Pub. L. 103-433, tit. I, sec. 104
WILDERNESS REVIEW.
SEC. 104. WILDERNESS REVIEW. (a) In General. —Except as provided in subsection (b), the Congress hereby finds and directs that lands in the California Desert Conservation Area, of the Bureau of Land Management, not designated as wilderness or wilderness study areas by this Act have been adequately studied for wilderness designation pursuant to section 603 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (90 Stat. 2743, 43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), and are no longer subject to the requirement of section 603(c) of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 pertaining to the management of wilderness study areas in a manner that does not impair the suitability of such areas for preservation as wilderness. (b) Areas Not Released. —The following areas shall continue to be subject to the requirements of section 603(c) of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976, pertaining to the management of wilderness study areas in a manner that does not impair the suitability of such areas for preservation as wilderness— (1) certain lands which comprise approximately sixty-one thousand three hundred and twenty, as generally depicted on a map entitled “Avawatz Mountains Wilderness—Proposed”, dated May 1991; (2) certain lands which comprise approximately thirty-nine thousand seven hundred and fifty acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled “Kingston Range Wilderness—Proposed 4”, dated July 1993; (3) certain lands which comprise approximately eighty thousand four hundred and thirty acres, as generally depicted on two maps entitled “Soda Mountains Wilderness—Proposed 1”, dated May 1991, and “Soda Mountains Wilderness—Proposed 2”, dated January 1989; (4) certain lands which compromise approximately twenty-three thousand two hundred and fifty acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled “South Avawatz Mountains—Proposed”, dated May 1991; (5) certain lands which comprise approximately seventeen thousand two hundred and eighty acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled “Death Valley National Park Boundary and Wilderness 17—Proposed”, dated July 1993; (6) certain lands which comprise approximately eight thousand eight hundred acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled “Great Falls Basin Wilderness—Proposed”, dated February 1986; and 108 STAT. 4483 (7) certain lands which comprise approximately eighty-four thousand four hundred acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled “Cady Mountains Wilderness—Proposed”, dated July 1993. (c) Withdrawal. —Subject to valid existing rights, the Federal lands referred to in subsection (b) are hereby withdrawn from all forms of entry, appropriation, or disposal under the public land laws; from location, entry, and patent under the United States mining laws; and from disposition under all laws pertaining to mineral and geothermal leasing, and mineral materials, and all amendments thereto.