize the monitoring sys-25


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tems of the volcano observatories in the 1

United States, which includes the Alaska 2

Volcano Observatory, California Volcano 3

Observatory, Cascades Volcano Observ-4

atory, Hawaiian Volcano Observatory, and 5

Yellowstone Volcano Observatory; and 6

(ii) to unify the monitoring systems of 7

volcano observatories in the United States 8

into a single interoperative system. 9

(C) OBJECTIVE.—The objective of the Sys-10

tem is to monitor all the volcanoes in the 11

United States at a level commensurate with the 12

threat posed by the volcanoes by— 13

(i) upgrading existing networks on 14

monitored volcanoes; 15

(ii) installing new networks on 16

unmonitored volcanoes; and 17

(iii) employing geodetic and other 18

components when applicable. 19

(2) SYSTEM COMPONENTS.— 20

(A) IN GENERAL.—The System shall in-21

clude— 22

(i) a national volcano watch office 23

that is operational 24 hours a day and 7 24

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(ii) a national volcano data center; 1

and 2

(iii) an external grants program to 3

support research in volcano monitoring 4

science and technology. 5

(B) MODERNIZATION ACTIVITIES.—Mod-6

ernization activities under the System shall in-7

clude the comprehensive application of emerg-8

ing technologies, including digital broadband 9

seismometers, real-time continuous Global Posi-10

tioning System receivers, satellite and airborne 11

radar interferometry, acoustic pressure sensors, 12

and spectrometry to measure gas emissions. 13

(3) MANAGEMENT.— 14

(A) MANAGEMENT PLAN.— 15

(i) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 16

days after the date of enactment of this 17

Act, the Secretary shall submit to Con-18

gress a 5-year management plan for estab-19

lishing and operating the System. 20

(ii) INCLUSIONS.—The management 21

plan submitted under clause (i) shall in-22

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(I) annual cost estimates for 1

modernization activities and operation 2

of the System; 3

(II) annual milestones, stand-4

ards, and performance goals; and 5

(III) recommendations for, and 6

progress towards, establishing new, or 7

enhancing existing, partnerships to le-8

verage resources. 9

(B) ADVISORY COMMITTEE.—The Sec-10

retary shall establish an advisory committee to 11

assist the Secretary in implementing the Sys-12

tem, to be comprised of representatives of rel-13

evant agencies and members of the scientific 14

community, to be appointed by the Secretary. 15

(C) PARTNERSHIPS.—The Secretary may 16

enter into cooperative agreements with institu-17

tions of higher education and State agencies 18

designating the institutions of higher education 19

and State agencies as volcano observatory part-20

ners for the System. 21

(D) COORDINATION.—The Secretary shall 22

coordinate the activities under this section with 23

the heads of relevant Federal agencies, includ-24

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(i) the Secretary of Transportation; 1

(ii) the Administrator of the Federal 2

Aviation Administration; 3

(iii) the Administrator of the National 4

Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; 5

and 6

(iv) the Administrator of the Federal 7

Emergency Management Agency. 8

(4) ANNUAL REPORT.—Annually, the Secretary 9

shall submit to Congress a report that describes the 10

activities carried out under this section. 11

(c) FUNDING.— 12

(1) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 13

There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out 14

this section $55,000,000 for the period of fiscal 15

years 2019 through 2023. 16

(2) EFFECT ON OTHER SOURCES OF FEDERAL 17

FUNDING.—Amounts made available under this sub-18

section shall supplement, and not supplant, Federal 19

funds made available for other United States Geo-20

logical Survey hazards activities and programs. 21

SEC. 5002. REAUTHORIZATION OF NATIONAL GEOLOGIC 22

MAPPING ACT OF 1992. 23

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(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 9(a) of the National 1

Geologic Mapping Act of 1992 (43 U.S.C. 31h(a)) 2

is amended by striking ‘‘2018’’ and inserting 3

‘‘2023’’. 4

(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 5

4(b)(1) of the National Geologic Mapping Act of 6

1992 (43 U.S.C. 31c(b)(1)) is amended by striking 7

‘‘Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009’’ 8

each place it appears in subparagraphs (A) and (B) 9

and inserting ‘‘Natural Resources Management 10

Act’’. 11

(b) GEOLOGIC MAPPING ADVISORY COMMITTEE.— 12

Section 5(a)(3) of the National Geologic Mapping Act of 13

1992 (43 U.S.C. 31d(a)(3)) is amended by striking ‘‘Asso-14

ciate Director for Geology’’ and inserting ‘‘Associate Di-15

rector for Core Science Systems’’. 16

(c) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.—Section 3 of the Na-17

tional Geologic Mapping Act of 1992 (43 U.S.C. 31b) is 18

amended— 19

(1) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘section 20

6(d)(3)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 4(d)(3)’’; 21


6(d)(1)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 4(d)(1)’’; and 23


6(d)(2)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 4(d)(2)’’. 25


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TITLE VI—NATIONAL HERITAGE 1

AREAS 2

SEC. 6001. NATIONAL HERITAGE AREA DESIGNATIONS. 3

(a) IN GENERAL.—The following areas are des-4

ignated as National Heritage Areas, to be administered 5

in accordance with this section: 6

(1) MARITIME WASHINGTON NATIONAL HERIT-7

AGE AREA, WASHINGTON.— 8

(A) IN GENERAL.—There is established the 9

Maritime Washington National Heritage Area 10

in the State of Washington, to include land in 11

Whatcom, Skagit, Snohomish, San Juan, Is-12

land, King, Pierce, Thurston, Mason, Kitsap, 13

Jefferson, Clallam, and Grays Harbor Counties 14

in the State that is at least partially located 15

within the area that is 1⁄4-mile landward of the 16

shoreline, as generally depicted on the map en-17

titled ‘‘Maritime Washington National Heritage 18

Area Proposed Boundary’’, numbered 584/ 19

125,484, and dated August, 2014. 20

(B) LOCAL COORDINATING ENTITY.—The 21

Washington Trust for Historic Preservation 22

shall be the local coordinating entity for the 23

National Heritage Area designated by subpara-24

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(2) MOUNTAINS TO SOUND GREENWAY NA-1

TIONAL HERITAGE AREA, WASHINGTON.— 2


Mountains to Sound Greenway National Herit-4

age Area in the State of Washington, to consist 5

of land in King and Kittitas Counties in the 6

State, as generally depicted on the map entitled 7

‘‘Mountains to Sound Greenway National Her-8

itage Area Proposed Boundary’’, numbered 9

584/125,483, and dated August, 2014 (referred 10

to in this paragraph as the ‘‘map’’). 11


Mountains to Sound Greenway Trust shall be 13

the local coordinating entity for the National 14

Heritage Area designated by subparagraph (A). 15

(C) MAP.—The map shall be on file and 16

available for public inspection in the appro-17

priate offices of— 18

(i) the National Park Service; 19

(ii) the Forest Service; 20

(iii) the Indian Tribes; and 21

(iv) the local coordinating entity. 22

(D) REFERENCES TO INDIAN TRIBE; TRIB-23

AL.—Any reference in this paragraph to the 24

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considered, for purposes of the National Herit-1

age Area designated by subparagraph (A), to 2

refer to each of the Tribal governments of the 3

Snoqualmie, Yakama, Tulalip, Muckleshoot, 4

and Colville Indian Tribes. 5

(E) MANAGEMENT REQUIREMENTS.—With 6

respect to the National Heritage Area des-7

ignated by subparagraph (A)— 8

(i) the preparation of an interpretive 9

plan under subsection (c)(2)(C)(vii) shall 10

also include plans for Tribal heritage; 11

(ii) the Secretary shall ensure that the 12

management plan developed under sub-13

section (c) is consistent with the trust re-14

sponsibilities of the Secretary to Indian 15

Tribes and Tribal treaty rights within the 16

National Heritage Area; 17

(iii) the interpretive plan and manage-18

ment plan for the National Heritage Area 19

shall be developed in consultation with the 20

Indian Tribes; 21

(iv) nothing in this paragraph shall 22

grant or diminish any hunting, fishing, or 23

gathering treaty right of any Indian Tribe; 24

and 25


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(v) nothing in this paragraph affects 1

the authority of a State or an Indian Tribe 2

to manage fish and wildlife, including the 3

regulation of hunting and fishing within 4

the National Heritage Area. 5

(3) SANTA CRUZ VALLEY NATIONAL HERITAGE 6

AREA, ARIZONA.— 7


Santa Cruz Valley National Heritage Area in 9

the State of Arizona, to consist of land in Pima 10

and Santa Cruz Counties in the State, as gen-11

erally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘Santa Cruz 12

Valley National Heritage Area’’, numbered 13

T09/80,000, and dated November 13, 2007. 14

(B) LOCAL COORDINATING ENTITY.— 15

Santa Cruz Valley Heritage Alliance, Inc., a 16

nonprofit organization established under the 17

laws of the State of Arizona, shall be the local 18

coordinating entity for the National Heritage 19

Area designated by subparagraph (A). 20

(4) APPALACHIAN FOREST NATIONAL HERITAGE 21

AREA, WEST VIRGINIA AND MARYLAND.— 22


Appalachian Forest National Heritage Area in 24

the States of West Virginia and Maryland, as 25


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depicted on the map entitled ‘‘Appalachian For-1

est National Heritage Area’’, numbered T07/ 2

80,000, and dated October 2007, including— 3

(i) Barbour, Braxton, Grant, 4

Greenbrier, Hampshire, Hardy, Mineral, 5

Morgan, Nicholas, Pendleton, Pocahontas, 6

Preston, Randolph, Tucker, Upshur, and 7

Webster Counties in West Virginia; and 8

(ii) Allegany and Garrett Counties in 9

Maryland. 10


Appalachian Forest Heritage Area, Inc., shall 12

be— 13

(i) the local coordinating entity for 14

the National Heritage Area designated by 15

subparagraph (A) (referred to in this sub-16

paragraph as the ‘‘local coordinating enti-17

ty’’); and 18

(ii) governed by a board of directors 19

that shall— 20

(I) include members to represent 21

a geographic balance across the coun-22

ties described in subparagraph (A) 23

and the States of West Virginia and 24

Maryland; 25


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(II) be composed of not fewer 1

than 7, and not more than 15, mem-2

bers elected by the membership of the 3

local coordinating entity; 4

(III) be selected to represent a 5

balanced group of diverse interests, 6

including— 7

(aa) the forest industry; 8

(bb) environmental interests; 9

(cc) cultural heritage inter-10

ests; 11

(dd) tourism interests; and 12

(ee) regional agency part-13

ners; 14

(IV) exercise all corporate powers 15

of the local coordinating entity; 16

(V) manage the activities and af-17

fairs of the local coordinating entity; 18

and 19

(VI) subject to any limitations in 20

the articles and bylaws of the local co-21

ordinating entity, this section, and 22

other applicable Federal or State law, 23

establish the policies of the local co-24

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(b) ADMINISTRATION.— 1

(1) AUTHORITIES.—For purposes of carrying 2

out the management plan for each of the National 3

Heritage Areas designated by subsection (a), the 4

Secretary, acting through the local coordinating enti-5

ty, may use amounts made available under sub-6

section (g)— 7

(A) to make grants to the State or a polit-8

ical subdivision of the State, Indian Tribes, 9

nonprofit organizations, and other persons; 10

(B) to enter into cooperative agreements 11

with, or provide technical assistance to, the 12

State or a political subdivision of the State, In-13

dian Tribes, nonprofit organizations, and other 14

interested parties; 15

(C) to hire and compensate staff, which 16

shall include individuals with expertise in nat-17

ural, cultural, and historical resources protec-18

tion, and heritage programming; 19

(D) to obtain money or services from any 20

source including any money or services that are 21

provided under any other Federal law or pro-22

gram; 23

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(F) to undertake to be a catalyst for any 1

other activity that furthers the National Herit-2

age Area and is consistent with the approved 3

management plan. 4

(2) DUTIES.—The local coordinating entity for 5

each of the National Heritage Areas designated by 6

subsection (a) shall— 7

(A) in accordance with subsection (c), pre-8

pare and submit a management plan for the 9

National Heritage Area to the Secretary; 10

(B) assist Federal agencies, the State or a 11

political subdivision of the State, Indian Tribes, 12

regional planning organizations, nonprofit orga-13

nizations and other interested parties in car-14

rying out the approved management plan by— 15

(i) carrying out programs and projects 16

that recognize, protect, and enhance im-17

portant resource values in the National 18

Heritage Area; 19

(ii) establishing and maintaining in-20

terpretive exhibits and programs in the 21


(iii) developing recreational and edu-23

cational opportunities in the National Her-24

itage Area; 25


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(iv) increasing public awareness of, 1

and appreciation for, natural, historical, 2

scenic, and cultural resources of the Na-3

tional Heritage Area; 4

(v) protecting and restoring historic 5

sites and buildings in the National Herit-6

age Area that are consistent with National 7

Heritage Area themes; 8

(vi) ensuring that clear, consistent, 9

and appropriate signs identifying points of 10

public access and sites of interest are post-11

ed throughout the National Heritage Area; 12

and 13

(vii) promoting a wide range of part-14

nerships among the Federal Government, 15

State, Tribal, and local governments, orga-16

nizations, and individuals to further the 17


(C) consider the interests of diverse units 19

of government, businesses, organizations, and 20

individuals in the National Heritage Area in the 21

preparation and implementation of the manage-22

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(D) conduct meetings open to the public at 1

least semiannually regarding the development 2

and implementation of the management plan; 3

(E) for any year that Federal funds have 4

been received under this subsection— 5

(i) submit to the Secretary an annual 6

report that describes the activities, ex-7

penses, and income of the local coordi-8

nating entity (including grants to any 9

other entities during the year that the re-10

port is made); 11

(ii) make available to the Secretary 12

for audit all records relating to the expend-13

iture of the funds and any matching funds; 14

and 15

(iii) require, with respect to all agree-16

ments authorizing expenditure of Federal 17

funds by other organizations, that the or-18

ganizations receiving the funds make avail-19

able to the Secretary for audit all records 20

concerning the expenditure of the funds; 21

and 22

(F) encourage by appropriate means eco-23

nomic viability that is consistent with the Na-24

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(3) PROHIBITION ON THE ACQUISITION OF 1

REAL PROPERTY.—The local coordinating entity 2

shall not use Federal funds made available under 3

subsection (g) to acquire real property or any inter-4

est in real property. 5

(c) MANAGEMENT PLAN.— 6


the date of enactment of this Act, the local coordi-8

nating entity for each of the National Heritage 9

Areas designated by subsection (a) shall submit to 10

the Secretary for approval a proposed management 11

plan for the National Heritage Area. 12

(2) REQUIREMENTS.—The management plan 13

shall— 14

(A) incorporate an integrated and coopera-15

tive approach for the protection, enhancement, 16

and interpretation of the natural, cultural, his-17

toric, scenic, and recreational resources of the 18


(B) take into consideration Federal, State, 20

local, and Tribal plans and treaty rights; 21

(C) include— 22

(i) an inventory of— 23

(I) the resources located in the 24

National Heritage Area; and 25


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(II) any other property in the 1

National Heritage Area that— 2

(aa) is related to the themes 3

of the National Heritage Area; 4

and 5

(bb) should be preserved, re-6

stored, managed, or maintained 7

because of the significance of the 8

property; 9

(ii) comprehensive policies, strategies 10

and recommendations for conservation, 11

funding, management, and development of 12

the National Heritage Area; 13

(iii) a description of actions that the 14

Federal Government, State, Tribal, and 15

local governments, private organizations, 16

and individuals have agreed to take to pro-17

tect the natural, historical, cultural, scenic, 18

and recreational resources of the National 19

Heritage Area; 20

(iv) a program of implementation for 21

the management plan by the local coordi-22

nating entity that includes a description 23

of— 24


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(I) actions to facilitate ongoing 1

collaboration among partners to pro-2

mote plans for resource protection, 3

restoration, and construction; and 4

(II) specific commitments for im-5

plementation that have been made by 6

the local coordinating entity or any 7

government, organization, or indi-8

vidual for the first 5 years of oper-9

ation; 10

(v) the identification of sources of 11

funding for carrying out the management 12

plan; 13

(vi) analysis and recommendations for 14

means by which Federal, State, local, and 15

Tribal programs, including the role of the 16

National Park Service in the National Her-17

itage Area, may best be coordinated to 18

carry out this subsection; and 19

(vii) an interpretive plan for the Na-20

tional Heritage Area; and 21

(D) recommend policies and strategies for 22

resource management that consider and detail 23

the application of appropriate land and water 24

management techniques, including the develop-25


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ment of intergovernmental and interagency co-1

operative agreements to protect the natural, 2

historical, cultural, educational, scenic, and rec-3

reational resources of the National Heritage 4

Area. 5

(3) DEADLINE.—If a proposed management 6

plan is not submitted to the Secretary by the date 7

that is 3 years after the date of enactment of this 8

Act, the local coordinating entity shall be ineligible 9

to receive additional funding under this section until 10

the date on which the Secretary receives and ap-11

proves the management plan. 12

(4) APPROVAL OR DISAPPROVAL OF MANAGE-13

MENT PLAN.— 14


days after the date of receipt of the manage-16

ment plan under paragraph (1), the Secretary, 17

in consultation with State and Tribal govern-18

ments, shall approve or disapprove the manage-19

ment plan. 20

(B) CRITERIA FOR APPROVAL.—In deter-21

mining whether to approve the management 22

plan, the Secretary shall consider whether— 23

(i) the local coordinating entity is rep-24

resentative of the diverse interests of the 25


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National Heritage Area, including Federal, 1

State, Tribal, and local governments, nat-2

ural and historic resource protection orga-3

nizations, educational institutions, busi-4

nesses, and recreational organizations; 5

(ii) the local coordinating entity has 6

afforded adequate opportunity, including 7

public hearings, for public and govern-8

mental involvement in the preparation of 9

the management plan; and 10

(iii) the resource protection and inter-11

pretation strategies contained in the man-12

agement plan, if implemented, would ade-13

quately protect the natural, historical, and 14

cultural resources of the National Heritage 15

Area. 16

(C) ACTION FOLLOWING DISAPPROVAL.—If 17

the Secretary disapproves the management plan 18

under subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall— 19

(i) advise the local coordinating entity 20

in writing of the reasons for the dis-21

approval; 22

(ii) make recommendations for revi-23

sions to the management plan; and 24


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(iii) not later than 180 days after the 1

receipt of any proposed revision of the 2

management plan from the local coordi-3

nating entity, approve or disapprove the 4

proposed revision. 5

(D) AMENDMENTS.— 6

(i) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 7

approve or disapprove each amendment to 8

the management plan that the Secretary 9

determines make a substantial change to 10

the management plan. 11

(ii) USE OF FUNDS.—The local co-12

ordinating entity shall not use Federal 13

funds authorized by this subsection to 14

carry out any amendments to the manage-15

ment plan until the Secretary has approved 16

the amendments. 17

(d) RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER FEDERAL AGEN-18

CIES.— 19


fects the authority of a Federal agency to provide 21

technical or financial assistance under any other law. 22

(2) CONSULTATION AND COORDINATION.—The 23

head of any Federal agency planning to conduct ac-24

tivities that may have an impact on a National Her-25


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itage Area designated by subsection (a) is encour-1

aged to consult and coordinate the activities with the 2

Secretary and the local coordinating entity to the 3

maximum extent practicable. 4

(3) OTHER FEDERAL AGENCIES.—Nothing in 5

this section— 6

(A) modifies, alters, or amends any law or 7

regulation authorizing a Federal agency to 8

manage Federal land under the jurisdiction of 9

the Federal agency; 10

(B) limits the discretion of a Federal land 11

manager to implement an approved land use 12

plan within the boundaries of a National Herit-13

age Area designated by subsection (a); or 14

(C) modifies, alters, or amends any author-15

ized use of Federal land under the jurisdiction 16

of a Federal agency. 17

(e) PRIVATE PROPERTY AND REGULATORY PROTEC-18

TIONS.—Nothing in this section— 19

(1) abridges the rights of any property owner 20

(whether public or private), including the right to re-21

frain from participating in any plan, project, pro-22

gram, or activity conducted within a National Herit-23

age Area designated by subsection (a); 24

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(A) to permit public access (including ac-1

cess by Federal, State, or local agencies) to the 2

property of the property owner; or 3

(B) to modify public access or use of prop-4

erty of the property owner under any other 5

Federal, State, or local law; 6

(3) alters any duly adopted land use regulation, 7

approved land use plan, or other regulatory author-8

ity of any Federal, State, Tribal, or local agency; 9

(4) conveys any land use or other regulatory 10

authority to the local coordinating entity; 11

(5) authorizes or implies the reservation or ap-12

propriation of water or water rights; 13

(6) enlarges or diminishes the treaty rights of 14

any Indian Tribe within the National Heritage Area; 15

(7) diminishes— 16

(A) the authority of the State to manage 17

fish and wildlife, including the regulation of 18

fishing and hunting within a National Heritage 19

Area designated by subsection (a); or 20

(B) the authority of Indian Tribes to regu-21

late members of Indian Tribes with respect to 22

fishing, hunting, and gathering in the exercise 23

of treaty rights; or 24


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(8) creates any liability, or affects any liability 1

under any other law, of any private property owner 2

with respect to any person injured on the private 3

property. 4

(f) EVALUATION AND REPORT.— 5

(1) IN GENERAL.—For each of the National 6

Heritage Areas designated by subsection (a), not 7

later than 3 years before the date on which author-8

ity for Federal funding terminates for each National 9

Heritage Area, the Secretary shall— 10

(A) conduct an evaluation of the accom-11

plishments of the National Heritage Area; and 12

(B) prepare a report in accordance with 13

paragraph (3). 14

(2) EVALUATION.—An evaluation conducted 15

under paragraph (1)(A) shall— 16

(A) assess the progress of the local man-17

agement entity with respect to— 18

(i) accomplishing the purposes of the 19

authorizing legislation for the National 20

Heritage Area; and 21

(ii) achieving the goals and objectives 22

of the approved management plan for the 23



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(B) analyze the investments of the Federal 1

Government, State, Tribal, and local govern-2

ments, and private entities in each National 3

Heritage Area to determine the impact of the 4

investments; and 5

(C) review the management structure, 6

partnership relationships, and funding of the 7

National Heritage Area for purposes of identi-8

fying the critical components for sustainability 9

of the National Heritage Area. 10

(3) REPORT.—Based on the evaluation con-11

ducted under paragraph (1)(A), the Secretary shall 12

submit to the Committee on Energy and Natural 13

Resources of the Senate and the Committee on Nat-14

ural Resources of the House of Representatives a re-15

port that includes recommendations for the future 16

role of the National Park Service, if any, with re-17

spect to the National Heritage Area. 18

(g) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 19

(1) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to be 20

appropriated for each National Heritage Area des-21

ignated by subsection (a) to carry out the purposes 22

of this section $10,000,000, of which not more than 23

$1,000,000 may be made available in any fiscal 24

year. 25


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(2) AVAILABILITY.—Amounts made available 1

under paragraph (1) shall remain available until ex-2

pended. 3

(3) COST-SHARING REQUIREMENT.— 4

(A) IN GENERAL.—The Federal share of 5

the total cost of any activity under this section 6

shall be not more than 50 percent. 7

(B) FORM.—The non-Federal contribution 8

of the total cost of any activity under this sec-9

tion may be in the form of in-kind contributions 10

of goods or services fairly valued. 11

(4) TERMINATION OF AUTHORITY.—The au-12

thority of the Secretary to provide assistance under 13

this section terminates on the date that is 15 years 14


SEC. 6002. ADJUSTMENT OF BOUNDARIES OF LINCOLN NA-16

TIONAL HERITAGE AREA. 17

(a) BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT.—Section 443(b)(1) of 18

the Consolidated Natural Resources Act of 2008 (Public 19

Law 110–229; 122 Stat. 819) is amended— 20

(1) by inserting ‘‘, Livingston,’’ after ‘‘La-21

Salle’’; and 22

(2) by inserting ‘‘, the city of Jonesboro in 23

Union County, and the city of Freeport in Stephen-24

son County’’ after ‘‘Woodford counties’’. 25


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(b) MAP.—The Secretary shall update the map re-1

ferred to in section 443(b)(2) of the Consolidated Natural 2

Resources Act of 2008 to reflect the boundary adjustment 3

made by the amendments in subsection (a). 4

SEC. 6003. FINGER LAKES NATIONAL HERITAGE AREA 5

STUDY. 6


(1) HERITAGE AREA.—The term ‘‘Heritage 8

Area’’ means the Finger Lakes National Heritage 9

Area. 10


of New York. 12

(3) STUDY AREA.—The term ‘‘study area’’ 13

means— 14

(A) the counties in the State of Cayuga, 15

Chemung, Cortland, Livingston, Monroe, Onon-16

daga, Ontario, Schuyler, Seneca, Steuben, 17

Tioga, Tompkins, Wayne, and Yates; and 18

(B) any other areas in the State that— 19

(i) have heritage aspects that are 20

similar to the areas described in subpara-21

graph (A); and 22

(ii) are adjacent to, or in the vicinity 23

of, those areas. 24

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(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, in consulta-1

tion with State and local historic preservation offi-2

cers, State and local historical societies, State and 3

local tourism offices, and other appropriate organi-4

zations and governmental agencies, shall conduct a 5

study to assess the suitability and feasibility of des-6

ignating the study area as a National Heritage 7

Area, to be known as the ‘‘Finger Lakes National 8

Heritage Area’’. 9

(2) REQUIREMENTS.—The study shall include 10

analysis, documentation, and determinations on 11

whether the study area— 12

(A) has an assemblage of natural, historic, 13

and cultural resources that— 14

(i) represent distinctive aspects of the 15

heritage of the United States; 16

(ii) are worthy of recognition, con-17

servation, interpretation, and continuing 18

use; and 19

(iii) would be best managed— 20

(I) through partnerships among 21

public and private entities; and 22

(II) by linking diverse and some-23

times noncontiguous resources and ac-24

tive communities; 25


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(B) reflects traditions, customs, beliefs, 1

and folklife that are a valuable part of the story 2

of the United States; 3

(C) provides outstanding opportunities— 4

(i) to conserve natural, historic, cul-5

tural, or scenic features; and 6

(ii) for recreation and education; 7

(D) contains resources that— 8

(i) are important to any identified 9

themes of the study area; and 10

(ii) retain a degree of integrity capa-11

ble of supporting interpretation; 12

(E) includes residents, business interests, 13

nonprofit organizations, and State and local 14

governments that— 15

(i) are involved in the planning of the 16

Heritage Area; 17

(ii) have developed a conceptual finan-18

cial plan that outlines the roles of all par-19

ticipants in the Heritage Area, including 20

the Federal Government; and 21

(iii) have demonstrated support for 22

the designation of the Heritage Area; 23

(F) has a potential management entity to 24

work in partnership with the individuals and 25


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entities described in subparagraph (E) to de-1

velop the Heritage Area while encouraging 2

State and local economic activity; and 3

(G) has a conceptual boundary map that is 4

supported by the public. 5

(c) REPORT.—Not later than 3 years after the date 6

on which funds are first made available to carry out this 7

section, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on 8

Natural Resources of the House of Representatives and 9

the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the 10

Senate a report that describes— 11

(1) the findings of the study under subsection 12

(b); and 13

(2) any conclusions and recommendations of the 14

Secretary. 15

TITLE VII—WILDLIFE HABITAT 16

AND CONSERVATION 17

SEC. 7001. WILD ACT. 18

(a) PARTNERS FOR FISH AND WILDLIFE PROGRAM 19

REAUTHORIZATION.—Section 5 of the Partners for Fish 20

and Wildlife Act (16 U.S.C. 3774) is amended by striking 21

‘‘2006 through 2011’’ and inserting ‘‘2018 through 22

2022’’. 23

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(1) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this subsection 1

is to protect water, oceans, coasts, and wildlife from 2

invasive species. 3

(2) AMENDMENTS TO THE FISH AND WILDLIFE 4

COORDINATION ACT.— 5

(A) SHORT TITLE; AUTHORIZATION.—The 6

first section of the Fish and Wildlife Coordina-7

tion Act (16 U.S.C. 661) is amended by strik-8

ing ‘‘For the purpose’’ and inserting the fol-9

lowing: 10

‘‘SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; AUTHORIZATION. 11

‘‘(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 12

‘Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act’. 13

‘‘(b) AUTHORIZATION.—For the purpose’’. 14

(B) PROTECTION OF WATER, OCEANS, 15

COASTS, AND WILDLIFE FROM INVASIVE SPE-16

CIES.—The Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act 17

(16 U.S.C. 661 et seq.) is amended by adding 18

at the end the following: 19

‘‘SEC. 10. PROTECTION OF WATER, OCEANS, COASTS, AND 20

WILDLIFE FROM INVASIVE SPECIES. 21


‘‘(1) CONTROL.—The term ‘control’, with re-23

spect to an invasive species, means the eradication, 24

suppression, or reduction of the population of the 25


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invasive species within the area in which the invasive 1

species is present. 2

‘‘(2) ECOSYSTEM.—The term ‘ecosystem’ 3

means the complex of a community of organisms 4

and the environment of the organisms. 5

‘‘(3) ELIGIBLE STATE.—The term ‘eligible 6

State’ means any of— 7

‘‘(A) a State; 8

‘‘(B) the District of Columbia; 9

‘‘(C) the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico; 10

‘‘(D) Guam; 11

‘‘(E) American Samoa; 12

‘‘(F) the Commonwealth of the Northern 13

Mariana Islands; and 14

‘‘(G) the United States Virgin Islands. 15

‘‘(4) INVASIVE SPECIES.— 16

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘invasive 17

species’ means an alien species, the introduction 18

of which causes, or is likely to cause, economic 19

or environmental harm or harm to human 20

health. 21

‘‘(B) ASSOCIATED DEFINITION.—For pur-22

poses of subparagraph (A), the term ‘alien spe-23

cies’, with respect to a particular ecosystem, 24

means any species (including the seeds, eggs, 25


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spores, or other biological material of the spe-1

cies that are capable of propagating the species) 2

that is not native to the affected ecosystem. 3

‘‘(C) INCLUSION.—The terms ‘invasive 4

species’ and ‘alien species’ include any terres-5

trial or aquatic species determined by the rel-6

evant tribal, regional, State, or local authority 7

to meet the requirements of subparagraph (A) 8

or (B), as applicable. 9

‘‘(5) MANAGE; MANAGEMENT.—The terms 10

‘manage’ and ‘management’, with respect to an 11

invasive species, mean the active implementation of 12

any activity— 13

‘‘(A) to reduce or stop the spread of the 14

invasive species; and 15

‘‘(B) to inhibit further infestations of the 16

invasive species, the spread of the invasive spe-17

cies, or harm caused by the invasive species, in-18

cluding investigations regarding methods for 19

early detection and rapid response, prevention, 20

control, or management of the invasive species. 21

‘‘(6) PREVENT.—The term ‘prevent’, with re-22

spect to an invasive species, means— 23

‘‘(A) to hinder the introduction of the 24

invasive species onto land or water; or 25


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‘‘(B) to impede the spread of the invasive 1

species within land or water by inspecting, 2

intercepting, or confiscating invasive species 3

threats prior to the establishment of the 4

invasive species onto land or water of an eligible 5

State. 6

‘‘(7) SECRETARY CONCERNED.—The term ‘Sec-7

retary concerned’ means— 8

‘‘(A) the Secretary of the Army, acting 9

through the Assistant Secretary of the Army 10

for Civil Works, with respect to Federal land 11

administered by the Corps of Engineers; 12

‘‘(B) the Secretary of the Interior, with re-13

spect to Federal land administered by the Sec-14

retary of the Interior through— 15

‘‘(i) the United States Fish and Wild-16

life Service; 17

‘‘(ii) the Bureau of Indian Affairs; 18

‘‘(iii) the Bureau of Land Manage-19

ment; 20

‘‘(iv) the Bureau of Reclamation; or 21

‘‘(v) the National Park Service; 22

‘‘(C) the Secretary of Agriculture, with re-23

spect to Federal land administered by the Sec-24


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retary of Agriculture through the Forest Serv-1

ice; and 2

‘‘(D) the head or a representative of any 3

other Federal agency the duties of whom re-4

quire planning relating to, and the treatment 5

of, invasive species for the purpose of protecting 6

water and wildlife on land and coasts and in 7

oceans and water. 8

‘‘(8) SPECIES.—The term ‘species’ means a 9

group of organisms, all of which— 10

‘‘(A) have a high degree of genetic simi-11

larity; 12

‘‘(B) are morphologically distinct; 13

‘‘(C) generally— 14

‘‘(i) interbreed at maturity only 15

among themselves; and 16

‘‘(ii) produce fertile offspring; and 17

‘‘(D) show persistent differences from 18

members of allied groups of organisms. 19

‘‘(b) CONTROL AND MANAGEMENT.—Each Secretary 20

concerned shall plan and carry out activities on land di-21

rectly managed by the Secretary concerned to protect 22

water and wildlife by controlling and managing invasive 23

species— 24


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‘‘(1) to inhibit or reduce the populations of 1


‘‘(2) to effectuate restoration or reclamation ef-3

forts. 4

‘‘(c) STRATEGIC PLAN.— 5

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Each Secretary concerned 6

shall develop a strategic plan for the implementation 7

of the invasive species program to achieve, to the 8

maximum extent practicable, a substantive annual 9

net reduction of invasive species populations or in-10

fested acreage on land or water managed by the Sec-11

retary concerned. 12

‘‘(2) COORDINATION.—Each strategic plan 13

under paragraph (1) shall be developed— 14

‘‘(A) in coordination with affected— 15

‘‘(i) eligible States; 16

‘‘(ii) political subdivisions of eligible 17

States; and 18

‘‘(iii) federally recognized Indian 19

tribes; and 20

‘‘(B) in accordance with the priorities es-21

tablished by 1 or more Governors of the eligible 22

States in which an ecosystem affected by an 23

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‘‘(3) FACTORS FOR CONSIDERATION.—In devel-1

oping a strategic plan under this subsection, the 2

Secretary concerned shall take into consideration the 3

economic and ecological costs of action or inaction, 4

as applicable. 5

‘‘(d) COST-EFFECTIVE METHODS.—In selecting a 6

method to be used to control or manage an invasive species 7

as part of a specific control or management project con-8

ducted as part of a strategic plan developed under sub-9

section (c), the Secretary concerned shall prioritize the use 10

of methods that— 11

‘‘(1) effectively control and manage invasive 12

species, as determined by the Secretary concerned, 13

based on sound scientific data; 14

‘‘(2) minimize environmental impacts; and 15

‘‘(3) control and manage invasive species in the 16

least costly manner. 17

‘‘(e) COMPARATIVE ECONOMIC ASSESSMENT.—To 18

achieve compliance with subsection (d), the Secretary con-19

cerned shall require a comparative economic assessment 20

of invasive species control and management methods to 21

be conducted. 22

‘‘(f) EXPEDITED ACTION.— 23

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretaries concerned 24

shall use all tools and flexibilities available (as of the 25


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date of enactment of this section) to expedite the 1

projects and activities described in paragraph (2). 2

‘‘(2) DESCRIPTION OF PROJECTS AND ACTIVI-3

TIES.—A project or activity referred to in paragraph 4

(1) is a project or activity— 5

‘‘(A) to protect water or wildlife from an 6

invasive species that, as determined by the Sec-7

retary concerned is, or will be, carried out on 8

land or water that is— 9

‘‘(i) directly managed by the Secretary 10

concerned; and 11

‘‘(ii) located in an area that is— 12

‘‘(I) at high risk for the introduc-13

tion, establishment, or spread of 14


‘‘(II) determined by the Sec-16

retary concerned to require immediate 17

action to address the risk identified in 18

subclause (I); and 19

‘‘(B) carried out in accordance with appli-20

cable agency procedures, including any applica-21

ble— 22

‘‘(i) land or resource management 23

plan; or 24

‘‘(ii) land use plan. 25


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‘‘(g) ALLOCATION OF FUNDING.—Of the amount ap-1

propriated or otherwise made available to each Secretary 2

concerned for a fiscal year for programs that address or 3

include protection of land or water from an invasive spe-4

cies, the Secretary concerned shall use not less than 75 5

percent for on-the-ground control and management of 6

invasive species, which may include— 7

‘‘(1) the purchase of necessary products, equip-8

ment, or services to conduct that control and man-9

agement; 10

‘‘(2) the use of integrated pest management op-11

tions, including options that use pesticides author-12

ized for sale, distribution, or use under the Federal 13

Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (7 14

U.S.C. 136 et seq.); 15

‘‘(3) the use of biological control agents that 16

are proven to be effective to reduce invasive species 17

populations; 18

‘‘(4) the use of revegetation or cultural restora-19

tion methods designed to improve the diversity and 20

richness of ecosystems; 21

‘‘(5) the use of monitoring and detection activi-22

ties for invasive species, including equipment, detec-23

tion dogs, and mechanical devices; 24


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‘‘(6) the use of appropriate methods to remove 1

invasive species from a vehicle or vessel capable of 2

conveyance; or 3

‘‘(7) the use of other effective mechanical or 4

manual control methods. 5

‘‘(h) INVESTIGATIONS, OUTREACH, AND PUBLIC 6

AWARENESS.—Of the amount appropriated or otherwise 7

made available to each Secretary concerned for a fiscal 8

year for programs that address or include protection of 9

land or water from an invasive species, the Secretary con-10

cerned may use not more than 15 percent for investiga-11

tions, development activities, and outreach and public 12

awareness efforts to address invasive species control and 13

management needs. 14

‘‘(i) ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.—Of the amount appro-15

priated or otherwise made available to each Secretary con-16

cerned for a fiscal year for programs that address or in-17

clude protection of land or water from an invasive species, 18

not more than 10 percent may be used for administrative 19

costs incurred to carry out those programs, including costs 20

relating to oversight and management of the programs, 21

recordkeeping, and implementation of the strategic plan 22

developed under subsection (c). 23

‘‘(j) REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.—Not later than 60 24

days after the end of the second fiscal year beginning after 25


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the date of enactment of this section, each Secretary con-1

cerned shall submit to Congress a report— 2

‘‘(1) describing the use by the Secretary con-3

cerned during the 2 preceding fiscal years of funds 4

for programs that address or include invasive species 5

management; and 6

‘‘(2) specifying the percentage of funds ex-7

pended for each of the purposes specified in sub-8

sections (g), (h), and (i). 9

‘‘(k) RELATION TO OTHER AUTHORITY.— 10

‘‘(1) OTHER INVASIVE SPECIES CONTROL, PRE-11

VENTION, AND MANAGEMENT AUTHORITIES.—Noth-12

ing in this section precludes the Secretary concerned 13

from pursuing or supporting, pursuant to any other 14

provision of law, any activity regarding the control, 15

prevention, or management of an invasive species, 16

including investigations to improve the control, pre-17

vention, or management of the invasive species. 18

‘‘(2) PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS.—Noth-19

ing in this section authorizes the Secretary con-20

cerned to suspend any water delivery or diversion, or 21

otherwise to prevent the operation of a public water 22

supply system, as a measure to control, manage, or 23

prevent the introduction or spread of an invasive 24

species. 25


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‘‘(l) USE OF PARTNERSHIPS.—Subject to the sub-1

sections (m) and (n), the Secretary concerned may enter 2

into any contract or cooperative agreement with another 3

Federal agency, an eligible State, a political subdivision 4

of an eligible State, or a private individual or entity to 5

assist with the control and management of an invasive spe-6

cies. 7

‘‘(m) MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING.— 8

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—As a condition of a con-9

tract or cooperative agreement under subsection (l), 10

the Secretary concerned and the applicable Federal 11

agency, eligible State, political subdivision of an eli-12

gible State, or private individual or entity shall enter 13

into a memorandum of understanding that de-14

scribes— 15

‘‘(A) the nature of the partnership between 16

the parties to the memorandum of under-17

standing; and 18

‘‘(B) the control and management activi-19

ties to be conducted under the contract or coop-20

erative agreement. 21

‘‘(2) CONTENTS.—A memorandum of under-22

standing under this subsection shall contain, at a 23

minimum, the following: 24


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‘‘(A) A prioritized listing of each invasive 1

species to be controlled or managed. 2

‘‘(B) An assessment of the total acres of 3

land or area of water infested by the invasive 4

species. 5

‘‘(C) An estimate of the expected total 6

acres of land or area of water infested by the 7

invasive species after control and management 8

of the invasive species is attempted. 9

‘‘(D) A description of each specific, inte-10

grated pest management option to be used, in-11

cluding a comparative economic assessment to 12

determine the least-costly method. 13

‘‘(E) Any map, boundary, or Global Posi-14

tioning System coordinates needed to clearly 15

identify the area in which each control or man-16

agement activity is proposed to be conducted. 17

‘‘(F) A written assurance that each part-18

ner will comply with section 15 of the Federal 19

Noxious Weed Act of 1974 (7 U.S.C. 2814). 20

‘‘(3) COORDINATION.—If a partner to a con-21

tract or cooperative agreement under subsection (l) 22

is an eligible State, political subdivision of an eligible 23

State, or private individual or entity, the memo-24


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randum of understanding under this subsection shall 1

include a description of— 2

‘‘(A) the means by which each applicable 3

control or management effort will be coordi-4

nated; and 5

‘‘(B) the expected outcomes of managing 6

and controlling the invasive species. 7

‘‘(4) PUBLIC OUTREACH AND AWARENESS EF-8

FORTS.—If a contract or cooperative agreement 9

under subsection (l) involves any outreach or public 10

awareness effort, the memorandum of understanding 11

under this subsection shall include a list of goals and 12

objectives for each outreach or public awareness ef-13

fort that have been determined to be efficient to in-14

form national, regional, State, or local audiences re-15

garding invasive species control and management. 16

‘‘(n) INVESTIGATIONS.—The purpose of any invasive 17

species-related investigation carried out under a contract 18

or cooperative agreement under subsection (l) shall be— 19

‘‘(1) to develop solutions and specific rec-20

ommendations for control and management of 21


‘‘(2) specifically to provide faster implementa-23

tion of control and management methods. 24


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‘‘(o) COORDINATION WITH AFFECTED LOCAL GOV-1

ERNMENTS.—Each project and activity carried out pursu-2

ant to this section shall be coordinated with affected local 3

governments in a manner that is consistent with section 4

202(c)(9) of the Federal Land Policy and Management 5

Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1712(c)(9)).’’. 6

(c) WILDLIFE CONSERVATION.— 7

(1) REAUTHORIZATION OF MULTINATIONAL 8

SPECIES CONSERVATION FUNDS.— 9

(A) REAUTHORIZATION OF THE AFRICAN 10

ELEPHANT CONSERVATION ACT.—Section 11

2306(a) of the African Elephant Conservation 12

Act (16 U.S.C. 4245(a)) is amended by striking 13

‘‘2007 through 2012’’ and inserting ‘‘2018 14

through 2022’’. 15

(B) REAUTHORIZATION OF THE ASIAN 16

ELEPHANT CONSERVATION ACT OF 1997.—Sec-17

tion 8(a) of the Asian Elephant Conservation 18

Act of 1997 (16 U.S.C. 4266(a)) is amended by 19

striking ‘‘2007 through 2012’’ and inserting 20

‘‘2018 through 2022’’. 21

(C) REAUTHORIZATION OF THE RHINOC-22

EROS AND TIGER CONSERVATION ACT OF 23

1994.—Section 10(a) of the Rhinoceros and 24

Tiger Conservation Act of 1994 (16 U.S.C. 25


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5306(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘2007 through 1

2012’’ and inserting ‘‘2018 through 2022’’. 2

(D) AMENDMENTS TO THE GREAT APE 3

CONSERVATION ACT OF 2000.— 4

(i) PANEL.—Section 4(i) of the Great 5

Ape Conservation Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 6

6303(i)) is amended— 7

(I) by striking paragraph (1) and 8


‘‘(1) CONVENTION.—Not later than 1 year after 10

the date of the enactment of the Natural Resources 11

Management Act, and every 5 years thereafter, the 12

Secretary shall convene a panel of experts on great 13

apes to identify the greatest needs and priorities for 14

the conservation of great apes.’’; 15

(II) by redesignating paragraph 16

(2) as paragraph (5); and 17

(III) by inserting after paragraph 18

(1) the following: 19

‘‘(2) COMPOSITION.—The Secretary shall en-20

sure that the panel referred to in paragraph (1) in-21

cludes, to the maximum extent practicable, 1 or 22

more representatives— 23

‘‘(A) from each country that comprises the 24

natural range of great apes; and 25


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‘‘(B) with expertise in great ape conserva-1

tion. 2

‘‘(3) CONSERVATION PLANS.—In identifying the 3

conservation needs and priorities under paragraph 4

(1), the panel referred to in that paragraph shall 5

consider any relevant great ape conservation plan or 6

strategy, including scientific research and findings 7

relating to— 8

‘‘(A) the conservation needs and priorities 9

of great apes; 10

‘‘(B) any regional or species-specific action 11

plan or strategy; 12

‘‘(C) any applicable strategy developed or 13

initiated by the Secretary; and 14

‘‘(D) any other applicable conservation 15

plan or strategy. 16

‘‘(4) FUNDS.—Subject to the availability of ap-17

propriations, the Secretary may use amounts avail-18

able to the Secretary to pay for the costs of con-19

vening and facilitating any meeting of the panel re-20

ferred to in paragraph (1).’’. 21

(ii) MULTIYEAR GRANTS.—Section 4 22

of the Great Ape Conservation Act of 2000 23

(16 U.S.C. 6303) is amended by adding at 24



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‘‘(j) MULTIYEAR GRANTS.— 1

‘‘(1) AUTHORIZATION.—The Secretary may 2

award to a person who is otherwise eligible for a 3

grant under this section a multiyear grant to carry 4

out a project that the person demonstrates is an ef-5

fective, long-term conservation strategy for great 6

apes and the habitat of great apes. 7

‘‘(2) EFFECT OF SUBSECTION.—Nothing in this 8

subsection precludes the Secretary from awarding a 9

grant on an annual basis.’’. 10

(iii) ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.— 11

Section 5(b)(2) of the Great Ape Conserva-12

tion Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 6304(b)(2)) is 13

amended by striking ‘‘$100,000’’ and in-14

serting ‘‘$150,000’’. 15

(iv) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIA-16

TIONS.—Section 6 of the Great Ape Con-17

servation Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 6305) is 18

amended by striking ‘‘2006 through 2010’’ 19

and inserting ‘‘2018 through 2022’’. 20

(E) AMENDMENTS TO THE MARINE TUR-21

TLE CONSERVATION ACT OF 2004.— 22

(i) PURPOSE.—Section 2(b) of the 23

Marine Turtle Conservation Act of 2004 24

(16 U.S.C. 6601(b)) is amended by insert-25


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ing ‘‘and territories of the United States’’ 1

after ‘‘foreign countries’’. 2

(ii) DEFINITIONS.—Section 3 of the 3

Marine Turtle Conservation Act of 2004 4

(16 U.S.C. 6602) is amended— 5

(I) in paragraph (2), in the mat-6

ter preceding subparagraph (A), by 7

inserting ‘‘and territories of the 8

United States’’ after ‘‘foreign coun-9

tries’’; and 10

(II) by adding at the end the fol-11

lowing: 12

‘‘(7) TERRITORY OF THE UNITED STATES.— 13

The term ‘territory of the United States’ means— 14

‘‘(A) the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico; 15

‘‘(B) Guam; 16

‘‘(C) American Samoa; 17

‘‘(D) the Commonwealth of the Northern 18

Mariana Islands; 19

‘‘(E) the United States Virgin Islands; and 20

‘‘(F) any other territory or possession of 21

the United States.’’. 22

(iii) MARINE TURTLE CONSERVATION 23

ASSISTANCE.—Section 4 of the Marine 24


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Turtle Conservation Act of 2004 (16 1

U.S.C. 6603) is amended— 2

(I) in subsection (b)(1)(A), by in-3

serting ‘‘or a territory of the United 4

States’’ after ‘‘foreign country’’; and 5

(II) in subsection (d), by striking 6

‘‘foreign countries’’ and inserting ‘‘a 7

foreign country or a territory of the 8

United States’’. 9

(iv) ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.— 10

Section 5(b)(2) of the Marine Turtle Con-11

servation Act of 2004 (16 U.S.C. 12

6604(b)(2)) is amended by striking 13

‘‘$80,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$150,000’’. 14

(v) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIA-15

TIONS.—Section 7 of the Marine Turtle 16

Conservation Act of 2004 (16 U.S.C. 17

6606) is amended by striking ‘‘each of fis-18

cal years 2005 through 2009’’ and insert-19

ing ‘‘each of fiscal years 2018 through 20

2022’’. 21

(d) PRIZE COMPETITIONS.— 22



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(A) NON-FEDERAL FUNDS.—The term 1

‘‘non-Federal funds’’ means funds provided 2

by— 3

(i) a State; 4

(ii) a territory of the United States; 5

(iii) 1 or more units of local or tribal 6

government; 7

(iv) a private for-profit entity; 8

(v) a nonprofit organization; or 9

(vi) a private individual. 10

(B) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ 11

means the Secretary, acting through the Direc-12

tor of the United States Fish and Wildlife Serv-13

ice. 14

(C) WILDLIFE.—The term ‘‘wildlife’’ has 15

the meaning given the term in section 8 of the 16

Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act (16 U.S.C. 17

666b). 18

(2) THEODORE ROOSEVELT GENIUS PRIZE FOR 19

THE PREVENTION OF WILDLIFE POACHING AND 20

TRAFFICKING.— 21

(A) DEFINITIONS.—In this paragraph: 22

(i) BOARD.—The term ‘‘Board’’ 23

means the Prevention of Wildlife Poaching 24


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and Trafficking Technology Advisory 1

Board established by subparagraph (C)(i). 2

(ii) PRIZE COMPETITION.—The term 3

‘‘prize competition’’ means the Theodore 4

Roosevelt Genius Prize for the prevention 5

of wildlife poaching and trafficking estab-6

lished under subparagraph (B). 7

(B) AUTHORITY.—Not later than 180 days 8


retary shall establish under section 24 of the 10

Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 11

1980 (15 U.S.C. 3719) a prize competition, to 12

be known as the ‘‘Theodore Roosevelt Genius 13

Prize’’ for the prevention of wildlife poaching 14

and trafficking— 15

(i) to encourage technological innova-16

tion with the potential to advance the mis-17

sion of the United States Fish and Wildlife 18

Service with respect to the prevention of 19

wildlife poaching and trafficking; and 20

(ii) to award 1 or more prizes annu-21

ally for a technological advancement that 22

prevents wildlife poaching and trafficking. 23

(C) ADVISORY BOARD.— 24


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(i) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is estab-1

lished an advisory board, to be known as 2

the ‘‘Prevention of Wildlife Poaching and 3

Trafficking Technology Advisory Board’’. 4

(ii) COMPOSITION.—The Board shall 5

be composed of not fewer than 9 members 6

appointed by the Secretary, who shall pro-7

vide expertise in— 8

(I) wildlife trafficking and trade; 9

(II) wildlife conservation and 10

management; 11

(III) biology; 12

(IV) technology development; 13

(V) engineering; 14

(VI) economics; 15

(VII) business development and 16

management; and 17

(VIII) any other discipline, as the 18

Secretary determines to be necessary 19

to achieve the purposes of this para-20

graph. 21

(iii) DUTIES.—Subject to clause (iv), 22

with respect to the prize competition, the 23

Board shall— 24

(I) select a topic; 25


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(II) issue a problem statement; 1

and 2

(III) advise the Secretary on any 3

opportunity for technological innova-4

tion to prevent wildlife poaching and 5

trafficking. 6

(iv) CONSULTATION.—In selecting a 7

topic and issuing a problem statement for 8

the prize competition under subclauses (I) 9

and (II) of clause (iii), respectively, the 10

Board shall consult widely with Federal 11

and non-Federal stakeholders, including— 12

(I) 1 or more Federal agencies 13

with jurisdiction over the prevention 14

of wildlife poaching and trafficking; 15

(II) 1 or more State agencies 16

with jurisdiction over the prevention 17

of wildlife poaching and trafficking; 18

(III) 1 or more State, regional, 19

or local wildlife organizations, the 20

mission of which relates to the preven-21

tion of wildlife poaching and traf-22

ficking; and 23

(IV) 1 or more wildlife conserva-24

tion groups, technology companies, re-25


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search institutions, institutions of 1

higher education, industry associa-2

tions, or individual stakeholders with 3

an interest in the prevention of wild-4

life poaching and trafficking. 5

(v) REQUIREMENTS.—The Board 6

shall comply with all requirements under 7

paragraph (7)(A). 8

(D) AGREEMENT WITH THE NATIONAL 9

FISH AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATION.— 10


offer to enter into an agreement under 12

which the National Fish and Wildlife 13

Foundation shall administer the prize com-14

petition. 15

(ii) REQUIREMENTS.—An agreement 16

entered into under clause (i) shall comply 17

with all requirements under paragraph 18

(7)(B). 19

(E) JUDGES.— 20

(i) APPOINTMENT.—The Secretary 21

shall appoint not fewer than 3 judges who 22

shall, except as provided in clause (ii), se-23

lect the 1 or more annual winners of the 24

prize competition. 25


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(ii) DETERMINATION BY THE SEC-1

RETARY.—The judges appointed under 2

clause (i) shall not select any annual win-3

ner of the prize competition if the Sec-4

retary makes a determination that, in any 5

fiscal year, none of the technological ad-6

vancements entered into the prize competi-7

tion merits an award. 8

(F) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later 9

than 60 days after the date on which a cash 10

prize is awarded under this paragraph, the Sec-11

retary shall submit to the Committee on Envi-12

ronment and Public Works of the Senate and 13


House of Representatives a report on the prize 15

competition that includes— 16

(i) a statement by the Board that de-17

scribes the activities carried out by the 18

Board relating to the duties described in 19

subparagraph (C)(iii); 20

(ii) if the Secretary has entered into 21

an agreement under subparagraph (D)(i), 22

a statement by the National Fish and 23

Wildlife Foundation that describes the ac-24

tivities carried out by the National Fish 25


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and Wildlife Foundation relating to the du-1

ties described in paragraph (7)(B); and 2

(iii) a statement by 1 or more of the 3

judges appointed under subparagraph (E) 4

that explains the basis on which the winner 5

of the cash prize was selected. 6

(G) TERMINATION OF AUTHORITY.—The 7

Board and all authority provided under this 8

paragraph shall terminate on December 31, 9

2022. 10


THE PROMOTION OF WILDLIFE CONSERVATION.— 12



means the Promotion of Wildlife Conserva-15

tion Technology Advisory Board estab-16

lished by subparagraph (C)(i). 17



Roosevelt Genius Prize for the promotion 20

of wildlife conservation established under 21

subparagraph (B). 22





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Prize’’ for the promotion of wildlife conserva-4

tion— 5




Service with respect to the promotion of 9

wildlife conservation; and 10



promotes wildlife conservation. 13




the ‘‘Promotion of Wildlife Conservation 17

Technology Advisory Board’’. 18





(I) wildlife conservation and 23

management; 24

(II) biology; 25


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(III) technology development; 1

(IV) engineering; 2

(V) economics; 3

(VI) business development and 4

management; and 5

(VII) any other discipline, as the 6



graph. 9



Board shall— 12



and 15



tion to promote wildlife conservation. 18








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with jurisdiction over the promotion of 2

wildlife conservation; 3


with jurisdiction over the promotion of 5

wildlife conservation; 6



mission of which relates to the pro-9

motion of wildlife conservation; and 10






an interest in the promotion of wild-16

life conservation. 17



paragraph (7)(A). 20







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petition. 2




(7)(B). 6

(E) JUDGES.— 7




















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THE MANAGEMENT OF INVASIVE SPECIES.— 24



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means the Management of Invasive Species 2

Technology Advisory Board established by 3

subparagraph (C)(i). 4



Roosevelt Genius Prize for the manage-7

ment of invasive species established under 8

subparagraph (B). 9







Prize’’ for the management of invasive spe-16

cies— 17




Service with respect to the management of 21




manages invasive species. 25


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the ‘‘Management of Invasive Species 4






(I) invasive species; 10

(II) biology; 11


(IV) engineering; 13

(V) economics; 14


management; and 16




graph. 20



Board shall— 23



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and 2



tion to manage invasive species. 5








with jurisdiction over the management 13

of invasive species; 14



of invasive species; 17



mission of which relates to the man-20

agement of invasive species; and 21






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an interest in the management of 2

invasive species. 3



paragraph (7)(A). 6







petition. 13




(7)(B). 17

(E) JUDGES.— 18









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2022. 8


THE PROTECTION OF ENDANGERED SPECIES.— 10



means the Protection of Endangered Spe-13

cies Technology Advisory Board estab-14

lished by subparagraph (C)(i). 15



Roosevelt Genius Prize for the protection 18

of endangered species established under 19

subparagraph (B). 20







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Prize’’ for the protection of endangered spe-2

cies— 3




Service with respect to the protection of 7

endangered species; and 8



protects endangered species. 11




the ‘‘Protection of Endangered Species 15






(I) endangered species; 21

(II) biology; 22


(IV) engineering; 24

(V) economics; 25


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management; and 2




graph. 6



Board shall— 9



and 12



tion to protect endangered species. 15








with jurisdiction over the protection of 23

endangered species; 24


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with jurisdiction over the protection of 2

endangered species; 3



mission of which relates to the protec-6

tion of endangered species; and 7






an interest in the protection of endan-13

gered species. 14










petition. 24


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(7)(B). 4

(E) JUDGES.— 5





















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2022. 21


NONLETHAL MANAGEMENT OF HUMAN-WILDLIFE 23

CONFLICTS.— 24



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means the Nonlethal Management of 2

Human-Wildlife Conflicts Technology Advi-3

sory Board established by subparagraph 4

(C)(i). 5



Roosevelt Genius Prize for the nonlethal 8

management of human-wildlife conflicts es-9

tablished under subparagraph (B). 10







Prize’’ for the nonlethal management of human- 17

wildlife conflicts— 18




Service with respect to the nonlethal man-22

agement of human-wildlife conflicts; and 23




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promotes the nonlethal management of 1

human-wildlife conflicts. 2




the ‘‘Nonlethal Management of Human- 6

Wildlife Conflicts Technology Advisory 7

Board’’. 8





(I) nonlethal wildlife manage-13

ment; 14

(II) social aspects of human-wild-15

life conflict management; 16

(III) biology; 17

(IV) technology development; 18

(V) engineering; 19

(VI) economics; 20

(VII) business development and 21

management; and 22

(VIII) any other discipline, as the 23



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graph. 2



Board shall— 5



and 8



tion to promote the nonlethal manage-11

ment of human-wildlife conflicts. 12




and (II) of subparagraph (C), respectively, 16

the Board shall consult widely with Fed-17

eral and non-Federal stakeholders, includ-18

ing— 19



of native wildlife species at risk due to 22

conflict with human activities; 23




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of native wildlife species at risk due to 1

conflict with human activities; 2



mission of which relates to the man-5

agement of native wildlife species at 6

risk due to conflict with human activi-7

ties; and 8






an interest in the management of na-14

tive wildlife species at risk due to con-15

flict with human activities. 16










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petition. 2




(7)(B). 6

(E) JUDGES.— 7




















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2022. 22

(7) ADMINISTRATION OF PRIZE COMPETI-23

TIONS.— 24


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(A) ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR AD-1

VISORY BOARDS.—An advisory board estab-2

lished under paragraph (2)(C)(i), (3)(C)(i), 3

(4)(C)(i), (5)(C)(i), or (6)(C)(i) (referred to in 4

this paragraph as a ‘‘Board’’) shall comply with 5

the following requirements: 6

(i) TERM; VACANCIES.— 7

(I) TERM.—A member of the 8

Board shall serve for a term of 5 9

years. 10

(II) VACANCIES.—A vacancy on 11

the Board— 12

(aa) shall not affect the 13

powers of the Board; and 14

(bb) shall be filled in the 15

same manner as the original ap-16

pointment was made. 17

(ii) INITIAL MEETING.—Not later 18

than 30 days after the date on which all 19

members of the Board have been ap-20

pointed, the Board shall hold the initial 21

meeting of the Board. 22

(iii) MEETINGS.— 23


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(I) IN GENERAL.—The Board 1

shall meet at the call of the Chair-2

person. 3

(II) REMOTE PARTICIPATION.— 4

(aa) IN GENERAL.—Any 5

member of the Board may par-6

ticipate in a meeting of the 7

Board through the use of— 8

(AA) teleconferencing; 9

or 10

(BB) any other remote 11

business telecommunications 12

method that allows each 13

participating member to si-14

multaneously hear each 15

other participating member 16

during the meeting. 17

(bb) PRESENCE.—A member 18

of the Board who participates in 19

a meeting remotely under item 20

(aa) shall be considered to be 21

present at the meeting. 22

(iv) QUORUM.—A majority of the 23

members of the Board shall constitute a 24


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quorum, but a lesser number of members 1

may hold a meeting. 2

(v) CHAIRPERSON AND VICE CHAIR-3

PERSON.—The Board shall select a Chair-4

person and Vice Chairperson from among 5

the members of the Board. 6

(vi) ADMINISTRATIVE COST REDUC-7

TION.—The Board shall, to the maximum 8

extent practicable, minimize the adminis-9

trative costs of the Board, including by en-10

couraging the remote participation de-11

scribed in clause (iii)(II)(aa) to reduce 12

travel costs. 13

(B) AGREEMENTS WITH THE NATIONAL 14

FISH AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATION.—Any agree-15

ment entered into under paragraph (2)(D)(i), 16

(3)(D)(i), (4)(D)(i), (5)(D)(i), or (6)(D)(i) shall 17

comply with the following requirements: 18

(i) DUTIES.—An agreement shall pro-19

vide that the National Fish and Wildlife 20

Foundation shall— 21

(I) advertise the prize competi-22

tion; 23

(II) solicit prize competition par-24

ticipants; 25


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(III) administer funds relating to 1

the prize competition; 2

(IV) receive Federal funds— 3

(aa) to administer the prize 4

competition; and 5

(bb) to award a cash prize; 6

(V) carry out activities to gen-7

erate contributions of non-Federal 8

funds to offset, in whole or in part— 9

(aa) the administrative costs 10

of the prize competition; and 11

(bb) the costs of a cash 12

prize; 13

(VI) in consultation with, and 14

subject to final approval by, the Sec-15

retary, develop criteria for the selec-16

tion of prize competition winners; 17

(VII) provide advice and con-18

sultation to the Secretary on the se-19

lection of judges under paragraphs 20

(2)(E), (3)(E), (4)(E), (5)(E), and 21

(6)(E) based on criteria developed in 22

consultation with, and subject to the 23

final approval of, the Secretary; 24


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(VIII) announce 1 or more an-1

nual winners of the prize competition; 2

(IX) subject to clause (ii), award 3

1 cash prize annually; and 4

(X) protect against unauthorized 5

use or disclosure by the National Fish 6

and Wildlife Foundation of any trade 7

secret or confidential business infor-8

mation of a prize competition partici-9

pant. 10

(ii) ADDITIONAL CASH PRIZES.—An 11

agreement shall provide that the National 12

Fish and Wildlife Foundation may award 13

more than 1 cash prize annually if the ini-14

tial cash prize referred to in clause (i)(IX) 15

and any additional cash prize are awarded 16

using only non-Federal funds. 17

(iii) SOLICITATION OF FUNDS.—An 18

agreement shall provide that the National 19

Fish and Wildlife Foundation— 20

(I) may request and accept Fed-21

eral funds and non-Federal funds for 22

a cash prize; 23


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(II) may accept a contribution 1

for a cash prize in exchange for the 2

right to name the prize; and 3

(III) shall not give special consid-4

eration to any Federal agency or non- 5

Federal entity in exchange for a dona-6

tion for a cash prize awarded under 7

this subsection. 8

(C) AWARD AMOUNTS.— 9

(i) IN GENERAL.—The amount of the 10

initial cash prize referred to in subpara-11

graph (B)(i)(IX) shall be $100,000. 12

(ii) ADDITIONAL CASH PRIZES.—On 13

notification by the National Fish and Wild-14

life Foundation that non-Federal funds are 15

available for an additional cash prize, the 16

Secretary shall determine the amount of 17

the additional cash prize. 18

SEC. 7002. REAUTHORIZATION OF NEOTROPICAL MIGRA-19

TORY BIRD CONSERVATION ACT. 20

Section 10 of the Neotropical Migratory Bird Con-21

servation Act (16 U.S.C. 6109) is amended to read as fol-22

lows: 23


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‘‘SEC. 10. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 1

‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to be appro-2

priated to carry out this Act $6,500,000 for each of fiscal 3

years 2018 through 2022. 4

‘‘(b) USE OF FUNDS.—Of the amounts made avail-5

able under subsection (a) for each fiscal year, not less than 6

75 percent shall be expended for projects carried out at 7

a location outside of the United States.’’. 8

SEC. 7003. JOHN H. CHAFEE COASTAL BARRIER RE-9

SOURCES SYSTEM. 10

(a) REPLACEMENT OF JOHN H. CHAFEE COASTAL 11

BARRIER RESOURCES SYSTEM MAPS.— 12


each map included in the set of maps referred to in 14

section 4(a) of the Coastal Barrier Resources Act 15

(16 U.S.C. 3503(a)) that relates to a Unit of such 16

System referred to in paragraph (2) is replaced in 17

such set with the map described in that paragraph 18

with respect to that Unit. 19

(2) REPLACEMENT MAPS DESCRIBED.—The re-20

placement maps referred to in paragraph (1) are the 21

following: 22

(A) The map entitled ‘‘Delaware Seashore 23

Unit DE–07/DE–07P North Bethany Beach 24

Unit H01’’ and dated March 18, 2016, with re-25


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spect to Unit DE–07, Unit DE–07P, and Unit 1

H01. 2

(B) The map entitled ‘‘Pine Island Bay 3

Unit NC–01/NC–01P’’ and dated March 18, 4

2016, with respect to Unit NC–01 and Unit 5

NC–01P. 6

(C) The map entitled ‘‘Roosevelt Natural 7

Area Unit NC–05P’’ and dated March 18, 8

2016, with respect to Unit NC–05P. 9

(D) The map entitled ‘‘Hammocks Beach 10

Unit NC–06/NC–06P (2 of 2) Onslow Beach 11

Complex L05 (1 of 2)’’ and dated March 18, 12

2016, with respect to Unit L05. 13

(E) The map entitled ‘‘Onslow Beach 14

Complex L05 (2 of 2) Topsail Unit L06 (1 of 15

2)’’ and dated November 20, 2013, with respect 16

to Unit L05 and Unit L06. 17

(F) The map entitled ‘‘Topsail Unit L06 18

(2 of 2)’’ and dated November 20, 2013, with 19

respect to Unit L06. 20

(G) The map entitled ‘‘Litchfield Beach 21

Unit M02 Pawleys Inlet Unit M03’’ and dated 22

March 18, 2016, with respect to Unit M02 and 23

Unit M03. 24


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(H) The map entitled ‘‘Fort Clinch Unit 1

FL–01/FL–01P’’ and dated March 18, 2016, 2

with respect to Unit FL–01 and Unit FL–01P. 3

(I) The map entitled ‘‘Usina Beach Unit 4

P04A Conch Island Unit P05/P05P’’ and dated 5

March 18, 2016, with respect to Unit P04A, 6

Unit P05, and Unit P05P. 7

(J) The map entitled ‘‘Ponce Inlet Unit 8

P08/P08P’’ and dated March 18, 2016, with 9

respect to Unit P08 and Unit P08P. 10

(K) The map entitled ‘‘Spessard Holland 11

Park Unit FL–13P Coconut Point Unit P09A/ 12

P09AP’’ and dated March 18, 2016, with re-13

spect to Unit FL–13P, Unit P09A, and Unit 14

P09AP. 15

(L) The map entitled ‘‘Blue Hole Unit 16

P10A Pepper Beach Unit FL–14P’’ and dated 17

March 18, 2016, with respect to Unit P10A 18

and Unit FL–14P. 19

(M) The map entitled ‘‘Hutchinson Island 20

Unit P11/P11P (1 of 2)’’ and dated March 18, 21

2016, with respect to Unit P11 and Unit P11P. 22

(N) The map entitled ‘‘Hutchinson Island 23

Unit P11 (2 of 2)’’ and dated March 18, 2016, 24

with respect to Unit P11. 25


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(O) The map entitled ‘‘Blowing Rocks Unit 1

FL–15 Jupiter Beach Unit FL–16P Carlin 2

Unit FL–17P’’ and dated March 18, 2016, 3

with respect to Unit FL–15, Unit FL–16P, and 4

Unit FL–17P. 5

(P) The map entitled ‘‘MacArthur Beach 6

Unit FL–18P’’ and dated March 18, 2016, 7

with respect to Unit FL–18P. 8

(Q) The map entitled ‘‘Birch Park Unit 9

FL–19P’’ and dated March 18, 2016, with re-10

spect to Unit FL–19P. 11

(R) The map entitled ‘‘Lloyd Beach Unit 12

FL–20P North Beach Unit P14A’’ and dated 13

March 18, 2016, with respect to Unit FL–20P 14

and Unit P14A. 15

(S) The map entitled ‘‘Tavernier Key Unit 16

FL–39 Snake Creek Unit FL–40’’ and dated 17

March 18, 2016, with respect to Unit FL–39 18

and Unit FL–40. 19

(T) The map entitled ‘‘Channel Key Unit 20

FL–43 Toms Harbor Keys Unit FL–44 Deer/ 21

Long Point Keys Unit FL–45’’ and dated 22

March 18, 2016, with respect to Unit FL–43, 23

Unit FL–44, and FL–45. 24


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(U) The map entitled ‘‘Boot Key Unit FL– 1

46’’ and dated March 18, 2016, with respect to 2

Unit FL–46. 3

(V) The map entitled ‘‘Bowditch Point 4

Unit P17A Bunche Beach Unit FL–67/FL– 5

67P Sanibel Island Complex P18P (1 of 2)’’ 6

and dated March 18, 2016, with respect to Unit 7

P17A, Unit FL–67, and Unit FL–67P. 8

(W) The map entitled ‘‘Bocilla Island Unit 9

P21/P21P’’ and dated March 18, 2016, with 10

respect to Unit P21 and Unit P21P. 11

(X) The map entitled ‘‘Venice Inlet Unit 12

FL–71P Casey Key Unit P22’’ and dated 13

March 18, 2016, with respect to Unit P22. 14

(Y) The map entitled ‘‘Lido Key Unit FL– 15

72P’’ and dated March 18, 2016, with respect 16

to Unit FL–72P. 17

(Z) The map entitled ‘‘De Soto Unit FL– 18

73P Rattlesnake Key Unit FL–78 Bishop Har-19

bor Unit FL–82’’ and dated March 18, 2016, 20

with respect to Unit FL–73P, Unit FL–78, and 21

Unit FL–82. 22

(AA) The map entitled ‘‘Passage Key Unit 23

FL–80P Egmont Key Unit FL–81/FL–81P 24

The Reefs Unit P24P (1 of 2)’’ and dated 25


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March 18, 2016, with respect to Unit FL–80P, 1

Unit FL–81, and Unit FL–81P. 2

(BB) The map entitled ‘‘Cockroach Bay 3

Unit FL–83’’ and dated March 18, 2016, with 4

respect to Unit FL–83. 5

(CC) The map entitled ‘‘Sand Key Unit 6

FL–85P’’ and dated March 18, 2016, with re-7

spect to Unit FL–85P. 8

(DD) The map entitled ‘‘Pepperfish Keys 9

Unit P26’’ and dated March 18, 2016, with re-10

spect to Unit P26. 11

(EE) The map entitled ‘‘Peninsula Point 12

Unit FL–89’’ and dated March 18, 2016, with 13

respect to Unit FL–89. 14

(FF) The map entitled ‘‘Phillips Inlet Unit 15

FL–93/FL–93P Deer Lake Complex FL–94’’ 16

and dated March 18, 2016, with respect to Unit 17

FL–93, Unit FL–93P, and Unit FL–94. 18

(GG) The map entitled ‘‘St. Andrew Com-19

plex P31 (1 of 3)’’ and dated October 7, 2016, 20


(HH) The map entitled ‘‘St. Andrew Com-22

plex P31 (2 of 3)’’ and dated October 7, 2016, 23



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(II) The map entitled ‘‘St. Andrew Com-1

plex P31/P31P (3 of 3)’’ and dated October 7, 2

2016, with respect to Unit P31 and Unit P31P. 3

(3) LIMITATIONS.—For purposes of paragraph 4

(1)— 5

(A) nothing in this subsection affects the 6

boundaries of any of Units NC–06 and NC– 7

06P; 8

(B) the occurrence in paragraph (2) of the 9

name of a Unit solely in the title of a map shall 10

not be construed to be a reference to such Unit; 11

and 12

(C) the depiction of boundaries of any of 13

Units P18P, FL–71P, and P24P in a map re-14

ferred to in subparagraph (V), (X), or (AA) of 15

paragraph (2) shall not be construed to affect 16

the boundaries of such Unit. 17

(4) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 4(a) 18

of the Coastal Barrier Resources Act (16 U.S.C. 19

3503(a)) is amended— 20

(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 21

by inserting ‘‘replaced,’’ after ‘‘may be’’; and 22

(B) in paragraph (3), by inserting ‘‘re-23

places such a map or’’ after ‘‘that specifically’’. 24


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(b) DIGITAL MAPS OF JOHN H. CHAFEE COASTAL 1

BARRIER RESOURCES SYSTEM UNITS.—Section 4(b) of 2

the Coastal Barrier Resources Act (16 U.S.C. 3503(b)) 3

is amended— 4

(1) by inserting before the first sentence the 5

following: 6

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—’’; and 7


‘‘(2) DIGITAL MAPS.— 9

‘‘(A) AVAILABILITY.—The Secretary shall 10

make available to the public on the Internet 11

web site of the United States Fish and Wildlife 12

Service digital versions of the maps included in 13

the set of maps referred to in subsection (a). 14

‘‘(B) EFFECT.—Any determination as to 15

whether a location is inside or outside the Sys-16

tem shall be made without regard to the digital 17

maps available under this paragraph, except 18

that this subparagraph does not apply with re-19

spect to any printed version of such a digital 20

map if the printed version is included in the 21

maps referred to in subsection (a). 22

‘‘(C) REPORT.—No later than 180 days 23

after the date of the enactment of Natural Re-24

sources Management Act, the Secretary shall 25


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submit to the Committee on Natural Resources 1

of the House of Representatives and the Com-2

mittee on Environment and Public Works of the 3

Senate a report regarding the progress and 4

challenges in the transition from paper to dig-5

ital maps and a timetable for completion of the 6

digitization of all maps related to the System.’’. 7

(c) REPEAL OF REPORT.—Section 3 of Public Law 8

109–226 (16 U.S.C. 3503 note) is repealed. 9

TITLE VIII—WATER AND POWER 10

Subtitle A—Reclamation Title 11

Transfer 12

SEC. 8001. PURPOSE. 13

The purpose of this subtitle is to facilitate the trans-14

fer of title to Reclamation project facilities to qualifying 15

entities on the completion of repayment of capital costs. 16



(1) CONVEYED PROPERTY.—The term ‘‘con-19

veyed property’’ means an eligible facility that has 20

been conveyed to a qualifying entity under section 21

8003. 22

(2) ELIGIBLE FACILITY.—The term ‘‘eligible fa-23

cility’’ means a facility that meets the criteria for 24

potential transfer established under section 8004(a). 25


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(3) FACILITY.— 1

(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘facility’’ in-2

cludes a dam or appurtenant works, canal, lat-3

eral, ditch, gate, control structure, pumping 4

station, other infrastructure, recreational facil-5

ity, building, distribution and drainage works, 6

and associated land or interest in land or water. 7

(B) EXCLUSIONS.—The term ‘‘facility’’ 8

does not include a Reclamation project facility, 9

or a portion of a Reclamation project facility— 10

(i) that is a reserved works as of the 11

date of enactment of this Act; 12

(ii) that generates hydropower mar-13

keted by a Federal power marketing ad-14

ministration; or 15

(iii) that is managed for recreation 16

under a lease, permit, license, or other 17

management agreement that does con-18

tribute to capital repayment. 19

(4) PROJECT USE POWER.—The term ‘‘project 20

use power’’ means the electrical capacity, energy, 21

and associated ancillary service components required 22

to provide the minimum electrical service needed to 23

operate or maintain Reclamation project facilities in 24


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accordance with the authorization for the Reclama-1

tion project. 2

(5) QUALIFYING ENTITY.—The term ‘‘quali-3

fying entity’’ means an agency of a State or political 4

subdivision of a State, a joint action or powers agen-5

cy, a water users association, or an Indian Tribe or 6

Tribal utility authority that— 7

(A) as of the date of conveyance under this 8

subtitle, is the current operator of the eligible 9

facility pursuant to a contract with Reclama-10

tion; and 11

(B) as determined by the Secretary, has 12

the capacity to continue to manage the eligible 13

facility for the same purposes for which the 14

property has been managed under the reclama-15

tion laws. 16

(6) RECLAMATION.—The term ‘‘Reclamation’’ 17

means the Bureau of Reclamation. 18

(7) RECLAMATION PROJECT.—The term ‘‘Rec-19

lamation project’’ means— 20

(A) any reclamation or irrigation project, 21

including incidental features of the project— 22

(i) that is authorized by the reclama-23

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(ii) that is constructed by the United 1

States pursuant to the reclamation laws; or 2

(iii) in connection with which there is 3

a repayment or water service contract exe-4

cuted by the United States pursuant to the 5

reclamation laws; or 6

(B) any project constructed by the Sec-7

retary for the reclamation of land. 8

(8) RESERVED WORKS.—The term ‘‘reserved 9

works’’ means any building, structure, facility, or 10

equipment— 11

(A) that is owned by the Bureau; and 12

(B) for which operations and maintenance 13

are performed, regardless of the source of fund-14

ing— 15

(i) by an employee of the Bureau; or 16

(ii) through a contract entered into by 17

the Commissioner. 18


the Secretary, acting through the Commissioner of 20

Reclamation. 21

SEC. 8003. AUTHORIZATION OF TRANSFERS OF TITLE TO 22

ELIGIBLE FACILITIES. 23

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(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to the requirements 1

of this subtitle, the Secretary, without further au-2

thorization from Congress, may, on application of a 3

qualifying entity, convey to a qualifying entity all 4

right, title, and interest of the United States in and 5

to any eligible facility, if— 6

(A) not later than 90 days before the date 7

on which the Secretary makes the conveyance, 8

the Secretary submits to Congress— 9

(i) a written notice of the proposed 10

conveyance; and 11

(ii) a description of the reasons for 12

the conveyance; and 13

(B) a joint resolution disapproving the con-14

veyance is not enacted before the date on which 15

the Secretary makes the conveyance. 16

(2) CONSULTATION.—A conveyance under para-17

graph (1) shall be made by written agreement be-18

tween the Secretary and the qualifying entity, devel-19

oped in consultation with any existing water and 20

power customers affected by the conveyance of the 21

eligible facility. 22

(b) RESERVATION OF EASEMENT.—The Secretary 23

may reserve an easement over a conveyed property if— 24


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(1) the Secretary determines that the easement 1

is necessary for the management of any interests re-2

tained by the Federal Government under this sub-3

title; 4

(2) the Reclamation project or a portion of the 5

Reclamation project remains under Federal owner-6

ship; and 7

(3) the Secretary enters into an agreement re-8

garding the easement with the applicable qualifying 9

entity. 10

(c) INTERESTS IN WATER.—No interests in water 11

shall be conveyed under this subtitle unless the conveyance 12

is provided for in a separate, quantified agreement be-13

tween the Secretary and the qualifying entity, subject to 14

applicable State law and public process requirements. 15

SEC. 8004. ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA. 16

(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall establish 17

criteria for determining whether a facility is eligible for 18

conveyance under this subtitle. 19

(b) MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS.— 20

(1) AGREEMENT OF QUALIFYING ENTITY.—The 21

criteria established under subsection (a) shall in-22

clude a requirement that a qualifying entity shall 23

agree— 24

(A) to accept title to the eligible facility; 25


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(B) to use the eligible facility for substan-1

tially the same purposes for which the eligible 2

facility is being used at the time the Secretary 3

evaluates the potential transfer; and 4

(C) to provide, as consideration for the as-5

sets to be conveyed, compensation to the rec-6

lamation fund established by the first section of 7

the Act of June 17, 1902 (32 Stat. 388, chap-8

ter 1093), in an amount that is the equivalent 9

of the net present value of any repayment obli-10

gation to the United States or other income 11

stream that the United States derives from the 12

eligible facility to be transferred, as of the date 13

of the transfer. 14

(2) DETERMINATIONS OF SECRETARY.—The 15

criteria established under subsection (a) shall in-16

clude a requirement that the Secretary shall— 17

(A) be able to enter into an agreement 18

with the qualifying entity with respect to the 19

legal, institutional, and financial arrangements 20

relating to the conveyance; 21

(B) determine that the proposed trans-22

fer— 23

(i) would not have an unmitigated sig-24

nificant effect on the environment; 25


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(ii) is consistent with the responsibil-1

ities of the Secretary— 2

(I) in the role as trustee for fed-3

erally recognized Indian Tribes; and 4

(II) to ensure compliance with 5

any applicable international and Trib-6

al treaties and agreements and inter-7

state compacts and agreements; 8

(iii) is in the financial interest of the 9

United States; 10

(iv) protects the public aspects of the 11

eligible facility, including water rights 12

managed for public purposes, such as flood 13

control or fish and wildlife; 14

(v) complies with all applicable Fed-15

eral and State law; and 16

(vi) will not result in an adverse im-17

pact on fulfillment of existing water deliv-18

ery obligations consistent with historical 19

operations and applicable contracts; and 20

(C) if the eligible facility proposed to be 21

transferred is a dam or diversion works (not in-22

cluding canals or other project features that re-23

ceive or convey water from the diverting works) 24

diverting water from a water body containing a 25


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species listed as a threatened species or an en-1

dangered species or critical habitat under the 2

Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 3

1531 et seq.), determine that— 4

(i) the eligible facility continues to 5

comply with the Endangered Species Act 6

of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) in a 7

manner that provides no less protection to 8

the listed species as existed under Federal 9

ownership; and 10

(ii) the eligible facility is not part of 11

the Central Valley Project in the State of 12

California. 13

(3) STATUS OF RECLAMATION LAND.—The cri-14

teria established under subsection (a) shall require 15

that any land to be conveyed out of Federal owner-16

ship under this subtitle is— 17

(A) land acquired by the Secretary; or 18

(B) land withdrawn by the Secretary, only 19

if— 20

(i) the Secretary determines in writing 21

that the withdrawn land is encumbered by 22

facilities to the extent that the withdrawn 23

land is unsuitable for return to the public 24

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(ii) the qualifying entity agrees to pay 1

fair market value based on historical or ex-2

isting uses for the withdrawn land to be 3

conveyed. 4

(c) HOLD HARMLESS.—No conveyance under this 5

subtitle shall adversely impact applicable Federal power 6

rates, repayment obligations, or other project power uses. 7

SEC. 8005. LIABILITY. 8

(a) IN GENERAL.—Effective on the date of convey-9

ance of any eligible facility under this subtitle, the United 10

States shall not be held liable by any court for damages 11

of any kind arising out of any act, omission, or occurrence 12

relating to the eligible facility, other than damages caused 13

by acts of negligence committed by the United States or 14

by agents or employees of the United States prior to the 15

date of the conveyance. 16

(b) EFFECT.—Nothing in this section increases the 17

liability of the United States beyond that currently pro-18

vided in chapter 171 of title 28, United States Code (com-19

monly known as the ‘‘Federal Tort Claims Act’’). 20

SEC. 8006. BENEFITS. 21

After a conveyance of an eligible facility under this 22

subtitle— 23

(1) the conveyed property shall no longer be 24

considered to be part of a Reclamation project; 25


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(2) except as provided in paragraph (3), the 1

qualifying entity to which the conveyed property is 2

conveyed shall not be eligible to receive any benefits, 3

including project use power, with respect to the con-4

veyed property, except for any benefit that would be 5

available to a similarly situated entity with respect 6

to property that is not a part of a Reclamation 7

project; and 8

(3) the qualifying entity to which the conveyed 9

property is conveyed may be eligible to receive 10

project use power if— 11

(A) the qualifying entity is receiving 12

project use power as of the date of enactment 13

of this Act; 14

(B) the project use power will be used for 15

the delivery of Reclamation project water; and 16

(C) the Secretary and the qualifying entity 17

enter into an agreement under which the quali-18

fying entity agrees to continue to be responsible 19

for a proportionate share of operation and 20

maintenance and capital costs for the Federal 21

facilities that generate and deliver, if applicable, 22

power used for delivery of Reclamation project 23

water after the date of conveyance, in accord-24

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SEC. 8007. COMPLIANCE WITH OTHER LAWS. 1

(a) IN GENERAL.—Before conveying an eligible facil-2

ity under this subtitle, the Secretary shall comply with all 3

applicable Federal environmental laws, including— 4

(1) the National Environmental Policy Act of 5

1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.); 6

(2) the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 7


(3) subtitle III of title 54, United States Code. 9

(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-10

gress that any Federal permitting and review processes 11

required with respect to a conveyance of an eligible facility 12

under this subtitle should be completed with the maximum 13

efficiency and effectiveness. 14

Subtitle B—Endangered Fish 15

Recovery Programs 16

SEC. 8101. EXTENSION OF AUTHORIZATION FOR ANNUAL 17

BASE FUNDING OF FISH RECOVERY PRO-18

GRAMS; REMOVAL OF CERTAIN REPORTING 19

REQUIREMENT. 20

Section 3(d) of Public Law 106–392 (114 Stat. 1604; 21

126 Stat. 2444) is amended— 22

(1) by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the 23

following: 24

‘‘(1) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 25


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‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to 1

be appropriated to the Secretary to be used by 2

the Bureau of Reclamation to make the annual 3

base funding contributions to the Recovery Im-4

plementation Programs $10,000,000 for each of 5

fiscal years 2020 through 2023. 6

‘‘(B) NONREIMURSABLE FUNDS.—The 7

funds contributed to the Recovery Implementa-8

tion Programs under subparagraph (A) shall be 9

considered a nonreimbursable Federal expendi-10

ture.’’; and 11

(2) in paragraph (2), by striking the fourth, 12

fifth, sixth, and seventh sentences. 13

SEC. 8102. REPORT ON RECOVERY IMPLEMENTATION PRO-14

GRAMS. 15

Section 3 of Public Law 106–392 (114 Stat. 1603; 16

126 Stat. 2444) is amended by adding at the end the fol-17

lowing: 18

‘‘(j) REPORT.— 19

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than September 20

30, 2021, the Secretary shall submit to the appro-21

priate committees of Congress a report that— 22

‘‘(A) describes the accomplishments of the 23

Recovery Implementation Programs; 24

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‘‘(i) as of the date of the report, the 1

listing status under the Endangered Spe-2

cies Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) 3

of the Colorado pikeminnow, humpback 4

chub, razorback sucker, and bonytail; and 5

‘‘(ii) as of September 30, 2023, the 6

projected listing status under that Act of 7

each of the species referred to in clause (i); 8

‘‘(C)(i) identifies— 9

‘‘(I) the total expenditures and the ex-10

penditures by categories of activities by the 11

Recovery Implementation Programs during 12

the period beginning on the date on which 13

the applicable Recovery Implementation 14

Program was established and ending on 15

September 30, 2021; and 16

‘‘(II) projected expenditures by the 17

Recovery Implementation Programs during 18

the period beginning on October 1, 2021, 19

and ending on September 30, 2023; and 20

‘‘(ii) for purposes of the expenditures iden-21

tified under clause (i), includes a description 22

of— 23

‘‘(I) any expenditures of appropriated 24

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‘‘(II) any power revenues; 1

‘‘(III) any contributions by the States, 2

power customers, Tribes, water users, and 3

environmental organizations; and 4

‘‘(IV) any other sources of funds for 5

the Recovery Implementation Programs; 6

and 7

‘‘(D) describes— 8

‘‘(i) any activities to be carried out 9

under the Recovery Implementation Pro-10

gram after September 30, 2023; and 11

‘‘(ii) the projected cost of the activi-12

ties described under clause (i). 13

‘‘(2) CONSULTATION REQUIRED.—The Sec-14

retary shall consult with the participants in the Re-15

covery Implementation Programs in preparing the 16

report under paragraph (1).’’. 17

Subtitle C—Yakima River Basin 18

Water Enhancement Project 19

SEC. 8201. AUTHORIZATION OF PHASE III. 20


(1) INTEGRATED PLAN.—The term ‘‘Integrated 22

Plan’’ means the Yakima River Basin Integrated 23

Water Resource Management Plan, the Federal ele-24

ments of which are known as ‘‘phase III of the Yak-25


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ima River Basin Water Enhancement Project’’, as 1

described in the Bureau of Reclamation document 2

entitled ‘‘Record of Decision for the Yakima River 3

Basin Integrated Water Resource Management Plan 4

Final Programmatic Environmental Impact State-5

ment’’ and dated March 2, 2012. 6

(2) IRRIGATION ENTITY.—The term ‘‘irrigation 7

entity’’ means a district, project, or State-recognized 8

authority, board of control, agency, or entity located 9

in the Yakima River basin that manages and deliv-10

ers irrigation water to farms in the Yakima River 11

basin. 12

(3) PRORATABLE IRRIGATION ENTITY.—The 13

term ‘‘proratable irrigation entity’’ means an irriga-14

tion entity that possesses, or the members of which 15

possess, proratable water (as defined in section 1202 16

of Public Law 103–434 (108 Stat. 4551)). 17


of Washington. 19

(5) TOTAL WATER SUPPLY AVAILABLE.—The 20

term ‘‘total water supply available’’ has the meaning 21

given the term in applicable civil actions, as deter-22

mined by the Secretary. 23

(6) YAKIMA RIVER BASIN WATER ENHANCE-24

MENT PROJECT.—The term ‘‘Yakima River Basin 25


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Water Enhancement Project’’ means the Yakima 1

River basin water enhancement project authorized 2

by Congress pursuant to title XII of Public Law 3

103–434 (108 Stat. 4550; 114 Stat. 1425) and 4

other Acts (including Public Law 96–162 (93 Stat. 5

1241), section 109 of Public Law 98–381 (16 6

U.S.C. 839b note), and Public Law 105–62 (111 7

Stat. 1320)) to promote water conservation, water 8

supply, habitat, and stream enhancement improve-9

ments in the Yakima River basin. 10

(b) INTEGRATED PLAN.— 11

(1) INITIAL DEVELOPMENT PHASE.— 12

(A) IN GENERAL.—As the initial develop-13

ment phase of the Integrated Plan, the Sec-14

retary, in coordination with the State and the 15

Yakama Nation, shall identify and implement 16

projects under the Integrated Plan that are pre-17

pared to be commenced during the 10-year pe-18

riod beginning on the date of enactment of this 19

Act. 20

(B) REQUIREMENT.—The initial develop-21

ment phase of the Integrated Plan under sub-22

paragraph (A) shall be carried out in accord-23

ance with— 24


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(i) this subsection, including any re-1

lated plans, reports, and correspondence 2

referred to in this subsection; and 3

(ii) title XII of Public Law 103–434 4

(108 Stat. 4550; 114 Stat. 1425). 5

(2) INTERMEDIATE AND FINAL DEVELOPMENT 6

PHASES.— 7

(A) PLANS.—The Secretary, in coordina-8

tion with the State and the Yakama Nation, 9

shall develop plans for the intermediate and 10

final development phases of the Integrated Plan 11

to achieve the purposes of title XII of Public 12

Law 103–434 (108 Stat. 4550; 114 Stat. 13

1425), including conducting applicable feasi-14

bility studies, environmental reviews, and other 15

relevant studies required to develop those plans. 16

(B) INTERMEDIATE DEVELOPMENT 17

PHASE.—The Secretary, in coordination with 18

the State and the Yakama Nation, shall develop 19

an intermediate development phase of the Inte-20

grated Plan, to commence not earlier than the 21

date that is 10 years after the date of enact-22

ment of this Act. 23

(C) FINAL DEVELOPMENT PHASE.—The 24

Secretary, in coordination with the State and 25


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the Yakama Nation, shall develop a final devel-1

opment phase of the Integrated Plan, to com-2

mence not earlier than the date that is 20 years 3


(3) REQUIREMENTS.—The projects and activi-5

ties identified by the Secretary for implementation 6

under the Integrated Plan shall be carried out 7

only— 8

(A) subject to authorization and appropria-9

tion; 10

(B) contingent on the completion of appli-11

cable feasibility studies, environmental reviews, 12

and cost-benefit analyses that include favorable 13

recommendations for further project develop-14

ment; 15

(C) on public review and a determination 16

by the Secretary that design, construction, and 17

operation of a proposed project or activity is in 18

the best interest of the public; and 19

(D) in accordance with applicable laws, in-20

cluding— 21

(i) the National Environmental Policy 22

Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.); and 23

(ii) the Endangered Species Act of 24

1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.). 25


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(4) EFFECT OF SUBSECTION.—Nothing in this 1

subsection— 2

(A) shall be considered to be a new or sup-3

plemental benefit for purposes of the Reclama-4

tion Reform Act of 1982 (43 U.S.C. 390aa et 5

seq.); 6

(B) affects— 7

(i) any contract in existence on the 8

date of enactment of this Act that was exe-9

cuted pursuant to the reclamation laws; or 10

(ii) any contract or agreement be-11

tween the Bureau of Indian Affairs and 12

the Bureau of Reclamation; 13

(C) affects, waives, abrogates, diminishes, 14

defines, or interprets any treaty between the 15

Yakama Nation and the United States; or 16

(D) constrains the authority of the Sec-17

retary to provide fish passage in the Yakima 18

River basin, in accordance with the Hoover 19

Power Plant Act of 1984 (43 U.S.C. 619 et 20

seq.). 21

(5) PROGRESS REPORT.—Not later than 5 22

years after the date of enactment of this Act, the 23

Secretary, in conjunction with the State and in con-24

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the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of 1

the Senate and the Committee on Natural Resources 2

of the House of Representatives a progress report on 3

the development and implementation of the Inte-4

grated Plan. 5

(c) FINANCING, CONSTRUCTION, OPERATION, AND 6

MAINTENANCE OF KACHESS DROUGHT RELIEF PUMPING 7

PLANT AND KEECHELUS TO KACHESS PIPELINE.— 8

(1) LONG-TERM AGREEMENTS.— 9

(A) IN GENERAL.—A long-term agreement 10

negotiated pursuant to this section or the rec-11

lamation laws between the Secretary and a par-12

ticipating proratable irrigation entity in the 13

Yakima River basin for the non-Federal financ-14

ing, construction, operation, or maintenance of 15

the Drought Relief Pumping Plant or the 16

Keechelus to Kachess Pipeline shall include pro-17

visions regarding— 18

(i) responsibilities of each partici-19

pating proratable irrigation entity for— 20

(I) the planning, design, and con-21

struction of infrastructure, in con-22

sultation and coordination with the 23

Secretary; and 24


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(II) the pumping and operational 1

costs necessary to provide the total 2

water supply available that is made 3

inaccessible due to drought pumping 4

during any preceding calendar year, if 5

the Kachess Reservoir fails to refill as 6

a result of pumping drought storage 7

water during such a calendar year; 8

(ii) property titles and responsibilities 9

of each participating proratable irrigation 10

entity for the maintenance of, and liability 11

for, all infrastructure constructed under 12

title XII of Public Law 103–434 (108 13

Stat. 4550; 114 Stat. 1425); 14

(iii) operation and integration of the 15

projects by the Secretary in the operation 16

of the Yakima Project; and 17

(iv) costs associated with the design, 18

financing, construction, operation, mainte-19

nance, and mitigation of projects, with the 20

costs of Federal oversight and review to be 21

nonreimbursable to the participating pro-22

ratable irrigation entities and the Yakima 23

Project. 24


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(B) TREATMENT.—A facility developed or 1

operated by a participating proratable irrigation 2

entity under this subsection shall not be consid-3

ered to be a supplemental work for purposes of 4

section 9(a) of the Reclamation Project Act of 5

1939 (43 U.S.C. 485h(a)). 6

(2) KACHESS RESERVOIR.— 7

(A) IN GENERAL.—Any additional stored 8

water made available by the construction of a 9

facility to access and deliver inactive and nat-10

ural storage in Kachess Lake and Reservoir 11

under this subsection— 12

(i) shall be considered to be Yakima 13

Project water; 14

(ii) shall be used exclusively by the 15

Secretary to enhance the water supply dur-16

ing years for which the total water supply 17

available is not sufficient to provide a per-18

centage of proratable entitlements in order 19

to make that additional water available, in 20

a quantity representing not more than 70 21

percent of proratable entitlements to the 22

Kittitas Reclamation District, the Roza Ir-23

rigation District, or any other proratable 24

irrigation entity participating in the con-25


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struction, operation, or maintenance costs 1

of a facility under this section, in accord-2

ance with such terms and conditions as the 3

districts may agree, subject to the condi-4

tions that— 5

(I) the Bureau of Indian Affairs, 6

the Wapato Irrigation Project, and 7

the Yakama Nation, on an election to 8

participate, may also obtain water 9

from Kachess Reservoir inactive stor-10

age to enhance applicable existing irri-11

gation water supply in accordance 12

with such terms and conditions as the 13

Bureau of Indian Affairs and the 14

Yakama Nation may agree; and 15

(II) the additional supply made 16

available under this clause shall be 17

available to participating individuals 18

and entities based on— 19

(aa) the proportion that— 20

(AA) the proratable en-21

titlement of each partici-22

pating individual or entity; 23

bears to 24


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(BB) the proratable en-1

titlements of all partici-2

pating individuals and enti-3

ties; or 4

(bb) such other proportion 5

as the participating entities may 6

agree; and 7

(iii) shall not be any portion of the 8

total water supply available. 9

(B) EFFECT OF PARAGRAPH.—Nothing in 10

this paragraph affects, as in existence on the 11

date of enactment of this Act, any— 12

(i) contract; 13

(ii) law (including regulations) relat-14

ing to repayment costs; 15

(iii) water rights; or 16

(iv) treaty right of the Yakama Na-17

tion. 18

(3) PROJECT POWER FOR KACHESS PUMPING 19

PLANT.— 20

(A) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subpara-21

graphs (B) through (D), the Administrator of 22

the Bonneville Power Administration, pursuant 23

to the Pacific Northwest Electric Power Plan-24

ning and Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 839 et 25


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seq.), shall provide to the Secretary project 1

power to operate the Kachess Pumping Plant 2

constructed under this section if inactive stor-3

age in the Kachess Reservoir is needed to pro-4

vide drought relief for irrigation. 5

(B) DETERMINATIONS BY SECRETARY.— 6

The project power described in subparagraph 7

(A) may be provided only if the Secretary deter-8

mines that— 9

(i) there are in effect— 10

(I) a drought declaration issued 11

by the State; and 12

(II) conditions that have led to 13

70 percent or lower water delivery to 14

proratable irrigation districts; and 15

(ii) it is appropriate to provide the 16

power under that subparagraph. 17

(C) PERIOD OF AVAILABILITY.—The power 18

described in subparagraph (A) shall be provided 19

during the period— 20

(i) beginning on the date on which the 21

Secretary makes the determinations de-22

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(I) the date that is 1 year after 1

that date; and 2

(II) the date on which the Sec-3

retary determines that— 4

(aa) drought mitigation 5

measures are still necessary in 6

the Yakima River basin; or 7

(bb) the power should no 8

longer be provided for any other 9

reason. 10

(D) RATE.— 11

(i) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator 12

of the Bonneville Power Administration 13

shall provide project power under subpara-14

graph (A) at the then-applicable lowest 15

Bonneville Power Administration rate for 16

public body, cooperative, and Federal agen-17

cy customer firm obligations on the date 18

on which the authority is provided. 19

(ii) NO DISCOUNTS.—The rate under 20

clause (i) shall not include any irrigation 21

discount. 22

(E) LOCAL PROVIDER.—During any period 23

for which project power is not provided under 24

subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall obtain 25


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power to operate the Kachess Pumping Plant 1

from a local provider. 2

(F) OTHER COSTS.—The cost of power for 3

pumping and station service, and the costs of 4

transmitting power from the Federal Columbia 5

River power system to the pumping facilities of 6

the Yakima River Basin Water Enhancement 7

Project, shall be borne by the irrigation dis-8

tricts receiving the benefits of the applicable 9

water. 10

(G) DUTIES OF COMMISSIONER.—For pur-11

poses of this paragraph, the Commissioner of 12

Reclamation shall arrange transmission for any 13

delivery of— 14

(i) Federal power over the Bonneville 15

system through applicable tariff and busi-16

ness practice processes of that system; or 17

(ii) power obtained from any local 18

provider. 19

(d) DESIGN AND USE OF GROUNDWATER RECHARGE 20

PROJECTS.—The Secretary, in coordination with the State 21

and the Yakama Nation, may provide technical assistance 22

for, participate in, and enter into agreements, including 23

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capacity in Yakima River Basin Water Enhancement 1

Project facilities, for— 2

(1) groundwater recharge projects; and 3

(2) aquifer storage and recovery projects. 4

(e) OPERATIONAL CONTROL OF WATER SUPPLIES.— 5

(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall retain 6

authority and discretion over the management of 7

Yakima River Basin Water Enhancement Project 8

supplies— 9

(A) to optimize operational use and flexi-10

bility; and 11

(B) to ensure compliance with all applica-12

ble Federal and State laws, treaty rights of the 13

Yakama Nation, and legal obligations, including 14

those under title XII of Public Law 103–434 15

(108 Stat. 4550; 114 Stat. 1425). 16

(2) INCLUSION.—The authority and discretion 17

described in paragraph (1) shall include the ability 18

of the United States to store, deliver, conserve, and 19

reuse water supplies deriving from projects author-20

ized under title XII of Public Law 103–434 (108 21

Stat. 4550; 114 Stat. 1425). 22

(f) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS AND GRANTS.—The 23

Secretary may enter into cooperative agreements and 24

make grants to carry out this section, including for the 25


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purposes of land and water transfers, leases, and acquisi-1

tions from willing participants, subject to the condition 2

that the acquiring entity shall hold title to, and be respon-3

sible for, all required operation, maintenance, and man-4

agement of the acquired land or water during any period 5

in which the acquiring entity holds title to the acquired 6

land. 7

(g) WATER CONSERVATION PROJECTS.—The Sec-8

retary may participate in, provide funding for, and accept 9

non-Federal financing for water conservation projects, re-10

gardless of whether the projects are in accordance with 11

the Yakima River Basin Water Conservation Program es-12

tablished under section 1203 of Public Law 103–434 (108 13

Stat. 4551), that are intended to partially implement the 14

Integrated Plan by providing conserved water to improve 15

tributary and mainstem stream flow. 16

(h) INDIAN IRRIGATION PROJECTS.— 17


through the Commissioner of Reclamation, may con-19

tribute funds for the preparation of plans and inves-20

tigation measures, and, after the date on which the 21

Secretary certifies that the measures are consistent 22

with the water conservation objectives of this sec-23

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(A) that is located in the Pacific North-1

west Region; 2

(B) that is identified in the report of the 3

Government Accountability Office numbered 4

GAO–15–453T; 5

(C) that has been identified as part of a 6

Bureau of Reclamation basin study pursuant to 7

subtitle F of title IX of Public Law 111–11 (42 8

U.S.C. 10361 et seq.) to increase water supply 9

for the Pacific Northwest Region; and 10

(D) an improvement to which would con-11

tribute to the flow of interstate water. 12

(2) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 13

There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out 14

this subsection $75,000,000. 15

SEC. 8202. MODIFICATION OF PURPOSES AND DEFINITIONS. 16

(a) PURPOSES.—Section 1201 of Public Law 103– 17

434 (108 Stat. 4550) is amended— 18

(1) by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the 19

following: 20

‘‘(1) to protect, mitigate, and enhance fish and 21

wildlife and the recovery and maintenance of self- 22

sustaining harvestable populations of fish and other 23

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throughout their historic distribution range in the 1

Yakima Basin through— 2

‘‘(A) improved water management and the 3

constructions of fish passage at storage and di-4

version dams, as authorized under the Hoover 5

Power Plant Act of 1984 (43 U.S.C. 619 et 6

seq.); 7

‘‘(B) improved instream flows and water 8

supplies; 9

‘‘(C) improved water quality, watershed, 10

and ecosystem function; 11

‘‘(D) protection, creation, and enhance-12

ment of wetlands; and 13

‘‘(E) other appropriate means of habitat 14

improvement;’’; 15

(2) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘, municipal, 16

industrial, and domestic water supply and use pur-17

poses, especially during drought years, including re-18

ducing the frequency and severity of water supply 19

shortages for pro-ratable irrigation entities’’ before 20

the semicolon at the end; 21

(3) by striking paragraph (4); 22

(4) by redesignating paragraph (3) as para-23

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(5) by inserting after paragraph (2) the fol-1

lowing: 2

‘‘(3) to authorize the Secretary to make water 3

available for purchase or lease for meeting munic-4

ipal, industrial, and domestic water supply pur-5

poses;’’; 6

(6) by redesignating paragraphs (5) and (6) as 7

paragraphs (6) and (8), respectively; 8

(7) by inserting after paragraph (4) (as redesig-9

nated by paragraph (4)) the following: 10

‘‘(5) to realize sufficient water savings from im-11

plementing the Yakima River Basin Integrated 12

Water Resource Management Plan, so that not less 13

than 85,000 acre feet of water savings are achieved 14

by implementing the initial development phase of the 15

Integrated Plan pursuant to section 8201(b)(1) of 16

the Natural Resources Management Act, in addition 17

to the 165,000 acre-feet of water savings targeted 18

through the Basin Conservation Program, as author-19

ized on October 31, 1994;’’; 20

(8) in paragraph (6) (as redesignated by para-21

graph (6))— 22

(A) by inserting ‘‘an increase in’’ before 23

‘‘voluntary’’; and 24

(B) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 25


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(9) by inserting after paragraph (6) (as so re-1

designated) the following: 2

‘‘(7) to encourage an increase in the use of, and 3

reduce the barriers to, water transfers, leasing, mar-4

kets, and other voluntary transactions among public 5

and private entities to enhance water management 6

in the Yakima River basin;’’; 7

(10) in paragraph (8) (as so redesignated), by 8

striking the period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; 9

and 10


‘‘(9) to improve the resilience of the ecosystems, 12

economies, and communities in the Yakima River 13

basin facing drought, hydrologic changes, and other 14

related changes and variability in natural and 15

human systems, for the benefit of the people, fish, 16

and wildlife of the region.’’. 17

(b) DEFINITIONS.—Section 1202 of Public Law 103– 18

434 (108 Stat. 4550) is amended— 19

(1) by redesignating paragraphs (6), (7), (8), 20

(9), (10), (11), (12), (13), and (14) as paragraphs 21

(8), (10), (11), (12), (13), (14), (15), (17), and 22

(18), respectively; 23


lowing: 25


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‘‘(6) DESIGNATED FEDERAL OFFICIAL.—The 1

term ‘designated Federal official’ means the Com-2

missioner of Reclamation (or a designee), acting 3

pursuant to the charter of the Conservation Advisory 4

Group. 5

‘‘(7) INTEGRATED PLAN.—The term ‘Integrated 6

Plan’ has the meaning given the term in section 7

8201(a) of the Natural Resources Management Act, 8

to be carried out in cooperation with, and in addi-9

tion to, activities of the State of Washington and the 10

Yakama Nation.’’; 11

(3) by inserting after paragraph (8) (as redesig-12

nated by paragraph (1)) the following: 13

‘‘(9) MUNICIPAL, INDUSTRIAL, AND DOMESTIC 14

WATER SUPPLY AND USE.—The term ‘municipal, in-15

dustrial, and domestic water supply and use’ means 16

the supply and use of water for— 17

‘‘(A) domestic consumption (whether urban 18

or rural); 19

‘‘(B) maintenance and protection of public 20

health and safety; 21

‘‘(C) manufacture, fabrication, processing, 22

assembly, or other production of a good or com-23

modity; 24

‘‘(D) production of energy; 25


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‘‘(E) fish hatcheries; or 1

‘‘(F) water conservation activities relating 2

to a use described in subparagraphs (A) 3

through (E).’’; and 4

(4) by inserting after paragraph (15) (as so re-5

designated) the following: 6

‘‘(16) YAKIMA ENHANCEMENT PROJECT; YAK-7

IMA RIVER BASIN WATER ENHANCEMENT 8

PROJECT.—The terms ‘Yakima Enhancement 9

Project’ and ‘Yakima River Basin Water Enhance-10

ment Project’ mean the Yakima River basin water 11

enhancement project authorized by Congress pursu-12

ant to this Act and other Acts (including Public Law 13

96–162 (93 Stat. 1241), section 109 of Public Law 14

98–381 (16 U.S.C. 839b note; 98 Stat. 1340), Pub-15

lic Law 105–62 (111 Stat. 1320), and Public Law 16

106–372 (114 Stat. 1425)) to promote water con-17

servation, water supply, habitat, and stream en-18

hancement improvements in the Yakima River 19

basin.’’. 20

SEC. 8203. YAKIMA RIVER BASIN WATER CONSERVATION 21

PROGRAM. 22

Section 1203 of Public Law 103–434 (108 Stat. 23

4551) is amended— 24



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(A) in paragraph (1)— 1

(i) in the second sentence, by striking 2

‘‘title’’ and inserting ‘‘section’’; and 3

(ii) in the third sentence, by striking 4

‘‘within 5 years of the date of enactment 5

of this Act’’; and 6

(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘irriga-7

tion’’ and inserting ‘‘the number of irrigated 8

acres’’; 9

(2) in subsection (c)— 10


(i) in each of subparagraphs (A) 12

through (D), by striking the comma at the 13

end of the subparagraph and inserting a 14

semicolon; 15

(ii) in subparagraph (E), by striking 16

the comma at the end and inserting ‘‘; 17

and’’; 18

(iii) in subparagraph (F), by striking 19

‘‘Department of Wildlife of the State of 20

Washington, and’’ and inserting ‘‘Depart-21

ment of Fish and Wildlife of the State of 22

Washington.’’; and 23

(iv) by striking subparagraph (G); 24

(B) in paragraph (3)— 25


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(i) in each of subparagraphs (A) 1

through (C), by striking the comma at the 2

end of the subparagraph and inserting a 3

semicolon; 4

(ii) in subparagraph (D), by striking 5

‘‘, and’’ at the end and inserting a semi-6

colon; 7

(iii) in subparagraph (E), by striking 8

the period at the end and inserting ‘‘; 9

and’’; and 10

(iv) by adding at the end the fol-11

lowing: 12

‘‘(F) provide recommendations to advance 13

the purposes and programs of the Yakima En-14

hancement Project, including the Integrated 15

Plan.’’; and 16

(C) by striking paragraph (4) and insert-17


‘‘(4) AUTHORITY OF DESIGNATED FEDERAL OF-19

FICIAL.—The designated Federal official may— 20

‘‘(A) arrange and provide logistical support 21

for meetings of the Conservation Advisory 22

Group; 23

‘‘(B) use a facilitator to serve as a moder-24

ator for meetings of the Conservation Advisory 25


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Group or provide additional logistical support; 1

and 2

‘‘(C) grant any request for a facilitator by 3

any member of the Conservation Advisory 4

Group.’’; 5

(3) in subsection (d), by adding at the end the 6

following: 7

‘‘(4) PAYMENT OF LOCAL SHARE BY STATE OR 8

FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.— 9

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The State or the Fed-10

eral Government may fund not more than the 11

17.5-percent local share of the costs of the 12

Basin Conservation Program in exchange for 13

the long-term use of conserved water, subject to 14

the requirement that the funding by the Fed-15

eral Government of the local share of the costs 16

shall provide a quantifiable public benefit in 17

meeting Federal responsibilities in the Yakima 18

River basin and the purposes of this title. 19

‘‘(B) USE OF CONSERVED WATER.—The 20

Yakima Project Manager may use water result-21

ing from conservation measures taken under 22

this title, in addition to water that the Bureau 23

of Reclamation may acquire from any willing 24


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seller through purchase, donation, or lease, for 1

water management uses pursuant to this title.’’; 2

(4) in subsection (e), by striking the first sen-3

tence and inserting the following: ‘‘To participate in 4

the Basin Conservation Program, as described in 5

subsection (b), an entity shall submit to the Sec-6

retary a proposed water conservation plan.’’; 7

(5) in subsection (i)(3)— 8

(A) by striking ‘‘purchase or lease’’ each 9

place it appears and inserting ‘‘purchase, lease, 10

or management’’; and 11

(B) in the third sentence, by striking 12

‘‘made immediately upon availability’’ and all 13

that follows through ‘‘Committee’’ and inserting 14

‘‘continued as needed to provide water to be 15

used by the Yakima Project Manager as rec-16

ommended by the System Operations Advisory 17

Committee and the Conservation Advisory 18

Group’’; and 19

(6) in subsection (j)(4), in the first sentence, by 20

striking ‘‘initial acquisition’’ and all that follows 21

through ‘‘flushing flows’’ and inserting ‘‘acquisition 22

of water from willing sellers or lessors specifically to 23

provide improved instream flows for anadromous 24

and resident fish and other aquatic life, including 25


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pulse flows to facilitate outward migration of anad-1

romous fish’’. 2

SEC. 8204. YAKIMA BASIN WATER PROJECTS, OPERATIONS, 3

AND AUTHORIZATIONS. 4

(a) REDESIGNATION OF YAKAMA NATION.—Section 5

1204(g) of Public Law 103–434 (108 Stat. 4557) is 6

amended— 7

(1) by striking the subsection designation and 8

heading and all that follows through paragraph (1) 9


‘‘(g) REDESIGNATION OF YAKAMA INDIAN NATION 11

TO YAKAMA NATION.— 12

‘‘(1) REDESIGNATION.—The Confederated 13

Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Indian Nation 14

shall be known and designated as the ‘Confederated 15

Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation’.’’; and 16

(2) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘deemed to be 17

a reference to the ‘Confederated Tribes and Bands 18

of the Yakama Indian Nation’.’’ and inserting 19

‘‘deemed to be a reference to the ‘Confederated 20

Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation’.’’. 21

(b) OPERATION OF YAKIMA BASIN PROJECTS.—Sec-22

tion 1205 of Public Law 103–434 (108 Stat. 4557) is 23

amended— 24

(1) in subsection (a)(4)— 25


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(A) in subparagraph (A)— 1

(i) in clause (i)— 2

(I) by inserting ‘‘additional’’ 3

after ‘‘secure’’; 4

(II) by striking ‘‘flushing’’ and 5

inserting ‘‘pulse’’; and 6

(III) by striking ‘‘uses’’ and in-7

serting ‘‘uses, in addition to the quan-8

tity of water provided under the trea-9

ty between the Yakama Nation and 10

the United States’’; 11

(ii) by striking clause (ii); 12

(iii) by redesignating clause (iii) as 13

clause (ii); and 14

(iv) in clause (ii) (as so redesignated) 15

by inserting ‘‘and water rights mandated’’ 16

after ‘‘goals’’; and 17

(B) in subparagraph (B)(i), in the first 18

sentence, by inserting ‘‘in proportion to the 19

funding received’’ after ‘‘Program’’; 20

(2) in subsection (b), in the second sentence, by 21

striking ‘‘instream flows for use by the Yakima 22

Project Manager as flushing flows or as otherwise’’ 23

and inserting ‘‘fishery purposes, as’’; and 24


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(3) in subsection (e), by striking paragraph (1) 1


‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Additional purposes of the 3

Yakima Project shall be any of the following: 4

‘‘(A) To recover and maintain self-sus-5

taining harvestable populations of native fish, 6

both anadromous and resident species, through-7

out their historic distribution range in the Yak-8

ima River basin. 9

‘‘(B) To protect, mitigate, and enhance 10

aquatic life and wildlife. 11

‘‘(C) Recreation. 12

‘‘(D) Municipal, industrial, and domestic 13

use.’’. 14

(c) ENHANCEMENT OF WATER SUPPLIES FOR YAK-15

IMA BASIN TRIBUTARIES.—Section 1207 of Public Law 16

103–434 (108 Stat. 4560) is amended— 17

(1) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘SUP-18

PLIES’’ and inserting ‘‘MANAGEMENT’’; 19


(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 21

by striking ‘‘supplies’’ and inserting ‘‘manage-22

ment’’; 23

(B) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘and 24

water supply entities’’ after ‘‘owners’’; and 25


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(C) in paragraph (2)— 1

(i) in subparagraph (A), by inserting 2

‘‘that choose not to participate in, or opt 3

out of, tributary enhancement projects 4

pursuant to this section’’ after ‘‘water 5

right owners’’; and 6

(ii) in subparagraph (B), by inserting 7

‘‘nonparticipating’’ before ‘‘tributary water 8

users’’; 9

(3) in subsection (b)— 10


(i) by striking the paragraph designa-12

tion and all that follows through ‘‘(but not 13

limited to)—’’ and inserting the following: 14

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, following 15

consultation with the State of Washington, tributary 16

water right owners, and the Yakama Nation, and on 17

agreement of appropriate water right owners, is au-18

thorized to conduct studies to evaluate measures to 19

further Yakima Project purposes on tributaries to 20

the Yakima River. Enhancement programs that use 21

measures authorized by this subsection may be in-22

vestigated and implemented by the Secretary in trib-23

utaries to the Yakima River, including Taneum 24

Creek, other areas, or tributary basins that currently 25


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or could potentially be provided supplemental or 1

transfer water by entities, such as the Kittitas Rec-2

lamation District or the Yakima-Tieton Irrigation 3

District, subject to the condition that activities may 4

commence on completion of applicable and required 5

feasibility studies, environmental reviews, and cost- 6

benefit analyses that include favorable recommenda-7

tions for further project development, as appro-8

priate. Measures to evaluate include—’’; 9

(ii) by indenting subparagraphs (A) 10

through (F) appropriately; 11

(iii) in subparagraph (A), by inserting 12

before the semicolon at the end the fol-13

lowing: ‘‘, including irrigation efficiency 14

improvements (in coordination with pro-15

grams of the Department of Agriculture), 16

consolidation of diversions or administra-17

tion, and diversion scheduling or coordina-18

tion’’; 19

(iv) by redesignating subparagraphs 20

(C) through (F) as subparagraphs (E) 21

through (H), respectively; 22

(v) by inserting after subparagraph 23

(B) the following: 24


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‘‘(C) improvements in irrigation system 1

management or delivery facilities within the 2

Yakima River basin when those improvements 3

allow for increased irrigation system conveyance 4

and corresponding reduction in diversion from 5

tributaries or flow enhancements to tributaries 6

through direct flow supplementation or ground-7

water recharge; 8

‘‘(D) improvements of irrigation system 9

management or delivery facilities to reduce or 10

eliminate excessively high flows caused by the 11

use of natural streams for conveyance or irriga-12

tion water or return water;’’; 13

(vi) in subparagraph (E) (as redesig-14

nated by clause (iv)), by striking ‘‘ground 15

water’’ and inserting ‘‘groundwater re-16

charge and’’; 17

(vii) in subparagraph (G) (as so re-18

designated), by inserting ‘‘or transfer’’ 19

after ‘‘purchase’’; and 20

(viii) in subparagraph (H) (as so re-21

designated), by inserting ‘‘stream processes 22

and’’ before ‘‘stream habitats’’; 23

(B) in paragraph (2)— 24


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(i) in the matter preceding subpara-1

graph (A), by striking ‘‘the Taneum Creek 2

study’’ and inserting ‘‘studies under this 3

subsection’’; 4

(ii) in subparagraph (B)— 5

(I) by striking ‘‘and economic’’ 6

and inserting ‘‘, infrastructure, eco-7

nomic, and land use’’; and 8

(II) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 9

(iii) in subparagraph (C), by striking 10

the period at the end and inserting ‘‘; 11

and’’; and 12

(iv) by adding at the end the fol-13

lowing: 14

‘‘(D) any related studies already underway 15

or undertaken.’’; and 16

(C) in paragraph (3), in the first sentence, 17

by inserting ‘‘of each tributary or group of trib-18

utaries’’ after ‘‘study’’; 19

(4) in subsection (c)— 20

(A) in the subsection heading, by inserting 21

‘‘AND NONSURFACE STORAGE’’ after ‘‘NON-22

STORAGE’’; and 23


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(B) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 1

by inserting ‘‘and nonsurface storage’’ after 2

‘‘nonstorage’’; 3

(5) by striking subsection (d); 4

(6) by redesignating subsection (e) as sub-5

section (d); and 6

(7) in paragraph (2) of subsection (d) (as so re-7

designated)— 8

(A) in the first sentence— 9

(i) by inserting ‘‘and implementation’’ 10

after ‘‘investigation’’; 11

(ii) by striking ‘‘other’’ before ‘‘Yak-12

ima River’’; and 13

(iii) by inserting ‘‘and other water 14

supply entities’’ after ‘‘owners’’; and 15

(B) by striking the second sentence. 16

(d) CHANDLER PUMPING PLANT AND POWERPLANT- 17

OPERATIONS AT PROSSER DIVERSION DAM.—Section 18

1208(d) of Public Law 103–434 (108 Stat. 4562; 114 19

Stat. 1425) is amended by inserting ‘‘negatively’’ before 20

‘‘affected’’. 21


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Subtitle D—Bureau of Reclamation 1

Facility Conveyances 2

SEC. 8301. CONVEYANCE OF MAINTENANCE COMPLEX AND 3

DISTRICT OFFICE OF THE ARBUCKLE 4

PROJECT, OKLAHOMA. 5


(1) AGREEMENT.—The term ‘‘Agreement’’ 7

means the agreement entitled ‘‘Agreement between 8

the United States and the Arbuckle Master Conser-9

vancy District for Transferring Title to the Feder-10

ally Owned Maintenance Complex and District Of-11

fice to the Arbuckle Master Conservancy District’’ 12

and numbered 14AG640141. 13


Arbuckle Master Conservancy District, located in 15

Murray County, Oklahoma. 16

(3) DISTRICT OFFICE.—The term ‘‘District Of-17

fice’’ means— 18

(A) the headquarters building located at 19

2440 East Main, Davis, Oklahoma; and 20

(B) the approximately 0.83 acres of land 21

described in the Agreement. 22

(4) MAINTENANCE COMPLEX.—The term 23

‘‘Maintenance Complex’’ means the caretaker’s resi-24

dence, shop buildings, and any appurtenances lo-25


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cated on the land described in the Agreement com-1

prising approximately 2 acres. 2

(b) CONVEYANCE TO DISTRICT.—As soon as prac-3

ticable after the date of enactment of this Act, the Sec-4

retary shall convey to the District, all right, title, and in-5

terest of the United States in and to the Maintenance 6

Complex and District Office, Arbuckle Project, Oklahoma, 7

consistent with the terms and conditions of the Agree-8

ment. 9

(c) LIABILITY.— 10

(1) IN GENERAL.—Effective on the date of con-11

veyance to the District of the Maintenance Complex 12

and District Office under this section, the United 13

States shall not be held liable by any court for dam-14

ages of any kind arising out of any act, omission, or 15

occurrence relating to the Maintenance Complex or 16

District Office, except for damages caused by acts of 17

negligence committed by the United States or by an 18

employee or agent of the United States prior to the 19

date of conveyance. 20

(2) APPLICABLE LAW.—Nothing in this section 21

increases the liability of the United States beyond 22

the liability provided in chapter 171 of title 28, 23

United States Code (commonly known as the ‘‘Fed-24


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eral Tort Claims Act’’), on the date of enactment of 1

this Act. 2

(d) BENEFITS.—After the conveyance of the Mainte-3

nance Complex and District Office to the District under 4

this section— 5

(1) the Maintenance Complex and District Of-6

fice shall not be considered to be a part of a Federal 7

reclamation project; and 8

(2) the District shall not be eligible to receive 9

any benefits with respect to any facility comprising 10

that Maintenance Complex and District Office, other 11

than benefits that would be available to a similarly 12

situated person with respect to a facility that is not 13

part of a Federal reclamation project. 14

(e) COMMUNICATION.—If the Secretary has not com-15

pleted the conveyance required under subsection (b) by the 16

date that is 1 year after the date of enactment of this 17

Act, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a letter with 18

sufficient detail that— 19

(1) explains the reasons the conveyance has not 20

been completed; and 21

(2) specifies the date by which the conveyance 22

will be completed. 23

SEC. 8302. CONTRA COSTA CANAL TRANSFER. 24



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(1) ACQUIRED LAND.—The term ‘‘acquired 1

land’’ means land in Federal ownership and land 2

over which the Federal Government holds an interest 3

for the purpose of the construction and operation of 4

the Contra Costa Canal, including land under the ju-5

risdiction of— 6

(A) the Bureau of Reclamation; 7

(B) the Western Area Power Administra-8

tion; and 9

(C) the Department of Defense in the case 10

of the Clayton Canal diversion traversing the 11

Concord Naval Weapons Station. 12

(2) CONTRA COSTA CANAL.— 13

(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘Contra 14

Costa Canal’’ means the Contra Costa Canal 15

Unit of the Central Valley Project, which exclu-16

sively serves the Contra Costa Water District in 17

an urban area of Contra Costa County, Cali-18

fornia. 19

(B) INCLUSIONS.—The term ‘‘Contra 20

Costa Canal’’ includes pipelines, conduits, 21

pumping plants, aqueducts, laterals, water stor-22

age and regulatory facilities, electric sub-23

stations, related works and improvements, and 24

all interests in land associated with the Contra 25


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Costa Canal Unit of the Central Valley Project 1

in existence on the date of enactment of this 2

Act. 3

(C) EXCLUSION.—The term ‘‘Contra Costa 4

Canal’’ does not include the Rock Slough fish 5

screen facility. 6

(3) CONTRA COSTA CANAL AGREEMENT.—The 7

term ‘‘Contra Costa Canal Agreement’’ means an 8

agreement between the District and the Bureau of 9

Reclamation to determine the legal, institutional, 10

and financial terms surrounding the transfer of the 11

Contra Costa Canal, including compensation to the 12

reclamation fund established by the first section of 13

the Act of June 17, 1902 (32 Stat. 388, chapter 14

1093), equal to the net present value of miscella-15

neous revenues that the United States would other-16

wise derive over the 10 years following the date of 17

enactment of this Act from the eligible land and fa-18

cilities to be transferred, as governed by reclamation 19

law and policy and the contracts. 20

(4) CONTRACTS.—The term ‘‘contracts’’ means 21

the existing water service contract between the Dis-22

trict and the United States, Contract No. 175r– 23

3401A–LTR1 (2005), Contract No. 14–06–200– 24

6072A (1972, as amended), and any other contract 25


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or land permit involving the United States, the Dis-1

trict, and Contra Costa Canal. 2


Contra Costa Water District, a political subdivision 4

of the State of California. 5

(6) ROCK SLOUGH FISH SCREEN FACILITY.— 6

(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘Rock 7

Slough fish screen facility’’ means the fish 8

screen facility at the Rock Slough intake to the 9

Contra Costa Canal. 10

(B) INCLUSIONS.—The term ‘‘Rock Slough 11

fish screen facility’’ includes the screen struc-12

ture, rake cleaning system, and accessory struc-13

tures integral to the screen function of the 14

Rock Slough fish screen facility, as required 15

under the Central Valley Project Improvement 16

Act (Public Law 102–575; 106 Stat. 4706). 17

(7) ROCK SLOUGH FISH SCREEN FACILITY 18

TITLE TRANSFER AGREEMENT.—The term ‘‘Rock 19

Slough fish screen facility title transfer agreement’’ 20

means an agreement between the District and the 21

Bureau of Reclamation to— 22

(A) determine the legal, institutional, and 23

financial terms surrounding the transfer of the 24

Rock Slough fish screen facility; and 25


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(B) ensure the continued safe and reliable 1

operations of the Rock Slough fish screen facil-2

ity. 3

(b) CONVEYANCE OF LAND AND FACILITIES.— 4


after the date of enactment of this Act, in consider-6

ation for the District assuming from the United 7

States all liability for the administration, operation, 8

maintenance, and replacement of the Contra Costa 9

Canal, consistent with the terms and conditions set 10

forth in the Contra Costa Canal Agreement and sub-11

ject to valid existing rights and existing recreation 12

agreements between the Bureau of Reclamation and 13

the East Bay Regional Park District for Contra 14

Loma Regional Park and other local agencies within 15

the Contra Costa Canal, the Secretary shall offer to 16

convey and assign to the District— 17

(A) all right, title, and interest of the 18

United States in and to— 19

(i) the Contra Costa Canal; and 20

(ii) the acquired land; and 21

(B) all interests reserved and developed as 22

of the date of enactment of this Act for the 23

Contra Costa Canal in the acquired land, in-24

cluding existing recreation agreements between 25


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the Bureau of Reclamation and the East Bay 1

Regional Park District for Contra Loma Re-2

gional Park and other local agencies within the 3

Contra Costa Canal. 4

(2) ROCK SLOUGH FISH SCREEN FACILITY.— 5


convey and assign to the District all right, title, 7

and interest of the United States in and to the 8

Rock Slough fish screen facility pursuant to the 9

Rock Slough fish screen facility title transfer 10

agreement. 11

(B) COOPERATION.—Not later than 180 12

days after the conveyance of the Contra Costa 13

Canal, the Secretary and the District shall 14

enter into good faith negotiations to accomplish 15

the conveyance and assignment under subpara-16

graph (A). 17

(3) PAYMENT OF COSTS.—The District shall 18

pay to the Secretary any administrative and real es-19

tate transfer costs incurred by the Secretary in car-20

rying out the conveyances and assignments under 21

paragraphs (1) and (2), including the cost of any 22

boundary survey, title search, cadastral survey, ap-23

praisal, and other real estate transaction required 24

for the conveyances and assignments. 25


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(4) COMPLIANCE WITH ENVIRONMENTAL 1

LAWS.— 2

(A) IN GENERAL.—Before carrying out the 3

conveyances and assignments under paragraphs 4

(1) and (2), the Secretary shall comply with all 5

applicable requirements under— 6


Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.); 8


1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.); and 10

(iii) any other law applicable to the 11

Contra Costa Canal or the acquired land. 12

(B) EFFECT.—Nothing in this section 13

modifies or alters any obligations under— 14


Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.); or 16


1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.). 18

(c) RELATIONSHIP TO EXISTING CENTRAL VALLEY 19

PROJECT CONTRACTS.— 20


fects— 22

(A) the application of the reclamation laws 23

to water delivered to the District pursuant to 24

any contract with the Secretary; or 25


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(B) subject to paragraph (2), the con-1

tracts. 2

(2) AMENDMENTS TO CONTRACTS.—The Sec-3

retary and the District may modify the contracts as 4

necessary to comply with this section. 5

(3) LIABILITY.— 6

(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 7

subparagraph (B), the United States shall not 8

be liable for damages arising out of any act, 9

omission, or occurrence relating to the Contra 10

Costa Canal or the acquired land. 11

(B) EXCEPTION.—The United States shall 12

continue to be liable for damages caused by 13

acts of negligence committed by the United 14

States or by any employee or agent of the 15

United States before the date of the conveyance 16

and assignment under subsection (b)(1), con-17

sistent with chapter 171 of title 28, United 18

States Code (commonly known as the ‘‘Federal 19

Tort Claims Act’’). 20

(C) LIMITATION.—Nothing in this section 21

increases the liability of the United States be-22

yond the liability provided under chapter 171 of 23

title 28, United States Code (commonly known 24

as the ‘‘Federal Tort Claims Act’’). 25


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(d) REPORT.—If the conveyance and assignment au-1

thorized by subsection (b)(1) is not completed by the date 2

that is 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, 3

the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report that— 4

(1) describes the status of the conveyance and 5

assignment; 6

(2) describes any obstacles to completing the 7

conveyance and assignment; and 8

(3) specifies an anticipated date for completion 9

of the conveyance and assignment. 10

TITLE IX—MISCELLANEOUS 11

SEC. 9001. EVERY KID OUTDOORS ACT. 12


(1) FEDERAL LAND AND WATERS.—The term 14

‘‘Federal land and waters’’ means any Federal land 15

or body of water under the jurisdiction of any of the 16

Secretaries to which the public has access. 17

(2) PROGRAM.—The term ‘‘program’’ means 18

the Every Kid Outdoors program established under 19


(3) SECRETARIES.—The term ‘‘Secretaries’’ 21

means— 22

(A) the Secretary, acting through— 23

(i) the Director of the National Park 24

Service; 25


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(ii) the Director of the United States 1

Fish and Wildlife Service; 2

(iii) the Director of the Bureau of 3


(iv) the Commissioner of Reclamation; 5

(B) the Secretary of Agriculture, acting 6

through the Chief of the Forest Service; 7

(C) the Secretary of Commerce, acting 8

through the Administrator of the National Oce-9

anic and Atmospheric Administration; and 10

(D) the Secretary of the Army, acting 11

through the Assistant Secretary of the Army 12

for Civil Works. 13

(4) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means each of 14

the several States, the District of Columbia, Amer-15

ican Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, 16

Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands of the United States, 17

and any other territory or possession of the United 18

States. 19

(5) STUDENT OR STUDENTS.—The term ‘‘stu-20

dent’’ or ‘‘students’’ means any fourth grader or 21

home-schooled learner 10 years of age residing in 22

the United States, including any territory or posses-23

sion of the United States. 24

(b) EVERY KID OUTDOORS PROGRAM.— 25


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(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretaries shall 1

jointly establish a program, to be known as the 2

‘‘Every Kid Outdoors program’’, to provide free ac-3

cess to Federal land and waters for students and ac-4

companying individuals in accordance with this sub-5

section. 6

(2) ANNUAL PASSES.— 7

(A) IN GENERAL.—At the request of a stu-8

dent, the Secretaries shall issue a pass to the 9

student, which allows access to Federal lands 10

and waters for which access is subject to an en-11

trance, standard amenity, or day use fee, free 12

of charge for the student and— 13

(i) in the case of a per-vehicle fee 14

area— 15

(I) any passengers accompanying 16

the student in a private, noncommer-17

cial vehicle; or 18

(II) not more than three adults 19

accompanying the student on bicycles; 20

or 21

(ii) in the case of a per-person fee 22

area, not more than three adults accom-23

panying the student. 24


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(B) TERM.—A pass described in subpara-1

graph (A) shall be effective during the period 2

beginning on September 1 and ending on Au-3

gust 31 of the following year. 4

(C) PRESENCE OF A STUDENT IN GRADE 5

FOUR REQUIRED.—A pass described in sub-6

paragraph (A) shall be effective only if the stu-7

dent to which the pass was issued is present at 8

the point of entry to the applicable Federal land 9

or water. 10

(3) OTHER ACTIVITIES.—In carrying out the 11

program, the Secretaries— 12

(A) may collaborate with State Park sys-13

tems that opt to implement a complementary 14

Every Kid Outdoors State park pass; 15

(B) may coordinate with the Secretary of 16

Education to implement the program; 17

(C) shall maintain a publicly available 18

website with information about the program; 19

(D) may provide visitor services for the 20

program; and 21

(E) may support approved partners of the 22

Federal land and waters by providing the part-23

ners with opportunities to participate in the 24

program. 25


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(4) REPORTS.—The Secretary, in coordination 1

with each Secretary described in subparagraphs (B) 2

through (D) of subsection (a)(3), shall prepare a 3

comprehensive report to Congress each year describ-4

ing— 5

(A) the implementation of the program; 6

(B) the number and geographical distribu-7

tion of students who participated in the pro-8

gram; and 9

(C) the number of passes described in 10

paragraph (2)(A) that were distributed. 11

(5) SUNSET.—The authorities provided in this 12

section, including the reporting requirement, shall 13

expire on the date that is 7 years after the date of 14


SEC. 9002. GOOD SAMARITAN SEARCH AND RECOVERY ACT. 16


(1) ELIGIBLE.—The term ‘‘eligible’’, with re-18

spect to an organization or individual, means that 19

the organization or individual, respectively, is— 20

(A) acting in a not-for-profit capacity; and 21

(B) composed entirely of members who, at 22

the time of the good Samaritan search-and-re-23

covery mission, have attained the age of major-24


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ity under the law of the State where the mis-1

sion takes place. 2

(2) GOOD SAMARITAN SEARCH-AND-RECOVERY 3

MISSION.—The term ‘‘good Samaritan search-and- 4

recovery mission’’ means a search conducted by an 5

eligible organization or individual for 1 or more 6

missing individuals believed to be deceased at the 7

time that the search is initiated. 8


the Secretary or the Secretary of Agriculture, as ap-10

plicable. 11

(b) PROCESS.— 12

(1) IN GENERAL.—Each Secretary shall develop 13

and implement a process to expedite access to Fed-14

eral land under the administrative jurisdiction of the 15

Secretary for eligible organizations and individuals 16

to request access to Federal land to conduct good 17

Samaritan search-and-recovery missions. 18

(2) INCLUSIONS.—The process developed and 19

implemented under this subsection shall include pro-20

visions to clarify that— 21

(A) an eligible organization or individual 22

granted access under this section— 23

(i) shall be acting for private pur-24

poses; and 25


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(ii) shall not be considered to be a 1

Federal volunteer; 2

(B) an eligible organization or individual 3

conducting a good Samaritan search-and-recov-4

ery mission under this section shall not be con-5

sidered to be a volunteer under section 6

102301(c) of title 54, United States Code; 7

(C) chapter 171 of title 28, United States 8

Code (commonly known as the ‘‘Federal Tort 9

Claims Act’’), shall not apply to an eligible or-10

ganization or individual carrying out a privately 11

requested good Samaritan search-and-recovery 12

mission under this section; and 13

(D) chapter 81 of title 5, United States 14

Code (commonly known as the ‘‘Federal Em-15

ployees Compensation Act’’), shall not apply to 16

an eligible organization or individual conducting 17

a good Samaritan search-and-recovery mission 18

under this section, and the conduct of the good 19

Samaritan search-and-recovery mission shall 20

not constitute civilian employment. 21

(c) RELEASE OF FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FROM LI-22

ABILITY.—The Secretary shall not require an eligible or-23

ganization or individual to have liability insurance as a 24


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condition of accessing Federal land under this section, if 1

the eligible organization or individual— 2

(1) acknowledges and consents, in writing, to 3

the provisions described in subparagraphs (A) 4

through (D) of subsection (b)(2); and 5

(2) signs a waiver releasing the Federal Gov-6

ernment from all liability relating to the access 7

granted under this section and agrees to indemnify 8

and hold harmless the United States from any 9

claims or lawsuits arising from any conduct by the 10

eligible organization or individual on Federal land. 11

(d) APPROVAL AND DENIAL OF REQUESTS.— 12

(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall notify 13

an eligible organization or individual of the approval 14

or denial of a request by the eligible organization or 15

individual to carry out a good Samaritan search- 16

and-recovery mission under this section by not later 17

than 48 hours after the request is made. 18

(2) DENIALS.—If the Secretary denies a re-19

quest from an eligible organization or individual to 20

carry out a good Samaritan search-and-recovery mis-21

sion under this section, the Secretary shall notify the 22

eligible organization or individual of— 23

(A) the reason for the denial of the re-24

quest; and 25


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(B) any actions that the eligible organiza-1

tion or individual can take to meet the require-2

ments for the request to be approved. 3

(e) PARTNERSHIPS.—Each Secretary shall develop 4

search-and-recovery-focused partnerships with search-and- 5

recovery organizations— 6

(1) to coordinate good Samaritan search-and- 7

recovery missions on Federal land under the admin-8

istrative jurisdiction of the Secretary; and 9

(2) to expedite and accelerate good Samaritan 10

search-and-recovery mission efforts for missing indi-11

viduals on Federal land under the administrative ju-12

risdiction of the Secretary. 13

(f) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 14

of enactment of this Act, the Secretaries shall submit to 15

Congress a joint report describing— 16

(1) plans to develop partnerships described in 17

subsection (e)(1); and 18

(2) efforts carried out to expedite and accel-19

erate good Samaritan search-and-recovery mission 20

efforts for missing individuals on Federal land under 21

the administrative jurisdiction of each Secretary 22

pursuant to subsection (e)(2). 23


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SEC. 9003. 21ST CENTURY CONSERVATION SERVICE CORPS 1

ACT. 2

(a) DEFINITIONS.—Section 203 of the Public Lands 3

Corps Act of 1993 (16 U.S.C. 1722) is amended— 4

(1) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘under section 5

204’’ and inserting ‘‘by section 204(a)(1)’’; 6

(2) by redesignating paragraphs (8) through 7

(13) as paragraphs (9) through (14), respectively; 8


lowing: 10

‘‘(8) INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION.— 11

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘institution 12

of higher education’ has the meaning given the 13

term in section 102 of the Higher Education 14

Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1002). 15

‘‘(B) EXCLUSION.—The term ‘institution 16

of higher education’ does not include— 17

‘‘(i) an institution described in section 18

101(b) of the Higher Education Act of 19

1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001(b)); or 20

‘‘(ii) an institution outside the United 21

States, as described in section 22

102(a)(1)(C) of the Higher Education Act 23

of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1002(a)(1)(C)).’’; 24

(4) in paragraph (9) (as so redesignated)— 25


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(A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 1

(A), by striking ‘‘, as follows’’ and inserting 2

‘‘and other conservation and restoration initia-3

tives, as follows’’; and 4


‘‘(E) To protect, restore, or enhance ma-6

rine, estuarine, riverine, and coastal habitat 7

ecosystem components— 8

‘‘(i) to promote the recovery of threat-9

ened species, endangered species, and man-10

aged fisheries; 11

‘‘(ii) to restore fisheries, protected re-12

sources, and habitats impacted by oil and 13

chemical spills and natural disasters; or 14

‘‘(iii) to enhance the resilience of 15

coastal ecosystems, communities, and 16

economies through habitat conservation.’’; 17

(5) in subparagraph (A) of paragraph (11) (as 18

so redesignated), by striking ‘‘individuals between 19

the ages of 16 and 30, inclusive,’’ and inserting ‘‘in-20

dividuals between the ages of 16 and 30, inclusive, 21

or veterans age 35 or younger’’; 22

(6) in paragraph (13) (as so redesignated)— 23

(A) in subparagraph (A), by striking 24

‘‘and’’ at the end; 25


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(B) in subparagraph (B), by striking the 1

period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 2

(C) by adding at the end the following: 3

‘‘(C) with respect to the National Marine 4

Sanctuary System, coral reefs, and other coast-5

al, estuarine, and marine habitats, and other 6

land and facilities administered by the National 7

Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the 8

Secretary of Commerce.’’; and 9


‘‘(15) VETERAN.—The term ‘veteran’ has the 11

meaning given the term in section 101 of title 38, 12

United States Code.’’. 13

(b) PUBLIC LANDS CORPS PROGRAM.—Section 204 14

of the Public Lands Corps Act of 1993 (16 U.S.C. 1723) 15

is amended— 16

(1) by striking subsection (a) and inserting the 17

following: 18

‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF PUBLIC LANDS CORPS.— 19

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—There is established in the 20

Department of the Interior, the Department of Agri-21

culture, and the Department of Commerce a corps, 22

to be known as the ‘Public Lands Corps’. 23

‘‘(2) NO EFFECT ON OTHER AGENCIES.—Noth-24

ing in this subsection precludes the establishment of 25


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a public lands corps by the head of a Federal de-1

partment or agency other than a department de-2

scribed in paragraph (1), in accordance with this 3

Act.’’; 4

(2) in subsection (b)— 5

(A) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘indi-6

viduals between the ages of 16 and 30, inclu-7

sive,’’ and inserting ‘‘individuals between the 8

ages of 16 and 30, inclusive, and veterans age 9

35 or younger’’; and 10

(B) in the second sentence, by striking 11

‘‘section 137(b) of the National and Community 12

Service Act of 1990’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraphs 13

(1), (2), (4), and (5) of section 137(a) of the 14

National and Community Service Act of 1990 15

(42 U.S.C. 12591(a))’’; and 16


‘‘(g) EFFECT.—Nothing in this section authorizes the 18

use of the Public Lands Corps for projects on or impacting 19

real property owned by, operated by, or within the custody, 20

control, or administrative jurisdiction of the Administrator 21

of General Services without the express permission of the 22

Administrator of General Services.’’. 23


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(c) TRANSPORTATION.—Section 205 of the Public 1

Lands Corps Act of 1993 (16 U.S.C. 1724) is amended 2

by adding at the end the following: 3

‘‘(e) TRANSPORTATION.—The Secretary may provide 4

to Corps participants who reside in their own homes trans-5

portation to and from appropriate conservation project 6

sites.’’. 7

(d) RESOURCE ASSISTANTS.— 8

(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 206(a) of the Public 9

Lands Corps Act of 1993 (16 U.S.C. 1725(a)) is 10

amended by striking the first sentence and inserting 11

the following: ‘‘The Secretary may provide individual 12

placements of resource assistants to carry out re-13

search or resource protection activities on behalf of 14

the Secretary.’’. 15

(2) DIRECT HIRE AUTHORITY.—Section 121(a) 16

of the Department of the Interior, Environment, and 17

Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012 (16 18

U.S.C. 1725a), is amended— 19


(i) by striking ‘‘Secretary of the Inte-21

rior’’ and inserting ‘‘Secretary (as defined 22

in section 203 of the Public Lands Corps 23

Act of 1993 (16 U.S.C. 1722))’’; 24


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(ii) by striking ‘‘paragraph (1)’’ and 1

inserting ‘‘paragraph (2)’’; and 2

(iii) by striking ‘‘with a land man-3

aging agency of the Department of the In-4

terior’’; and 5

(B) in paragraph (2)(A), by striking ‘‘with 6

a land managing agency’’ and inserting ‘‘with 7

the Secretary (as so defined)’’. 8

(e) COMPENSATION AND EMPLOYMENT STAND-9

ARDS.—Section 207 of the Public Lands Corps Act of 10

1993 (16 U.S.C. 1726) is amended— 11

(1) by striking the section heading and insert-12

ing ‘‘COMPENSATION AND TERMS OF SERVICE’’; 13

(2) by redesignating subsections (b) and (c) as 14

subsections (c) and (d), respectively; 15

(3) by inserting after subsection (a) the fol-16

lowing: 17

‘‘(b) EDUCATIONAL CREDIT.—The Secretary may 18

provide a Corps participant with an educational credit that 19

may be applied toward a program of postsecondary edu-20

cation at an institution of higher education that agrees 21

to award the credit for participation in the Corps.’’; 22

(4) in subsection (c) (as so redesignated)— 23

(A) by striking ‘‘Each participant’’ and in-24



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‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Each participant’’; and 1


‘‘(2) INDIAN YOUTH SERVICE CORPS.—With re-3

spect to the Indian Youth Service Corps established 4

under section 210, the Secretary shall establish the 5

term of service of participants in consultation with 6

the affected Indian tribe.’’; 7

(5) in subsection (d) (as so redesignated)— 8

(A) by redesignating paragraphs (1) and 9

(2) as subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively, 10

and indenting the subparagraphs appropriately; 11

(B) in the matter preceding subparagraph 12

(A) (as so redesignated), by striking ‘‘The Sec-13

retary’’ and inserting the following: 14

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary’’; and 15

(C) by adding at the end the following: 16

‘‘(2) TIME-LIMITED APPOINTMENT.—For pur-17

poses of section 9602 of title 5, United States Code, 18

a former member of the Corps hired by the Sec-19

retary under paragraph (1)(B) for a time-limited ap-20

pointment shall be considered to be appointed ini-21

tially under open, competitive examination.’’; and 22


‘‘(e) APPLICABILITY TO QUALIFIED YOUTH OR CON-24

SERVATION CORPS.—The hiring and compensation stand-25


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ards described in this section shall apply to any individual 1

participating in an appropriate conservation project 2

through a qualified youth or conservation corps, including 3

an individual placed through a contract or cooperative 4

agreement, as approved by the Secretary.’’. 5

(f) REPORTING AND DATA COLLECTION.—Title II of 6

the Public Lands Corps Act of 1993 (16 U.S.C. 1721 et 7

seq.) is amended— 8

(1) by redesignating sections 209 through 211 9

as sections 211 through 213, respectively; 10

(2) by inserting after section 208 the following: 11

‘‘SEC. 209. REPORTING AND DATA COLLECTION. 12

‘‘(a) REPORT.—Not later than 2 years after the date 13

of enactment of the Natural Resources Management Act, 14

and annually thereafter, the Chief Executive Officer of the 15

Corporation for National and Community Service, in co-16

ordination with the Secretaries, shall submit to Congress 17

a report that includes data on the Corps, including— 18

‘‘(1) the number of participants enrolled in the 19

Corps and the length of the term of service for each 20

participant; 21

‘‘(2) the projects carried out by Corps partici-22

pants, categorized by type of project and Federal 23

agency; 24


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‘‘(3) the total amount and sources of funding 1

provided for the service of participants; 2

‘‘(4) the type of service performed by partici-3

pants and the impact and accomplishments of the 4

service; and 5

‘‘(5) any other similar data determined to be 6

appropriate by the Chief Executive Officer of the 7

Corporation for National and Community Service or 8

the Secretaries. 9

‘‘(b) DATA.—Not later than 1 year after the date of 10

enactment of the Natural Resources Management Act, 11

and annually thereafter, the Secretaries shall submit to 12

the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation for Na-13

tional and Community Service the data described in sub-14

section (a). 15

‘‘(c) DATA COLLECTION.—The Chief Executive Offi-16

cer of the Corporation for National and Community Serv-17

ice may coordinate with qualified youth or conservation 18

corps to improve the collection of the required data de-19

scribed in subsection (a). 20

‘‘(d) COORDINATION.— 21

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretaries shall, to 22

the maximum extent practicable, coordinate with 23

each other to carry out activities authorized under 24

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‘‘(A) the data collection and reporting re-1

quirements of this section; and 2

‘‘(B) implementing and issuing guidance 3

on eligibility for noncompetitive hiring status 4

under section 207(d). 5

‘‘(2) DESIGNATION OF COORDINATORS.—The 6

Secretary shall designate a coordinator to coordinate 7

and serve as the primary point of contact for any ac-8

tivity of the Corps carried out by the Secretary.’’; 9

and 10

(3) in subsection (c) of section 212 (as so re-11

designated), by striking ‘‘211’’ and inserting ‘‘213’’. 12

(g) INDIAN YOUTH SERVICE CORPS.—Title II of the 13

Public Lands Corps Act of 1993 (16 U.S.C. 1721 et seq.) 14

(as amended by subsection (f)) is amended by inserting 15

after section 209 the following: 16

‘‘SEC. 210. INDIAN YOUTH SERVICE CORPS. 17

‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—There is established within the 18

Public Lands Corps a program to be known as the ‘Indian 19

Youth Service Corps’ that— 20

‘‘(1) enrolls participants between the ages of 16 21

and 30, inclusive, and veterans age 35 or younger, 22

a majority of whom are Indians; 23

‘‘(2) is established pursuant to an agreement 24

between an Indian tribe and a qualified youth or 25


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conservation corps for the benefit of the members of 1

the Indian tribe; and 2

‘‘(3) carries out appropriate conservation 3

projects on eligible service land. 4

‘‘(b) AUTHORIZATION OF COOPERATIVE AGREE-5

MENTS.—The Secretary may enter into cooperative agree-6

ments with Indian tribes and qualified youth or conserva-7

tion corps for the establishment and administration of the 8

Indian Youth Service Corps. 9

‘‘(c) GUIDELINES.—Not later than 18 months after 10

the date of enactment of the Natural Resources Manage-11

ment Act, the Secretary of the Interior, in consultation 12

with Indian tribes, shall issue guidelines for the manage-13

ment of the Indian Youth Service Corps, in accordance 14

with this Act and any other applicable Federal laws.’’. 15

SEC. 9004. NATIONAL NORDIC MUSEUM ACT. 16

(a) DESIGNATION.—The Nordic Museum located at 17

2655 N.W. Market Street, Seattle, Washington, is des-18

ignated as the ‘‘National Nordic Museum’’. 19

(b) EFFECT OF DESIGNATION.— 20

(1) IN GENERAL.—The museum designated by 21

subsection (a) is not a unit of the National Park 22

System. 23

(2) USE OF FEDERAL FUNDS.—The designation 24

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lated to the museum. 2

SEC. 9005. DESIGNATION OF NATIONAL GEORGE C. MAR-3

SHALL MUSEUM AND LIBRARY. 4

(a) DESIGNATION.—The George C. Marshall Mu-5

seum and the George C. Marshall Research Library in 6

Lexington, Virginia, are designated as the ‘‘National 7

George C. Marshall Museum and Library’’ (referred to in 8

this section as the ‘‘museum)’’. 9

(b) EFFECT OF DESIGNATION.— 10

(1) IN GENERAL.—The museum designated by 11

subsection (a) is not a unit of the National Park 12

System. 13

(2) USE OF FEDERAL FUNDS.—The designation 14

of the museum by subsection (a) shall not require 15

Federal funds to be expended for any purpose re-16

lated to the museum. 17

SEC. 9006. 21ST CENTURY RESPECT ACT. 18

(a) AMENDMENTS TO REGULATIONS REQUIRED.— 19

(1) SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE.—The Sec-20

retary of Agriculture shall amend section 1901.202 21

of title 7, Code of Federal Regulations, for purposes 22

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(A) replacing the reference to the term 1

‘‘Negro or Black’’ with ‘‘Black or African 2

American’’; 3

(B) replacing the reference to the term 4

‘‘Spanish Surname’’ with ‘‘Hispanic’’; and 5

(C) replacing the reference to the term 6

‘‘Oriental’’ with ‘‘Asian American or Pacific Is-7

lander’’. 8

(2) ADMINISTRATOR OF GENERAL SERVICES.— 9

The Administrator of General Services shall amend 10

section 906.2 of title 36, Code of Federal Regula-11

tions, for purposes of— 12

(A) replacing the references to the term 13

‘‘Negro’’ with ‘‘Black or African American’’; 14

(B) replacing the definition of ‘‘Negro’’ 15

with the definition of ‘‘Black or African Amer-16

ican’’ as ‘‘ an individual having origins in any 17

of the Black racial groups of Africa’’; 18

(C) replacing the references to the term 19

‘‘Oriental’’ with ‘‘Asian American or Pacific Is-20

lander’’; and 21

(D) replacing the references to the terms 22

‘‘Eskimo’’ and ‘‘Aleut’’ with ‘‘Alaska Native’’. 23

(b) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec-24

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construed to affect Federal law, except with respect to the 1

use of terms by the Secretary of Agriculture and the Ad-2

ministrator of General Services, respectively, to the regu-3

lations affected by this section. 4

SEC. 9007. AMERICAN WORLD WAR II HERITAGE CITIES. 5

(a) DESIGNATION.—In order to recognize and ensure 6

the continued preservation and importance of the history 7

of the United States involvement in World War II, each 8

calendar year the Secretary may designate 1 or more cities 9

located in 1 of the several States or a territory of the 10

United States as an ‘‘American World War II Heritage 11

City’’. Not more than 1 city in each State or territory may 12

be designated under this section. 13

(b) APPLICATION FOR DESIGNATION.—The Sec-14

retary may— 15

(1) establish and publicize the process by which 16

a city may apply for designation as an American 17

World War II Heritage City based on the criteria in 18

subsection (c); and 19

(2) encourage cities to apply for designation as 20

an American World War II Heritage City. 21

(c) CRITERIA FOR DESIGNATION.—The Secretary, in 22

consultation with the Secretary of the Smithsonian Insti-23

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Preservation, shall make each designation under sub-1

section (a) based on the following criteria: 2

(1) Contributions by a city and its environs to 3

the World War II home-front war effort, including 4

contributions related to— 5

(A) defense manufacturing, such as ships, 6

aircraft, uniforms, and equipment; 7

(B) production of foodstuffs and consumer 8

items for Armed Forces and home consumption; 9

(C) war bond drives; 10

(D) adaptations to wartime survival; 11

(E) volunteer participation; 12

(F) civil defense preparedness; 13

(G) personnel serving in the Armed 14

Forces, their achievements, and facilities for 15

their rest and recreation; or 16

(H) the presence of Armed Forces camps, 17

bases, airfields, harbors, repair facilities, and 18

other installations within or in its environs. 19

(2) Achievements by a city and its environs to 20

preserve the heritage and legacy of the city’s con-21

tributions to the war effort and to preserve World 22

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(A) the identification, preservation, res-1

toration, and interpretation of World War II-re-2

lated structures, facilities and sites; 3

(B) establishment of museums, parks, and 4

markers; 5

(C) establishment of memorials to area 6

men who lost their lives in service; 7

(D) organizing groups of veterans and 8

home-front workers and their recognition; 9

(E) presentation of cultural events such as 10

dances, plays, and lectures; 11

(F) public relations outreach through the 12

print and electronic media, and books; and 13

(G) recognition and ceremonies remem-14

bering wartime event anniversaries. 15

SEC. 9008. QUINDARO TOWNSITE NATIONAL COMMEMORA-16

TIVE SITE. 17


(1) COMMEMORATIVE SITE.—The term ‘‘Com-19

memorative Site’’ means the Quindaro Townsite Na-20

tional Commemorative Site designated by subsection 21

(b)(1). 22


of Kansas. 24

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(1) IN GENERAL.—The Quindaro Townsite in 1

Kansas City, Kansas, as listed on the National Reg-2

ister of Historic Places, is designated as the 3

‘‘Quindaro Townsite National Commemorative Site’’. 4

(2) EFFECT OF DESIGNATION.—The Com-5

memorative Site shall not be considered to be a unit 6

of the National Park System. 7

(c) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.— 8

(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, in consulta-9

tion with the State, Kansas City, Kansas, and af-10

fected subdivisions of the State, may enter into co-11

operative agreements with appropriate public or pri-12

vate entities, for the purposes of— 13

(A) protecting historic resources at the 14

Commemorative Site; and 15

(B) providing educational and interpretive 16

facilities and programs at the Commemorative 17

Site for the public. 18

(2) TECHNICAL AND FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE.— 19

The Secretary may provide technical and financial 20

assistance to any entity with which the Secretary 21

has entered into a cooperative agreement under 22

paragraph (1). 23

(d) NO EFFECT ON ACTIONS OF PROPERTY OWN-24

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tional Commemorative Site shall not prohibit any actions 1

that may otherwise be taken by a property owner (includ-2

ing any owner of the Commemorative Site) with respect 3

to the property of the owner. 4

(e) NO EFFECT ON ADMINISTRATION.—Nothing in 5

this section affects the administration of the Commemora-6

tive Site by Kansas City, Kansas, or the State. 7

SEC. 9009. DESIGNATION OF NATIONAL COMEDY CENTER 8

IN JAMESTOWN, NEW YORK. 9

(a) CONGRESSIONAL RECOGNITION.—Congress— 10

(1) recognizes that the National Comedy Cen-11

ter, located in Jamestown, New York, is the only 12

museum of its kind that exists for the exclusive pur-13

pose of celebrating comedy in all its forms; and 14

(2) officially designates the National Comedy 15

Center as the ‘‘National Comedy Center’’ (referred 16

to in this section as the ‘‘Center’’). 17

(b) EFFECT OF RECOGNITION.—The National Com-18

edy Center recognized in this section is not a unit of the 19

National Park System and the designation of the Center 20

shall not be construed to require or permit Federal funds 21

to be expended for any purpose related to the Center. 22


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