Sec. 6. Border security
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Nothing in this Act— prevents the Secretary of Homeland Security from undertaking law enforcement and border security activities, in accordance with section 4(c) of the Wilderness Act ( 16 U.S.C. 1133(c) ), within the areas designated as wilderness by this Act, including the ability to use motorized access within a wilderness area while in pursuit of a suspect; affects the 2006 Memorandum of Understanding among the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of the Interior, and the Department of Agriculture regarding cooperative national security and counterterrorism efforts on Federal land along the borders of the United States; or prevents the Secretary of Homeland Security from conducting any low-level overflights over the wilderness areas designated by this Act that may be necessary for law enforcement and border security purposes.
The area identified as Parcel E on the map entitled Potrillo Mountains Complex and dated December 10, 2013, is withdrawn in accordance with section 5(d)(1). Except as provided in paragraphs
(3)and (4), the Secretary shall administer the area described in paragraph
(1)in a manner that, to the maximum extent practicable, protects the wilderness character of the area. The use of motor vehicles, motorized equipment, and mechanical transport shall be prohibited in the area described in paragraph
(1)except as necessary for— the administration of the area (including the conduct of law enforcement and border security activities in the area); or grazing uses by authorized permittees. Nothing in this subsection precludes the Secretary from allowing within the area described in paragraph
(1)the installation and maintenance of communication or surveillance infrastructure necessary for law enforcement or border security activities. The route excluded from the Potrillo Mountains Wilderness identified as Restricted—Administrative Access on the map entitled Potrillo Mountains Complex and dated December 10, 2013, shall be— closed to public access; but available for administrative and law enforcement uses, including border security activities.
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