36 1 of the United States, and from the operation of the Geother 2 mal Steam Act of 1970. 3 4 STUDY AS TO VALIDITY OF MINING CLAIMS SEC. 306. The Secretary shall not approve any plan of 5 operation prior to determining the validity of any unpatented 6 mining claims within the park and submit to Congress recom7 mendations as to whether any valid or patented claims should 8 be acquired by the United States, including the estimated 9 acquisition costs of such claims, and a discussion of the envi10 ronmental consequences of the extraction of minerals from 11 these lands. TITLE IV-MOJAVE NATIONAL PARK 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 FINDINGS SEC. 401. 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; 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 37 (3) the Mojave Desert area should be afforded full recognition and statutory protection as a national park; and (4) the wilderness within the Mojave Desert should receive maximum statutory protection by desig nation pursuant to the wilderness Act. ESTABLISHMENT OF THE MOJAVE NATIONAL PARK SEC. 402. There is hereby established the Mojave Na 9 tional Park, comprising approximately one million five hun10 dred thousand acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled 11 "Mojave National Park", dated February 1986, which shall 12 be on file and available for inspection in the offices of the 13 Director of the National Park Service, Department of the 14 Interior. 15 16 TRANSFER OF LANDS SEC. 403. Upon enactment of this title, the Secretary of 17 the Interior (hereinafter in this title referred to as the "Secre18 tary") shall transfer the lands under the jurisdiction of the 19 Bureau of Land Management depicted on the map described 20 in section 402 of this title, without consideration, to the ad21 ministrative jurisdiction of the Director of the National Park 22 Service. The boundaries of the public lands shall be adjusted 23 accordingly. 24 25 MAPS AND LEGAL DESCRIPTION SEC. 404. Within six months after the enactment of this 26 title, the Secretary shall file a legal description of the park 38 1 designated under this title with the Energy and Natural Re2 sources Committee of the United States Senate and the Inte3 rior and Insular Affairs Committee of the House of Repre4 sentatives. Such legal description shall have the same force 5 and effect as if included in this title, except that the Secre6 tary may correct clerical and typographical errors in such 7 legal description and in the map referred to in section 402. 8 The legal description shall be on file and available for public 9 inspection in the offices of the National Park Service, De10 partment of the Interior. 11 12 ABOLISHMENT OF SCENIC AREA SEC. 405. The East Mojave National Scenic Area, des13 ignated on January 13, 1981 (46 FR 3994), and modified on 14 August 9, 1983 (48 FR 36210), is hereby abolished. 15 ADMINISTRATION OF LANDS 16 SEC. 406. The Secretary shall administer the park in 17 accordance with this title and with the provisions of law gen18 erally applicable to units of the National Park System, in19 cluding the Act entitled "An Act to establish a National Park 20 Service, and for other purposes", approved August 25, 1916 21 (39 Stat. 535; 16 U.S.C. 1-4). 22 23 DISPOSITION UNDER MINING LAWS SEC. 407. Subject to valid existing rights, federal lands 24 within the park, and interests therein, are withdrawn from 25 disposition under the public land laws and from entry or ap26 propriation under the mining laws of the United States, from 39 1 the operation of the mineral leasing laws of the United 2 States, and from operation of the Geothermal Steam Act of 3 1970. 4 5 STUDY AS TO VALIDITY OF MINING CLAIMS SEC. 408. The Secretary shall not approve any plan of 6 operation prior to determining the validity of any unpatented 7 mining claims within the park and submit to Congress recom8 mendations as to whether any valid or patented claims should 9 be acquired by the United States, including the estimated 10 acquisition costs of such claims, and a discussion of the envi11 ronmental consequences of the extraction of minerals from 12 these lands. 13 14 REGULATION OF MINING SEC. 409. Subject to valid existing rights, all mining 15 claims located within the park shall be subject to such rea16 sonable regulations as the Secretary may prescribe to assure 17 that mining will, to the maximum extent practicable, be con18 sistent with the protection of the scenic, scientific, cultural 19 and other resources of the park, and any patent which may 20 be issued after the date of enactment of this title shall convey 21 title only to the minerals together with the right to use the 22 surface of lands for mining purposes subject to such reasona23 ble regulations. 24 25 GRAZING RIGHTS SEC. 410. The Secretary shall permit those persons 26 holding currently valid grazing permits within the boundary 40 1 of the park to continue to exercise such permits consistent 2 with other applicable law: Provided, however, That upon ex 3 piration of the current term of such permits, the permits shall 4 not be renewed. 6 SEC. 411. Nothing in this title shall have the effect of 7 terminating any validly issued right-of-way or right-of-use 8 within the boundary of the park issued, granted, or permitted 9 for 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 (a) systems for transmission or distribution of elec tric energy, (b) pipelines for the transmission or distribution of natural gas or oil, and (c) communication cables or lines. PREPARATION OF MANAGEMENT PLAN SEC. 412. Within three years of the date of enactment 17 of this title, the Secretary shall submit to the Energy and 18 Natural Resources Committee of the United States Senate 19 and the Interior and Insular Affairs Committee of the House 20 of Representatives a detailed and comprehensive manage21 ment plan for the park. Such plan shall place emphasis on 22 historical and cultural sites and ecological and wilderness 23 values within the boundaries of the park and shall evaluate 24 the feasibility of using the Kelso Depot and existing railroad 25 corridor to provide public access to and a facility for special |