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 PUBLIC LAW 103-433—OCT. 31, 1994 108 STAT. 4489 Such activities shall be conducted in a manner which will minimize the impact on park resources. Nothing in this title shall have the effect of terminating the fee title to lands or customary operation, maintenance, repair, and replacement activities on or under such lands granted to the Metropolitan Water District pursuant to the Act of June 18, 1932 (47 Stat. 324), which are located on lands included in the Joshua Tree National Park, but outside lands designated as wilderness under section 601(a)(2). Such activities shall be conducted in a manner which will minimize the impact on park resources. The Secretary shall prepare within one hundred and eighty days after the date of enactment of this Act, in consultation with the Metropolitan Water District, plans for emergency access by the Metropolitan Water District to its lands and rightsof-way. SEC. 407. JOSHUA TREE NATIONAL PARK ADVISORY COMMISSION. (a) The Secretary shall establish an Advisory Commission of no more than fifteen members, to advise the Secretary concerning the development and implementation of a new or revised comprehensive management plan for Joshua Tree National Park. (b)(1) The advisory commission shall include an elected official for each County within which any part of the park is located, a representative of the owners of private properties located within or immediately adjacent to the park, and other members representing persons actively engaged in grazing and range management, mineral exploration and development, and persons with expertise in relevant fields, including geology, biology, ecology, law enforcement, and the protection and management of National Park resources and values. (2) Vacancies in the advisory commission shall be filled by the Secretary so as to maintain the full diversity of views required to be represented on the advisory commission. (c) The Federal Advisory Committee Act shall apply to the procedures and activities of the advisory commission. (d) The advisory commission shall cease to exist ten years after the date of its establishment. 16 USC 410aaa-27. Establishment. Termination date. TITLE V—MO JAVE NATIONAL PRESERVE Short title. Ante, p. 4471. SEC. 501. FINDINGS. The Congress hereby finds that— (1) Death Valley and Joshua Tree National Parks, as established by this Act, protect unique and superlative desert resources, but do not embrace the particular ecosystems and transitional desert type found in the Mojave Desert area lying between them on public lands now afforded only impermanent administrative designation as a national scenic area; (2) the Mojave Desert area possesses outstanding natural, cultural, historical, and recreational values meriting statutory designation and recognition as a unit of the National Park System; (3) the Mojave Desert area should be afforded full recognition and statutory protection as a national preserve; 16 USC 410aaa-41.

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