text: SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS.
  
      For the purposes of this Act, the following definitions apply:
          (1) Conservation area.--The term ``Conservation Area'' means 
      the Las Cienegas National Conservation Area established by section 
      4(a).
          (2) Acquisition planning district.--The term ``Acquisition 
      Planning District'' means the Sonoita Valley Acquisition Planning 
      District established by section 2(a).
          (3) Management plan.--The term ``management plan'' means the 
      management plan for the Conservation Area.
          (4) Public lands.--The term ``public lands'' has the meaning 
      given the term in section 103(e) of the Federal Land Policy and 
      Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1702(e)), except that such term 
      shall not include interest in lands not owned by the United States.
          (5) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of 
      the Interior.
  
  SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF THE SONOITA VALLEY ACQUISITION PLANNING 
                DISTRICT.
  
      (a) In General.--In order to provide for future acquisitions of 
  important conservation land within the Sonoita Valley region of the 
  State of Arizona, there is hereby established the Sonoita Valley 
  Acquisition Planning District.
      (b) Areas Included.--The Acquisition Planning District shall 
  consist of approximately 142,800 acres of land in the Arizona counties 
  of Pima and Santa Cruz, including the Conservation Area, as generally 
  depicted on the map entitled ``Sonoita Valley Acquisition Planning 
  District and Las Cienegas National Conservation Area'' and dated 
  October 2, 2000.
      (c) Map and Legal Description.--As soon as practicable after the 
  date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to 
  Congress a map and legal description of the Acquisition Planning 
  District. In case of a conflict between the map referred to in 
  subsection (b) and the map and legal description submitted by the 
  Secretary, the map referred to in subsection (b) shall control. The map 
  and legal description shall have the same force and effect as if 
  included in this Act, except that the Secretary may correct clerical 
  and typographical errors in such map and legal description. Copies of 
  the map and legal description shall be on file and available for public 
  inspection in the Office of the Director of the Bureau of Land 
  Management, and in the appropriate office of the Bureau of Land 
  Management in Arizona.
  
  SEC. 3. PURPOSES OF THE ACQUISITION PLANNING DISTRICT.
  
      (a) In General.--The Secretary shall negotiate with land owners for 
  the acquisition of lands and interest in lands suitable for 
  Conservation Area expansion that meet the purposes described in section 
  4(a). The Secretary shall only acquire property under this Act pursuant 
  to section 7.
      (b) Federal Lands.--The Secretary, through the Bureau of Land 
  Management, shall administer the public lands within the Acquisition 
  Planning District pursuant to this Act and the applicable provisions of 
  the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701 et 
  seq.), subject to valid existing rights, and in accordance with the 
  management plan. Such public lands shall become part of the 
  Conservation Area when they become contiguous with the Conservation 
  Area.
      (c) Fish and Wildlife.--Nothing in this Act shall be construed as 
  affecting the jurisdiction or responsibilities of the State of Arizona 
  with respect to fish and wildlife within the Acquisition Planning 
  District.
      (d) Protection of State and Private Lands and Interests.--Nothing 
  in this Act shall be construed as affecting any property rights or 
  management authority with regard to any lands or interest in lands held 
  by the State of Arizona, any political subdivision of the State of 
  Arizona, or any private property rights within the boundaries of the 
  Acquisition Planning District.
      (e) Public Lands.--Nothing in this Act shall be construed as in any 
  way diminishing the Secretary's or the Bureau of Land Management's 
  authorities, rights, or responsibilities for managing the public lands 
  within the Acquisition Planning District.
      (f) Coordinated Management.--The Secretary shall coordinate the 
  management of the public lands within the Acquisition Planning District 
  with that of surrounding county, State, and private lands consistent 
  with the provisions of subsection (d).
  
  SEC. 4. ESTABLISHMENT OF THE LAS CIENEGAS NATIONAL CONSERVATION AREA.
  
      (a) In General.--In order to conserve, protect, and enhance for the 
  benefit and enjoyment of present and future generations the unique and 
  nationally important aquatic, wildlife, vegetative, archaeological, 
  paleontological, scientific, cave, cultural, historical, recreational, 
  educational, scenic, rangeland, and riparian resources and values of 
  the public lands described in subsection (b) while allowing livestock 
  grazing and recreation to continue in appropriate areas, there is 
  hereby established the Las Cienegas National Conservation Area in the 
  State of Arizona.
      (b) Areas Included.--The Conservation Area shall consist of 
  approximately 42,000 acres of public lands in the Arizona counties of 
  Pima and Santa Cruz, as generally depicted on the map entitled 
  ``Sonoita Valley Acquisition Planning District and Las Cienegas 
  National Conservation Area'' and dated October 2, 2000.
      (c) Maps and Legal Description.--As soon as practicable after the 
  date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to 
  Congress a map and legal description of the Conservation Area. In case 
  of a conflict between the map referred to in subsection (b) and the map 
  and legal description submitted by the Secretary, the map referred to 
  in subsection (b) shall control. The map and legal description shall 
  have the same force and effect as if included in this Act, except that 
  the Secretary may correct clerical and typographical errors in such map 
  and legal description. Copies of the map and legal description shall be 
  on file and available for public inspection in the Office of the 
  Director of the Bureau of Land Management, and in the appropriate 
  office of the Bureau of Land Management in Arizona.
      (d) Forest Lands.--Any lands included in the Coronado National 
  Forest that are located within the boundaries of the Conservation Area 
  shall be considered to be a part of the Conservation Area. The 
  Secretary of Agriculture shall revise the boundaries of the Coronado 
  National Forest to reflect the exclusion of such lands from the 
  Coronado National Forest.
  
  SEC. 5. MANAGEMENT OF THE LAS CIENEGAS NATIONAL CONSERVATION AREA.
  
      (a) In General.--The Secretary shall manage the Conservation Area 
  in a manner that conserves, protects, and enhances its resources and 
  values, including the resources and values specified in section 4(a), 
  pursuant to the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 
  U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) and other applicable law, including this Act.
      (b) Uses.--The Secretary shall allow only such uses of the 
  Conservation Area as the Secretary finds will further the purposes for 
  which the Conservation Area is established as set forth in section 
  4(a).
      (c) Grazing.--The Secretary of the Interior shall permit grazing 
  subject to all applicable laws, regulations, and Executive orders 
  consistent with the purposes of this Act.
      (d) Motorized Vehicles.--Except where needed for administrative 
  purposes or to respond to an emergency, use of motorized vehicles on 
  public lands in the Conservation Area shall be allowed only--
          (1) before the effective date of a management plan prepared 
      pursuant to section 6, on roads and trails designated for use of 
      motorized vehicles in the management plan that applies on the date 
      of the enactment of this Act; and
          (2) after the effective date of a management plan prepared 
      pursuant to section 6, on roads and trails designated for use of 
      motor vehicles in that management plan.
      (e) Military Airspace.--Prior to the date of the enactment of this 
  Act the Federal Aviation Administration approved restricted military 
  airspace (Areas 2303A and 2303B) which covers portions of the 
  Conservation Area. Designation of the Conservation Area shall not 
  impact or impose any altitude, flight, or other airspace restrictions 
  on current or future military operations or missions. Should the 
  military require additional or modified airspace in the future, the 
  Congress does not intend for the designation of the Conservation Area 
  to impede the military from petitioning the Federal Aviation 
  Administration to change or expand existing restricted military 
  airspace.
      (f) Access to State and Private Lands.--Nothing in this Act shall 
  affect valid existing rights-of-way within the Conservation Area. The 
  Secretary shall provide reasonable access to nonfederally owned lands 
  or interest in lands within the boundaries of the Conservation Area.
      (g) Hunting.--Hunting shall be allowed within the Conservation Area 
  in accordance with applicable laws and regulations of the United States 
  and the State of Arizona, except that the Secretary, after consultation 
  with the Arizona State wildlife management agency, may issue 
  regulations designating zones where and establishing periods when no 
  hunting shall be permitted for reasons of public safety, 
  administration, or public use and enjoyment.
      (h) Preventative Measures.--Nothing in this Act shall preclude such 
  measures as the Secretary determines necessary to prevent devastating 
  fire or infestation of insects or disease within the Conservation Area.
      (i) No Buffer Zones.--The establishment of the Conservation Area 
  shall not lead to the creation of protective perimeters or buffer zones 
  around the Conservation Area. The fact that there may be activities or 
  uses on lands outside the Conservation Area that would not be permitted 
  in the Conservation Area shall not preclude such activities or uses on 
  such lands up to the boundary of the Conservation Area consistent with 
  other applicable laws.
      (j) Withdrawals.--Subject to valid existing rights all Federal 
  lands within the Conservation Area and all lands and interest therein 
  which are hereafter acquired by the United States are hereby withdrawn 
  from all forms of entry, appropriation, or disposal under the public 
  land laws and from location, entry, and patent under the mining laws, 
  and from operation of the mineral leasing and geothermal leasing laws 
  and all amendments thereto.
  
  SEC. 6. MANAGEMENT PLAN.
  
      (a) Plan Required.--Not later than 2 years after the date of the 
  enactment of this Act, the Secretary, through the Bureau of Land 
  Management, shall develop and begin to implement a comprehensive 
  management plan for the long-term management of the public lands within 
  the Conservation Area in order to fulfill the purposes for which it is 
  established, as set forth in section 4(a). Consistent with the 
  provisions of this Act, the management plan shall be developed--
          (1) in consultation with appropriate departments of the State 
      of Arizona, including wildlife and land management agencies, with 
      full public participation;
          (2) from the draft Empire-Cienega Ecosystem Management Plan/
      EIS, dated October 2000, as it applies to Federal lands or lands 
      with conservation easements; and
          (3) in accordance with the resource goals and objectives 
      developed through the Sonoita Valley Planning Partnership process 
      as incorporated in the draft Empire-Cienega Ecosystem Management 
      Plan/EIS, dated October 2000, giving full consideration to the 
      management alternative preferred by the Sonoita Valley Planning 
      Partnership, as it applies to Federal lands or lands with 
      conservation easements.
      (b) Contents.--The management plan shall include--
          (1) provisions designed to ensure the protection of the 
      resources and values described in section 4(a);
          (2) an implementation plan for a continuing program of 
      interpretation and public education about the resources and values 
      of the Conservation Area;
          (3) a proposal for minimal administrative and public facilities 
      to be developed or improved at a level compatible with achieving 
      the resource objectives for the Conservation Area and with the 
      other proposed management activities to accommodate visitors to the 
      Conservation Area;
          (4) cultural resources management strategies for the 
      Conservation Area, prepared in consultation with appropriate 
      departments of the State of Arizona, with emphasis on the 
      preservation of the resources of the Conservation Area and the 
      interpretive, educational, and long-term scientific uses of these 
      resources, giving priority to the enforcement of the Archaeological 
      Resources Protection Act of 1979 (16 U.S.C. 470aa et seq.) and the 
      National Historic Preservation Act (16 U.S.C. 470 et seq.) within 
      the Conservation Area;
          (5) wildlife management strategies for the Conservation Area, 
      prepared in consultation with appropriate departments of the State 
      of Arizona and using previous studies of the Conservation Area;
          (6) production livestock grazing management strategies, 
      prepared in consultation with appropriate departments of the State 
      of Arizona;
          (7) provisions designed to ensure the protection of 
      environmentally sustainable livestock use on appropriate lands 
      within the Conservation Area;
          (8) recreation management strategies, including motorized and 
      nonmotorized dispersed recreation opportunities for the 
      Conservation Area, prepared in consultation with appropriate 
      departments of the State of Arizona;
          (9) cave resources management strategies prepared in compliance 
      with the goals and objectives of the Federal Cave Resources 
      Protection Act of 1988 (16 U.S.C. 4301 et seq.); and
          (10) provisions designed to ensure that if a road or trail 
      located on public lands within the Conservation Area, or any 
      portion of such a road or trail, is removed, consideration shall be 
      given to providing similar alternative access to the portion of the 
      Conservation Area serviced by such removed road or trail.
      (c) Cooperative Agreements.--In order to better implement the 
  management plan, the Secretary may enter into cooperative agreements 
  with appropriate Federal, State, and local agencies pursuant to section 
  307(b) of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 
  1737(b)).
      (d) Research Activities.--In order to assist in the development and 
  implementation of the management plan, the Secretary may authorize 
  appropriate research, including research concerning the environmental, 
  biological, hydrological, cultural, agricultural, recreational, and 
  other characteristics, resources, and values of the Conservation Area, 
  pursuant to section 307(a) of the Federal Land Policy and Management 
  Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1737(a)).
  
  SEC. 7. LAND ACQUISITION.
  
      (a) In General.--
          (1) Priority to conservation easements.--In acquiring lands or 
      interest in lands under this section, the Secretary shall give 
      priority to such acquisitions in the form of conservation 
      easements.
          (2) Private lands.--The Secretary is authorized to acquire 
      privately held lands or interest in lands within the boundaries of 
      the Acquisition Planning District only from a willing seller 
      through donation, exchange, or purchase.
          (3) County lands.--The Secretary is authorized to acquire 
      county lands or interest in lands within the boundaries of the 
      Acquisition Planning District only with the consent of the county 
      through donation, exchange, or purchase.
          (4) State lands.--
              (A) In general.--The Secretary is authorized to acquire 
          lands or interest in lands owned by the State of Arizona 
          located within the boundaries of the Acquisition Planning 
          District only with the consent of the State and in accordance 
          with State law, by donation, exchange, or purchase.
              (B) Consideration.--As consideration for the acquisitions 
          by the United States of lands or interest in lands under this 
          paragraph, the Secretary shall pay fair market value for such 
          lands or shall convey to the State of Arizona all or some 
          interest in Federal lands (including buildings and other 
          improvements on such lands or other Federal property other than 
          real property) or any other asset of equal value within the 
          State of Arizona.
              (C) Transfer of jurisdiction.--All Federal agencies are 
          authorized to transfer jurisdiction of Federal lands or 
          interest in lands (including buildings and other improvements 
          on such lands or other Federal property other than real 
          property) or any other asset within the State of Arizona to the 
          Bureau of Land Management for the purpose of acquiring lands or 
          interest in lands as provided for in this paragraph.
      (b) Management of Acquired Lands.--Lands acquired under this 
  section shall, upon acquisition, become part of the Conservation Area 
  and shall be administered as part of the Conservation Area. These lands 
  shall be managed in accordance with this Act, other applicable laws, 
  and the management plan.
  
  SEC. 8. REPORTS TO CONGRESS.
  
      (a) Protection of Certain Lands.--Not later than 2 years after the 
  date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to 
  Congress a report describing the most effective measures to protect the 
  lands north of the Acquisition Planning District within the Rincon 
  Valley, Colossal Cave area, and Agua Verde Creek corridor north of 
  Interstate 10 to provide an ecological link to Saguaro National Park 
  and the Rincon Mountains and contribute to local government 
  conservation priorities.
      (b) Implementation of This Act.--Not later than 5 years after the 
  date of the enactment of this Act, and at least at the end of every 10-
  year period thereafter, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report 
  describing the implementation of this Act, the condition of the 
  resources and values of the Conservation Area, and the progress of the 
  Secretary in achieving the purposes for which the Conservation Area is 
  established as set forth in section 4(a).
  
                                 Speaker of the House of Representatives.
  
                              Vice President of the United States and    
                                                 President of the Senate.
target: Directs the Secretary to develop and begin to implement a comprehensive management plan for the long-term management of the Area. Authorizes the Secretary to acquire for the Area surrounding lands within the District owned by private individuals, local counties, or the State of Arizona.
  Requires the Secretary to report to Congress: (1) describing the most effective measures for the protection of certain lands north of the District; and (2) five years after the enactment of this Act, and at least every ten years thereafter, on the implementation of this Act.
feat_title: Las Cienegas National Conservation Area Establishment Act of 1999