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waters within the California Desert Conservation 

 Area. 



(g) (1) The Secretary, within sixty days after the 

 date of approval of this Act, shall establish a Cali- 

 fornia Desert Conservation Area Advisory Com- 

 mittee (hereinafter referred to as "advisory com- 

 mittee") in accordance with the provisions of 

 section 309 of this Act. 



(2) It shall be the function of the advisory com- 

 mittee to advise the Secretary with respect to the 

 preparation and implementation of the comprehen- 

 sive, long-range plan required under subsection (d) 

 of this section. 



(h) The Secretary of Agriculture and the Secre- 

 tary of Defense shall manage lands within their 

 respective Jurisdictions located in or adjacent to 

 the California Desert Conservation Area, in ac- 

 cordance with the laws relating to such lands and 

 wherever practicable, in a manner consonant with 

 the purpose of this section. The Secretary, the Sec- 

 retary of Agriculture, and the Secretary of Defense 

 are authorized and directed to consult among 

 themselves and take cooperative actions to carry 

 out the provisions of this subsection, including a 

 program of law enforcement in accordance with 

 applicable authorities to protect the archeological 

 and other values of the California Desert Conserva- 

 tion Area and adjacent lands. 



(i) The Secretary shall report to the Congress 

 no later than two years after the date of approval 

 of this Act, and annually thereafter, on the prog- 

 ress in, and any problems concerning, the imple- 

 mentation of this section, together with any recom- 

 mendations, which he may deem necessary, to rem- 

 edy such problems. 



( j ) There are authorized to be appropriated for 

 fiscal years 1977 through 1981 not to exceed $40.- 

 000,000 for the purpose of this section, such 

 amount to remain available until expended. 



KING RANGE 



Sec. 602. Section 9 of the Act of October 21, 1970 

 (84 Stat. 1067), is amended by adding a new sub- 

 section (c) , as follows: 



"(c) In addition to the lands described in sub- 

 section (a) of this section, the land identified as 

 the Punta Gorda Addition and the Southern Addi- 

 tions on the map entitled 'King Range National 

 Conservation Area Boundary Map No. 2, dated 

 July 29, 1975, is included in the survey and investi- 

 gation area referred to in the first section of this 

 Act.". 



BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT WILDERNESS STUDY 



such area or island for preservation as wilderness : 

 Provided, That prior to any recommendations for 

 the designation of an area as wilderness the Sec- 

 retary shall cause mineral surveys to be conducted 

 by the Geological Survey and the Bureau of Mines 

 to determine the mineral values, if any, that may 

 be present in such areas: Provided further. That 

 the Secretary shall report to the President by July 

 1, 1980, his recommendations on those areas which 

 the Secretary has prior to November 1. 1975, for- 

 mally identified as natural or primitive areas. The 

 review required by this subsection shall be con- 

 ducted in accordance with the procedure specified 

 in section 3(d) of the Wilderness Act. 



<b) The President shall advise the President of 

 the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Repre- 

 sentatives of his recommendations with respect to 

 designation as wilderness of each such area, to- 

 gether with a map thereof and a definition of its 

 boundaries. Such advice by the President shall be 

 given within two years of the receipt of each report 

 from the Secretary. A recommendation of the Presi- 

 dent for designation as wilderness shall become 

 effective only if so provided by an Act of Congress. 

 (c) During the period of review of such areas and 

 until Congress has determined otherwise, the Sec- 

 retary shall continue to manage such lands accord- 

 ing to his authority under this Act and other appli- 

 cable law in a manner so as not to impair the suita- 

 bility of such areas for preservation as wilderness, 

 subject, however, to the continuation of existing 

 mining and grazing uses and mineral leasing in the 

 manner and degree in which the same was being 

 conducted on the date of approval of this Act; 

 Provided, That, in managing the public lands the 

 Secretary shall by regulation or otherwise take any 

 action required to prevent unnecessary or undue 

 degradation of the lands and their resources or to 

 afford environmental protection. Unless previously 

 withdrawn from appropriation under the mining 

 laws, such lands shall continue to be subject to such 

 appropriation during the period of review unless 

 withdrawn by the Secretary under the procedures 

 of section 204 of this Act for reasons other than 

 preservation of their wilderness character. Once an 

 area has been designated for preservation as wilder- 

 ness, the provisions of the Wilderness Act which 

 apply to national forest wilderness areas shall apply 

 with respect to the administration and use of such 

 designated area, including mineral surveys required 

 by section 4(d) (2) of the Wilderness Act. and min- 

 eral development, access, exchange of lands, and 

 ingress and egress for mining claimants and 

 occupants. 



Sec 603. (a) Within fifteen years after the date 

 of approval of this Act. the Secretary shall review 

 those roadless areas of five thousand acres or more 

 and roadless islands of the public lands, identified 

 during the inventory required by section 201(a) of 

 this Act as having wilderness characteristics de- 

 scribed in the Wilderness Act of September 3, 1964 

 (78 Stat. 890; 16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.) and shall from 

 time to time report to the President his recommen- 

 dation as to the suitability or nonsuitability of each 



Title VII — Effect on Existing Rights; Repeal of 

 Existing Laws: Severability 



effect on existing rights 



Sec. 701. (a) Nothing in this Act. or in any 

 amendment made by this Act, shall be construed 

 as terminating any valid lease, i>ermit. patent, 

 right-of-way, or other land use right or authoriza- 

 tion existing on the date of approval of this Act. 



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