Sec. 105. Conforming amendments
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Section 1 of the California Desert Protection Act of 1994 ( 16 U.S.C. 410aaa note; Public Law 103–433 ) is amended by striking 1 and 2, and titles I through IX and inserting 1, 2, and 3, titles I through IX, and titles XIII through XVIII . The California Desert Protection Act of 1994 ( Public Law 103–433 ; 108 Stat. 4481) is amended by inserting after section 2 the following: In titles I through IX, the term this Act means only— sections 1 and 2; and titles I through IX. In titles XIII through XVIII:
The term Conservation Area means the California Desert Conservation Area. The term Secretary means— with respect to land under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary of the Interior; and with respect to land under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of Agriculture. The term State means the State of California. . Section 103 of the California Desert Protection Act of 1994 ( Public Law 103–433 ; 108 Stat. 4481) is amended— by striking subsection
(d)and inserting the following: Congress does not intend for the designation of wilderness areas by this Act— to require the additional regulation of land adjacent to the wilderness areas; or to lead to the creation of protective perimeters or buffer zones around the wilderness areas. Any nonwilderness activities (including renewable energy projects, energy transmission or telecommunications projects, mining, camping, hunting, and military activities) in areas immediately adjacent to the boundary of a wilderness area designated by this Act shall not be restricted or precluded by this Act, regardless of any actual or perceived negative impacts of the nonwilderness activities on the wilderness area, including any potential indirect impacts of nonwilderness activities conducted outside the designated wilderness area on the viewshed, ambient noise level, or air quality of wilderness area. ; in subsection (f), by striking designated by this title and and inserting , potential wilderness areas, special management areas, and national monuments designated by this title or titles XIII through XVIII ; and in subsection (g), by inserting , a potential wilderness area, a special management area, or national monument before by this Act . Title V of the California Desert Protection Act of 1994 ( 16 U.S.C. 410aaa–41 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following: The Secretary shall take no action within the Conservation Area to authorize, permit, or allow the use of any right-of-way or lease to extract, consume, export, transfer, or distribute groundwater for municipal, commercial, or industrial use from aquifers supplying wild and scenic rivers, or supplying water to Areas of Critical Environmental Concern, or underlying land managed by the Barstow or Needles Field Offices of the Bureau of Land Management or the National Park Service in quantities that collectively exceed the estimated perennial safe yield or annual recharge rate, as determined by the United States Geological Survey. . Section 711 of the California Desert Protection Act of 1994 ( 16 U.S.C. 410aaa–81 ) is amended to read as follows: Development of renewable energy generation facilities (excluding rights-of-way or facilities for the transmission of energy and telecommunication facilities and infrastructure) is prohibited on the approximately 28,000 acres of Federal land generally depicted as BLM Land Withdrawn from Energy Development and Power Generation on the map entitled Juniper Flats and dated September 21, 2015. . Section 801(b)(2) of the California Military Lands Withdrawal and Overflights Act of 1994 ( 16 U.S.C. 410aaa–82 note; Public Law 103–433 ) is amended by inserting , special management areas, potential wilderness areas, before and wilderness areas . Section 802 of the California Military Lands Withdrawal and Overflights Act of 1994 ( 16 U.S.C. 410aaa–82 ) is amended— in subsection (a), by inserting or special management areas before designated by this Act ; in subsection (b), by inserting or special management areas before designated by this Act ; and by adding at the end the following: Nothing in this Act alters any authority of the Secretary of Defense to conduct military operations at installations and ranges within the California Desert Conservation Area that are authorized under any other provision of law. . No additional funds are authorized to carry out the requirements of this title and the amendments made by this title. Such requirements shall be carried out using amounts otherwise authorized.
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- Pub. L. 103-433
- 108 Stat. 4481
- 16 USC 410aaa–41
- 16 USC 410aaa–81
- 16 USC 410aaa–82
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Sec. 105
Conforming amendments
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