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 116 STAT. 2002 PUBLIC LAW 107-282—NOV. 6, 2002 (3) operation of the mineral leasing, mineral materials, and geothermal leasing laws. SEC. 203. ADMINISTRATION. (a) MANAGEMENT.— Subject to valid existing rights, each area designated as wilderness by this title shall be administered by the Secretary in accordance with the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), except that— (1) any reference in that Act to the effective date shall be considered to be a reference to the date of enactment of this Act; and (2) any reference in that Act to the Secretary of Agriculture shall be considered to be a reference to the Secretary of the Interior with respect to lands administered by the Secretary of the Interior. (b) LIVESTOCK.— Within the wilderness areas designated under this title that are administered by the Bureau of Land Management, the grazing of livestock in areas in which grazing is established as of the date of enactment of this Act shall be allowed to continue, subject to such reasonable regulations, policies, and practices that the Secretary considers necessary, consistent with section 4(d)(4) of the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1133(d)(4)), including the guidelines set forth in Appendix A of House Report 101-405. (c) INCORPORATION OF ACQUIRED LANDS AND INTERESTS. — Any land or interest in land within the boundaries of an area designated as wilderness by this title that is acquired by the United States after the date of enactment of this Act shall be added to and administered as part of the wilderness area within which the acquired land or interest is located. (d) WATER RIGHTS.— (1) FINDINGS.— Congress fmds that— (A) the lands designated as Wilderness by this Act are within the Mojave Desert, are arid in nature, and include ephemeral streams; (B) the hydrology of the lands designated as wilderness by this Act is locally characterized by complex flow patterns and alluvial fans with impermanent channels; (C) the subsurface hydrogeology of the region is characterized by ground water subject to local and regional flow gradients and artesian aquifers; (D) the lands designated as wilderness by this Act are generally not suitable for use or development of new water resource facilities and there are no actual or proposed water resource facilities and no opportunities for diversion, storage, or other uses of water occurring outside such lands that would adversely affect the wilderness or other values of such lands; and (E) because of the unique nature and hydrology of these desert lands designated as wilderness by this Act and the existence of the Clark County Multi-Species Habitat Conservation Plan it is possible to provide for proper management and protection of the wilderness, perennial springs and other values of such lands in ways different from those used in other legislation. (2) STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION. — (A) Nothing in this Act shall constitute or be construed to constitute either an express or implied reservation by

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