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 118 STAT. 2409 PUBLIC LAW 108–424—NOV. 30, 2004 (B) the Office of the Nevada State Director of the Bureau of Land Management; (C) the Ely Field Office of the Bureau of Land Manage ment; and (D) the Caliente Field Station of the Bureau of Land Management. (d) WITHDRAWAL.—Subject to valid existing rights, the wilder ness areas designated by subsection (a) are withdrawn from— (1) all forms of entry, appropriation, and disposal under the public land laws; (2) location, entry, and patent under the mining laws; and (3) operation of the mineral leasing and geothermal leasing laws. SEC. 204. 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 the 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. (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 guide lines set forth in Appendix A of House Report 101–405. (c) INCORPORATION OF ACQUIRED LAND 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 the 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 finds that— (A) the land designated as Wilderness by this title is within the Northern Mojave and Great Basin Deserts, is arid in nature, and includes ephemeral streams; (B) the hydrology of the land designated as wilderness by this title is predominantly 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 unconfined and artesian conditions; (D) the land designated as wilderness by this title is generally not suitable for use or development of new water resource facilities; and (E) because of the unique nature and hydrology of the desert land designated as wilderness by this title, it is possible to provide for proper management and protection

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