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104 STAT. 3342 PUBLIC LAW 101-621—NOV. 16, 1990 Public Law 101-621 101st Congress An Act Nov. 16, 1990 [H.R. 4559] Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area Establishment Act of 1990. Nevada. Public lands. 16 USC 460ccc note. 16 USC 460ccc. To establish the Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the "Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area Establishment Act of 1990". SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. For the purposes of this Act, the term— (a) "conservation area" means the Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area established pursuant to section 3 of this Act; (b) "public lands" has the meaning stated in section 103(e) of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1702(e)); and (c) "Secretary" means the Secretary of the Interior. 16 USC 460ccc-l. SEC. 3. ESTABLISHMENT OF THE CONSERVATION AREA. (a) IN GENERAL.— (1) In order to conserve, protect, and enhance for the benefit and enjoyment of present and future generations the area in southern Nevada containing and surrounding the Red Rock Canyon and the unique and nationally important geologic, archeological, ecological, cultural, scenic, scientific, wildlife, riparian, wilderness, endangered species, and recreation resources of the public lands therein contained, there is established the Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area. (2) The conservation area shall consist of approximately 83,100 acres of generally depicted on a map entitled "Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area—Proposed" numbered NV-RRC-NCA- 001, and dated June, 1990. (3) The map referred to in paragraph (2) shall be on file and available for inspection in the appropriate offices of the Bureau of Land Management, Department of the Interior. (b) LEGAL DESCRIPTION. —(1) As soon as practicable after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall file a legal description of the conservation area established by subsection (a) with the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the United States Senate and the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs of the United States House of Representatives, and such legal description shall have the same force and effect as if included in this Act, except that the Secretary may correct clerical and typographic errors in legal description. (2) The legal description described in paragraph (1) shall be on file and available for public inspection in the office of the Director of the Bureau of Land Management, Department of the Interior. (c) DISCREPANCIES. —In case of any discrepancy between or among the map described in subsection (a), the amount of acreage stated in subsection (a), or the legal description filed by the Secretary pursu-