Sec. 101. Rogue Canyon and Molalla National Recreation Areas, Oregon
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For the purposes of protecting, conserving, and enhancing the unique and nationally important recreational, ecological, scenic, cultural, watershed, and fish and wildlife values of the areas, the following areas in the State are designated as recreation areas for management by the Secretary in accordance with subsection (c): The approximately 94,700 acres of Bureau of Land Management land, within the boundary generally depicted on the map entitled O&C Land Grant Act of 2014: Rogue Canyon National Recreation Area and dated November 3, 2014, which is designated as the Rogue Canyon National Recreation Area .
The approximately 24,100 acres of Bureau of Land Management land, within the boundary generally depicted on the map entitled O&C Land Grant Act of 2014: Molalla National Recreation Area and dated November 3, 2014, which is designated as the Molalla National Recreation Area . As soon as practicable after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall a prepare a map and legal description of each area designated by subsection (a). The maps and legal descriptions prepared under paragraph
(1)shall have the same force and effect as if included in this Act, except that the Secretary may correct any minor errors in the maps and legal descriptions. The maps and legal descriptions prepared under paragraph
(1)shall be available for public inspection in the appropriate offices of the Bureau of Land Management. The Secretary shall administer each area designated by subsection (a)— in a manner that furthers the purposes for which the area was established; and in accordance with any other applicable Federal laws. The Secretary shall only allow uses of an area designated by subsection
(a)that are consistent with the purposes and values for which the area is established. The following shall be prohibited on the areas designated by subsection (a)— permanent roads; commercial enterprises; and except as necessary to meet the minimum requirements for the administration of the Federal land and to protect public health and safety— the use of motor vehicles; or the establishment of temporary roads. Subject to valid existing rights, all Federal surface and subsurface land within an area designated by subsection
(a)is withdrawn from— all forms of entry, appropriation, or disposal under the public land laws; location, entry, and patent under the mining laws; and laws pertaining to mineral and geothermal leasing and mineral materials. Nothing in this section creates any protective perimeter or buffer zone around an area designated by subsection (a).