Sec. 5566. Designation of the Fox Mountain Potential Wilderness

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In furtherance of the purposes of the Wilderness Act ( 16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq. ), certain land in the Los Padres National Forest comprising approximately 41,082 acres, as generally depicted on the map entitled Fox Mountain Potential Wilderness Area and dated November 14, 2019, is designated as the Fox Mountain Potential Wilderness Area. As soon as practicable after the date of enactment of this subtitle, the Secretary of Agriculture shall file a map and a legal description of the Fox Mountain Potential Wilderness Area (referred to in this section as the potential wilderness area ) with— the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate; and the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives.

The map and legal description filed under paragraph

(1)shall have the same force and effect as if included in this subtitle, except that the Secretary of Agriculture may correct any clerical and typographical errors in the map and legal description. The map and legal description filed under paragraph

(1)shall be on file and available for public inspection in the appropriate offices of the Forest Service. Except as provided in subsection

(d)and subject to valid existing rights, the Secretary shall manage the potential wilderness area in accordance with the Wilderness Act ( 16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq. ). In accordance with paragraph (2), the Secretary of Agriculture may— construct a new trail for use by hikers, equestrians, and mechanized vehicles that connects the Aliso Park Campground to the Bull Ridge Trail; and reconstruct or realign— the Bull Ridge Trail; and the Rocky Ridge Trail. In carrying out the construction, reconstruction, or alignment under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall— comply with all existing laws (including regulations); and to the maximum extent practicable, use the minimum tool or administrative practice necessary to accomplish the construction, reconstruction, or alignment with the least amount of adverse impact on wilderness character and resources. In accordance with paragraph (2), the Secretary may use motorized vehicles and machinery to carry out the trail construction, reconstruction, or realignment authorized by this subsection. The Secretary may permit the use of mechanized vehicles on the existing Bull Ridge Trail and Rocky Ridge Trail in accordance with existing law (including regulations) and this subsection until such date as the potential wilderness area is designated as wilderness in accordance with subsection (h). Subject to valid existing rights, the Federal land in the potential wilderness area is withdrawn from all forms of— entry, appropriation, or disposal under the public land laws; location, entry, and patent under the mining laws; and disposition under all laws pertaining to mineral and geothermal leasing or mineral materials. In carrying out this section, the Secretary may enter into cooperative agreements with State, Tribal, and local governmental entities and private entities to complete the trail construction, reconstruction, and realignment authorized by subsection (d). The Secretary shall modify the boundary of the potential wilderness area to exclude any area within 50 feet of the centerline of the new location of any trail that has been constructed, reconstructed, or realigned under subsection (d). The potential wilderness area, as modified under subsection (g), shall be designated as wilderness and as a component of the National Wilderness Preservation System on the earlier of— the date on which the Secretary publishes in the Federal Register notice that the trail construction, reconstruction, or alignment authorized by subsection

(d)has been completed; or the date that is 20 years after the date of enactment of this subtitle. On designation as wilderness under this section, the potential wilderness area shall be— incorporated into the San Rafael Wilderness, as designated by Public Law 90–271 (82 Stat. 51), the California Wilderness Act of 1984 ( Public Law 98–425 ; 16 U.S.C. 1132 note), and the Los Padres Condor Range and River Protection Act ( Public Law 102–301 ; 106 Stat. 242), and section 402; and administered in accordance with section 404 and the Wilderness Act ( 16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq. ).

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