16 U.S.C. § 460ffff–1 — Alabama Hills National Scenic Area, California

(a) Establishment. Subject to existing valid rights, the law creates the Alabama Hills National Scenic Area in Inyo County, California, covering about 18,610 acres shown on the Map. (b) Purpose. The Scenic Area protects its nationally significant scenic, cultural, geological, educational, biological, historical, recreational, filming, and scientific resources, managed under a specific federal land-management law provision. (c) Map; legal descriptions. (1) As soon as practical after March 12, 2019, the Secretary must file a map and legal description with the Senate and House committees overseeing energy and natural resources. (2) These documents count as if written into the law, though the Secretary can fix clerical errors. (3) Copies must be available at Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management offices. (d) Administration. The Secretary manages the Scenic Area (1) as part of the National Landscape Conservation System, (2) without disrupting existing valid rights like water rights, (3) to protect the resources described in subsection (b), and (4) following the Federal Land Policy and Management Act, this subchapter, and other applicable laws. (e) Management. (1) The Secretary allows only uses that support the Scenic Area's purpose. (2) Existing recreation can continue — hiking, biking, rock climbing, sightseeing, horseback riding, hunting, fishing — plus allowed motor vehicle use. (3) Motor vehicles are allowed only on roads and trails the Secretary designates for a "semiprimitive motorized experience," or on county-maintained roads under state and county law — except for administrative or emergency use. (f) No buffer zones. (1) The law creates no protective buffer around the Scenic Area. (2) An outside activity that can be seen or heard from inside the Scenic Area doesn't get blocked because of that. (g) Access. The Secretary must give private landowners with property inside the Scenic Area reasonable access to it. (h) Filming. The law doesn't stop filming — including commercial films, student films, and photography — inside the Scenic Area, as long as it follows reasonable Secretary rules and other laws, and fits the area's purpose. (i) Fish and wildlife. The law doesn't change the state's authority over fish and wildlife. (j) Livestock. Grazing already happening under the Alabama Hills and George Creek allotments before March 12, 2019, can continue, subject to reasonable Secretary rules and other laws, and consistent with the area's purpose. (k) Withdrawal. Subject to this subchapter and existing valid rights, federal land in the Scenic Area is off-limits to new land claims, mining claims, and mineral or geothermal leasing. (l) Wildland fire operations. The law doesn't stop the Secretary from running wildland fire operations with other agencies, consistent with the area's purpose. (m) Cooperative agreements. The Secretary can partner with state, tribal, and local governments and private groups for research, education, or other work related to restoring, conserving, or managing the Scenic Area. (n) Utility facilities and rights-of-way. (1) The law doesn't affect existing utility facilities or rights-of-way in or near the Scenic Area — their use, upkeep, repair, expansion, or replacement — and doesn't affect access to them. It also doesn't stop the Secretary from approving new utility rights-of-way inside the Scenic Area, as long as they minimize harm to the area's purpose, follow environmental review law, meet Secretary conditions, and are the only workable location after considering alternatives. (2) The management plan must include rules for maintaining public utility and other rights-of-way in the Scenic Area.